Yēlìmǐshū 38:24

24 Xī dǐ jiā duì Yēlìmǐ shuō , búyào shǐ rén zhīdào zhèxie huà , nǐ jiù búzhìyú sǐ .

Yēlìmǐshū 38:24 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 38:24

Then said Zedekiah to Jeremiah
Not a word signifying his approbation of the counsel given him, or that he intended to take it; his silence showed the reverse: let no man know of these words:
that had passed between them; of the conference and conversation they had had together, at least not the particulars of it; the thing itself was known, as appears by what follows, that the king and prophet had been discoursing together; but what they talked of, he desires might be concealed, pretending the prophet's good, though it was his own honour and safety he sought: and thou shall not die;
as he had promised he should not, and had sworn to it; but suggests by this, that if he disclosed the conversation, he should took upon himself free from his word and oath; so that this carried something menacing in it: or it may be rendered "that thou die not" ^F3; intimating, that if the princes should come to the knowledge of what he had said, of the advice he had given, they would surely put him to death; and therefore, for his own safety, he desires the whole may be kept a secret.

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 (twmt alw) "ne moriaris", Gataker, Schmidt; "ut non moriaris", Piscator.

Yēlìmǐshū 38:24 In-Context

22 Yóudà wánggōng lǐ suǒ shèng de fùnǚ bì dōu daì dào Bābǐlún wáng de shǒulǐng nàli . zhèxie fùnǚ bì shuō , nǐ zhī jǐ de péngyou cuībī nǐ , shēng guo nǐ . jiàn nǐde jiǎo xiàn rù yū ní zhōng , jiù zhuǎn shēn tuì hòu le .

23 Rén bìjiāng nǐde hòu fēi hé nǐde érnǚ daì dào Jiālèdǐ rén nàli . nǐ yĕ bùdé tuōlí tāmende shǒu , bì beì Bābǐlún wáng de shǒu zhuō zhù . nǐ yĕ bì shǐ zhè chéng beì huǒ fùnshāo .

24 Xī dǐ jiā duì Yēlìmǐ shuō , búyào shǐ rén zhīdào zhèxie huà , nǐ jiù búzhìyú sǐ .

25 Shǒulǐng ruò tīngjian le wǒ yǔ nǐ shuōhuà , jiù lái jiàn nǐ , wèn nǐ shuō , nǐ duì wáng shuō shénme huà búyào xiàng wǒmen yǐnmán , wǒmen jiù bú shā nǐ . wáng xiàng nǐ shuō shénme huà yĕ yào gàosu wǒmen . nǐ jiù duì tāmen shuō , wǒ zaì wáng miànqián kĕnqiú búyào jiào wǒ huí dào Yuēnádān de fángwū sǐ zaì nàli .

26 Nǐ jiù duì tāmen shuō , wǒ zaì wáng miànqián kĕnqiú búyào jiào wǒ huí dào Yuēnádān de fángwū sǐ zaì nàli .