Yēlìmǐshū 38:27

27 Suíhòu zhòng shǒulǐng lái jiàn Yēlìmǐ , wèn tā , tā jiù zhào wáng suǒ fēnfu de yīqiè huà huídá tāmen . tāmen bú zaì yǔ tā shuōhuà , yīnwei shìqing méiyǒu xiè lòu .

Yēlìmǐshū 38:27 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 38:27

Then came all the princes to Jeremiah, and asked him
After he had parted with the king, and was come back to the court of the prison; as soon as the princes had been informed of the interview between the king and the prophet, which soon came to their ears, they came in a body to him, to the court of the prison, where he was, and asked him of what passed between him and the king: and he told them according to all those words that the king had
commanded;
what he told them, no doubt, was truth; though he did not tell them all the truth; which he was not obliged to do, having no command from God, and being forbid by the king: so they left off speaking with him;
or, "were silent from him" ^F5; went away silent, not being able to disprove what he had said, or object unto it, and finding they could get nothing more out of him: for the matter was not perceived;
or, "was not heard" ^F6; though there were persons that saw the king and the prophet together, yet nobody heard anything that passed between them; and therefore Jeremiah could not be confronted in what he had said, or be charged with concealing anything.

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FOOTNOTES:

F5 (wnmm wvrxyw) "et tacuerunt ab eo", Pagninus, Montanus; "siluerunt", Calvin.
F6 (rbdh emvn al) "quia non auditum est verbum", Pagninus, Montanus, Schmidt.

Yēlìmǐshū 38:27 In-Context

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 .

27 Suíhòu zhòng shǒulǐng lái jiàn Yēlìmǐ , wèn tā , tā jiù zhào wáng suǒ fēnfu de yīqiè huà huídá tāmen . tāmen bú zaì yǔ tā shuōhuà , yīnwei shìqing méiyǒu xiè lòu .

28 Yúshì Yēlìmǐ réng zaì hùwèi bīng de yuàn zhōng , zhídào Yēlùsǎlĕng beì gōng qǔ de rìzi .