Yēlìmǐshū 4:10

10 Wǒ shuō , āi zāi . zhǔ Yēhéhuá a , nǐ zhēn shì dàdà dì qī hǒng zhè bǎixìng hé Yēlùsǎlĕng , shuō , nǐmen bì dé píngān . qíshí dāo jiàn haì jí xìngméng le .

Yēlìmǐshū 4:10 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 4:10

Then said I, ah, Lord God!
&c.] Expressing great sorrow and concern: this "ah" is by way of lamentation. The Targum interprets it as a petition,

``and I said, receive my prayer, O Lord God:''

surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem:
what the false prophets did, that God is said to do, because he suffered them to deceive the people; see ( 1 Kings 22:20-23 ) . The Targum ascribes the deception to the false prophets, and not to God,

``surely behold the false prophets deceive this people, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem;''

or this may be ironically said, because the false prophets pretended to speak in the name of the Lord; wherefore Jeremiah says, "surely thou hast greatly deceived" "saying, ye shall have peace"; as the false prophets did, ( Jeremiah 6:14 ) : whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul;
takes away the life, many are slain by it; so the Targum,

``and now behold the sword killeth among the people;''

great slaughter is made by it. L'Empereur ^F23 observes that the word here used signifies, in the Arabic language, to educate or bring up; and then the sense is,

``ah, Lord, thou hast brought up this people with great tenderness, and promised them all manner of happiness; but now thou thunderest out threatenings of calamities of all sorts, and death itself; and assigned a place for the sword to enter into their very souls;''

so the Arabic word <arabic> used in the version of ( Acts 22:2 ) ( 1 Timothy 4:6 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 Not. ad Mosis Kimchi, (odoiporia) , p. 186.

Yēlìmǐshū 4:10 In-Context

8 Yīncǐ , nǐmen dāng yào shù má bù , dàshēng āi hào , yīnwei Yēhéhuá de liè nù méiyǒu xiàng wǒmen zhuǎn xiāo .

9 Yēhéhuá shuō , dào nàshí , jūnwáng hé shǒulǐng de xīn dōu yào xiāomiè . jìsī dōu yào jīngqí , xiānzhī dōu yào chàyì .

10 Wǒ shuō , āi zāi . zhǔ Yēhéhuá a , nǐ zhēn shì dàdà dì qī hǒng zhè bǎixìng hé Yēlùsǎlĕng , shuō , nǐmen bì dé píngān . qíshí dāo jiàn haì jí xìngméng le .

11 Nàshí , bì yǒu huà duì zhè bǎixìng hé Yēlùsǎlĕng shuō , yǒu yī zhèn rè fēng cóng kuàngyĕ jìng guāng de gāo chù xiàng wǒde zhòng mín ( yuánwén zuò mín nǚ ) guā lái , bú shì wèi bǒ yáng , yĕ bù shì wèi yáng jìng .

12 Bì yǒu yī zhèn gèng dà de fēng cóng zhèxie dìfang wèi wǒ guā lái . xiànzaì wǒ yòu bì fāchū pàn yǔ , gōngjī tāmen .