Yēlìmǐshū 40:3

3 Yēhéhuá shǐ zhè huò líndào , zhào tā suǒ shuō de xíng le . yīnwei nǐmen dé zuì Yēhéhuá , méiyǒu tīng cóng tāde huà , suǒyǐ zhè shì líndào nǐmen .

Yēlìmǐshū 40:3 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 40:3

Now the Lord hath brought [it], and done according as he hath
said
As he purposed, so it came to pass; as he foretold by his prophet, so it was brought about by his providence. This Heathen captain acknowledges the hand of the Lord in all this; and suggests, that his master, the king of Babylon, himself, and the rest of the generals, were only instruments the Lord made use of; which is very piously as well as wisely said; and more is here acknowledged by him than by the Jews themselves; who were not willing to believe that God had determined evil against them, or would bring it on them; at least, this they did not care to believe and own before, whatever they did now; he goes on to observe the cause of all this: because ye have sinned against the Lord, and have not obeyed his voice,
therefore this thing is come upon you;
meaning not Jeremiah particularly, but his countrymen; and perhaps he might turn himself to, and address, the captives that were before him. Here he vindicates the justice of God; and ascribes the ruin of this people, not to the valour of Nebuchadnezzar and his captains; nor to the strength, and courage, and skilfulness of his army; or to any righteousness and merits of the king of Babylon; or to the justness of his cause; but to the sins of the people.

Yēlìmǐshū 40:3 In-Context

1 Yēlìmǐ suǒ zaì Yēlùsǎlĕng hé Yóudà beìlǔ dào Bābǐlún de rén zhōng , hùwèi zhǎng ní bù Sǎlā dàn jiāng tā cóng Lāmǎ shìfàng yǐhòu , Yēhéhuá de huà líndào Yēlìmǐ .

2 Hùwèi zhǎng jiāng Yēlìmǐ jiào lái , duì tā shuō , Yēhéhuá nǐde shén céng shuō yào jiàng zhè huò yǔ cǐ dì .

3 Yēhéhuá shǐ zhè huò líndào , zhào tā suǒ shuō de xíng le . yīnwei nǐmen dé zuì Yēhéhuá , méiyǒu tīng cóng tāde huà , suǒyǐ zhè shì líndào nǐmen .

4 Xiànzaì wǒ jiĕkāi nǐ shǒu shang de liànzi , nǐ ruò kàn yǔ wǒ tóng wǎng Bābǐlún qù hǎo , jiù kĕyǐ qù , wǒ bì hòu dāi nǐ . nǐ ruò kàn yǔ wǒ tóng wǎng Bābǐlún qù bù hǎo , jiù bù bì qù . kàn nǎ , quán dì zaì nǐ miànqián , nǐ yǐwéi nǎli mĕihǎo , nǎli hé yí , zhǐguǎn shang nàli qù ba .

5 Yēlìmǐ hái méiyǒu huí qù , hùwèi zhǎng shuō , nǐ kĕyǐ huí dào shā pān de sūnzi yà xī gān de érziJīdàlì nàli qù . xiànzaì Bābǐlún wáng lì tā zuò Yóudà chéngyì de shĕng zhǎng . nǐ kĕyǐ zaì Tānàli zhù zaì mín zhōng , bù rán , nǐ kàn nàli hé yí jiù kĕyǐ shang nàli qù . yúshì hùwèi zhǎng sòng tā liángshi hé lǐwù , shìfàng tā qù le .