Yēlìmǐshū 40:7

7 Zaì tiānyĕ de yīqiè jūnzhǎng , hé shǔ tāmende rén , tīngjian Bābǐlún wáng lì le yà xī gān de érziJīdàlì zuò jìng neì de shĕng zhǎng , bìng jiāng méiyǒu lǔ dào Bābǐlún de nánrén , fùnǚ , háitóng , hé jìng neì jí qióng de rén quán jiāo gĕi tā .

Yēlìmǐshū 40:7 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 40:7

Now when all the captains of the forces which [were] in the
fields
Not the captains of the king of Babylon's forces, but the captains of the king of Judah's forces; who either during the siege had lurked in the fields and villages, not daring to fall upon the Chaldean army, or attempt to raise the siege; or rather who fled with Zedekiah from Jerusalem, when the city was taken, and who deserted him, when he was apprehended, and shifted for themselves, and were dispersed about in the country, where they continued for some little time: but when they and their men;
their servants, or rather the common soldiers that were under them: heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam
governor in the land;
his viceroy or deputy governor in the land of Judea; being a prince of considerable note among the Jews, and in high favour with the king of Babylon: and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the
poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive unto
Babylon;
even as many men, women, children, and poor, as were left in the land, and not carried captive; these were all committed to the care of this prince, to rule over and govern them; to keep them in subjection to the king of Babylon; to employ them in cultivating the land, from whence some profit might arise to the conqueror and new proprietor of it.

Yēlìmǐshū 40:7 In-Context

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 .

6 Yēlìmǐ jiù dào Mǐsībā jiàn yà xī gān de érziJīdàlì , zaì Tānàli zhù zaì jìng neì shèngxia de mín zhōng .

7 Zaì tiānyĕ de yīqiè jūnzhǎng , hé shǔ tāmende rén , tīngjian Bābǐlún wáng lì le yà xī gān de érziJīdàlì zuò jìng neì de shĕng zhǎng , bìng jiāng méiyǒu lǔ dào Bābǐlún de nánrén , fùnǚ , háitóng , hé jìng neì jí qióng de rén quán jiāo gĕi tā .

8 Yúshì jūnzhǎng ní tàn yǎ de érzi Yǐshímǎlì , jiā Lìyà de liǎng gè érzi Yuēhānán hé Yuēnádān , dān hù miè de érzi Xīláiyǎ , bìng ní tuó fǎ rén yǐ fĕi de zhòng zǐ , Mǎjiā rén de érzi yé sā ní yà hé shǔ tāmende rén , dōu dào Mǐsībā jiànJīdàlì .

9 Shā pān de sūnzi yà xī gān de érziJīdàlì xiàng tāmen hé shǔ tāmende rén qǐshì shuō , búyào pà fúshì Jiālèdǐ rén , zhǐguǎn zhù zaì zhè dì , fúshì Bābǐlún wáng , jiù kĕyǐ dé fú .