Yēlìmǐshū 40:9

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 .

Yēlìmǐshū 40:9 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 40:9

And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan aware unto
them and to their men
They might express their fears, that should they continue with Gedaliah, as they were inclined to do, could they be safe; that seeing they had encouraged Zedekiah to hold out the siege to the last against the Chaldeans, and they should hear where they were, would demand them, and they, should be taken and delivered up into their hands; upon which Gedaliah not only promises them safety, but swears to them that they should live safely with him, and never be delivered up to the Chaldeans, and that he would undertake to indemnify them, and preserve them: saying, fear not to serve the Chaldeans;
as if it was an evil to do it; or as if their yoke was hard and intolerable; or as if it would be unprofitable, and turn to no account; or they should be always in danger of their lives: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall he well
with you;
settle in the land, and do not rove about from place to place like fugitives; nor go out of the land through fear of the king of Babylon, but continue in it, and live in subjection to him, and depend upon it you will live comfortably and safely.

Yēlìmǐshū 40:9 In-Context

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 .

10 Zhìyú wǒ , wǒ yào zhù zaì Mǐsībā , cìhou nà dào wǒmen zhèlǐ lái de Jiālèdǐ rén . zhǐshì nǐmen dāng jīxù jiǔ , yóu , hé xiàtiān de guǒzi , shōu zaì qìmǐn lǐ , zhù zaì nǐmen suǒ zhān de chéngyì zhōng .

11 Zaì Móyē dì hé Yàmén rén zhōng , zaì Yǐdōng dì hé ge guó de yīqiè Yóudà rén , tīngjian Bābǐlún wáng liú xià xiē Yóudà rén , bìng lì shā pān de sūnzi yà xī gān de érziJīdàlì guǎnlǐ tāmen .