Yēlìmǐshū 45:1

1 Yóudà wáng Yuēxīyà de érzi yuē yǎ jìng dì sì nián , ní Lìyà de érzi Bālù jiāng xiānzhī Yēlìmǐ kǒu zhōng suǒ shuō de huà xiĕ zaì shū shang . Yēlìmǐ shuō ,

Yēlìmǐshū 45:1 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 45:1

The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of
Neriah
Who was his amanuensis or scribe; and this word he spake not to him of himself, but in the name of the Lord, as coming from him; so the Targum calls it,

``the word of prophecy which Jeremiah the prophet prophesied concerning Baruch the son of Neriah:''

when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah;
not what immediately precede, concerning the destruction of the Jews in Egypt; which were delivered out many years after the writing of the roll by Baruch here referred to; and which was done, as here said, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah;
which was eighteen years before the destruction of Jerusalem; so that this prophecy does not stand in order, which would more properly have followed the thirty sixth chapter; where we have an account of what Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah in a roll, and read to the people, and after that to the princes; which exposed him to danger, and caused the grief expressed by him in this chapter; but it being written to a private person, is postponed to this place: saying;
as follows:

Yēlìmǐshū 45:1 In-Context

1 Yóudà wáng Yuēxīyà de érzi yuē yǎ jìng dì sì nián , ní Lìyà de érzi Bālù jiāng xiānzhī Yēlìmǐ kǒu zhōng suǒ shuō de huà xiĕ zaì shū shang . Yēlìmǐ shuō ,

2 Bā lù a , Yēhéhuá Yǐsèliè de shén shuō ,

3 Bā lù ( yuánwén zuò nǐ ) céng shuō , āi zāi . Yēhéhuá jiāng yōuchóu jiā zaì wǒde tòngkǔ shang , wǒ yīn āi hēng ér kùnfá , bùdé ānxiē .

4 Nǐ yào zhèyàng gàosu tā , Yēhéhuá rúcǐ shuō , wǒ suǒ jiànlì de , wǒ bì chāihuǐ . wǒ suǒ zāi zhí de , wǒ bì bá chū . zaì quán dì wǒ dōu rúcǐ xíng .

5 Nǐ wèi zìjǐ tú móu dà shì ma . búyào tú móu . wǒ bì shǐ zāihuò líndào fán yǒu xuèqì de . dàn nǐ wúlùn wǎng nǎli qù , wǒ bì shǐ nǐ yǐ zìjǐ de méng wéi lüè wù . zhè shì Yēhéhuá shuō de .