Yēlìmǐshū 46:23

23 Yēhéhuá shuō , Āijí de shùlín suīrán bùnéng xún chá ( huò zuò chuān bú guo ) , dírén què yào kǎn fá , yīn tāmen duō yú huángchóng , bùkĕ shēng shǔ .

Yēlìmǐshū 46:23 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 46:23

They shall cut down her forest, saith the Lord
The land of Egypt, compared to a forest, for the multitude of its cities and towns, and the inhabitants of them; which should be destroyed by the Chaldeans, as a forest is cut down by hewers of wood; the metaphor is here continued. The Targum interprets this of the princes of Egypt, and the destruction of them; though it cannot be searched;
either the forest of Egypt, which was so thick of trees; that is, the land was so full of towns and cities, that they could not be searched and numbered; and though the way through it seemed impassable, yet was made passable by the hewers of wood: or its destruction would be so general, "that it cannot be searched" ^F15; or found out, where this forest was, where those trees grew, not one of them standing: or else this is to be understood of the Chaldean army, which was so great, that it could not be numbered: because they are more than the grasshoppers, and [are] innumerable;
which creatures come in large numbers, and eat up every green tree and herb; and so the Chaldean army, being alike numerous, would easily cut down the trees of this forest, though they were so many.

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 (rqxy al yk) "ut non investigetur", Calvin.

Yēlìmǐshū 46:23 In-Context

21 Qízhōng de gù yǒng hǎoxiàng quān lǐ de féi niúdú , tāmen zhuǎn shēn tuì hòu , yī qí taópǎo , zhàn lì bù zhù . yīnwei tāmen zāo nán de rìzi , zhuī tǎo de shíhou yǐjing líndào .

22 Qízhōng de shēngyīn hǎoxiàng shé xíng yíyàng . dírén yào chéng duì ér lái , rú kǎn fá shùmù de shǒu ná fǔzi gōngjī tā .

23 Yēhéhuá shuō , Āijí de shùlín suīrán bùnéng xún chá ( huò zuò chuān bú guo ) , dírén què yào kǎn fá , yīn tāmen duō yú huángchóng , bùkĕ shēng shǔ .

24 Āijí de mín ( yuánwén zuò nǚzi ) bìrán méng xiū , Bìjiāo zaì bĕi fāng rén de shǒu zhōng .

25 Wàn jūn zhī Yēhéhuá Yǐsèliè de shén shuō , wǒ bì xíngfá nuó de yà mén ( Āijí zūn dà zhī shén ) hé fǎlǎo , bìng Āijí yǔ Āijí de shén , yǐjí jūnwáng , yĕ bì xíngfá fǎlǎo hé yǐkào tāde rén .