Yēlìmǐshū 51:14

14 Wàn jūn zhī Yēhéhuá zhǐ zhe zìjǐ qǐshì shuō , wǒ bì shǐ dírén chōngmǎn nǐ , xiàng mā zhà yíyàng . tāmen bì nè hǎn gōngjī nǐ .

Yēlìmǐshū 51:14 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 51:14

The Lord hath sworn by himself, [saying]
Or, "by his soul" or "life" ^F17; which is himself, than which he cannot swear by a greater, ( Hebrews 6:13 ) ; and the certain performance of what he swears unto need not be doubted of; and indeed the design of the oath is to assure of the truth of the thing, about which, after this, there ought to be no hesitation: surely I fill thee with men as with caterpillars;
or "locusts" ^F18; march in vast numbers, and make sad desolation where they come; and to which a numerous army may fitly be compared; and which are here meant, even the army of Cyrus, that should enter Babylon, and fill it, as it did. So the Targum,

``the Lord of hosts hath sworn by his word, if I fill them with armies of many people as locusts:''

and they shall lift up a shout against thee;
as soldiers, when they make the onset in battle; or as besiegers, when they make their attack on a city; or as when grape gatherers bring in their vintage, or tread out their wine, to which the allusion is: it signifies that her enemies should get an entire victory, and triumph over her.

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 (wvpnb) "per animam suam", Pagninus, Cocceius, Schmidt.
F18 (qlyk) "ut, [vel] quasi brucho", V. L. Cocceius, Montanus, Grotius, Schmidt.

Yēlìmǐshū 51:14 In-Context

12 Nǐmen yào shù lì dà qí , gōngjī Bābǐlún de chéngqiáng . yào jiāngù le wàng tái , paì déng shǒu wàng de shè xià máifu . yīnwei Yēhéhuá zhǐ zhe Bābǐlún jūmín suǒ shuō de huà , suǒ déng de yì , tā yǐjing zuò chéng .

13 Zhù zaì zhòng shuǐ zhī shang duō yǒu cáibǎo de a , nǐde jiéjú dào le . nǐ tānlán zhī liáng mǎn le .

14 Wàn jūn zhī Yēhéhuá zhǐ zhe zìjǐ qǐshì shuō , wǒ bì shǐ dírén chōngmǎn nǐ , xiàng mā zhà yíyàng . tāmen bì nè hǎn gōngjī nǐ .

15 Yēhéhuá yòng nénglì chuàngzào dàdì , yòng zhìhuì jiànlì shìjiè , yòng cōngming pū zhāng qióng cāng .

16 Tā yī fā shēng , kōng zhōng biàn yǒu duō shuǐ jīdòng . tā shǐ yúnwù cóng dìjí shang téng . tā zào diàn suí yǔ ér Shǎn , cóng tā fǔ kù zhōng daì chū fēng lái .