耶利米书 20:17

17 因 他 在 我 未 出 胎 的 时 候 不 杀 我 , 使 我 母 亲 成 了 我 的 坟 墓 , 胎 就 时 常 重 大 。

耶利米书 20:17 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 20:17

Because he slew me not from the womb
As soon as he came out of it; that is, as soon as he was born; either because God slew him not so soon, as Kimchi; or the angel of death, as Jarchi: or rather the man that carried the tidings of his birth to his father, who is all along spoken of in the two former verses; he curses him for not doing that, which, had he done, would have been exceeding criminal in him indeed; for not committing murder, even for not murdering an innocent babe; or that my mother might have been my grave;
he wishes he had died in her womb, and had never been brought forth; and so that had been his grave, where he should have been at ease and safety: and her womb [to be] always great [with me];
or, "her womb an everlasting conception" F13; his wish was, that she had been always conceiving, or ever big with child of him, but never bring forth; which was a more cruel and unnatural wish than the former concerning the man, the carrier of the tidings of his birth; since this was wishing a perpetual, painful, and intolerable evil to his own mother.


FOOTNOTES:

F13 (Mlwe trh hmxrw) "et ejus uterus, conceptus perpetuus", Munster; "et vulva ejus, conceptio perpetua", Pagninus, "et vulva ejus praegnans perpetuo", Vatablus.

耶利米书 20:17 In-Context

15 给 我 父 亲 报 信 说 你 得 了 儿 子 , 使 我 父 亲 甚 欢 喜 的 , 愿 那 人 受 咒 诅 。
16 愿 那 人 像 耶 和 华 所 倾 覆 而 不 後 悔 的 城 邑 ; 愿 他 早 晨 听 见 哀 声 , 晌 午 听 见 呐 喊 ;
17 因 他 在 我 未 出 胎 的 时 候 不 杀 我 , 使 我 母 亲 成 了 我 的 坟 墓 , 胎 就 时 常 重 大 。
18 我 为 何 出 胎 见 劳 碌 愁 苦 , 使 我 的 年 日 因 羞 愧 消 灭 呢 ?
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