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Jeremiah 37:1
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英文原文
It is evident that Zedekiah was well affected toward Jeremiah. In Jeremiah 37-38, dealing with events during the siege of Jerusalem, we have an account of his relations with Jeremiah and of the prophet's personal history up to the capture of the city.
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Jeremiah 37:3
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这次遣使不可与 Jeremiah 21:1 所记的那次混为一谈：那次发生在尼布甲尼撒正进军耶路撒冷之际；而这次则处于一段短暂的盼望间隙，这盼望是由一支埃及军队前来解围所引起的。犹太人因这暂时的缓解而兴高采烈，却可悲地滥用了它（Jeremiah 34:11）。西底家似乎在某种程度上也怀有他们那样的期望，并指望先知能为这城代求，像当年以赛亚那样成功（Isaiah 37:6）。犹甲是好战党派的一员（Jeremiah 38:1），副大祭司西番亚也是如此；但在其他方面，他对耶利米素来友善。
英文原文
This embassy is not to be confounded with that Jeremiah 21:1 which took place when Nebuchadnezzar was just marching upon Jerusalem; this was in the brief interval of hope occasioned by the approach of an Egyptian army to raise the siege. The Jews were elated by this temporary relief, and miserably abused it Jeremiah 34:11. Zedekiah seems to some extent to have shared their hopes, and to have expected that the prophet would intercede for the city as successfully as Isaiah had done Isaiah 37:6. Jehucal was a member of the warlike party Jeremiah 38:1, as also was the deputy high priest Zephaniah, but otherwise he was well affected to Jeremiah.
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Jeremiah 37:5
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「那时」 - 即「于是」(And)。法老合弗拉(Pharaoh-Hophra，见 Jeremiah 44:30)，即希罗多德笔下的阿普里斯(Apries)，大概没有与尼布甲尼撒交战便撤兵了。他在位二十五年之后被阿玛西斯(Amasis)废黜，但获准住在赛斯(Sais)的王宫里，最终在那里被勒死。
英文原文
Then - And. Pharaoh-Hophra Jeremiah 44:30, the Apries of Herodotus, probably withdrew without giving Nebuchadnezzar battle. After a reign of 25 years, he was dethroned by Amasis, but allowed to inhabit his palace at Sais, where finally he was strangled.
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Jeremiah 37:7
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耶利米在这里的回答比 Jeremiah 21:4-7 所给的更为不利。抵抗是如此无望，以致迦勒底人中的伤残者便足以攻取这城，将它焚为平地。
英文原文
Jeremiah's answer here is even more unfavorable than that which is given in Jeremiah 21:4-7. So hopeless is resistance that the disabled men among the Chaldaeans would alone suffice to capture the city and burn it to the ground.
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Jeremiah 37:11
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「因惧怕……而撤退」 - 或作「已从……面前退上去」。这不过是一次战略性的调动。
英文原文
Was broken up for fear of - Or, "had got them up from the face of." It was simply a strategic movement.
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Jeremiah 37:12
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「要从那里分取……」 - 意为要从那里领取自己的一份。围城暂时解除之后，头一件要紧的事便是粮食。于是耶利米与其他像他一样有权分享亚拿突祭司土地出产的人一同动身前往，要看看是否还有剩余的存粮可供大家使用。
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To separate himself thence ... - To receive a share thence. When the siege was temporarily raised, the first object would be food, and, accordingly, Jeremiah accompanied by others, who, like himself, had a right to share in the produce of the priests' lands at Anathoth, started there to see whether any stores remained which might be available for their common use.
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Jeremiah 37:13
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「护卫兵的队长」 - 即守卫官，职责是查问一切进出的人。
「便雅悯门」 - 北门，也称以法莲门。
「你是投奔迦勒底人……」 - 耶利米人尽皆知的立场使他成了嫌疑人物，尽管这指控毫无根据。
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A captain of the ward - Captain of the watch, whose business was to examine all who went in and out.
The gate of Benjamin - The northern gate, also called the gate of Ephraim.
Thou fallest away ... - His well-known views made Jeremiah a suspected person, though the charge was groundless.
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Jeremiah 37:14
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「众首领」——不是约西亚时代受过教养的贵族、耶利米的朋友们（Jeremiah 26:16），而是 Jeremiah 24:8 所描述的那些人。他们认定控告属实，先鞭打耶利米，然后把他下在监里。
英文原文
The princes - Not the noblemen trained in the days of Josiah and Jeremiah's friends Jeremiah 26:16, but those described in Jeremiah 24:8. They assumed that the accusation was true; they first scourged and then imprisoned Jeremiah.
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Jeremiah 37:15
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「房屋」 - 大概是国务大臣的官邸。
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The house - Probably the official residence of the secretary of state.
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Jeremiah 37:16
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「地牢」 - 按字面为“水池或坑之屋”，显然位于地下。在这如水池般的坑穴中有若干囚室或拱形地窖，耶利米在其中一间久留，那里光线微弱，通风更差。
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Dungeon - literally, house of a cistern or pit, and evidently underground. In this cistern-like excavation were several cells or arched vaults, in one of which with little light and less ventilation Jeremiah remained a long time.
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Jeremiah 37:21
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「监里」 - 即护卫兵的院（旁注参照）。
「一个饼」 - 按字面为“圆的东西”，即圆形的饼。
「饼铺街」 - 在东方城镇，各行各业通常各有专设的聚集之地。比较 Acts 10:6。
英文原文
The prison - the watch (marginal reference).
Piece - literally, a circle, i. e., a round cake.
The bakers' street - It is usual in oriental towns for each trade to have a special place set apart for it. Compare Acts 10:6.
显然，西底家对耶利米素怀好感。耶利米书 37-38 章所述为耶路撒冷被围困期间发生的事件，其中记载了西底家与耶利米的关系，以及直到城陷为止先知本人的经历。