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Jeremiah 45 Introduction
英文原文
The long catalogue of calamities so consistently denounced by Jeremiah against his country Jeremiah 45:1-5, made a most painful impression upon Baruch's mind. He was of ambitious temperament Jeremiah 45:5, and being of noble birth as the grandson of Maaseiah, the governor of Jerusalem in Josiah's time 2 Chronicles 34:8, and a scribe, he appears to have looked forward either to high office in the state, or far more probably to being invested with prophetic powers. This address tells Baruch to give up his ambitious hopes, and be content with escaping with life only. Like the prophecy of the 70 years of exile, it would become a prediction of good only after really troubles had been undergone and pride was quelled. As regards the place of this prophecy it would come in order of time next to Jeremiah 36, but as that was a public, and this a private prophecy, they would not be written upon the same scroll. When the last memorials of Jeremiah's life were added to the history of the fall of Jerusalem, Baruch attached to them this prediction, which - humbled by years, and the weight of public and private calamity - he now read with very different feelings from those which filled his mind in his youth.
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Jeremiah 45:1
「这些话」 - 即约雅敬书卷上的话。
英文原文
These words - i. e., the words of Jehoiakim's scroll.
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Jeremiah 45:3
「忧愁加在我的痛苦上」 - 巴录的忧愁是因犹太民族的罪恶而生，而神又加上忧愁，向他显明这罪将受何等严厉的惩罚。
「困乏」 - 或作「疲乏」（参 Psalm 6:6）。
英文原文
Grief to my sorrow - Baruch's sorrow is caused by the sinfulness of the Jewish nation, to which God adds grief by showing how severely it will be punished.
I fainted in - Or, "am weary with" Psalm 6:6.
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Jeremiah 45:4
「这地」 - 或作「全地」。巴录的际遇正值那样的乱世，即神向凡有血气的施行审判的时代（Jeremiah 45:5）。因尼布甲尼撒的锐进之势而陷于动荡的，不仅是犹太地，更是当时整个已知的世界（Jeremiah 25:26）。
英文原文
land - Or, earth. Baruch's lot was cast in one of those troublous times when God enters into judgment with all flesh Jeremiah 45:5. It was not Judaea only but the whole known world that was thrown into turmoil by Nebuchadnezzars energy Jeremiah 25:26.
耶利米向本国同胞一贯宣告的一长列灾祸（Jeremiah 45:1-5），在巴录心中留下了极为沉痛的印象。他生性抱负不凡（Jeremiah 45:5），又出身贵胄——他是约西亚时代耶路撒冷市长玛西雅之孙（2 Chronicles 34:8）——且身为文士；他先前所期望的，要么是国家中的高位，而更可能的，是被授予先知的权能。这篇信息吩咐巴录放弃他那雄心勃勃的指望，满足于仅仅保住性命。正如论到被掳七十年的预言一样，这话只有在真正经历患难、骄傲被制服之后，才会成为赐福的预言。至于这篇预言的位置，按时间顺序它应紧接在耶利米书36章之后；但因那章是公开的预言，而这是私人的预言，两者不会写在同一书卷上。当耶路撒冷沦陷的历史补上耶利米生平最后的记录时，巴录便把这段预言附在其后；如今，岁月的磨砺以及公共与个人灾祸的重压已使他谦卑下来，他重读这段预言时的心情，与青年时代充满其心的感受已大不相同。