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Jer 37:1-21.
英文原文
Jer 37:1-21.
HISTORICAL SECTIONS, THIRTY-SEVENTH THROUGH FORTY-FOURTH CHAPTERS. THE CHALDEANS RAISE THE SIEGE TO GO AND MEET PHARAOH-HOPHRA. ZEDEKIAH SENDS TO JEREMIAH TO PRAY TO GOD IN BEHALF OF THE JEWS: IN VAIN, JEREMIAH TRIES TO ESCAPE TO HIS NATIVE PLACE, BUT IS ARRESTED. ZEDEKIAH ABATES THE RIGOR OF HIS IMPRISONMENT.
1. Coniah--curtailed from Jeconiah by way of reproach.
whom--referring to Zedekiah, not to Coniah
(2Ki 24:17).
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2. 他们竟未因耶哥尼雅所受的刑罚受警戒，何等惊人的愚昧[加尔文（CALVIN）]，
(代下 36:12, 14)！
英文原文
2. Amazing stupidity, that they were not admonished by the punishment of Jeconiah [CALVIN],
(2Ch 36:12, 14)!
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3. 西底家……差遣——他恐怕迦勒底人一旦胜过法老合弗拉，便会回来围攻耶路撒冷。参
Jer 21:1；
该章在时间顺序上位于第三十七与第三十八章之间。但第三十七章此处王对耶利米所传的话，略早于第二十一章中所记；此处是迦勒底人与法老之间胜负未分之时，彼处则是法老被击退后迦勒底人再次进攻耶路撒冷之时；因此，两次使团中虽都有西番雅，但此处是耶甲随行，彼处是巴施户珥。然而，由于巴施户珥和耶甲都在
Jer 38:1, 2
中与耶利米的回答相同，即与
Jer 21:9
的回答相同，可见两次传话相隔甚近；此处
Jer 37:3
所记，以及其回答
Jer 37:7-10，
是两次中较早的一次。
西番雅——是怂恿背叛神的人
(Jer 29:25)，
不过不及许多人那样恶毒
(Jer 29:29)，
终按其罪受罚
(Jer 52:24-27)。
英文原文
3. Zedekiah . . . sent--fearing lest, in the event of the Chaldeans overcoming Pharaoh-hophra, they should return to besiege Jerusalem. See on
Jer 21:1;
that chapter chronologically comes in between the thirty-seventh and thirty-eighth chapter. The message of the king to Jeremiah here in the thirty-seventh chapter is, however, somewhat earlier than that in the twenty-first chapter; here it is while the issue between the Chaldeans and Pharaoh was undecided; there it is when, after the repulse of Pharaoh, the Chaldeans were again advancing against Jerusalem; hence, while Zephaniah is named in both embassies, Jehucal accompanies him here, Pashur there. But, as Pashur and Jehucal are both mentioned in
Jer 38:1, 2,
as hearing Jeremiah's reply, which is identical with that in
Jer 21:9,
it is probable the two messages followed one another at a short interval; that in this
Jer 37:3,
and the answer,
Jer 37:7-10,
being the earlier of the two.
Zephaniah--an abettor of rebellion against God
(Jer 29:25),
though less virulent than many
(Jer 29:29),
punished accordingly
(Jer 52:24-27).
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4. 耶利米……没有……下在监里——他已不在监牢的院中，如他先前所处
(Jer 32:2; 33:1)，
那些经文是指围城之初，不是指迦勒底人暂时撤兵去迎击法老之后重新围城之时。
英文原文
4. Jeremiah . . . not put . . . into prison--He was no longer in the prison court, as he had been
(Jer 32:2; 33:1),
which passages refer to the beginning of the siege, not to the time when the Chaldeans renewed the siege, after having withdrawn for a time to meet Pharaoh.
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5. 这一次法老为耶路撒冷解围的暂时转机之后，埃及人再未前来帮助
(2Ki 24:7)。
犹大的不幸在于夹在巴比伦与埃及两大相争的强权之间，因此常受二者交替的入侵。约西亚站在亚述一方，在米吉多与法老尼哥争战而阵亡
(2Ki 23:29)。
西底家违背誓言寻求与埃及结盟，如今将被尼布甲尼撒所擒
(2Ch 36:13； Eze 17:15, 17)。
英文原文
5. After this temporary diversion, caused by Pharaoh in favor of Jerusalem, the Egyptians returned no more to its help
(2Ki 24:7).
Judea had the misfortune to lie between the two great contending powers, Babylon and Egypt, and so was exposed to the alternate inroads of the one or the other. Josiah, taking side with Assyria, fell in battle with Pharaoh-necho at Megiddo
(2Ki 23:29).
Zedekiah, seeking the Egyptian alliance in violation of his oath, was now about to be taken by Nebuchadnezzar
(2Ch 36:13; Eze 17:15, 17).
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7. 必回来——却不能为你们成就任何拯救。
英文原文
7. shall return--without accomplishing any deliverance for you.
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(Jer 34:22)。
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8.
(Jer 34:22).
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9. yourselves（你们自己）——希伯来文作"souls"（性命）。
英文原文
9. yourselves--Hebrew, "souls."
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10. yet . . . they（然而……他们）——即使几个受伤的人也足以毁灭你们。
英文原文
10. yet . . . they--Even a few wounded men would suffice for your destruction.
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11. broken up（撤围）——"上去"。
英文原文
11. broken up--"gone up."
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12. Benjamin（便雅悯）——他本乡亚拿突城。
to separate himself（要分出来）——旁注（Margin）译作"溜走"，源于意为"光滑"的希伯来文词根，所以是如同光滑不可拿住之物般溜走。但神的先知不会耻辱地逃走；"在百姓中间"与其说暗示随同别人公开离开，不如说并非混在离去人群中隐秘溜走。宁可译作，为自己分别，或分开居住地，以便一部分住在这里，一部分住在那里，居无定所，在百姓中往来[LUDOVICUS DE DIEU]。MAURER 译作"从那里取他的分"，即要兑现他在亚拿突的财产所得[HENDERSON]，或接受他从哈拿蔑所买之地[MAURER]。
英文原文
12. Benjamin--to his own town, Anathoth.
to separate himself--Margin translates, "to slip away," from a Hebrew root, "to be smooth," so, to slip away as a slippery thing that cannot be held. But it is not likely the prophet of God would flee in a dishonorable way; and "in the midst of the people" rather implies open departure along with others, than clandestine slipping away by mixing with the crowd of departing people. Rather, it means, to separate himself, or to divide his place of residence, so as to live partly here, partly there, without fixed habitation, going to and fro among the people [LUDOVICUS DE DIEU]. MAURER translates, "to take his portion thence," to realize the produce of his property in Anathoth [HENDERSON], or to take possession of the land which he bought from Hanameel [MAURER].
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13. ward（监房）——即"守卫"或"看守"。
Hananiah（哈拿尼雅）——耶利米曾预言他的死
(Jer 28:16)。
那孙子为复仇，以叛逃（"你倒向敌人"，
Jer 38:19; 52:15; 1Sa 29:3)
为名拘捕耶利米。他的预言给这指控提供了借口
(Jer 21:9; 38:4)。
英文原文
13. ward--that is, the "guard," or "watch."
Hananiah--whose death Jeremiah predicted
(Jer 28:16).
The grandson in revenge takes Jeremiah into custody on the charge of deserting ("thou fallest away,"
Jer 38:19; 52:15; 1Sa 29:3)
to the enemy. His prophecies gave color to the charge
(Jer 21:9; 38:4).
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15. scribe（文士）——朝廷秘书之一；在东方，官吏私宅的一部分常用作监牢。
英文原文
15. scribe--one of the court secretaries; often in the East part of the private house of a public officer serves as a prison.
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16. dungeon . . . cabins（地牢……房子）——监牢由一个坑（"地牢"）和四周的拱形小室组成。"房子"（cabins）源于意为"屈身"的词根。
英文原文
16. dungeon . . . cabins--The prison consisted of a pit (the "dungeon") with vaulted cells round the sides of it. The "cabins," from a root, "to bend one's self."
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17. secretly（暗暗地）——西底家羞于被臣仆看见咨询耶利米
(Joh 12:43; 5:44; 19:38)。
thou shalt be delivered（你必被交出）——耶利米若顾念地上的利益，他的回答必大为不同。与此相反，
Jer 6:14; Isa 30:10; Eze 13:10。
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17. secretly--Zedekiah was ashamed to be seen by his courtiers consulting Jeremiah
(Joh 12:43; 5:44; 19:38).
thou shalt be delivered--Had Jeremiah consulted his earthly interests, he would have answered very differently. Contrast
Jer 6:14; Isa 30:10; Eze 13:10.
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18. What（什么事）——我究竟在哪件事上得罪了？
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18. What--In what respect have I offended?
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19. Where are now your prophets（如今你们的先知在哪里）——事实表明他们是说谎的；正如巴比伦王不顾他们的预言已经来了，照样他也必再来。
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19. Where are now your prophets--The event has showed them to be liars; and, as surely as the king of Babylon has come already, notwithstanding their prophecy, so surely shall he return.
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20. be accepted（蒙悦纳）——宁作"让我的恳求谦卑地呈上"
(参
Jer 36:7)，
[HENDERSON]。
lest I die there（免得我死在那里）——在地牢里
(Jer 37:16)，
因缺乏适当的食物
(Jer 37:21)。
先知天然畏惧死亡，这使他属灵的坚定更显可贵；他宁死也不肯偏离他的职分 [CALVIN]。
英文原文
20. be accepted--rather, "Let my supplication be humbly presented" (see on
Jer 36:7),
[HENDERSON].
lest I die there--in the subterranean dungeon
(Jer 37:16),
from want of proper sustenance
(Jer 37:21).
The prophet naturally shrank from death, which makes his spiritual firmness the more remarkable; he was ready to die rather than swerve from his duty [CALVIN].
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21. court of the prison（监牢的院）——
(Jer 32:2; 38:13, 28)。
bakers' street（饼铺街）——东方城市中同业之人通常住在同一条街上。
all the bread . . . spent（所有的饼……都尽了）——耶利米一直有饼供应，直到他被丢进玛基雅的地牢中，那时城里的饼已尽。将本节与
Jer 38:9 相比，
可知那时必在城被攻取之前不久
(Jer 52:6)。
神论到他的儿女说："在饥荒的日子，他们必得饱足"
(Ps 37:19; Isa 33:16)。
诚实的责备
(Jer 37:17)
至终往往比奉承更得恩宠
(Pr 28:23)。
英文原文
21. court of the prison--
(Jer 32:2; 38:13, 28).
bakers' street--Persons in the same business in cities in the East commonly reside in the same street.
all the bread . . . spent--Jeremiah had bread supplied to him until he was thrown into the dungeon of Malchiah, at which time the bread in the city was spent. Compare this verse with
Jer 38:9;
that time must have been very shortly before the capture of the city
(Jer 52:6).
God saith of His children, "In the days of famine they shall be satisfied"
(Ps 37:19; Isa 33:16).
Honest reproof
(Jer 37:17),
in the end often gains more favor than flattery
(Pr 28:23).
耶 37:1-21。
史事部分，第三十七至四十四章。迦勒底人解围去迎击法老合弗拉。西底家派人请耶利米为犹太人向神祈求；耶利米试图逃回本乡，却被拿住。西底家减轻了他监禁的严酷。
1. 哥尼雅——是耶哥尼雅的贬称缩写。
就是——指西底家，不是指哥尼雅
(王下 24:17)。