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Jeremiah 43:1
英文原文
These captains belonged to the party who had all along resisted Jeremiah's counsels, and had led Zedekiah astray. Now however that events had proved that the prophet's counsels had been wise and true, they cannot for shame find fault with him, but they affirm that he is under the influence of Baruch, a traitor who has sold himself to the Chaldaeans, and seeks only the hurt of the people.
These captains belonged to the party who had all along resisted Jeremiah's counsels, and had led Zedekiah astray. Now however that events had proved that the prophet's counsels had been wise and true, they cannot for shame find fault with him, but they affirm that he is under the influence of Baruch, a traitor who has sold himself to the Chaldaeans, and seeks only the hurt of the people.
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Jeremiah 43:4
「眾民」——然而,許多人只是不情願的執行者,被迫去行那些肆無忌憚的首領們強加於全體百姓的事。
英文原文
All the people - Many, nevertheless, would be unwilling agents, compelled to do what their unscrupulous leaders forced upon the community.
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Jeremiah 43:5
「猶大一切剩下而歸回的人」——如此，這地全然荒廢、人煙盡絕的過程便告完成。耶利米書 24:8-10 的預言就此應驗；而這國如今的唯一盼望，只集中於被擄到巴比倫的人身上（Jeremiah 24:5-7）。
英文原文
All the remnant of Judah that were returned - In this way, the utter depopulation of the land was completed. Thus was fulfilled the predictions of Jeremiah 24:8-10, and the sole hope of the nation now centered in the exiles at Babylon Jeremiah 24:5-7.
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Jeremiah 43:7
「答比匿」——見 Jeremiah 2:16 註釋。
英文原文
Tahpanhes - See the Jeremiah 2:16 note.
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Jeremiah 43:8
抵達埃及邊境時，眾軍長必須停留，以取得進入該國的御准。耶利米便趁這機會預言：第一，埃及的傾覆；第二，假神的傾覆。
英文原文
On arriving at the frontiers of Egypt, the captains would be compelled to halt in order to obtain the king's permission to enter his country. Jeremiah therefore takes the opportunity to predict, first, the downfall of Egypt; and secondly, that of the false gods.
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Jeremiah 43:9
「磚窯」——或許是磚砌的鋪石地。耶利米要取幾塊大石——其大小仍可持於手中——用它們在王宮前的門廊堆砌一物，足以代表通常安放王座的臺座。所謂藏在土磚裏，意即用灰泥塗抹遮蓋。
英文原文
Brickkiln - Possibly, a pavement of brick. Jeremiah was to take a few large stones, such, nevertheless, as he could carry in his hand, and build with them, in the propylaea before the royal palace, something that would serve to represent the dais upon which the seat of kings was usually placed. By hiding them in the clay is meant plastering them over with mortar.
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Jeremiah 43:10
「我的僕人」——見 Jeremiah 25:9 註釋。
「我所藏的」——意即我藉我的先知嵌在灰泥裏的。
「帳幕」——更佳的譯法是：「華蓋」。大概指在王上方高擎的遮陽傘；傘柄高而粗，須雙手握持，早期傘頂是相當小的圓形。
英文原文
My servant - See Jeremiah 25:9 note.
That I have hid - i. e., that I have embedded in the mortar by the instrumentality of my prophet.
Pavilion - Rather, canopy. It probably means the parasol held over kings, which had a tall and thick pole, grasped with both hands, and in the early times a somewhat small circular top.
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Jeremiah 43:11
各人必按其命運：或死於饑荒、瘟疫、或陣亡；或被擄去；或被處死於刀下。
英文原文
According to each man's destiny, he will either die of famine, pestilence, or in battle; or he will be led captive; or be put to death by the executioner.
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Jeremiah 43:12
「我要點火」——或作：「他必點火」。
「他必焚燒……」——意即他必焚燒那些廟宇，並把神像擄去。
「他必披戴」——直譯為：「他必如牧人披上外衣一般，把埃及地披在身上，（平平安安地）從那裏出來」；意即巴比倫王要奪取埃及一切的榮華，如同牧人夜間往田間看守羊群時隨手把外衣披上一樣容易，然後揚長而去，無人阻擋他的進路。
英文原文
I will kindle - Or, "he shall kindle."
He shall burn them ... - i. e., he shall burn the temples, and carry away the gods.
And he shall array - literally, "And he shall wrap himself in the land of Egypt as the shepherd wrappeth himself in his cloak, and shall (go forth thence in peace;" i. e., With as great ease as a shepherd throws his cloak round him when going forth to watch his flock by night in the field, so easily shall the king of Babylon take possession of all the glory of Egypt, throw it round him, and depart without anyone resisting his progress.
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Jeremiah 43:13
「柱像」——宜作「柱子」（參 Isaiah 19:19 的註釋），即方尖碑。
「伯示麥」——即赫利奧波利斯，以方尖碑聞名。
英文原文
Images - Rather, pillars (compare the Isaiah 19:19 note), obelisks.
Beth-shemesh - Heliopolis, famous for its obelisks.
這些軍長屬於始終抗拒耶利米勸言的一黨，正是他們把西底家引入了歧途。然而如今，事態既已證明先知的勸言明智而真實，他們因羞恥的緣故不能向他吹毛求疵，便聲稱他是受了巴錄的影響——一個把自己賣給迦勒底人、一心只求傷害這民眾的叛徒。