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Jer 11:1-23.
英文原文
Jer 11:1-23.
EPITOME OF THE COVENANT FOUND IN THE TEMPLE IN JOSIAH'S REIGN. JUDAH'S REVOLT FROM IT, AND GOD'S CONSEQUENT WRATH.
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2. 這約——指大祭司希勒家在殿中所尋獲的律法書
（De 31:26），
那是在耶利米蒙召作先知之後五年
（2Ki 22:8-23:25）。
聽從——耶利米以外的人也要向百姓宣揚神的旨意；將律法念給百姓聽乃是祭司的職責
（Mal 2:7）。
英文原文
2. this covenant--alluding to the book of the law
(De 31:26)
found in the temple by Hilkiah the high priest, five years after Jeremiah's call to the prophetic office
(2Ki 22:8-23:25).
Hear ye--Others besides Jeremiah were to promulgate God's will to the people; it was the duty of the priests to read the law to them
(Mal 2:7).
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3.
（De 27:26； Ga 3:10）。
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(De 27:26; Ga 3:10).
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4. 那日——即當……之時。西奈之約是在出埃及之後一段時間立的，但這兩件事關聯如此緊密，以致被視為一事。
鐵爐——
(申 4:20； 王上 8:51)。
「爐」表達嚴厲的熬煉；「鐵」表達其漫長的持續。這爐是土的，不是鐵的
(詩 12:6)；
其熱度與持續之久足以熔化鐵。神從這樣的熬煉中拯救他們，更加重了他們如今的罪。
遵行——即遵行約的話
(耶 11:3)。
好等——
(利 26:3, 12)。
英文原文
4. in the day--that is, when. The Sinaitic covenant was made some time after the exodus, but the two events are so connected as to be viewed as one.
iron furnace--
(De 4:20; 1Ki 8:51).
"Furnace" expresses the searching ordeal; "iron," the long duration of it. The furnace was of earth, not of iron
(Ps 12:6);
a furnace, in heat and duration enough to melt even iron. God's deliverance of them from such an ordeal aggravates their present guilt.
do them--namely, the words of the covenant
(Jer 11:3).
so, &c.--
(Le 26:3, 12).
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5. 誓言——
(詩 105:9, 10)。
流奶與蜜之地——（參見
民 14:8 註釋）。
正如今日——這些是神從前帶以色列人出埃及時對他們所說的結語：「順服……好使我如今成全我對你們列祖所起的誓，將……賜給」等〔MAURER〕。
英文譯本將這話應用於耶利米的時代：「如你們如今所知，神的應許已經應驗」，即在以色列得迦南地之事上。
就這樣成了——希伯來文 Amen。取自
申 27:15-26。
耶利米以此莊嚴地贊同在那裏所宣佈的咒詛的公義（參見
耶 11:3)。
英文原文
5. oath--
(Ps 105:9, 10).
a land flowing with milk and honey--(See on
Nu 14:8).
as it is this day--These are the concluding words of God to the Israelites when formerly brought out of Egypt, "Obey . . . that I may at this time make good the promise I made to your fathers, to give," &c. [MAURER]. English Version makes the words apply to Jeremiah's time, "As ye know at this time, that God's promise has been fulfilled," namely, in Israel's acquisition of Canaan.
So be it--Hebrew, Amen. Taken from
De 27:15-26.
Jeremiah hereby solemnly concurs in the justice of the curses pronounced there (see
Jer 11:3).
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6. 耶利米當在猶大全地作一次先知性的巡迴，到處宣告在殿中所尋得的律法書裡的一切警戒之語。
聽……行——（Ro 2:13；Jas 1:22）。
英文原文
6. Jeremiah was to take a prophetic tour throughout Judah, to proclaim everywhere the denunciations in the book of the law found in the temple.
Hear . . . do--
(Ro 2:13; Jas 1:22).
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7. 從早起來——
(Jer 7:13)。
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7. rising early--
(Jer 7:13).
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8. 圖謀——更恰當的譯法是「頑梗」。
必降——「直到今日」
(Jer 11:7)
這話證實英文欽定本（English Version）的譯法，過於 ROSENMULLER 所譯：「我曾降在他們身上。」
言——即威脅之言
(Jer 11:3； De 27:15-26)。
英文原文
8. imagination--rather, "stubbornness."
will bring--The words, "even unto this day"
(Jer 11:7),
confirm English Version rather than the rendering of ROSENMULLER: "I brought upon them."
words--threats
(Jer 11:3; De 27:15-26).
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9. 陰謀——是蓄意的結黨，對抗神並對抗約西亞的改革。他們的偶像崇拜並非出於一時的衝動
(Ps 83:5； Eze 22:25)。
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9. conspiracy--a deliberate combination against God and against Josiah's reformation. Their idolatry is not the result of a hasty impulse
(Ps 83:5; Eze 22:25).
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11. 哀求我——與「哀求那些神明」（Jer 11:12）相對。
不聽——（Ps 18:41；Pr 1:28；Isa 1:15；Mic 3:4）。
英文原文
11. cry unto me--contrasted with "cry unto the gods,"
(Jer 11:12).
not hearken--
(Ps 18:41; Pr 1:28; Isa 1:15; Mic 3:4).
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12. 哀求那些神……不能拯救——
(De 32:37, 38)。
試比較本節及
Jer 11:13
開頭； Jer 2:28。
遭災難的時候——即患難之時
(Jer 2:27)。
英文原文
12. cry unto the gods . . . not save--
(De 32:37, 38).
Compare this verse and beginning of
Jer 11:13; Jer 2:28.
in the time of their trouble--that is, calamity
(Jer 2:27).
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13. 可憎的事——希伯來文作「羞恥」，即偶像，不僅是可恥的，更是一切可恥之事的本質
(Jer 3:24； Ho 9:10)，
必將羞恥與混亂帶到你們自己身上〔CALVIN〕。
英文原文
13. shameful thing--Hebrew, "shame," namely, the idol, not merely shameful, but the essence of all that is shameful
(Jer 3:24; Ho 9:10),
which will bring shame and confusion on yourselves [CALVIN].
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14. 罪惡有其高峰，到了不容再代禱的地步
(Ex 32:10，
迦勒底文譯本作「停止禱告」；
Jer 7:16； 1Sa 16:1; 15:35； 1Jo 5:16)。
我們的心思當與神在祂一切作為上合一，甚至在被棄絕者的被棄上也是如此。
為他們的患難——即因他們的患難。其他抄本讀作「在他們遭難的時候」；這是從
Jer 11:12
抄入的旁註。
英文原文
14. There is a climax of guilt which admits of no further intercessory prayer
(Ex 32:10,
in the Chaldee version, "leave off praying";
Jer 7:16; 1Sa 16:1; 15:35; 1Jo 5:16).
Our mind should be at one with God in all that He is doing, even in the rejection of the reprobate.
for their trouble--on account of their trouble. Other manuscripts read, "in the time of their trouble;" a gloss from
Jer 11:12.
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15. 我所親愛的——我所揀選的百姓猶大；這加重了他們忘恩的罪
(Jer 12:7)。
與許多人行淫亂——
(Eze 16:25)。
當譯作「那重大（或多重）的惡行」；字面作「那惡行，那多重的」；即他們的偶像崇拜，這使他們在聖殿中敬拜神成為兒戲
（參
Jer 7:10； Eze 23:39)
[HENDERSON]。
聖肉——
(Hag 2:12-14； Tit 1:15)，
即祭肉，因猶大人的罪，這些祭肉已不再是聖的，即不再為神所悅納。因此他們所倚靠的祭物也不再保護他們。猶大被描繪為一個祭司的妻子，她因行淫而喪失了在祭肉中的分，卻在同一時間仍自誇她的特權
[HORSLEY]。
當你作惡之時——字面作「當你的惡（來到時）」。PISCATOR 譯作「當你的災禍臨到（照神的威脅），你卻誇口」（敵擋神，而不自卑）。英文譯本最佳
（參
Pr 2:14)。
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15. my beloved--My elect people, Judea; this aggravates their ingratitude
(Jer 12:7).
lewdness with many--
(Eze 16:25).
Rather, "that great (or, manifold) enormity"; literally, "the enormity, the manifold"; namely, their idolatry, which made their worship of God in the temple a mockery (compare
Jer 7:10; Eze 23:39)
[HENDERSON].
holy flesh--
(Hag 2:12-14; Tit 1:15),
namely, the sacrifices, which, through the guilt of the Jews, were no longer holy, that is, acceptable to God. The sacrifices on which they relied will, therefore, no longer protect them. Judah is represented as a priest's wife, who, by adultery, has forfeited her share in the flesh of the sacrifices, and yet boasts of her prerogative at the very same time [HORSLEY].
when thou doest evil--literally, "when thy evil" (is at hand). PISCATOR translates, "When thy calamity is at hand (according to God's threats), thou gloriest" (against God, instead of humbling thyself). English Version is best (compare
Pr 2:14).
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16. 賜名給你——即使你成為。
青橄欖樹——
(Ps 52:8； Ro 11:17)。
選用「橄欖樹」代表猶大蒙神白白恩典收納，因為它的油是豐富的象徵（參
Ps 23:5; 104:15)。
因……喧嚷……的響聲——或作「因……響聲」云云，即因入侵軍隊的喧嚷
(Isa 13:4)
〔MAURER〕。更恰當地，應作「因大能聲音的響聲」，即神的聲音，也就是雷聲；如此便沒有比喻的混亂。被閃電擊中的樹「著了火，枝子折斷」，是在同一時間發生的〔HOUBIGANT〕。
英文原文
16. called thy name--made thee.
olive--
(Ps 52:8; Ro 11:17).
The "olive" is chosen to represent the adoption of Judah by the free grace of God, as its oil is the image of richness (compare
Ps 23:5; 104:15).
with . . . noise of . . . tumult--or, "at the noise," &c., namely, at the tumult of the invading army
(Isa 13:4)
[MAURER]. Or, rather, "with the sound of a mighty voice," namely, that of God, that is, the thunder; thus there is no confusion of metaphors. The tree stricken with lightning has "fire kindled upon it, and the branches are broken," at one and the same time [HOUBIGANT].
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17. 栽植你的——
（耶二21；賽五2）。
自害己命——罪人的罪乃自取其禍（參耶七19註釋）。
英文原文
17. that planted thee--
(Jer 2:21; Isa 5:2).
against themselves--The sinner's sin is to his own hurt (see on
Jer 7:19).
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18, 19. 耶利米在此離題，提及亞拿突城同鄉謀害他性命的企圖。他對此毫無所知，直到耶和華向他啟示
(Jer 12:6)。
耶和華……你——人稱從第三人稱改為第二人稱，與先知激動的情緒相符。
那時——當我性命處於危險之時。
他們的作為——指亞拿突人的作為。他在還未提到他們的名字之前就這樣提及他們，是由於他的激動。
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18, 19. Jeremiah here digresses to notice the attempt on his life plotted by his townsmen of Anathoth. He had no suspicion of it, until Jehovah revealed it to him
(Jer 12:6).
the Lord . . . thou--The change of person from the third to the second accords with the excited feelings of the prophet.
then--when I was in peril of my life.
their doings--those of the men of Anathoth. His thus alluding to them, before he has mentioned their name, is due to his excitement.
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19. 羊羔*——直譯為「馴養的羊羔」，猶太人常養在家裏讓孩子們玩耍；阿拉伯人至今仍然如此
(2Sa 12:3)。
先知自己的密友竟謀害他。這話與用於彌賽亞的話完全相同
(Isa 53:7)。
每一位先知和先祖都在自己身上彰顯了將要來的彌賽亞那多方面屬性和苦難中的某一個或更多特徵；正如自祂來臨之後聖徒們所行的一樣
(Ga 2:20; Php 3:10; Col 1:24)。
這使二者都更能在經歷上為基督作見證。
計謀——
(Jer 18:18)。
有……果子的樹——直譯為「在其果子或食物中」，即當它結果子的時候。這是諺語，表達連根帶果一併毀滅。那人是樹；他的教訓是果子。讓我們毀滅先知和他的預言；即那些威脅要毀滅這國、使他們不悅的預言。參
Mt 7:17，
那裏也是指先知和他們的教訓。
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19. lamb--literally, a "pet lamb," such as the Jews often had in their houses, for their children to play with; and the Arabs still have
(2Sa 12:3).
His own familiar friends had plotted against the prophet. The language is exactly the same as that applied to Messiah
(Isa 53:7).
Each prophet and patriarch exemplified in his own person some one feature or more in the manifold attributes and sufferings of the Messiah to come; just as the saints have done since His coming
(Ga 2:20; Php 3:10; Col 1:24).
This adapted both the more experimentally to testify of Christ.
devices--
(Jer 18:18).
tree with . . . fruit--literally, "in its fruit" or "food," that is, when it is in fruit. Proverbial, to express the destruction of cause and effect together. The man is the tree; his teaching, the fruit. Let us destroy the prophet and his prophecies; namely, those threatening destruction to the nation, which offended them. Compare
Mt 7:17,
which also refers to prophets and their doctrines.
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20. 察驗……心——
(Re 2:23)。
剖白——即將我的案件交託。耶利米復仇的願望不是出於個人，而是出於職責，與神向他啟示的旨意相符——那旨意既針對神的仇敵，也針對祂僕人的仇敵
(Ps 37:34; 54:7; 112:8; 118:7)。
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20. triest . . . heart--
(Re 2:23).
revealed--committed my cause. Jeremiah's wish for vengeance was not personal but ministerial, and accorded with God's purpose revealed to him against the enemies alike of God and of His servant
(Ps 37:34; 54:7; 112:8; 118:7).
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21. 不要說預言*——
(Isa 30:10; Am 2:12; Mic 2:6)。
耶利米若沒有說出他定罪的預言，他們就不會謀害他。沒有人比他自己的同鄉更苦毒。請參照拿撒勒人對待耶穌的行為
(Lu 4:24-29)。
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21. Prophesy not--
(Isa 30:10; Am 2:12; Mic 2:6).
If Jeremiah had not uttered his denunciatory predictions, they would not have plotted against him. None were more bitter than his own fellow townsmen. Compare the conduct of the Nazarites towards Jesus of Nazareth
(Lu 4:24-29).
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22. 他們謀殺的企圖必有同類的報應；正如彌賽亞的情形
(Ps 69:8-28)。
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22. The retribution of their intended murder shall be in kind; just as in Messiah's case
(Ps 69:8-28).
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23.
(Jer 23:12)。
追討的年——七十士譯本譯作「在他們的……年」，即當我在怒中追討他們之時。JEROME 支持英文譯本。「年」常指一定的時候。
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(Jer 23:12).
the year of . . . visitation--The Septuagint translates, "in the year of their," &c., that is, at the time when I shall visit them in wrath. JEROME supports English Version. "Year" often means a determined time.
Jer 11:1-23.
約西亞作王時在殿中所尋獲之約的摘要。猶大對約的背叛，以及神因此發的烈怒