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Jer 9:1-26.
英文原文
Jer 9:1-26.
JEREMIAH'S LAMENTATION FOR THE JEWS' SINS AND CONSEQUENT PUNISHMENT.
1. This verse is more fitly joined to the last chapter, as
verse 23
in the Hebrew (compare
Isa 22:4; La 2:11; 3:48).
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2. 客店——為曠野中商隊或旅行人群而設的驛站，遠離城鎮。是四面圍著開放院子的方形建築。雖是孤寂且常骯髒的住所，耶利米卻寧願選擇它過耶路撒冷的舒適，好遠離首都的污穢
（Ps 55:7, 8）。
英文原文
2. lodging-place--a caravanseral for caravans, or companies travelling in the desert, remote from towns. It was a square building enclosing an open court. Though a lonely and often filthy dwelling, Jeremiah would prefer even it to the comforts of Jerusalem, so as to be removed from the pollutions of the capital
(Ps 55:7, 8).
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3. 彎曲……舌頭……為謊言——即以謊言為箭；他們將舌頭如弓般指向謊言
（Ps 64:3, 4）。
不為……真理竭力——
（Jer 7:28）。
MAURER 譯作：「他們不靠真理得勝」或信心
（Ps 12:4）。
他們的舌頭，不是信心，才是他們的武器。
在地上——更確切地說，「在這地」。
不認識我——
（Ho 4:1）。
英文原文
3. bend . . . tongues . . . for lies--that is, with lies as their arrows; they direct lies on their tongue as their bow
(Ps 64:3, 4).
not valiant for . . . truth--
(Jer 7:28).
MAURER translates, "They do not prevail by truth" or faith
(Ps 12:4).
Their tongue, not faith, is their weapon.
upon . . . earth--rather, "in the land."
know not me--
(Ho 4:1).
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4. 欺壓——字面意思是「用腳跟絆倒」
(何 12:3)。
行毀謗——
(耶 6:28)。
英文原文
4. supplant--literally, "trip up by the heel"
(Ho 12:3).
walk with slanders--
(Jer 6:28).
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5. 勞勞碌碌——費力地行悖逆的事〔MAURER〕。罪是艱苦的奴役
(哈 2:13)。
英文原文
5. weary themselves--are at laborious pains to act perversely [MAURER]. Sin is a hard bondage
(Hab 2:13).
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6. 你的——神對耶利米說話，因他居住在詭詐的人中間。
不肯認識我——他們對神的無知是出於故意
(Jer 9:3；5:4, 5)。
英文原文
6. Thine--God addresses Jeremiah, who dwelt in the midst of deceitful men.
refuse to know me--Their ignorance of God is wilful
(Jer 9:3; 5:4, 5).
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7. 熔化……熬煉他們——即以災禍試煉他們。
因我怎樣行——「為了我百姓女兒的緣故，我還能作什麼呢？」〔MAURER〕，
(Isa 1:25； Mal 3:3)。
英文原文
7. melt . . . try them--by sending calamities on them.
for how shall I do--"What else can I do for the sake of the daughter of My people?" [MAURER],
(Isa 1:25; Mal 3:3).
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8. 舌頭……射出的箭——更恰當的譯法是「殺人的箭」〔MAURER〕
(Jer 9:3)。
口說和平……心裏……設下……埋伏——設下他的伏兵〔HENDERSON〕，
(Ps 55:21)。
英文原文
8. tongue . . . arrow shot out--rather, "a murdering arrow" [MAURER]
(Jer 9:3).
speaketh peaceably . . . in heart . . . layeth . . . wait--layeth his ambush [HENDERSON],
(Ps 55:21).
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9.
(Jer 5:9, 29)。
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(Jer 5:9, 29).
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10. 耶利米在耶和華烈怒的威脅中，插入了對自己荒涼國土的哀歌。
山嶺——曾經開墾、結實纍纍：山坡在岩石之間開成梯田耕種。
曠野的居所——應作「牧場平原上佳美的青草」（字面作任何事物的「精選部分」）。希伯來文「曠野」一詞並非指不毛的沙漠，而是指未開墾的平原，適合作牧場。
燒盡——因無人澆灌，居民盡都離去。
無人能經過——更何況居住。
飛鳥——
(Jer 4:25)。
英文原文
10. Jeremiah breaks in upon Jehovah's threats of wrath with lamentation for his desolated country.
mountains--once cultivated and fruitful: the hillsides were cultivated in terraces between the rocks.
habitations of . . . wilderness--rather, "the pleasant herbage (literally, 'the choice parts' of any thing) of the pasture plain." The Hebrew for "wilderness" expresses not a barren desert, but an untilled plain, fit for pasture.
burned up--because no one waters them, the inhabitants being all gone.
none can pass through them--much less inhabit them.
fowl--
(Jer 4:25).
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11. 並且——「並且」當刪去。耶和華在此從
Jer 9:9
恢復祂的發言。
亂堆——（見
Isa 25:2
註釋）。
野狗——即豺狼。
英文原文
11. And--omit "And." Jehovah here resumes His speech from
Jer 9:9.
heaps--(see on
Isa 25:2).
dragons--jackals.
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12. 更當譯作：「誰是智慧人？（即凡有受感之智慧的，2Pe 3:15）；讓他明白這事（好好衡量將臨的災禍，以及它們被降下的原因）；耶和華對誰口傳過（即凡受先知默感的），讓他向同胞宣告」，盼望他們或可被激發而悔改——這是惟一的得救之望。
英文原文
12. Rather, "Who is a wise man? (that is, Whosoever has inspired wisdom,
2Pe 3:15);
let him understand this (weigh well the evils impending, and the causes of their being sent); and he to whom the mouth of the Lord hath spoken (that is, whosoever is prophetically inspired), let him declare it to his fellow countrymen," if haply they may be roused to repentance, the only hope of safety.
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13. 回答「這地為何毀滅」
(Jer 9:12)。
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13. Answer to the "for what the land perisheth"
(Jer 9:12).
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14.
(Jer 7:24)。
眾巴力——巴力的複數，以表達其假想的多重能力。
列祖教訓他們——
(Ga 1:14； 1Pe 1:18)。
我們不可追隨列祖的錯誤，而當以聖經和神的權威為依歸〔JEROME〕。
英文原文
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(Jer 7:24).
Baalim--plural of Baal, to express his supposed manifold powers.
fathers taught them--
(Ga 1:14; 1Pe 1:18).
We are not to follow the errors of the fathers, but the authority of Scripture and of God [JEROME].
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15. 喂——
(Jer 8:14；23:15； Ps 80:5)。
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15. feed--
(Jer 8:14; 23:15; Ps 80:5).
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16. 他們列祖也不認識的——暗指
Jer 9:14，
「他們的列祖教訓他們」拜偶像；因此兒女要被分散到一個他們列祖和他們都不認識的地去。
在他們後面拔出刀來——連逃亡之時也不得安全。
英文原文
16. nor their fathers have known--alluding to
Jer 9:14,
"Their fathers taught them" idolatry; therefore the children shall be scattered to a land which neither their fathers nor they have known.
send a sword after them--Not even in flight shall they be safe.
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17. 哀哭的婦女*——受雇以哀號哭號來加強舉哀的氣氛，她們袒露胸膛、搥打雙臂、任頭髮披散
(2Ch 35:25; Ec 12:5; Mt 9:23)。
巧妙的——善於舉哀的。
英文原文
17. mourning women--hired to heighten lamentation by plaintive cries baring the breast, beating the arms, and suffering the hair to flow dishevelled
(2Ch 35:25; Ec 12:5; Mt 9:23).
cunning--skilled in wailing.
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18.
（耶十四17）。
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(Jer 14:17).
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19. 這是「哀哭的婦女」的呼喊。
被毀——被洗劫一空。
住處趕出我們——應驗了
Le 18:28; 20:22。
CALVIN譯為「仇敵拆毀了我們的住處」。
英文原文
19. The cry of "the mourning women."
spoiled--laid waste.
dwellings cast us out--fulfilling
Le 18:28; 20:22.
CALVIN translates, "The enemy have cast down our habitations."
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20. 然而*——寧可譯為「只是」
[HENDERSON]。
這語氣詞引起對下文的注意。
教導……女兒舉哀——死亡的人數將如此之多，以致哀哭的婦女不敷應用。因此母親必須教導女兒這門技藝，以供需求。
英文原文
20. Yet--rather, "Only" [HENDERSON]. This particle calls attention to what follows.
teach . . . daughters wailing--The deaths will be so many that there will be a lack of mourning women to bewail them. The mothers, therefore, must teach their daughters the science to supply the want.
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21. 死亡……窗戶*——使人致死的士兵見門關閉，便從窗戶闖入。
從……街上剪除……孩子——不能說死亡進入窗戶剪除街上的孩子，而是剪除他們，使他們不再在外面的街上玩耍
(Zec 8:5)。
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21. death . . . windows--The death-inflicting soldiery, finding the doors closed, burst in by the windows.
to cut off . . . children from . . . streets--Death cannot be said to enter the windows to cut off the children in the streets, but to cut them off, so as no more to play in the streets without
(Zec 8:5).
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22. 耶和華說——接續耶九20的話頭。
糞土——
（耶八2）。
一把……無人……收聚——暗示這一把已被踐踏到連拾取者也不值得費力去收。或者是指東方的習俗：收割者割下穀物，另一人隨後收聚。這穀物將不值一收。對猶太人的驕傲而言，聽見他們的屍體也必如此被輕蔑地踐踏在腳下，何等刺耳！
英文原文
22. saith the Lord--continuing the thread of discourse from
Jer 9:20.
dung--
(Jer 8:2).
handful . . . none . . . gather them--implying that the handful has been so trodden as to be not worth even the poor gleaner's effort to gather it. Or the Eastern custom may be referred to: the reaper cuts the grain and is followed by another who gathers it. This grain shall not be worth gathering. How galling to the pride of the Jews to hear that so shall their carcasses be trodden contemptuously under foot!
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23. 智慧——政治上的精明；彷佛它能救人脫離將臨的災禍。
勇力——軍事上的威勇。
英文原文
23. wisdom--political sagacity; as if it could rescue from the impending calamities.
might--military prowess.
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24. 惟有對神的經歷性認識才能拯救這國。
明白——理論上；在理智中。
認識——實行上：以致能行在我的道路上
（耶二十二16；伯二十二21；林前一31）。
慈愛——神的憐憫被置於首位且最高位，因為若沒有它，我們必因恐懼和絕望而逃避神。
公平……公義——對敬虔之人的慈愛；對不敬虔之人的公平；公義是在一切事上最完全的公正 [GROTIUS]。
信守祂的應許以保護敬虔人，以及對不敬虔之人嚴厲執行審判，都包含在「公義」之中。
在地上——與某些哲學家的教條相反，他們以為神不干預世事
（詩五十八11）。
這些事……我所喜悅的——既在行這些事上喜悅，也在看見別人行這些事上喜悅
（彌六8，七18）。
英文原文
24. Nothing but an experimental knowledge of God will save the nation.
understandeth--theoretically; in the intellect.
knoweth--practically: so as to walk in My ways
(Jer 22:16; Job 22:21; 1Co 1:31).
loving kindness--God's mercy is put in the first and highest place, because without it we should flee from God in fear and despair.
judgment . . . righteousness--loving-kindness towards the godly; judgment towards the ungodly; righteousness the most perfect fairness in all cases [GROTIUS]. Faithfulness to His promises to preserve the godly, as well as stern execution of judgment on the ungodly, is included in "righteousness."
in the earth--contrary to the dogma of some philosophers, that God does not interfere in terrestrial concerns
(Ps 58:11).
in these . . . I delight--as well in doing them as in seeing them done by others
(Mic 6:8; 7:18).
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25. 與未受割禮的人——不如作「一切在未受割禮中受割禮的人」[HENDERSON]。
希伯來文是抽象名詞，不是如英譯本所譯、以及敬虔的「受割禮之人」那樣的具體名詞。所列的各國——埃及、猶大等——外面是「受割禮的」，但心裡卻是「未受割禮的」。這些外邦國家雖然按字面受了割禮，卻因拜偶像而污穢。猶太人儘管以其屬靈特權自誇，卻也好不到哪裡去
（耶四4；申十16，三十6；羅二28-29；西二11）。
然而結三十一18，三十二19
或許暗示埃及人是未受割禮的；至於所列其他國家當時早期是否受割禮，則不確定。HERODOTUS 說埃及人受了割禮；但另有人認為這只適用於祭司和其他具有聖職身分的人，而非全國百姓；故英譯本可能是對的
（羅二28-29）。
英文原文
25. with the uncircumcised--rather, "all that are circumcised in uncircumcision" [HENDERSON]. The Hebrew is an abstract term, not a concrete, as English Version translates, and as the pious "circumcised" is. The nations specified, Egypt, Judah, &c., were outwardly "circumcised," but in heart were "uncircumcised." The heathen nations were defiled, in spite of their literal circumcision, by idolatry. The Jews, with all their glorying in their spiritual privileges, were no better
(Jer 4:4; De 10:16; 30:6; Ro 2:28, 29; Col 2:11).
However,
Eze 31:18; 32:19,
may imply that the Egyptians were uncircumcised; and it is uncertain as to the other nations specified whether they were at that early time circumcised. HERODOTUS says the Egyptians were so; but others think this applies only to the priests and others having a sacred character, not to the mass of the nation; so English Version may be right
(Ro 2:28, 29).
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26. 埃及——列在首位以貶抑猶大，她雖在特權上超越外邦人，卻因不忠而墮落至他們以下。埃及也是猶太人如此傾向於倚靠的勢力，且是在其唆使下，他們和其他所列的各民一同背叛了巴比倫。
周圍剃頭的人——不如作「將頭髮剃（或剪）成角狀的人」，即將面頰上的鬍鬚修窄或剪掉：這是迦南人的習俗，是以色列人所禁止的
（利十九27，二十一5）。
此處指的是亞拉伯人（參耶二十五23，四十九32），正如同位語「住在曠野的」所示。
未受割禮……心未受割禮——在以色列的情況中加上「心」字，標誌著其罪更大——與其更大的特權成正比，與其餘各民相比。
英文原文
26. Egypt--put first to degrade Judah, who, though in privileges above the Gentiles, by unfaithfulness sank below them. Egypt, too, was the power in which the Jews were so prone to trust, and by whose instigation they, as well as the other peoples specified, revolted from Babylon.
in the utmost corners--rather, "having the hair shaven (or clipped) in angles," that is, having the beard on the cheek narrowed or cut: a Canaanitish custom, forbidden to the Israelites
(Le 19:27; 21:5).
The Arabs are hereby referred to (compare
Jer 25:23; 49:32),
as the words in apposition show, "that dwell in the wilderness."
uncircumcised . . . uncircumcised in the heart--The addition of "in the heart" in Israel's case marks its greater guilt in proportion to its greater privileges, as compared with the rest.
Jer 9:1-26.
耶利米為猶太人的罪與因此受的刑罰而哀悼
1. 本節更宜與上一章相連，如《希伯來文》中的
第二十三節
（比較
Isa 22:4； La 2:11; 3:48）。