16:9 那時我用水洗你，洗淨你身上的血，又用油抹你。
16:10 我也使你身穿繡花衣服，腳穿海狗皮鞋，並用細麻布給你束腰，用絲綢為衣披在你身上，
16:11 又用妝飾打扮你，將鐲子戴在你手上，將金鍊戴在你項上。
16:12 我也將環子戴在你鼻子上，將耳環戴在你耳朵上，將華冠戴在你頭上。
16:13 這樣，你就有金銀的妝飾，穿的是細麻衣和絲綢，並繡花衣；吃的是細麵、蜂蜜，並油。你也極其美貌，發達到王后的尊榮。
16:14 你美貌的名聲傳在列邦中，你十分美貌，是因我加在你身上的威榮。這是主耶和華說的。
Then I bathed you with water and washed off
your blood from you and anointed you with oil.
I clothed you also with embroidered cloth and shod you with fine
leather. I wrapped you in fine linen and covered you with silk. And I adorned you with ornaments and put
bracelets on your wrists and a chain on your neck. And I put a ring on your nose and earrings in
your ears and a beautiful crown on your head.
Thus you were adorned with gold and silver, and your clothing was of
fine linen and silk and embroidered cloth. You ate fine flour and honey and
oil. You grew exceedingly beautiful and advanced to royalty. And your renown went forth among the nations
because of your beauty, for it was perfect through the splendor that I had
bestowed on you, declares the Lord God.
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先知在這裡說明上帝怎樣裝飾以色列民族，給她最好的穿著、首飾與食物，讓他成為列國注意的對象。其實源頭是上帝的豐富與慷慨，要不是上帝樂意賜福，誰也無法享受各樣的豐盛！
我們讀到這樣的經文，也想到我們的處境，我們也是蒙上帝揀選施恩的人，上帝如同以色列一般用祂的榮耀成為我們的裝飾，使我們因耶穌基督的作為成為上帝的兒女，不是我們比別人好，完全是上帝無條件的揀選！
因此，我們要存感謝的心來領受上帝這樣特別的恩典，若不是上帝這樣超越我們想像的愛！我們是無法蒙受這麼大的恩，我們只有感謝再感謝，我們甚麼也無法做，我們更無法明白這樣的愛是何等奇妙，只有感謝上帝如此的賜予，然後宣揚祂的作為，來回報祂的愛！
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