以西結書28:20-24

28:20 耶和華的話臨到我說：

28:21 「人子啊，你要向西頓預言攻擊她，

28:22 說主耶和華如此說：西頓哪，我與你為敵，我必在你中間得榮耀。我在你中間施行審判、顯為聖的時候，人就知道我是耶和華。

28:23 我必使瘟疫進入西頓，使血流在她街上。被殺的必在其中仆倒，四圍有刀劍臨到她，人就知道我是耶和華。」

28:24 「四圍恨惡以色列家的人，必不再向他們作刺人的荊棘，傷人的蒺藜，人就知道我是主耶和華。」

The word of the Lord came to me:21 "Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, and prophesy against her 22 and say, Thus says the Lord God:

"Behold, I am against you, O Sidon,

and I will manifest my glory in your midst.

And they shall know that I am the Lord

 when I execute judgments in her

and manifest my holiness in her;

23 for I will send pestilence into her,

and blood into her streets;

and the slain shall fall in her midst,

by the sword that is against her on every side.

Then they will know that I am the Lord.

24 "And for the house of Israel there shall be no more a brier to prick or a thorn to hurt them among all their neighbors who have treated them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord God.

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    西頓也是腓尼基人另一個興盛的港口，也是一個上帝所不喜悅的城市，是亞哈王的皇后耶洗別的故鄉，所以先知也受上帝的話，來攻擊這城。

    或許你會問上帝為何不喜悅人富足呢？不是的，祂不喜悅的事人富足以後離開上帝，自高自傲。若是你富足之後，仍然信靠祂，不倚靠那虛空的財富，上帝必定保守你到永遠！

    上帝要在基督裡，賞賜我們一切的豐盛，不光是那虛空的財富。我們若以財富為滿足，而離棄了上帝，這樣的財富就是虛空無意義的了！所以，我們寧可有基督，勝過萬有！