29:1 第十年十月十二日,耶和華的話臨到我說:
29:2 「人子啊,你要向埃及王法老預言攻擊他和埃及全地,
29:3 說主耶和華如此說:埃及王法老啊,我與你這臥在自己河中的大魚為敵。你曾說:這河是我的,是我為自己造的。
29:4 我─耶和華必用鉤子鉤住你的腮頰,又使江河中的魚貼住你的鱗甲;我必將你和所有貼住你鱗甲的魚,從江河中拉上來,
29:5 把你並江河中的魚都拋在曠野;你必倒在田間,不被收殮,不被掩埋。我已將你給地上野獸、空中飛鳥作食物。
1 In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on
the twelfth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:2 "Son of
man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and
against all Egypt; 3 speak, and say, Thus says the Lord God:
"Behold, I am against you,
Pharaoh king of Egypt,
the
great dragon that lies
in the midst of his streams,
that
says, 'My Nile is my own;
I made it for myself. '
4 I will put hooks in your jaws,
and make the fish of your streams stick to
your scales;
and I will draw you up out of the midst of
your streams,
with all the fish of your streams
that stick to your scales.
5 And I will cast you out into the
wilderness,
you and all the fish of your streams;
you shall fall on the open field,
and not be brought together or gathered.
To the beasts of the earth and to the birds
of the heavens
I
give you as food.
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上帝要先知攻擊埃及法老,他自傲的認為尼羅河是他的,上帝要將法老與埃及百姓都毀滅。事實上,猶大國會落入被巴比倫毀滅的命運,是因為相信埃及可以成為他們的幫助。而現在耶路撒冷被圍,先知預言埃及也要被毀滅,那可以想見猶大國的命運將如何了。
這樣的預言一方面攻擊埃及,另一方面警告猶大國的君臣百姓,不要妄想埃及可以幫忙,可以勝過巴比倫的勢力,要勇敢地仰望上帝才是實在的,雖然巴比倫會將猶大國滅了,但是上帝會讓猶大的百姓再次歸回!
同樣今日的教會也要以上帝為倚靠,不以別的代替上帝,若以別的代替上帝,一切都是枉然的!唯有在基督裡,我們才能享受上帝豐盛的恩典!
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