2016年12月3日 星期六

以西結書30:6-19



30:6 耶和華如此說:扶助埃及的也必傾倒。埃及因勢力而有的驕傲必降低微;其中的人民,從色弗尼塔起(見二十九章十節)必倒在刀下。這是主耶和華說的。
30:7 埃及地在荒涼的國中必成為荒涼;埃及城在荒廢的城中也變為荒廢。
30:8 我在埃及中使火著起;幫助埃及的,都被滅絕。那時,他們就知道我是耶和華。
30:9 「到那日,必有使者坐船,從我面前出去,使安逸無慮的古實人驚懼;必有痛苦臨到他們,好像埃及遭災的日子一樣。看哪,這事臨近了!
30:10 主耶和華如此說:我必藉巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒的手,除滅埃及眾人。
30:11 他和隨從他的人,就是列國中強暴的,必進來毀滅這地。他們必拔刀攻擊埃及,使遍地有被殺的人。
30:12 我必使江河乾涸,將地賣在惡人的手中;我必藉外邦人的手,使這地和其中所有的變為淒涼。這是我─耶和華說的。
30:13 主耶和華如此說:我必毀滅偶像,從挪弗除滅神像;必不再有君王出自埃及地。我要使埃及地的人懼怕。
30:14 我必使巴忒羅荒涼,在瑣安中使火著起,向挪施行審判。
30:15 我必將我的忿怒倒在埃及的保障上,就是訓上,並要剪除挪的眾人。
30:16 我必在埃及中使火著起;訓必大大痛苦;挪必被攻破;挪弗白日(或譯:終日)見仇敵。
30:17 亞文和比伯實的少年人必倒在刀下;這些城的人必被擄掠。
30:18 我在答比匿折斷埃及的諸軛,使她因勢力而有的驕傲在其中止息。那時,日光必退去;至於這城,必有密雲遮蔽,其中的女子必被擄掠。
30:19 我必這樣向埃及施行審判,他們就知道我是耶和華。」

6 "Thus says the Lord:
 Those who support Egypt shall fall,
and her proud might shall come down;
 from Migdol to Syene
they shall fall within her by the sword,
declares the Lord God.
7 And they shall be desolated in the midst of desolated countries,
and their cities shall be in the midst of cities that are laid waste.
8 Then they will know that I am the Lord,
when I have set fire to Egypt,
and all her helpers are broken.
9 "On that day messengers shall go out from me in ships to terrify the unsuspecting people of Cush, and anguish shall come upon them on the day of Egypt's doom; for, behold, it comes!
10 "Thus says the Lord God:
 "I will put an end to the wealth of Egypt,
by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
11 He and his people with him, the most ruthless of nations,
shall be brought in to destroy the land,
 and they shall draw their swords against Egypt
and fill the land with the slain.
12 And I will dry up the Nile
and will sell the land into the hand of evildoers;
 I will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it,
by the hand of foreigners;
 I am the Lord; I have spoken.
13 "Thus says the Lord God:
 "I will destroy the idols
and put an end to the images in Memphis;
 there shall no longer be a prince from the land of Egypt;
so I will put fear in the land of Egypt.
14 I will make Pathros a desolation
and will set fire to Zoan
 and will execute judgments on Thebes.
15 And I will pour out my wrath on Pelusium,
the stronghold of Egypt,
and cut off the multitude of Thebes.
16 And I will set fire to Egypt;
Pelusium shall be in great agony;
Thebes shall be breached,
and Memphis shall face enemies by day.
17 The young men of On and of Pi- beseth shall fall by the sword,
and the women shall go into captivity.
18 At Tehaphnehes the day shall be dark,
when I break there the yoke bars of Egypt,
and her proud might shall come to an end in her;
she shall be covered by a cloud,
and her daughters shall go into captivity.
19 Thus I will execute judgments on Egypt.
 Then they will know that I am the Lord."

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       先知繼續預言埃及降被於巴比倫的軍隊,並切要除去埃及的偶像和城市,使猶大人在一次看見上帝的決心,也讓猶大人不要再心戀埃及,要順服上帝的安排被擄到巴比倫!

      這讓我們感受到,我們常喜歡安排自己的出路,但是上帝卻有更高的安排,以至於我們常常處於抗拒的狀態,以至於內心不平安、不安定!在這種狀態我們要放下自己,讓上帝來安排,看看上帝的作為,離開自以為安穩的狀態,因為上帝才是我們生命的主,前途在他手中!

       你要有平安嗎?就不要再掙扎,將自己放在上帝的手中,讓上帝來帶領吧!因為祂要我們信而順服,這是平安的法則,因為我們是上帝重價買贖的人,是屬乎祂的,祂要保守我們到永遠,在基督裡!

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