以西結書32:1-10

32:1 十二年十二月初一日，耶和華的話臨到我說：

32:2 「人子啊，你要為埃及王法老作哀歌，說：從前你在列國中，如同少壯獅子；現在你卻像海中的大魚。你衝出江河，用爪攪動諸水，使江河渾濁。

32:3 主耶和華如此說：我必用多國的人民，將我的網撒在你身上，把你拉上來。

32:4 我必將你丟在地上，拋在田野，使空中的飛鳥都落在你身上，使遍地的野獸吃你得飽。

32:5 我必將你的肉丟在山間，用你高大的屍首填滿山谷。

32:6 我又必用你的血澆灌你所游泳之地，漫過山頂；河道都必充滿。

32:7 我將你撲滅的時候，要把天遮蔽，使眾星昏暗，以密雲遮掩太陽，月亮也不放光。

32:8 我必使天上的亮光都在你以上變為昏暗，使你的地上黑暗。這是主耶和華說的。

32:9 「我使你敗亡的風聲傳到你所不認識的各國。那時，我必使多民的心因你愁煩。

32:10 我在許多國民和君王面前向你掄我的刀，國民就必因你驚奇，君王也必因你極其恐慌。在你仆倒的日子，他們各人為自己的性命時刻戰兢。」

1 In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:2 "Son of man, raise a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him:

"You consider yourself a lion of the nations,

but you are like a dragon in the seas;

 you burst forth in your rivers,

trouble the waters with your feet,

and foul their rivers.

3 Thus says the Lord God:

 I will throw my net over you

with a host of many peoples,

and they will haul you up in my dragnet.

4 And I will cast you on the ground;

on the open field I will fling you,

and will cause all the birds of the heavens to settle on you,

and I will gorge the beasts of the whole earth with you.

5 I will strew your flesh upon the mountains

and fill the valleys with your carcass.

6 I will drench the land even to the mountains

with your flowing blood,

and the ravines will be full of you.

7 When I blot you out, I will cover the heavens

and make their stars dark;

I will cover the sun with a cloud,

and the moon shall not give its light.

8 All the bright lights of heaven

will I make dark over you,

and put darkness on your land,

declares the Lord God.

9 "I will trouble the hearts of many peoples, when I bring your destruction among the nations, into the countries that you have not known. 10 I will make many peoples appalled at you, and the hair of their kings shall bristle with horror because of you, when I brandish my sword before them. They shall tremble every moment, every one for his own life, on the day of your downfall.

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    埃及要像海怪一般被巴比倫來滅亡，這是上帝的旨意。縱使埃及人是敬拜太陽神的，太陽卻會被烏雲遮蔽，無法庇佑它的子民，這也說明敬拜受造為神的後果！再次提醒猶大人不要想依賴埃及，埃及是不堪一擊的！

    基督徒既然明白這層道理，就不要受到人的影響，以「民粹」當力量，那是一件很可憐與虛空的作法！教會是上帝的經營，不是人數的多寡之問題，就像基甸的勇士只要三百人，不是要兩萬人！不要以群眾力量來做事，而是要靠聖靈來行事！

    今日我們要本著一個精神—只見耶穌基督，不見其他的。教會人再多，沒有耶穌基督就不是教會了！