39:17 「人子啊，主耶和華如此說：你要對各類的飛鳥和田野的走獸說：你們聚集來吧，要從四方聚到我為你們獻祭之地，就是在以色列山上獻大祭之地，好叫你們吃肉、喝血。
39:18 你們必吃勇士的肉，喝地上首領的血，就如吃公綿羊、羊羔、公山羊、公牛，都是巴珊的肥畜。
39:19 你們吃我為你們所獻的祭，必吃飽了脂油，喝醉了血。
39:20 你們必在我席上飽吃馬匹和坐車的人，並勇士和一切的戰士。這是主耶和華說的。」
39:21 「我必顯我的榮耀在列國中；萬民就必看見我所行的審判與我在他們身上所加的手。
39:22 這樣，從那日以後，以色列家必知道我是耶和華─他們的上帝。
39:23 列國人也必知道以色列家被擄掠是因他們的罪孽。他們得罪我，我就掩面不顧，將他們交在敵人手中，他們便都倒在刀下。
39:24 我是照他們的污穢和罪過待他們，並且我掩面不顧他們。」
39:25 主耶和華如此說：「我要使雅各被擄的人歸回，要憐憫以色列全家，又為我的聖名發熱心。
39:26 他們在本地安然居住，無人驚嚇，是我將他們從萬民中領回，從仇敵之地召來。我在許多國的民眼前，在他們身上顯為聖的時候，他們要擔當自己的羞辱和干犯我的一切罪。
39:27 【併於上節】
39:28 因我使他們被擄到外邦人中，後又聚集他們歸回本地，他們就知道我是耶和華─他們的上帝；我必不再留他們一人在外邦。
39:29 我也不再掩面不顧他們，因我已將我的靈澆灌以色列家。這是主耶和華說的。」
17 "As for you, son of man, thus says
the Lord God: Speak to the birds of every sort and to all beasts of the field,
'Assemble and come, gather from all around to the sacrificial feast that I am
preparing for you, a great sacrificial feast on the mountains of Israel, and
you shall eat flesh and drink blood. 18 You shall eat the flesh of the mighty,
and drink the blood of the princes of the earth—of rams, of lambs, and of he-
goats, of bulls, all of them fat beasts of Bashan. 19 And you shall eat fat
till you are filled, and drink blood till you are drunk, at the sacrificial
feast that I am preparing for you. 20 And you shall be filled at my table with
horses and charioteers, with mighty men and all kinds of warriors,' declares
the Lord God.
21 "And I will set my glory among the
nations, and all the nations shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my
hand that I have laid on them. 22 The house of Israel shall know that I am the
Lord their God, from that day forward. 23 And the nations shall know that the
house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity, because they dealt so
treacherously with me that I hid my face from them and gave them into the hand
of their adversaries, and they all fell by the sword. 24 I dealt with them
according to their uncleanness and their transgressions, and hid my face from
them.
25 "Therefore thus says the Lord
God:Now I will restore the fortunes of Jacob and have mercy on the whole house
of Israel, and I will be jealous for my holy name. 26 They shall forget their
shame and all the treachery they have practiced against me, when they dwell
securely in their land with none to make them afraid, 27 when I have brought
them back from the peoples and gathered them from their enemies 'lands, and
through them have vindicated my holiness in the sight of many nations. 28 Then
they shall know that I am the Lord their God, because I sent them into exile
among the nations and then assembled them into their own land. I will leave
none of them remaining among the nations anymore. 29 And I will not hide my
face anymore from them, when I pour out my Spirit upon the house of Israel,
declares the Lord God."
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雖然以西結是處於以色列人被擄的狀態，但是上帝卻要祂宣告以色列必復興、必定歸回的信息。好像十分突兀，讓人有很大的衝擊，更讓人很難想像這真的是上帝的心意嗎？
是的，以色列的復興是上帝的心意，是上帝決意要實現的事！只不過這樣的事，是超越歷史的走向，以色列的被擄歸回，後來真的實現，也讓耶穌基督降生在那樣的環境，但是上帝要做更大的事，就是要萬族萬民的人歸回上帝面前！祂雖然使用羅馬的勢力，讓以色列民再次流浪於世界各地，祂也在二十世紀時讓以色列再次回歸故土，提醒世人：耶穌基督再來的日子迫近了！
我們不要單單紀念耶穌基督降生，更要預備好自己迎接祂的再臨！上帝國完全實現的日子近了！你預備好自己來迎接新的天、新的地了嗎？正如大家認為以色列被擄歸回不可能時，上帝就成就了！
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