以西結書34章

    以西結書34:1-6  , 

    以西結書34:7-10 ,

    以西結書34:11-16  ,

    以西結書34:17-24  ,

    以西結書34:25-31  ,  以西結書34:26  ,

以西結書34:1-6

34:1 耶和華的話臨到我說：

34:2 「人子啊，你要向以色列的牧人發預言，攻擊他們，說，主耶和華如此說：禍哉！以色列的牧人只知牧養自己。牧人豈不當牧養群羊嗎？

34:3 你們吃脂油、穿羊毛、宰肥壯的，卻不牧養群羊。

34:4 瘦弱的，你們沒有養壯；有病的，你們沒有醫治；受傷的，你們沒有纏裹；被逐的，你們沒有領回；失喪的，你們沒有尋找；但用強暴嚴嚴地轄制。

34:5 因無牧人，羊就分散；既分散，便作了一切野獸的食物。

34:6 我的羊在諸山間、在各高岡上流離，在全地上分散，無人去尋，無人去找。

1 And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, even to the shepherds, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah:Woe unto the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the sheep? 3 Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill the fatlings; but ye feed not the sheep. 4 The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought back that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with rigor have ye ruled over them. 5 And they were scattered, because there was no shepherd; and they became food to all the beasts of the field, and were scattered. 6 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill:yea, my sheep were scattered upon all the face of the earth; and there was none that did search or seek after them.

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    先知在這裡說到牧者沒有盡責照顧好羊群，讓「瘦弱的」、「有病的」、「受傷的」、「被逐的」、「失喪的」未受到妥善的照顧；只知道要「吃脂油、穿羊毛、宰肥壯的」，卻不知好好牧養群羊。導致羊群如同無牧人一般，被野獸欺負、沒有安居之所，到處漂泊與流浪！

    先知所比喻的牧人，就是指領袖，在當時是指國王和政府官員與軍事將領，他們都是領受民脂民膏，卻不行公義與好憐憫，以至於國家敗亡，民不聊生，這是上帝感到非常難過的事！所以要先知來發預言攻擊他們。

    今天的牧人專指教會的牧師、傳道師、長老及執事等治理教會的人，大家要在基督裡本著主尋找亡羊的精神，來照顧弟兄姐妹，關懷弱勢的人。由其是對於靈性貧窮的人，更是要付出關懷，雖然他們會拒絕、會抵抗，但是不要忘記他們的內心是脆弱無助的！

以西結書33:30-33

33:30 「人子啊，你本國的子民在牆垣旁邊、在房屋門口談論你。弟兄對弟兄彼此說：『來吧！聽聽有甚麼話從耶和華而出。』

33:31 他們來到你這裡如同民來聚會，坐在你面前彷彿是我的民。他們聽你的話卻不去行；因為他們的口多顯愛情，心卻追隨財利。

33:32 他們看你如善於奏樂、聲音幽雅之人所唱的雅歌，他們聽你的話卻不去行。

33:33 看哪，所說的快要應驗；應驗了，他們就知道在他們中間有了先知。」

“As for you, son of man, your people who talk together about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses, say to one another, each to his brother, ‘Come, and hear what the word is that comes from the Lord.’  And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for with lustful talk in their mouths they act; their heart is set on their gain.  And behold, you are to them like one who sings lustful songs with a beautiful voice and plays well on an instrument, for they hear what you say, but they will not do it.  When this comes—and come it will!—then they will know that a prophet has been among them.”

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被擄的以色列人現在認為以西結是真先知，但是他們對這件事情的反應是：去聽聽先知的預言。這就是一般人聽講道的心態，用一種事不關己的態度來面對先知的話，聽了卻不去行。因為，這些人根本不知道什麼是「先知」，個不理會先知的信息。

    今日教會做禮拜的會眾，是不是也是存著「聽演講」的心理來教會？只把講道當作人生的參考，不將講員釋放的信息當成上帝的話，認為聽從也好，不聽從也好，這樣的人就會失去上帝所要賜的福分！因為上帝的話，是要聽完而遵行，就會蒙福！

    讓我們用熱切的心來聽道，並且努力遵行，這樣我們就可以靠耶穌基督得著永生了！

以西結書33:21-29

33:21 我們被擄之後十二年十月初五日，有人從耶路撒冷逃到我這裡，說：「城已攻破。」

33:22 逃來的人未到前一日的晚上，耶和華的靈（原文是手）降在我身上，開我的口。到第二日早晨，那人來到我這裡，我口就開了，不再緘默。

33:23 耶和華的話臨到我說：

33:24 「人子啊，住在以色列荒廢之地的人說：『亞伯拉罕獨自一人能得這地為業，我們人數眾多，這地更是給我們為業的。』

33:25 所以你要對他們說，主耶和華如此說：你們吃帶血的物，仰望偶像，並且殺人流血，你們還能得這地為業嗎？

33:26 你們倚仗自己的刀劍行可憎的事，人人玷污鄰舍的妻，你們還能得這地為業嗎？

33:27 你要對他們這樣說，主耶和華如此說：我指著我的永生起誓，在荒場中的，必倒在刀下；在田野間的，必交給野獸吞吃；在保障和洞裡的，必遭瘟疫而死。

33:28 我必使這地荒涼，令人驚駭；她因勢力而有的驕傲也必止息。以色列的山都必荒涼，無人經過。

33:29 我因他們所行一切可憎的事使地荒涼，令人驚駭。那時，他們就知道我是耶和華。」

In the twelfth year of our exile, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, a fugitive from Jerusalem came to me and said, “The city has been struck down.”  Now the hand of the Lord had been upon me the evening before the fugitive came; and he had opened my mouth by the time the man came to me in the morning, so my mouth was opened, and I was no longer mute.

  The word of the Lord came to me:  “Son of man, the inhabitants of these waste places in the land of Israel keep saying, Abraham was only one man, yet he got possession of the land; but we are many; the land is surely given us to possess.’  Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord God: You eat flesh with the blood and lift up your eyes to your idols and shed blood; shall you then possess the land?  You rely on the sword, you commit abominations, and each of you defiles his neighbor's wife; shall you then possess the land?  Say this to them, Thus says the Lord God: As I live, surely those who are in the waste places shall fall by the sword, and whoever is in the open field I will give to the beasts to be devoured, and those who are in strongholds and in caves shall die by pestilence.  And I will make the land a desolation and a waste, and her proud might shall come to an end, and the mountains of Israel shall be so desolate that none will pass through.  Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I have made the land a desolation and a waste because of all their abominations that they have committed.

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以西結於妻子死後處於一種「啞口」的狀態。在這裡上帝使以西結重新開口說話，正如他所描述：「耶和華的靈（原文是手）降在我身上，開我的口。到第二日早晨，那人來到我這裡，我口就開了，不再緘默。」

以西結一開口就給留在猶大地區以色列人的預言：他們一定不能繼承以色列地。因為他們延續以前拜偶像的習慣，為了逃命不顧猶太人潔淨的禮儀，仗著自己手中的武器迫害那些更無助的人。

上帝多次提醒以色列人可以進入迦南地並非因為以色列人夠好、夠正義，而是因為迦南地原住民的罪惡。因此這些剩餘的人想要繼承迦南地，也要看看自己的行為是否離開迦南地原住民的罪惡。

今日我們成為基督徒，一樣要靠上帝所賜的聖靈來離棄罪惡，行在上帝為我們預備公義的路上，才能與我們所領受的救恩相稱，得上帝喜悅來榮耀主名！才可以承受上帝國。

以西結書33:12-20

33:12 人子啊，你要對本國的人民說：義人的義，在犯罪之日不能救他；至於惡人的惡，在他轉離惡行之日也不能使他傾倒；義人在犯罪之日也不能因他的義存活。

33:13 我對義人說：『你必定存活！』他若倚靠他的義而作罪孽，他所行的義都不被記念。他必因所作的罪孽死亡。

33:14 再者，我對惡人說：『你必定死亡！』他若轉離他的罪，行正直與合理的事：

33:15 還人的當頭和所搶奪的，遵行生命的律例，不作罪孽，他必定存活，不致死亡。

33:16 他所犯的一切罪必不被記念。他行了正直與合理的事，必定存活。

33:17 「你本國的子民還說：『主的道不公平。』其實他們的道不公平。

33:18 義人轉離他的義而作罪孽，就必因此死亡。

33:19 惡人轉離他的惡，行正直與合理的事，就必因此存活。

33:20 你們還說：『主的道不公平。』以色列家啊，我必按你們各人所行的審判你們。」

“And you, son of man, say to your people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him when he transgresses, and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall by it when he turns from his wickedness, and the righteous shall not be able to live by his righteousness when he sins.  Though I say to the righteous that he shall surely live, yet if he trusts in his righteousness and does injustice, none of his righteous deeds shall be remembered, but in his injustice that he has done he shall die.  Again, though I say to the wicked, You shall surely die,’ yet if he turns from his sin and does what is just and right,  if the wicked restores the pledge, gives back what he has taken by robbery, and walks in the statutes of life, not doing injustice, he shall surely live; he shall not die.  None of the sins that he has committed shall be remembered against him. He has done what is just and right; he shall surely live.

  “Yet your people say, The way of the Lord is not just,’ when it is their own way that is not just.  When the righteous turns from his righteousness and does injustice, he shall die for it.  And when the wicked turns from his wickedness and does what is just and right, he shall live by this.  Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ O house of Israel, I will judge each of you according to his ways.”

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     先知在此用「義人」和「惡人」的交叉來說明悔改的重要性。尤其是「惡人」肯放棄惡轉為善，就必因此存活。反過來「義人」倚靠他的義而作罪孽，他所行的義都不被記念。他必因所作的罪孽死亡。

    這也說明：義人要一直行義到最終才可以存活；然而惡人只要悔改就存活。這就是告訴人要一直保持自己是義人！

    其實沒有一個人是自始就是義人，並須透過耶穌基督的拯救，人才可以一直是義人，因為唯有耶穌基督的寶血與聖靈才能使人保持成為義人！

    因此，要快快來信耶穌，就可以領受聖靈，就可以成為真正的義人了！