21:11 「至於猶大王的家,你們當聽耶和華的話。
21:12 大衛家啊,耶和華如此說:你們每早晨要施行公平,拯救被搶奪的脫離欺壓人的手,恐怕我的忿怒因你們的惡行發作,如火著起,甚至無人能以熄滅。
21:13 耶和華說:住山谷和平原磐石上的居民,你們說:誰能下來攻擊我們?誰能進入我們的住處呢?看哪,我與你們為敵。
21:14 耶和華又說:我必按你們做事的結果刑罰你們;我也必使火在耶路撒冷的林中著起,將她四圍所有的盡行燒滅。」
“And to the house of the king of Judah
say, ‘Hear the word of the Lord, O house
of David! Thus says the Lord:
“‘Execute justice in the morning,
and deliver from the hand of the oppressor
him who has been robbed,
lest my wrath go forth like fire,
and burn with none to quench it,
because of your evil deeds.’”
“Behold,
I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley,
O rock of the plain,
declares the Lord;
you who say, Who shall come down against
us,
or who shall enter our habitations?’
I
will punish you according to the fruit of your deeds,
declares the Lord;
I will kindle a fire in her forest,
and it shall devour all that is around
her.”
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上帝要先知耶利米警告猶大的君王,並且提醒上帝設立君王的目的是:「每早晨要施行公平,拯救被搶奪的脫離欺壓人的手」!也就是說,上帝要他們行公義與好憐憫!然而他們並沒有做到,反倒是用權勢欺壓人,所以遭惹耶和華的怒氣!
耶和華上帝更是警告他們,不要以維耶路撒冷城是易守難攻,就自以為安定,不受敵人的攻擊而敗亡。上帝的審判與憤怒必發生在城內,而不是城外來的敵軍。所以,不要自以為安全,要悔改歸向上帝,真正行公義、好憐憫,討上帝的喜悅,才不會敗亡!然而國王並沒有聽進去上帝的警告,以至於後來真的滅亡在巴比倫手中。
這也是今日教會的警戒,尤其是有權有勢的教會領袖們,不要濫用上帝給您們權勢,要用這權勢來服事教會,為弱勢的弟兄姊妹謀福利,而非圖謀自己的好處,滿足自己的私慾!要是不照上帝旨意而行,上帝必定拔除,不容惡者囂張!
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