耶利米書27:16-22

27:16 我又對祭司和這眾民說：「耶和華如此說：你們不可聽那先知對你們所說的預言。他們說：『耶和華殿中的器皿快要從巴比倫帶回來』；其實他們向你們說假預言。
27:17 不可聽從他們，只管服事巴比倫王便得存活。這城何致變為荒場呢？
27:18 他們若果是先知，有耶和華的話臨到他們，讓他們祈求萬軍之耶和華，使那在耶和華殿中和猶大王宮內，並耶路撒冷剩下的器皿，不被帶到巴比倫去。
27:19 （因為萬軍之耶和華論到柱子、銅海、盆座，並剩在這城裡的器皿，
27:20 就是巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒擄掠猶大王約雅敬的兒子耶哥尼雅，和猶大、耶路撒冷一切貴冑的時候所沒有掠去的器皿。）
27:21 論到那在耶和華殿中和猶大王宮內，並耶路撒冷剩下的器皿，萬軍之耶和華─以色列的上帝如此說：
27:22 必被帶到巴比倫存在那裡，直到我眷顧以色列人的日子。那時，我必將這器皿帶回來，交還此地。這是耶和華說的。」​​

¹⁶ Then I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus says the Lord: Do not listen to the words of your prophets who are prophesying to you, saying, “The vessels of the Lord’s house will soon be brought back from Babylon,” for they are prophesying a lie to you. ¹⁷Do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon and live. Why should this city become a desolation? ¹⁸If indeed they are prophets, and if the word of the Lord is with them, then let them intercede with the Lord of hosts, that the vessels left in the house of the Lord, in the house of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem may not go to Babylon. ¹⁹For thus says the Lord of hosts concerning the pillars, the sea, the stands, and the rest of the vessels that are left in this city, ²⁰which King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon did not take away when he took into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon King Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim of Judah, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem— ²¹thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels left in the house of the Lord, in the house of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem: ²²They shall be carried to Babylon, and there they shall stay, until the day when I give attention to them, says the Lord. Then I will bring them up and restore them to this place.  

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    耶利米也向祭司和眾民說到上帝將來的作為，他們雖然被擄到巴比倫，如同聖殿的器皿被擄走，但是有一天他們必定會歸回，如同聖殿的器皿會再次回到聖殿一般。

    我們真的看見上帝的應許實現：被擄的人歸回，後來聖殿又被重建，猶大人恢復敬拜，雖然後來經過希臘和羅馬帝國的蹂躪。但是，聖殿的敬拜一直到主後七十年。

    所以，我們屬乎主的人，要相信上帝的應許是不會落空，尤其是在基督裡的，必定成就，正如主耶穌的再來！