耶利米書43:8-13

43:8 在答比匿，耶和華的話臨到耶利米說：
43:9 「你在猶大人眼前要用手拿幾塊大石頭，藏在砌磚的灰泥中，就是在答比匿法老的宮門那裡，
43:10 對他們說：『萬軍之耶和華─以色列的上帝如此說：我必召我的僕人巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒來。在所藏的石頭上我要安置他的寶座；他必將光華的寶帳支搭在其上。
43:11 他要來攻擊埃及地，定為死亡的，必致死亡；定為擄掠的，必被擄掠；定為刀殺的，必交刀殺。
43:12 我要在埃及神的廟中使火著起，巴比倫王要將廟宇焚燒，神像擄去；他要得（原文是披上）埃及地，好像牧人披上外衣，從那裡安然而去。
43:13 他必打碎埃及地伯‧示麥的柱像，用火焚燒埃及神的廟宇。』」

⁸ Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes: ⁹Take some large stones in your hands, and bury them in the clay pavement that is at the entrance to Pharaoh’s palace in Tahpanhes. Let the Judeans see you do it, ¹⁰and say to them, Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: I am going to send and take my servant King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon, and he will set his throne above these stones that I have buried, and he will spread his royal canopy over them. ¹¹He shall come and ravage the land of Egypt, giving

those who are destined for pestilence, to pestilence,

and those who are destined for captivity, to captivity,

and those who are destined for the sword, to the sword.

¹² He shall kindle a fire in the temples of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them and carry them away captive; and he shall pick clean the land of Egypt, as a shepherd picks his cloak clean of vermin; and he shall depart from there safely. ¹³He shall break the obelisks of Heliopolis, which is in the land of Egypt; and the temples of the gods of Egypt he shall burn with fire.

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    耶利米先知也被這些首領帶到埃及去，而他在這樣的處境下，領受了上帝的話。要他向那些猶大的百姓說：「我必召我的僕人巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒來。在所藏的石頭上我要安置他的寶座；他必將光華的寶帳支搭在其上。他要來攻擊埃及地，定為死亡的，必致死亡；定為擄掠的，必被擄掠；定為刀殺的，必交刀殺。我要在埃及神的廟中使火著起，巴比倫王要將廟宇焚燒，神像擄去；他要得（原文是披上）埃及地，好像牧人披上外衣，從那裡安然而去。他必打碎埃及地伯‧示麥的柱像，用火焚燒埃及神的廟宇。」

    一方面說明上帝要藉巴比倫來懲罰埃及，誰也保護不了埃及！既然埃及保不住了，逃到埃及有甚麼意義呢？因為掌權的是上帝，祂要埃及被打敗，埃及是不可能打勝的！要那些百姓知道，逃到埃及是一個錯誤的選項！

    我們的人生也有許多選項，要是我們選擇悖逆上帝，就像這群猶大百姓一般，自取敗亡！您會這樣愚昧嗎？故意與上帝為敵呢？當然不會，要快快悔改吧！不要再做悖逆之子了！耶穌要拯救你，快快靠祂來進入上帝的恩典之中吧！