以賽亞書19:11-17

19:11 瑣安的首領極其愚昧；法老大有智慧的謀士，所籌劃的成為愚謀。你們怎敢對法老說：我是智慧人的子孫，我是古王的後裔？
19:12 你的智慧人在哪裡呢？萬軍之耶和華向埃及所定的旨意，他們可以知道，可以告訴你吧！
19:13 瑣安的首領都變為愚昧；挪弗的首領都受了迷惑。當埃及支派房角石的，使埃及人走錯了路。
19:14 耶和華使乖謬的靈攙入埃及中間；首領使埃及一切所做的都有差錯，好像醉酒之人嘔吐的時候東倒西歪一樣。
19:15 埃及中，無論是頭與尾，棕枝與蘆葦，所做之工都不成就。

19:16 到那日，埃及人必像婦人一樣，他們必因萬軍之耶和華在埃及以上所掄的手，戰兢懼怕。
19:17 猶大地必使埃及驚恐，向誰提起猶大地，誰就懼怕。這是因萬軍之耶和華向埃及所定的旨意。

The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish;

the wise counselors of Pharaoh give stupid counsel.

How can you say to Pharaoh,

“I am one of the sages,

a descendant of ancient kings”?

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Where now are your sages?

Let them tell you and make known

what the Lord of hosts has planned against Egypt.

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The princes of Zoan have become fools,

and the princes of Memphis are deluded;

those who are the cornerstones of its tribes

have led Egypt astray.

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The Lord has poured into them

a spirit of confusion;

and they have made Egypt stagger in all its doings

as a drunkard staggers around in vomit.

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Neither head nor tail, palm branch or reed,

will be able to do anything for Egypt.

¹⁶ On that day the Egyptians will be like women, and tremble with fear before the hand that the Lord of hosts raises against them. ¹⁷And the land of Judah will become a terror to the Egyptians; everyone to whom it is mentioned will fear because of the plan that the Lord of hosts is planning against them.

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    埃及原本是個強國，也有高度的文明。但是，上帝執意要使她敗亡，就是有高超的文化也沒有意義了，到最後仍然是一場空。如同風中之塵，即使是金沙非常有價值，仍然被風吹散，不知飄向何方！

 

    沒有上帝為主的生命，也是這樣！一切都是虛空，虛空的虛空，都沒有意義了！所以，人不可以誇耀自己，也不能為自己建立甚麼，離開了上帝，一切都是沒有甚麼可以誇口的！

    也因為如此，我們都需要上帝在基督裡的拯救，讓基督的救恩，使我們化無意義為有價值，短暫的生命變成永恆，有罪的被算為無罪了！上帝要透過基督，使祂的王權可以彰顯出來，讓我們享受真正的平安！