以賽亞書29:15-24

29:15 禍哉！那些向耶和華深藏謀略的，又在暗中行事，說：誰看見我們呢？誰知道我們呢？
29:16 你們把事顛倒了，豈可看窯匠如泥嗎？被製作的物豈可論製作物的說：他沒有製作我？或是被創造的物論造物的說：他沒有聰明？
29:17 黎巴嫩變為肥田，肥田看如樹林，不是只有一點點時候嗎？
29:18 那時，聾子必聽見這書上的話；瞎子的眼必從迷矇黑暗中得以看見。
29:19 謙卑人必因耶和華增添歡喜；人間貧窮的必因以色列的聖者快樂。
29:20 因為，強暴人已歸無有，褻慢人已經滅絕，一切找機會作孽的都被剪除。
29:21 他們在爭訟的事上定無罪的為有罪，為城門口責備人的設下網羅，用虛無的事屈枉義人。
29:22 所以，救贖亞伯拉罕的耶和華論雅各家如此說：雅各必不再羞愧，面容也不致變色。
29:23 但他看見他的眾子，就是我手的工作在他那裡，他們必尊我的名為聖，必尊雅各的聖者為聖，必敬畏以色列的上帝。
29:24 心中迷糊的必得明白；發怨言的必受訓誨。

Ha! You who hide a plan too deep for the Lord,

whose deeds are in the dark,

and who say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?”

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You turn things upside down!

Shall the potter be regarded as the clay?

Shall the thing made say of its maker,

“He did not make me”;

or the thing formed say of the one who formed it,

“He has no understanding”?

Shall not Lebanon in a very little while

become a fruitful field,

and the fruitful field be regarded as a forest?

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On that day the deaf shall hear

the words of a scroll,

and out of their gloom and darkness

the eyes of the blind shall see.

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The meek shall obtain fresh joy in the Lord,

and the neediest people shall exult in the Holy One of Israel.

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For the tyrant shall be no more,

and the scoffer shall cease to be;

all those alert to do evil shall be cut off—

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those who cause a person to lose a lawsuit,

who set a trap for the arbiter in the gate,

and without grounds deny justice to the one in the right.

²² Therefore thus says the Lord, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob:

No longer shall Jacob be ashamed,

no longer shall his face grow pale.

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For when he sees his children,

the work of my hands, in his midst,

they will sanctify my name;

they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob,

and will stand in awe of the God of Israel.

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And those who err in spirit will come to understanding,

and those who grumble will accept instruction.

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    上帝的作為奇妙，正如先知以賽亞所說：「聾子必聽見這書上的話；瞎子的眼必從迷矇黑暗中得以看見。謙卑人必因耶和華增添歡喜；人間貧窮的必因以色列的聖者快樂。因為，強暴人已歸無有，褻慢人已經滅絕，一切找機會作孽的都被剪除。」

    軟弱者常常受到人的欺壓，被人占便宜，受到不公平的對待，這些上帝都看在眼裡，上帝都知道。軟弱與殘缺的人，仍然是上帝的子民，仍然是上帝所愛的！所以，上帝必定為他們申冤，讓公平與正義張顯出來！

    上帝本就是配得尊崇的，祂大能的作為與祂的慈悲，讓我們從心裡就是要尊崇祂、讚美祂，就是要稱祂為聖，這才是真正謙卑的人。因為，尊崇上帝的人，必定以上帝為大，歸榮耀給上帝！也唯有這樣的人，會在基督裡存感謝的心，在基督裡喜樂滿足！