耶利米書48:1-10

48:1 論摩押。萬軍之耶和華─以色列的上帝如此說：尼波有禍了！因變為荒場。基列亭蒙羞被攻取；米斯迦蒙羞被毀壞；
48:2 摩押不再被稱讚。有人在希實本設計謀害她，說：來吧！我們將她剪除，不再成國。瑪得緬哪，你也必默默無聲；刀劍必追趕你。
48:3 從何羅念有喊荒涼大毀滅的哀聲：
48:4 摩押毀滅了！她的孩童（或譯：家僮）發哀聲，使人聽見。
48:5 人上魯希坡隨走隨哭，因為在何羅念的下坡聽見毀滅的哀聲。
48:6 你們要奔逃，自救性命，獨自居住，好像曠野的杜松。
48:7 你因倚靠自己所做的和自己的財寶必被攻取。基抹和屬他的祭司、首領也要一同被擄去。
48:8 行毀滅的必來到各城，並無一城得免。山谷必致敗落，平原必被毀壞；正如耶和華所說的。
48:9 要將翅膀給摩押，使她可以飛去。她的城邑必致荒涼，無人居住。
48:10 （懶惰為耶和華行事的，必受咒詛；禁止刀劍不經血的，必受咒詛。）

Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel:

Alas for Nebo, it is laid waste!

Kiriathaim is put to shame, it is taken;

the fortress is put to shame and broken down;

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the renown of Moab is no more.

In Heshbon they planned evil against her:

“Come, let us cut her off from being a nation!”

You also, O Madmen, shall be brought to silence;

the sword shall pursue you.

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Hark! a cry from Horonaim,

“Desolation and great destruction!”

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“Moab is destroyed!”

her little ones cry out.

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For at the ascent of Luhith

they go up weeping bitterly;

for at the descent of Horonaim

they have heard the distressing cry of anguish.

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Flee! Save yourselves!

Be like a wild ass in the desert!

 

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Surely, because you trusted in your strongholds and your treasures,

you also shall be taken;

Chemosh shall go out into exile,

with his priests and his attendants.

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The destroyer shall come upon every town,

and no town shall escape;

the valley shall perish,

and the plain shall be destroyed,

as the Lord has spoken.

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Set aside salt for Moab,

for she will surely fall;

her towns shall become a desolation,

with no inhabitant in them.

¹⁰ Accursed is the one who is slack in doing the work of the Lord; and accursed is the one who keeps back the sword from bloodshed.

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    我們在這裡看見上帝雖然是以色列的上帝，祂更是萬軍之耶和華，表是上帝是萬國萬邦的上帝，不侷限在以色列。也因此，世界各國都在他的掌握之中，連先知在此所論到的摩押國也是如此！

    這也是為甚麼福音是要傳給萬國萬民，不是以色列人獨享。因為上帝的拯救是從以色列開始，以萬民得救為終點。這也是為甚麼主耶穌說：「所以，你們要去，使萬民作我的門徒。」

    既然如此，先知論到摩押的事，是非常自然的事情。雖然摩押是外邦，卻是羅德的後代，與亞伯拉罕的後裔，也有血緣關係的！