耶利米書48:11-15

48:11 摩押自幼年以來常享安逸，如酒在渣滓上澄清，沒有從這器皿倒在那器皿裡，也未曾被擄去。因此，它的原味尚存，香氣未變。
48:12 耶和華說：「日子將到，我必打發倒酒的往她那裡去，將她倒出來，倒空她的器皿，打碎她的罈子。
48:13 摩押必因基抹羞愧，像以色列家從前倚靠伯特利的神羞愧一樣。
48:14 你們怎麼說：我們是勇士，是有勇力打仗的呢？
48:15 摩押變為荒場，敵人上去進了她的城邑。她所特選的少年人下去遭了殺戮；這是君王─名為萬軍之耶和華說的。

Moab has been at ease from his youth,

settled like wine on its dregs;

he has not been emptied from vessel to vessel,

nor has he gone into exile;

therefore his flavor has remained

and his aroma is unspoiled.

¹² Therefore, the time is surely coming, says the Lord, when I shall send to him decanters to decant him, and empty his vessels, and break his jars in pieces. ¹³Then Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, their confidence.

 

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How can you say, “We are heroes

and mighty warriors”?

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The destroyer of Moab and his towns has come up,

and the choicest of his young men have gone down to slaughter,

says the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.

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    先知用釀酒的比喻來說明，摩押過去沒有受到嚴重的災難。但是現在可不同了，要受到極大的傷害，正如上帝所說：「日子將到，我必打發倒酒的往她那裡去，將她倒出來，倒空她的器皿，打碎她的罈子。」

    上帝甚至於宣告：「摩押變為荒場，敵人上去進了她的城邑，她所特選的少年人下去遭了殺戮。」

    可見上帝要為猶大申冤，使列國也受到審判，讓各國都蒙羞。可見上帝是多麼愛祂的子民，不願祂的子民被羞辱！