以賽亞書51:17-23

51:17 耶路撒冷啊，興起！興起！站起來！你從耶和華手中喝了他忿怒之杯，喝了那使人東倒西歪的爵，以致喝盡。
51:18 她所生育的諸子中，沒有一個引導她的；她所養大的諸子中，沒有一個攙扶她的。
51:19 荒涼、毀滅、饑荒、刀兵，這幾樣臨到你，誰為你舉哀？我如何能安慰你呢？
51:20 你的眾子發昏，在各市口上躺臥，好像黃羊在網羅之中，都滿了耶和華的忿怒─你上帝的斥責。
51:21 因此，你這困苦卻非因酒而醉的，要聽我言。
51:22 你的主耶和華─就是為他百姓辨屈的上帝如此說：看哪，我已將那使人東倒西歪的杯，就是我忿怒的爵，從你手中接過來；你必不致再喝。
51:23 我必將這杯遞在苦待你的人手中；他們曾對你說：你屈身，由我們踐踏過去吧！你便以背為地，好像街市，任人經過。

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Rouse yourself, rouse yourself!

Stand up, O Jerusalem,

you who have drunk at the hand of the Lord

the cup of his wrath,

who have drunk to the dregs

the bowl of staggering.

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There is no one to guide her

among all the children she has borne;

there is no one to take her by the hand

among all the children she has brought up.

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These two things have befallen you

—who will grieve with you?—

devastation and destruction, famine and sword—

who will comfort you?

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Your children have fainted,

they lie at the head of every street

like an antelope in a net;

they are full of the wrath of the Lord,

the rebuke of your God.

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Therefore hear this, you who are wounded,

who are drunk, but not with wine:

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Thus says your Sovereign, the Lord,

your God who pleads the cause of his people:

See, I have taken from your hand the cup of staggering;

you shall drink no more

from the bowl of my wrath.

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And I will put it into the hand of your tormentors,

who have said to you,

“Bow down, that we may walk on you”;

and you have made your back like the ground

and like the street for them to walk on.

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    大家對上帝感覺是和善與慈愛的，其實上帝是會憤怒的！這也就是說，不要將上帝看成聖誕老公公，不要以為上帝會包庇罪惡的事，會對我們做的事睜一隻眼、閉一隻眼。

    也因為這樣，我們在做任何事情時，不要以自己的想法來任意而為。我們必須常常讀聖經明白上帝的心意，才知道如何行才會討上帝的喜悅，不至於招惹上帝的怒氣，而受到懲罰。

    所以，我們要隨時隨地，存著敬畏的心，來與上帝同行！