以賽亞書62:1-12

62:1 我因錫安必不靜默，為耶路撒冷必不息聲，直到他的公義如光輝發出，他的救恩如明燈發亮。
62:2 列國必見你的公義；列王必見你的榮耀。你必得新名的稱呼，是耶和華親口所起的。
62:3 你在耶和華的手中要作為華冠，在你上帝的掌上必作為冕旒。
62:4 你必不再稱為「撇棄的」；你的地也不再稱為「荒涼的」。你卻要稱為「我所喜悅的」；你的地也必稱為「有夫之婦」。因為耶和華喜悅你，你的地也必歸他。
62:5 少年人怎樣娶處女，你的眾民（民：原文是子）也要照樣娶你；新郎怎樣喜悅新婦，你的上帝也要照樣喜悅你。
62:6 耶路撒冷啊，我在你城上設立守望的，他們晝夜必不靜默。呼籲耶和華的，你們不要歇息，
62:7 也不要使他歇息，直等他建立耶路撒冷，使耶路撒冷在地上成為可讚美的。
62:8 耶和華指著自己的右手和大能的膀臂起誓說：我必不再將你的五穀給你仇敵作食物；外邦人也不再喝你勞碌得來的新酒。
62:9 惟有那收割的要吃，並讚美耶和華；那聚斂的要在我聖所的院內喝。
62:10 你們當從門經過經過，預備百姓的路；修築修築大道，撿去石頭，為萬民豎立大旗，
62:11 看哪，耶和華曾宣告到地極，對錫安的居民（原文是女子）說：你的拯救者來到。他的賞賜在他那裡；他的報應在他面前。
62:12 人必稱他們為「聖民」，為「耶和華的贖民」；你也必稱為「被眷顧、不撇棄的城」。

For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,
    for Jerusalem’s sake I will not remain quiet,
till her vindication shines out like the dawn,
    her salvation like a blazing torch.
² The nations will see your vindication,
    and all kings your glory;
you will be called by a new name
    that the mouth of the Lord will bestow.
³ You will be a crown of splendor in the Lord’s hand,
    a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
⁴ No longer will they call you Deserted,
    or name your land Desolate.
But you will be called Hephzibah,^[a]
    and your land Beulah^[b];
for the Lord will take delight in you,
    and your land will be married.
⁵ As a young man marries a young woman,
    so will your Builder marry you;
as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride,
    so will your God rejoice over you.

⁶ I have posted watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem;
    they will never be silent day or night.
You who call on the Lord,
    give yourselves no rest,
⁷ and give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem
    and makes her the praise of the earth.

⁸ The Lord has sworn by his right hand
    and by his mighty arm:
“Never again will I give your grain
    as food for your enemies,
and never again will foreigners drink the new wine
    for which you have toiled;
⁹ but those who harvest it will eat it
    and praise the Lord,
and those who gather the grapes will drink it
    in the courts of my sanctuary.”

¹⁰ Pass through, pass through the gates!
    Prepare the way for the people.
Build up, build up the highway!
    Remove the stones.
Raise a banner for the nations.

¹¹ The Lord has made proclamation
    to the ends of the earth:
“Say to Daughter Zion,
    ‘See, your Savior comes!
See, his reward is with him,
    and his recompense accompanies him.’”
¹² They will be called the Holy People,
    the Redeemed of the Lord;
and you will be called Sought After,
    

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    新約和舊約的末世觀，可以說是一樣的，就是新郎和新婦的關係。也就是說，上帝要在永恆中要與祂的子民同在，不會再有分離的情形。因為，上帝拯救我們的結果，就是帶領我們進入祂的國中，承受祂所賜永遠的福分！

    救贖當中有一個很重要的因素就是「復和」！所謂「復和」就是重新和好的意思，這是出於上帝的旨意。而這樣的「復和」是建立在審判之後。讓我們感受到上帝有正義上的要求：犯罪的必須為自己所行的負責，必須付上代價。在舊約時代是滅國，在新約時代是主耶穌代刑在十字架上。沒有經過這些，上帝是無法寬恕的！

    雖然如此，上帝最終的目的還是要寬赦人，使人歸回祂的面前，透過他主動的作為，重新建立正確且合宜的關係！這是整本聖經，要告訴我們的一個很重要的真理：上帝是與人同在的上帝！