列王紀下25:27-30

25:27 猶大王約雅斤被擄後三十七年，巴比倫王以未．米羅達元年十二月二十七日，使猶大王約雅斤抬頭，提他出監；
25:28 又對他說恩言，使他的位高過與他一同在巴比倫眾王的位，
25:29 給他脫了囚服。他終身常在巴比倫王面前吃飯。
25:30 王賜他所需用的食物，日日賜他一分，終身都是這樣。

 

²⁷ In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the year Awel-Marduk became king of Babylon, he released Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison. He did this on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month. ²⁸ He spoke kindly to him and gave him a seat of honor higher than those of the other kings who were with him in Babylon. ²⁹ So Jehoiachin put aside his prison clothes and for the rest of his life ate regularly at the king’s table. ³⁰ Day by day the king gave Jehoiachin a regular allowance as long as he lived.

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    《列王紀》用這段作結尾讓人覺得很奇怪，然而這要凸顯的是猶大王約雅斤聽從先知耶利米的話，順服上帝的旨意，以至於保全自己和自己的後代，約雅斤就是耶穌家譜的耶哥尼亞(馬太福音1:11-12)。

 

    可見上帝一直在預備著主耶穌的來到，使救恩得以實現，要不是上帝的保守與計畫，我們是無法享受救贖大恩！我們要為此感謝上帝，歸榮耀給上帝！