14:17 你要將這話對他們說:願我眼淚汪汪,晝夜不息,因為我百姓(原文是民的處女)受了裂口破壞的大傷。
14:18 我若出往田間,就見有被刀殺的;我若進入城內,就見有因饑荒患病的;連先知帶祭司在國中往來,也是毫無知識(或譯:不知怎樣才好)。
14:19 你全然棄掉猶大嗎?你心厭惡錫安嗎?為何擊打我們,以致無法醫治呢?我們指望平安,卻得不著好處;指望痊癒,不料,受了驚惶。
14:20 耶和華啊,我們承認自己的罪惡,和我們列祖的罪孽,因我們得罪了你。
14:21 求你為你名的緣故,不厭惡我們,不辱沒你榮耀的寶座。求你追念,不要背了與我們所立的約。
14:22 外邦人虛無的神中有能降雨的嗎?天能自降甘霖嗎?耶和華─我們的上帝啊,能如此的不是你嗎?所以,我們仍要等候你,因為這一切都是你所造的。
14:17
And thou shalt say this word unto them, Let mine eyes run down with
tears night and day, and let them not cease; for the virgin daughter of
my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous wound.
14:18 If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the
sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with
famine! for both the prophet and the priest go about in the land and
have no knowledge.
14:19 Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul loathed Zion? why
hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? We looked for
peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and behold dismay!
14:20 We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.
14:21 Do not abhor us, for thy name’s sake; do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.
14:22 Are there any among the vanities of the heathen that can cause
rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God?
therefore we will wait upon thee; for thou hast made all these things.
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上帝雖然恨惡罪惡,但是上帝是愛祂的百姓,不喜悅祂的百姓陷溺罪中,希望他們能夠離棄罪惡,遵守祂所頒佈的律例和典章,也就是聖經的教導,活出上帝子民應有的樣式。
雖然上帝因為猶大人不斷的犯罪,要求先知不要為猶大的百姓代求,其實上帝還是心裡為猶大百姓憂傷,祂透過先知向猶大百姓宣告自己內心的難過,為他們的惡行將受到懲罰而哭泣!
其實,上帝也希望我們如此來展現對那些未信主的同胞的關心,因為人若不透過耶穌基督與上帝有正確和合一的關係,下場也就是滅亡!上帝並不願意按自己形象所造的人,遭受這樣的永死之苦,我們屬上帝的人,也要體認上帝這樣的心懷,要將拯救的福音向世人宣講,好使他們真的願意悔改和接受救恩!
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