歷代志下21:8-11

21:8 約蘭年間，以東人背叛猶大，脫離他的權下，自己立王。
21:9 約蘭就率領軍長和所有的戰車，夜間起來，攻擊圍困他的以東人和車兵長。
21:10 這樣，以東人背叛猶大，脫離他的權下，直到今日。那時，立拿人也背叛了，因為約蘭離棄耶和華─他列祖的上帝。
21:11 他又在猶大諸山建築邱壇，使耶路撒冷的居民行邪淫，誘惑猶大人。

⁸ In the time of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against Judah and set up its own king. ⁹ So Jehoram went there with his officers and all his chariots. The Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, but he rose up and broke through by night. ¹⁰ To this day Edom has been in rebellion against Judah.

Libnah revolted at the same time, because Jehoram had forsaken the Lord, the God of his ancestors. ¹¹ He had also built high places on the hills of Judah and had caused the people of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves and had led Judah astray.

 

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    「約蘭」原文的意義是「耶和華高舉的」，是應該被尊敬的名字。然而，在此記載卻是一位離棄上帝的王！而他的行徑更是違反上帝立王的目的，陷百姓於不義之中，因為「他又在猶大諸山建築邱壇，使耶路撒冷的居民行邪淫，誘惑猶大人。」

 

    因為他離棄上帝，造成以東和立拿的背叛。這也讓我們看見，上帝仍然會有一些作為來警告人，使人得警戒而悔改。不過，沉溺罪中的人是看不見的，仍然執迷不悟，繼續犯罪！

 

    求主保守，讓我們對罪惡敏感，不要白白受苦而不知，繼續犯罪預上帝為仇！