18:11 地上的客商也都為她哭泣悲哀,因為沒有人再買他們的貨物了;
18:12 這貨物就是金、銀、寶石、珍珠、細麻布、紫色料、綢子、朱紅色料、各樣香木、各樣象牙的器皿、各樣極寶貴的木頭,和銅、鐵、漢白玉的器皿,
18:13 並肉桂、荳蔻、香料、香膏、乳香、酒、油、細麵、麥子、牛、羊、車、馬,和奴僕、人口。
18:14 巴比倫哪,你所貪愛的果子離開了你;你一切的珍饈美味和華美的物件也從你中間毀滅,決不能再見了。
And the merchants of the earth weep and
mourn for her, since no one buys their cargo anymore, cargo of gold, silver,
jewels, pearls, fine linen, purple cloth, silk, scarlet cloth, all kinds of
scented wood, all kinds of articles of ivory, all kinds of articles of costly
wood, bronze, iron and marble, cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, frankincense,
wine, oil, fine flour, wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and
slaves, that is, human souls.
"The fruit for which your soul longed
has gone from you,
and all your delicacies and your splendors
are lost to you,
never to be found again!"
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商業鼎盛常常是造成道德敗壞的原因,因為恣意的消費與生產,造成許多的浪費,也造成人驕傲的心,甚至使人覺得金錢是萬能的,以至於不再敬畏上帝了,只有拜金主義!
然而人常常在拜金之時,賠上自己的生命!多還要多,好還要好,永遠沒有滿足的時候。這也是為甚麼說到貪財,是拜偶像,是萬惡之源!因為許多人為了錢財,甚麼是都做得出來,甚至將自己賣了都可!
這些將來都要面臨上帝的審判,豈可不注意!尤其是基督徒,絕對不可讓錢財,取代上帝!