撒迦利亞書7:8-14

7:8 耶和華的話又臨到撒迦利亞說：

7:9 「萬軍之耶和華曾對你們的列祖如此說：『要按至理判斷，各人以慈愛憐憫弟兄。

7:10 不可欺壓寡婦、孤兒、寄居的，和貧窮人。誰都不可心裡謀害弟兄。』」

7:11 他們卻不肯聽從，扭轉肩頭，塞耳不聽，

7:12 使心硬如金鋼石，不聽律法和萬軍之耶和華用靈藉從前的先知所說的話。故此，萬軍之耶和華大發烈怒。

7:13 萬軍之耶和華說：「我曾呼喚他們，他們不聽；將來他們呼求我，我也不聽！

7:14 我必以旋風吹散他們到素不認識的萬國中。這樣，他們的地就荒涼，甚至無人來往經過，因為他們使美好之地荒涼了。」

And the word of the Lord came to Zechariah, saying, "Thus says the Lord of hosts, Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another, do not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, or the poor, and let none of you devise evil against another in your heart." But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears that they might not hear. They made their hearts diamond- hard lest they should hear the law and the words that the Lord of hosts had sent by his Spirit through the former prophets. Therefore great anger came from the Lord of hosts. "As I called, and they would not hear, so they called, and I would not hear," says the Lord of hosts, "and I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations that they had not known. Thus the land they left was desolate, so that no one went to and fro, and the pleasant land was made desolate."

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    先知這段話警告我們：上帝所喜悅的是「行公義、好憐憫」，而不是外表的儀文縟節。我們常荒略這些，而去做一些無意義的事情，如同以色列人一般，導致迦南地本是人間的天堂，變成上帝咒詛的荒場！

    這也是為甚麼，在新約之中一直強調要恢復那真正的敬虔，就是透過信靠與上帝有正確的關係。因為人要服在上帝的手下，遵行上帝話語的教導，而非用守儀文縟節來表達自己的敬虔。

    所以，我們的生活中心應該是：行公義、好憐憫，存謙卑的心與上帝同行，就由信靠耶穌基督，與上帝有正確的關係！

撒迦利亞書7章

         撒迦利亞書7:1-7    ,   撒迦利亞書7:8-14  ,

撒迦利亞書7:1-7

7:1 大利烏王第四年九月，就是基斯流月初四日，耶和華的話臨到撒迦利亞。

7:2 那時伯特利人已經打發沙利亞和利堅米勒，並跟從他們的人，去懇求耶和華的恩，

7:3 並問萬軍之耶和華殿中的祭司和先知說：「我歷年以來，在五月間哭泣齋戒，現在還當這樣行嗎？」

7:4 萬軍之耶和華的話就臨到我說：

7:5 「你要宣告國內的眾民和祭司，說：『你們這七十年，在五月、七月禁食悲哀，豈是絲毫向我禁食嗎？

7:6 你們吃喝，不是為自己吃，為自己喝嗎？

7:7 當耶路撒冷和四圍的城邑有居民，正興盛，南地高原有人居住的時候，耶和華藉從前的先知所宣告的話，你們不當聽嗎？』」

In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, which is Chislev. Now the people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem- melech and their men to entreat the favor of the Lord, saying to the priests of the house of the Lord of hosts and the prophets, "Should I weep and abstain in the fifth month, as I have done for so many years?"

Then the word of the Lord of hosts came to me: "Say to all the people of the land and the priests, When you fasted and mourned in the fifth month and in the seventh, for these seventy years, was it for me that you fasted? And when you eat and when you drink, do you not eat for yourselves and drink for yourselves? Were not these the words that the Lord proclaimed by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and prosperous, with her cities around her, and the South and the lowland were inhabited?"

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    上帝在這裡透過先知向歸回的以色列人宣告，是因為他們問先知：「我歷年以來，在五月間哭泣齋戒，現在還當這樣行嗎？」

    可見這些人之所以敬虔是有目的的，因為他們是要求耶和華施恩給他們，它們以為用敬虔的行為，上帝就會喜悅，就會獲得上帝所賜的福，拯救他們脫離逆境！

    這也是值得我們思考，我們愛上帝，是不是盼望上帝有所給予，使我們生活豐盛，凡是順利，天天滿足呢？這好像有些顛倒的感覺！本來上帝就要施恩給我們，就要賜福我們，但是我們所想所求的，和上帝所給的好像不同！

    所以上帝透過先知向他們說：「你們這七十年，在五月、七月禁食悲哀，豈是絲毫向我禁食嗎？你們吃喝，不是為自己吃，為自己喝嗎？當耶路撒冷和四圍的城邑有居民，正興盛，南地高原有人居住的時候，耶和華藉從前的先知所宣告的話，你們不當聽嗎？」

    可見我們的信仰，是要人聽上帝的話，信靠上帝，然後上帝所賜的福就臨到我們。而非我們對上帝有所求，用守律法、齋戒，來要求上第一定要賜福，這事一般宗教人士的做法，基督徒不是如此。

    感謝主，透過先知這樣的話，來檢視我們的信仰是否正確。我們是領受救恩，不是要求福氣。兩者是非常不同的，我們要悔改承認上帝有賜恩的主權，不是我們努力求來，上上帝者動給予，我們必須感恩，而非說自己很敬虔。

撒迦利亞書6:9-15

6:9 耶和華的話臨到我說：

6:10 「你要從被擄之人中取黑玳、多比雅、耶大雅的金銀。這三人是從巴比倫來到西番雅的兒子約西亞的家裡。當日你要進他的家，

6:11 取這金銀做冠冕，戴在約撒答的兒子大祭司約書亞的頭上，

6:12 對他說，萬軍之耶和華如此說：看哪，那名稱為大衛苗裔的，他要在本處長起來，並要建造耶和華的殿。

6:13 他要建造耶和華的殿，並擔負尊榮，坐在位上掌王權；又必在位上作祭司，使兩職之間籌定和平。

6:14 這冠冕要歸希連（就是黑玳）、多比雅、耶大雅，和西番雅的兒子賢（就是約西亞），放在耶和華的殿裡為記念。」

6:15 遠方的人也要來建造耶和華的殿，你們就知道萬軍之耶和華差遣我到你們這裡來。你們若留意聽從耶和華─你們上帝的話，這事必然成就。

And the word of the Lord came to me: "Take from the exiles Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah, who have arrived from Babylon, and go the same day to the house of Josiah, the son of Zephaniah.  Take from them silver and gold, and make a crown, and set it on the head of Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest.  And say to him, 'Thus says the Lord of hosts, "Behold, the man whose name is the Branch:for he shall branch out from his place, and he shall build the temple of the Lord.  It is he who shall build the temple of the Lord and shall bear royal honor, and shall sit and rule on his throne. And there shall be a priest on his throne, and the counsel of peace shall be between them both."'  And the crown shall be in the temple of the Lord as a reminder to Helem, Tobijah, Jedaiah, and Hen the son of Zephaniah.

 "And those who are far off shall come and help to build the temple of the Lord. And you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. And this shall come to pass, if you will diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God."

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    雖然聖殿的重建有一段時間耽擱了，但是上帝仍然讓聖殿建成。這也讓我們想到，屬靈的建造不一定馬上有果效，但是上帝必定會成就的，因為耶和華必照祂的話來成就祂所應許給祂子民的！

上帝在基督裡的應許，更是如此！

撒迦利亞書6章

              撒迦利亞書6:1-8   ,  撒迦利亞書6:9-15   ,

撒迦利亞書6:1-8

6:1 我又舉目觀看，見有四輛車從兩山中間出來；那山是銅山。

6:2 第一輛車套著紅馬，第二輛車套著黑馬。

6:3 第三輛車套著白馬，第四輛車套著有斑點的壯馬。

6:4 我就問與我說話的天使說：「主啊，這是甚麼意思？」

6:5 天使回答我說：「這是天的四風，是從普天下的主面前出來的。」

6:6 套著黑馬的車往北方去，白馬跟隨在後；有斑點的馬往南方去。

6:7 壯馬出來，要在遍地走來走去。天使說：「你們只管在遍地走來走去。」牠們就照樣行了。

6:8 他又呼叫我說：「看哪，往北方去的已在北方安慰我的心。」

Again I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, four chariots came out from between two mountains. And the mountains were mountains of bronze. 2 The first chariot had red horses, the second black horses, 3 the third white horses, and the fourth chariot dappled horses—all of them strong. 4 Then I answered and said to the angel who talked with me, "What are these, my lord?" 5 And the angel answered and said to me, "These are going out to the four winds of heaven, after presenting themselves before the Lord of all the earth. 6 The chariot with the black horses goes toward the north country, the white ones go after them, and the dappled ones go toward the south country." 7 When the strong horses came out, they were impatient to go and patrol the earth. And he said, "Go, patrol the earth." So they patrolled the earth. 8 Then he cried to me, "Behold, those who go toward the north country have set my Spirit at rest in the north country."

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    這個異象也是超乎我們所能理解的，但是我們知道上帝如此行是要「使祂的靈在那裏安息」，也就是說上帝要使人得安息，使人歸向祂，祂的靈才會得安息！