撒迦利亞書10:6-12

10:6 我要堅固猶大家，拯救約瑟家，要領他們歸回。我要憐恤他們；他們必像未曾棄絕的一樣，都因我是耶和華─他們的上帝，我必應允他們的禱告。

10:7 以法蓮人必如勇士；他們心中暢快如同喝酒；他們的兒女必看見而快活；他們的心必因耶和華喜樂。

10:8 我要發嘶聲，聚集他們，因我已經救贖他們。他們的人數必加增，如從前加增一樣。

10:9 我雖然（或譯：必）播散他們在列國中，他們必在遠方記念我。他們與兒女都必存活，且得歸回。

10:10 我必再領他們出埃及地，招聚他們出亞述，領他們到基列和黎巴嫩；這地尚且不夠他們居住。

10:11 耶和華必經過苦海，擊打海浪，使尼羅河的深處都枯乾。亞述的驕傲必致卑微；埃及的權柄必然滅沒。

10:12 我必使他們倚靠我，得以堅固；一舉一動必奉我的名。這是耶和華說的。

"I will strengthen the house of Judah,

and I will save the house of Joseph.

 I will bring them back because I have compassion on them,

and they shall be as though I had not rejected them,

for I am the Lord their God and I will answer them.

Then Ephraim shall become like a mighty warrior,

and their hearts shall be glad as with wine.

Their children shall see it and be glad;

their hearts shall rejoice in the Lord.

"I will whistle for them and gather them in,

for I have redeemed them,

and they shall be as many as they were before.

Though I scattered them among the nations,

yet in far countries they shall remember me,

and with their children they shall live and return.

I will bring them home from the land of Egypt,

and gather them from Assyria,

and I will bring them to the land of Gilead and to Lebanon,

 till there is no room for them.

He shall pass through the sea of troubles

and strike down the waves of the sea,

 and all the depths of the Nile shall be dried up.

The pride of Assyria shall be laid low,

and the scepter of Egypt shall depart.

I will make them strong in the Lord,

and they shall walk in his name,"

declares the Lord.

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    在此又看見上帝的決心與應許，上帝必使祂的子民歸回，重建祂的國！而將來的國不僅是現有的猶太人可以進入，更是將來的一切屬於上帝的人都要進入，而這些進入上帝國度之人的特徵是「我必使他們倚靠我，得以堅固；一舉一動必奉我的名」。

    而這樣的人就是基督所拯救的我們，我們靠著上帝的恩，倚靠上帝、一舉一動必奉主的名！

撒迦利亞書10:3-5

10:3 我的怒氣向牧人發作；我必懲罰公山羊；因我─萬軍之耶和華眷顧自己的羊群，就是猶大家，必使他們如駿馬在陣上。

10:4 房角石、釘子、爭戰的弓，和一切掌權的都從他而出。

10:5 他們必如勇士在陣上將仇敵踐踏在街上的泥土中。他們必爭戰，因為耶和華與他們同在；騎馬的也必羞愧。

"My anger is hot against the shepherds,

and I will punish the leaders;

for the Lord of hosts cares for his flock, the house of Judah,

and will make them like his majestic steed in battle.

From him shall come the cornerstone,

from him the tent peg,

from him the battle bow,

from him every ruler— all of them together.

They shall be like mighty men in battle,

 trampling the foe in the mud of the streets;

they shall fight because the Lord is with them,

and they shall put to shame the riders on horses.

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    上帝一再將祂的榮耀放在猶大家，也讓我們感受到祂仍然不放棄大衛的子孫！

    的確，上帝也透過大衛的子孫來成就基督的道成肉身，讓耶穌基督從大衛的子孫而出！

撒迦利亞書10章

      撒迦利亞書10:1-2 ,  撒迦利亞書10:3-5  ,   撒迦利亞書10:6-12   ,

撒迦利亞書10:1-2

10:1 當春雨的時候，你們要向發閃電的耶和華求雨。他必為眾人降下甘霖，使田園生長菜蔬。

10:2 因為，家神所言的是虛空；卜士所見的是虛假；做夢者所說的是假夢。他們白白地安慰人，所以眾人如羊流離，因無牧人就受苦。

Ask rain from the Lord

in the season of the spring rain,

from the Lord who makes the storm clouds,

and he will give them showers of rain,

to everyone the vegetation in the field.

For the household gods utter nonsense,

and the diviners see lies;

 they tell false dreams

and give empty consolation.

Therefore the people wander like sheep;

they are afflicted for lack of a shepherd.

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    這裡讓我們看見牧者對人是多麼重要，許多人因為沒有上帝所差派的牧者，就像流離的羊，找不到家，找不到看護的人，使人空虛不知所措！

    許多人對於信仰感到無意義，就像先知在這裡所說：「家神所言的是虛空；卜士所見的是虛假；做夢者所說的是假夢。」

    除非尋找到上帝，就需要透過真正的大牧人——耶穌基督，而耶穌基督更將這樣的使命交託給我們這些蒙主所選招的人，將亡羊帶回牧者前面，才不致受苦！

撒迦利亞書9:14-17

9:14 耶和華必顯現在他們以上；他的箭必射出像閃電。主耶和華必吹角，乘南方的旋風而行。

9:15 萬軍之耶和華必保護他們；他們必吞滅仇敵，踐踏彈石。他們必喝血吶喊，猶如飲酒；他們必像盛滿血的碗，又像壇的四角滿了血。

9:16 當那日，耶和華─他們的上帝必看他的民如群羊，拯救他們；因為他們必像冠冕上的寶石，高舉在他的地以上（或譯：在他的地上發光輝）。

9:17 他的恩慈何等大！他的榮美何其盛！五穀健壯少男；新酒培養處女。

Then the Lord will appear over them,

and his arrow will go forth like lightning;

 the Lord God will sound the trumpet

and will march forth in the whirlwinds of the south.

 The Lord of hosts will protect them,

and they shall devour, and tread down the sling stones,

and they shall drink and roar as if drunk with wine,

and be full like a bowl,

drenched like the corners of the altar.

 On that day the Lord their God will save them,

as the flock of his people;

for like the jewels of a crown

they shall shine on his land.

 For how great is his goodness, and how great his beauty!

 Grain shall make the young men flourish,

and new wine the young women.

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    這是多麼美的文字！尤其是在禮拜中誦讀時，讓握們不禁想到上帝的保守和應許，祂真的是眷顧人的上帝！

    雖然有爭戰、有危險！但是上帝卻有拯救，並起還將榮光圍繞在祂的子民身上，正如先知所宣告：「當那日，耶和華─他們的上帝必看他的民如群羊，拯救他們；因為他們必像冠冕上的寶石，高舉在他的地以上（或譯：在他的地上發光輝）。他的恩慈何等大！他的榮美何其盛！五穀健壯少男；新酒培養處女。」

    再一次讓我們覺得聖經真的是禮拜之書，我們在禮拜之中，真的要好好誦讀上帝的話！

撒迦利亞書9:9-13

9:9 錫安的民哪，應當大大喜樂；耶路撒冷的民哪，應當歡呼。看哪，你的王來到你這裡！他是公義的，並且施行拯救，謙謙和和地騎著驢，就是騎著驢的駒子。

9:10 我必除滅以法蓮的戰車和耶路撒冷的戰馬；爭戰的弓也必除滅。他必向列國講和平；他的權柄必從這海管到那海，從大河管到地極。

9:11 錫安哪，我因與你立約的血，將你中間被擄而囚的人從無水的坑中釋放出來。

9:12 你們被囚而有指望的人都要轉回保障。我今日說明，我必加倍賜福給你們。

9:13 我拿猶大作上弦的弓；我拿以法蓮為張弓的箭。錫安哪，我要激發你的眾子，攻擊希臘（原文是雅完）的眾子，使你如勇士的刀。

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!

Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem!

 Behold, your king is coming to you;

righteous and having salvation is he,

 humble and mounted on a donkey,

on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim

and the war horse from Jerusalem;

and the battle bow shall be cut off,

and he shall speak peace to the nations;

 his rule shall be from sea to sea,

and from the River to the ends of the earth.

As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you,

 I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.

Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope;

today I declare that I will restore to you double.

For I have bent Judah as my bow;

I have made Ephraim its arrow.

I will stir up your sons, O Zion,

against your sons, O Greece,

and wield you like a warrior's sword.

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    在這裡看見主耶穌的影子，就是「錫安的民哪，應當大大喜樂；耶路撒冷的民哪，應當歡呼。看哪，你的王來到你這裡！他是公義的，並且施行拯救，謙謙和和地騎著驢，就是騎著驢的駒子。」

    然而在這裡也看見歷史的巨輪在運轉，「我拿猶大作上弦的弓；我拿以法蓮為張弓的箭。錫安哪，我要激發你的眾子，攻擊希臘（原文是雅完）的眾子，使你如勇士的刀。」

    這段話也讓我們想到「馬克比王朝」的情形！可見上帝在歷史上的運行，在在感受上帝的奇妙作為！

撒迦利亞書9章

    撒迦利亞書9:1-8  , 

    撒迦利亞書9:9-17    ,  撒迦利亞書9章9節  ,

    撒迦利亞書9:9-13   ,   撒迦利亞書9:14-17  ,