3:1 以色列人哪,你們全家是我從埃及地領上來的,當聽耶和華攻擊你們的話:
3:2 在地上萬族中,我只認識你們;因此,我必追討你們的一切罪孽。
3:3 二人若不同心,豈能同行呢?
3:4 獅子若非抓食,豈能在林中咆哮呢?少壯獅子若無所得,豈能從洞中發聲呢?
3:5 若沒有機檻,雀鳥豈能陷在網羅裡呢?網羅若無所得,豈能從地上翻起呢?
3:6 城中若吹角,百姓豈不驚恐呢?災禍若臨到一城,豈非耶和華所降的嗎?
3:7 主耶和華若不將奧祕指示他的僕人─眾先知,就一無所行。
Hear this word that the Lord has spoken
against you, O people of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out
of the land of Egypt:
“You only have I known
of all the families of the earth;
therefore I will punish you
for all your iniquities.
“Do
two walk together,
unless they have agreed to meet?
Does a lion roar in the forest,
when he has no prey?
Does a young lion cry out from his den,
if he has taken nothing?
Does a bird fall in a snare on the earth,
when there is no trap for it?
Does a snare spring up from the ground,
when it has taken nothing?
Is
a trumpet blown in a city,
and the people are not afraid?
Does disaster come to a city,
unless the Lord has done it?
“For the Lord God does nothing
without revealing his secret
to his servants the prophets.
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上帝愛世人,所以透過先知將自己要做的事宣告出來,好叫人可以悔改--歸向上帝,離棄罪惡。
然而上帝最為認識的以色列人,竟然最充滿罪惡呢!因為他們不聽先知的話,甚至基督來了都不知道呢!
今日教會若不警醒,也會落入以色列的下場,尤其是自以為是基督徒,卻不好好追求認識信仰的人,更是如此!在審判時,耶穌說:我不認識你們!