8:8 地豈不因這事震動?其上的居民不也悲哀嗎?地必全然像尼羅河漲起,如同埃及河湧上落下。
8:9 主耶和華說:到那日,我必使日頭在午間落下,使地在白晝黑暗。
8:10 我必使你們的節期變為悲哀,歌曲變為哀歌。眾人腰束麻布,頭上光禿,使這場悲哀如喪獨生子,至終如痛苦的日子一樣。
8:9 主耶和華說:到那日,我必使日頭在午間落下,使地在白晝黑暗。
8:10 我必使你們的節期變為悲哀,歌曲變為哀歌。眾人腰束麻布,頭上光禿,使這場悲哀如喪獨生子,至終如痛苦的日子一樣。
“Will not the land tremble for
this,
and all who live in it mourn?
The whole land will rise like the Nile;
it will be stirred up and then sink
like the river of Egypt.
and all who live in it mourn?
The whole land will rise like the Nile;
it will be stirred up and then sink
like the river of Egypt.
9 “In that day,” declares the Sovereign Lord,
“I will make the sun go down at
noon
and darken the earth in broad daylight.
10 I will turn your religious festivals into mourning
and all your singing into weeping.
I will make all of you wear sackcloth
and shave your heads.
I will make that time like mourning for an only son
and the end of it like a bitter day.
and darken the earth in broad daylight.
10 I will turn your religious festivals into mourning
and all your singing into weeping.
I will make all of you wear sackcloth
and shave your heads.
I will make that time like mourning for an only son
and the end of it like a bitter day.
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這是上帝報應的作為,使以色列民遭受到地震、日蝕等現象,並且使「使你們的節期變為悲哀,歌曲變為哀歌。眾人腰束麻布,頭上光禿,使這場悲哀如喪獨生子,至終如痛苦的日子一樣」。這樣的敘述,讓我們想到耶穌基督被釘十字架時的景況。
耶穌基督如同逾越節的羔羊一般,如贖罪祭一樣為萬民的罪而死,而祂在十字架家靈魂交給上帝的那一課,就發生了地震和日蝕。
所以耶穌的死表面上好像是對以色列的懲罰,其實是上帝拯救萬民的作為,使轄制人的鬼魔--罪惡和死亡--被上帝所勝過,使人得自由!