21:8 耶和華的話臨到我說：
21:9 「人子啊，你要預言。耶和華吩咐我如此說：有刀、有刀，是磨快擦亮的；
21:10 磨快為要行殺戮，擦亮為要像閃電。我們豈可快樂嗎？罰我子的杖藐視各樹。
21:11 這刀已經交給人擦亮，為要應手使用。這刀已經磨快擦亮，好交在行殺戮的人手中。
21:12 人子啊，你要呼喊哀號，因為這刀臨到我的百姓和以色列一切的首領。他們和我的百姓都交在刀下，所以你要拍腿歎息。
21:13 有試驗的事；若那藐視的杖歸於無有，怎麼樣呢？這是主耶和華說的。
21:14 「人子啊，你要拍掌預言。我─耶和華要使這刀，就是致死傷的刀，一連三次加倍刺人，進入他們的內屋，使大人受死傷的就是這刀。
21:15 我設立這恐嚇人的刀，攻擊他們的一切城門，使他們的心消化，加增他們跌倒的事。哎！這刀造得像閃電，磨得尖利，要行殺戮。
21:16 刀啊，你歸在右邊，擺在左邊；你面向哪方，就向那方殺戮。
21:17 我也要拍掌，並要使我的忿怒止息。這是我─耶和華說的。」
And the word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus says the
Lord, say:
“A sword, a sword is sharpened
and also polished,
sharpened for slaughter,
polished to flash like lightning!
(Or shall we rejoice? You have despised the
rod, my son, with everything of wood.)
So the sword is given to be polished, that it may be grasped in the
hand. It is sharpened and polished to be given into the hand of the
slayer. Cry out and wail, son of man,
for it is against my people. It is against all the princes of Israel. They are
delivered over to the sword with my people. Strike therefore upon your
thigh. For it will not be a testing—what
could it do if you despise the rod?” declares the Lord God.
“As
for you, son of man, prophesy. Clap your hands and let the sword come down
twice, yes, three times, the sword for those to be slain. It is the sword for
the great slaughter, which surrounds them,
that their hearts may melt, and many stumble. At all their gates I have
given the glittering sword. Ah, it is made like lightning; it is taken up for
slaughter. Cut sharply to the right; set
yourself to the left, wherever your face is directed. I also will clap my hands, and I will satisfy
my fury; I the Lord have spoken.”
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這裡說道上帝列怒的審判，人都希望能夠避開，但是又偏偏人要面對，因為人自始祖犯罪以後，生命就被罪性所轄至，不能體會上帝對人的愛，還刻意拒絕上帝在基督裡的救恩，沒有用熱切的心來領受，視為可有可無，如此的話上帝不會發怒嗎？
聖經說：「信子的人有永生；不信子的人得不著永生（原文是不得見永生），上帝的震怒常在他身上」。這也是要告訴我們，我們一定要順服上帝的旨意，接受耶穌基督為救主，這是必然不可抗拒的恩典！
若是我們心中還是覺得信也好、不信也好，有沒有永生也無所謂！這樣我們必遭受上帝的烈怒，因為上帝是用極大的愛來愛我們，甚至為我們犧牲了祂的獨生愛子——耶穌基督，豈能輕看祂的恩典，視為可有可無呢！
