以西結書26:15-18

26:15 主耶和華對泰爾如此說：「在你中間行殺戮，受傷之人唉哼的時候，因你傾倒的響聲，海島豈不都震動嗎？

26:16 那時靠海的君王必都下位，除去朝服，脫下花衣，披上戰兢，坐在地上，時刻發抖，為你驚駭。

26:17 他們必為你作起哀歌說：你這有名之城，素為航海之人居住，在海上為最堅固的；平日你和居民使一切住在那裡的人無不驚恐；現在何竟毀滅了？

26:18 如今在你這傾覆的日子，海島都必戰兢；海中的群島見你歸於無有就都驚惶。」

15 "Thus says the Lord God to Tyre:Will not the coastlands shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded groan, when slaughter is made in your midst? 16 Then all the princes of the sea will step down from their thrones and remove their robes and strip off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with trembling; they will sit on the ground and tremble every moment and be appalled at you. 17 And they will raise a lamentation over you and say to you,

"'How you have perished,

you who were inhabited from the seas,

O city renowned,

 who was mighty on the sea;

she and her inhabitants imposed their terror

on all her inhabitants!

18 Now the coastlands tremble

on the day of your fall,

and the coastlands that are on the sea

are dismayed at your passing. '

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    眾海島與靠海的君王，對海洋名城泰爾陷落與傾覆的感到震驚。他們主觀感受，覺得推羅的傾覆難以置信。

    而之所以這樣常常是人將短暫當成永恆，人每天過日子的態度，就是認為自己是永恆的，殊不知死亡就這樣悄悄的臨到，讓人措手不及！

    上帝的子民會怕這樣的"突然”嗎？當然不怕！因為我們知道上帝在基督裡的預備，就安然面對了！

以西結書26:7-14

26:7 主耶和華如此說：「我必使諸王之王的巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒率領馬匹車輛、馬兵、軍隊，和許多人民從北方來攻擊你泰爾。

26:8 他必用刀劍殺滅屬你城邑的居民，也必造臺築壘舉盾牌攻擊你。

26:9 他必安設撞城錘攻破你的牆垣，用鐵器拆毀你的城樓。

26:10 因他的馬匹眾多，塵土揚起遮蔽你。他進入你的城門，好像人進入已有破口之城。那時，你的牆垣必因騎馬的和戰車、輜重車的響聲震動。

26:11 他的馬蹄必踐踏你一切的街道，他必用刀殺戮你的居民；你堅固的柱子（或譯：柱像）必倒在地上。

26:12 人必以你的財寶為擄物，以你的貨財為掠物，破壞你的牆垣，拆毀你華美的房屋，將你的石頭、木頭、塵土都拋在水中。

26:13 我必使你唱歌的聲音止息，人也不再聽見你彈琴的聲音。

26:14 我必使你成為淨光的磐石，作曬網的地方；你不得再被建造，因為這是主耶和華說的。」

7 "For thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will bring against Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses and chariots, and with horsemen and a host of many soldiers. 8 He will kill with the sword your daughters on the mainland. He will set up a siege wall against you and throw up a mound against you, and raise a roof of shields against you. 9 He will direct the shock of his battering rams against your walls, and with his axes he will break down your towers. 10 His horses will be so many that their dust will cover you. Your walls will shake at the noise of the horsemen and wagons and chariots, when he enters your gates as men enter a city that has been breached. 11 With the hoofs of his horses he will trample all your streets. He will kill your people with the sword, and your mighty pillars will fall to the ground. 12 They will plunder your riches and loot your merchandise. They will break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses. Your stones and timber and soil they will cast into the midst of the waters. 13 And I will stop the music of your songs, and the sound of your lyres shall be heard no more. 14 I will make you a bare rock. You shall be a place for the spreading of nets. You shall never be rebuilt, for I am the Lord; I have spoken, declares the Lord God.

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    許多學者注意到此處所說的似乎是對泰爾陸地部份的攻擊。使用的都是陸軍而沒提到海軍。事實上尼布甲尼撒王主要也是摧毀了泰爾陸地部份的城邑。

          西元前333年亞歷山大攻擊泰爾時就如先知所記，用陸地城市的建材作成堤壩攻擊推羅海島部份而獲勝，消滅泰爾。13節之唱歌與彈琴都是娛樂、休閒之用。上帝要讓這種泰爾城中富有商人的娛樂停止，讓泰爾完全被毀滅。

    這也再一次說明：人沒有上帝為主為王，他的豐盛只是一時，不能長久，人要永遠長存，僅能靠上帝的拯救！而上帝以在基督裡預備永恆了，只有信靠耶穌才有永生，這是上帝美好的應許，你領受了嗎？

以西結書26章

   以西結書26:1-6    ,  以西結書26:7-14   , 以西結書26:15-18   , 以西結書26:19-21  ,

以西結書26:1-6

26:1 第十一年十一月初一日，耶和華的話臨到我說：

26:2 「人子啊，因泰爾向耶路撒冷說：『阿哈，那作眾民之門的已經破壞，向我開放；她既變為荒場，我必豐盛。』

26:3 所以，主耶和華如此說：泰爾啊，我必與你為敵，使許多國民上來攻擊你，如同海使波浪湧上來一樣。

26:4 他們必破壞泰爾的牆垣，拆毀她的城樓。我也要刮淨塵土，使她成為淨光的磐石。

26:5 她必在海中作曬網的地方，也必成為列國的擄物。這是主耶和華說的。

26:6 屬泰爾城邑的居民（原文是田間的眾女；八節同）必被刀劍殺滅，他們就知道我是耶和華。

1 In the eleventh year, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:2 "Son of man, because Tyre said concerning Jerusalem, 'Aha, the gate of the peoples is broken; it has swung open to me. I shall be replenished, now that she is laid waste,' 3 therefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against you, O Tyre, and will bring up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves. 4 They shall destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers, and I will scrape her soil from her and make her a bare rock. 5 She shall be in the midst of the sea a place for the spreading of nets, for I have spoken, declares the Lord God. And she shall become plunder for the nations, 6 and her daughters on the mainland shall be killed by the sword. Then they will know that I am the Lord.

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    泰爾城小但卻相當富裕，居民靠貿易賺取大量利潤。泰爾城分兩部分，一在陸地，一在海島。二部份靠一長堤連接。敵人鄰近時，泰爾人逃往海島，以海島為防禦城。一直以來推羅與耶路撒冷都有貿易方面的競爭，但泰爾在當時是腓尼基的最大港口。

    據歷史記載，後來尼布甲尼撒圍攻推羅十三年無法攻下推羅，後來雙方舉行和談，巴比倫對泰爾取得某程度的管轄權。泰爾維持某程度的獨立直到西元前333年亞歷山大開始圍攻推羅七個月，填海造橋直抵推羅海島，終於在西元前332年征服推羅。後來泰爾曾經重建，但西元1291年被毀滅後就沒有再復興過。

    先知用海邊的景象來描述泰爾將遭遇到的攻擊與結局。由於「泰爾」原文與「磐石」、「巖石」同義，所以先知也用「磐石」作為文字遊戲，表明泰爾將完全被毀滅。而其滅亡之原因就是自傲看輕以色列的耶路撒冷—「作眾民之門的」，耶路撒冷是陸路商隊的中心，與海港的中心推泰爾有貿易競爭關係。既然陸路中心已經被消滅，泰爾就預估自己的貿易利益將會成長。

    但是上帝卻為以色列伸冤，也讓泰爾同又受到滅亡的命運！因此，上帝的家是不容輕視與敵對的，教會應該要受到尊重的。同時教會要真正傳講福音，才會真正受尊重！

以西結書25:15-17

25:15 主耶和華如此說：「因非利士人向猶大人報仇，就是以恨惡的心報仇雪恨，永懷仇恨，要毀滅他們，

25:16 所以主耶和華如此說：我必伸手攻擊非利士人，剪除基利提人，滅絕沿海剩下的居民。

25:17 我向他們大施報應，發怒斥責他們。我報復他們的時候，他們就知道我是耶和華。」

15 "Thus says the Lord God:Because the Philistines acted revengefully and took vengeance with malice of soul to destroy in never- ending enmity, 16 therefore thus says the Lord God, Behold, I will stretch out my hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites and destroy the rest of the seacoast. 17 I will execute great vengeance on them with wrathful rebukes. Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I lay my vengeance upon them."

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    「非利士」是巴勒斯坦西南部沿海的居民，他們來自加斐託（克里特島），於西元前十二世紀進入巴勒斯坦。有迦薩、亞實突、亞實基倫、以革倫、迦特五大主要都市。他們是以色列人的世仇，我們在舊約的歷史書中一直看見他們與以色列人的糾纏與對抗！

    然這樣的國家，在以色列和猶大滅亡之後，他們也難逃滅亡的命運，他們也又受到上帝的報應，讓他們知道：耶和華上帝是真的會有作為的！

    我們從這些預言看見，上帝沒有任憑鄰國來欺負以色列，有一天上帝會有所作為的！