以西結書34:7-10

34:7 「所以，你們這些牧人要聽耶和華的話。

34:8 主耶和華說：我指著我的永生起誓，我的羊因無牧人就成為掠物，也作了一切野獸的食物。我的牧人不尋找我的羊；這些牧人只知牧養自己，並不牧養我的羊。

34:9 所以你們這些牧人要聽耶和華的話。

34:10 主耶和華如此說：我必與牧人為敵，必向他們的手追討我的羊，使他們不再牧放群羊；牧人也不再牧養自己。我必救我的羊脫離他們的口，不再作他們的食物。」

“Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:  As I live, declares the Lord God, surely because my sheep have become a prey, and my sheep have become food for all the wild beasts, since there was no shepherd, and because my shepherds have not searched for my sheep, but the shepherds have fed themselves, and have not fed my sheep,  therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:  Thus says the Lord God, Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will require my sheep at their hand and put a stop to their feeding the sheep. No longer shall the shepherds feed themselves. I will rescue my sheep from their mouths, that they may not be food for them.

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    上帝透過先知譴責那些不盡責的牧人，要將他們的牧羊之權利奪回，使他們不再做牧羊的人。這也讓我們知道上帝要滅猶大和以色列的原因，因為那些為領袖的，沒有做好領袖之責。

    同樣，今日我們在教會牧會的人，也要常常警醒自己有沒有完成上帝的託付，還是將自己的利益擺在前面呢？我們要忠心的牧養主的羊，才會得著主的賞賜，才對得起主的呼召！

    求主幫助，讓我們為主耶穌的緣故，好好牧主用寶血所贖回來的羊群，這是主付出重價所召回來的羊，若沒有保守他們到見主面，是虧欠上帝的慈愛與拯救，主必追討喔！

以西結書34章

    以西結書34:1-6  , 

    以西結書34:7-10 ,

    以西結書34:11-16  ,

    以西結書34:17-24  ,

    以西結書34:25-31  ,  以西結書34:26  ,

以西結書34:1-6

34:1 耶和華的話臨到我說：

34:2 「人子啊，你要向以色列的牧人發預言，攻擊他們，說，主耶和華如此說：禍哉！以色列的牧人只知牧養自己。牧人豈不當牧養群羊嗎？

34:3 你們吃脂油、穿羊毛、宰肥壯的，卻不牧養群羊。

34:4 瘦弱的，你們沒有養壯；有病的，你們沒有醫治；受傷的，你們沒有纏裹；被逐的，你們沒有領回；失喪的，你們沒有尋找；但用強暴嚴嚴地轄制。

34:5 因無牧人，羊就分散；既分散，便作了一切野獸的食物。

34:6 我的羊在諸山間、在各高岡上流離，在全地上分散，無人去尋，無人去找。

1 And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, even to the shepherds, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah:Woe unto the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the sheep? 3 Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill the fatlings; but ye feed not the sheep. 4 The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought back that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with rigor have ye ruled over them. 5 And they were scattered, because there was no shepherd; and they became food to all the beasts of the field, and were scattered. 6 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill:yea, my sheep were scattered upon all the face of the earth; and there was none that did search or seek after them.

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    先知在這裡說到牧者沒有盡責照顧好羊群，讓「瘦弱的」、「有病的」、「受傷的」、「被逐的」、「失喪的」未受到妥善的照顧；只知道要「吃脂油、穿羊毛、宰肥壯的」，卻不知好好牧養群羊。導致羊群如同無牧人一般，被野獸欺負、沒有安居之所，到處漂泊與流浪！

    先知所比喻的牧人，就是指領袖，在當時是指國王和政府官員與軍事將領，他們都是領受民脂民膏，卻不行公義與好憐憫，以至於國家敗亡，民不聊生，這是上帝感到非常難過的事！所以要先知來發預言攻擊他們。

    今天的牧人專指教會的牧師、傳道師、長老及執事等治理教會的人，大家要在基督裡本著主尋找亡羊的精神，來照顧弟兄姐妹，關懷弱勢的人。由其是對於靈性貧窮的人，更是要付出關懷，雖然他們會拒絕、會抵抗，但是不要忘記他們的內心是脆弱無助的！

以西結書33:30-33

33:30 「人子啊，你本國的子民在牆垣旁邊、在房屋門口談論你。弟兄對弟兄彼此說：『來吧！聽聽有甚麼話從耶和華而出。』

33:31 他們來到你這裡如同民來聚會，坐在你面前彷彿是我的民。他們聽你的話卻不去行；因為他們的口多顯愛情，心卻追隨財利。

33:32 他們看你如善於奏樂、聲音幽雅之人所唱的雅歌，他們聽你的話卻不去行。

33:33 看哪，所說的快要應驗；應驗了，他們就知道在他們中間有了先知。」

“As for you, son of man, your people who talk together about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses, say to one another, each to his brother, ‘Come, and hear what the word is that comes from the Lord.’  And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for with lustful talk in their mouths they act; their heart is set on their gain.  And behold, you are to them like one who sings lustful songs with a beautiful voice and plays well on an instrument, for they hear what you say, but they will not do it.  When this comes—and come it will!—then they will know that a prophet has been among them.”

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被擄的以色列人現在認為以西結是真先知，但是他們對這件事情的反應是：去聽聽先知的預言。這就是一般人聽講道的心態，用一種事不關己的態度來面對先知的話，聽了卻不去行。因為，這些人根本不知道什麼是「先知」，個不理會先知的信息。

    今日教會做禮拜的會眾，是不是也是存著「聽演講」的心理來教會？只把講道當作人生的參考，不將講員釋放的信息當成上帝的話，認為聽從也好，不聽從也好，這樣的人就會失去上帝所要賜的福分！因為上帝的話，是要聽完而遵行，就會蒙福！

    讓我們用熱切的心來聽道，並且努力遵行，這樣我們就可以靠耶穌基督得著永生了！

以西結書33:21-29

33:21 我們被擄之後十二年十月初五日，有人從耶路撒冷逃到我這裡，說：「城已攻破。」

33:22 逃來的人未到前一日的晚上，耶和華的靈（原文是手）降在我身上，開我的口。到第二日早晨，那人來到我這裡，我口就開了，不再緘默。

33:23 耶和華的話臨到我說：

33:24 「人子啊，住在以色列荒廢之地的人說：『亞伯拉罕獨自一人能得這地為業，我們人數眾多，這地更是給我們為業的。』

33:25 所以你要對他們說，主耶和華如此說：你們吃帶血的物，仰望偶像，並且殺人流血，你們還能得這地為業嗎？

33:26 你們倚仗自己的刀劍行可憎的事，人人玷污鄰舍的妻，你們還能得這地為業嗎？

33:27 你要對他們這樣說，主耶和華如此說：我指著我的永生起誓，在荒場中的，必倒在刀下；在田野間的，必交給野獸吞吃；在保障和洞裡的，必遭瘟疫而死。

33:28 我必使這地荒涼，令人驚駭；她因勢力而有的驕傲也必止息。以色列的山都必荒涼，無人經過。

33:29 我因他們所行一切可憎的事使地荒涼，令人驚駭。那時，他們就知道我是耶和華。」

In the twelfth year of our exile, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, a fugitive from Jerusalem came to me and said, “The city has been struck down.”  Now the hand of the Lord had been upon me the evening before the fugitive came; and he had opened my mouth by the time the man came to me in the morning, so my mouth was opened, and I was no longer mute.

  The word of the Lord came to me:  “Son of man, the inhabitants of these waste places in the land of Israel keep saying, Abraham was only one man, yet he got possession of the land; but we are many; the land is surely given us to possess.’  Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord God: You eat flesh with the blood and lift up your eyes to your idols and shed blood; shall you then possess the land?  You rely on the sword, you commit abominations, and each of you defiles his neighbor's wife; shall you then possess the land?  Say this to them, Thus says the Lord God: As I live, surely those who are in the waste places shall fall by the sword, and whoever is in the open field I will give to the beasts to be devoured, and those who are in strongholds and in caves shall die by pestilence.  And I will make the land a desolation and a waste, and her proud might shall come to an end, and the mountains of Israel shall be so desolate that none will pass through.  Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I have made the land a desolation and a waste because of all their abominations that they have committed.

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以西結於妻子死後處於一種「啞口」的狀態。在這裡上帝使以西結重新開口說話，正如他所描述：「耶和華的靈（原文是手）降在我身上，開我的口。到第二日早晨，那人來到我這裡，我口就開了，不再緘默。」

以西結一開口就給留在猶大地區以色列人的預言：他們一定不能繼承以色列地。因為他們延續以前拜偶像的習慣，為了逃命不顧猶太人潔淨的禮儀，仗著自己手中的武器迫害那些更無助的人。

上帝多次提醒以色列人可以進入迦南地並非因為以色列人夠好、夠正義，而是因為迦南地原住民的罪惡。因此這些剩餘的人想要繼承迦南地，也要看看自己的行為是否離開迦南地原住民的罪惡。

今日我們成為基督徒，一樣要靠上帝所賜的聖靈來離棄罪惡，行在上帝為我們預備公義的路上，才能與我們所領受的救恩相稱，得上帝喜悅來榮耀主名！才可以承受上帝國。