2:7 耶和華丟棄自己的祭壇，憎惡自己的聖所，將宮殿的牆垣交付仇敵。他們在耶和華的殿中喧嚷，像在聖會之日一樣。
2:8 耶和華定意拆毀錫安的城牆；他拉了準繩，不將手收回，定要毀滅。他使外郭和城牆都悲哀，一同衰敗。
2:9 錫安的門都陷入地內；主將她的門閂毀壞，折斷。她的君王和首領落在沒有律法的列國中；她的先知不得見耶和華的異象。
2:10 錫安城的長老坐在地上默默無聲；他們揚起塵土落在頭上，腰束麻布；耶路撒冷的處女垂頭至地。
The Lord has scorned his altar,
disowned his sanctuary;
he has delivered into the hand of the enemy
the walls of her palaces;
they raised a clamor in the house of the
Lord
as on the day of festival.
The
Lord determined to lay in ruins
the wall of the daughter of Zion;
he stretched out the measuring line;
he did not restrain his hand from
destroying;
he caused rampart and wall to lament;
they languished together.
Her
gates have sunk into the ground;
he has ruined and broken her bars;
her king and princes are among the nations;
the law is no more,
and her prophets find
no vision from the Lord.
The
elders of the daughter of Zion
sit on the ground in silence;
they have thrown dust on their heads
and put on sackcloth;
the young women of Jerusalem
have bowed their heads to the ground.
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許多宗教都喜歡炫耀他們的建築物是多麼的雄偉，唯獨耶和華上帝常常向人宣告聖殿被毀，祂的百姓因犯罪被擄到外邦！使人知道祂所看重的不是虛空的可見之物，而是內在的聖潔，和永恆的榮耀！
同樣今日我們不是看重基督宗教，是不是世界最大的宗教，是不是最多人的信仰，是不是有最大的聖殿或禮拜堂，這一切都會過去！我們所盼望的是，上帝那永不震動的國！
也因此，我們看重的是，我們是否有靠耶穌基督與上帝建立正確合宜的關係，可以成為上帝的兒女，將來透過耶穌基督進入上帝的國，享受上帝在基督裡所賜的永生！希望基督所賜的永生，成為我們的異象和努力的目標！
