4:27 耶和華如此說:全地必然荒涼,我卻不毀滅淨盡。
4:28 因此,地要悲哀,在上的天也必黑暗;因為我言已出,我意已定,必不後悔,也不轉意不做。
4:29 各城的人因馬兵和弓箭手的響聲就都逃跑,進入密林,爬上磐石;各城被撇下,無人住在其中。
4:30 你淒涼的時候要怎樣行呢?你雖穿上朱紅衣服,佩戴黃金裝飾,用顏料修飾眼目,這樣標緻是枉然的!戀愛你的藐視你,並且尋索你的性命。
4:31 我聽見有聲音,彷彿婦人產難的聲音,好像生頭胎疼痛的聲音,是錫安女子(就是指民的意思)的聲音;她喘著氣、挓挲手,說:我有禍了!在殺人的跟前,我的心發昏了。
27 For thus says the Lord, "The whole
land shall be a desolation; yet I will not make a full end.
28 "For this the earth shall mourn,
and
the heavens above be dark;
for I have spoken; I have purposed;
I
have not relented, nor will I turn back."
29 At the noise of horseman and archer
every city takes to flight;
they enter thickets; they climb among
rocks;
all the cities are forsaken,
and no man dwells in them.
30 And you, O desolate one,
what do you mean that you dress in scarlet,
that
you adorn yourself with ornaments of gold,
that
you enlarge your eyes with paint?
In vain you beautify yourself.
Your lovers despise you;
they seek your life.
31 For I heard a cry as of a woman in
labor,
anguish as of one giving birth to her first
child,
the cry of the daughter of Zion gasping for
breath,
stretching out her hands,
"Woe is me! I am fainting before
murderers."
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這裡先知要猶大人不要自以為美麗,以為靠著外交的方式可以保全自己。這些討好的國家是不會領情,反而是來攻擊猶大國的!
這也警告我們,不要靠人的力量,人不僅靠不住,甚至是有害的!因此,屬上帝的人要對人的作為有所保留和防範,因為人受到罪性的影響是靠不住的!個人如此,群體性更是如此!
也因此,人必須先被聖靈重生,才能被上帝所使用,求主幫助我們,讓我們真正成為重生的可用之才!