7:1 耶和華的話臨到耶利米說:
7:2 「你當站在耶和華殿的門口,在那裡宣傳這話說:你們進這些門敬拜耶和華的一切猶大人,當聽耶和華的話。
7:3 萬軍之耶和華─以色列的上帝如此說:你們改正行動作為,我就使你們在這地方仍然居住。
7:4 你們不要倚靠虛謊的話,說:『這些是耶和華的殿,是耶和華的殿,是耶和華的殿!』
7:5 「你們若實在改正行動作為,在人和鄰舍中間誠然施行公平,
7:6 不欺壓寄居的和孤兒寡婦,在這地方不流無辜人的血,也不隨從別神陷害自己,
7:7 我就使你們在這地方仍然居住,就是我古時所賜給你們列祖的地,直到永遠。
1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the
Lord:2 "Stand in the gate of the Lord's house, and proclaim there this
word, and say, Hear the word of the Lord, all you men of Judah who enter these
gates to worship the Lord. 3 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel:
Amend your ways and your deeds, and I will let you dwell in this place. 4 Do
not trust in these deceptive words:'This is the temple of the Lord, the temple
of the Lord, the temple of the Lord. '
5 "For if you truly amend your ways
and your deeds, if you truly execute justice one with another, 6 if you do not
oppress the sojourner, the fatherless, or the widow, or shed innocent blood in
this place, and if you do not go after other gods to your own harm, 7 then I
will let you dwell in this place, in the land that I gave of old to your
fathers forever.
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我們常常以公平與公正來要求執政掌權者,但是我們卻不知他們要成為公平與公正者,必須先敬畏耶和華。所以我們要為執政掌權者禱告,求主使他們看見上帝奇妙的作為而敬畏主,如同大衛王一般。雖然今日是民主時代,但是仍然有政府治理國家,所以也是要政府運作來禱告。
當然不只為政府禱告,也要為社會風氣禱告,尤其是為人心的動向禱告,求我們的社會真的是充滿公平和正義,並且使財富分配平均,使人人都發揮所長,更使人人都獲得照護,衝突都得解決,沒有不平的事。
也因此,我們要為福音廣傳來禱告,惟有上帝能使人改變與更新,只有聖靈工作,人會順服上帝,藉由信耶穌活出上帝兒女的樣式!我們盼望那日快快實現,使公平和正義充滿人間!