耶利米書13:12-14

13:12 「所以你要對他們說：『耶和華─以色列的上帝如此說：各罈都要盛滿了酒。』他們必對你說：『我們豈不確知各罈都要盛滿了酒呢？』

13:13 你就要對他們說：『耶和華如此說：我必使這地的一切居民，就是坐大衛寶座的君王和祭司，與先知，並耶路撒冷的一切居民，都酩酊大醉。』」

13:14 耶和華說：「我要使他們彼此相碰，就是父與子彼此相碰；我必不可憐，不顧惜，不憐憫，以致滅絕他們。」

12 "You shall speak to them this word:'Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, "Every jar shall be filled with wine."' And they will say to you, 'Do we not indeed know that every jar will be filled with wine? ' 13 Then you shall say to them, 'Thus says the Lord: Behold, I will fill with drunkenness all the inhabitants of this land: the kings who sit on David's throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 14 And I will dash them one against another, fathers and sons together, declares the Lord. I will not pity or spare or have compassion, that I should not destroy them. '"

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    「各罈都要盛滿了酒」的意思是：罈盛了酒就滿足了其存在之目的，正如帽子戴在頭上也是滿足了其存在之目的。所以引申的意義就是以色列人本應成就上帝選召的心意，他們被審判是因為他們沒做到。

    這邊以及其他先知書中都章節論到上帝把祂忿怒的酒杯交給以色列或其他國家，使他們可以喝，直到酒醉不省人事，這是一種講到「上帝審判」之真實性的生動說法。這可能是這段在這裏的意義，或者這段經文只是試圖描述百姓都酩酊大醉，不能照上帝所要求的方式行事為人。

    而今天成為基督徒的我們，我們更要思考我們蒙上地拯救的目的，是要做耶穌基督復活的見證人！我們是不是有做到這樣的要求呢？是不是沒有這樣的使命來生活呢？

耶利米書13章

    耶利米書13:1-11  , 耶利米書13:12-14   ,   耶利米書13:15-17  ,  耶利米書13:18-19  , 耶利米書13:20-27  ,

耶利米書13:1-11

13:1 耶和華對我如此說：「你去買一根麻布帶子束腰，不可放在水中。」
13:2 我就照著耶和華的話，買了一根帶子束腰。
13:3 耶和華的話第二次臨到我說：
13:4 「要拿著你所買的腰帶，就是你腰上的帶子，起來往幼發拉底河去，將腰帶藏在那裡的磐石穴中。」
13:5 我就去，照著耶和華所吩咐我的，將腰帶藏在幼發拉底河邊。
13:6 過了多日，耶和華對我說：「你起來往幼發拉底河去，將我吩咐你藏在那裡的腰帶取出來。」
13:7 我就往幼發拉底河去，將腰帶從我所藏的地方刨出來，見腰帶已經變壞，毫無用了。
13:8 耶和華的話臨到我說：
13:9 「耶和華如此說：我必照樣敗壞猶大的驕傲和耶路撒冷的大驕傲。
13:10 這惡民不肯聽我的話，按自己頑梗的心而行，隨從別神，事奉敬拜，他們也必像這腰帶變為無用。」
13:11 耶和華說：「腰帶怎樣緊貼人腰，照樣，我也使以色列全家和猶大全家緊貼我，好叫他們屬我為子民，使我得名聲，得頌讚，得榮耀；他們卻不肯聽。」

13:1 Thus said the LORD unto me, Go, and buy thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.
13:2 So I bought a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it upon my loins.
13:3 And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying,
13:4 Take the girdle that thou hast bought, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.
13:5 So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me.
13:6 And it came to pass after many days, that the LORD said unto me, Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there.
13:7 Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.
13:8 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
13:9 Thus saith the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.
13:10 This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the stubbornness of their heart, and are gone after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is profitable for nothing.
13:11 For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.

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    上帝透過腰帶來向耶利米說話，當然希望耶利米透過這個腐爛的腰帶向猶大的百姓說明上帝的信息。

    對上帝而言，猶大是如同腰帶對人一樣的親密與接近。但是，這個腰帶離了人就沒有用處；同樣，猶大離了上帝，就失去了她該有的地位，最後就敗壞了、就腐爛了！

    同樣，基督徒離了上帝也是如此！因此，我們要常常來親近上帝，才不至於失去上帝在我們身上的作為，才不會敗壞，維持生命的更新！

耶利米書12:14-17

12:14 耶和華如此說：「一切惡鄰，就是佔據我使百姓以色列所承受產業的，我要將他們拔出本地，又要將猶大家從他們中間拔出來。

12:15 我拔出他們以後，我必轉過來憐憫他們，把他們再帶回來，各歸本業，各歸故土。

12:16 他們若殷勤學習我百姓的道，指著我的名起誓說：『我指著永生的耶和華起誓』，正如他們從前教我百姓指著巴力起誓，他們就必建立在我百姓中間。

12:17 他們若是不聽，我必拔出那國，拔出而且毀滅。這是耶和華說的。」

14 Thus says the Lord concerning all my evil neighbors who touch the heritage that I have given my people Israel to inherit:"Behold, I will pluck them up from their land, and I will pluck up the house of Judah from among them. 15 And after I have plucked them up, I will again have compassion on them, and I will bring them again each to his heritage and each to his land. 16 And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, 'As the Lord lives,' even as they taught my people to swear by Baal, then they shall be built up in the midst of my people. 17 But if any nation will not listen, then I will utterly pluck it up and destroy it, declares the Lord."

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對上帝的信仰不是以色列的專利，上帝的福音是屬於萬國萬邦的，就如先知在這裡宣告的：「他們若殷勤學習我百姓的道，指著我的名起誓說：『我指著永生的耶和華起誓』，正如他們從前教我百姓指著巴力起誓，他們就必建立在我百姓中間。」

    這也說到上帝要成萬民的上帝，而這樣的事實已經發生了，因為上帝已經將聖靈賜下，祂的使徒領受了聖靈之後，就如主耶穌所說：「但聖靈降臨在你們身上，你們就必得著能力，並要在耶路撒冷、猶太全地，和撒馬利亞，直到地極，作我的見證。」（使徒行傳1:8）

    這也告訴我們聖靈來的之後，先知的預言就應驗了！上帝真的成了統管萬國萬民的上帝了！上帝不再單單是以色列的上帝，是全世界得上的了！唯有耶和華是真神，是創造天地萬物的上帝！

耶利米書12:7-13

12:7 我離了我的殿宇，撇棄我的產業，將我心裡所親愛的交在她仇敵的手中。

12:8 我的產業向我如林中的獅子，她發聲攻擊我，因此我恨惡她。

12:9 我的產業向我豈如斑點的鷙鳥呢？鷙鳥豈在她四圍攻擊她呢？你們要去聚集田野的百獸，帶來吞吃吧！

12:10 許多牧人毀壞我的葡萄園，踐踏我的分，使我美好的分變為荒涼的曠野。

12:11 他們使地荒涼；地既荒涼，便向我悲哀。全地荒涼，因無人介意。

12:12 滅命的都來到曠野中一切淨光的高處；耶和華的刀從地這邊直到地那邊盡行殺滅。凡有血氣的都不得平安。

12:13 他們種的是麥子，收的是荊棘；勞勞苦苦卻毫無益處。因耶和華的烈怒，你們必為自己的土產羞愧。

7 "I have forsaken my house;

I have abandoned my heritage;

I have given the beloved of my soul

into the hands of her enemies.

8 My heritage has become to me

like a lion in the forest;

she has lifted up her voice against me;

therefore I hate her.

9 Is my heritage to me like a hyena's lair?

Are the birds of prey against her all around?

Go, assemble all the wild beasts;

bring them to devour.

10 Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard;

they have trampled down my portion;

they have made my pleasant portion

a desolate wilderness.

11 They have made it a desolation;

desolate, it mourns to me.

The whole land is made desolate,

but no man lays it to heart.

12 Upon all the bare heights in the desert

destroyers have come,

for the sword of the Lord devours

from one end of the land to the other;

no flesh has peace.

13 They have sown wheat and have reaped thorns;

they have tired themselves out but profit nothing.

They shall be ashamed of their harvests

because of the fierce anger of the Lord."

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    先知在此宣告：上帝審判祂的子民的怒氣！在這裡上帝不斷地說到，「我的殿宇」、「我的產業」、「我心裡所親愛的」、…。可見上帝對猶大百姓的愛仍然是不改變，雖然他們不斷的犯罪！

    照上帝的烈怒，他們是要受到審判。但是，上帝仍然有赦罪之恩，要是他們肯悔改，離棄罪惡歸向上帝，上帝的慈愛就會顯明出來！因為他們仍然是上帝所愛，是他們為「我的產業」！

    上帝對猶大百姓如此，對我們這些蒙耶穌基督寶血洗淨的人，更是如此！雖然我們還是不完全，還是會犯罪，但是祂卻永遠不會忘記我們是蒙祂愛子耶穌基督寶血所撒的人！

    也因為如此，我們要天天在上帝面前，勇敢承認我們的罪惡，更求聖靈大大動工，使我們的生命日日更新，讓主的話語引導我們，越來越活出上帝兒子的榮美，讓我們有與所得的恩典相稱的生命！

耶利米書12章

    耶利米書12:1-6  ,    耶利米書12:7-13   , 耶利米書12:14-17   ,