耶利米書14:13-16

14:13 我就說：「唉！主耶和華啊，那些先知常對他們說：『你們必不看見刀劍，也不遭遇饑荒；耶和華要在這地方賜你們長久的平安。』」

14:14 耶和華對我說：「那些先知託我的名說假預言，我並沒有打發他們，沒有吩咐他們，也沒有對他們說話；他們向你們預言的，乃是虛假的異象和占卜，並虛無的事，以及本心的詭詐。

14:15 所以耶和華如此說：論到託我名說預言的那些先知，我並沒有打發他們；他們還說這地不能有刀劍饑荒，其實那些先知必被刀劍饑荒滅絕。

14:16 聽他們說預言的百姓必因饑荒刀劍拋在耶路撒冷的街道上，無人葬埋。他們連妻子帶兒女，都是如此。我必將他們的惡倒在他們身上（或譯：我必使他們罪惡的報應臨到他們身上）。」

Then I said: “Ah, Lord God, behold, the prophets say to them, ‘You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine, but I will give you assured peace in this place.’”  And the Lord said to me: “The prophets are prophesying lies in my name. I did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a lying vision, worthless divination, and the deceit of their own minds.  Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the prophets who prophesy in my name although I did not send them, and who say, Sword and famine shall not come upon this land’: By sword and famine those prophets shall be consumed.  And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem, victims of famine and sword, with none to bury them—them, their wives, their sons, and their daughters. For I will pour out their evil upon them.

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    這段話讓我們感受到假先知的危害性，使的百姓以為他們不會受到上帝的懲罰，以致胡作非為，以犯罪的惡行當成正常，不願意悔改遵行上帝的教導，反倒以為拜偶像、自我中心、…這些都沒有問題！殊不知、這些制式上帝所厭惡的！

    就如現在的教會當中，有許多傳道人，為了強調自己的神學理念，沒有回頭用聖經來檢視，說自己想說，非上帝感動他說，導致教會充滿許多的混亂，他們還認為那是正常現象！殊不知，他們受到後現代解構思潮的影響，反對既有的穩固傳統，就是教會兩千年來的大公信仰，還自以為創新，其實是使自己走向異端還不知！

    求主憐憫我們，讓我們不要受到現在思潮影響，以為是符合時代，其實是悖離聖經，行在敵擋上帝的路上！不僅如此，還是分裂教會呢！豈可不慎呢？

耶利米書14:7-12

14:7 耶和華啊，我們的罪孽雖然作見證告我們，還求你為你名的緣故行事。我們本是多次背道，得罪了你。

14:8 以色列所盼望、在患難時作他救主的啊，你為何在這地像寄居的，又像行路的只住一宵呢？

14:9 你為何像受驚的人，像不能救人的勇士呢？耶和華啊，你仍在我們中間；我們也稱為你名下的人，求你不要離開我們。

14:10 耶和華對這百姓如此說：這百姓喜愛妄行（原文是飄流），不禁止腳步，所以耶和華不悅納他們。現今要記念他們的罪孽，追討他們的罪惡。

14:11 耶和華又對我說：「不要為這百姓祈禱求好處。

14:12 他們禁食的時候，我不聽他們的呼求；他們獻燔祭和素祭，我也不悅納；我卻要用刀劍、饑荒、瘟疫滅絕他們。」

“Though our iniquities testify against us,

act, O Lord, for your name's sake;

for our backslidings are many;

we have sinned against you.

  O you hope of Israel,

its savior in time of trouble,

why should you be like a stranger in the land,

like a traveler who turns aside to tarry for a night?

  Why should you be like a man confused,

like a mighty warrior who cannot save?

Yet you, O Lord, are in the midst of us,

  and we are called by your name;

do not leave us.”

  Thus says the Lord concerning this people:

“They have loved to wander thus;

they have not restrained their feet;

therefore the Lord does not accept them;

now he will remember their iniquity

and punish their sins.”

  The Lord said to me: “Do not pray for the welfare of this people.  Though they fast, I will not hear their cry, and though they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. But I will consume them by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.”

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    先知耶利米雖然為以色列人代求，但是上帝卻說：「不要為這百姓祈禱求好處。他們禁食的時候，我不聽他們的呼求；他們獻燔祭和素祭，我也不悅納；我卻要用刀劍、饑荒、瘟疫滅絕他們。」

    這也警告我們，不可以輕忽上帝，不要因為祂是慈愛的上帝，就認為我們可以任意而為！我們輕忽上帝、不斷犯罪的下場，就是有一天上帝不願意拯救我們，讓我們嘗受罪惡的懲罰！

    也因為如此，我們必須用敬畏上帝的心來遠離罪惡，尤其是我們想到上帝是恨惡罪惡的上帝，我們更是要遠離罪惡的事，過討上帝喜悅的生活，就是要透過基督的救贖，與上帝和好！

耶利米書14章

      耶利米書14:1-6  ,

     耶利米書14:7-12   ,

     耶利米書14:13-16 ,

     耶利米書14:17-22 , 耶利米書14章19-22節  ,

耶利米書14:1-6

14:1 耶和華論到乾旱之災的話臨到耶利米：

14:2 猶大悲哀，城門衰敗。眾人披上黑衣坐在地上；耶路撒冷的哀聲上達。

14:3 他們的貴冑打發家僮打水；他們來到水池，見沒有水，就拿著空器皿，蒙羞慚愧，抱頭而回。

14:4 耕地的也蒙羞抱頭；因為無雨降在地上，地都乾裂。

14:5 田野的母鹿生下小鹿，就撇棄，因為無草。

14:6 野驢站在淨光的高處，喘氣好像野狗；因為無草，眼目失明。

​ The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:

  “Judah mourns,

and her gates languish;

her people lament on the ground,

and the cry of Jerusalem goes up.

  Her nobles send their servants for water;

they come to the cisterns;

they find no water;

they return with their vessels empty;

they are ashamed and confounded

and cover their heads.

  Because of the ground that is dismayed,

since there is no rain on the land,

the farmers are ashamed;

they cover their heads.

  Even the doe in the field forsakes her newborn fawn

because there is no grass.

  The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights;

they pant for air like jackals;

their eyes fail

because there is no vegetation.

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    說到「乾旱之災」就是指人遠離上帝所遭遇的困境！因為相對於上帝的恩典，就是上帝賜人聖靈之時，讓人感受到恩雨降臨，或是腹中有活水湧流，是不會乾渴的！

    也因此，我們可以用心靈是否乾渴來衡量靈命的問題，若是覺得心中乾渴就是我們遠離上帝，沒有聖靈在心中！也因為這樣，我們就要好好在上帝面前悔改，再次求上帝不要將我們心中的聖靈取走，讓我們在上帝面前懇求耶穌基督的寶血洗淨，重新將聖靈澆灌下來，使我們的心靈不再乾渴！

    求主保守，讓我們永遠在聖靈中，飽嚐上帝在基督裡所賜的豐盛，使我們活出基督的榮美形象！