16:5 耶和華如此說:「不要進入喪家,不要去哀哭,也不要為他們悲傷,因我已將我的平安、慈愛、憐憫從這百姓奪去了。這是耶和華說的。
16:6 連大帶小,都必在這地死亡,不得葬埋。人必不為他們哀哭,不用刀劃身,也不使頭光禿。
16:7 他們有喪事,人必不為他們擘餅,因死人安慰他們;他們喪父喪母,人也不給他們一杯酒安慰他們。
16:8 你不可進入宴樂的家,與他們同坐吃喝。
16:9 因為萬軍之耶和華─以色列的上帝如此說:你們還活著的日子在你們眼前,我必使歡喜和快樂的聲音,新郎和新婦的聲音,從這地方止息了。
“For thus says the Lord: Do not enter the
house of mourning, or go to lament or grieve for them, for I have taken away my
peace from this people, my steadfast love and mercy, declares the Lord. Both great and small shall die in this land.
They shall not be buried, and no one shall lament for them or cut himself or
make himself bald for them. No one shall
break bread for the mourner, to comfort him for the dead, nor shall anyone give
him the cup of consolation to drink for his father or his mother. You shall not go into the house of feasting
to sit with them, to eat and drink. For
thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will silence in this
place, before your eyes and in your days, the voice of mirth and the voice of
gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride.
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上帝這樣對耶利米說,是要表達祂對猶大百姓的離棄,要讓他們清楚上帝是恨惡罪惡的,不要與罪人在一起!然而猶大百姓要如何才能脫離這種狀態?就是要離棄罪惡來親近上帝。
上帝在今日更是透過耶穌基督的代死在十字架上,讓我們可以與上帝之間不受罪的隔絕,可以透過這樣的救恩與上帝有合宜和正確的關係,使我們可以成為上帝的兒女,我們就要向罪惡宣告我們不再是罪惡的奴僕了!在基督裡,上帝不再定罪了!
也因此,再人看來是不可能,但是在上帝是無所不能的,我們要勇敢的接受耶穌基督的救恩,一切都變成可能的!尤其是我們從有罪的人,變成上帝無罪的兒女!上帝透過耶穌基督成就了一切的美好!