耶利米書48:11-15

48:11 摩押自幼年以來常享安逸，如酒在渣滓上澄清，沒有從這器皿倒在那器皿裡，也未曾被擄去。因此，它的原味尚存，香氣未變。
48:12 耶和華說：「日子將到，我必打發倒酒的往她那裡去，將她倒出來，倒空她的器皿，打碎她的罈子。
48:13 摩押必因基抹羞愧，像以色列家從前倚靠伯特利的神羞愧一樣。
48:14 你們怎麼說：我們是勇士，是有勇力打仗的呢？
48:15 摩押變為荒場，敵人上去進了她的城邑。她所特選的少年人下去遭了殺戮；這是君王─名為萬軍之耶和華說的。

Moab has been at ease from his youth,

settled like wine on its dregs;

he has not been emptied from vessel to vessel,

nor has he gone into exile;

therefore his flavor has remained

and his aroma is unspoiled.

¹² Therefore, the time is surely coming, says the Lord, when I shall send to him decanters to decant him, and empty his vessels, and break his jars in pieces. ¹³Then Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, their confidence.

 

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How can you say, “We are heroes

and mighty warriors”?

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The destroyer of Moab and his towns has come up,

and the choicest of his young men have gone down to slaughter,

says the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.

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    先知用釀酒的比喻來說明，摩押過去沒有受到嚴重的災難。但是現在可不同了，要受到極大的傷害，正如上帝所說：「日子將到，我必打發倒酒的往她那裡去，將她倒出來，倒空她的器皿，打碎她的罈子。」

    上帝甚至於宣告：「摩押變為荒場，敵人上去進了她的城邑，她所特選的少年人下去遭了殺戮。」

    可見上帝要為猶大申冤，使列國也受到審判，讓各國都蒙羞。可見上帝是多麼愛祂的子民，不願祂的子民被羞辱！

耶利米書48章

   耶利米書48:1-10    , 耶利米書48:11-15   , 耶利米書48:16-25  ,  耶利米書48:26-47  ,

耶利米書48:1-10

48:1 論摩押。萬軍之耶和華─以色列的上帝如此說：尼波有禍了！因變為荒場。基列亭蒙羞被攻取；米斯迦蒙羞被毀壞；
48:2 摩押不再被稱讚。有人在希實本設計謀害她，說：來吧！我們將她剪除，不再成國。瑪得緬哪，你也必默默無聲；刀劍必追趕你。
48:3 從何羅念有喊荒涼大毀滅的哀聲：
48:4 摩押毀滅了！她的孩童（或譯：家僮）發哀聲，使人聽見。
48:5 人上魯希坡隨走隨哭，因為在何羅念的下坡聽見毀滅的哀聲。
48:6 你們要奔逃，自救性命，獨自居住，好像曠野的杜松。
48:7 你因倚靠自己所做的和自己的財寶必被攻取。基抹和屬他的祭司、首領也要一同被擄去。
48:8 行毀滅的必來到各城，並無一城得免。山谷必致敗落，平原必被毀壞；正如耶和華所說的。
48:9 要將翅膀給摩押，使她可以飛去。她的城邑必致荒涼，無人居住。
48:10 （懶惰為耶和華行事的，必受咒詛；禁止刀劍不經血的，必受咒詛。）

Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel:

Alas for Nebo, it is laid waste!

Kiriathaim is put to shame, it is taken;

the fortress is put to shame and broken down;

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the renown of Moab is no more.

In Heshbon they planned evil against her:

“Come, let us cut her off from being a nation!”

You also, O Madmen, shall be brought to silence;

the sword shall pursue you.

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Hark! a cry from Horonaim,

“Desolation and great destruction!”

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“Moab is destroyed!”

her little ones cry out.

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For at the ascent of Luhith

they go up weeping bitterly;

for at the descent of Horonaim

they have heard the distressing cry of anguish.

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Flee! Save yourselves!

Be like a wild ass in the desert!

 

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Surely, because you trusted in your strongholds and your treasures,

you also shall be taken;

Chemosh shall go out into exile,

with his priests and his attendants.

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The destroyer shall come upon every town,

and no town shall escape;

the valley shall perish,

and the plain shall be destroyed,

as the Lord has spoken.

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Set aside salt for Moab,

for she will surely fall;

her towns shall become a desolation,

with no inhabitant in them.

¹⁰ Accursed is the one who is slack in doing the work of the Lord; and accursed is the one who keeps back the sword from bloodshed.

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    我們在這裡看見上帝雖然是以色列的上帝，祂更是萬軍之耶和華，表是上帝是萬國萬邦的上帝，不侷限在以色列。也因此，世界各國都在他的掌握之中，連先知在此所論到的摩押國也是如此！

    這也是為甚麼福音是要傳給萬國萬民，不是以色列人獨享。因為上帝的拯救是從以色列開始，以萬民得救為終點。這也是為甚麼主耶穌說：「所以，你們要去，使萬民作我的門徒。」

    既然如此，先知論到摩押的事，是非常自然的事情。雖然摩押是外邦，卻是羅德的後代，與亞伯拉罕的後裔，也有血緣關係的！

耶利米書47章

   耶利米書47:1-7   ,

耶利米書47:1-7

47:1 法老攻擊迦薩之先，有耶和華論非利士人的話臨到先知耶利米。
47:2 耶和華如此說：有水從北方發起，成為漲溢的河，要漲過遍地和其中所有的，並城和其中所住的。人必呼喊；境內的居民都必哀號。
47:3 聽見敵人壯馬蹄跳的響聲和戰車隆隆、車輪轟轟；為父的手就發軟，不回頭看顧兒女。
47:4 因為日子將到，要毀滅一切非利士人，剪除幫助泰爾、西頓所剩下的人。原來耶和華必毀滅非利士人，就是迦斐託海島餘剩的人。
47:5 迦薩成了光禿；平原中所剩的亞實基倫歸於無有。你用刀劃身，要到幾時呢？
47:6 耶和華的刀劍哪，你到幾時才止息呢？你要入鞘，安靖不動。
47:7 耶和華既吩咐你攻擊亞實基倫和海邊之地，他已經派定你，焉能止息呢？

he word of the Lord that came to the prophet Jeremiah concerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh attacked Gaza:

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Thus says the Lord:

See, waters are rising out of the north

and shall become an overflowing torrent;

they shall overflow the land and all that fills it,

the city and those who live in it.

People shall cry out,

and all the inhabitants of the land shall wail.

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At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his stallions,

at the clatter of his chariots, at the rumbling of their wheels,

parents do not turn back for children,

so feeble are their hands,

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because of the day that is coming

to destroy all the Philistines,

to cut off from Tyre and Sidon

every helper that remains.

For the Lord is destroying the Philistines,

the remnant of the coastland of Caphtor.

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Baldness has come upon Gaza,

Ashkelon is silenced.

O remnant of their power!

How long will you gash yourselves?

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Ah, sword of the Lord!

How long until you are quiet?

Put yourself into your scabbard,

rest and be still!

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How can it be quiet,

when the Lord has given it an order?

Against Ashkelon and against the seashore—

there he has appointed it.

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    先知在此論到埃及要攻打非利士人的事情，讓人知道猶大人被擄到埃及的時代所發生的一些事情，讓後代的讀者可以知道上帝的確是掌管歷史的上帝，每一件事情都在他的安排之中。

    我們所相信的上帝是掌管歷史的上帝，我們可以確定祂的真實性，是真真實實的主宰，不是人憑空捏造的上帝。也因此，我們要勇敢來承認我們的信仰，並且確切的向人介紹上帝的作為！

    我們既然肯定上帝的真實性，就對於祂的應許更有打握！正如信心會產生盼望，有盼望就能確定上帝的愛。這也就是說「信、望、愛」是三者合一的，只要有一就有其他的二！

    讓我們存喜樂的心來盼望耶穌基督的再來吧！

耶利米書46:25-28

46:25 萬軍之耶和華─以色列的上帝說：「我必刑罰挪的亞捫（埃及尊大之神）和法老，並埃及與埃及的神，以及君王，也必刑罰法老和倚靠他的人。

46:26 我要將他們交付尋索其命之人的手和巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒與他臣僕的手；以後埃及必再有人居住，與從前一樣。這是耶和華說的。」

46:27 我的僕人雅各啊，不要懼怕！以色列啊，不要驚惶！因我要從遠方拯救你，從被擄到之地拯救你的後裔。雅各必回來，得享平靖安逸，無人使他害怕。

46:28 我的僕人雅各啊，不要懼怕！因我與你同在。我要將我所趕你到的那些國滅絕淨盡，卻不將你滅絕淨盡，倒要從寬懲治你，萬不能不罰你（不罰你：或譯以你為無罪）。這是耶和華說的。

25 The Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “I am about to bring punishment on Amon god of Thebes, on Pharaoh, on Egypt and her gods and her kings, and on those who rely on Pharaoh. 26 I will give them into the hands of those who want to kill them—Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. Later, however, Egypt will be inhabited as in times past,” declares the Lord.

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“Do not be afraid, Jacob my servant;

    do not be dismayed, Israel.

I will surely save you out of a distant place,

    your descendants from the land of their exile.

Jacob will again have peace and security,

    and no one will make him afraid.

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Do not be afraid, Jacob my servant,

    for I am with you,” declares the Lord.

“Though I completely destroy all the nations

    among which I scatter you,

    I will not completely destroy you.

I will discipline you but only in due measure;

    I will not let you go entirely unpunished.”

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    耶利米在此預言上帝必拯救祂的百姓，當然這樣的百姓延伸到基督裡的萬族萬民。因為，真正的以色列民就是在基督裡悔改，願意尊上帝為大的人，並且盼望上帝國的實現！

    今天有許多人信主是為自己的好處，希望上帝能夠給他恩惠，使他凡事順利，家庭幸福美滿，家人都平安。這些都是好的，但是更重要的是上帝拯救我們是要我們來榮耀祂的名！

    我們是不是以上帝的榮耀為我們生命最重要的事呢？因為上帝拯救我們的目的，就是要使祂的名得榮耀！