以賽亞書7:10-25

7:10 耶和華又曉諭亞哈斯說：
7:11 「你向耶和華─你的上帝求一個兆頭：或求顯在深處，或求顯在高處。」
7:12 亞哈斯說：「我不求；我不試探耶和華。」
7:13 以賽亞說：「大衛家啊，你們當聽！你們使人厭煩豈算小事，還要使我的上帝厭煩嗎？
7:14 因此，主自己要給你們一個兆頭，必有童女懷孕生子，給他起名叫以馬內利（就是上帝與我們同在的意思）。
7:15 到他曉得棄惡擇善的時候，他必吃奶油與蜂蜜。
7:16 因為在這孩子還不曉得棄惡擇善之先，你所憎惡的那二王之地必致見棄。
7:17 耶和華必使亞述王攻擊你的日子臨到你和你的百姓，並你的父家，自從以法蓮離開猶大以來，未曾有這樣的日子。
7:18 「那時，耶和華要發嘶聲，使埃及江河源頭的蒼蠅和亞述地的蜂子飛來；
7:19 都必飛來，落在荒涼的谷內、磐石的穴裡，和一切荊棘籬笆中，並一切的草場上。
7:20 「那時，主必用大河外賃的剃頭刀，就是亞述王，剃去頭髮和腳上的毛，並要剃淨鬍鬚。
7:21 「那時，一個人要養活一隻母牛犢，兩隻母綿羊；
7:22 因為出的奶多，他就得吃奶油，在境內所剩的人都要吃奶油與蜂蜜。
7:23 「從前，凡種一千棵葡萄樹、值銀一千舍客勒的地方，到那時必長荊棘和蒺藜。
7:24 人上那裡去，必帶弓箭，因為遍地滿了荊棘和蒺藜。
7:25 所有用鋤刨挖的山地，你因怕荊棘和蒺藜，不敢上那裡去；只可成了放牛之處，為羊踐踏之地。」

¹⁰ Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz, saying, ¹¹Ask a sign of the Lord your God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven. ¹²But Ahaz said, I will not ask, and I will not put the Lord to the test. ¹³Then Isaiah said: “Hear then, O house of David! Is it too little for you to weary mortals, that you weary my God also? ¹⁴Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Look, the young woman is with child and shall bear a son, and shall name him Immanuel. ¹⁵He shall eat curds and honey by the time he knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good. ¹⁶For before the child knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land before whose two kings you are in dread will be deserted. ¹⁷The Lord will bring on you and on your people and on your ancestral house such days as have not come since the day that Ephraim departed from Judah—the king of Assyria.”

¹⁸ On that day the Lord will whistle for the fly that is at the sources of the streams of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. ¹⁹And they will all come and settle in the steep ravines, and in the clefts of the rocks, and on all the thornbushes, and on all the pastures.

²⁰ On that day the Lord will shave with a razor hired beyond the River—with the king of Assyria—the head and the hair of the feet, and it will take off the beard as well.

²¹ On that day one will keep alive a young cow and two sheep, ²²and will eat curds because of the abundance of milk that they give; for everyone that is left in the land shall eat curds and honey.

²³ On that day every place where there used to be a thousand vines, worth a thousand shekels of silver, will become briers and thorns. ²⁴With bow and arrows one will go there, for all the land will be briers and thorns; ²⁵and as for all the hills that used to be hoed with a hoe, you will not go there for fear of briers and thorns; but they will become a place where cattle are let loose and where sheep tread.

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    亞哈斯王不是一個順服的國王，當上帝要他求一個兆頭時，他竟然退卻，於是上帝就親自給他一個特別的兆頭：「必有童女懷孕生子，給他起名叫以馬內利（就是上帝與我們同在的意思）。」

    上帝這個兆頭後來用在主耶穌的降生，我們讀馬太福音的時候，也看見這段經文。

也因為這段經文，我們的信經中也宣告：「因著聖靈感孕，從童貞女馬利亞所生。」

    先知當時用這個兆頭是要宣告以色列和亞蘭的敗亡，先知說：「在這孩子還不曉得棄惡擇善之先，你所憎惡的那二王之地必致見棄。」

    而這樣的兆頭是要當時的人注意亞述帝國的力量要起來了，正如先知宣告：「耶和華必使亞述王攻擊你的日子臨到你和你的百姓，並你的父家，自從以法蓮離開猶大以來，未曾有這樣的日子。」

    這也再一次讓猶大百姓體會到上帝是如何的愛猶大啊！同樣，以馬內利，更是讓我[們認識上帝在基督裡是何等的愛呢！

以賽亞書7章

      以賽亞書7:1-9 , 

      以賽亞書7:10-25   ,  以賽亞書7:14 ,

以賽亞書7:1-9

7:1 烏西雅的孫子、約坦的兒子、猶大王亞哈斯在位的時候，亞蘭王利汛和利瑪利的兒子、以色列王比加上來攻打耶路撒冷，卻不能攻取。

7:2 有人告訴大衛家說：「亞蘭與以法蓮已經同盟。」王的心和百姓的心就都跳動，好像林中的樹被風吹動一樣。

7:3 耶和華對以賽亞說：「你和你的兒子施亞雅述出去，到上池的水溝頭，在漂布地的大路上，去迎接亞哈斯，

7:4 對他說：『你要謹慎安靜，不要因亞蘭王利汛和利瑪利的兒子這兩個冒煙的火把頭所發的烈怒害怕，也不要心裡膽怯。

7:5 因為亞蘭和以法蓮，並利瑪利的兒子，設惡謀害你，

7:6 說：我們可以上去攻擊猶大，擾亂它，攻破它，在其中立他比勒的兒子為王。

7:7 所以主耶和華如此說：這所謀的必立不住，也不得成就。

7:8 原來亞蘭的首城是大馬士革；大馬士革的首領是利汛。（六十五年之內，以法蓮必然破壞，不再成為國民。）

7:9 以法蓮的首城是撒馬利亞；撒馬利亞的首領是利瑪利的兒子。你們若是不信，定然不得立穩。』」

When Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, King Rezin of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel marched up to fight against Jerusalem, but they could not overpower it.

2 Now the house of David was told, “Aram has allied itself with[a] Ephraim”; so the hearts of Ahaz and his people were shaken, as the trees of the forest are shaken by the wind.

3 Then the Lord said to Isaiah, “Go out, you and your son Shear-Jashub,[b] to meet Ahaz at the end of the aqueduct of the Upper Pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field. 4 Say to him, ‘Be careful, keep calm and don’t be afraid. Do not lose heart because of these two smoldering stubs of firewood—because of the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and of the son of Remaliah. 5 Aram, Ephraim and Remaliah’s son have plotted your ruin, saying, 6 “Let us invade Judah; let us tear it apart and divide it among ourselves, and make the son of Tabeel king over it.” 7 Yet this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘It will not take place,

    it will not happen,

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for the head of Aram is Damascus,

    and the head of Damascus is only Rezin.

Within sixty-five years

    Ephraim will be too shattered to be a people.

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The head of Ephraim is Samaria,

    and the head of Samaria is only Remaliah’s son.

If you do not stand firm in your faith,

    you will not stand at all.’”

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    以色列和亞蘭聯合要攻打猶大，雖然讓猶大國上下感到恐懼，但是上帝透過先知以賽亞的話語，讓他們得到安慰。而先知的話語當中傳達了以色列將要滅亡之訊息：「六十五年之內，以法蓮必然破壞，不再成為國民。」

    後來以色列真的被亞述帝國所滅，所有的國民都被擄到外國去，甚至於消失在歷史的洪流之中。這也讓我們警覺到上帝是輕慢不得的，即使是號稱上帝的選民，也會遭受滅亡之命運！

    當然上帝因為大衛的緣故，特別眷顧猶大國。但是猶大國也是因為行上帝所不喜悅的事，後來為巴比倫所滅。雖然如此，上帝仍然留餘種，讓猶大的百姓被擄後七十年，仍然可以回來耶路撒冷，聖殿得以重建！

以賽亞書6:8-13

6:8 我又聽見主的聲音說：「我可以差遣誰呢？誰肯為我們去呢？」我說：「我在這裡，請差遣我！」
6:9 他說：「你去告訴這百姓說：你們聽是要聽見，卻不明白；看是要看見，卻不曉得。
6:10 要使這百姓心蒙脂油，耳朵發沉，眼睛昏迷；恐怕眼睛看見，耳朵聽見，心裡明白，回轉過來，便得醫治。」
6:11 我就說：「主啊，這到幾時為止呢？」他說：直到城邑荒涼，無人居住，房屋空閒無人，地土極其荒涼。
6:12 並且耶和華將人遷到遠方，在這境內撇下的地土很多。
6:13 境內剩下的人若還有十分之一，也必被吞滅，像栗樹、橡樹雖被砍伐，樹墩子卻仍存留。這聖潔的種類在國中也是如此。

⁸Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I; send me!” ⁹And he said, “Go and say to this people:

‘Keep listening, but do not comprehend;

keep looking, but do not understand.’

10

Make the mind of this people dull,

and stop their ears,

and shut their eyes,

so that they may not look with their eyes,

and listen with their ears,

and comprehend with their minds,

and turn and be healed.”

11

Then I said, “How long, O Lord?” And he said:

“Until cities lie waste

without inhabitant,

and houses without people,

and the land is utterly desolate;

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until the Lord sends everyone far away,

and vast is the emptiness in the midst of the land.

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Even if a tenth part remain in it,

it will be burned again,

like a terebinth or an oak

whose stump remains standing

when it is felled.”

The holy seed is its stump.

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    整本聖經充滿復活的字眼，正如這段經文中說道：「境內剩下的人若還有十分之一，也必被吞滅，像栗樹、橡樹雖被砍伐，樹墩子卻仍存留。這聖潔的種類在國中也是如此。」

    說到「樹墩子」就想到湖口教會的龍眼樹被砍掉之後，大約兩三年，「樹墩子」長出綠色的枝子，讓然感受到復活的力量！其實舊約中說到的「復興」、「被擄歸回」、「聖殿重建」、…，都是復活的象徵！

    所以，復活是上帝所要展現的大能大力，也要在每一位屬祂的兒女身上發生，來彰顯祂的榮耀！正如祂藉猶大人被擄歸回、聖殿重建，看見祂的拯救大能一般！

以賽亞書6:4-7

6:4 因呼喊者的聲音，門檻的根基震動，殿充滿了煙雲。
6:5 那時我說：「禍哉！我滅亡了！因為我是嘴唇不潔的人，又住在嘴唇不潔的民中，又因我眼見大君王─萬軍之耶和華。」
6:6 有一撒拉弗飛到我跟前，手裡拿著紅炭，是用火剪從壇上取下來的，
6:7 將炭沾我的口，說：「看哪，這炭沾了你的嘴，你的罪孽便除掉，你的罪惡就赦免了。」

⁴ The pivots on the thresholds shook at the voices of those who called, and the house filled with smoke. ⁵And I said: “Woe is me! I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips; yet my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!”

⁶ Then one of the seraphs flew to me, holding a live coal that had been taken from the altar with a pair of tongs. ⁷The seraph touched my mouth with it and said: “Now that this has touched your lips, your guilt has departed and your sin is blotted out.”

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    面對上帝的榮光，是會讓人自覺自己是渺小與有罪的，所以先知以賽亞會說：「禍哉！我滅亡了！因為我是嘴唇不潔的人，又住在嘴唇不潔的民中，又因我眼見大君王─萬軍之耶和華。」

    所以上帝要藉著撒拉弗手裡拿著紅炭來沾在以賽亞的口，並且宣告：「看哪，這炭沾了你的嘴，你的罪孽便除掉，你的罪惡就赦免了。」

    這個炭火之所以有潔淨的功效是因為是用火剪從壇上取下來的，表示是上帝藉由祭物完成了除罪的恩典！然而是怎樣的祭物這樣有效呢？只要一次就有這樣的功能呢？這當然是羔羊耶穌基督的祭壇，也唯有這個祭壇能真正為人除罪！

    許多人以為靠遵行律法或是守禮儀就能除罪，非也！只有耶穌基督才可以除罪，也只有被除罪才能遵行律法或是守禮儀。所以，遵行律法或是守禮儀是得拯救的結果，不是原因，請不要本末倒置！