以賽亞書12:1-6

 

12:1 到那日，你必說：耶和華啊，我要稱謝你！因為你雖然向我發怒，你的怒氣卻已轉消；你又安慰了我。
12:2 看哪！上帝是我的拯救；我要倚靠他，並不懼怕。因為主耶和華是我的力量，是我的詩歌，他也成了我的拯救。
12:3 所以，你們必從救恩的泉源歡然取水。
12:4 在那日，你們要說：當稱謝耶和華，求告他的名；將他所行的傳揚在萬民中，提說他的名已被尊崇。
12:5 你們要向耶和華唱歌，因他所行的甚是美好；但願這事普傳天下。
12:6 錫安的居民哪，當揚聲歡呼，因為在你們中間的以色列聖者乃為至大。

You will say in that day:

I will give thanks to you, O Lord,

for though you were angry with me,

your anger turned away,

and you comforted me.

2

Surely God is my salvation;

I will trust, and will not be afraid,

for the Lord God is my strength and my might;

he has become my salvation.

³ With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation. ⁴And you will say in that day:

Give thanks to the Lord,

call on his name;

make known his deeds among the nations;

proclaim that his name is exalted.

5

Sing praises to the Lord, for he has done gloriously;

let this be known in all the earth.

6

Shout aloud and sing for joy, O royal Zion,

for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.

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    當人感受到上帝的慈愛時，自然會讚美上帝！這也就是說，對上帝的敬拜是被動性，不是主動性的。人不會主動敬拜上帝，若是的話只是在眾神中多一位神，等於是偶像崇拜，不是真正敬拜上帝。

    真正敬拜上帝是心被恩趕來讚美上帝，只有尊上帝為大！其他的都不是上帝，只不過是偶像。偶像不能行上帝的事，我們也不用屈膝敬拜。但是，上帝我們必須把祂當成唯一的上帝來敬拜，並且要享受祂的救恩，正如先知所說：「所以，你們必從救恩的泉源歡然取水。」

    當然我們不僅要享受上帝得救恩，更是要宣揚上帝的名，為主的拯救大能做見證！正如先知所說：「你們要向耶和華唱歌，因他所行的甚是美好；但願這事普傳天下。錫安的居民哪，當揚聲歡呼，因為在你們中間的以色列聖者乃為至大。」

    所以基督徒，當在耶穌基督裡尊上帝為大，將榮耀歸給上帝，不要將榮耀歸給自己！

以賽亞書11:10-16

11:10 到那日，耶西的根立作萬民的大旗；外邦人必尋求他，他安息之所大有榮耀。
11:11 當那日，主必二次伸手救回自己百姓中所餘剩的，就是在亞述、埃及、巴忒羅、古實、以攔、示拿、哈馬，並眾海島所剩下的。
11:12 他必向列國豎立大旗，招回以色列被趕散的人，又從地的四方聚集分散的猶大人。
11:13 以法蓮的嫉妒就必消散；擾害猶大的必被剪除。以法蓮必不嫉妒猶大，猶大也不擾害以法蓮。
11:14 他們要向西飛，撲在非利士人的肩頭上（肩頭上：或譯西界），一同擄掠東方人，伸手按住以東和摩押；亞捫人也必順服他們。
11:15 耶和華必使埃及海汊枯乾，掄手用暴熱的風使大河分為七條，令人過去不致濕腳。
11:16 為主餘剩的百姓，就是從亞述剩下回來的，必有一條大道，如當日以色列從埃及地上來一樣。

¹⁰ On that day the root of Jesse shall stand as a signal to the peoples; the nations shall inquire of him, and his dwelling shall be glorious.

¹¹ On that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that is left of his people, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Ethiopia, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the coastlands of the sea.

12

He will raise a signal for the nations,

and will assemble the outcasts of Israel,

and gather the dispersed of Judah

from the four corners of the earth.

13

The jealousy of Ephraim shall depart,

the hostility of Judah shall be cut off;

Ephraim shall not be jealous of Judah,

and Judah shall not be hostile towards Ephraim.

14

But they shall swoop down on the backs of the Philistines in the west,

together they shall plunder the people of the east.

They shall put forth their hand against Edom and Moab,

and the Ammonites shall obey them.

15

And the Lord will utterly destroy

the tongue of the sea of Egypt;

and will wave his hand over the River

with his scorching wind;

and will split it into seven channels,

and make a way to cross on foot;

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so there shall be a highway from Assyria

for the remnant that is left of his people,

as there was for Israel

when they came up from the land of Egypt.

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    猶大的歸回已經實現了，但是以色列的歸回卻遲遲未現，甚至讓人認為以色列的十個支派已經不見了！但是上帝既然要拯救萬民，那些以色列人必並會再歸回，使萬民看見上帝奇妙的拯救！

    這也讓我們感受到，許多事在人看來是不可能，但是在上帝沒有甚麼不可能，因為一切的規則都在上帝掌理之中，而且只有上帝能突破一切規條的建立原則，為人立一個新的法則！

    上帝在基督耶穌裡的救贖何嘗不是如此呢？祂使用「道成肉身」和「神人二性」，是耶穌基督成為上帝和人之間真正的中保，使上帝和人破裂的關係，可以建立起來。

以賽亞書11章

     以賽亞書11:1-9   ,

    上主的靈要降在他身上  (以賽亞書11章2-5節)    ,

     以 賽 亞 書 11:2-5   , 以賽亞書11章2-5節  ,

    以賽亞書11章2-5節   ,

    以賽亞書11章2-4節  , 

     以賽亞書11:10-16 ,

以賽亞書11:1-9

11:1 從耶西的本（原文是丕）必發一條；從他根生的枝子必結果實。
11:2 耶和華的靈必住在他身上，就是使他有智慧和聰明的靈，謀略和能力的靈，知識和敬畏耶和華的靈。
11:3 他必以敬畏耶和華為樂；行審判不憑眼見，斷是非也不憑耳聞；
11:4 卻要以公義審判貧窮人，以正直判斷世上的謙卑人，以口中的杖擊打世界，以嘴裡的氣殺戮惡人。
11:5 公義必當他的腰帶；信實必當他脅下的帶子。
11:6 豺狼必與綿羊羔同居，豹子與山羊羔同臥；少壯獅子與牛犢並肥畜同群；小孩子要牽引牠們。
11:7 牛必與熊同食；牛犢必與小熊同臥；獅子必吃草，與牛一樣。
11:8 吃奶的孩子必玩耍在虺蛇的洞口；斷奶的嬰兒必按手在毒蛇的穴上。
11:9 在我聖山的遍處，這一切都不傷人，不害物；因為認識耶和華的知識要充滿遍地，好像水充滿洋海一般。

A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse,

and a branch shall grow out of his roots.

2

The spirit of the Lord shall rest on him,

the spirit of wisdom and understanding,

the spirit of counsel and might,

the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.

3

His delight shall be in the fear of the Lord.

 

He shall not judge by what his eyes see,

or decide by what his ears hear;

4

but with righteousness he shall judge the poor,

and decide with equity for the meek of the earth;

he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,

and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.

5

Righteousness shall be the belt around his waist,

and faithfulness the belt around his loins.

6

The wolf shall live with the lamb,

the leopard shall lie down with the kid,

the calf and the lion and the fatling together,

and a little child shall lead them.

7

The cow and the bear shall graze,

their young shall lie down together;

and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

8

The nursing child shall play over the hole of the asp,

and the weaned child shall put its hand on the adder’s den.

9

They will not hurt or destroy

on all my holy mountain;

for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord

as the waters cover the sea.

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    以賽亞先知這段記載，是要讓我們知道，將來上帝國的情景。因為在上帝國完全實現的時候，上帝的平安要真正臨到。而上帝的平安不僅是在上帝與人的關係，也在人與人、人與物、物與物，一切都是和平的！

    在保羅的羅馬書中說到：「受造之物切望等候上帝的眾子顯出來。因為受造之物服在虛空之下，不是自己願意，乃是因那叫他如此的。但受造之物仍然指望脫離敗壞的轄制，得享（享：原文是入）上帝兒女自由的榮耀。我們知道，一切受造之物一同歎息，勞苦，直到如今。不但如此，就是我們這有聖靈初結果子的，也是自己心裡歎息，等候得著兒子的名分，乃是我們的身體得贖。」（8:18-23）

    因此，救贖不只是人的救贖，更是天下萬物，所有受造之物的救贖！而這樣的救贖已經在耶穌基督裡成全了，直到那日就要完完全全實現，上帝不僅讓我們身體得贖，更是萬物得贖，也就是一切都要更新！我們要盼望，那日快快的顯現！

以賽亞書10:20-34

10:20 到那日，以色列所剩下的和雅各家所逃脫的，不再倚靠那擊打他們的，卻要誠實倚靠耶和華─以色列的聖者。
10:21 所剩下的，就是雅各家所剩下的，必歸回全能的上帝。
10:22 以色列啊，你的百姓雖多如海沙，惟有剩下的歸回。原來滅絕的事已定，必有公義施行，如水漲溢。
10:23 因為主─萬軍之耶和華在全地之中必成就所定規的結局。
10:24 所以，主─萬軍之耶和華如此說：「住錫安我的百姓啊，亞述王雖然用棍擊打你，又照埃及的樣子舉杖攻擊你，你卻不要怕他。
10:25 因為還有一點點時候，向你們發的忿恨就要完畢，我的怒氣要向他發作，使他滅亡。
10:26 萬軍之耶和華要興起鞭來攻擊他，好像在俄立磐石那裡殺戮米甸人一樣。耶和華的杖要向海伸出，把杖舉起，像在埃及一樣。
10:27 到那日，亞述王的重擔必離開你的肩頭；他的軛必離開你的頸項；那軛也必因肥壯的緣故撐斷（或譯：因膏油的緣故毀壞）。」
10:28 亞述王來到亞葉，經過米磯崙，在密抹安放輜重。
10:29 他們過了隘口，在迦巴住宿。拉瑪人戰兢；掃羅的基比亞人逃跑。
10:30 迦琳的居民（原文是女子）哪，要高聲呼喊！萊煞人哪，須聽！哀哉！困苦的亞拿突啊。
10:31 瑪得米那人躲避；基柄的居民逃遁。
10:32 當那日，亞述王要在挪伯歇兵，向錫安女子的山─就是耶路撒冷的山─掄手攻他。
10:33 看哪，主─萬軍之耶和華以驚嚇削去樹枝；長高的必被砍下，高大的必被伐倒。
10:34 稠密的樹林，他要用鐵器砍下；黎巴嫩的樹木必被大能者伐倒。

²⁰ On that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no more lean on the one who struck them, but will lean on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. ²¹A remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God. ²²For though your people Israel were like the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will return. Destruction is decreed, overflowing with righteousness. ²³For the Lord God of hosts will make a full end, as decreed, in all the earth.

²⁴ Therefore thus says the Lord God of hosts: O my people, who live in Zion, do not be afraid of the Assyrians when they beat you with a rod and lift up their staff against you as the Egyptians did. ²⁵For in a very little while my indignation will come to an end, and my anger will be directed to their destruction. ²⁶The Lord of hosts will wield a whip against them, as when he struck Midian at the rock of Oreb; his staff will be over the sea, and he will lift it as he did in Egypt. ²⁷On that day his burden will be removed from your shoulder, and his yoke will be destroyed from your neck.

 

He has gone up from Rimmon,

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he has come to Aiath;

he has passed through Migron,

at Michmash he stores his baggage;

29

they have crossed over the pass,

at Geba they lodge for the night;

Ramah trembles,

Gibeah of Saul has fled.

30

Cry aloud, O daughter Gallim!

Listen, O Laishah!

Answer her, O Anathoth!

31

Madmenah is in flight,

the inhabitants of Gebim flee for safety.

32

This very day he will halt at Nob,

he will shake his fist

at the mount of daughter Zion,

the hill of Jerusalem.

33

Look, the Sovereign, the Lord of hosts,

will lop the boughs with terrifying power;

the tallest trees will be cut down,

and the lofty will be brought low.

34

He will hack down the thickets of the forest with an ax,

and Lebanon with its majestic trees will fall.

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    以賽亞先知一直再鋪陳亞述必敗之論點，讓以色列和猶大的百姓再一次對上帝的權能有信心。因為亞述再厲害，也是上帝所設立的，豈能高過設立她的上帝呢！豈可向上帝誇口呢！

    然而人常常忘記自己能有今天是上帝的恩典，以為能力和財富自己努力來的，就自高和自傲，甚至悖逆上帝。這樣是自取滅亡，因為人是無法與上帝為敵，人是勝不過上帝的！

    同樣，我們希望我們的人生得到成長與提升，一定要倚靠上帝，才會讓我們有不同的眼光和眼界，勝過自我罪性的限制。因為我們與基督聯合定敬畏上帝，聖靈會賜給我們正確的觀點和行動的力量，好真正榮耀上帝，歸榮耀給上帝！