以賽亞書22:1-11

22:1 論異象谷的默示：有甚麼事使你這滿城的人都上房頂呢？
22:2 你這滿處吶喊、大有喧嘩的城，歡樂的邑啊，你中間被殺的並不是被刀殺，也不是因打仗死亡。
22:3 你所有的官長一同逃跑，都為弓箭手所捆綁。你中間一切被找到的都一同被捆綁；他們本是逃往遠方的。
22:4 所以我說：你們轉眼不看我，我要痛哭。不要因我眾民（原文是民女）的毀滅，就竭力安慰我。
22:5 因為主─萬軍之耶和華使「異象谷」有潰亂、踐踏、煩擾的日子。城被攻破，哀聲達到山間。
22:6 以攔帶著箭袋，還有坐戰車的和馬兵；吉珥揭開盾牌。
22:7 你嘉美的谷遍滿戰車，也有馬兵在城門前排列。
22:8 他去掉猶大的遮蓋。那日，你就仰望林庫內的軍器。
22:9 你們看見大衛城的破口很多，便聚積下池的水，
22:10 又數點耶路撒冷的房屋，將房屋拆毀，修補城牆，
22:11 又在兩道城牆中間挖一個聚水池可盛舊池的水，卻不仰望做這事的主，也不顧念從古定這事的。

The oracle concerning the valley of vision.

 

What do you mean that you have gone up,

all of you, to the housetops,

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you that are full of shoutings,

tumultuous city, exultant town?

Your slain are not slain by the sword,

nor are they dead in battle.

3

Your rulers have all fled together;

they were captured without the use of a bow.

All of you who were found were captured,

though they had fled far away.

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Therefore I said:

Look away from me,

let me weep bitter tears;

do not try to comfort me

for the destruction of my beloved people.

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For the Lord God of hosts has a day

of tumult and trampling and confusion

in the valley of vision,

a battering down of walls

and a cry for help to the mountains.

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Elam bore the quiver

with chariots and cavalry,

and Kir uncovered the shield.

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Your choicest valleys were full of chariots,

and the cavalry took their stand at the gates.

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He has taken away the covering of Judah.

 

On that day you looked to the weapons of the House of the Forest, ⁹and you saw that there were many breaches in the city of David, and you collected the waters of the lower pool. ¹⁰You counted the houses of Jerusalem, and you broke down the houses to fortify the wall. ¹¹You made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool. But you did not look to him who did it, or have regard for him who planned it long ago.

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    先知以賽亞一針見血指出耶路撒冷敗壞之原因：「不仰望做這事的主，也不顧念從古定這事的。」

    是的，一切的問題都是出在不倚靠上帝，不敬畏上帝，想靠自己的力量建立勢力，要榮耀自己的名！這就是撒但的作為，牠在教會中，也是這樣利用牠的僕役來敗壞教會，讓他們自高自大，想要掌控教會，排斥上帝的僕人！

    因此，愛教會的弟兄姊妹們，要好好支持您們的牧者，唾棄那些在教會興風作浪，與牧者為敵自以為是的人，不管他們是不是在教會當職，凡不遵行真理的人都要唾棄他們，不可讓魔鬼的僕役破壞基督的身體，我們要愛護基督的身體，就是教會！

以賽亞書21:11-17

21:11 論度瑪的默示：有人聲從西珥呼問我說：守望的啊，夜裡如何？守望的啊，夜裡如何？
21:12 守望的說：早晨將到，黑夜也來。你們若要問就可以問，可以回頭再來。
21:13 論阿拉伯的默示：底但結伴的客旅啊，你們必在阿拉伯的樹林中住宿。
21:14 提瑪地的居民拿水來，送給口渴的，拿餅來迎接逃避的。
21:15 因為他們逃避刀劍和出了鞘的刀，並上了弦的弓與刀兵的重災。
21:16 主對我這樣說：「一年之內，照雇工的年數，基達的一切榮耀必歸於無有。
21:17 弓箭手所餘剩的，就是基達人的勇士，必然稀少，因為這是耶和華─以色列的上帝說的。」

¹¹ The oracle concerning Dumah.

 

One is calling to me from Seir,

“Sentinel, what of the night?

Sentinel, what of the night?”

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The sentinel says:

“Morning comes, and also the night.

If you will inquire, inquire;

come back again.”

¹³ The oracle concerning the desert plain.

 

In the scrub of the desert plain you will lodge,

O caravans of Dedanites.

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Bring water to the thirsty,

meet the fugitive with bread,

O inhabitants of the land of Tema.

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For they have fled from the swords,

from the drawn sword,

from the bent bow,

and from the stress of battle.

¹⁶ For thus the Lord said to me: Within a year, according to the years of a hired worker, all the glory of Kedar will come to an end; ¹⁷and the remaining bows of Kedar’s warriors will be few; for the Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken.

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    巴比倫不保，也就造成以東也不保，因為上帝就是要亞述成為當時的霸權，誰也無法抵擋。

    上帝所立的強權還是在上帝的掌控中，是不能脫離上帝而自立。同樣撒但勢力雖然很大，但是撒但仍是在上帝的掌握中，因為撒但也是受造之物。撒但雖然是抵擋上帝的，但是終有一天會被滅除的。

    因此，我們不需要害怕魔鬼，反到要堅定倚賴主，並且相信最後的勝利是屬乎主和祂的子民！

以賽亞書21章

       以賽亞書21:1-10 ,  以賽亞書21:11-17 ,

以賽亞書21:1-10

21:1 論海旁曠野的默示：有仇敵從曠野，從可怕之地而來，好像南方的旋風，猛然掃過。
21:2 令人悽慘的異象已默示於我。詭詐的行詭詐，毀滅的行毀滅。以攔哪，你要上去！米底亞啊，你要圍困！主說：我使一切歎息止住。
21:3 所以，我滿腰疼痛；痛苦將我抓住，好像產難的婦人一樣。我疼痛甚至不能聽；我驚惶甚至不能看。
21:4 我心慌張，驚恐威嚇我。我所羨慕的黃昏，變為我的戰兢。
21:5 他們擺設筵席，派人守望，又吃，又喝。首領啊，你們起來，用油抹盾牌。
21:6 主對我如此說：你去設立守望的，使他將所看見的述說。
21:7 他看見軍隊，就是騎馬的一對一對地來，又看見驢隊，駱駝隊，就要側耳細聽。
21:8 他像獅子吼叫，說：主啊，我白日常站在望樓上，整夜立在我守望所。
21:9 看哪，有一隊軍兵騎著馬，一對一對地來。他就說：巴比倫傾倒了！傾倒了！他一切雕刻的神像都打碎於地。
21:10 我被打的禾稼，我場上的穀啊，我從萬軍之耶和華─以色列的上帝那裡所聽見的，都告訴你們了。

The oracle concerning the wilderness of the sea.

 

As whirlwinds in the Negeb sweep on,

it comes from the desert,

from a terrible land.

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A stern vision is told to me;

the betrayer betrays,

and the destroyer destroys.

Go up, O Elam,

lay siege, O Media;

all the sighing she has caused

I bring to an end.

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Therefore my loins are filled with anguish;

pangs have seized me,

like the pangs of a woman in labor;

I am bowed down so that I cannot hear,

I am dismayed so that I cannot see.

4

My mind reels, horror has appalled me;

the twilight I longed for

has been turned for me into trembling.

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They prepare the table,

they spread the rugs,

they eat, they drink.

Rise up, commanders,

oil the shield!

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For thus the Lord said to me:

“Go, post a lookout,

let him announce what he sees.

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When he sees riders, horsemen in pairs,

riders on donkeys, riders on camels,

let him listen diligently,

very diligently.”

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Then the watcher called out:

“Upon a watchtower I stand, O Lord,

continually by day,

and at my post I am stationed

throughout the night.

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Look, there they come, riders,

horsemen in pairs!”

Then he responded,

“Fallen, fallen is Babylon;

and all the images of her gods

lie shattered on the ground.”

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O my threshed and winnowed one,

what I have heard from the Lord of hosts,

the God of Israel, I announce to you.

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    巴比倫想要和猶大聯合來牽制亞述，所已派使者來耶路冷，想要與猶大結盟。然而先知在此說到：巴比倫其實是自身難保了，怎麼有那個能耐來和猶大合作，共同抵抗亞述呢？

    先知以賽亞一直在說明，不可以倚靠任何的政治勢力，其他的國家，因為上帝執意讓亞述強大，可以懲罰以色列並且造成猶大的威脅。如此才可以使上帝子民，專一的倚靠上帝

    其實我們既然接受耶穌基督為救主，我們就要專一的倚靠上帝，讓我們單單享受上帝，榮耀上帝，為上帝而活！

以賽亞書20章

   以賽亞書20:1-6  ,

以賽亞書20:1-6

20:1 亞述王撒珥根打發他珥探到亞實突的那年，他珥探就攻打亞實突，將城攻取。
20:2 那時，耶和華曉諭亞摩斯的兒子以賽亞說：「你去解掉你腰間的麻布，脫下你腳上的鞋。」以賽亞就這樣做，露身赤腳行走。
20:3 耶和華說：「我僕人以賽亞怎樣露身赤腳行走三年，作為關乎埃及和古實的預兆奇蹟。
20:4 照樣，亞述王也必擄去埃及人，掠去古實人，無論老少，都露身赤腳，現出下體，使埃及蒙羞。
20:5 以色列人必因所仰望的古實，所誇耀的埃及，驚惶羞愧。
20:6 「那時，這沿海一帶的居民必說：『看哪，我們素所仰望的，就是我們為脫離亞述王逃往求救的，不過是如此！我們怎能逃脫呢？』」

In the year that the commander-in-chief, who was sent by King Sargon of Assyria, came to Ashdod and fought against it and took it— ²at that time the Lord had spoken to Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, and loose the sackcloth from your loins and take your sandals off your feet,” and he had done so, walking naked and barefoot. ³Then the Lord said, “Just as my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and a portent against Egypt and Ethiopia, ⁴so shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians as captives and the Ethiopians as exiles, both the young and the old, naked and barefoot, with buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt. ⁵And they shall be dismayed and confounded because of Ethiopia their hope and of Egypt their boast. ⁶In that day the inhabitants of this coastland will say, ‘See, this is what has happened to those in whom we hoped and to whom we fled for help and deliverance from the king of Assyria! And we, how shall we escape?’ ”

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    上帝除了要先知用口、用筆來傳揚祂的信息，更要先知藉由行動劇來宣揚。而行動劇的演出可是十分強烈和刺激，正如在這裡上帝要以賽亞：「你去解掉你腰間的麻布，脫下你腳上的鞋。」

    這樣做是要露身赤腳行走，甚至要露出不好意露出的部位，目的是要傳講：「我僕人以賽亞怎樣露身赤腳行走三年，作為關乎埃及和古實的預兆奇蹟。照樣，亞述王也必擄去埃及人，掠去古實人，無論老少，都露身赤腳，現出下體，使埃及蒙羞。以色列人必因所仰望的古實，所誇耀的埃及，驚惶羞愧。」

    而先知這樣的作為的確很不容易，就像我為了吸引人來買房子，必須高舉廣告看板來吸引人，剛開始很不好意思，但是想到先知的行動劇，就不覺得怎樣了！不過這些舉動的重點，就是要心引人來觀看，使人可以得到重要的信息。

    而在這裡的重要信息是：「那時，這沿海一帶的居民必說：『看哪，我們素所仰望的，就是我們為脫離亞述王逃往求救的，不過是如此！我們怎能逃脫呢？』」

    因此，我們不要倚賴強人或強國，因為他們也是軟弱、也是無能的！唯有上帝才是剛強與全能的，才值得我們倚靠，因為祂才是我們真正的倚靠！