以賽亞書22:15-25

22:15 主─萬軍之耶和華這樣說：「你去見掌銀庫的，就是家宰舍伯那，對他說：
22:16 『你在這裡做甚麼呢？有甚麼人竟在這裡鑿墳墓，就是在高處為自己鑿墳墓，在磐石中為自己鑿出安身之所？
22:17 看哪，耶和華必像大有力的人，將你緊緊纏裹，竭力拋去。
22:18 他必將你滾成一團，拋在寬闊之地，好像拋球一樣。你這主人家的羞辱，必在那裡坐你榮耀的車，也必在那裡死亡。
22:19 我必趕逐你離開官職；你必從你的原位撤下。』
22:20 「到那日，我必召我僕人希勒家的兒子以利亞敬來，
22:21 將你的外袍給他穿上，將你的腰帶給他繫緊，將你的政權交在他手中。他必作耶路撒冷居民和猶大家的父。
22:22 我必將大衛家的鑰匙放在他肩頭上。他開，無人能關；他關，無人能開。
22:23 我必將他安穩，像釘子釘在堅固處；他必作為他父家榮耀的寶座。
22:24 他父家所有的榮耀，連兒女帶子孫，都掛在他身上，好像一切小器皿，從杯子到酒瓶掛上一樣。
22:25 萬軍之耶和華說：當那日，釘在堅固處的釘子必壓斜，被砍斷落地；掛在其上的重擔必被剪斷。因為這是耶和華說的。」

¹⁵ Thus says the Lord God of hosts: Come, go to this steward, to Shebna, who is master of the household, and say to him: ¹⁶What right do you have here? Who are your relatives here, that you have cut out a tomb here for yourself, cutting a tomb on the height, and carving a habitation for yourself in the rock? ¹⁷The Lord is about to hurl you away violently, my fellow. He will seize firm hold on you, ¹⁸whirl you round and round, and throw you like a ball into a wide land; there you shall die, and there your splendid chariots shall lie, O you disgrace to your master’s house! ¹⁹I will thrust you from your office, and you will be pulled down from your post.

²⁰ On that day I will call my servant Eliakim son of Hilkiah, ²¹and will clothe him with your robe and bind your sash on him. I will commit your authority to his hand, and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. ²²I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of David; he shall open, and no one shall shut; he shall shut, and no one shall open. ²³I will fasten him like a peg in a secure place, and he will become a throne of honor to his ancestral house. ²⁴And they will hang on him the whole weight of his ancestral house, the offspring and issue, every small vessel, from the cups to all the flagons. ²⁵On that day, says the Lord of hosts, the peg that was fastened in a secure place will give way; it will be cut down and fall, and the load that was on it will perish, for the Lord has spoken.

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    先知以賽亞在此說到的兩個人物是一種對比，因為一個是圖謀自己的利益而生活，一個是為完成上帝的旨意而居高位。雖然是上帝定意要如此高舉以利亞敬，貶抑舍伯那，但是我們要從其中去尋找智慧，就是要成為敬畏上帝的人！

    敬畏上帝的人，就是要成為上帝榮耀張顯的器皿。這是每個基督徒一生當中最重要的事，不是為了自己的好處，不是為了自己的利益，更重要是為了上帝的榮耀！

    讓我們一生靠聖靈和在上帝話語的引導下成為榮耀主的人，這是上帝拯救我們的目的！

以賽亞書22:12-14

22:12 當那日，主─萬軍之耶和華叫人哭泣哀號，頭上光禿，身披麻布。
22:13 誰知，人倒歡喜快樂，宰牛殺羊，吃肉喝酒，說：我們吃喝吧！因為明天要死了。
22:14 萬軍之耶和華親自默示我說：這罪孽直到你們死，斷不得赦免！這是主─萬軍之耶和華說的。

In that day the Lord God of hosts

called to weeping and mourning,

to baldness and putting on sackcloth;

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but instead there was joy and festivity,

killing oxen and slaughtering sheep,

eating meat and drinking wine.

“Let us eat and drink,

for tomorrow we die.”

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The Lord of hosts has revealed himself in my ears:

Surely this iniquity will not be forgiven you until you die,

says the Lord God of hosts.

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    先知以賽亞在此說到當時的猶大人一個很嚴重的問題：就是他們應該是要罪惡來懊悔，要「哭泣哀號，頭上光禿，身披麻布」；他們沒有這樣做，反倒是「歡喜快樂，宰牛殺羊，吃肉喝酒，說：我們吃喝吧！因為明天要死了」。

    先知這樣的述說，讓我們看見，要是人不追求明白真理，常常會表現自己的愚昧和無知，更是做到讓上帝憤怒的事情，就像先知在此訴說上帝的憤怒：「這罪孽直到你們死，斷不得赦免！」

    而要讓信徒明白真道，行上帝所喜悅的事，就是牧者的責任了！牧者一定要按正意分解真理，弟兄姊妹才知道如何活出上帝兒女的樣式，才可以成為榮耀上帝的人！

以賽亞書22章

   以賽亞書22:1-11   ,  以賽亞書22:12-14  , 以賽亞書22:15-25  ,

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 ,