以賽亞書56:1-12

56:1 耶和華如此說：你們當守公平，行公義；因我的救恩臨近，我的公義將要顯現。
56:2 謹守安息日而不干犯，禁止己手而不作惡；如此行、如此持守的人便為有福。
56:3 與耶和華聯合的外邦人不要說：耶和華必定將我從他民中分別出來。太監也不要說：我是枯樹。
56:4 因為耶和華如此說：那些謹守我的安息日，揀選我所喜悅的事，持守我約的太監，
56:5 我必使他們在我殿中，在我牆內，有記念，有名號，比有兒女的更美。我必賜他們永遠的名，不能剪除。
56:6 還有那些與耶和華聯合的外邦人，要事奉他，要愛耶和華的名，要作他的僕人─就是凡守安息日不干犯，又持守他（原文是我）約的人。
56:7 我必領他們到我的聖山，使他們在禱告我的殿中喜樂。他們的燔祭和平安祭，在我壇上必蒙悅納，因我的殿必稱為萬民禱告的殿。
56:8 主耶和華，就是招聚以色列被趕散的，說：在這被招聚的人以外，我還要招聚別人歸併他們。
56:9 田野的諸獸都來吞吃吧！林中的諸獸也要如此。
56:10 他看守的人是瞎眼的，都沒有知識，都是啞巴狗，不能叫喚；但知做夢，躺臥，貪睡，
56:11 這些狗貪食，不知飽足。這些牧人不能明白─各人偏行己路，各從各方求自己的利益。
56:12 他們說：來吧！我去拿酒，我們飽飲濃酒；明日必和今日一樣，就是宴樂無量極大之日。

This is what the Lord says:

“Maintain justice
    and do what is right,
for my salvation is close at hand
    and my righteousness will soon be revealed.
² Blessed is the one who does this—
    the person who holds it fast,
who keeps the Sabbath without desecrating it,
    and keeps their hands from doing any evil.”

³ Let no foreigner who is bound to the Lord say,
    “The Lord will surely exclude me from his people.”
And let no eunuch complain,
    “I am only a dry tree.”

⁴ For this is what the Lord says:

“To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths,
    who choose what pleases me
    and hold fast to my covenant—
⁵ to them I will give within my temple and its walls
    a memorial and a name
    better than sons and daughters;
I will give them an everlasting name
    that will endure forever.
⁶ And foreigners who bind themselves to the Lord
    to minister to him,
to love the name of the Lord,
    and to be his servants,
all who keep the Sabbath without desecrating it
    and who hold fast to my covenant—
⁷ these I will bring to my holy mountain
    and give them joy in my house of prayer.
Their burnt offerings and sacrifices
    will be accepted on my altar;
for my house will be called
    a house of prayer for all nations.”
⁸ The Sovereign Lord declares—
    he who gathers the exiles of Israel:
“I will gather still others to them
    besides those already gathered.”

 ⁹ Come, all you beasts of the field,
    come and devour, all you beasts of the forest!
¹⁰ Israel’s watchmen are blind,
    they all lack knowledge;
they are all mute dogs,
    they cannot bark;
they lie around and dream,
    they love to sleep.
¹¹ They are dogs with mighty appetites;
    they never have enough.
They are shepherds who lack understanding;
    they all turn to their own way,
    they seek their own gain.
¹² “Come,” each one cries, “let me get wine!
    Let us drink our fill of beer!
And tomorrow will be like today,
    or even far better.”

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    先知以賽亞在這裡說到的，就是新約的情形，因位在新約時代強調的是「因信稱義」，不再是以行為稱義，更不是以守律法為討主喜悅的方式，而是以接受耶穌督為就主的方式，因為上帝是透過耶穌基督來悅納我們！

    但這不是說，我們就可以放縱自己，任意而為！返倒是要靠主的恩典，來遵行上帝的律法，以上帝的律法成為生活行事的指引，來做一個真正討主喜悅的兒女。因為，成為主的門徒，就是上帝的兒女，兒女要透過聖靈體貼上帝的心，因此要隨從聖靈而非隨從情慾！

    隨從情慾不隨從聖靈的，是上帝所厭惡的！尤其是服事上帝的牧者，更是不能隨從情慾行事，要明白聖靈的心意，因為體貼肉體是死亡的，與上帝隔絕的；體貼聖靈是生命，與上帝連結的！

以賽亞書55:1-13

55:1 你們一切乾渴的都當就近水來；沒有銀錢的也可以來。你們都來，買了吃；不用銀錢，不用價值，也來買酒和奶。
55:2 你們為何花錢（原文是平銀）買那不足為食物的？用勞碌得來的買那不使人飽足的呢？你們要留意聽我的話就能吃那美物，得享肥甘，心中喜樂。
55:3 你們當就近我來；側耳而聽，就必得活。我必與你們立永約，就是應許大衛那可靠的恩典。
55:4 我已立他作萬民的見證，為萬民的君王和司令。
55:5 你素不認識的國民，你也必召來；素不認識你的國民也必向你奔跑，都因耶和華─你的上帝以色列的聖者，因為他已經榮耀你。
55:6 當趁耶和華可尋找的時候尋找他，相近的時候求告他。
55:7 惡人當離棄自己的道路；不義的人當除掉自己的意念。歸向耶和華，耶和華就必憐恤他；當歸向我們的上帝，因為上帝必廣行赦免。
55:8 耶和華說：我的意念非同你們的意念；我的道路非同你們的道路。
55:9 天怎樣高過地，照樣，我的道路高過你們的道路；我的意念高過你們的意念。
55:10 雨雪從天而降，並不返回，卻滋潤地土，使地上發芽結實，使撒種的有種，使要吃的有糧。
55:11 我口所出的話也必如此，決不徒然返回，卻要成就我所喜悅的，在我發他去成就（發他去成就：或譯所命定）的事上必然亨通。
55:12 你們必歡歡喜喜而出來，平平安安蒙引導。大山小山必在你們面前發聲歌唱；田野的樹木也都拍掌。
55:13 松樹長出，代替荊棘；番石榴長出，代替蒺藜。這要為耶和華留名，作為永遠的證據，不能剪除。

“Come, all you who are thirsty,
    come to the waters;
and you who have no money,
    come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk
    without money and without cost.
² Why spend money on what is not bread,
    and your labor on what does not satisfy?
Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good,
    and you will delight in the richest of fare.
³ Give ear and come to me;
    listen, that you may live.
I will make an everlasting covenant with you,
    my faithful love promised to David.
⁴ See, I have made him a witness to the peoples,
    a ruler and commander of the peoples.
⁵ Surely you will summon nations you know not,
    and nations you do not know will come running to you,
because of the Lord your God,
    the Holy One of Israel,
    for he has endowed you with splendor.”

⁶ Seek the Lord while he may be found;
    call on him while he is near.
⁷ Let the wicked forsake their ways
    and the unrighteous their thoughts.
Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them,
    and to our God, for he will freely pardon.

⁸ “For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
    neither are your ways my ways,”
declares the Lord.
⁹ “As the heavens are higher than the earth,
    so are my ways higher than your ways
    and my thoughts than your thoughts.
¹⁰ As the rain and the snow
    come down from heaven,
and do not return to it
    without watering the earth
and making it bud and flourish,
    so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,
¹¹ so is my word that goes out from my mouth:
    It will not return to me empty,
but will accomplish what I desire
    and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
¹² You will go out in joy
    and be led forth in peace;
the mountains and hills
    will burst into song before you,
and all the trees of the field
    will clap their hands.
¹³ Instead of the thornbush will grow the juniper,
    and instead of briers the myrtle will grow.
This will be for the Lord’s renown,
    for an everlasting sign,
    that will endure forever.”

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    上帝的恩典是白白賜給我們的，正如先知在此宣告上帝的呼召：「你們一切乾渴的都當就近水來；沒有銀錢的也可以來。你們都來，買了吃；不用銀錢，不用價值，也來買酒和奶。你們為何花錢（原文是平銀）買那不足為食物的？用勞碌得來的買那不使人飽足的呢？你們要留意聽我的話就能吃那美物，得享肥甘，心中喜樂。你們當就近我來；側耳而聽，就必得活。我必與你們立永約，就是應許大衛那可靠的恩典。」

    先知這樣的宣告，讓我們感受到上帝莫大的恩典，祂可以豐賜一切美物讓我們享用，卻不需要付出任何代價。正如祂賜給我們空氣、雨水和陽光，從來沒有要我們付出任何代價！更奇妙得就是，祂在基督裡的救恩是那麼浩大，是付上重價來買贖我們。但是，我們卻只要憑著信心就可以領受了！

   

    雖然我們無法明白，也無法想透！但是，上帝就是這樣眷顧我們，並且不用做甚麼回饋！所以，耶和華說：「我的意念非同你們的意念；我的道路非同你們的道路。天怎樣高過地，照樣，我的道路高過你們的道路；我的意念高過你們的意念。雨雪從天而降，並不返回，卻滋潤地土，使地上發芽結實，使撒種的有種，使要吃的有糧。我口所出的話也必如此，決不徒然返回，卻要成就我所喜悅的，在我發他去成就的事上必然亨通。」

以賽亞書54:1-17

54:1 你這不懷孕、不生養的要歌唱；你這未曾經過產難的要發聲歌唱，揚聲歡呼；因為沒有丈夫的比有丈夫的兒女更多。這是耶和華說的。
54:2 要擴張你帳幕之地，張大你居所的幔子，不要限止；要放長你的繩子，堅固你的橛子。
54:3 因為你要向左向右開展；你的後裔必得多國為業，又使荒涼的城邑有人居住。
54:4 不要懼怕，因你必不致蒙羞；也不要抱愧，因你必不致受辱。你必忘記幼年的羞愧，不再記念你寡居的羞辱。
54:5 因為造你的是你的丈夫；萬軍之耶和華是他的名。救贖你的是以色列的聖者；他必稱為全地之上帝。
54:6 耶和華召你，如召被離棄心中憂傷的妻，就是幼年所娶被棄的妻。這是你上帝所說的。
54:7 我離棄你不過片時，卻要施大恩將你收回。
54:8 我的怒氣漲溢，頃刻之間向你掩面，卻要以永遠的慈愛憐恤你。這是耶和華─你的救贖主說的。
54:9 這事在我好像挪亞的洪水。我怎樣起誓不再使挪亞的洪水漫過遍地，我也照樣起誓不再向你發怒，也不斥責你。
54:10 大山可以挪開，小山可以遷移；但我的慈愛必不離開你；我平安的約也不遷移。這是憐恤你的耶和華說的。
54:11 你這受困苦、被風飄蕩不得安慰的人哪，我必以彩色安置你的石頭，以藍寶石立定你的根基；
54:12 又以紅寶石造你的女牆，以紅玉造你的城門，以寶石造你四圍的邊界（或譯：外郭）。
54:13 你的兒女都要受耶和華的教訓；你的兒女必大享平安。
54:14 你必因公義得堅立，必遠離欺壓，不致害怕；你必遠離驚嚇，驚嚇必不臨近你。
54:15 即或有人聚集，卻不由於我；凡聚集攻擊你的，必因你仆倒（或譯：投降你）。
54:16 吹噓炭火、打造合用器械的鐵匠是我所造；殘害人、行毀滅的也是我所造。
54:17 凡為攻擊你造成的器械必不利用；凡在審判時興起用舌攻擊你的，你必定他為有罪。這是耶和華僕人的產業，是他們從我所得的義。這是耶和華說的。

“Sing, barren woman,
    you who never bore a child;
burst into song, shout for joy,
    you who were never in labor;
because more are the children of the desolate woman
    than of her who has a husband,”
says the Lord.
² “Enlarge the place of your tent,
    stretch your tent curtains wide,
    do not hold back;
lengthen your cords,
    strengthen your stakes.
³ For you will spread out to the right and to the left;
    your descendants will dispossess nations
    and settle in their desolate cities.

⁴ “Do not be afraid; you will not be put to shame.
    Do not fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated.
You will forget the shame of your youth
    and remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.
⁵ For your Maker is your husband—
    the Lord Almighty is his name—
the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer;
    he is called the God of all the earth.
⁶ The Lord will call you back
    as if you were a wife deserted and distressed in spirit—
a wife who married young,
    only to be rejected,” says your God.
⁷ “For a brief moment I abandoned you,
    but with deep compassion I will bring you back.
⁸ In a surge of anger
    I hid my face from you for a moment,
but with everlasting kindness
    I will have compassion on you,”
    says the Lord your Redeemer.

⁹ “To me this is like the days of Noah,
    when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth.
So now I have sworn not to be angry with you,
    never to rebuke you again.
¹⁰ Though the mountains be shaken
    and the hills be removed,
yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken
    nor my covenant of peace be removed,”
    says the Lord, who has compassion on you.

¹¹ “Afflicted city, lashed by storms and not comforted,
    I will rebuild you with stones of turquoise,^[a]
    your foundations with lapis lazuli.
¹² I will make your battlements of rubies,
    your gates of sparkling jewels,
    and all your walls of precious stones.
¹³ All your children will be taught by the Lord,
    and great will be their peace.
¹⁴ In righteousness you will be established:
Tyranny will be far from you;
    you will have nothing to fear.
Terror will be far removed;
    it will not come near you.
¹⁵ If anyone does attack you, it will not be my doing;
    whoever attacks you will surrender to you.

¹⁶ “See, it is I who created the blacksmith
    who fans the coals into flame
    and forges a weapon fit for its work.
And it is I who have created the destroyer to wreak havoc;
¹⁷     no weapon forged against you will prevail,
    and you will refute every tongue that accuses you.
This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord,
    and this is their vindication from me,”
declares the Lord.

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    上帝是我們永遠的安慰的上帝，祂的慈愛永遠長存，正如上帝透過先知以賽亞所的：「大山可以挪開，小山可以遷移；但我的慈愛必不離開你；我平安的約也不遷移。」

    雖然猶大和以色列預到外邦勢力的侵略，甚至於遭受道滅國的命運，但是上帝仍然愛他們，使他們有復國的盼望。上帝在此更是宣告的：「我離棄你不過片時，卻要施大恩將你收回。我的怒氣漲溢，頃刻之間向你掩面，卻要以永遠的慈愛憐恤你。」

    同樣，照上帝形像造的人，雖然犯罪受到上帝的懲罰，但是上帝不是永遠懷著憤怒，祂在萬世以前就設立救恩，要透過愛子耶穌基督，使人可以重新與上帝和好，並且接納我們成為祂的兒女，承受上帝的國，這是何等的恩典！