以賽亞書5:21-30

 

5:21 禍哉！那些自以為有智慧，自看為通達的人。

5:22 禍哉！那些勇於飲酒，以能力調濃酒的人。

5:23 他們因受賄賂，就稱惡人為義，將義人的義奪去。

5:24 火苗怎樣吞滅碎秸，乾草怎樣落在火焰之中，照樣，他們的根必像朽物，他們的花必像灰塵飛騰；因為他們厭棄萬軍之耶和華的訓誨，藐視以色列聖者的言語。

5:25 所以，耶和華的怒氣向他的百姓發作。他的手伸出攻擊他們，山嶺就震動；他們的屍首在街市上好像糞土。雖然如此，他的怒氣還未轉消；他的手仍伸不縮。

5:26 他必豎立大旗，招遠方的國民，發嘶聲叫他們從地極而來；看哪，他們必急速奔來。

5:27 其中沒有疲倦的，絆跌的；沒有打盹的，睡覺的；腰帶並不放鬆，鞋帶也不折斷。

5:28 他們的箭快利，弓也上了弦。馬蹄算如堅石，車輪好像旋風。

5:29 他們要吼叫，像母獅子，咆哮，像少壯獅子；他們要咆哮抓食，坦然叼去，無人救回。

5:30 那日，他們要向以色列人吼叫，像海浪匉訇；人若望地，只見黑暗艱難，光明在雲中變為昏暗。

 

21

Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes

    and clever in their own sight.

 

22

Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine

    and champions at mixing drinks,

23

who acquit the guilty for a bribe,

    but deny justice to the innocent.

24

Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw

    and as dry grass sinks down in the flames,

so their roots will decay

    and their flowers blow away like dust;

for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty

    and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel.

25

Therefore the Lord’s anger burns against his people;

    his hand is raised and he strikes them down.

The mountains shake,

    and the dead bodies are like refuse in the streets.

 

Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,

    his hand is still upraised.

 

26

He lifts up a banner for the distant nations,

    he whistles for those at the ends of the earth.

Here they come,

    swiftly and speedily!

27

Not one of them grows tired or stumbles,

    not one slumbers or sleeps;

not a belt is loosened at the waist,

    not a sandal strap is broken.

28

Their arrows are sharp,

    all their bows are strung;

their horses’ hooves seem like flint,

    their chariot wheels like a whirlwind.

29

Their roar is like that of the lion,

    they roar like young lions;

they growl as they seize their prey

    and carry it off with no one to rescue.

30

In that day they will roar over it

    like the roaring of the sea.

And if one looks at the land,

    there is only darkness and distress;

    even the sun will be darkened by clouds.

 

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    先知這段話讓我們覺得人的無知所造成的後果是人無法避免的，因為人的能力有限，加上人自祖先所遺傳來的罪性，使得人無法完上帝賦予人的使命，甚至人和人之間的紛爭，感覺到沒有恆久的和平！

 

    以色列人的命運，可以說是各個國家和民族的命運型態，因為人的自以為是，不願信靠上帝，於是沒有恆久的和平，只有短暫的安寧，要隨時做不好的把算！

 

    世上的國，沒有長治久安的事情，也沒有真正的公義！只有上帝的國才有真正的和平、公義！我們要盼望：主耶穌快再來，上帝的國快快實現！

 

 

 

 

 

以賽亞書5:18-19

 

5:18 禍哉！那些以虛假之細繩牽罪孽的人！他們又像以套繩拉罪惡，

5:19 說：任他急速行，趕快成就他的作為，使我們看看；任以色列聖者所謀劃的臨近成就，使我們知道。

 

18

Woe to those who draw sin along with cords of deceit,

    and wickedness as with cart ropes,

19

to those who say, “Let God hurry;

    let him hasten his work

    so we may see it.

The plan of the Holy One of Israel—

    let it approach, let it come into view,

    so we may know it.”

 

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    罪惡是造成人滅亡的原因，因為罪惡是違背上帝的心意，最後終必受到上帝永遠的懲罰！然而上帝不願意按祂的形象和樣式的人受到這樣的懲罰，總要拯救一些人，因此設立救恩，救人脫離罪惡和滅亡。

 

    也因為祂要多救一點人，似乎讓我們感覺最後審判的日子好像一延再延，正如彼得所說：「主所應許的尚未成就，有人以為他是耽延，其實不是耽延，乃是寬容你們，不願有一人沉淪，乃願人人都悔改。」(彼得後書3:9)

 

    既然聖經已經指明人真正的狀態，我們當藉由耶穌基督所完成的救贖大功，來脫離罪惡和死亡，不要再執迷不悟，不要以為靠自己努力就可以不落入上帝的懲罰，人必須透過耶穌基督才能蒙上帝拯救的！

 

    快來信靠主耶穌，得著上帝兒女的名分，就有得救的確據！

 

以賽亞書5:11-17

5:11 禍哉！那些清早起來追求濃酒，留連到夜深，甚至因酒發燒的人。

5:12 他們在筵席上彈琴，鼓瑟，擊鼓，吹笛，飲酒，卻不顧念耶和華的作為，也不留心他手所做的。

5:13 所以，我的百姓因無知就被擄去；他們的尊貴人甚是飢餓，群眾極其乾渴。

5:14 故此，陰間擴張其欲，開了無限量的口；他們的榮耀、群眾、繁華，並快樂的人都落在其中。

5:15 卑賤人被壓服；尊貴人降為卑；眼目高傲的人也降為卑。

5:16 惟有萬軍之耶和華因公平而崇高；聖者上帝因公義顯為聖。

5:17 那時，羊羔必來吃草，如同在自己的草場；豐肥人的荒場被遊行的人吃盡。

 

11

Woe to those who rise early in the morning

    to run after their drinks,

who stay up late at night

    till they are inflamed with wine.

12

They have harps and lyres at their banquets,

    pipes and timbrels and wine,

but they have no regard for the deeds of the Lord,

    no respect for the work of his hands.

13

Therefore my people will go into exile

    for lack of understanding;

those of high rank will die of hunger

    and the common people will be parched with thirst.

14

Therefore Death expands its jaws,

    opening wide its mouth;

into it will descend their nobles and masses

    with all their brawlers and revelers.

15

So people will be brought low

    and everyone humbled,

    the eyes of the arrogant humbled.

16

But the Lord Almighty will be exalted by his justice,

    and the holy God will be proved holy by his righteous acts.

17

Then sheep will graze as in their own pasture;

    lambs will feed among the ruins of the rich.

 

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    先知在此說到人的榮華的虛假。

 

    這是很大的警告，因為人都是尋求自以為是的榮華，最後的結果是滅亡！為何如此呢？就是與上帝隔絕，這是人最大的問題！即使人有再高度的文明、崇高的道德，若沒有與上帝有合宜的關係，都是虛空、無意義的！

 

    求主保守我們，讓我們透過主耶穌和上帝建立美好與合宜的關係，領受上帝所賜的各樣恩惠。