30:4 以下是耶和華論到以色列和猶大所說的話:
30:5 耶和華如此說:我們聽見聲音,是戰抖懼怕而不平安的聲音。
30:6 你們且訪問看看,男人有產難嗎?我怎麼看見人人用手掐腰,像產難的婦人,臉面都變青了呢?
30:7 哀哉!那日為大,無日可比;這是雅各遭難的時候,但他必被救出來。
4 These are the words that the Lord spoke concerning Israel and Judah:
5
Thus says the Lord:
We have heard a cry of panic,
of terror, and no peace.
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Ask now, and see,
can a man bear a child?
Why then do I see every man
with his hands on his loins like a woman in labor?
Why has every face turned pale?
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Alas! that day is so great
there is none like it;
it is a time of distress for Jacob;
yet he shall be rescued from it.
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先知在這裡宣告的信息讓人覺得難過,卻在末後有盼望!正如經文所說:「哀哉!那日為大,無日可比;這是雅各遭難的時候,但他必被救出來。」
之所以遭難就如先知所述說的:「男人有產難嗎?我怎麼看見人人用手掐腰,像產難的婦人,臉面都變青了呢?」
這是既有趣又生動的描述,因為軍隊在征戰中十分激烈,讓男人成承受不了,如同難產一般!
求主保守,在這世界是和平的,誰也承受不起戰爭的摧殘的!