10:3 他們必說:我們沒有王,因為我們不敬畏耶和華。王能為我們做甚麼呢?
10:4 他們為立約說謊言,起假誓;因此,災罰如苦菜滋生在田間的犁溝中。
10:5 撒馬利亞的居民必因伯‧亞文的牛犢驚恐;崇拜牛犢的民和喜愛牛犢的祭司都必因榮耀離開它,為它悲哀。
10:6 人必將牛犢帶到亞述當作禮物,獻給耶雷布王。以法蓮必蒙羞;以色列必因自己的計謀慚愧。
For now they will say:
"We have no king,
for we do not fear the Lord;
and a king—what could he do for us?"
4 They utter mere words;
with empty oaths they make covenants;
so judgment springs up like poisonous weeds
in
the furrows of the field.
5 The inhabitants of Samaria tremble
for the calf of Beth- aven.
Its people mourn for it, and so do its
idolatrous priests—
those who rejoiced over it and over its
glory—
for it has departed from them.
6 The thing itself shall be carried to
Assyria
as tribute to the great king.
Ephraim shall be put to shame,
and Israel shall be ashamed of his idol.
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在此我們看見以色列人因為不敬畏耶和華,造成對政治不信任,甚至造成他們最後滅於亞述帝國!
這也讓我們看見,教會若是不敬畏上帝,不尊基督為主,最後的下場也是如此。因為人本身就是不穩定,是不可信賴的!教會中彼此不信賴,就不能同心興旺福音,建立教會。
當然人不尊崇上帝時,反而將人降格,人不連結就失去人該有的尊嚴,因為人有尊嚴是來自人是照上的形像和樣式造的!耶穌基督的拯救,就是要人恢復這榮美形像!