以西結書12:17-28

12:17 耶和華的話又臨到我說：

12:18 「人子啊，你吃飯必膽戰，喝水必惶惶憂慮。

12:19 你要對這地的百姓說：主耶和華論耶路撒冷和以色列地的居民如此說，他們吃飯必憂慮，喝水必驚惶。因其中居住的眾人所行強暴的事，這地必然荒廢，一無所存。

12:20 有居民的城邑必變為荒場，地也必變為荒廢；你們就知道我是耶和華。」

12:21 耶和華的話臨到我說：

12:22 「人子啊，在你們以色列地怎麼有這俗語，說『日子遲延，一切異象都落了空』呢？

12:23 你要告訴他們說：『主耶和華如此說：我必使這俗語止息，以色列中不再用這俗語。』你卻要對他們說：『日子臨近，一切的異象必都應驗。』

12:24 從此，在以色列家中必不再有虛假的異象和奉承的占卜。

12:25 我─耶和華說話，所說的必定成就，不再耽延。你們這悖逆之家，我所說的話必趁你們在世的日子成就。這是主耶和華說的。」

12:26 耶和華的話又臨到我說：

12:27 「人子啊，以色列家的人說：『他所見的異象是關乎後來許多的日子，所說的預言是指著極遠的時候。』

12:28 所以你要對他們說：『主耶和華如此說：我的話沒有一句再耽延的，我所說的必定成就。這是主耶和華說的。』」

17 And the word of the Lord came to me:18 "Son of man, eat your bread with quaking, and drink water with trembling and with anxiety. 19 And say to the people of the land, Thus says the Lord God concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the land of Israel: They shall eat their bread with anxiety, and drink water in dismay. In this way her land will be stripped of all it contains, on account of the violence of all those who dwell in it. 20 And the inhabited cities shall be laid waste, and the land shall become a desolation; and you shall know that I am the Lord."

21 And the word of the Lord came to me:22 "Son of man, what is this proverb that you have about the land of Israel, saying, 'The days grow long, and every vision comes to nothing'? 23 Tell them therefore, 'Thus says the Lord God:I will put an end to this proverb, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel. ' But say to them, The days are near, and the fulfillment of every vision. 24 For there shall be no more any false vision or flattering divination within the house of Israel. 25 For I am the Lord; I will speak the word that I will speak, and it will be performed. It will no longer be delayed, but in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak the word and perform it, declares the Lord God."

26 And the word of the Lord came to me:27 "Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, 'The vision that he sees is for many days from now, and he prophesies of times far off. ' 28 Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord God: None of my words will be delayed any longer, but the word that I speak will be performed, declares the Lord God."

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    上帝藉由先知宣告：「我─耶和華說話，所說的必定成就，不再耽延。你們這悖逆之家，我所說的話必趁你們在世的日子成就。」「我的話沒有一句再耽延的，我所說的必定成就。」

    因為上帝藉由以西結先知演出「吃飯必膽戰，喝水必惶惶憂慮」，要讓以色列人警戒，使他們不至於輕忽上帝的預言！

    而對基督徒而言，耶穌基督的再來，不要以為耽延，是必然的事情，要隨時準備好！

以西結書12章

         以西結書12:1-16    , 

         以西結書12:17-28  ,  以西結書12:28 ,

以西結書12:1-16

12:1 耶和華的話又臨到我說：

12:2 「人子啊，你住在悖逆的家中。他們有眼睛看不見，有耳朵聽不見，因為他們是悖逆之家。

12:3 所以人子啊，你要預備擄去使用的物件，在白日當他們眼前從你所住的地方移到別處去；他們雖是悖逆之家，或者可以揣摩思想。

12:4 你要在白日當他們眼前帶出你的物件去，好像預備擄去使用的物件。到了晚上，你要在他們眼前親自出去，像被擄的人出去一樣。

12:5 你要在他們眼前挖通了牆，從其中將物件帶出去。

12:6 到天黑時，你要當他們眼前搭在肩頭上帶出去，並要蒙住臉看不見地，因為我立你作以色列家的預兆。」

12:7 我就照著所吩咐的去行，白日帶出我的物件，好像預備擄去使用的物件。到了晚上，我用手挖通了牆。天黑的時候，就當他們眼前搭在肩頭上帶出去。

12:8 次日早晨，耶和華的話臨到我說：

12:9 「人子啊，以色列家，就是那悖逆之家，豈不是問你說：『你做什麼呢？』

12:10 你要對他們說：『主耶和華如此說：這是關乎耶路撒冷的君王和他周圍以色列全家的預表（原文是擔子）。』

12:11 你要說：『我作你們的預兆：我怎樣行，他們所遭遇的也必怎樣，他們必被擄去。』

12:12 他們中間的君王也必在天黑的時候將物件搭在肩頭上帶出去。他們要挖通了牆，從其中帶出去。他必蒙住臉，眼看不見地。

12:13 我必將我的網撒在他身上，他必在我的網羅中纏住。我必帶他到迦勒底人之地的巴比倫；他雖死在那裡，卻看不見那地。

12:14 周圍一切幫助他的和他所有的軍隊，我必分散四方（方：原文是風），也要拔刀追趕他們。

12:15 我將他們四散在列國、分散在列邦的時候，他們就知道我是耶和華。

12:16 我卻要留下他們幾個人得免刀劍、饑荒、瘟疫，使他們在所到的各國中述說他們一切可憎的事，人就知道我是耶和華。」

1 The word of the Lord came to me:2 "Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a rebellious house, who have eyes to see, but see not, who have ears to hear, but hear not, for they are a rebellious house. 3 As for you, son of man, prepare for yourself an exile's baggage, and go into exile by day in their sight. You shall go like an exile from your place to another place in their sight. Perhaps they will understand, though they are a rebellious house. 4 You shall bring out your baggage by day in their sight, as baggage for exile, and you shall go out yourself at evening in their sight, as those do who must go into exile. 5 In their sight dig through the wall, and bring your baggage out through it. 6 In their sight you shall lift the baggage upon your shoulder and carry it out at dusk. You shall cover your face that you may not see the land, for I have made you a sign for the house of Israel."

7 And I did as I was commanded. I brought out my baggage by day, as baggage for exile, and in the evening I dug through the wall with my own hands. I brought out my baggage at dusk, carrying it on my shoulder in their sight.

8 In the morning the word of the Lord came to me:9 "Son of man, has not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said to you, 'What are you doing? ' 10 Say to them, 'Thus says the Lord God:This oracle concerns the prince in Jerusalem and all the house of Israel who are in it. ' 11 Say, 'I am a sign for you: as I have done, so shall it be done to them. They shall go into exile, into captivity. ' 12 And the prince who is among them shall lift his baggage upon his shoulder at dusk, and shall go out. They shall dig through the wall to bring him out through it. He shall cover his face, that he may not see the land with his eyes. 13 And I will spread my net over him, and he shall be taken in my snare. And I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans, yet he shall not see it, and he shall die there. 14 And I will scatter toward every wind all who are around him, his helpers and all his troops, and I will unsheathe the sword after them. 15 And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them among the countries. 16 But I will let a few of them escape from the sword, from famine and pestilence, that they may declare all their abominations among the nations where they go, and may know that I am the Lord."

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    這是很有確的記載，表演帶被擄的物件與挖牆出去。以西結表演的時候，他也不清楚上帝要他表演的用意是什麼，直到隔天清晨，上帝才說明。而上帝要他表演是因為他面對的是一群「悖逆之家」，而上帝希望他們「或者可以揣摩思想」！

    或許他這樣表演真的引起人的注意，上帝就將要講的訊息藉他說明出去，『我作你們的預兆：我怎樣行，他們所遭遇的也必怎樣，他們必被擄去。』

    

    12-16節這段顯示上帝是親自抓住西底家，也審判以色列人。目標是要讓以色列人可以到各國作見證，讓列國知道上帝。正如列王紀下25章7節所說：「在西底家眼前殺了他的眾子，並且剜了西底家的眼睛，用銅鍊鎖著他，帶到巴比倫去。」

    雖然這是古代發生的事情，卻是今日的借鏡，我們要靠聖靈從悖逆中回轉到上帝面前，上帝讓以色列在悖逆中滅亡，卻透過祂的心意，使被擄的人當中建立起「復興」的力量，藉著「餘種」重新建立新以色列，重新建造聖殿，重新使以色列對耶和華的信仰重新堅定和建立，好完成「預備基督」的使命！

以西結書11:14-25

11:14 耶和華的話臨到我說：

11:15 「人子啊，耶路撒冷的居民對你的弟兄、你的本族、你的親屬、以色列全家，就是對大眾說：『你們遠離耶和華吧！這地是賜給我們為業的。』

11:16 所以你當說：『耶和華如此說：我雖將以色列全家遠遠遷移到列國中，將他們分散在列邦內，我還要在他們所到的列邦，暫作他們的聖所。』

11:17 你當說：『主耶和華如此說：我必從萬民中招聚你們，從分散的列國內聚集你們，又要將以色列地賜給你們。』

11:18 他們必到那裡，也必從其中除掉一切可憎可厭的物。

11:19 我要使他們有合一的心，也要將新靈放在他們裡面，又從他們肉體中除掉石心，賜給他們肉心，

11:20 使他們順從我的律例，謹守遵行我的典章。他們要作我的子民，我要作他們的上帝。

11:21 至於那些心中隨從可憎可厭之物的，我必照他們所行的報應在他們頭上。這是主耶和華說的。」

11:22 於是，基路伯展開翅膀，輪子都在他們旁邊；在他們以上有以色列上帝的榮耀。

11:23 耶和華的榮耀從城中上升，停在城東的那座山上。

11:24 靈將我舉起，在異象中藉著上帝的靈將我帶進迦勒底地，到被擄的人那裡；我所見的異象就離我上升去了。

11:25 我便將耶和華所指示我的一切事都說給被擄的人聽。

14 And the word of the Lord came to me:15 "Son of man, your brothers, even your brothers, your kinsmen, the whole house of Israel, all of them, are those of whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, 'Go far from the Lord; to us this land is given for a possession. ' 16 Therefore say, 'Thus says the Lord God:Though I removed them far off among the nations, and though I scattered them among the countries, yet I have been a sanctuary to them for a while in the countries where they have gone. ' 17 Therefore say, 'Thus says the Lord God: I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel. ' 18 And when they come there, they will remove from it all its detestable things and all its abominations. 19 And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh, 20 that they may walk in my statutes and keep my rules and obey them. And they shall be my people, and I will be their God. 21 But as for those whose heart goes after their detestable things and their abominations, I will bring their deeds upon their own heads, declares the Lord God."

22 Then the cherubim lifted up their wings, with the wheels beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel was over them. 23 And the glory of the Lord went up from the midst of the city and stood on the mountain that is on the east side of the city. 24 And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me in the vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to the exiles. Then the vision that I had seen went up from me. 25 And I told the exiles all the things that the Lord had shown me.

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    耶路撒冷居民以為被擄的人是失去了應許之地的產業，沒有被擄的人可以繼承這些產業。這些沒有被擄的人大概心裡認為上帝的能力就是侷限於以色列地，而被擄的人就是被上帝趕走的。上帝讓猶大人被擄走，但他還要讓他們可以敬拜。不是如目前還留在耶路撒冷的人所想的：離開聖殿就沒有上帝可拜。「我還要在他們所到的列邦，暫作他們的聖所」，表是上帝仍然與被擄的人同在。

    上帝要讓被擄的人再一次經歷「新出埃及」，上帝要由各國中重新讓以色列人出埃及得回應許之地，以色列人也一樣受命要「除掉可憎之物」。不僅如此，「我要使他們有合一的心，也要將新靈放在他們裡面，又從他們肉體中除掉石心，賜給他們肉心，使他們順從我的律例，謹守遵行我的典章」。這就像新約時代上帝將聖靈放在我們心中，使我們成為新子民的記號，是真正的子民。正如接下來所說：「他們要作我的子民，我要作他們的上帝。」

    這也預言將來以色列的復興不是靠留在耶路撒的人，而是被擄歸回的人。髂些留在耶路撒冷的人若繼續「心中隨從可憎可厭之物的，我必照他們所行的報應在他們頭上」。甚至在這裡還看見「耶和華的榮耀從城中上升，停在城東的那座山上」。而猶大被擄的人是被擄到東方，上帝的榮耀往東方移動，由以西結看起來，上帝就是往他們的所在地移動。

    因此，我們不要害怕劇烈的變化，這是上帝要提升我們，正如約瑟不被賣，豈能當宰相呢？耶穌基督不上十字架死了，怎麼會有復活呢？不要忘記得勝是屬乎上帝和祂的子民呢！

以西結書11章

        以西結書11:1-13    ,  以西結書11:14-25  ,

以西結書11:1-13

11:1 靈將我舉起，帶到耶和華殿向東的東門。誰知，在門口有二十五個人，我見其中有民間的首領押朔的兒子雅撒尼亞和比拿雅的兒子毘拉提。

11:2 耶和華對我說：「人子啊，這就是圖謀罪孽的人，在這城中給人設惡謀。

11:3 他們說：『蓋房屋的時候尚未臨近；這城是鍋，我們是肉。』

11:4 人子啊，因此你當說預言，說預言攻擊他們。」

11:5 耶和華的靈降在我身上，對我說：「你當說，耶和華如此說：以色列家啊，你們口中所說的，心裡所想的，我都知道。

11:6 你們在這城中殺人增多，使被殺的人充滿街道。

11:7 所以主耶和華如此說：你們殺在城中的人就是肉，這城就是鍋；你們卻要從其中被帶出去。

11:8 你們怕刀劍，我必使刀劍臨到你們。這是主耶和華說的。

11:9 我必從這城中帶出你們去，交在外邦人的手中，且要在你們中間施行審判。

11:10 你們必倒在刀下；我必在以色列的境界審判你們，你們就知道我是耶和華。

11:11 這城必不作你們的鍋，你們也不作其中的肉。我必在以色列的境界審判你們，

11:12 你們就知道我是耶和華；因為你們沒有遵行我的律例，也沒有順從我的典章，卻隨從你們四圍列國的惡規。」

11:13 我正說預言的時候，比拿雅的兒子毘拉提死了。於是我俯伏在地，大聲呼叫說：「哎！主耶和華啊，你要將以色列剩下的人滅絕淨盡嗎？」

1 The Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the house of the Lord, which faces east. And behold, at the entrance of the gateway there were twenty- five men. And I saw among them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people. 2 And he said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and who give wicked counsel in this city; 3 who say, 'The time is not near to build houses. This city is the cauldron, and we are the meat. ' 4 Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man."

5 And the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and he said to me, "Say, Thus says the Lord:So you think, O house of Israel. For I know the things that come into your mind. 6 You have multiplied your slain in this city and have filled its streets with the slain. 7 Therefore thus says the Lord God: Your slain whom you have laid in the midst of it, they are the meat, and this city is the cauldron, but you shall be brought out of the midst of it. 8 You have feared the sword, and I will bring the sword upon you, declares the Lord God. 9 And I will bring you out of the midst of it, and give you into the hands of foreigners, and execute judgments upon you. 10 You shall fall by the sword. I will judge you at the border of Israel, and you shall know that I am the Lord. 11 This city shall not be your cauldron, nor shall you be the meat in the midst of it. I will judge you at the border of Israel, 12 and you shall know that I am the Lord. For you have not walked in my statutes, nor obeyed my rules, but have acted according to the rules of the nations that are around you."

13 And it came to pass, while I was prophesying, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then I fell down on my face and cried out with a loud voice and said, "Ah, Lord God! Will you make a full end of the remnant of Israel?"

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    我們在此看見上帝是及時的審判，因為以西結還在說預言的時候，比拿雅的兒子毘拉提死了。以致俯伏以西結在地，大聲呼叫說：「哎！主耶和華啊，你要將以色列剩下的人滅絕淨盡嗎？」

    這樣的經歷對傳講上帝話語的人是很大的震撼，因為上帝是這麼嚴厲而實在的上帝，我們怎能隨意來對待祂呢？我們豈可不敬畏，豈可不以戰競恐懼的心到上帝面前呢？我們豈可用自己的想像面對上帝呢？甚至怎能隨意對待祂呢？

    基督徒除常常以為上帝是充滿恩典，又賜我們自由，於是就對信仰的事任意而為，這是不對的！上帝對我們是有所要求的，若是我們好好讀聖經，就明白上帝的要求，不會像以西結這裡說到之民間的首領押朔的兒子雅撒尼亞和比拿雅的兒子毘拉提，圖謀罪孽的人，在這城中給人設惡謀，還自以為安全！

    你對上帝的態度如何，你的信仰表現與品質就如何，這是無法欺騙人的，更無法欺騙上帝，豈能不謹慎呢！