以西結書25:1-7

25:1 耶和華的話臨到我說：

25:2 「人子啊，你要面向亞捫人說預言，攻擊他們，

25:3 說：你們當聽主耶和華的話。主耶和華如此說：我的聖所被褻瀆，以色列地變荒涼，猶大家被擄掠；那時，你便因這些事說：『阿哈！』

25:4 所以我必將你的地交給東方人為業；他們必在你的地上安營居住，吃你的果子，喝你的奶。

25:5 我必使拉巴為駱駝場，使亞捫人的地為羊群躺臥之處，你們就知道我是耶和華。」

25:6 主耶和華如此說：「因你拍手頓足，以滿心的恨惡向以色列地歡喜，

25:7 所以我伸手攻擊你，將你交給列國作為擄物。我必從萬民中剪除你，使你從萬國中敗亡。我必除滅你，你就知道我是耶和華。」

​ The word of the Lord came to me:  “Son of man, set your face toward the Ammonites and prophesy against them.  Say to the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord God: Thus says the Lord God, Because you said, Aha!’ over my sanctuary when it was profaned, and over the land of Israel when it was made desolate, and over the house of Judah when they went into exile,  therefore behold, I am handing you over to the people of the East for a possession, and they shall set their encampments among you and make their dwellings in your midst. They shall eat your fruit, and they shall drink your milk.  I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels and Ammon a fold for flocks. Then you will know that I am the Lord.  For thus says the Lord God: Because you have clapped your hands and stamped your feet and rejoiced with all the malice within your soul against the land of Israel,  therefore, behold, I have stretched out my hand against you, and will hand you over as plunder to the nations. And I will cut you off from the peoples and will make you perish out of the countries; I will destroy you. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

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    「亞捫人」居於摩押人的東北方，在西元前十三世紀末左右立國，跟以色列一樣。亞捫人跟以色列人有血緣關係，他們是羅得的後代。這裡說的拉巴，是亞捫的首都。

    亞捫作為猶大的鄰國，跟猶大國間的恩怨情仇相當複雜。遇到巴比倫的危機，兩國也一起抵禦，但猶大真的遭難時，她也會落井下石。耶路撒冷被毀後五年（西元前582-581年之間），巴比倫攻陷亞捫和摩押。後來這兩個國家的土地被住在沙漠的阿拉伯人佔領。關於亞捫的預言將會傳播給亞捫人，這樣當亞捫人遭遇滅亡的處境，就會知道上帝是真神。

    從亞門人的預言中，我們看見上帝對以色列人的愛，對於那些欺壓和恥笑以色列的也要受到甚盼。同樣今日上帝也看中教會，不容許人欺壓與羞辱或恥笑教會，因為教會是上帝兒女的集合。與教會為敵，就是與上帝為敵了！

以西結書24:15-27

24:15 耶和華的話又臨到我說：

24:16 「人子啊，我要將你眼目所喜愛的忽然取去，你卻不可悲哀哭泣，也不可流淚，

24:17 只可歎息，不可出聲，不可辦理喪事；頭上仍勒裹頭巾，腳上仍穿鞋，不可蒙著嘴唇，也不可吃弔喪的食物。」

24:18 於是我將這事早晨告訴百姓，晚上我的妻就死了。次日早晨我便遵命而行。

24:19 百姓問我說：「你這樣行與我們有甚麼關係，你不告訴我們麼？」

24:20 我回答他們：「耶和華的話臨到我說：

24:21 『你告訴以色列家，主耶和華如此說：我必使我的聖所，就是你們勢力所誇耀、眼裡所喜愛、心中所愛惜的被褻瀆，並且你們所遺留的兒女必倒在刀下。

24:22 那時，你們必行我僕人所行的，不蒙著嘴唇，也不吃弔喪的食物。

24:23 你們仍要頭上勒裹頭巾，腳上穿鞋；不可悲哀哭泣。你們必因自己的罪孽相對歎息，漸漸消滅。

24:24 以西結必這樣為你們作預兆；凡他所行的，你們也必照樣行。那事來到，你們就知道我是主耶和華。

24:25 「人子啊，我除掉他們所倚靠、所歡喜的榮耀，並眼中所喜愛、心裡所重看的兒女。

24:26 那日逃脫的人豈不來到你這裡，使你耳聞這事嗎？

24:27 你必向逃脫的人開口說話，不再啞口。你必這樣為他們作預兆，他們就知道我是耶和華。」

The word of the Lord came to me:  “Son of man, behold, I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you at a stroke; yet you shall not mourn or weep, nor shall your tears run down.  Sigh, but not aloud; make no mourning for the dead. Bind on your turban, and put your shoes on your feet; do not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.”  So I spoke to the people in the morning, and at evening my wife died. And on the next morning I did as I was commanded.

  And the people said to me, “Will you not tell us what these things mean for us, that you are acting thus?”  Then I said to them, “The word of the Lord came to me:  ‘Say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the delight of your eyes, and the yearning of your soul, and your sons and your daughters whom you left behind shall fall by the sword.  And you shall do as I have done; you shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.  Your turbans shall be on your heads and your shoes on your feet; you shall not mourn or weep, but you shall rot away in your iniquities and groan to one another.  Thus shall Ezekiel be to you a sign; according to all that he has done you shall do. When this comes, then you will know that I am the Lord God.’

  “As for you, son of man, surely on the day when I take from them their stronghold, their joy and glory, the delight of their eyes and their soul's desire, and also their sons and daughters,  on that day a fugitive will come to you to report to you the news.  On that day your mouth will be opened to the fugitive, and you shall speak and be no longer mute. So you will be a sign to them, and they will know that I am the Lord.”

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以西結妻子的死亡作為預兆，預言聖殿將被毀！

此處沒說以西結的妻子怎樣死亡，比較可能是得了急症死亡。「於是我將這事早晨告訴百姓」，原文只是「講說—向百姓—早晨」，應該不是以西結先透露妻子將死的信息，而是說以西結照常早上出去向百姓講說，晚上妻子就過世。因為提早透露妻子死訊，妻子與周遭的人不就會出現奇怪的反應？反倒是後面講到，妻子死亡隔日以西結的反應造成衆人覺得奇怪。事先講就不會太奇怪了。

以西結因所愛的妻子去世所做的表現，就將是以色列人面對耶路撒冷被毀、聖殿被毀的狀況之反應。當耶路撒冷被毀滅之後，總會有人被擄到巴比倫，這樣大家就知道以西結是真先知，其他講不一樣預言的人都是假先知。因此以西結就可以不用顧慮安危，坦然發言。又耶路撒冷被毀之前，以西結主要是受派傳達上帝的憤怒，事情已經實現，他就可以傳達盼望與希望的信息了。

以西結書24章

    以西結書24:1-14   ,  以西結書24章1-14節 ,

   以西結書24:15-27  , 以西結書24章15-27節  ,

以西結書24:1-14

24:1 第九年十月初十日，耶和華的話又臨到我說：

24:2 「人子啊，今日正是巴比倫王就近耶路撒冷的日子，你要將這日記下，

24:3 要向這悖逆之家設比喻說，主耶和華如此說：將鍋放在火上，放好了，就倒水在其中；

24:4 將肉塊，就是一切肥美的肉塊、腿，和肩都聚在其中，拿美好的骨頭把鍋裝滿；

24:5 取羊群中最好的，將柴堆在鍋下，使鍋開滾，好把骨頭煮在其中。

24:6 「主耶和華如此說：禍哉！這流人血的城，就是長鏽的鍋。其中的鏽未曾除掉，須要將肉塊從其中一一取出來，不必為它拈鬮。

24:7 城中所流的血倒在淨光的磐石上，不倒在地上，用土掩蓋。

24:8 這城中所流的血倒在淨光的磐石上，不得掩蓋，乃是出於我，為要發忿怒施行報應。

24:9 所以主耶和華如此說：禍哉！這流人血的城，我也必大堆火柴，

24:10 添上木柴，使火著旺，將肉煮爛，把湯熬濃，使骨頭烤焦；

24:11 把鍋倒空坐在炭火上，使鍋燒熱，使銅燒紅，鎔化其中的污穢，除淨其上的鏽。

24:12 這鍋勞碌疲乏，所長的大鏽仍未除掉；這鏽就是用火也不能除掉。

24:13 在你污穢中有淫行，我潔淨你，你卻不潔淨。你的污穢再不能潔淨，直等我向你發的忿怒止息。

24:14 我─耶和華說過的必定成就，必照話而行，必不返回，必不顧惜，也不後悔。人必照你的舉動行為審判你。這是主耶和華說的。」

​ In the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:  “Son of man, write down the name of this day, this very day. The king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem this very day.  And utter a parable to the rebellious house and say to them, Thus says the Lord God:      

“Set on the pot, set it on;

pour in water also;

  put in it the pieces of meat,

all the good pieces, the thigh and the shoulder;

fill it with choice bones.

  Take the choicest one of the flock;

pile the logs under it;

boil it well;

seethe also its bones in it.

  “Therefore thus says the Lord God: Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose corrosion is in it, and whose corrosion has not gone out of it! Take out of it piece after piece, without making any choice.  For the blood she has shed is in her midst; she put it on the bare rock; she did not pour it out on the ground to cover it with dust. To rouse my wrath, to take vengeance, I have set on the bare rock the blood she has shed, that it may not be covered.  Therefore thus says the Lord God: Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the pile great.  Heap on the logs, kindle the fire, boil the meat well, mix in the spices, and let the bones be burned up.  Then set it empty upon the coals, that it may become hot, and its copper may burn, that its uncleanness may be melted in it, its corrosion consumed.  She has wearied herself with toil; its abundant corrosion does not go out of it. Into the fire with its corrosion!  On account of your unclean lewdness, because I would have cleansed you and you were not cleansed from your uncleanness, you shall not be cleansed anymore till I have satisfied my fury upon you.  I am the Lord. I have spoken; it shall come to pass; I will do it. I will not go back; I will not spare; I will not relent; according to your ways and your deeds you will be judged, declares

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    「第九年十月初十日」，正是巴比倫軍隊開始圍困耶路撒冷的日子。換算為陽曆是西元前588年1月15日。後來以色列人也在十月禁食哀悼耶路撒冷被毀。由於耶路撒冷用「鍋子」來比喻，鍋中如果裝血，不管裡面的食物再高貴，都是不潔淨不可吃的。所以不必抽籤，全部的食物都必須倒出來。

7節的「城中所流的血」動詞是完成式，指的是過去耶路撒冷殺人流的血。8節的「城中所流的血」指的似乎是因為巴比倫攻打而流出的血。如果此處還是指耶路撒冷殺害的人之血，那就是上帝要顯露這些血，以便要公開報應耶路撒冷的不義。先知指出那個鍋繡就是「淫亂」，指着宗教上與宗教帶來的實際淫亂。上帝要潔淨猶大國，猶大卻還是不願意悔改，以致必須滅國。在14節重申上帝的公義，上帝雖然憤怒、傷心，但還是會照猶大應得的審判懲罰之。

也因此，上帝要以色列人再次確認上帝必定審判他們的惡行；以色列如此，也更凸顯我們需要上帝的拯救，故此我們特別需要上帝在基督的救恩，使我們透過耶穌基督，蒙上帝的悅納！

以西結書23:43-49

23:43 「我論這行淫衰老的婦人說：現在人還要與她行淫，她也要與人行淫。

23:44 人與阿荷拉，並阿荷利巴二淫婦茍合，好像與妓女苟合。

23:45 必有義人，照審判淫婦和流人血的婦人之例，審判她們；因為她們是淫婦，手中有殺人的血。」

23:46 主耶和華如此說：「我必使多人來攻擊她們，使她們拋來拋去，被人搶奪。

23:47 這些人必用石頭打死她們，用刀劍殺害她們，又殺戮她們的兒女，用火焚燒她們的房屋。

23:48 這樣，我必使淫行從境內止息，好叫一切婦人都受警戒，不效法你們的淫行。

23:49 人必照著你們的淫行報應你們；你們要擔當拜偶像的罪，就知道我是主耶和華。」

“Then I said of her who was worn out by adultery, ‘Now they will continue to use her for a whore, even her!’  For they have gone in to her, as men go in to a prostitute. Thus they went in to Oholah and to Oholibah, lewd women!  But righteous men shall pass judgment on them with the sentence of adulteresses, and with the sentence of women who shed blood, because they are adulteresses, and blood is on their hands.”

  For thus says the Lord God: “Bring up a vast host against them, and make them an object of terror and a plunder.  And the host shall stone them and cut them down with their swords. They shall kill their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses.  Thus will I put an end to lewdness in the land, that all women may take warning and not commit lewdness as you have done.  And they shall return your lewdness upon you, and you shall bear the penalty for your sinful idolatry, and you shall know that I am the Lord God.”

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    上帝要讓外國來懲罰毀滅猶大與以色列國，作為其他國家的警戒。這個懲罰雖然嚴厲，不過也只是照着這兩個國家的行為報應罷了。

    這也告訴我們信靠耶穌基督的人，要全心全意來愛上帝，不可以愛上帝又愛世界，若我們愛世界，就會失去愛上帝的心，最後必在上帝的審判台前站立不住，受到上帝永遠的審判！

    為何會如此呢？因為我們蒙受了上帝莫大的恩典，我們豈可辜負他對我們的愛呢？豈可繼續貪戀眼前的而放棄永恆的恩典呢！