以西結書34:11-16

34:11 「主耶和華如此說：看哪，我必親自尋找我的羊，將牠們尋見。

34:12 牧人在羊群四散的日子怎樣尋找他的羊，我必照樣尋找我的羊。這些羊在密雲黑暗的日子散到各處，我必從那裡救回牠們來。

34:13 我必從萬民中領出牠們，從各國內聚集牠們，引導牠們歸回故土，也必在以色列山上─一切溪水旁邊、境內一切可居之處─牧養牠們。

34:14 我必在美好的草場牧養牠們。牠們的圈必在以色列高處的山上，牠們必在佳美之圈中躺臥，也在以色列山肥美的草場吃草。

34:15 主耶和華說：我必親自作我羊的牧人，使牠們得以躺臥。

34:16 失喪的，我必尋找；被逐的，我必領回；受傷的，我必纏裹；有病的，我必醫治；只是肥的壯的，我必除滅，也要秉公牧養牠們。

“For thus says the Lord God: Behold, I, I myself will search for my sheep and will seek them out.  As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his sheep that have been scattered, so will I seek out my sheep, and I will rescue them from all places where they have been scattered on a day of clouds and thick darkness.  And I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land. And I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the ravines, and in all the inhabited places of the country.  I will feed them with good pasture, and on the mountain heights of Israel shall be their grazing land. There they shall lie down in good grazing land, and on rich pasture they shall feed on the mountains of Israel.  I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I myself will make them lie down, declares the Lord God.  I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, and the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them in justice.

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    上帝透過先知宣告祂的作為：「看哪，我必親自尋找我的羊，將牠們尋見」。這告訴我們上帝是主動來尋找祂的亡羊，讓羊群重新回到上帝的面前，不再是沒有牧人的羊，並且是上帝親自為牧羊人！

    而這些四散的羊，要重新回到以色列的故土，也再次讓我們知道上帝對自己的選民並沒有忘記，要讓他們再次回到上帝的眷顧中，不管他們過去是如何，是怎樣的環境，都要再歸回！

    正如先知又宣告的：「我必親自作我羊的牧人，使牠們得以躺臥。失喪的，我必尋找；被逐的，我必領回；受傷的，我必纏裹；有病的，我必醫治；只是肥的壯的，我必除滅，也要秉公牧養牠們。」

    這裡上帝說到：「只是肥的壯的，我必除滅」！這是要告訴我們：在上帝面前要謙卑，不可以自以為是，更是不可以爭競搶奪，把一切的利益自享而不與弟兄姊妹分享，只知高抬自己，只知自己的好處，這些都是主所不喜悅的！我們要謹慎，不可忽略弱小的弟兄姊妹，因為這些弟兄姊妹是主所疼惜，所看為寶貝的！

以西結書34:7-10

34:7 「所以，你們這些牧人要聽耶和華的話。

34:8 主耶和華說：我指著我的永生起誓，我的羊因無牧人就成為掠物，也作了一切野獸的食物。我的牧人不尋找我的羊；這些牧人只知牧養自己，並不牧養我的羊。

34:9 所以你們這些牧人要聽耶和華的話。

34:10 主耶和華如此說：我必與牧人為敵，必向他們的手追討我的羊，使他們不再牧放群羊；牧人也不再牧養自己。我必救我的羊脫離他們的口，不再作他們的食物。」

“Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:  As I live, declares the Lord God, surely because my sheep have become a prey, and my sheep have become food for all the wild beasts, since there was no shepherd, and because my shepherds have not searched for my sheep, but the shepherds have fed themselves, and have not fed my sheep,  therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:  Thus says the Lord God, Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will require my sheep at their hand and put a stop to their feeding the sheep. No longer shall the shepherds feed themselves. I will rescue my sheep from their mouths, that they may not be food for them.

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    上帝透過先知譴責那些不盡責的牧人，要將他們的牧羊之權利奪回，使他們不再做牧羊的人。這也讓我們知道上帝要滅猶大和以色列的原因，因為那些為領袖的，沒有做好領袖之責。

    同樣，今日我們在教會牧會的人，也要常常警醒自己有沒有完成上帝的託付，還是將自己的利益擺在前面呢？我們要忠心的牧養主的羊，才會得著主的賞賜，才對得起主的呼召！

    求主幫助，讓我們為主耶穌的緣故，好好牧主用寶血所贖回來的羊群，這是主付出重價所召回來的羊，若沒有保守他們到見主面，是虧欠上帝的慈愛與拯救，主必追討喔！

以西結書34章

    以西結書34:1-6  ,  以西結書34:7-10 ,  以西結書34:11-16  ,  以西結書34:17-24  ,  以西結書34:25-31  ,

以西結書34:1-6

34:1 耶和華的話臨到我說：

34:2 「人子啊，你要向以色列的牧人發預言，攻擊他們，說，主耶和華如此說：禍哉！以色列的牧人只知牧養自己。牧人豈不當牧養群羊嗎？

34:3 你們吃脂油、穿羊毛、宰肥壯的，卻不牧養群羊。

34:4 瘦弱的，你們沒有養壯；有病的，你們沒有醫治；受傷的，你們沒有纏裹；被逐的，你們沒有領回；失喪的，你們沒有尋找；但用強暴嚴嚴地轄制。

34:5 因無牧人，羊就分散；既分散，便作了一切野獸的食物。

34:6 我的羊在諸山間、在各高岡上流離，在全地上分散，無人去尋，無人去找。

1 And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, even to the shepherds, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah:Woe unto the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the sheep? 3 Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill the fatlings; but ye feed not the sheep. 4 The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought back that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with rigor have ye ruled over them. 5 And they were scattered, because there was no shepherd; and they became food to all the beasts of the field, and were scattered. 6 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill:yea, my sheep were scattered upon all the face of the earth; and there was none that did search or seek after them.

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    先知在這裡說到牧者沒有盡責照顧好羊群，讓「瘦弱的」、「有病的」、「受傷的」、「被逐的」、「失喪的」未受到妥善的照顧；只知道要「吃脂油、穿羊毛、宰肥壯的」，卻不知好好牧養群羊。導致羊群如同無牧人一般，被野獸欺負、沒有安居之所，到處漂泊與流浪！

    先知所比喻的牧人，就是指領袖，在當時是指國王和政府官員與軍事將領，他們都是領受民脂民膏，卻不行公義與好憐憫，以至於國家敗亡，民不聊生，這是上帝感到非常難過的事！所以要先知來發預言攻擊他們。

    今天的牧人專指教會的牧師、傳道師、長老及執事等治理教會的人，大家要在基督裡本著主尋找亡羊的精神，來照顧弟兄姐妹，關懷弱勢的人。由其是對於靈性貧窮的人，更是要付出關懷，雖然他們會拒絕、會抵抗，但是不要忘記他們的內心是脆弱無助的！

以西結書33:30-33

33:30 「人子啊，你本國的子民在牆垣旁邊、在房屋門口談論你。弟兄對弟兄彼此說：『來吧！聽聽有甚麼話從耶和華而出。』

33:31 他們來到你這裡如同民來聚會，坐在你面前彷彿是我的民。他們聽你的話卻不去行；因為他們的口多顯愛情，心卻追隨財利。

33:32 他們看你如善於奏樂、聲音幽雅之人所唱的雅歌，他們聽你的話卻不去行。

33:33 看哪，所說的快要應驗；應驗了，他們就知道在他們中間有了先知。」

“As for you, son of man, your people who talk together about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses, say to one another, each to his brother, ‘Come, and hear what the word is that comes from the Lord.’  And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for with lustful talk in their mouths they act; their heart is set on their gain.  And behold, you are to them like one who sings lustful songs with a beautiful voice and plays well on an instrument, for they hear what you say, but they will not do it.  When this comes—and come it will!—then they will know that a prophet has been among them.”

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被擄的以色列人現在認為以西結是真先知，但是他們對這件事情的反應是：去聽聽先知的預言。這就是一般人聽講道的心態，用一種事不關己的態度來面對先知的話，聽了卻不去行。因為，這些人根本不知道什麼是「先知」，個不理會先知的信息。

    今日教會做禮拜的會眾，是不是也是存著「聽演講」的心理來教會？只把講道當作人生的參考，不將講員釋放的信息當成上帝的話，認為聽從也好，不聽從也好，這樣的人就會失去上帝所要賜的福分！因為上帝的話，是要聽完而遵行，就會蒙福！

    讓我們用熱切的心來聽道，並且努力遵行，這樣我們就可以靠耶穌基督得著永生了！