Aug 30 【每日活水】 SHEN 掌管历史

 

以赛亚书13:1~16

SHEN 要惩罚巴比伦
1 亚摩斯的儿子以赛亚得默示,论巴比伦
2 应当在净光的山竖立大旗,
向群众扬声招手,
使他们进入贵胄的门。
3 我吩咐我所挑出来的人;
我招呼我的勇士-
就是那矜夸高傲之辈,
为要成就我怒中所定的。
4 山间有多人的声音,
好像是大国人民。
有许多国的民聚集哄嚷的声音;
这是万军之耶/和/华点齐军队,预备打仗。
5 他们从远方来,
从天边来,
就是耶/和/华并他恼恨的兵器
要毁灭这全地。
6 你们要哀号,
因为耶/和/华的日子临近了!
这日来到,
好像毁灭从全能者来到。
7 所以,人手都必软弱;
人心都必消化。
8 他们必惊惶悲痛;
愁苦必将他们抓住。
他们疼痛,好像产难的妇人一样,
彼此惊奇相看,脸如火焰。
9 耶/和/华的日子临到,
必有残忍、忿恨、烈怒,
使这地荒凉,
从其中除灭罪人。
10 天上的众星群宿都不发光;
日头一出就变黑暗;
月亮也不放光。
11 我必因邪恶刑罚世界,
因罪孽刑罚恶人,
使骄傲人的狂妄止息,
制伏强暴人的狂傲。
12 我必使人比精金还少,
使人比俄斐纯金更少。
13 我-万军之耶/和/华在忿恨中发烈怒的日子,
必使天震动,
使地摇撼,离其本位。
14 人必像被追赶的鹿,
像无人收聚的羊,
各归回本族,
各逃到本土。
15 凡被仇敌追上的必被刺死;
凡被捉住的必被刀杀。
16 他们的婴孩必在他们眼前摔碎;
他们的房屋必被抢夺;
他们的妻子必被玷污。
A Prophecy Against Babylon
1 A prophecy against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz saw:
2 Raise a banner on a bare hilltop,
shout to them;
beckon to them
to enter the gates of the nobles.
3 I have commanded those I prepared for battle;
I have summoned my warriors to carry out my wrath—
those who rejoice in my triumph.
4 Listen, a noise on the mountains,
like that of a great multitude!
Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms,
like nations massing together!
The Lord Almighty is mustering
an army for war.
5 They come from faraway lands,
from the ends of the heavens—
the Lord and the weapons of his wrath—
to destroy the whole country.
6 Wail, for the day of the Lord is near;
it will come like destruction from the Almighty.
7 Because of this, all hands will go limp,
every heart will melt with fear.
8 Terror will seize them,
pain and anguish will grip them;
they will writhe like a woman in labor.
They will look aghast at each other,
their faces aflame.
9 See, the day of the Lord is coming
—a cruel day, with wrath and fierce anger—
to make the land desolate
and destroy the sinners within it.
10 The stars of heaven and their constellations
will not show their light.
The rising sun will be darkened
and the moon will not give its light.
11 I will punish the world for its evil,
the wicked for their sins.
I will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty
and will humble the pride of the ruthless.
12 I will make people scarcer than pure gold,
more rare than the gold of Ophir.
13 Therefore I will make the heavens tremble;
and the earth will shake from its place
at the wrath of the Lord Almighty,
in the day of his burning anger.
14 Like a hunted gazelle,
like sheep without a shepherd,
they will all return to their own people,
they will flee to their native land.
15 Whoever is captured will be thrust through;
all who are caught will fall by the sword.
16 Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes;
their houses will be looted and their wives violated.
 

内容观察

1. SHEN 召集的军队从何而来?(5节)

2.以赛亚说,审判的日子巴比伦将遭受怎样的痛苦?(6~16节)

 

思考与默想

 

3. SHEN 为什么要如此彻底地毁灭巴比伦?
 

个人感受

4.看到 SHEN 审判不可一世的巴比伦,我有什么感想?
 

决心与应用

5.我何时曾忘记 SHEN 是恨恶罪的公义之 SHEN 而反复犯罪?

6.为了向不知道 SHEN 的审判的人传 SHEN 的话语,我决定要怎么做?

远方 (5节): 指蒙 SHEN 呼召审判巴比伦的玛代和波斯。

灵/修指南

以赛亚预言, SHEN 将召集耶/和/华的军队来审判巴比伦。天边 (5节),指的是天地相连之处,即位于当时犹大以东的底格里斯河和幼发拉底河周边的玛代和波斯。这不仅有地域上的意义,更表明 SHEN 不惜召集天边的军队来审判巴比伦的意志。人的骄傲及其带来的罪恶必将引起 SHEN 的震怒和惩罚(11节)。以赛亚预言的时候,巴比伦还是亚述帝国的一部分,直到一百多年后才成长为强大的帝国。 SHEN 要审判尚未成为帝国的巴比伦的预言,显明 SHEN 超越时空掌管历史的大能。盼望我们不要被这个世上看似强大的事物夺去心志,而要时时在 SHEN 面前谦卑,作一个谦卑顺从的 JI DU 徒。
 

内室dao告

求 SHEN 使我不被眼前的事物迷惑,全然信靠掌管历史的 SHEN 。

 

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