Oct23【每日活水】唯有 SHEN 是地上万国的 SHEN

以赛亚书37：8~20

亚述人再来威胁

（王下19‧8－19）

8 拉伯沙基回去，正遇见亚述王攻打立拿；原来他早听见亚述王拔营离开拉吉。

9 亚述王听见人论古实王特哈加说：「他出来要与你争战。」亚述王一听见，就打发使者去见希西家，吩咐他们说：

10「你们对犹大王希西家如此说：『不要听你所倚靠的　 SHEN 欺哄你说：耶路撒冷必不交在亚述王的手中。

11 你总听说亚述诸王向列国所行的乃是尽行灭绝，难道你还能得救吗？

12 我列祖所毁灭的，就是歌散、哈兰、利色，和属提‧拉撒的伊甸人；这些国的 SHEN 何曾拯救这些国呢？

13 哈马的王，亚珥拔的王，西法瓦音城的王，希拿和以瓦的王，都在哪里呢？』」

14 希西家从使者手里接过书信来，看完了，就上耶/和/华的殿，将书信在耶/和/华面前展开。

15 希西家向耶/和/华dao告说：

16「坐在二基路伯上万军之耶/和/华－以色列的　 SHEN 啊，你－惟有你是天下万国的　 SHEN ，你曾创造天地。

17 耶/和/华啊，求你侧耳而听；耶/和/华啊，求你睁眼而看，要听西拿基立的一切话，他是打发使者来辱骂永生　 SHEN 的。

18 耶/和/华啊，亚述诸王果然使列国和列国之地变为荒凉，

19 将列国的 SHEN 像都扔在火里；因为他本不是 SHEN ，乃是人手所造的，是木头、石头的，所以灭绝他。

20 耶/和/华－我们的　 SHEN 啊，现在求你救我们脱离亚述王的手，使天下万国都知道惟有你是耶/和/华。」

8 When the field commander heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.

9 Now Sennacherib received a report that Tirhakah, the king of Cush, was marching out to fight against him. When he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah with this word:

10 “Say to Hezekiah king of Judah: Do not let the god you depend on deceive you when he says, ‘Jerusalem will not be given into the hands of the king of Assyria.’

11 Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the countries, destroying them completely. And will you be delivered?

12 Did the gods of the nations that were destroyed by my predecessors deliver them—the gods of Gozan, Harran, Rezeph and the people of Eden who were in Tel Assar?

13 Where is the king of Hamath or the king of Arpad? Where are the kings of Lair, Sepharvaim, Hena and Ivvah?”

Hezekiah’s Prayer

14 Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers and read it. Then he went up to the temple of the Lord and spread it out before the Lord.

15 And Hezekiah prayed to the Lord:

16 “Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, you alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.

17 Give ear, Lord, and hear; open your eyes, Lord, and see; listen to all the words Sennacherib has sent to ridicule the living God.

18 “It is true, Lord, that the Assyrian kings have laid waste all these peoples and their lands.

19 They have thrown their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods but only wood and stone, fashioned by human hands.

20 Now, Lord our God, deliver us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you, Lord, are the only God.”

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内容观察

1.亚述王西拿基立差使者如何嘲讽希西家王?(10~13节)

2.面对亚述王的嘲讽和威胁，希西家有何行动?(14~20节)

思考与默想

3.面对亚述王的嘲讽和威胁，希西家王为什么不向他人寻求帮助，而是直接来到 SHEN 的面前?

个人感受

4.看到希西家王记起 SHEN 所成就的事并全心信靠 SHEN ，向 SHEN dao告，我有什么感想?

决心与应用

5.我何时曾在苦难中寻求并经历 SHEN 的帮助?

6.为了信靠 SHEN 来面对生活中的问题，我决定要怎么做?

古实 (9节): 即衣索比亚。

灵/修指南

亚述王西拿基立派将军包围了耶路撒冷，被大军包围的希西家王陷人绝望，这时出人意料的事情发生了，亚述将军突然撤回他的大军。因为听到古实王特哈加要出来攻击亚述，亚述将军担心立拿要塞被攻陷，于是启程返回亚述王那里(8~9节)。西拿基立在撤军时，差使者去见希西家，一边夸耀亚述王的能力，一边威胁希西家不要倚靠 SHEN ，目的是希望希西家能够尽快投降 (10~13节)。希西家看完使者的书信，就上耶/和/华的殿，然而，他不是为了寻求政治和军事上的解决，而是为了 SHEN 所行的事和弛的荣耀而dao告 (14~20节)。如今，战争已不再是希西家和西拿基立之间的战争，而是 SHEN 和西拿基立之间的战争。希西家因为经历过 SHEN 的大能，因此能够全然信靠 SHEN 。盼望我们也能够铭记 SHEN 所成就的事和他的荣耀，宣告他是地上万国的 SHEN ，作全然信靠和交托的信心儿女。

内室dao告

愿我铭记 SHEN 所成就的事，宣告 SHEN 是地上万国的 SHEN ，作一个全然信靠和交托的信心儿女。

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