旧约 - 耶利米书(Jeremiah)第6章

"Flee for safety, people of Benjamin! Flee from Jerusalem! Sound the trumpet in Tekoa! Raise the signal over Beth Hakkerem! For disaster looms out of the north, even terrible destruction.
I will destroy the Daughter of Zion, so beautiful and delicate.
Shepherds with their flocks will come against her; they will pitch their tents around her, each tending his own portion."
"Prepare for battle against her! Arise, let us attack at noon! But, alas, the daylight is fading, and the shadows of evening grow long.
So arise, let us attack at night and destroy her fortresses!"
This is what the LORD Almighty says: "Cut down the trees and build siege ramps against Jerusalem. This city must be punished; it is filled with oppression.
As a well pours out its water, so she pours out her wickedness. Violence and destruction resound in her; her sickness and wounds are ever before me.
Take warning, O Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you and make your land desolate so no one can live in it."
This is what the LORD Almighty says: "Let them glean the remnant of Israel as thoroughly as a vine; pass your hand over the branches again, like one gathering grapes."
To whom can I speak and give warning? Who will listen to me? Their ears are closed so they cannot hear. The word of the LORD is offensive to them; they find no pleasure in it.
But I am full of the wrath of the LORD, and I cannot hold it in. "Pour it out on the children in the street and on the young men gathered together; both husband and wife will be caught in it, and the old, those weighed down with years.
Their houses will be turned over to others, together with their fields and their wives, when I stretch out my hand against those who live in the land," declares the LORD.
"From the least to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; prophets and priests alike, all practice deceit.
They dress the wound of my people as though it were not serious. 'Peace, peace,' they say, when there is no peace.
Are they ashamed of their loathsome conduct? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; they will be brought down when I punish them," says the LORD.
This is what the LORD says: "Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But you said, 'We will not walk in it.'
I appointed watchmen over you and said, 'Listen to the sound of the trumpet!' But you said, 'We will not listen.'
Therefore hear, O nations; observe, O witnesses, what will happen to them.
Hear, O earth: I am bringing disaster on this people, the fruit of their schemes, because they have not listened to my words and have rejected my law.
What do I care about incense from Sheba or sweet calamus from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please me."
Therefore this is what the LORD says: "I will put obstacles before this people. Fathers and sons alike will stumble over them; neighbors and friends will perish."
This is what the LORD says: "Look, an army is coming from the land of the north; a great nation is being stirred up from the ends of the earth.
They are armed with bow and spear; they are cruel and show no mercy. They sound like the roaring sea as they ride on their horses; they come like men in battle formation to attack you, O Daughter of Zion."
We have heard reports about them, and our hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, pain like that of a woman in labor.
Do not go out to the fields or walk on the roads, for the enemy has a sword, and there is terror on every side.
O my people, put on sackcloth and roll in ashes; mourn with bitter wailing as for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.
"I have made you a tester of metals and my people the ore, that you may observe and test their ways.
They are all hardened rebels, going about to slander. They are bronze and iron; they all act corruptly.
The bellows blow fiercely to burn away the lead with fire, but the refining goes on in vain; the wicked are not purged out.
They are called rejected silver, because the LORD has rejected them."
耶利米书第六章   第 6 章 

  耶 6:1> 先知为什么警告便雅悯人逃出耶路撤冷?难道连圣城也不安全吗? 

  6:1 耶和华警告耶利米所属的便雅悯支派赶快逃到耶路撒冷以南约十九公里的提哥亚城,因为耶路撒冷的城墙虽然坚固,却要遭到敌人的围困,而烽烟也会在耶路撒冷与伯利恒之间的伯哈基琳升起。 

  耶 6:3> 牧人与羊群是比喻什么? 

  6:3 牧人是指巴比伦军队的将领,羊群则是他们的部下。 

  耶 6:9> “剩下的民”是指什么人而言?他们会怎样被敌军掳掠? 

  6:9 这里提到的“剩下的民”并非指之前所说那些遗下的义人,而是指耶路撒冷第一次遭侵犯劫后余生的百姓。巴比伦就像摘葡萄的人一样,要掳尽所有人才肯罢休。巴比伦曾三次入侵犹大,最后吞灭全国,毁坏圣殿(参王下 24-25 章)。 %5 

  耶 6:10> 先知哀叹,没有人再愿意聆听神的话。先知若生在今世,他会有同样的哀叹吗? 

  6:10 百姓怒气填膺,充耳不闻耶利米所讲的信息。为神而活看来不像他们想像的那样令人兴奋,所以犹大人完全不想接受神的命令。今日世人也像耶利米时代的百姓那样,不爱遵守神的命令过有节制的生活。不管人们对神的道反应如何,我们都要坚持宣讲下去,这个责任已经托付给我们了,至于别人听不听、接受与否则由他们自己向神交待。我们该说的话就要说,不要为听众的喜好左右。 

  耶 6:14> 百姓对灵性上的堕落不再重视,多少像是今天物质社会中的属灵景象…… 

  6:14 “不理它就没事了!”这句话是不是很熟悉?这就是以色列人听完耶利米的警告后所作的回答。他们只爱听平安无事的预言,不爱听耶利米谴责他们罪行的话。然而,否认事实并不能改变事实,神说过的话必定兑现。否认罪也不能抹掉罪,惟一的出路是向神承认自己犯罪得罪了祂,求祂宽恕赦免。 

  耶 6:16> 穷尽碧落黄泉,访寻古人所走过敬畏神的道…… 

  6:16 生命的正道就是那神坚立的古道。百姓不肯走神的道路,偏要走自己的道路。我们今天也面对同样的选择:是跟从神真理的古道,还是自己另辟新径。不要误入歧途,只有走在神的道路上心灵才得安息。 

  耶 6:20> 这示巴── 

  6:20 示巴位于阿拉伯西南部,是买卖外邦宗教礼仪中所用的香烛和香料的贸易中心。 

  耶 6:29-30> 含杂质太多的银,只是无甚价值的东西。我的生命若经检验,是否也是被弃的银渣? 

  6:29-30 金属经火冶炼后,杂质全被烧掉,变得更加纯净,成为完全炼净的金属。然而,神虽然不断试炼犹大人,但是他们仍然沉溺于罪恶的生活,生命中没有丝毫炼净之处。你看见自己有哪些不洁净的地方要神炼净的吗?向祂陈明你的需要,等候祂按祂心意炼净你吧!反省一下哪些地方已经得蒙炼净,向祂感恩吧!──《灵修版圣经注释》