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以赛亚书生命读经 · 第17篇

耶和华因以色列倚靠埃及而对

Jehovah’s Dealing With Israel’s Reliance
1以色列所施的对付，并祂对列国
1On Egypt And His Dealing With The Nations
所施的对付，结果使以色列转向
Issuing In Israel’s Turn To Him And In
2祂，并使祂归回以色列，带来复兴
2His Return To Israel With The Restoration
3读经：以赛亚书三十至三十一章。
3Scripture Reading: Isa. 30—31
4以赛亚写这卷书的时候，他里面有一种神圣的思路，神圣的哲理。这神圣的哲理包括神对以色列的惩治、祂对列国的审判、以色列的复兴、受造而堕落之物的复兴、以及包罗万有之基督的引进。
4Isaiah had a divine way of thinking, a divine philosophy, within him when he wrote his book. This divine philosophy included God’s chastisement of Israel, His judgment upon the nations, the restoration of Israel, the restoration of the created yet fallen things, and the ushering in of the all- inclusive Christ
5首先，神『雇用』以色列作祂的见证。但以色列叫神失望了。然后神雇用以色列周围的列国来惩治祂的选民。然而，他们没有照著神的心意行。他们对以色列的惩治作得太过分，就得罪了神。结果，神进来把以色列人和周围的列国都『解雇』了。这事给以赛亚极深刻的印象。
5At first, God “hired” Israel to be His testimony, His witness. But Israel failed God. Then God hired the many nations around Israel to chastise His chosen people. However, they did not do this according to what God had in His heart. They chastised Israel excessively, and this offended God. As a result, God came in to “fire” both the children of Israel and the surrounding nations. This matter was deeply impressed upon Isaiah
6神对以色列的惩治，以及祂对那些向以色列作得太过分之列国的审判，带进三件事：（一）以色列被带回归神；（二）受造之物得复兴；（三）包罗万有的基督被引进。随著以色列归向神，受造而堕落之物便得了复兴。神想要复兴受造而堕落之物，却需要以色列来引进这复兴。当以色列转向神的时候，万物都要得复兴。然后包罗万有的基督就要被引进。这就是以赛亚书里神圣的哲理。
6God’s chastisement of Israel and His judgment upon the nations who exercised excessive action upon Israel issues in three things: 1) Israel is brought back to God; 2) the created things are restored; and 3) the all-inclusive Christ is ushered in. The restoration of the created yet fallen things goes along with Israel’s return to God. God intends to restore the created and fallen things, but there is the need for Israel to usher in this restoration. When Israel turns to God, there will be the restoration of all things. Then the all-inclusive Christ will be ushered in. This is the divine philosophy in the book of Isaiah
7这神圣的哲理今天可以应用在我们身上。不管我们是谁，种族、文化、国籍如何，对神来说我们都是彻底失败的。这样的看见会使我们转向神。我们的成功绝不会叫我们转向神；但当我们看见自己的失败时，我们就会谦卑，看见自己有所需要，并且会悔改，承认自己是没有希望的。我们可能不知道自己需要甚么，但我们知道自己有所需要。至终，包罗万有的基督就进来满足我们的需要。
7This divine philosophy applies to us today. No matter who we are and what our race, culture, or nationality may be, we all are utter failures as far as God is concerned. This kind of realization will cause us to turn to God. Our success never causes us to turn to God. But when we look at our failures, we are humbled, we realize that we have a need, and we repent, confessing that we are hopeless. Although we may not know what we need, we know that we need something. Eventually, the all - inclusive Christ comes in to meet our need.
8特别在以赛亚豫言的头三十九章里，他的中心思想乃是神的惩治，结果使以色列归向神，并带来复兴和包罗万有的基督。这就是支配以赛亚书的逻辑，属灵、属天的哲理。这点虽然没有清楚的写出来，却是以赛亚著作基本和管治的原则。当我们来看三十和三十一章的时候，我盼望我们都看见这极重要的事并把牠存记在心；在这二章我们要看见耶和华因以色列倚靠埃及而对以色列所施的对付，并祂对列国所施的对付，结果使以色列转向祂，也使祂归回以色列，带来复兴。
8Especially in the first thirty-nine chapters of his prophecy, Isaiah’s thought is focused on God’s chastisement issuing in a return to God and bringing in the restoration and the all-inclusive Christ. This is the logic, the spiritual and heavenly philosophy, that dominates the book of Isaiah. Although this is not clearly written, it is nevertheless the basic and governing principle of Isaiah’s writing. I hope that we will all see this crucial matter and keep it in mind as we turn to chapters thirty and thirty-one, where we will see that Jehovah’s dealing with Israel’s reliance on Egypt and His dealing with the nations issue in Israel’s turn to Him and in His return to Israel with the restoration
壹 、耶和华因以色列倚靠埃及，而对以色列所施的对付
I. Jehovah’s Dealing With Israel’s Reliance On Egypt
9以赛亚三十章一至十七节和三十一章一节，说到耶和华因以色列倚靠
9Isaiah 30:1-17 and 31:1 speak of Jehovah’s dealing with Israel’s reliance on Egypt
10埃及，而对以色列所施的对付。
10A. The Rebellious Children Going down to Egypt
一 、悖逆的儿女下埃及去
11在三十章一、二节，申言者对悖逆的儿女说，祸哉，他们同谋却不由于耶和华，奠酒结盟却不由于耶和华的灵，以至罪上加罪；他们起身下埃及去，并没有求问耶和华，要避难于法老的避难所，那必作他们的羞辱，并投庇于埃及的荫下，那要成为他们的惭愧。这些奠酒乃是外邦人向他们的偶像所浇灌的奠祭。当两方或两国结盟或联盟的时候，会将酒浇在地上以指明他们已经结盟。以色列就是这样与埃及结了盟。所以，法老的避难所必作他们的羞辱，埃及的荫下要成为他们的惭愧。埃及人对以色列人并非帮助，也非利益，只作羞耻和凌辱。（赛三十3～5。）
11In 30:1 and 2 the prophet speaks woe to the rebellious children, who devise counsel but not of Jehovah, and who pour out libations of alliance, but not of Jehovah’s Spirit, in order to add sin upon sin; who go down to Egypt, yet do not ask of Jehovah’s mouth, to take refuge in the refuge of Pharaoh, and to take shelter in the shadow of Egypt, which is their humiliation. These libations were drink offerings which the Gentiles poured out to their idols. When two parties or nations made an alliance or formed a league, they would pour a libation upon the earth to indicate that they had made an alliance. Israel had formed such an alliance with Egypt. Therefore, the refuge of Pharaoh will be their shame, and shelter in the shadow of Egypt, their humiliation. The people of Egypt cannot be a help or a profit to them but rather a shame and also a reproach (vv. 3-5
12在豫表中，埃及表征世界。每当神的子民在堕落的光景中，或低沉的情形里，他们就下到埃及去。（创四二2。）亚伯拉罕曾经这样。（创十二10。）今天，当基督徒下沉的时候，他们总是下到世界去。下到埃及去，倚靠埃及，或与埃及联合，就是罪。下到世界去，或倚靠世界，对我们绝非利益、荣耀或帮助，反而带来惭愧、羞耻和凌辱。（赛三十3，5。）我看过许多圣徒因对召会生活不满意而转向世界，然后他们进到世界里，至终留在其中，许多人就回不来了。
12In typology Egypt signifies the world. Whenever God’sp eople are in a fallen condition or lowest ate, they go to Egypt (Gen. 42:10). Abraham did this (Gen. 12:10). Today, when Christians become low, they often go to the world. To go to Egypt, to rely upon Egypt, or to make an association with Egypt is sin. To go to the world or to rely upon the world can never be a profit, glory, or help to us. It always issues in humiliation, shame, and reproach (Isa. 3 0:5). I have seen a good number of saints who became unhappy with the church life and turned to the world. Then they went into the world, and eventually they stayed in the world. Many of them could not return from the world.
13我们在这里需要学一个功课。无论我们多低沉，都不该下到世界去。反之，我们要向上看。当我们向上看，主就有路将我们带起来。
13Here we need to learn a lesson. No matter how low we may be, we should not go to the world. Instead, we should look up. When we look up, the Lord has a way to bring us up
14二、他们是悖逆的百姓，说谎的儿女，不肯听从耶和华训诲的儿女
14B. Being a Rebellious People, False Children, Children Who Refuse to Hear the Instruction of Jehovah
15以赛亚三十章九节说，『因为他们是悖逆的百姓，说谎的儿女，不肯听从耶和华教诲的儿女。』这里的教诲是指按著律法的教训，是神在律法中给祂子民的神圣教诲。没有律法，旧约里神的子民就没有甚么教诲。然而在以赛亚三十章这里，他们不肯听从律法的教诲。
15Isaiah 30:9 says, “For this is a rebellious people,/ False children,/Children who refuse to hear/ The instruction of Jehovah.” Here instruction indicates a teaching which is according to the law; it is the divine instruction given to God’sp eople in the law. Apart from the law, God’sp eople in the Old Testament did not have any instruction. However, in Isaiah 30 they refused to hear the instruction of the law
16在十五节，主耶和华以色列的圣者说，『你们得救在乎归回安息；你们得力在乎平静安稳。』他们若归向神，安息在祂里面，他们就必得救。今天，我们首先要归向神并安息在祂里面，然后我们就必平静安稳，也必得著能力。
16In verse 15 Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, says, “In returning and rest you will be saved; / In quietness and in trust will be your strength.” If they would return to God and rest in Him, they would be saved. Today, we first need to return to God and rest in Him. Then we will be quiet, we will trust, and we will have strength
17然而，以色列不愿归向神并安息于祂，却说，『不然，我们要骑马奔逃。』（赛三十16上。）所以他们必然逃跑，以致剩下的，好像山顶的旗竿，冈上的旗帜。（赛三十17。）
17However, Israel was not willing to return to God and rest in Him. Rather, they said, “No, for we will flee on horses” (v. 16a). Therefore, they will flee until they are left like a bare mast upon a mountaintop and a standard on a hill (v. 17
贰 、耶和华对列国所施的对付
II. Jehovah’s Dealing With The Nations
18耶和华对付了以色列之后，接著就对付列国。
18After Jehovah deals with Israel, He deals with the nations
19一、耶和华的名从远方来
19A. The Name of Jehovah Coming from a Distance
20三十章二十七节告诉我们，耶和华的名从远方而来，怒气烧起，密烟上腾；祂的嘴唇满有忿恨，祂的舌头像吞灭的火。祂的气如涨溢的河水，直涨到颈项，要用毁灭的筛箩，筛净列国。（赛三十28。）这里的『筛净』表征毁灭的结果。神用毁灭的筛箩来筛净列国，并且在众民的口中，必有使人错行的嚼环。
20In 30:27 we are told that the name of Jehovah comes from a distance, burning with His anger and heavy with smoke. His lips are full of indignation, and His tongue is like a devouring fire. His breath, like an overflowing stream, reaches up to the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of nothingness (v. 28). Here nothingness signifies the result of destruction. God sifts the nations with the sieve of destruction. Furthermore, a bridle that leads them to err is in the jaws of the peoples.
二 、耶和华必使人听祂威严的声音
B. Jehovah Causing the Majesty of His Voice to Be Heard
21耶和华必使人听祂威严的声音，又显祂抡下的手臂，和祂怒中的忿恨，并吞灭的火焰，与霹雷、暴风、冰雹。（赛三十30。）亚述人必因耶和华的声音惊惶；耶和华必用杖击打他。（赛三十31。）耶和华将命定的杖，加在他身上，每打一下，人必击鼓弹琴；打仗的时候，耶和华必抡动兵器，与他交战。（赛三十32。）他们的王必在陀斐特的火中焚烧。（赛三十33。）陀斐特是耶路撒冷附近的一个深谷，各种污秽之物都扔在那里焚烧；那地的火终年不熄，是火湖的象征。（启二十15。）
21Jehovah will cause the majesty of His voice to be heard and the descending of His arm to be seen, with the blasting of anger and the flame of devouring fire, in cloudburst, downpour, and hailstones (v. 30). For at the voice of Jehovah, Assyria will be dismayed; with a staff He will strike (v. 31). Every pass of the appointed rod, which Jehovah will lay upon him, will be with tambourines and harps; and in battles of brandishing weapons He will fight against them (v. 32). Their king will be burned in the fire of Topheth (v. 33). Topheth, a valley of continual fire not far from Jerusalem where filthy and evil things were burned, is a symbol of the lake of fire (Rev. 20:15
22三、耶和华兴起攻击那作恶之人的家
22C. Jehovah Rising Up against the House of Evildoers
23按以赛亚三十一章二、三节，耶和华兴起攻击作恶之人的家，就是那些下埃及求帮助的；又攻击帮助作孽之人的。埃及人不过是人，并不是神；他们的马不过是血肉，并不是灵。因此耶和华必伸出祂的手，那帮助人的必绊跌，那受帮助的也必跌倒，都一同灭亡。
23According to Isaiah 31:2 and 3, Jehovah will rise up against the house of evildoers, who go down to Egypt for help and commit iniquity, and against those who help them. The Egyptians are mere men and not God, and their horses are mere flesh and not spirit. Thus Jehovah will stretch out His hand, and he who helps will stumble, he who is helped will fall, and all of them will be consumed together
24四、亚述人必倒在非人手所造的刀下
24D. The Assyrian Falling by the Sword Not of a Man
25亚述人必倒在非人手所造的刀下；必有非人手所造的刀要将他吞灭。因此，他必逃避这刀；他的少年人，必被迫作苦工。（赛三一8。）关于亚述人，那有火在锡安，有炉在耶路撒冷的耶和华宣告说，『他的磐石，必因惊吓挪去；他的首领，必因旗帜惊惶。』（赛三一9。）神对祂的百姓将是火和炉。
25The Assyrian will fall by the sword not of a man, and the sword not of man will devour him. Thus he will flee from a sword, and his young men will be forced into labor (v. 8). Concerning the Assyrian, Jehovah, whose fire is in Zion and whose furnace is in Jerusalem, declares, “ And his rock will pass away in terror,/And his princes will be dismayed by the standard” (v. 9). To His people God will be the fire and the furnace
参 、结果使以色列转向耶和华
III. Issuing In Israel’s Turn To Jehovah
26三十章十五节和三十一章六、七节，记载耶和华因以色列倚靠埃及而对以色列所施的对付，并祂对列国所施的对付，结果使以色列转向耶和华。我们已经看见，在三十章十五节耶和华说，『你们得救在乎归回安息；你们得力在乎平静安稳。』在三十一章六、七节以赛亚说，『以色列人哪，你们深深的悖逆耶和华，现今要归向祂。到那日各人必将他的银偶像，金偶像，就是亲手所造陷自己在罪中的，都抛弃了。』
26In 3 0:1 5 and 3 1:6 and 7 we have a word concerning Jehovah’s dealing with Israel’s reliance on Egypt and His dealing with the nations issuing in Israel’s turn to Jehovah. As we have seen, in 30:15 Jehovah says, “In returning and rest you will be saved; / In quietness and in trust will be your strength.” In 31:6 and 7 Isaiah says, “Return to Him from whom men have deeply revolted, O children of Israel. For in that day each man will cast away his idols of silver and his idols of gold, which your hands have made for you as a sin.”
肆 、结果使耶和华归回以色列
IV . Issuing In Jehovah’s Return To Israel
27一、耶和华等候要施恩给以色列
27A. Jehovah Waiting to Be Gracious to Israel
28耶和华等候要施恩给以色列。因此耶和华必然兴起，好怜悯他们。因为耶和华是公平的神；凡等候祂的，都是有福的。（赛三十18。）
28Jehovah waits to be gracious to Israel. Therefore, He remains on high to have compassion on them; for He is a God of justice. Blessed are those who wait for Him (30:18
二 、耶和华必降临在锡安山上争战
B. Jehovah Descending to Wage War on Mount Zion
29狮子和少壮狮子，获食咆哮，就是喊许多牧人来攻击牠，牠总不因他们的声音惊惶，也不因他们的喧哗缩伏；万军之耶和华也必如此降临在锡安山上和山冈上争战。飞鸟怎样，万军之耶和华也要照样保护耶路撒冷；祂必保护且要拯救，祂必越过，且要搭救。（赛三一4～5。）正如有一段时期耶和华曾放弃以色列，照样，时期将到，祂要像鸟覆雏，必转回保护以色列。
29As the lion or the lion cub roars over its prey and because of it a crowd of shepherds is called out, but it is not frightened by their voice, nor overcome by their noise, so Jehovah will descend to wage war on Mount Zion and on its hill. Like flying birds so will Jehovah of hosts protect Jerusalem. He will protect and deliver it; He will pass over and rescue it (31:4- 5). Just as there was a time when Jehovah gave up Israel, so there will be a time when He, like birds overshadowing their young, will return to Israel and protect her
三 、耶和华有火在锡安，有炉在耶路撒冷
C. Jehovah’s Fire Being in Zion and His Furnace Being in Jerusalem
30耶和华有火在锡安，有炉在耶路撒冷，为要保护以色列。（赛三一9下。）
30Jehovah’s fire is in Zion and His furnace is in Jerusalem for the protection of Israel (v. 9b
伍 、带来复兴
V . With The Restoration
31当耶和华归回以色列的时候，必带来复兴。
31When Jehovah returns to Israel, He will return with the restoration
一 、百姓必在锡安在耶路撒冷居住
A. A People Dwelling in Zion at Jerusalem
32百姓必在锡安在耶路撒冷居住，他们必不再哭泣。耶和华必因他们哀求的声音格外施恩给他们；祂听见的时候，就必应允他们。（赛三十19。）
32A people will dwell in Zion at Jerusalem, and they will weep no more. Jehovah will be most gracious to them at the sound of their cry. When He hears it, He will answer them (30:19
33主虽然以艰难给他们当饼，以困迫给他们当水，他们的教师却不再隐藏，他们的眼必看见他们的教师。他们或向左，或向右，必听见后边有声音说，『这是正路，要行在其间。』（赛三十20～21。）这里的教师就是基督。基督是我们的教师，祂不再隐藏。不再隐藏，原文为不再隐藏于角落，就是十字路口，即转弯的地方。当我们迷路或走错路，祂会让我们去。但当我们走到转角处的时候，祂就在那里。我们在十字路口时，要选择或向左或向右。（赛三十21。）那时，基督就在十字路口告诉我们要走的路。
33Though the Lord has given them the bread of adversity and the water of oppression, their Teacher will no longer hide Himself in a corner, but their eyes will see their Teacher. Also, when they turn to the right or to the left, their ears will hear a word behind them, saying, “This is the way, walk in it” (vv. 20-21). The Teacher here is Christ. As our Teacher, Christ will no longer hide Himself in a corner, that is, at the crossroads, the place where we make a turn. When we are going astray or are taking the wrong way, He lets us go. But when we arrive at a corner, He is there. At the crossroads we have the choice to go to the right or to the left (v. 21). It is at the crossroads that Christ tells us the way to take
34按二十二节，百姓雕刻偶像所包的银子，和铸造偶像所镀的金子，他们要将其玷污、抛弃，好像污秽之物；他们要对偶像说，『去罢。』他们将种子撒在地里，主必降雨在其上，使地所出的粮肥美丰盛。他们的牲畜必在宽阔的草场吃草。耕地的牛和驴驹，必吃加盐的料；这料是用木杴和杈子扬净的。不仅如此，各高山冈陵，必有川流河涌。（赛三十23～25。）今天在我们属灵的经历中，我们可以经历那灵如雨、如川流、如河涌。
34According to verse 22, the people will defile the silver covering of their graven images and the gold plating of their molten idols. They will scatter them like some dirty thing, saying to it, “Go away!” Then Jehovah will give rain for their seed, which they will sow in the ground, and the bread of the increase of the ground; and it will be fat and plenteous. Their livestock will feed in that day in a vast pasture, and the oxen and donkeys that work the ground will eat salted fodder that has been winnowed with shovel and fork. Moreover, upon every high mountain and upon every prominent hill there will be brooks and streams of water (vv. 23-25). In our spiritual experience today, we may experience the Spirit as rain, as brooks, and eventually as streams
35以赛亚在二十六节继续说到天象中的众光。当耶和华缠裹祂百姓的伤口，医治祂鞭打之伤的日子，月光必像日光，日光必加七倍，像七日的光一样。
35In verse 26 Isaiah goes on to speak regarding the lights in the heavenly host. The light of the moon will be like the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be sevenfold, like the light of seven days, on the day when Jehovah binds up the breach of His people and heals the wound left from His stroke
二 、百姓必歌唱，并且心中喜乐
B. The People Having a Song and Gladness of Heart
36在二十九节，我们看见百姓必唱歌，像节期圣别时的夜间一样；并且心中喜乐，像人吹笛，上耶和华的山，到以色列的磐石那里。这指明当耶和华归回祂的百姓，带来复兴的时候，他们的喜乐和享受是超凡的。
36In verse 29 we see that the people will have a song as in the night when the feast is sanctified. They will also have gladness of heart as when one marches to the flute to go to the mountain of Jehovah, to the Rock of Israel. This indicates that when Jehovah returns to His people with the restoration, their gladness and enjoyment will be extraordinary