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以赛亚书生命读经 · 第3篇

耶和华对祂所爱子民

The Salvation Of Jehovah To His
1及列国的救恩（二）
1Beloved People And The Nations (2
耶和华对祂所爱之儿女以色列的惩治，以及
Jehovah’s Chastisement On His Beloved Children Israel And
2祂对受惩治之子民
2His Loving Exhortation And Promise
爱的劝勉与应许
To His Chastised People
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3Scripture Reading: Isa. 1:5-9, 24-25, 28-31; 3:1-7; 4:1; 3:17-18, 24-26; 5:5-6, 9-10, 13-17, 24-30; 2:6; 25, 28-31; 3:1-7; 4:1; 3:17-18, 24-26; 5:5-1:16-20, 26-27 6, 9-10, 13-17, 24-30; 2:6; 1:16-20, 26-27
4读经：以赛亚书1:5-9,24-
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5在本篇信息中，我们要来看耶和华对祂所爱之儿女以色列的惩治，以及祂对受惩治之子民爱的劝勉与应许。
5In this message we will cover Jehovah’s chastisement on His beloved children Israel and His loving exhortation and promise to His chastised people
壹 、耶和华对祂所爱之儿女
I. JEHOVAH’S CHASTISEMENT
以色列的惩治
On His Beloved Children Israel
6神暴露了祂子民真实的光景以后，就进来对付他们，惩治他们。祂的惩治可视为一种行政的对付。
6After God exposes the actual situation of His people, He comes in to deal with them, to chastise them. His chastisement may be considered a governmental dealing
7虽然神的子民与外邦人不同，虽然在以赛亚书里，神对祂子民有为父、为母、为丈夫这三重的爱；但神仍然需要对付他们。神的对付往往比祂的审判更严厉。祂可能会让不信者过去，但祂不会让我们过去。祂对付我们的时候是非常严格、非常狭窄、非常真实的，因为祂有神圣的行政。祂不是没有规律和控制原则的神。
7Although God’sp eople are different from the Gentiles and although in Isaiah God has a threefold love for His people, as a Father, a Mother, and a Husband, He still needs to deal with them. In His dealing God is often more serious than in His judgment. He may let the unbelievers go, but He will not let us go. He is very strict, very narrow, and very genuine in dealing with us because He has His divine government. He is not a God without regulating and controlling principles
8本篇信息有部分的题目是『耶和华对祂所爱之儿女以色列的惩治。』我用『所爱之儿女』一辞，指明神在我们身上的对付不是由于消极的动机。反之，祂今天在我们这些蒙爱儿女身上的对付常是由于非常积极的动机。祂惩治我们，但祂并不审判或惩罚我们。有些圣徒可能觉得神在惩罚他们，而他们受不了这惩罚。不过我仍要说，神不是惩罚我们，乃是在爱里惩治我们。祂就像一位慈爱的父，为著儿女的益处管教他们。小孩一旦长大成人了以后，就会领悟他从前以为是惩罚的，实际上乃是出于他父亲的爱。
8Part of the title of this message uses the words Jehovah’s chastisement on His beloved children Israel. I use the expression beloved children to indicate that God’s dealing with us is not with a negative motive. Rather, His dealing with us as His beloved children today is always with a very positive motive. Although He chastises us, He does not judge us or punish us. However, some saints may feel that God is punishing them and that they cannot bear this punishment. Nevertheless, I still say that, instead of punishing us, God chastises us in love. He is like a loving father who disciplines his children for their good. Once a child has grown to adulthood, he may realize that what he thought was punishment was actually his father’s love.
一 、因为他们背道，耶和华就惩治他们
A. Jehovah Having Chastised Them Because of Their Apostasy
9因为以色列人背道，耶和华就惩治他们。背道的意思是放弃神，转向事奉别的神。以色列的背道是最严重的，因此神惩治他们。
9Jehovah chastised the children of Israel because of their apostasy. The word apostasy means to forsake God and to turn to and serve another god. Israel’s apostasy was most serious, and God chastised them because of it
１ .责打他们，以致他们满头疼痛，全心发昏
1. Striking Them So That Their Whole Head Became Sick and Their Whole Heart Faint
10耶和华责打他们，以致他们满头疼痛，全心发昏；（赛一5；）他们从脚掌到头顶，没有一处完全的，尽是青肿、创伤、和新受的伤口，都没有收口，没有缠裹，也没有用油滋润；（赛一6；）只有责打，没有医治或抚慰。
10Jehovah struck them so that their whole head became sick and their whole heart faint (1:5). From the sole of the foot even to the head there was no soundness in it. There were only bruises, blows, and raw wounds, which had not been pressed out nor bound up nor softened with oil (v. 6). There was the striking but no healing or soothing
２ .使他们的地土荒凉，城邑被火焚烧，田地被外人侵吞
2. Causing Their Land to Be a Desolation, Their Cities to Be Burned with Fire, and Their Field to Be Devoured by Strangers
11由于他们背道，耶和华使他们的地土荒凉，城邑被火焚烧，田地在他们眼前被外人侵吞，就成为一片荒凉，如同被外人所倾覆的一样。（赛一7。）
11Due to their apostasy, Jehovah caused their land to be a desolation. He also caused their cities to be burned with fire and their field to be devoured by strangers in their sight and overthrown by strangers to be a desolation (1:7
３ .仅存的锡安城，好像葡萄园的草棚、瓜田的茅舍、被围困的城邑
3. Leaving the City of Zion Like a Booth in a Vineyard, Like a Hut in a Cucumber Field, Like a Besieged City
12耶和华使仅存的锡安城，好像葡萄园的草棚、瓜田的茅舍、被围困的城邑。（赛一8。）若不是万军之耶和华给他们存留余种，他们早已像所多玛、蛾摩拉的样子了。（赛一9。）为要不让他们完全毁灭，祂就留下一小部分生存的人。
12Jehovah left the city of Zion like a booth in a vineyard, like a hut in a cucumber field, like a besieged city (1:8). Unless Jehovah of hosts had left to them a surviving few, they would have been like Sodom and would have resembled Gomorrah (v. 9). In order to keep them from being altogether destroyed, He left them a small number who survived
４ .主万军之耶和华，以色列的大能者，
4. The Lord Jehovah of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel
向祂的对头雪恨，向祂的仇敌报复
Easing Himself of His Adversaries and Avenging Himself of His Enemies
13主万军之耶和华，以色列的大能者，向祂的对头雪恨，向祂的仇敌报复。（赛一24。）这些对头和仇敌就是以色列人。他们背叛神到一个地步，不仅成为神国里面的对头，更成为神国之外的仇敌。神藉著惩治祂悖逆的儿女，为自己报仇雪恨。不仅如此，神要转手攻击以色列，炼尽他们的渣滓，如同用碱，并要除尽他们的杂质。（赛一25。）
13The Lord Jehovah of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, eased Himself of His adversaries and avenged Himself of His enemies (1:24). These adversaries and enemies were the children of Israel. They had rebelled against God to such an extent that they became not only the adversaries, who were within God’s nation, but also the enemies, who were outside God’s nation. God eased Himself and avenged Himself by chastising His rebellious children. Moreover, God turned His hand against Israel. He purged away their dross as with lye and removed all their alloy (v. 25
14５.使悖逆的和犯罪的一同破灭，并灭绝离弃耶和华的
145. Shattering the Rebels and Sinners Together and Terminating Those Who Forsook Jehovah
15耶和华使悖逆的和犯罪的一同破灭，并灭绝离弃耶和华的。（赛一28。）祂使他们枯干如笃耨香树（或橡树），如同无水的园子。（赛一29～30。）神也使有权势的如亚麻的纤维屑，他的工作好像火星，一同焚毁。（赛一31。）
15Jehovah shattered the rebels and sinners together and terminated those who forsook Him (1:28). He caused them to be like a dried-up terebinth (or, oak) and like a garden that lacks water (vv. 29-30). God would also cause the strong man to become tow and his work a spark, and both the strong man and his work would burn together (v. 31
６ .从犹大和耶路撒冷除掉各种的倚靠
6. Taking Away from Jerusalem and from Judah Every Kind of Support
16耶和华从犹大和耶路撒冷除掉各种的倚靠－所倚靠的粮和所倚靠的水。（赛三1。）祂也从他们除掉一切首领，就如审判官、申言者和长老，以致无人治理他们。（赛三2～4。）百姓彼此欺压，无人愿意作首领，因为缺少粮食和衣服。（赛三5～7，四1。）
16Jehovah took away from Jerusalem and from Judah every kind of support—all the support of bread and all the support of water (3:1). He also took away from them all the leaders, such as the judge, the prophet, and the elder, leaving them no rulers (vv. 2-4). The people were then oppressed each by the other, and no one was willing to be the leader, because of the shortage of bread and clothing (vv. 5-7; 4:1
17神对祂子民之惩治的一部分，乃是从他们除去一切首领，以致无人治理他们。没有首领乃是神的惩治。家庭里若没有管家的，那个家必定很混乱。在这样的家庭里可能没有父亲或母亲，没有兄长或姐姐。没有人能施行任何管理，这家的光景就很可怜。同样，召会里若没有带领的人，那个召会就会很混乱。
17As part of His chastisement of His people, God took away from them all their leaders, leaving them with no rulers. To have no ruler is God’s chastisement. If a family does not have a ruler, that family will be in chaos. In such a family there would be neither father nor mother, neither elder brother nor elder sister. No one would be able to exercise any ruling, and the family would be in a pitiful situation. Likewise, if in a church there were no leading ones, that church would be in chaos
18以赛亚把首领与食物联在一起，是很有意义的。你要作首领，就必须喂养人。你若没有喂养，他们就会背叛。召会中若没有喂养，就没有管理，没有管理的结果就是没有食物。管理和喂养是并行的一对。管理产生喂养，喂养的结果是管理。召会若得著很好的滋养，那召会必然有正确的管理。但当召会中有争斗，这就指明缺少了食物和管理。管理和喂养不仅是一对，更是一起作工，成为循环，互为因果。因此，若有喂养就有管理；若有管理就有喂养。召会生活中若有正确的喂养，一切就有良好的秩序。
18It is significant that Isaiah links the ruler with the food supply. To be a ruler, you must feed the people. If you do not feed them, they will rebel. In the church, if there is no feeding, there is no ruling; and no ruling results in no food. Ruling and feeding go together as a pair. Ruling produces feeding, and feeding issues in ruling. If a church is well nourished, there surely must be proper ruling in that church. But when there is fighting in the church, this indicates that there is a shortage of food and of ruling. Ruling and feeding are not only a pair—they also work together in a cycle and give rise to each other. Thus, if there is feeding, there is ruling; and if there is ruling, there is feeding. When there is the proper feeding in the church life, everything will be in order.
19７.使锡安的女子头长秃疮，除掉她们华美的妆饰
197. Striking the Scalp of the Daughters of Zion with Scabs and Removing the Beauty of Their Luxurious Ornaments
20耶和华使锡安的女子头长秃疮，又使她们赤露下体，除掉她们华美的妆饰。（赛三17～23。）必有臭烂代替馨香，绳子代替腰带，光秃代替美发，麻衣系身代替华服，烙伤代替美容。（赛三24。）
20Jehovah struck the scalp of the daughters of Zion with scabs, exposed their secret parts, and removed the beauty of their luxurious ornaments (3:17- 18). There was rottenness instead of a sweet smell, an encircling rope instead of a belt, baldness instead of well-set hair, sackcloth instead of fine garments, and a brand instead of beauty (v. 24
８ .使锡安的男丁倒在刀下，她的勇士死在阵上
8. Causing the Men of Zion to Fall by the Sword and Her Mighty in Battle
21耶和华使锡安的男丁倒在刀下，她的勇士死在阵上。祂也使她的城门悲伤、哀号；她的城既荒凉，就坐在地上。（赛三25～26。）
21Jehovah caused the men of Zion to fall by the sword and her mighty in battle. He also caused her gates to mourn and lament and her city, being desolated, to sit on the ground (3:25-26
22９.撤去作耶和华葡萄园之以色列的篱笆，使它被吞灭，
229. Removing the Hedge of Israel as the Vineyard
23拆毁它的墙垣，使它被践踏
23of Jehovah So That It Will Be Consumed
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24and Breaking Down Its Wall So That It Will Be Trampled
25耶和华撤去作祂葡萄园之以色列的篱笆，使它被吞灭；拆毁这园的墙垣，使它被践踏。（赛五5。）祂使这园荒废，不再修理，不再锄刨；祂又命云不降雨在其上。（赛五6。）不仅如此，祂使许多又大又美的房屋，成为荒凉，无人居住；（赛五9；）祂将葡萄园和田地的出产减至最少的数量。（赛五10。）
25Jehovah removed the hedge of Israel as His vineyard so that it would be consumed, and He broke down its wall so that it would be trampled (5:5). He made it a waste, not pruned nor hoed, and He also commanded the clouds not to pour rain upon it (v. 6). Furthermore, He caused many houses to become desolate, great houses to be without inhabitants (v. 9). The produce of the vineyard and the field were reduced to the lowest amount (v. 10
１０ .把他们放逐
10. Putting Them into Exile
26在五章十三至十七节，我们看见耶和华把百姓放逐。他们的尊贵人甚是饥饿，群众极其干渴。故此，阴间扩张其欲，开了无限量的口；耶路撒冷的荣美、喧闹、和群众的呼声并欢乐，都落在其中。因此低贱人屈服，尊贵人降卑，眼目高傲的人必降为卑；惟独万军之耶和华，因审判得高举，圣别的神，因公义被圣别。那时羊羔必来吃草，如同在自己的草场，丰肥人的荒场被外人吃尽。
26In 5:13-17 we see that Jehovah put the people into exile. Their nobility became famished men, and their multitudes were parched with thirst. Hence, Sheol enlarged its appetite and opened its mouth wide, without limit. Jerusalem’s splendor, din, and uproar and the jubilant within her descended into Sheol. Thus, the ordinary man was humbled, and the man of distinction and the eyes of the haughty were abased. But Jehovah of hosts was exalted in judgment, and the holy God showed Himself holy in righteousness. Lambs grazed there as in their pasture, and strangers ate the wastelands of rich men.
27万军之耶和华因祂对列国的审判得高举，圣别的神因公义被圣别。（赛五16。）我们若不公义，就无法圣别。没有公义就没有为著圣别的根基。公义是圣别的根基，圣别乃是在这根基上展示出来。因此，圣别比公义高。神以祂的公义作根基，显示自己为圣别的神。祂因公义而展示祂的圣别。
27In His judgment over the nations, Jehovah of hosts is exalted, and the holy God shows Himself holy in righteousness (5:16). If we are not righteous, we cannot be holy. Without righteousness there is no base for being holy. Righteousness is the base for holiness, and upon this base holiness is exhibited. Hence, holiness is higher than righteousness. With His righteousness as the base, God shows Himself as the holy God. In righteousness He exhibits His holiness
28神对列国的期望只是公义，因为他们不是神的儿子。神期望在祂的众子身上看见圣别。（来十二5～14。）神的惩治和管教，乃是要把我们从公义拔高到圣别。祂在祂的救恩里先称义我们，使我们在基督里是义的。之后，我们需要往前成为圣别。成为义的乃是合乎神外面作事的法则；但成为圣别乃是合乎神里面的性情。我们既是神的儿子，就需要从公义往前达到圣别，使自己因公义而显为圣别。
28God could expect only righteousness from the nations because they are not the sons of God. It is with His sons that God expects to see holiness (Heb. 12:5-11). God’s chastening and disciplining is to uplift us from righteousness to holiness. In His salvation, He first justified us to make us righteous in Christ. After this, we need to go on to be sanctified, to be made holy. To be righteous is to match God’sway of doing things outwardly, but to be holy is to match God’s nature inwardly. As the sons of God, we need to go on from righteousness to reach holiness, to show ourselves holy in righteousness
１１ .那些不行公平、作恶之人的根必像朽烂之物，他们的花必像灰尘飞灭
11. The Root of Those Who Are Unjust and Evil Being Like Decay, and Their Bud Disappearing Like Dust
29火舌怎样吞灭禾楷，干草怎样落在火焰之中；照样，那些不行公平、作恶之人的根必像朽烂之物，他们的花必像灰尘飞灭。（赛五24上。）因为神的百姓弃绝了万军之耶和华的训诲，藐视以色列圣者的言语，所以耶和华的怒气向他们发作，祂的手伸出攻击他们。（赛五24下～25上。）山岭震动，他们的尸首在街上好像废物。虽有这一切，耶和华的怒气还未转消，祂的手仍伸不缩。（赛五25下。）
29As a tongue of fire consumes the stubble and the chaff sinks in flames, the root of those who were unjust and evil would be like decay, and their bud would disappear like dust (Isa. 5:24a). Because God’sp eople rejected the instruction of Jehovah of hosts and despised the speaking of the Holy One of Israel, the anger of Jehovah burned against them, and He stretched out His hand over them and struck them (vv. 24b-25a). The mountains quaked, and the corpses of the people were like garbage in the middle of the street. In spite of all this, Jehovah’sang er was not turned away; rather, His hand was still stretched out to chastise them (v. 25b
１２ .竖立旗帜，招远方一国的民，叫他们急速、强悍、威武的来到，把以色列抓住作猎物
12. Lifting Up a Standard to a Distant Nation and Summoning It to Come in a Swift, Strong, and Terrifying Way to Seize Israel as Its Prey
30最后，耶和华竖立旗帜，招远方一国的民，叫他们急速、强悍、威武的来到，把以色列抓住作猎物。（赛五26～30上。）那日人看这地，只见黑暗艰难，亮光在云中变为昏暗。（赛五30下。）这些经节里所描述的，正是巴比伦人以后所作的。
30Finally, Jehovah lifted up a standard to a distant nation and summoned it to come in a swift, strong, and terrifying way to seize Israel as its prey (5:26-30a). Then one would look upon the land and behold darkness and distress, and the light would be darkened in its clouds (v. 30b). The Babylonians did the very things described in these verses
二 、耶和华离弃祂所爱的民雅各家
B. Jehovah Abandoning His Beloved People, the House of Jacob
31按照二章六节，耶和华离弃祂所爱的民雅各家，是因他们满了东方（列国）的风俗。祂的民弃绝了神藉摩西所颁赐的律法和训诲，取了列国外邦人许多的风俗。
31According to 2:6, Jehovah abandoned His beloved people, the house of Jacob, because they were full of the customs from the east (the nations). His people had forsaken God’s law and instructions given through Moses and picked up many customs from the nations, from the Gentiles
贰 、耶和华对受惩治之子民爱的劝勉与应许
II. Jehovah’s Loving Exhortation And Promise To His Chastised People
32耶和华对祂所爱之儿女惩治过以后，就对受惩治的子民有爱的劝勉与应许。
32After Jehovah’s chastisement on His beloved children, we have His loving exhortation and promise to His chastised people
33一、耶和华对受惩治之子民爱的劝勉
33A. Jehovah’s Loving Exhortation to His Chastised People
34耶和华爱的劝勉有消极的一面，也有积极的一面。（赛一16～17。）
34Jehovah’s loving exhortation has both a negative side and a positive side (1:16-17
１ .在消极一面
1. On the Negative Side
35在消极的一面，神嘱咐百姓要洗濯自己，自洁，从祂眼前除掉他们的恶行，止住作恶。（赛一16。）
35On the negative side, God charged the people to wash themselves, to cleanse themselves, to turn away the evil of their deeds from before His eyes, and to cease doing what is evil (v. 16
２ .在积极一面
2. On the Positive Side
36在积极一面，神嘱咐他们要学习行善，寻求公平，纠正残忍，给孤儿伸冤，为寡妇辩诉。（赛一。）残忍的人乃是压制别人的人，百姓乃要从残忍的人所施的压制得著释放。神顾到受压制的、孤儿和寡妇。所以，祂告诉祂的子民要与压迫人的断绝关系，给孤儿伸冤，并为寡妇辩诉。
36On the positive side, God charged them to learn to do good, to seek justice, to correct the ruthless, to defend the orphan, and to plead for the widow (v. 17). The ruthless ones were those who oppressed others. 17 The people were to be released from the oppression exercised by the ruthless. God cares for the oppressed, the orphans, and the widows. Therefore, He told His people to keep their hands off the oppressed, to defend the orphan, and to plead for the widow.
37二、耶和华对受惩治之子民爱的应许
37B. Jehovah’s Loving Promise to His Chastised People
38耶和华爱的应许乃是赦免和复兴的应许。
38Jehovah’s loving promise is a promise of forgiveness and of restoration
１ .赦免的应许
1. Of Forgiveness
ａ.耶和华的邀请
a. Jehovah’sIn vi tation
39论到赦免的应许，耶和华首先发出邀请：『来罢，让我们彼此辩论。』（赛一18上。）神邀请百姓就著他们的罪与祂辩论。
39Concerning the promise of forgiveness, Jehovah first extends an invitation: “Come now and let us reason together” (1:18a). God invites the people to reason with Him about their sins
ｂ.耶和华藉著洗濯而赦免
b. Jehovah’s Forgiveness through Washing
40邀请之后接著就是藉著洗濯而赦免。以赛亚一章十八节下半说到这事。『你们的罪虽像朱红，必变白如雪，虽红如丹颜，必白如羊毛。』虽然祂的子民如此罪恶，但神仍乐意赦免他们。
40The invitation is followed by Jehovah’s forgiveness through washing. Isaiah speaks of this in 1:18b. “Though your sins are like scarlet,/They will be as white as snow;/Though they are as red as crimson,/ They will be like wool.” Although His people were so sinful, God was willing to forgive them
ｃ.百姓听从的结果
c. The Issue of the People’sO be die nce
41在一章十九至二十节，我们看见百姓听从的结果。他们若甘心听从，就必吃地上的美物；但他们若不听从，反倒悖逆，就必被刀剑吞灭。
41In 1:19 and 20 we have the issue of the people’so be die nce. If they were willing and listened, they would eat the good of the land. But if they refused and rebelled, they would be devoured by the sword
２ .复兴的应许
2. Of Restoration
42在一章二十六至二十七节，我们看见复兴的应许。
42In 1 : 2 6 and 2 7 we have the promise of restoration
ａ.复还首领
a. Restoring the Leaders
43首先，为要拯救百姓脱离混乱的光景，神要复还首领。祂应许要复还他们的审判官，像起初一样；复还他们的谋士，像起先一般。（赛一26上。）神这怜悯要把他们的光景带回到原来的情况。
43First, to save the people from their chaotic situation, God would restore the leaders. He promised to restore their judges as at the first and their counselors as at the beginning (v. 26a). This mercy from God would bring their situation back to its original condition
ｂ.复兴锡安城和其中的人
b. Restoring the City of Zion and Its People
44神也应许要复兴锡安城和其中的人。然后这城必称为公义之城，忠信之邑。（赛一26下。）锡安必因公平得蒙救赎，其中归回的人，必因公义得蒙救赎。（赛一。）他们变得混乱，因为他们放弃了公平和公义。但神的复兴要把他们带回到起初。
44There was also the promise to restore the city of Zion and its people. The city would be called the city of righteousness, the faithful city (v. 26b). Zion would be ransomed with justice, and her returning ones with righteousness (v. 27). They had become a chaos because they had given up justice and 27 righteousness. But God’s restoration would bring them back to the beginning.