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耶利米书生命读经 · 第21篇

以色列干犯耶和华的罪，

Israel’s Sin against Jehovah
1与耶和华对以色列的惩罚（十二）
1and Jehovah’s Punishment upon Israel (12
耶和华对犹大诸王和申言者的定罪与惩罚（二）
Jehovah’s Condemnation of and Punishment Upon the Kings and Prophets of Judah (2
2读经：耶利米书二十一至二十三章。在本篇信息中，我们要继续来看耶和华对犹大诸王和申言者的定罪与惩罚。
2Scripture Reading: Jer. 21—23 In this message we will continue to consider Jehovah's condemnation of and punishment upon the kings and prophets of Judah
贰 耶和华对犹大申言者
II. JEHOVAH'S CONDEMNATION OF AND
连同祭司和百姓的定罪与惩罚
PUNISHMENT UPON THE PROPHETS OF JUDAH WITH THE PRIESTS AND WITH THE PEOPLE
3二十三章九至四十节说到耶和华对犹大申言者连同祭司和百姓的定罪与惩罚。
3In 23:9-40 we have a word regarding Jehovah's condemnation of and punishment upon the prophets of Judah with the priests and with the people
一 耶和华对犹大申言者连同祭司和百姓的定罪
A. Jehovah's Condemnation of the Prophets of Judah with the Priests and with the People
4在这段经文里，我们首先看见耶和华对犹大申言者连同祭司和百姓的定罪。这定罪有五方面。
4In these verses we first see Jehovah's condemnation of the prophets of Judah with the priests and with the people. This condemnation is of five aspects
１ 这地满了他们这些行淫的人
1. The Land Being Full of Them as Adulterers
5耶和华在祂的定罪里说，这地满了他们这些行淫的人。（10上。）百姓当中许多人成了行淫的人。２连申言者带祭司都是亵渎的
5In His condemnation, Jehovah said that the land was full of them as adulterers (v. 10a). So many among the people had become adulterers. 2. Both the Prophets and the Priests Being Profane
6连申言者带祭司都是亵渎的，甚至在耶和华的殿中，耶和华也看见他们的恶。（11。）亵渎就是属世。他们没有被圣别、分别归神作圣别的人，反而是亵渎的。
6Both the prophets and the priests were profane. Even in Jehovah'sho use, the temple, their wickedness had been found by Him (v. 11). To be profane is to be worldly. Instead of being sanctified, separated unto God as a holy people, they were profane
３ 撒玛利亚的申言者藉巴力说豫言，耶路撒冷的申言者行奸淫
3. The Prophets of Samaria Prophesying by Baal, and the Prophets of Jerusalem Committing Adultery
7撒玛利亚的申言者藉巴力说豫言，使耶和华的百姓以色列走错了路－这是触犯耶和华的事。（13。）耶和华在耶路撒冷的申言者中看见可憎恶的事：行奸淫，作事虚妄。他们加强作恶之人的手，甚至无人回头离开他们的恶。他们在耶和华面前都像所多玛，耶路撒冷的居民都像蛾摩拉。（14。）他们亵渎的事出于耶路撒冷，流行遍地。（15下。）
7The prophets of Samaria prophesied by Baal and led Jehovah ' sp eople Israel astray — an offensive thing (v. 13). In the prophets of Jerusalem Jehovah saw a horrible thing: the committing of adultery and walking in falsehood. They strengthened the hands of the evildoers so that none turned from their wickedness. All of them had become to Him like Sodom and her inhabitants like Gomorrah (v. 14). Their profaneness had gone forth from them in Jerusalem into all the land (v. 15b).
４ 说豫言把诸王连同百姓引到虚空；所说的异象是出于自己的心，不是出于耶和华的口
4. Prophesying to Lead the Kings with the People to Vanity, and Speaking a Vision of Their Own Heart, Not out of the Mouth of Jehovah
8申言者说豫言把诸王连同百姓引到虚空。（16上。）这里的虚空，意思是偶像。他们所说的异象也是出于自己的心，不是出于耶和华的口。（16下。）他们常对藐视耶和华的人说，『耶和华说，你们必享平安。』他们对一切按自己顽梗之心而行的人说，『灾祸必不临到你们。』（17。）他们告诉百姓，不会有灾祸，也没有坏事会临到他们。犹大的申言者是何等邪恶！
8The prophets prophesied to lead the kings with the people to vanity (v. 16a). Here vanity means idols. They also spoke a vision of their own heart, not out of the mouth of Jehovah (v. 16b). They were continually saying to those who despised Jehovah, "Jehovah has spoken, You will have peace." To everyone who walked in the stubbornness of his own heart they were saying, "Evil will not come upon you" (v. 17). They told the people that there would be no calamities and that no bad things would happen to them. How evil were the prophets of Judah
9耶和华没有打发这些申言者，他们竟自奔跑。祂没有对他们说话，他们竟自豫言。（21。）他们若站在耶和华的会中，使百姓听祂的话，他们必已使他们回头离开恶的行径，和他们所行的恶。（22。）
9Jehovah did not send these prophets, but they ran forth. He did not speak to them, yet they prophesied (v. 21). If they had stood in Jehovah's council and had caused the people to hear His words, they would have turned them from their evil way and from the wickedness of their deeds (v. 22
５ 以为耶和华只是近处的神，不是远处的神，并不充满天地；竟敢托耶和华的名，从他们自己心中的诡诈说假豫言
5. Considering Jehovah as a God Who Is Near and Not Far Off, Not Filling the Heavens and the Earth, and Daring to Prophesy Falsely in His Name of the Deceit of Their Own Heart
10『耶和华说，我岂只是近处的神么？不也是远处的神么？耶和华说，人岂能在隐密处藏身，使我看不见他么？耶和华说，我岂不充满天地么？』（23～24。）这话指明犹大的申言者以为耶和华只是近处的神，不是远处的神，并不充满天地。
10Am I a God who is near, declares Jehovah, / And not a God who is far off? / Can a man hide himself in secret places, / So that I will not see him? declares Jehovah. / Do I not fill the heavens and the earth? / Declares Jehovah" (vv. 23-24). This word indicates that the prophets of Judah considered Jehovah as a God who is near and not far off, not filling the heavens and the earth
11这些申言者竟敢托耶和华的名说假豫言；他们是申述自己心中诡诈的申言者。（26。）他们这样说豫言时，说，『我作了梦，我作了梦，』他们各人将所作的梦对邻舍述说，想要使耶和华的百姓忘记祂的名，正如他们列祖因巴力忘记祂的名一样。（25，27。）他们以假梦为豫言，以谎言和自大使耶和华的百姓走错了路，与祂的百姓毫无益处。关于这点，耶和华说，『看哪，那些以假梦为豫言，又述说这些梦，以谎言和自大使我百姓走错了路的，我必与他们反对。我没有打发他们，也没有吩咐他们，他们与这百姓毫无益处。这是耶和华说的。』（32。）
11These prophets dared to prophesy falsely in Jehovah's name; they were "prophets of the deceit of their own heart " (v. 26). As they prophesied in this way, they said, "I have dreamed; I have dreamed," thinking to cause Jehovah'sp eople to forget His name "with their dreams which they tell, each one to his neighbor, even as their fathers forgot My name because of Baal" (vv. 25, 27). They prophesied false dreams to lead Jehovah ' sp eople astray by their lies and by their boasting, not rendering any profit to His people. Concerning this, Jehovah said, "Behold, I am against those who prophesy false dreams, declares Jehovah, and who tell them and lead My people astray by their lies and by their recklessness, although I did not send them or command them; neither do they profit this people at all" (v. 32).
12三十节说，『那些申言者，各从邻舍偷窃我的言语，因此我必与他们反对。』这些申言者偷窃耶和华的言语，假装得著了耶和华的话。你曾听过这样的偷窃么？不是偷窃金或银，乃是偷窃神的话。然而，这样的事不只发生在耶利米的时候，甚至今天仍在发生。耶利米是从神得著话语的真申言者。虽然有其他的真申言者，但在犹大的申言者多半是假的。这些假申言者无法得著耶和华的话，所以他们听那些为神说话的人，就偷窃他们所说耶和华的话。
12Verse 30 says, "Therefore behold, I am against the prophets, declares Jehovah, who steal My words, each one from his neighbor." When these prophets were stealing Jehovah'swords, they were pretending to have received the words of Jehovah. Have you ever heard of such a stealing, a stealing not of gold or silver but of God'swords? Nevertheless, such a thing happened at Jeremiah'st i me, and it still happens today. Jeremiah was a genuine prophet who received words from God. Although there were other genuine prophets, most of the prophets in Judah were false. These false prophets could not have a way to receive Jehovah'sword, so they listened to those who spoke for God and then stole the words of Jehovah spoken by them
13今天原则是同样的。有人藉著主的话从神得著启示，然后讲说这启示。有人接受了这话，也去讲说这话，好像是他们从神得著的启示，假装他们说的话是自己的。这样作就是偷窃话语。我知道有些人使用我所讲罗马书和启示录的信息，却不说明出处。基督徒作这样的事是何等羞耻！关于这点，我们该诚实，也该有高的道德标准。我们若使用别人的话，就该说明这是别人所领受的启示。在二十八节耶和华说，『得梦的申言者，可以述说那梦；得我话的人，可以忠信的讲说我的话。禾楷怎能与麦子比较？这是耶和华说的。』从耶利米所出来神的话是麦子，但假申言者的话是禾楷，糠秕。话是麦子，意即话是食物，作我们的滋养，话包含神圣的素质，要分赐到我们这人里面。
13The principle is the same today. Someone receives a revelation from God through the Word and then speaks this revelation. Others then take this word and speak it as if it were their own. They do not give any credit to the one who received the revelation; instead, they pretend that they themselves have received this revelation from God and that the words they are speaking are their own. To do this is to steal the word. I know of cases where certain people used my messages on Romans and on Revelation without giving me credit. What a shame for Christians to do such a thing! Concerning this, we should be honest and have a high ethical standard. If we use the words of someone else, we should give credit to that person. In verse 28 Jehovah says, " The prophet who has a dream, let him tell the dream; and he with whom is My word, let him speak My word faithfully. What is the straw to the grain? declares Jehovah." The word of God which came forth from Jeremiah was grain, but the word of the false prophets was straw, chaff. For the word to be grain means that it is food for our nourishment and that it contains the divine essence to be dispensed into our being.
14今天出版的基督教新书包含许多糠秕，却少有麦子。一九四五年以后出版的基督教书籍当中，甚至很难找到一本书是丰富的滋养麦子，或是对神的计画充满神圣的启示。关于神圣的启示，今天许多人是在黑暗中，有禾楷而无麦子。在二十八、二十九节，耶和华将祂的话比作麦子、火、和打碎磐石的大锤。在积极一面，神的话像麦粒，将神当作生命分赐到我们里面，滋养我们。在消极一面，话像火焚烧我们和我们所信靠的事物；话也像大槌打碎我们的己、我们天然的生命、我们的肉体、我们的情欲、和我们的观念。我们的心也许像磐石，但神的话能打碎我们，使基督能作赐生命的麦子供应我们。二耶和华对犹大申言者
14The new Christian books published today contain a great deal of chaff but very little grain. Among the Christian books published after 1945, it has been hard to find even one book that is rich in nourishing grain or a book filled with the divine revelation concerning God's plan. Regarding the divine revelation, many today are in darkness and have straw instead of grain. In verses 28 and 29 Jehovah compared His word to grain, to fire, and to a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces. On the positive side, the word of God, as a grain of wheat, dispenses God as life into us to nourish us. On the negative side, the word, as fire, burns us and many of the things in which we have confidence; and the word, as a hammer, breaks down our self, our natural life, our flesh, our lusts, and our concepts. Our heart may be like rock, but the word of God can break us in pieces so that Christ can be ministered to us as life-giving grain. B. Jehovah's Punishment upon the Prophets of Judah
连同祭司和百姓的惩罚
WITH THE PRIESTS AND WITH THE PEOPLE
15耶利米二十三章也给我们看见，耶和华对犹大申言者连同祭司和百姓的惩罚。这惩罚也有五方面。
15Jeremiah 23 also shows us Jehovah's punishment upon the prophets of Judah with the priests and with the people. This punishment also is of five aspects
１ 耶和华使他们的道路对他们像滑路
1. Jehovah Making Their Way like Slippery Paths to Them
16耶和华必使他们的道路对他们像滑路。在黑暗中他们必被追赶，在其中仆倒。当惩罚之年，祂必使灾祸临到他们。（12。）
16Jehovah will make their way like slippery paths to them. In the darkness they will be driven and fall in it. He will bring evil on them in the year of their punishment (v. 12
２ 耶和华将茵𫈟给他们吃
2. Jehovah Feeding Them with Wormwood
17耶和华必将茵𫈟给他们吃，又将毒水给他们喝。（15上。）
17Jehovah will feed them with wormwood and will give them poisoned water to drink (v. 15a
３ 耶和华的忿怒发出，好像暴风，是旋转的暴风，必转到邪恶之申言者的头上
3. Jehovah's Wrath Going Forth like the Storm Wind, Even a Whirling Tempest Which Will Whirl Down on the Head of the Wicked Prophet
18耶和华的忿怒发出，好像暴风，是旋转的暴风，必转到邪恶之申言者的头上。耶和华的怒气必不转消，直到祂心中的定旨都施行了，都成就了（19～20。）
18Jehovah's wrath will go forth like the storm wind, even a whirling tempest which will whirl down on the head of the wicked prophet. The anger of Jehovah will not turn back until it has executed and until it has accomplished the purposes of His heart (vv. 19-20
４ 耶和华与假申言者反对
4. Jehovah Being against the False Prophets
19耶和华必与谬用永活神言语的假申言者反对。祂必惩罚那人和他的家（30～38。）
19Jehovah will be against the false prophets, who have perverted the words of the living God. He will punish them and their household (vv. 30-38).
５ 耶和华全然忘记他们，将他们和祂所赐给他们并他们列祖的城，从祂面前抛弃
5. Jehovah Utterly Forgetting Them and Casting Away from His Presence Them and the City Which He Gave to Them and to Their Fathers
20耶和华必全然忘记他们，将他们和祂所赐给他们并他们列祖的城，从祂面前抛弃。又必使永远的凌辱，和永远的羞耻，临到他们，是不能忘记的。（39～40。）
20Jehovah will utterly forget them and cast away from His presence them and the city which He gave to them and to their fathers. He will bring upon them eternal reproach and eternal humiliation, which will not be forgotten (vv. 39-40