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耶利米书生命读经 · 第27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（十七）
1and Jehovah’s Punishment upon Israel (17
耶和华关于以色列复兴的应许（三）
Jehovah’s Promise Concerning the Restoration of Israel (3
2读经：耶利米书三十二至三十三章。在本篇信息中，我们要来看三十二、三十三章。这两章继续说到耶和华关于以色列复兴的应许。
2Scripture Reading: Jer. 32—33 In this message we will consider chapters thirty-two and thirty-three. These chapters are a continuation of Jehovah's promise concerning the restoration of Israel
壹 犹大王西底家
I. ZEDEKIAH, THE KING OF JUDAH
囚禁耶利米，
IMPRISONING JEREMIAH
并定罪他的豫言
AND CONDEMNING HIS PROPHECY
3在三十二章一至五节，犹大王西底家囚禁耶利米，并定罪他所说关于耶路撒冷城并西底家被掳的豫言。后来，西底家在想要逃跑的时候被拿住。尼布甲尼撒在西底家眼前杀了他的众子，然后剜了他的眼睛，将他带到巴比伦，他就死在那里。王室的王权结束于西底家这可怜的王。
3In 32:1-5 Zedekiah, the king of Judah, imprisoned Jeremiah and condemned his prophecy concerning the capturing of the city of Jerusalem and Zedekiah. Later, Zedekiah was caught while trying to escape. Nebuchadnezzar killed Zedekiah'ss on sin his presence and then put out his eyes and took him to Babylon, where he died. With Zedekiah, a pitiful king, the kingship of the royal family was terminated
贰 耶利米照耶和华的话，
II. JEREMIAH BUYING THE FIELD
买了他叔叔的儿子哈拿篾
OF HIS COUSIN HANAMEL IN ANATHOTH
在亚拿突的那块地
ACCORDING TO JEHOVAH'SWORD
4在六至十五节，耶利米照耶和华的话，买了他叔叔的儿子哈拿篾在亚拿突的那块地，这表征在圣地必有人再买房屋、田地和葡萄园。这指明虽然耶路撒冷和西底家要被掳，神仍要保守圣地同祂的子民。在神的心意中，圣地要留作祂子民居住的适当地方。
4In verses 6 through 15 Jeremiah bought the field of his cousin Hanamel in Anathoth according to Jehovah'sword, signifying that houses, fields, and vineyards would again be bought in the holy land. This indicates that although Jerusalem and Zedekiah would be captured, God would still keep the holy land with His people. In God'sin tent i on the holy land would remain a fit place for His people to live
参 耶利米与耶和华办交涉
III. JEREMIAH DEALING WITH JEHOVAH
5十六至二十五节说到耶利米与耶和华办交涉。耶利米问耶和华，既然耶路撒冷城已交在迦勒底人手中，为何耶和华仍然告诉他要买那块地;耶利米无法领会这点。这里神与耶利米之间的交通非常亲密，像亲密朋友之间的交通一样。耶利米问到地的事时，与神交谈如同密友。
5Verses 16 through 25 speak of Jeremiah's dealing with Jehovah. Jeremiah asked Jehovah why He told him to buy the field since the city of Jerusalem had been given into the hand of the Chaldeans. Jeremiah could not understand this. Here the fellowship between God and Jeremiah was very intimate, like the fellowship between intimate friends. In asking about the field, Jeremiah addressed God as if He were his close friend
肆 耶和华对耶利米的答覆
IV. JEHOVAH'S ANSWER TO JEREMIAH
6耶和华对耶利米的答覆，见于二十六至四十四节，这一段非常有趣。
6Jehovah's answer to Jeremiah, found in verses 26 through 44, is very interesting.
一 耶和华将耶路撒冷城交付迦勒底人的手
A. Jehovah Giving the City of Jerusalem into the Hand of the Chaldeans
7耶和华说，因以色列向祂所行的一切恶，惹祂发怒，祂就将耶路撒冷城交付迦勒底人的手，尼布甲尼撒必攻取这城。（28～36。）
7Jehovah said that He was giving the city of Jerusalem into the hand of the Chaldeans, and Nebuchadnezzar would take it, because of the evils of Israel which she had done to provoke Him (vv. 28-36
二 耶和华从祂将以色列赶到的各地，招聚他们出来
B. Jehovah Gathering Israel Out from All the Lands Where He Had Driven Them
8耶和华继续说，虽然祂在忿怒和大恼恨中，将以色列人赶到各地，日后祂必从那里将他们招聚出来，领他们回到圣地，使他们安然居住。（37。）这里我们看见，耶利米开始认识神的心意，而神启示在祂对耶利米所说之话中的心意，成了祂对申言者的应许。
8Jehovah went on to say that although He had driven Israel in His wrath and in His great indignation, He would gather them out from all the lands where He had driven them and would bring them back to the holy land and make them dwell there in safety (v. 37). Here we see that Jeremiah came to know God'sin tent i on and that His intention, revealed in His word to Jeremiah, became His promise to the prophet
三 以色列作耶和华的子民，耶和华作他们的神
C. Israel Being Jehovah'sP eople, and Jehovah Being Their God
9照著三十八节，以色列要作耶和华的子民，耶和华要作他们的神。耶和华这样应许以后，就说，『我要给他们同一个心志和同一条道路，好叫他们永远敬畏我，使他们和他们后世的子孙得福乐。』（39。）我们这些神所拣选的人，都该有同一个心志和同一条道路。我们该有一个心志爱神，寻求神，活神，并由神构成。这就是说，我们爱作神的彰显。那一条道路就是三一神。主耶稣说，『我就是道路。』（约十四6上。）今天基督徒分裂，因为他们在基督以外，走了许多不同的道路。天主教有天主教的道路，东正教有东正教的道路。各宗派和独立团体都有他们自己的道路。长老会有一条道路，灵恩派又有另一条道路。
9According to verse 38, Israel would be Jehovah'sp eople, and He would be their God. After making this promise, Jehovah said, "I will give them one heart and one way, to fear Me all the days, for their own good and for the good of their children after them" (v. 39). We, the chosen people of God, should all have one heart and one way. We should have one heart to love God, to seek God, to live God, and to be constituted with God. This means that we love to be the expression of God. The one way is just the Triune God. The Lord Jesus said, "I am the way" (John 14:6a). Christians today are divided because they take many different ways other than Christ. The Catholic Church has the Catholic way, and the Orthodox Church has the Orthodox way. Each denomination and independent group has its own way. The Presbyterians have one way, and the Pentecostals have another way
10我们在基督身体里的道路该是甚么？我们是基督的身体，该走内里之律的道路；这律就是三一神同祂神圣的性能。我们都该有一个心志爱祂，我们都该接受祂作我们的生命和道路。这一个心志和一条道路就是同心合意。（徒一14。）我们若没有同一个心志和同一条道路，就无法同心合意。
10What should be our way in the Body of Christ? As the Body of Christ, we should take the way of the inner law, which is the Triune God with His divine capacity. We should all have one heart to love Him, and we should all take Him as our life and our way. This one heart and one way is the one accord (Acts 1:14). If we do not have one heart and one way, we cannot be in one accord.
11在新耶路撒冷里，只有一条路，直到永远。约翰告诉我们：『天使又指给我看在城内街道当中一道生命水的河，明亮如水晶，从神和羔羊的宝座流出来。在河这边与那边有生命树，生产十二样果子，每月都结出果子。』（启二二1～2上。）在街道当中，有生命水的河涌流，河里长著生命树。这指明道路、生命、和生命的供应都是一;这也指明今天我们的道路该是甚么。我们在主恢复中的道路就是生命，就是内里生命的律，就是三一神自己。我很遗憾的说，近年来我们中间有风波，这风波带进分裂。这风波的原因是某些人要走一条生命以外的道路，就是基督、三一神、和内里之律以外的道路。分裂总是走基督以外之道路的结果。我们若保守自己在同一条道路上，就不会有分裂。我们赞美主，在祂的复兴里，祂要给祂的子民一个心志爱祂、彰显祂，并一条道路享受祂。
11For eternity in the New Jerusalem there will be only one way. John tells us, "He showed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb in the middle of its street. And on this side and on that side of the river was the tree of life, producing twelve fruits, yielding its fruit each month" (Rev. 22:1-2a). In the middle of the street, the river of water of life flows, and in the river the tree of life grows. This indicates that the way, the life, and the life supply are all one. It also indicates what our way should be today. Our way in the Lord's recovery is life; it is the inner law of life; it is the very Triune God Himself. I am sorry to say that in recent years there was a turmoil among us, and this turmoil brought in division. The reason for this turmoil was that certain ones wanted to take a way other than life, a way other than Christ, the Triune God, and the inner law. Divisions are always the result of taking a way other than Christ. If we keep ourselves to the one way, there will be no division. We praise the Lord that in His restoration He will give His people one heart to love Him and express Him and one way to enjoy Him
四 与他们立永远的约，使祂不离开他们
D. Making an Eternal Covenant with Them That He Will Not Turn Away from Them
12在耶利米三十二章四十至四十四节，耶和华说，祂要与他们立永远的约，使祂不离开他们。祂要施恩与他们。祂要将他们栽植在圣地，境内必有人置买田地。这永远的约就是新约。（三一31～。）凭著这约，神必不离开我们，反要将我们栽植在我们的美地基督里，并且基督在祂的各方面都要被我们买回。买基督就是忘记背后的，来追求基督，（腓三13～14，）付代价以得著基督。
12In Jeremiah 32:40-44 Jehovah said that He would make an eternal covenant with them that He will not turn away from them. He will do them good. He will plant them in the holy land, and fields will be bought there. This eternal covenant is the new covenant (31:31-34). It is by this covenant that God will not turn 34 away from us and will plant us in Christ, our good land, and Christ in all His aspects will be bought by us. To buy Christ is to pay a price to gain Christ by forgetting the things that are behind and pursuing Christ (Phil. 3:13-14).
13神对耶利米的答覆，的确是智慧且美妙的。
13God's answer to Jeremiah surely was wise and wonderful
伍 耶和华的话
V. THE WORD OF JEHOVAH
第二次临到耶利米，再度确认祂
COMING TO JEREMIAH A SECOND TIME as a reaffirmation of His promise
关于以色列复兴的应许
Concerning the Restoration of Israel
14耶利米还在囚禁中，耶和华的话第二次临到他，再度确认祂关于以色列复兴的应许。（三三1～26。）
14While Jeremiah was still imprisoned, the word of Jehovah came to him a second time as a reaffirmation of His promise concerning the restoration of Israel (33:1-26).
一 耶和华使耶路撒冷城得以恢复并痊愈
A. Jehovah Bringing the City of Jerusalem Recovery and Healing
15耶和华应许要使耶路撒冷城得以恢复并痊愈。祂说，祂要将丰盛的平安和真实显示与他们，也要使以色列被掳的归回，并建立他们和起初一样。祂也应许要除净他们的罪，就是向祂所犯的罪，又要赦免他们的一切罪孽，就是得罪祂，干犯祂的罪孽。（6～8。）在九节耶和华进一步应许耶路撒冷：『这城要在地上万国的人面前名为喜乐之城，使我得颂赞，得荣耀，万国的人要听见我向这城所要施的福乐；他们因我向这城所要赐的福乐，所要施的平安，就惧怕战兢。』这不仅是关于耶路撒冷的应许，也是今天召会生活的一幅图画。
15Jehovah promised to bring the city of Jerusalem recovery and healing. He said that He would reveal to them an abundance of peace and truth and would turn the captivity of Israel and build them up as in the former time. He also promised that He would cleanse them from their iniquity, by which they have sinned against Him, and forgive all their iniquities, by which they have sinned against Him and have transgressed against Him (vv. 6-8). In verse 9 Jehovah made this further promise concerning Jerusalem: "It will be a name of gladness and a praise and a glory to Me before all the nations of the earth, who will hear of all the good that I am about to do for them; and they will fear and tremble because of all the good and because of all the peace that I am about to provide for it." In addition to being a promise concerning Jerusalem, this is also a picture of today's church life
二 在耶路撒冷城听见欢喜的声音
B. There Being Heard in the City of Jerusalem the Voice of Gladness
16照著十至十一节，在耶路撒冷城必听见欢喜和快乐的声音，新郎和新妇的声音，并听见有人声说，『要赞美万军之耶和华，因耶和华本为善，祂的慈爱永远长存。』祂必使圣地被掳的人归回。三在圣地必有牧人的住处，
16According to verses 10 and 11, there will be heard in the city of Jerusalem the voice of gladness, the voice of joy, the voice of the bridegroom, the voice of the bride, and the voice of those who say, "Praise Jehovah of hosts, for Jehovah is good, for His lovingkindness is forever." He will turn the captivity of the holy land. C. In the Holy Land There Being a Habitation of Shepherds
他们要使羊群躺卧在那里，
Making Their Flock Lie Down, and the Flock Again
17必再有羊群从数点的人手下经过十二至十三节说，『在这荒废无人口牲畜之地，并其中所有的城邑，必再有牧人的住处，他们要使羊群躺卧在那里。在山地的城邑、低原的城邑、南地的城邑、便雅悯地、耶路撒冷四围的各处、和犹大的城邑，必再有羊群从数点的人手下经过。』这是召会生活的图画。在召会生活里，牧养是要紧的事。在召会里，我们需要数点羊群。在旧约和新约里，神都留意祂子民的人数。在民数记里，神数点以色列各支派；在福音书里，主首先差遣十二人，然后差遣七十人；在行传二章，三千人得救，在行传四章，『男人的数目约到五千。』（4。）我们若疏忽『羊群』的数目，就是疏忽我们的本分，这样，羊群的数目就会一直很少。然而，我们若顾到羊群的数目，至终主要使我们的羊群多起来，到一个地步，我们不能数算。（耶三三22。）这该是召会生活的光景。
17Passing under the Hand of the One Who Counts Them Verses 12 and 13 say, "Again there will be in this place which is a waste, without man and without beast, and in all of its cities, a habitation of shepherds making their flock lie down. In the cities of the hill country, in the cities of the lowland and in the cities of the south and in the land of Benjamin and round about Jerusalem and in the cities of Judah, the flock will again pass under the hand of the one who counts them. " This is a picture of the church life. In the church life shepherding is a crucial matter. In the church we need to count the flock. In both the Old Testament and the New Testament, God paid attention to the number of His people. In Numbers God numbered the tribes of Israel; in the Gospels the Lord sent first twelve and then seventy; and in Acts 2 three thousand were saved, and in Acts 4 "the number of men came to about five thousand" (v. 4). If we neglect the number of our "flock," we will neglect our duty, and our flock may remain small in number. However, if we care for the number of the flock, eventually the Lord will multiply our flock to the extent that we will not be able to count them (Jer. 33:22). This should be the situation in the church life.
四 耶和华论到以色列家和犹大家所说的恩言，必然成就
D. Jehovah Establishing the Good Word Which He Has Spoken concerning the House of Israel and concerning the House of Judah
18耶和华论到以色列家和犹大家所说的恩言，必然成就。（14。）祂必使公义的苗（基督）为大卫长起来，祂必在地上施行公理和公义。（15。）这关于基督为大卫作公义之苗的话，与新约有关，其中心是内里生命的律。这律是大卫的苗，而大卫的苗就是基督。基督是内里的律；祂是新约的中心、实际、甚至素质。十六节继续说，『当那些日子犹大必得救，耶路撒冷必安然居住；这城的名必称为：耶和华我们的义。』在二十三章六节，基督称为耶和华我们的义，但在这里，称为此名的乃是耶路撒冷城。基督与耶路撒冷都叫同样的名，这事实似乎指明，今天基督与召会怎样是一，在复兴时，基督与耶路撒冷城必照样是一。
18Jehovah will establish the good word which He has spoken concerning the house of Israel and concerning the house of Judah (v. 14). He will cause to shoot forth a Shoot (Christ) of righteousness unto David, who will execute justice and righteousness on the earth (v. 15). This word regarding Christ as the Shoot of righteousness unto David is related to the new covenant, the center of which is the inner law of life. This law is the Shoot of David, and the Shoot of David is Christ. Christ is the inner law; He is the center, the reality, and even the essence of the new covenant. Verse 16 continues by saying, "In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell securely; and this is the name by which she will be called: Jehovah our righteousness." In 23:6 it is Christ who is called Jehovah our righteousness, but here it is the city of Jerusalem which is called by this name. The fact that both Christ and Jerusalem are called by the same name seems to indicate that, just as Christ and the church are one today, so in the restoration Christ and the city of Jerusalem will be one
五 祂与祂仆人大卫所立的约绝不能废弃
E. His Covenant with David His Servant Never Being Broken
19正如没有人能废弃耶和华所立白日黑夜的约，使白日黑夜不按定时，照样，祂与祂仆人大卫所立的约也绝不能废弃，使他没有儿子在他的宝座上为王。同样，祂与事奉祂的祭司利未人所立的约也绝不能废弃。（三三17～21。）
19As no one can break Jehovah's covenant with respect to the day and His covenant with respect to the night, so that day and night will not be at the appointed time, so His covenant with David His servant can never be broken, so that he will not have a son to reign on his throne. Likewise, His covenant can never be broken with the Levitical priests as His ministers (vv. 17-21
六 耶和华使祂仆人大卫的后裔，和事奉祂的利未人多起来
F. Jehovah Multiplying the Seed of David His Servant and the Levites His Ministers
20二十二节说，天上的万象怎样不能数算，海边的尘沙怎样不能度量，耶和华必照样使祂仆人大卫的后裔，和事奉祂的利未人多起来。
20Verse 22 says that as the host of heaven cannot be numbered and the sand of the sea cannot be measured, so Jehovah will multiply the seed of David His servant and the Levites His ministers
七 耶和华不弃绝雅各的后裔，和祂仆人大卫的后裔
G. Jehovah Not Rejecting the Seed of Jacob and David His Servant
21若是耶和华所立白日黑夜的约不能存住，若是祂未曾建立天地的定例，祂也就会弃绝雅各的后裔，和祂仆人大卫的后裔，不使大卫的后裔治理亚伯拉罕、以撒、雅各的后裔；因为祂必使他们被掳的人归回，也必怜恤他们。（三三23～26，三一～36。）这里神向祂的子民保证，宇宙怎样永远存留，神的子民和王室也必照样永远存留。
21If Jehovah's covenant with respect today and night does not stand, if He has not established the statutes of heaven and earth, then He will also reject the seed of Jacob and David His servant and will not take rulers from his seed to be over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; for He will turn their captivity and have compassion on them (vv. 23-26; 31:35-36). Here God is assuring His people that just as the universe 35 remains forever, so the people of God and the royal family will also remain forever.