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耶利米书生命读经 · 第8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（三）作丈夫之耶和华进一步抱怨
1and Jehovah’s Punishment upon Israel (3) Jehovah the Husband’s Further Complaint
作妻子之以色列的邪恶，以及祂管教妻子的决心
against Israel the Wife’s Wickednesses and His Determination in Correcting Her
2读经：耶利米书五至六章。
2Scripture Reading: Jer. 5—6
3在本篇信息中，我们要来看耶利米五、六章。五章是作丈夫之耶和华对祂妻子进一步的抱怨，在六章我们看见祂管教妻子的决心。
3In this message we will consider chapters five and six of Jeremiah. In chapter five we have Jehovah the Husband's further complaint against His wife, and in chapter six we see His determination in correcting His wife
4壹作丈夫之耶和华进一步
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在细节上抱怨作妻子之以色列
I. JEHOVAH THE HUSBAND'S FURTHER COMPLAINT AGAINST ISRAEL (ACTUALLY JUDAH
（事实上是犹大）的邪恶
THE WIFE'S WICKEDNESSES IN DETAIL
5耶利米二至四章是作丈夫之耶和华抱怨作妻子之以色列的背道，就是她属灵的淫乱－拜偶像和造偶像。以色列这样作，就破坏了律法中有关她与神之关系的前四条诫命。（出二十1～11。）前三条诫命要求人除神以外，不可有偶像；（3～7；）第四条诫命要求人只可在神并神为人所成就的一切里面，得著满足和安息。（8～11。）耶利米五章是作丈夫之耶和华进一步在细节上抱怨作妻子之以色列的邪恶。有关她邪恶的细节部分，表明她也破坏了律法的末五条诫命，（出二十13～17，）就是关于人与人之关系的诫命。这些诫命与杀害、奸淫、偷盗、说谎和贪婪有关。耶利米是祭司，对律法很明瞭。他晓得十诫，并且是照著十诫的顺序写到以色列的邪恶和罪恶。
5Chapters two through four of Jeremiah are Jehovah the Husband's complaint against Israel the wife's apostasy, her spiritual fornication—her worshipping and making of idols. By doing this Israel broke the first four commandments of the law (Exo. 20:1-11), which concern her relationship with God. The first three commandments require man not to have idols but only to have God (vv. 3-7); the fourth commandment requires man to have satisfaction and rest only in God and in all that God has accomplished for man (vv. 8-11). Chapter five of Jeremiah is Jehovah the Husband's further complaint against Israel the wife's wickednesses in detail. The details concerning her wickednesses show that she also broke the last five commandments of the law (Exo. 20:13-17), those concerning man's relationship with man. These commandments are concerned with killing, adultery, stealing, lying, and coveting. As a priest, Jeremiah was very knowledgeable concerning the law. He knew the Ten Commandments, and he wrote about the wickedness and sinfulness of Israel according to the sequence of the Ten Commandments
一 没有人行公平，求信实
A. No One Executing Justice and Seeking Faithfulness
6『你们当在耶路撒冷的街上跑来跑去，在阔处寻找，看看有一人行公平，求信实没有，若有，我就赦免这城。』（耶五1。）这里有耶和华抱怨的摘要：没有人行公平，或求信实。他们中间没有信实。
6"Go to and fro in the streets of Jerusalem, / And look now and know, / And seek in her open squares / If you can find a man, / If there is anyone who executes justice, / Who seeks faithfulness; / And I will pardon her" (Jer. 5:1). Here we have a summary of Jehovah's complaint: no one was executing justice or seeking faithfulness. There was no faithfulness among them.
二 不受管教
B. Refusing to Take Correction
7三节揭露以色列对神管教的态度：『你击打他们，他们却不伤恸；你毁灭他们，他们仍不受管教。他们使脸刚硬过于磐石，不肯回头。』即使他们是有罪的，他们也不愿接受神的管教。
7Verse 3 exposes Israel's attitude toward God's correction. "You have stricken them,/But they did not writhe;/You have consumed them,/But they refused to take correction./They have made their faces harder than rock;/They have refused to turn." Even though they were sinful, they would not receive God's correction
三 晓得耶和华的法则和他们神的典章，却将轭折断，挣开绳索
C. Knowing the Way of Jehovah and the Ordinance of Their God, but Having Broken the Yoke and Torn Off the Bonds
8『因为他们必晓得耶和华的法则，和他们神的典章。但这些人齐心将轭折断，挣开绳索。』（5。）律法不仅有十诫，也有关乎神公正公义之律法的诸多典章、规条。以色列晓得这些典章，却不愿遵守。
8Surely these know the way of Jehovah, / The ordinance of their God. / But together they both have broken the yoke; / They have torn off the bonds" (v. 5). In the law there are not only the Ten Commandments but also many ordinances, regulations of God's just and righteous law. Israel knew these ordinances but would not follow them
四 行奸淫，成群聚集在娼妓家里
D. Committing Adultery and Trooping to the House of Harlots
9『我使他们饱足，他们就行奸淫，成群聚集在娼妓家里。他们像𫗪饱的马，到处乱跑，各向他邻舍的妻发嘶声。』（7～8。）这指明百姓犯奸淫，他们完全是罪恶的。到娼妓家的访客，成群的像军队一样。
9When I fed them to the full, they committed adultery / And trooped to the house of harlots. / Like well-fed horses they roam about, / Each one neighing after his neighbor's wife" (vv. 7-8). This indicates that the people were adulterous, utterly sinful. The visitors to the house of harlots were like a troop, like an army
五 在耶和华面前不战兢
E. Not Trembling before Jehovah
10以色列在耶和华面前不战兢；耶和华用沙为海的界限，（22，）但他们有顽梗悖逆的心，偏离而去。（23。）
10Israel did not tremble before Jehovah, who has set the sand as a boundary for the sea (v. 22). Rather, they had a stubborn and rebellious heart, and they turned aside and went away (v. 23
六 在他们中间有恶人埋伏窥探，好像捕鸟的人
F. Among Them Wicked Men Being Found Who Lie in Wait like Fowlers Crouching
11『因为在我民中有恶人，他们埋伏窥探，好像捕鸟的人；他们设立圈套陷害人。』（26。）这些恶人设立『网罗』捕捉他们的掳物。他们不仅说谎，更偷盗和贪婪。他们的确是破坏律法的人。
11For wicked men are found among My people; / They lie in wait like fowlers crouching; / They set a trap, / They catch men" (v. 26). These wicked men set up a "net" to catch their prey. This is a matter not only of lying but also of stealing and greed. They certainly were lawbreakers
七 他们的屋里充满诡诈
G. Their Houses Being Full of Deceit
12『笼内怎样满了雀鸟，他们屋里也照样充满诡诈，所以他们得成为大，而且富足。』（27。）这是指他们由欺诈别人所得著的。他们的屋里充满他们藉著诡诈所得著的。
12" Like a cage full of birds, / So their houses are full of deceit; / Therefore they have become great and rich" (v. 27). This refers to their gain from deceiving others. Their houses were full of what they had gained through deceit.
八 作恶过甚
H. Surpassing in Deeds of Wickedness
13『他们…作恶过甚；他们不为人伸冤，就是不为孤儿伸冤，反倒自己亨通；他们也不为穷人辨屈。』（28。）他们没有公平的为平民伸冤，也没有公平公义的对待孤儿。
13Indeed they surpass in deeds of wickedness; / They do not judge the cause, / The cause of the orphan, but they prosper; / And the right of the needy they do not judge" (v. 28). They did not judge in a just way the cases of ordinary people; neither did they treat the orphans justly and rightly
九 申言者说假豫言，祭司凭自己的权柄管理
I. The Prophets Prophesying Falsely, and the Priests Ruling by Their Own Authority
14『申言者说假豫言，祭司凭自己的权柄管理；我的百姓也喜爱这些事。』（31。）祭司实际上是审判者，他们该照著神的律法为百姓伸冤。然而，他们凭自己的权柄审判、管理。这就是说，他们照著自己的意见管理。百姓喜爱这样；这也许指明百姓在贿赂祭司。
14The prophets prophesy falsely, / And the priests rule by their own authority; / And My people love it this way" (v. 31). The priests actually were judges, and they should have judged the cases of the people according to God's law. However, they judged, ruled, by their own authority. This means that they ruled according to their opinion. The people loved it this way. This may indicate that the people were bribing the priests
贰 丈夫管教妻子的决心
II. THE HUSBAND'S DETERMINATION
IN CORRECTING THE WIFE
15六章描述作丈夫之耶和华管教妻子的决心。
15Chapter six describes Jehovah the Husband's determination in correcting His wife
一 有灾祸从北方张望
A. Evil Looking Down from the North
16耶和华说，『有灾祸与大毁灭，从北方张望。那秀美娇嫩的锡安女子，我必剪除。』（六1下～2。）这里的灾祸指灾难，北方指巴比伦。神将从北方差遣灾难和毁灭。（22～26。）
16Jehovah said, "Evil looks down from the north, / And great destruction. / The comely and delicate one, / The daughter of Zion, I will cut off" (6:1b-2). The word evil here refers to calamities, and the word north refers to Babylon. God was about to send calamities and destruction from the north (vv. 22-26
二 耶和华说要准备攻击她
B. Jehovah Saying That War Should Be Prepared against Her
17『你们要准备攻击她；起来罢，我们可以趁午时上去。…起来罢，我们可以夜间上去，毁坏她的宫殿。』（4～5。）在这些经文里，神是对巴比伦人说话。这意思就是，祂要用他们管教以色列。
17Prepare war against her; / Rise up, and let us go up at noon./...Rise up, and let us go up at night / And destroy her palaces" (vv. 4-5). In these verses God speaks to the Babylonians. He will use them in His correction of Israel
三 作丈夫的要使她荒凉，成为无人居住之地
C. The Husband Making Her a Desolation and an Uninhabited Land
18『耶路撒冷阿，你当受劝戒，免得我心与你生疏，免得我使你荒凉，成为无人居住之地。』（8。）这指明藉著巴比伦人，作丈夫的要使她成为荒凉，成为不再可居住之地。
18"Be admonished, O Jerusalem, / Lest My desire for you depart, / Lest I make you a desolation, / An uninhabited land" (v. 8). This indicates that, through the Babylonians, the Husband would make her a desolation and a land that is no longer inhabitable.
四 敌人必掳尽她剩下的民，如同摘尽葡萄一样
D. The Enemy Thoroughly Gleaning Her Remnant like a Vine
19敌人必掳尽她剩下的民，如同摘尽葡萄一样；他们要像摘葡萄的人回手到枝子上，摘了又摘。（9。）以色列的房屋、田地和妻子，都必转归别人；作丈夫的要伸手攻击她的居民。（12。）神要伸手惩治他们。九节有一个比喻：葡萄园同葡萄。照著神的律法，葡萄收成的时候，没有人可摘尽葡萄，剩下的葡萄要为著穷人。然而，巴比伦人从以色列这『葡萄树』收取『葡萄』时，要再来摘尽葡萄。这就是说，他们要一再的来掳掠百姓。
19The enemy will thoroughly glean her remnant like a vine; they will pass their hand again over her branches like a grape gatherer (v. 9). The houses of Israel will be turned over to others, fields and wives together, and the Husband will stretch out His hand over her inhabitants (v. 12). God will stretch out His hand to chastise them. In verse 9 we have a figure of speech: a vineyard with its grapevines. According to God's law, once the grapes were harvested, no one was allowed to pick the gleanings, for the remnant of the grape harvest was to be for the poor. However, the Babylonians would harvest the "grapes" from the "vine" of Israel, and then come again to glean the vine thoroughly. This means that they would come more than once to take the people captive
五 作丈夫的现今使灾祸临到她，将绊脚石放在她前面
E. The Husband Now Bringing Evil on Her and Now Laying Stumbling Blocks before Her
20『地阿，当听，我必使灾祸，…临到这百姓…我要将绊脚石放在这百姓前面，父亲和儿子，要一同跌在其上；邻舍与朋友，也都灭亡。』（19，21。）一面，耶和华要使灾祸，灾难临到以色列；另一面，祂要在百姓前面立绊脚石，使他们绊跌。
20Listen, O earth; I am now bringing evil / On this people... /I am now laying before this people stumbling blocks, / And fathers and sons together / Will stumble against them; / A neighbor and his friend will perish" (vv. 19, 21). On the one hand, Jehovah would bring evil, calamity, upon Israel; on the other hand, He would set up stumbling blocks before the people in order to stumble them
六 作丈夫的回应妻子恶行的决心
F. The Husband's Determination in His Reaction to Her Evils
21本章揭示作丈夫的回应妻子恶行的决心。（6～7，10，13，15，19～21，～30。）她的行动是邪恶的，神的惩罚是祂对这些邪恶行动的回应。我给本篇信息下结论时，要简单的概述二至六章。二至四章是耶和华主要的抱怨，指责祂妻子的背道，就是属灵的淫乱－拜偶像；她因这背道破坏了律法中与神有关的前四条诫命。五至六章是耶和华其次的抱怨，指责祂妻子的邪恶行为；她因这邪恶的行为破坏了律法中与人有关的后五条诫命。以色列因著拜偶像，破坏了前四条诫命，又因著不行公平，不寻求信实，破坏了后五条诫命。
21This chapter discloses the Husband's determination in His reaction to the wife's evils (vv. 6-7, 10, 13, 15, 19-21, 28-30). Her actions were evil, and God's 28 punishment was His reaction to these evil actions. As I conclude this message, I would like to summarize chapters two through six in a simple way. In chapters two through four is Jehovah's major complaint, against His wife's apostasy, spiritual fornication — idolatry, by which she broke the first four commandments of the law concerning God. In chapters five and six is Jehovah's minor complaint, against His wife's evil conduct, by which she broke the last five commandments of the law concerning men. Israel broke the first four commandments by worshipping idols and the last five commandments by not executing justice or seeking faithfulness.