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何西阿书生命读经 · 第3篇

淫乱妻子的象征（二）

The Symbol of a Wife of Harlotries (2)
1读经：何西阿书二章二节至三章五节。在本篇信息中，我们要继续来看淫乱妻子的象征。
1Scripture Reading: Hosea 2:2—3:5 In this message we will continue to consider the symbol of a wife of harlotries
2贰淫乱之妻子的象征
2II. THE SYMBOL OF A WIFE OF HARLOTRIES
二 歌篾作申言者何西阿之妻子的淫乱
B. The Harlotries of Gomer as the Wife to the Prophet Hosea
3歌篾作申言者何西阿之妻子的淫乱，象征以色列作耶和华不贞之妻子的邪淫。（二2～13。）
3The harlotries of Gomer as the wife to the prophet Hosea symbolize the adulteries of Israel as the unchaste wife to Jehovah (2:2-13
1 耶和华要归回的以色列人与邪淫的以色列人争辩
1. Jehovah Wanting the Returned Israelites to Contend with the Adulterous People of Israel
4二章二节上半说，『你们要与你们的母亲大大争辩。』这指明耶和华要归回的以色列人（女儿）与邪淫的以色列人（母亲）争辩。
4Verse 2a says, “Contend with your mother; contend.” This indicates that Jehovah wanted the returned Israelites (the daughters) to contend with the adulterous people of Israel (the mother
2 耶和华否认以色列是祂的妻子，也否认祂是以色列的丈夫
2. Jehovah Denying That Israel Is the Wife and That He Is Her Husband
5在二节中间耶和华说，『她不是我的妻子，我也不是她的丈夫。』这含示离婚。以色列的光景迫使神作这件不正常的事。然而，神把以色列休了，乃是根据祂要再收纳她的坚决意愿。就一面说，神休了以色列；但祂这样作，是为了再收纳她回来。神对以色列所作的，乃是根据于祂的所是。
5In verse 2b Jehovah says, “She is not my wife, / And I am not her husband.” This implies a kind of divorce. The situation forced God to do something abnormal. However, God’s divorcing Israel was based upon His strong determination to receive her back again. In a sense, God divorced Israel, but He did this with the intention of receiving her back again. What God does concerning Israel is based upon what He is
3 耶和华警戒她
3. Jehovah Warning Israel
6在二节下半至四节我们看见耶和华对以色列的警戒。首先，祂叫她除掉脸上的淫相，和胸间的淫态。（2下。）如果她拒绝，祂就要将她剥光，使她与才生的时候一样；并使她如旷野，如干旱之地，以干渴杀她。（3。）此外，祂必不怜恤她的儿女，因为他们是从淫乱生的儿女。（4。）
6In verses 2c through 4 we have Jehovah’s warning to Israel. First He charged her to turn away her harlotries from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts (v. 2c). If she failed to do this, He would strip her naked as in the day she was born and make her a wilderness and a dry land and slay her with thirst (v. 3). Moreover, on her children He would not have compassion, for they were the children of harlotries (v. 4
4 因为以色列往来如同淫妇，行了可羞耻的事
4. Israel Having Gone About as a Harlot and Acting Shamefully
7五节上半告诉我们，以色列往来如同淫妇，行了可羞耻的事。但她竟说，『我要随从所爱的，我的饼、水、羊毛、麻、油、饮料，都是他们给的。』（5下。）她说她日用一切的必需品都是她所爱的，就是偶像给的。这当然是谎言。
7Verse 5a tells us that Israel has gone about as a harlot and acted shamefully. She even went so far as to say, “I will go after my lovers, / Who gave me my bread and my water, / My wool and my flax, / My oil and my drink” (v. 5b). She said that her daily necessities were supplied by her lovers, that is, by her idols. That, of course, was a lie.
5 耶和华必用荆棘堵塞她的道，筑墙挡住她
5. Jehovah Hedging Up Her Way with Thorns and Building Up a Wall against Her
8在六节耶和华说，『因此，我必用荆棘堵塞她的道，筑墙挡住她，使她找不著路。』伟大的神常常作许多小事阻挠我们，目的是要对付我们。就如保罗在罗马八章二十八节说，万事（包括大事和小事）互相效力，叫我们得益处。我们将看见，申言者约拿的情形也是如此。大鱼、蓖麻和虫子，都被神用来对付约拿。
8In verse 6 Jehovah says, “Therefore I will now hedge up / Her way with thorns; / And I will build up a wall against her, / So that she will not find her paths.” Quite often the great God would do many small things in order to frustrate us for the purpose of dealing with us. As Paul says in Romans 8:28, all things, great and small, work together for our good. As we will see, this was the situation with the prophet Jonah. The great fish, the castor oil tree, and the worm were all used by God to deal with Jonah
6 以色列追随所爱的，却追不上
6. Israel Pursuing Her Lovers but Not Overtaking Them
9七节上半说，『她要追随所爱的，却追不上，她要寻找他们，却寻不见。』这表明以色列的倔强。即使神堵塞她的道，筑墙挡住她，她仍不回转归向祂，反而去追随所爱的。然而，至终她会说，『我要归回前夫，因我那时的光景比现今还好。』这指明至终她要归回神，就是她头一个丈夫。我们所有的人都有过这样的经历。刚开始，我们一直挣扎抵抗神；但最后到了一个点，我们就归向神与祂同在，并说，『我要归向神，因我那时的光景比现今还好。』
9Hosea 2:7a goes on to say, “She will pursue her lovers / But will not overtake them; / And she will seek them but not find them.” This shows Israel’s stubbornness. Even though God will hedge her up and build up a wall against her, blocking her way, she will not return to Him but instead will pursue her lovers, her idols. However, eventually she will say, “I will go / And return to my first husband, / For it was better for me then than now.” This indicates that eventually she will return to God as her first Husband. All of us have had this kind of experience. First, we struggled persistently against God to a point, but later we returned to God to be with Him. We said, “I will return to God, for it was better then than now
7 以色列不知道是耶和华给她五谷、新酒和新油
7. Israel Not Knowing That It Was Jehovah Who Gave Her the Grain, the New Wine, and the Fresh Oil
10以色列不知道是耶和华给她五谷、新酒和新油，又加增她的金银。然而，她却把金银用于巴力，就是偶像。（8。）
10Israel did not know that it was Jehovah who gave her the grain, the new wine, and the fresh oil and who multiplied to her silver and gold. Rather, she used the silver and gold to serve Baal, an idol (v. 8
8 到了收割的时候，出酒的季节，耶和华必收回祂的五谷新酒
8. Jehovah Taking Back His Grain in Its Time and His New Wine in Its Appointed Season
11九节告诉我们，到了收割的时候，出酒的季节，耶和华必收回祂的五谷新酒，也必夺去祂的羊毛和麻，就是她用来遮体的。有人怀疑伟大的神会作这种事。是的，神会作这种事，为要改正、调整、成全我们，使我们照祂的心意行。
11Verse 9 tells us that Jehovah will take back His grain in its time and His new wine in its appointed season, and He will snatch away His wool and His flax, which were to cover her nakedness. Some may wonder whether the great God would do things such as this. Yes, God does such things in order to correct us, to adjust us, to perfect us, and to make us according to His intention.
9 耶和华必在她所爱的眼前，揭露她的淫荡，必无人能救她脱离耶和华的手
9. Jehovah Uncovering Her Lewdness in the Sight of Her Lovers, and No One Delivering Her from His Hand
12耶和华必在她所爱的眼前，揭露她的淫荡，必无人能救她脱离耶和华的手。耶和华也必使她一切的欢乐，她的节期、月朔、安息日、并她所定一切的会，都止息了。耶和华也必毁坏她的葡萄树和无花果树，就是她说，『这是我所爱的给我的赏价。』（10～12上。）耶和华必使这些树变为荒林，为田野的走兽所吃。（12下。）耶和华必惩罚她给诸巴力烧香的日子，那时她佩带鼻环，和许多珠宝，随从她所爱的，却忘记耶和华。（13。）
12Jehovah will uncover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and no one will deliver her from His hand. He will bring all her mirth to an end, her feasts, her new moons, and her Sabbaths, and all her appointed assemblies. He will desolate her vine and her fig tree, of which she said, “These are my payments / That my lovers have given me” (vv. 10-12a). He will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field will devour them (v. 12b). He will also visit the days of the Baals upon her, in which she offered incense to them and adorned herself with her nose rings and her jewels and went after her lovers and forgot Jehovah (v. 13
三 耶和华复兴淫乱背道的以色列
C. Jehovah’s Restoration of the Adulterous and Apostate Israel
13在二章十四至二十三节我们看见耶和华复兴淫乱背道的以色列。
13In 2:14-23 we see Jehovah’s restoration of the adulterous and apostate Israel
1 耶和华要诱导以色列，领她到旷野，对她的心说话
1. Jehovah Luring Israel, Bringing Her into the Wilderness, and Speaking to Her Heart
14耶和华要诱导以色列，领她到旷野，对她的心说话。（14。）旷野应该是表征荒野之地。第二次世界大战时，希特勒使德国成为犹太人的旷野；今天，亚拉伯国家竭力要使以色列国成为旷野。神甚至许可这样的事发生，因为在旷野，神就能向以色列说话。在我们的人性生活中，我们常常进到一种可比作旷野的情形。神有时会使我们的环境成为旷野，为要对我们说话，对我们的心说话。
14Jehovah will lure Israel, He will bring her into the wilderness, and He will speak to her heart (v. 14). The wilderness should signify a wild place. During the Second World War Hitler made Germany a wilderness for the Jews, and today the Arab countries are trying to make the nation of Israel a wilderness. God would allow even this, for in the wilderness God can speak to Israel. Quite often in our human life we enter into a situation which may be likened to a wilderness. Sometimes God will cause our environment to be a wilderness so that He may speak to us, to our heart
2 耶和华必赐以色列葡萄园，又赐她亚割谷作为指望的门
2. Jehovah Giving Israel Her Vineyards and the Valley of Achor as a Door of Hope
15从那里（旷野）耶和华必赐以色列葡萄园，又赐她亚割谷作为指望的门；她必在那里应声，像她幼年的时日一样，像她从埃及地上来的日子一样。（15。）
15Jehovah will give Israel her vineyards from there (the wilderness) and the valley of Achor as a door of hope. She will respond there as in the days of her youth and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt (v. 15).
3 那日以色列必称呼耶和华她的丈夫
3. In That Day Israel Calling Jehovah Her Husband
16那日以色列必称呼耶和华『我的丈夫』，（赛五四5，耶三14，结十六8，）不再称呼耶和华『巴力』（意，我的主人－何二16）。因为耶和华必从她口中除掉诸巴力名号，他们必不再记起这名号。（17。）
16In that day Israel will call Jehovah her Husband (Isa. 54:5; Jer. 3:14; Ezek. 16:8) and will no longer call Him Baali (meaning “my Master”—Hosea 2:16). For Jehovah will take away the names of the Baals from her mouth, and they will no longer be remembered by their name (v. 17
4 耶和华为以色列立约
4. Jehovah Making a Covenant for Israel
17当那日耶和华必为以色列，与田野的走兽、空中的飞鸟、并地上的爬物立约。（18上。）神如何在挪亚的时代为我们与活物立约，祂也要在复兴的时候为以色列立这样的约。因著这约，走兽、飞鸟、和爬物将有次有序。神又必在国中折断弓、刀，止息争战，使以色列安然躺卧。（18下。）
17Jehovah will make a covenant for Israel in that day with the beasts of the field, the birds of heaven, and the creeping things of the earth (v. 18a). Just as God made for us a covenant with the living things at Noah’st i me, so He will make such a covenant for Israel at the time of restoration. Because of this covenant, the beasts, the birds, and the creeping things will be in a good order. Also, God will break bow, sword, and battle from the land, and He will cause Israel to lie down in safety (v. 18b
5 耶和华聘以色列永远归祂为妻
5. Jehovah Betrothing Israel to Himself Forever
18耶和华必聘以色列永远归祂为妻。（19上。）祂要以祂的五种属性，就是公义、公平、慈爱、怜恤和信实，聘以色列永远归祂为妻，她就必认识耶和华。（19下～20。）
18Jehovah will betroth Israel to Himself forever (v. 19a). Indeed, He will betroth her to Himself in five of His attributes—righteousness, justice, lovingkindness, compassions, and faithfulness—and she will know Jehovah (vv. 19b-20
6 耶和华必应允天，天必应允地
6. Jehovah Answering the Heavens, and the Heavens Answering the Earth
19在那日耶和华必应允天，天必应允地降雨，使地生产谷物。（21。）地必应允五谷、新酒和新油，这些都必应允耶斯列（象征撒种）。（22。）
19In that day Jehovah will answer the heavens, and the heavens will answer the earth with rain to enable the earth to grow things (v. 21). Then the earth will answer the grain, the fresh wine, and the oil, and they will answer Jezreel, which symbolizes sowing (v. 22
7 耶和华为祂自己将以色列播种在这地
7. Jehovah Sowing Israel for Himself in the Land
20耶和华必为祂自己将以色列播种在巴勒斯坦地。（23上。）耶和华必怜恤罗路哈玛（意，她未蒙怜恤）；耶和华必对罗阿米说，『你是我的民；』他们必说，『你是我的神。』（23下。）
20Jehovah will sow Israel for Himself in the land of Palestine (v. 23a). He will have compassion on Lo-ruhamah (meaning “she has not obtained compassion”), and He will say to Lo-ammi (meaning “not My people”), “You are My people.” And they will say, “My God” (v. 23b
四 神信实的复兴以色列的证实
D. The Confirmation of God’s Faithful Restoration of Israel
21何西阿三章一至五节说到神信实的复兴以色列的证实。
21Hosea 3:1-5 speaks of the confirmation of God’s faithful restoration of Israel.
1 耶和华对何西阿说，你再去爱一个淫妇，就是歌篾
1. Jehovah Telling Hosea to Love Gomer, a Woman of Adulteries, Again
22『耶和华对我说，你再去爱一个淫妇，就是她情人所爱的，好像以色列人，虽然偏向别神，喜爱葡萄饼，耶和华还是爱他们。』（1。）这里耶和华叫何西阿再去爱一个淫妇，就是歌篾。这象征耶和华必再爱以色列人，虽然他们偏向别的爱人（别神），喜爱葡萄饼（为著自己的享乐）。表面上，在巴比伦入侵耶路撒冷，及后来罗马太子提多毁灭耶路撒冷的时候，神就不再爱以色列了。直到今日，以色列仍然被神撇弃，表面上似乎失去了神的爱。然而，神仍然用祂的方式眷顾以色列。
22Then Jehovah said to me, Go again, love a woman who is loved by her companion yet who is an adulteress, even as Jehovah has loved the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes” (v. 1). Here Jehovah told Hosea to love Gomer, a woman of adulteries, again. This symbolizes that Jehovah will love the children of Israel again, though they have turned to other lovers (other gods) and loved raisin cakes (pleasures for self). Apparently, God stopped loving Israel when Nebuchadnezzar captured Jerusalem and again when Titus the prince of Rome destroyed Jerusalem. To this day Israel has been left alone, apparently without God’s love, yet God still cares for Israel in His own way
2 何西阿再爱歌篾，叫她多日为他独居
2. Hosea Loving Gomer and Telling Her to Abide with Him Many Days
23何西阿非常顺从神。他已经娶过歌篾，歌篾也给他生了三个孩子。然后她可能离开了他，去与她的情人行淫。最后，耶和华叫何西阿再爱歌篾，象征祂要再爱以色列。何西阿也照著作了。
23Hosea was very obedient to God. He had married Gomer already, and she had borne him three children. Then she probably left him and committed adultery with her lovers. Later, as a symbol of His intention to love the children of Israel again, Jehovah told Hosea to love Gomer again, and Hosea did so
24何西阿对淫妇歌篾说，当多日为他独居；不可往来如同淫妇，不可归与别人为妻，他向她也必这样。（2～3。）按照第四节，这象征以色列人必多日独居，无君王，无首领，无祭祀，无柱像（为著敬拜），无以弗得，无家中的神像。这里所说的『多日』开始于巴比伦人焚烧圣殿之时；七十年之久，犹太人没有献祭的事。虽然后来圣殿重建，但到了主后七十年，又被提多彻底毁坏了。从那时起，以色列没有王，没有首领，也没有献祭敬拜神。不仅如此，从那时起，直到今日，犹太人有将近二千年之久没有拜偶像了。
24Hosea told Gomer, the woman of harlotries, to abide with him many days without going about as a harlot nor being another man’s, and he would be the same toward her (vv. 2-3). According to verse 4, this symbolizes that the children of Israel would abide for many days without king, without prince, without sacrifice, without pillar (for worship), and without ephod and teraphim (idols in homes). These “many days” began when the Babylonians burned the temple. For seventy years the Jews did not offer sacrifices. The temple was rebuilt, but it was utterly destroyed by Titus in A.D. 70. From that time, Israel has been without king, without prince, and without their worship by offering sacrifices to God. Furthermore, from that time until the present, a period of nearly two thousand years, the Jews have not worshipped idols
3 以色列人必归回，寻求耶和华，和他们的王大卫（在千年国中的基督）
3. The Children of Israel Returning and Seeking Jehovah and David Their King (Christ in the Millennium)
25三章五节启示，后来以色列人必归回，寻求耶和华，和他们的王大卫（在千年国中的基督－启二十4，6）；他们在末后的日子（在复兴的时代－太十九28），必存敬畏归向耶和华和祂的恩惠。
25Later, as verse 5 reveals, the children of Israel will return and seek Jehovah and David their king (Christ in the millennium—Rev. 20:4, 6), and they will come with fear to Jehovah and to His goodness in the latter days (in the restoration age—Matt. 19:28
26何西阿顺从神的命令对歌篾所作的，乃是神应许对以色列所作之事的证实。神叫何西阿再去爱歌篾，象征祂要再爱以色列的心意。今天以色列是歌篾，但神复兴她，使她归向祂自己的日子正在来临。这个复兴将是基督显现的结果。我要再一次强调，申言者书不断的题到四件事：神对犹太人的惩治，神对列国的惩罚，基督的显现，以及复兴。神的惩治和惩罚带进基督的显现，而基督的显现带进复兴的时代，就是千年国，把老旧、败坏的宇宙带进新天新地同新耶路撒冷。我们若看见这四件事，就会看见我们在基督里有何等的盼望。
26What Hosea did in obedience to God’s command regarding Gomer was a confirmation of what God promised to do regarding Israel. God told Hosea to love Gomer again as a symbol of His intention to love Israel again. Today Israel is a Gomer, but the day is coming when God will restore her to Himself. This restoration will be the result of the manifestation of Christ. Once again I would emphasize the fact that in the prophetic books four things are covered repeatedly: God’s chastisement on the Jews, God’s punishment upon the nations, the manifestation of Christ, and the restoration. God’s chastisement and punishment will issue in the manifestation of Christ, and the manifestation of Christ will bring in the age of restoration, the millennial kingdom, which ushers the old and ruined universe into the new heaven and new earth with the New Jerusalem. If we see these four things, we will see what a hope we have in Christ