何西阿书生命读经 · 第7篇

耶和华不变的爱对以色列的倔强不贞（一）

Jehovah’s Unchanging Love Versus Israel’s Stubborn Unchastity (1

1读经：何西阿书十一至十四章。在本篇信息中，我们要来看何西阿十一至十四章。这几章说到耶和华不变的爱对以色列的倔强不贞。

1Scripture Reading: Hosea 11—14 In this message we will begin to consider chapters eleven through fourteen. These chapters are concerned with Jehovah’sun changing love versus Israel’s stubborn unchastity

壹以色列的倔强不贞

I. ISRAEL’S STUBBORN UNCHASTITY

2一个正当妻子的最高美德乃是贞洁。妻子若不贞洁，她即使在各方面都很好，仍然不是正当的妻子。以色列对耶和华她的丈夫是倔强不贞的。

2The highest virtue of a proper wife is chastity. A wife may be very good in every respect, but if she is not chaste, she is still not a proper wife. Israel was stubborn in her unchastity toward Jehovah her Husband

一神的申言者招呼他们

A. God’s Prophets Calling Them

3神一再打发申言者招呼以色列，但申言者越发招呼他们，他们越发从申言者走开。『申言者越发招呼他们，他们越发走开，向诸巴力献祭，给众偶像烧香。』（十一2。）他们用祭牲去服事诸巴力。

3God sent the prophets to call Israel again and again, but the more the prophets called them, the farther they went away from the prophets. “As they called them, / So they went from them; / To the Baals they sacrificed, / And to the idols they burned incense” (11:2). They served the Baals with their offerings of sacrifices

4从主后七十年提多毁坏耶路撒冷和圣殿起，直到如今，神在犹太人中间从未再兴起任何申言者。这是神的作为。在马太二十一章四十三节，主耶稣对犹太人说，『神的国必从你们夺去，赐给那能结果子的百姓。』这百姓就是召会。在召会里，神兴起了许多申言者。不仅如此，在召会里，每一个重生的人都是祭司。（彼前二5，9，启一6。）只要我们是神的儿女，我们就是祭司。我们众人都是神的祭司，1在福音上服事神；（罗十五16；）此外，我们还都必须竭力作申言者。在林前十四章，保罗吩咐我们要切慕申言，（1，39，）又说，我们都能一个一个的申言。（31。）主给我们看见，在祂今日的恢复中，祂要恢复林前十四章，就是恢复每一位信徒申言。每主日，在擘饼聚会记念主并敬拜父之后，召会的众肢体都应当申言。这就是说，众肢体都该为主说话，并说出主来。我们众人，无论长幼，若都一个一个的申言，那将是何等丰富、高昂、新鲜、活泼并有能力！我们都必须尊重林前十四章里神命定的路。我们已得著重生，成为祭司；如今我们需要竭力作申言者。

4From the time Titus destroyed Jerusalem and the temple in A.D. 70 until now, God has not raised up any prophets among the Jews. This is God’s doing. In Matthew 21:43 the Lord Jesus told the Jews that “the kingdom of God shall be taken from you and shall be given to a nation producing its fruit.” This nation is the church. In the church God has raised up many prophets. Furthermore, in the church every reborn one is a priest (1 Pet. 2:5, 9; Rev. 1:6). As long as we are children of God, we are priests. In addition to being God’s priests serving Him in the gospel (Rom. 15:16), we all need to endeavor to prophesy. In Corinthians 14 Paul charged us to desire earnestly to prophesy (vv. 1, 39) and said that we all can prophesy one by one (v. 31). The Lord has shown us that, in His recovery today, He wants to recover 1 Corinthians 14, that is, to recover the prophesying of every believer. Every Lord’s Day, after remembering the Lord and worshipping the Father at the Lord’s table, all the members of the church should prophesy. This means that they all should speak for the Lord and speak forth the Lord. If we all, the young ones and the old ones, prophesy one by one, how rich, how high, how fresh, how living, and how powerful that would be! We all must honor God’s ordained way in 1 Corinthians 14. We were regenerated to be priests. Now we need to endeavor to prophesy.

二他们不肯归向耶和华

B. They Refusing to Return to Jehovah

5他们必不归回埃及地，亚述人却要作他们的王，因他们不肯归向耶和华。刀剑必在他们城中挥动，毁坏门闩，把人吞灭，都因他们自己的计谋。他们偏要背弃耶和华；众申言者虽然招呼他们归向至高者，却无人尊崇祂。（何十一5～7。）三以法莲用谎话围绕耶和华以法莲用谎话，以色列家用诡计围绕耶和华。（12。）他们来到神面前时就说谎。犹大对神，对圣者，就是忠信者，仍然犹豫不定。

5They would not return to the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian would be their king, for they refused to return to Jehovah. The sword would whirl about in their cities, consume their bars, and devour them because of their own counsels. They were bent upon turning away from Jehovah. Though the prophets called them to Him who is on high, none at all exalted Him (Hosea 11:5-7). C. Ephraim Encompassing Jehovah with Lies Ephraim encompassed Jehovah with lies, and the house of Israel, with deceit (v. 12). When they came to God, they lied. Judah was yet unsteadfast with God and with the Holy One, the Faithful One

四以法莲吃风，常常追随东风

D. Ephraim Feeding on Wind and Following the East Wind Continually

6十二章一节说以法莲吃风（虚空），常常追随东风（空洞）；他增添虚空和强暴。他们与亚述（不是与耶和华）立约，送油到埃及（不是到神殿中）。这描述以色列倔强不贞的光景。

6Hosea 12:1 says that Ephraim fed on wind (on vanity and in vain) and followed the east wind continually (in emptiness). He multiplied lies and violence. They made a covenant with Assyria (not with Jehovah), and oil was carried to Egypt (not into the temple of God). This was their situation in their stubborn unchastity

五耶和华也与犹大争辩，必照雅各所行的惩罚他

E. Jehovah Having Also a Controversy with Judah and Punishing Jacob according to His Ways

7二节说耶和华也与犹大争辩。这指明祂与犹大争论、辩论。耶和华必照雅各所行的惩罚他，按他所作的报应他。在腹中他抓住哥哥的脚跟。（何十二上，创二五26。）『从前雅各逃到亚兰地，以色列为得妻服事人，为得妻与人放羊。』（何十二12，创二九，30，三一38～41。）他年壮的时候与神较力。（何十二3下。）『他与天使（基督）较力并且得胜；他哭泣，向耶和华恳求。』（何十二4上，创三二24～32。）

7Verse 2 tells us that Jehovah had also a controversy with Judah. This means that He was contending, arguing, with Judah. Jehovah would punish Jacob according to his ways. According to his doings He would recompense him. In the womb he grasped his 3 brother by the heel (v. 3a; Gen. 25:26). “Jacob fled into the country of Aram; / And Israel served for a wife, / And for a wife he kept sheep” (Hosea 12:12; Gen. 20 29:20, 30; 31:38-41). In his full strength he contended with God (Hosea 12:3b). “Indeed he contended with the Angel [Christ] and prevailed; / He wept and made supplication to Him” (v. 4a; Gen. 32:24-32).

六以法莲是商人

F. Ephraim Being a Merchant

8以法莲是商人，手里有诡诈的天平，喜爱欺骗。（何十二7。）以法莲说，『我果然成了富足，为自己得了财富。在我一切的劳碌上，人必不见有甚么罪孽，可算为罪的。』（8。）以法莲手中有两种天平：买时法码是重的，卖时法码是轻的。

8Ephraim was a merchant. In his hand were balances of deceit, and he loved to extort (v. 7). Ephraim said, “I have surely become rich; / I have found wealth for myself. / In all my labors / They will find with me / No iniquity, which would be sin” (v. 8). In Ephraim’s hands were two kinds of balances: one that weighed light for buying and one that weighed heavy for selling.

七基列是罪孽

G. Gilead Being Iniquity

9基列是罪孽。（六8。）他们全然是虚空。他们在吉甲（拜偶像的中心）献牛犊为祭；他们的祭坛好像田间犁沟中的乱堆。（十二11。）这是比喻的说法，形容以色列的倔强不贞。八以法莲惹动耶和华发怒以法莲惹动耶和华发怒，所以他的主必使他流血的罪，归在他身上，以他所受的羞辱报应他。（14。）

9Gilead was iniquity (6:8). They were altogether vanity. In Gilgal (the focus of idolatry) they sacrificed bullocks. Indeed their altars were like heaps in the furrows of a field (12:11). This was a figure of speech to describe Israel’s stubborn unchastity. H. Ephraim Provoking Jehovah to Bitter Anger Ephraim provoked Jehovah to bitter anger. Therefore, his Lord would leave his bloodshed upon him and would recompense him with his own reproach (v. 14

九以法莲如早晨的云雾，又如速散的甘露，像场上的糠秕被狂风吹去，又像烟气腾出窗外

I. Being like a Morning Cloud and like Dew That Departs Early, like Chaff Driven by a Storm Wind, and like Smoke from a Window Vent

10从前以法莲说话，人都战兢；他在以色列中高举自己。但他因事奉巴力而犯罪，就死了。现今他们越发犯罪，用银子为自己造铸像，就是照自己聪明制造的偶像，这一切都是匠人的工作。他们要献祭的人向牛犊（偶像）亲嘴。因此，他们必如早晨的云雾，又如速散的甘露，像场上的糠秕被狂风吹去，又像烟气腾出窗外。（十三1～3。）这些也是何西阿所用比喻的说法，描述以色列犯罪生活的虚空。

10When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling. He exalted himself in Israel, but he trespassed through Baal and died. Now they sinned more and more and made molten images for themselves out of their silver, idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of craftsmen. They asked those who sacrificed to kiss the calves (idols). Therefore, they would be like a morning cloud and like dew that departs early, like chaff driven by a storm wind from the threshing floor, and like smoke from a window vent (13:1-3). These too are figures used by Hosea to describe the vanity of the sinful life of Israel

十他们的心高傲，忘记了耶和华

J. Their Heart Being Exalted, and They Having Forgotten Jehovah

11他们得饱足后，心就高傲，忘记了耶和华。（6。）因此，耶和华向他们如狮子，又如豹伏在道旁注视。耶和华必像丢崽子的母熊遇见他们，撕裂他们的心膜；在那里祂必像母狮吞吃他们；野兽必撕裂他们。（7～8。）这也是何西阿诗意的写作。

11After they became full, their heart was exalted. Therefore, they forgot Jehovah (v. 6). Thus Jehovah would be to them like a lion; like a leopard Jehovah would watch them along the way. Jehovah would meet them like a bear robbed of her cubs, He would tear away the covering of their heart, and He would devour them there like a lioness. The beast of the field would tear them to pieces (vv. 7-8). This is Hosea’s poetic writing

十一以色列反对耶和华，乃是自取毁灭

K. It Being Their Destruction That Israel Was against Jehovah

12以色列反对耶和华，反对那帮助他们的，乃是自取毁灭。他们的王在他们所有的城中不能拯救他们。耶和华在怒气中将王赐给他们，又在烈怒中将王废去。（9～11。）耶和华在怒气中赐给他们的王可能就是扫罗，他后来在耶和华的烈怒中被废去。

12It was their destruction that Israel was against Jehovah, against their help. Their king could not save them in all their cities. Jehovah gave them a king in His anger and took away the king in His overflowing wrath (vv. 9-11). The king given by Jehovah in His anger might have been Saul, who was eventually taken away by Jehovah in His overflowing wrath.

十二以法莲的罪孽是包裹著的

L. The Iniquity of Ephraim Being Bound Up

13以法莲的罪孽是包裹著的，他的罪恶是收藏著的。产妇的疼痛必临到他身上。他是无智慧之子；因为到了产期，他不应当迟延。（12～13。）十三耶和华的风从旷野上来十五至十六节说，撒玛利亚在弟兄中虽然茂盛，必有东风刮来，就是耶和华的风从旷野上来，他的水泉必干涸，他的泉源必枯竭。仇敌必掳掠他所积蓄的一切宝器。撒玛利亚必担当自己的罪，因她悖逆她的神。他们必倒在刀下，婴孩必被摔死，孕妇必被剖开。

13The iniquity of Ephraim was bound up; his sin was laid up in store. The pains of a woman giving birth would come upon him. He was an unwise son; for he should not have delayed at the time the children broke forth (vv. 12-13). M. A Wind of Jehovah Coming from the Wilderness Verses 15 and 16 say that even if Samaria should be fruitful among his brothers, an east wind would come, a wind of Jehovah coming up from the wilderness, and his spring would become dry, and his fountain would be dried up. The enemy would plunder the treasure of every desirable vessel. Samaria would be guilty, for she rebelled against her God. They would fall by the sword. Their children would be dashed in pieces, and their pregnant women would be ripped up

十四以色列因自己的罪孽跌倒了

N. Israel Having Fallen by His Iniquity

14最后，十四章一节下半说，以色列

14Finally, 14:1b says that Israel had fallen by his iniquity

15因自己的罪孽跌倒了。