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弥迦书生命读经 · 第1篇

介言以及耶和华对以色列的责备

The Introductory Word and Jehovah’s Reproof on Israel
1读经：弥迦书1:1—2:11;3:1-12。小申言者书启示，神使用外邦人作为凭藉、工具，来惩治祂的选民以色列。但外邦人作得太过了，得罪了神，神就进来惩罚外邦人。神对以色列的惩治，并对列国的惩罚，结果带进基督的显现；基督的显现带进复兴，这复兴要终极完成于新天新地。所有的小申言者书都有这同样基本的思想，虽然各卷书用了不同的辞句来表达。弥迦书的辞句是非常诗意的，整卷弥迦书就是一本诗集。
1Scripture Reading: Micah 1:1—2:11; 3:1-12 The Minor Prophets reveal that God uses the Gentiles as a means, an instrument, to chastise His elect, Israel. The Gentiles, however, do things in excess, and this offends God, who then comes in to punish the Gentiles. God’s chastisement of Israel and His punishment of the Gentiles issue in the manifestation of Christ, and the manifestation of Christ brings in the restoration, which will consummate in the new heaven and new earth. All the Minor Prophets have this same basic thought, although they use different expressions to convey it. In Micah the expressions are very poetic. The entire book of Micah is a book of poetry
2本篇信息我们要开始来看弥迦的豫言，包括介言以及耶和华对以色列的责备。
2In this message we will begin to consider the prophecy of Micah, covering the introductory word and Jehovah’s reproof on Israel
壹 介言
I. THE INTRODUCTORY WORD
3一章一节是这卷书的介言。
3The introductory word is in 1:1
一 弥迦名字的意义
A. The Meaning of the Name Micah
4弥迦是米该亚的简写，意为『谁像耶和华？』这位申言者的全名，见于希伯来文版经文耶利米二十六章十八节。
4Micah is a shortened form of Micaiah, meaning “Who is like Jah?” “Jah” is a shortened form of Jehovah. The longer form of the prophet’s name is found in the Hebrew text of Jeremiah 26:18
二 弥迦尽职的时间
B. The Time of Micah’s Ministry
5弥迦尽职的时间约在主前七五○至七一年之间，以赛亚与何西阿的时期。
5The time of Micah’s ministry was about 750-710 B.C., at the time of Isaiah and Hosea
三 他尽职的地方
C. The Place of His Ministry
6他尽职的地方是犹大。
6The place of his ministry was Judah
四 他尽职的对象
D. The Object of His Ministry
7他尽职的对象是北方以色列国（也包括犹大）。在旧约里，『以色列』这辞可指全体以色列族和北方以色列国。因为这辞有这两种用法，读者有时很难知道所指的是北方以色列还是全体以色列人。这里是指全体以色列族，包括犹大。
7The object of his ministry was the northern kingdom of Israel (also Judah). In the Old Testament, the term Israel is used for two matters: the whole race of Israel and the northern kingdom of Israel. Because the term is used in these two ways, it is sometimes difficult for us as readers to know whether it refers to the northern kingdom of Israel or to the entire people of Israel. Here it refers to the whole race of Israel, including Judah.
五 主题
E. The Subject
8弥迦书的主题乃是：耶和华对以色列的责备，以及祂对以色列的复兴。
8The subject of Micah is Jehovah’s reproof on Israel and His restoration of Israel.
六 中心思想
F. The Central Thought
9弥迦书的中心思想乃是：耶和华责备以色列的恶行，并应许祂要拯救、招聚以色列余剩的人，在千年国（启二十4，6）时复兴（太十九28）他们。
9The central thought of Micah is that Jehovah reproved Israel of her evils and promised her His saving and gathering of her remnant for the restoration (Matt. 19:28) in the millennium (Rev. 20:4, 6
七 关于基督的启示
G. The Revelation concerning Christ
10在弥迦书里，关于基督的启示是非常强的。基督被启示在祂永远起源的事上，（五2下，）在祂为人出生于伯利恒的事上，（2上，）在于千年国时作以色列之掌权者、牧者、和平安的事上，（启二十，6，弥五2中，4上，5上，）在祂成为尊大的事上，（弥五4下，）以及在祂
10In Micah the revelation concerning Christ is very strong. Christ is revealed in His eternal origin (5:2c); in His human birth in Bethlehem (5:2a); in His being the Ruler, the Shepherd, and the peace of Israel in the millennium (Rev. 20:4, 6; Micah 5:2b, 4a, 5a); in His becoming great (5:4b); and in His saving Israel from 4 Assyria (5:6b).
11拯救以色列脱离亚述的事上。（6下。）
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12五章四节下半说，在千年国时基督必为35尊大，直到地极。但以理二章三十四至三十五节告诉我们，基督这块非人手凿出来的石头要打碎大人像，然后这块石头要变成一座大山（就是神的国），充满天下。今天，耶稣看来非常微小，但在要来的千年国祂要变得尊大。
12Micah 5:4b says that in the millennium Christ will be great unto the ends of the earth. Daniel 2:34 and tell us that Christ as a stone cut out without hands will crush the great human image and will then become a great mountain, the kingdom of God, and fill the whole earth. Today, apparently Jesus is very small, but in the coming kingdom He will become great.
八 分段
H. The Sections
13弥迦书有五段：介言，（一1，）耶和3:1-华对以色列的责备，（一2～二11，三～12，）耶和华对以色列的安慰，（二～13，四1～五15，）耶和华与以色列的争辩，（六1～16，）以及申言
13The book of Micah has five sections: the introductory word (1:1); Jehovah’s reproof on Israel (1:2—2:11; 12); Jehovah’s comfort to Israel (2:12-13; 4:1—5:15); 1 Jehovah’s contention with Israel (6:1-16); and the 12 prophet’s observation and expectation (7:1-20).
14者的观察和期待。（七1～20。）
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贰 耶和华对以色列的责备
II. JEHOVAH’S REPROOF ON ISRAEL
15现在我们来看耶和华对以色列的责备。
15Let us now consider Jehovah’s reproof on Israel
一 耶和华从祂的圣殿来审判
A. Jehovah’s Coming in Judgment from His Holy Temple
16在一章二节，申言者告诉万民要听，地也要留意听；主耶和华从祂的圣殿要见证攻击他们。然后申言者要指明耶和华从祂的圣殿来审判，就继续说，『看哪，耶和华出了祂的处所，降临踏在地的高处。众山在祂以下消化，山谷都要崩裂，如蜡化在火前，如水冲下山坡。』（3～4。）
16In verse 2 the prophet tells the peoples to hear and the earth to give heed and let the Lord Jehovah be a witness against them, the Lord from His holy temple. Then, indicating that Jehovah is coming in judgment from His holy temple, the prophet continues, “For behold, Jehovah comes forth from His place, / And He will come down and tread upon the high places of the earth. / And the mountains will be melted under Him, / And the valleys will be cleft, / Like wax before fire, / Like water poured down a slope” (vv. 3-4).
二 原因
B. The Cause
17耶和华责备以色列的原因见于五节，申言者在这里说，『这都因雅各的过犯，以色列家的罪恶。雅各的过犯是甚么？岂不是撒玛利亚么？犹大的邱坛是甚么？岂不是耶路撒冷么？』
17The cause of Jehovah’s reproof on Israel is found in verse 5. Here the prophet says, “All this is because of the transgression of Jacob / And because of the sins of the house of Israel. / What is the transgression of Jacob? / Is it not Samaria? / And what are the high places of Judah? / Are they not Jerusalem
三 撒玛利亚的毁灭
C. The Destruction of Samaria
18照六节看，神要使撒玛利亚变为田野的乱堆，作为栽种葡萄之处。七节接著说，『她一切雕刻的偶像必被打碎，她卖淫所得的赠物必被火烧，所有的偶像我必毁灭；因为是从妓女雇价所聚来的，终必归为妓女的雇价。』
18According to verse 6, Samaria will be made a heap of ruins in a field, places for the planting of vineyards. Verse 7 goes on to say, “All her engraved idols will be smashed, / And all her gifts for harlotry will be burned with fire, / And all her images I will make a desolation; / For from the harlot’s hires he has gathered them, / And unto the harlot’s hire they will return
四 耶路撒冷被侵略
D. The Invasion of Jerusalem
19八至九节说到耶路撒冷被侵略。申言者在这里宣告：『因此我痛哭哀号，赤脚露体而行。我又哭号如野狗，哀鸣如鸵鸟。因为撒玛利亚的创伤无法医治，伤口远及犹大和耶路撒冷我民的城门。』
19Verses 8 and 9 are concerned with the invasion of Jerusalem. Here the prophet declares, “Because of this I will wail and howl; / I will go about barefoot and naked. / I will make a wailing like the jackals / And a lamentation like the ostriches. / For her wounds are incurable, / For it has come as far as Judah; / It reaches as far as the gate of my people, / As far as Jerusalem
五 在犹大和以色列的惊骇，以及从耶和华来的灾祸
E. The Terrors in Judah and Israel and the Evils from Jehovah
20在一章其余的部分，（10～16，）记述了在犹大和以色列的惊骇，以及从耶和华来的灾祸。
20In the remainder of chapter one (vv. 10-16), we have an account of the terrors in Judah and Israel and the evils from Jehovah
六 耶和华对以色列恶行的责备
F. Jehovah’s Reproof on Israel’s Evils
21二章一至十一节记载耶和华对以色列恶行的责备。
21Micah 2:1-11 is a record of Jehovah’s reproof on Israel’s evils
七 耶和华对以色列家首领和官长的责备
G. Jehovah’s Reproof on the Heads and Rulers of the House of Israel
22三章一至十一节描述耶和华对以色列家首领和官长的责备。
22Micah 3:1-11 describes Jehovah’s reproof on the heads and rulers of the house of Israel
八 耶路撒冷和锡安山被毁灭
H. The Destruction of Jerusalem and Mount Zion
23最后，十二节说到耶路撒冷和锡安山被毁灭：『所以因你们的缘故，锡安必被耕种如田地，耶路撒冷必变为乱堆，这殿的山必成为丛林的高处。』
23Finally, verse 12 speaks regarding the destruction of Jerusalem and Mount Zion. “Therefore on account of you / Zion will be plowed as a field, / And Jerusalem will be heaps, / And the mountain of the house will become the high places of a forest.”
24所有的小申言者书都摸到同样一件事：神对以色列的惩治，并祂对列国的惩罚，带进基督的显现，为著全宇宙的复兴，终极完成于新天新地。这给我们看见，在敬虔之人（主要是申言者）的思想里，都有一个期待，就是弥赛亚要来，不只要复兴以色列国，还要复兴整个宇宙，特别是日、月、星辰，为著地上活物的生长，使地能有丰富的出产。以赛亚三十章二十六节说，在复兴的时候，『日光必加七倍，』这不是为著炙烤，乃是为著照耀，使地上的活物有阳光可以生长。这指明天要应允地，使地上万物能丰富的生长。（何二21～22。）日头七倍的照耀，指明地的出产将比今天丰富七倍。那时就不再有缺乏，一切都是丰富的。亚当堕落以前，地的出产很丰富，人无须流汗作工。但人堕落以后，神进来咒诅地，并告诉人要汗流满面才得糊口。（创三17～19。）然而在复兴的时代，『大山要滴新酒，小山要流奶。』（珥三18。）因著那时不再有贫穷或缺乏，就不需要各种主义，如共产主义和资本主义，来维持社会财富的平衡。地上的人要像飞鸟一样，（太六～26，）共同有分于地上一切天然的资源。在复兴的时候，不再有买卖的人，（亚十四21下，『迦南人』也可译为『买卖的人』，）不再有钱币，（玛门－路十六9，）不再有买卖，不再有警察局和法庭。基督要在那里作丰富供应的源头，作内里生命的律，并作一切给我们享受。
24All the Minor Prophets touched the same thing—God’s chastisement over Israel and His punishment on the nations issuing in the manifestation of Christ for the restoration of the whole universe, consummating in the new heaven and new earth. This shows that in the consideration of the godly people, mainly the prophets, there was the expectation that the Messiah would come to restore not only the kingdom of Israel but also the entire universe, especially the sun, the moon, and the stars, for the growing of the living things on the earth, that the earth might be very rich in produce. Isaiah 30:26 says that in the restoration “the light of the sun will be sevenfold,” not for scorching but for shining, for giving sunshine to grow the living things on earth. This means that the heavens will answer the earth and cause it to grow things in a rich way (Hosea 2:21-22). The sun’s shining seven times brighter indicates that the produce of the earth will be seven times richer than it is today. At that time there will be no scarcity but rather plenitude. Before Adam fell, the earth was rich in produce. Man did not need to labor with sweating. However, after man fell, God came in to curse the earth and to tell man that he would eat of the earth by the sweat of his brow (Gen. 3:17-19). But in the age of restoration, “the mountains will drop down fresh wine, / And the hills will flow with milk” (Joel 3:18). Since there will be no poverty or scarcity, there will be no need for the various “isms,” such as communism and capitalism, to exist in order to balance the social wealth. Like the birds (Matt. 6:25-26), the people on earth will 25 partake of all the natural resources of the earth in a common way. In the restoration there will be no merchants (Zech. 14:21b, where “Canaanite” may also be translated “merchant”), no money (mammon, Luke 16:9), no buying and selling, no police stations, and no law courts. Christ will be there as the source of the rich supply, as the inner law of life, and as everything for us to enjoy.