旧约 - 以赛亚书(Isaiah)第10章

Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!
And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?
Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?
Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?
As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;
Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?
Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:
And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.
Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.
Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.
And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day;
And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standard-bearer fainteth.
And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God.
For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.
For the Lord GOD of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land.
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.
For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction.
And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.
He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages:
They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.
Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth.
Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee.
As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.
And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.
以赛亚书第十章   赛 10:1> 不公正的法律为神所憎恶,基督徒对国家的法律能够做些什么? 

  10:1 神要审判不公正的法官和订立不公正的法律的人。那些压迫人的人将自食其果。生活在以正义立国的土地上并不足够,每个人还必须公平地与穷人和没有权力的人交往。不要把我们的责任丢给我们的国家或教会。我们的所作所为要对神负责。 

  赛 10:7> 昔日神使用亚述这个敌对祂的国家,今日神是否也在这样做? 

  10:7 虽然亚述不知道它是神计划中的一部分,但是神却用了这个国家去审判祂的百姓。虽然有百姓或国家的排斥,但神还是完成了在历史中的计划。神并不是单单使世界处于动态,而是推动它向前!因为我们全能的神今天仍然在掌权,所以这世界虽瞬息万变,我们还是安全的。 

  赛 10:9> 亚述军队横扫数城── 

  10:9 迦勒挪、迦基米施、哈马、亚珥拔、撒马利亚和大马士革是亚述所征服的城巿。亚述王相信帝国的版图能不断扩大,所以发表了飞扬跋扈的演说。亚述已经攻克了几个城巿,并认为犹大也会像其他城巿一样被攻陷。他们一点儿都不知道自己是在至高神的手中。 

  赛 10:10> 偶像毫无用途,不堪一击── 

  10:10 撒马利亚和耶路撒冷到处都是偶像,它们在亚述的军事武器面前根本不堪一击。只有天地之主可以推翻亚述,但那是在神用亚述达到目的之后的事情。 

  赛 10:12> 不可一世的亚述帝国,又岂能逃脱神之手呢? 

  10:12 对亚述惩罚的预言很快就实现了。公元前 701 年,十八万五千亚述士兵被主的天使杀死( 37:36-37 )。后来亚述帝国被巴比伦倾覆,从此亚述没能东山再起成为世界大国。 

  赛 10:12> “我本有聪明”,是否也是我的心声? 

  10:12 亚述人目空一切,认为靠自己的力量可以实现一切。如果我们没能认识到神在通过我们作工,那我们的成就便可毁了我们的前途。当我们认为自己在什么事上都很强的时候,骄傲便使我们瞎了眼,根本看不到神最终掌管一切的事实。那时我们就必定失败。 

  赛 10:15> 谁是工具?谁是使用工具的?你弄清楚了没有? 

  10:15 用具和工具若没有外来的力量使用它,便达不到它的目的。亚述人是神手中的工具,但他们没有意识到,若工具吹嘘它有比自己的主人还大的力量,它就有被搁置的危险。只有神使用我们的时候,我们才称得上有用。 

  赛 10:17> 亚述的灭亡以什么为标志? 

  10:17 公元前 612 年首都尼尼微被毁的时候,亚述就灭亡了。亚述只是神手中针对以色列的工具而已,它很快就因它的邪恶受到了审判。没人能逃脱神对罪恶的审判,就是最强大的国家也是一样(参诗 2 篇)。 

  赛 10:20-21> 小部分以色列民可依靠他们的圣者……何时应验? 

  10:20-21 亚述军队一旦被摧毁,一小部分神的百姓便不再依靠亚述,开始信靠神。这些剩下的人只是以前以色列人口的一小部分(参拉 2:64-65 中记载的回到犹大的人;也见赛 11:10-16 )。 

  赛 10:20-21> “所剩下的”,都是些什么人? 

  10:20-21 那些尽管害怕侵略,但仍持守对神的信心的人叫作“所剩下的人”。能成为他们中间一分子的关键在于信心,而其他的条件,诸如亚伯拉罕的后裔,生活在应许之地,曾一时相信过神,都是不足够的。我们依靠的是什么?是敬拜的仪式(基督徒的产业)?或者是过去曾与神的良好关系?被神分别为圣的关键在于信心。