旧约 - 以赛亚书(Isaiah)第27章

In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine.
I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.
Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.
Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me.
He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.
Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him?
In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.
By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.
Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.
When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem.
以赛亚书第廿七章   赛 27:1> 鳄鱼、蛇、大鱼,比喻的是── 

  27:1 “那日”是指邪恶世界的终了。在古代亚兰(乌加列)文学中,“鱼和大鱼”是七个头的海怪,是神创造秩序的敌人。以赛亚把神毁灭邪恶比作征服强大的敌人,尽管邪恶是个强大的仇敌,神要将它粉碎并从世界上永远除去。 

  赛 27:2-6> 神的葡萄园,指什么? 

  27:2-6 第 5 章中那遭践踏的葡萄园将在神的新地上得以重建。这是说神将保护和照料祂的葡萄园和祂的百姓。它将不再生长无用的果子,只生产好果子。外邦人将通过以色列人知道神。 

  赛 27:9> 除去我们的罪是靠…… 

  27:9 只有神能除去罪恶。百姓被逐出土地的惩罚,是神为了洁净祂的百姓。申命记 28 章 49 至 52 和 64 节解释了神对这些后果的警告。 

  赛 27:11> 树、树干、树枝,是圣经中常用的比喻,你熟悉它们的寓意吗? 

  27:11 以赛亚把以色列的属灵生活状况比作枯干的细枝条,要被折断用来生火。树在经文中常代表属灵生活。“树干”是神的力量通道,“树枝”是事奉祂的百姓。树枝有时候在风中摇摆晃动;就像以色列一样,它们会从里面烂掉而干枯,变得毫无用处,只能用来当柴禾烧。你是什么样的枝子?如果你的灵命枯萎了,那你就要鉴察一下自己,牢牢地抓住神。 

  赛 27:12> 打树拾果子,你有没有干过?可是在这里却是…… 

  27:12 “打”意味着“审判”。神审判大地的目的不是复仇,而是洁净。祂要修正我们并将我们领回到祂身边。神惩罚我们不光因我们有罪而让我们受苦,祂是要使那些忠心的人有更好的装备,更有效地服事祂。 

  赛 27:12> 埃及小河所指──