旧约 - 以赛亚书(Isaiah)第27章

In that day, the LORD will punish with his sword, his fierce, great and powerful sword, Leviathan the gliding serpent, Leviathan the coiling serpent; he will slay the monster of the sea.
In that day--"Sing about a fruitful vineyard:
I, the LORD, watch over it; I water it continually. I guard it day and night so that no one may harm it.
I am not angry. If only there were briers and thorns confronting me! I would march against them in battle; I would set them all on fire.
Or else let them come to me for refuge; let them make peace with me, yes, let them make peace with me."
In days to come Jacob will take root, Israel will bud and blossom and fill all the world with fruit.
Has the LORD struck her as he struck down those who struck her? Has she been killed as those were killed who killed her?
By warfare and exile you contend with her--with his fierce blast he drives her out, as on a day the east wind blows.
By this, then, will Jacob's guilt be atoned for, and this will be the full fruitage of the removal of his sin: When he makes all the altar stones to be like chalk stones crushed to pieces, no Asherah poles or incense altars will be left standing.
The fortified city stands desolate, an abandoned settlement, forsaken like the desert; there the calves graze, there they lie down; they strip its branches bare.
When its twigs are dry, they are broken off and women come and make fires with them. For this is a people without understanding; so their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.
In that day the LORD will thresh from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, O Israelites, will be gathered up one by one.
And in that day a great trumpet will sound. Those who were perishing in Assyria and those who were exiled in Egypt will come and worship the LORD on the holy mountain in 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──