旧约 - 以西结书(Ezekiel)第17章

The word of the LORD came to me:
"Son of man, set forth an allegory and tell the house of Israel a parable.
Say to them, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: A great eagle with powerful wings, long feathers and full plumage of varied colors came to Lebanon. Taking hold of the top of a cedar,
he broke off its topmost shoot and carried it away to a land of merchants, where he planted it in a city of traders.
"'He took some of the seed of your land and put it in fertile soil. He planted it like a willow by abundant water,
and it sprouted and became a low, spreading vine. Its branches turned toward him, but its roots remained under it. So it became a vine and produced branches and put out leafy boughs.
"'But there was another great eagle with powerful wings and full plumage. The vine now sent out its roots toward him from the plot where it was planted and stretched out its branches to him for water.
It had been planted in good soil by abundant water so that it would produce branches, bear fruit and become a splendid vine.'
"Say to them, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Will it thrive? Will it not be uprooted and stripped of its fruit so that it withers? All its new growth will wither. It will not take a strong arm or many people to pull it up by the roots.
Even if it is transplanted, will it thrive? Will it not wither completely when the east wind strikes it--wither away in the plot where it grew?'"
Then the word of the LORD came to me:
"Say to this rebellious house, 'Do you not know what these things mean?' Say to them: 'The king of Babylon went to Jerusalem and carried off her king and her nobles, bringing them back with him to Babylon.
Then he took a member of the royal family and made a treaty with him, putting him under oath. He also carried away the leading men of the land,
so that the kingdom would be brought low, unable to rise again, surviving only by keeping his treaty.
But the king rebelled against him by sending his envoys to Egypt to get horses and a large army. Will he succeed? Will he who does such things escape? Will he break the treaty and yet escape?
"'As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, he shall die in Babylon, in the land of the king who put him on the throne, whose oath he despised and whose treaty he broke.
Pharaoh with his mighty army and great horde will be of no help to him in war, when ramps are built and siege works erected to destroy many lives.
He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Because he had given his hand in pledge and yet did all these things, he shall not escape.
"'Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: As surely as I live, I will bring down on his head my oath that he despised and my covenant that he broke.
I will spread my net for him, and he will be caught in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgment upon him there because he was unfaithful to me.
All his fleeing troops will fall by the sword, and the survivors will be scattered to the winds. Then you will know that I the LORD have spoken.
"'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I myself will take a shoot from the very top of a cedar and plant it; I will break off a tender sprig from its topmost shoots and plant it on a high and lofty mountain.
On the mountain heights of Israel I will plant it; it will produce branches and bear fruit and become a splendid cedar. Birds of every kind will nest in it; they will find shelter in the shade of its branches.
All the trees of the field will know that I the LORD bring down the tall tree and make the low tree grow tall. I dry up the green tree and make the dry tree flourish. "'I the LORD have spoken, and I will do it.'"
以西结书第十七章   第 17 章 

  结 17 章 > 这些比喻代表的是什么? 

  17 章 本章中的第一只鹰代表巴比伦的尼布甲尼撒王( 17:12 )。他任命并把西底家“植”在耶路撒冷作王。西底家反抗这一安排,并试图与埃及联盟跟巴比伦对抗。第二只鹰是埃及。这些事发生的时候,以西结在几百公里以外的巴比伦描述了这些事件。犹大的先知耶利米,也警告西底家不要结这样的盟约(参耶 2:36-37 )。虽然人各一方,先知们却有着相同的信息。因为两人都在为神说话。神引导自己拣选的代言人,说出神要对全世界讲的真理。 

  结 17:10> 为何用东风比喻? 

  17:10 这阵东风是吹遍旷野的干热风,可以使生长的作物枯萎。尼布甲尼撒的军队就像这阵东风,将要席卷犹大国。 

  结 17:22-23> 神栽种的香柏树是指什么? 

  17:22-23 以西结以盼望结束了审判的预言。当人们将希望寄托于同外国联盟的时候,他们就会大失所望,因为只有神才能给他们真正的希望。神说要栽种一棵香柏树,就是那“弥赛亚”。弥赛亚的国度要荫庇所有来到祂面前的人(参赛 11:1-5 )。这个预言在耶稣基督来临的时候得以实现。──《灵修版圣经注释》