旧约 - 以西结书(Ezekiel)第29章

In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt:
Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.
But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales.
And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given thee for meat to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the heaven.
And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.
When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand.
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee.
And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I am the LORD: because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it.
Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia.
No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.
And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.
Yet thus saith the Lord GOD; At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered:
And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their habitation; and they shall be there a base kingdom.
It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations.
And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, which bringeth their iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look after them: but they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first month, in the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it:
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.
I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour wherewith he served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord GOD.
In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to bud forth, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
以西结书第廿九章   第 29 章 

  结 29 章 > 埃及为何受到神的审判?以色列与埃及的关系如何? 

  29 章 在第 29 至 32 章中共有七个预言,都是关于对埃及的审判。这是以西结大约在公元前 587 年发出的第一个预言。希西家、约亚敬和西底家(犹大王)虽知道神的警告,但仍向埃及求助。发布这预言有三个重要原因:( 1 )埃及在古代是犹太人的敌人,曾奴役他们 400 年;( 2 )埃及拜许多神;( 3 )埃及的财富和权力使他们看上去像个很好的联盟伙伴。埃及向犹大提供帮助,只是因为从中有利可图。当埃及人得不到自己所期望的东西时,他们会背弃协定,而不管曾经作出的任何承诺。 

  结 29:2-21> 神借谁的手惩罚了埃及? 

  29:2-21 埃及有伟大的艺术宝藏,发达的文明和举世闻名的军事力量。不幸的是它邪恶,自高自大,拜偶像并残酷对待奴隶。因着这些罪,神谴责了埃及。在公元前 605 年迦基米施战役中,巴比伦把埃及连同亚述一并打垮。当时亚述处于世界的领袖地位。 

  结 29:9-10> 我视自己取得的成就是怎么来的? 

  29:9-10 尼罗河横贯旷野之中,是埃及的骄傲、快乐和赐生命的活水。埃及不但不感谢神,反而声称:“尼罗河是我的,是我为自己造的。”我们也会说:“这房子是我的,我建了它。”或者说:“这个教会是我建的,这个生意或名誉,都是我白手起家建立的。”这些说法都显示出我们的骄傲。有时候我们对神的赏赐习以为常,认为成就全是自己努力而来的。当然,我们是付出了努力和辛苦,但提供资源,给我们能力和机会的是神。我们不要像埃及人那样宣扬自己的伟大,而要宣扬神的伟大,将荣誉归与神。(密夺在埃及的北部,阿斯旺在南部,因此这意味着整个埃及。) 

  结 29:13-16> 埃及果真荒凉了四十年之久吗? 

  29:13-16 很难确切指出埃及的四十年“荒凉期”是什么时间。尼布甲尼撒约于公元前 572 年攻击了埃及,并掳了很多人去巴比伦,幸免被掳的人逃往邻国避难。约 33 年后波斯帝国国王塞鲁士占领了巴比伦,允许被征服的埃及人返回家园。也许加上七年的重组以及旅途中的时间,差不多就是四十年。自从那时起,埃及再未恢复到以往的世界霸主的地位。上埃及是在尼罗河三角洲以南的地区。 

  结 29:17-18> 埃及的命运已经定了── 

  29:17-18 以西结是在公元前 571 年发出这一预言的,实际上也是他发出的最新预言。在长达十五年耗资巨大的围城之后(公元前 586-571 年),尼布甲尼撒终于征服了推罗。他不甘心自己受到的损耗,于是挥军南下,征服了埃及来弥补在征服推罗中蒙受的一切损失。以西结在这里的预言要描述的是,谁将把审判带给埃及。神正在使用尼布甲尼撒这么一位恶人,充当惩罚推罗、犹大和埃及这些邪恶的国家的工具。当巴比伦没有认识到神的帮助的时候,神也会同样地审判巴比伦。──《灵修版圣经注释》