旧约 - 以西结书(Ezekiel)第30章

The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Woe worth the day!
For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.
And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.
Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.
Thus saith the LORD; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord GOD.
And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted.
And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and when all her helpers shall be destroyed.
In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh.
Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.
He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought to destroy the land: and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain.
And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand of the wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I the LORD have spoken it.
Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause their images to cease out of Noph; and there shall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.
And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No.
And I will pour my fury upon Sin, the strength of Egypt; and I will cut off the multitude of No.
And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily.
The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword: and these cities shall go into captivity.
At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.
Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword.
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.
And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.
And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man.
But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt.
And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them among the countries; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
以西结书第三十章   第 30 章 

  结 30:1-19> 先知又要对哪些国家说预言? 

  30:1-19 这是对埃及和其盟国的哀悼。埃及人因为自己的骄傲和拜偶像而将衰败。 

  结 30:12> 尼罗河──埃及的生命…… 

  30:12 埃及法老声言,是他们建造了赖以生存的尼罗河。如果神使尼罗河干涸,整个国家就会灭亡。 

  结 30:13-19> 埃及的城市被一一数算,劫数难逃── 

  30:13-19 要被毁灭的城巿名单显示出毁灭的气息。使尼罗河干涸说明了它的死亡,埃及将无能为力。这是给犹大的一个清楚的信息,不要信靠埃及的帮助来对抗巴比伦人。 

  结 30:20-21> 这一预言发出时的形势是── 

  30:20-21 这信息是公元前 587 年发出的。当时耶路撒冷正遭受巴比伦的攻击。犹大虽知道神的警告(参耶 2:36-37 ),却仍然反抗巴比伦,并且同埃及结成联盟。法老合弗拉并不全心全意地帮助耶路撒冷,一旦尼布甲尼撒的军队面向他们的时候,他便逃回了埃及(参耶 37:5-7 )。以西结曾说,神要折断法老的膀臂,这次法老的战败就是以西结所说的意思。 

  结 30:21-26> 现代世界上也有某些军势强权,对此你是否担忧?为什么? 

  30:21-26 公元前 587 年神给了以西结这个信息。神摧毁了埃及的军事优势,让巴比伦取而代之。神允许诸国扩张势力是为了完成某一特殊的目的。这往往不是我们马上能够理解的。当我们看到军队和战争的时候不要绝望。请记住神在掌权并控制一切,谁占优势尽在其掌握中。另外,要为自己国家的军队和政府领袖祷告,为神更大目的的实现而祷告,为神的旨意 " 行在地上如同行在天上 " (太 6:10 )而祷告。──《灵修版圣经注释》