旧约 - 以西结书(Ezekiel)第4章

Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem:
And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about.
Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.
Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity.
For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.
And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year.
Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.
And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.
Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.
And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: from time to time shalt thou drink.
And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight.
And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them.
Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.
Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.
Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:
That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.
以西结书第四章   第 4 章 

  结 4:1> 先知预言耶路撒冷将被围困,在先知发预言的方式上对我有何提醒之处? 

  4:1 以西结这样做是向百姓预告耶路撒冷被占和遭毁。神具体地向以西结交代了做什么、说什么、怎么做和怎么说,每个细节都有具体的意思。我们常常会忽视或者不尊重神话语的细微之处,认为神大概不会介意。我们应该像以西结一样,就是在神话语的细节上也要完全地顺服。 

  结 4:4-17> 先知藉着种种象征的动作,是要表达什么信息?百姓有何反应? 

  4:4-17 以西结不寻常的行为象征着耶路撒冷的命运。他向左侧卧了 390 天,是说以色列将受到 390 年的惩罚;然后向右侧卧了 40 天,是说犹大将受到 40 年的惩罚。以西结不能动地方,象征着在耶路撒冷的人将被囚禁在城内。我们知道,以西结并不需要整天卧着,这些经文也交待了神让他在此期间做的其他事情。他获准吃少量的食物,代表着在敌人围城的时候,城中的人尚有口粮可吃。但这食物要用粪来烧烤,象征着犹大的不洁净。 

  不少百姓一定看到了这些景象,在整个过程中也不时地听到了以西结的信息( 3:27 )。可惜的是,他们并未做出应有的回应。我们要学习以西结,有勇气为神作见证。 

  结 4:12-14> 律法视用人粪烤食物为污秽,这预示了犹大将要经历什么景况? 

  4:12-14 以西结求神不要让他用人粪烤食物,因为这违反了洁净的律法(参利 21 , 22 ;申 23:12-14 )。以西结身为祭司,一直小心地遵守这些律法。用人粪作燃料烤食物说明了毁灭。如果城中一切都被烧毁了,也就不可能再继续遵循神献祭的律法了。──《灵修版圣经注释》