旧约 - 以西结书(Ezekiel)第5章

And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber's razor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair.
Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.
Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.
Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; for thereof shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel.
Thus saith the Lord GOD; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries that are round about her.
And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that are round about her: for they have refused my judgments and my statutes, they have not walked in them.
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye multiplied more than the nations that are round about you, and have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept my judgments, neither have done according to the judgments of the nations that are round about you;
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, am against thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations.
And I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations.
Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds.
Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity.
A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.
Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the LORD have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them.
Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.
So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken it.
When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread:
So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the LORD have spoken it.
以西结书第五章   第 5 章 

  结 5:1-10> 先知以头发和胡须预示犹大人的命运,他预言的方式对我有何启发? 

  5:1-10 一个人剃头和胡子代表着悲痛、受辱或悔改。神让以西结把头发和胡子剃去,并且分成三份,象征着有事情要发生在耶路撒冷的百姓身上( 5:12 )。随着口发的预言,神让以西结用戏剧性的行为引起百姓的注意,在他们的心上烙下不可磨灭的印像。就像神给以西结创造性的方式来传达神的信息一样,我们也能创造性地将关于神的好消息,告诉这一代失落的人。 

  结 5:3-4> 在审判之中,有谁可以避过大祸? 

  5:3-4 以西结将几根头发放进了衣襟里,象征着神要保守一小部分忠实的百姓。但就是在这些百姓的中间,还会有些人因信心不真诚而遭到审判和毁灭。在要来临的审判中我们能站立得住吗?马太福音 7 章 22 至 23 节警告说,很多自以为安全的人其实并无保障。至关重要的是,我们要确定自己对神的委身是发自内心的。 

  结 5:7> 神的选民竟然比不上周围的列国,我的生活行为比起不信主的人又如何? 

  5:7 人们异常软弱,甚至连周围异教国家的律法都遵守不了,更谈不上遵守神的律法了。 

  结 5:11> 没有圣殿的今天,我更要谨慎,因为原来今天神的殿就在…… 

  5:11 在殿中拜偶像并行恶来玷污神的圣所和圣殿,是项严重的罪行。在新约中,我们知道神要住在属于自己的人里面。我们的身体就是神的殿(参林前 6:19 )。我们今天有说闲话、抱怨、爱金钱、扯谎或者其他错误的行为和态度,并成了日常生活中的一部分,这就是在玷污神的殿。我们要祈求圣灵的帮助,使我们不让神的殿──我们的身体受到玷污。 

  结 5:13> 神的祝福从不会落空,但祂的审判也不是虚言,我是否已忘记了? 

  5:13 我们都听过有人教训孩子时这样说:“如果你下一次再这样,就……”如果父母不认真遵守诺言,孩子就学会了不听话。空吓的结果必事得其反。神准备惩罚以色列人嚣张的罪,要叫他们知道神是说到做到的。太多人不把神的警告当回事了,他们只把它们当作空洞的威胁。但神所警告的,就一定要履行,不要错误地认为神说了的并不一定真的算数。──《灵修版圣经注释》