旧约 - 以西结书(Ezekiel)第6章

And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,
And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places.
And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken: and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.
And I will lay the dead carcases of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.
In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished.
And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some that shall escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries.
And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and they shall lothe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.
And they shall know that I am the LORD, and that I have not said in vain that I would do this evil unto them.
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.
He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth and is besieged shall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my fury upon them.
Then shall ye know that I am the LORD, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to all their idols.
So will I stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land desolate, yea, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath, in all their habitations: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
以西结书第六章   第 6 章 

  结 6:1> 向众山说预言,别有用意!── 

  6:1 这是两部分信息的开始。请记住,以西结只有在神给他信息的时候才说话。第六章的信息是,犹大的拜偶像一定要受神的审判。第七章中的信息描述了审判的种类:完全毁灭这个民族。然而,神出于怜悯拯救了一小部分人。以西结对以色列的山发出了预言,因为山是人们用来拜偶像的“高处”。 

  结 6:8-10> 神的审判,是为了成就什么?我是否有某些罪,需要神严厉的打击才肯改变? 

  6:8-10 神要拯救一小部分百姓,使预言的黑暗之中出现了一道亮光。但这是他们受到严酷教训之后的事情。神有时候要打垮一个人,好使他真正的悔改。百姓需要新的态度,但在神用羞耻、痛苦、遭罪和失败刺透他们的心之前,他们是不会有所改变的。我们渴望神来改变我们心中那些令神不高兴的地方吗?还是神不得不使我们伤心呢? %5 

  结 6:11> 犹大面临的审判使先知拍手顿足的震惊,这些审判是什么? 

  6:11 刀剑、瘟疫和饥荒,这是先知经常对耶路撒冷发出的三重审判的预言。它们预示着完全的毁灭。“刀剑”意味着在战场上的死亡:“饥荒”意味着敌人围城的时候要来临的饥饿死亡;“瘟疫”是伴随饥荒而来的疾病的威胁。我们不要低估神的审判程度。如果我们忽视圣经上的警告而背离了神,那么等着我们的就是神的审判。 

  结 6:14> 审判让真理得以彰显──耶和华是惟一的神,我虽不至不认神,却…… 

  6:14 “他们就知道我是耶和华”的字眼(或者有些变动)在以西结书中出现了 65 次。神实行审判的目的并不是要复仇,而是要让真理留在百姓心中,使他们知道耶和华才是惟一的真理和活神。以西结时代的人拜人造的偶像,并且称它们为神。今天,金钱、性和权力已经成了许多人的偶像。惩罚就会临到把这些东西置于神之上的人。我们很容易忘记惟主是神。──《灵修版圣经注释》