旧约 - 耶利米书(Jeremiah)第27章

Early in the reign of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
This is what the LORD said to me: "Make a yoke out of straps and crossbars and put it on your neck.
Then send word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.
Give them a message for their masters and say, 'This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: "Tell this to your masters:
With my great power and outstretched arm I made the earth and its people and the animals that are on it, and I give it to anyone I please.
Now I will hand all your countries over to my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; I will make even the wild animals subject to him.
All nations will serve him and his son and his grandson until the time for his land comes; then many nations and great kings will subjugate him.
"' "If, however, any nation or kingdom will not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon or bow its neck under his yoke, I will punish that nation with the sword, famine and plague, declares the LORD, until I destroy it by his hand.
So do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your interpreters of dreams, your mediums or your sorcerers who tell you, 'You will not serve the king of Babylon.'
They prophesy lies to you that will only serve to remove you far from your lands; I will banish you and you will perish.
But if any nation will bow its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will let that nation remain in its own land to till it and to live there, declares the LORD." '"
I gave the same message to Zedekiah king of Judah. I said, "Bow your neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and you will live.
Why will you and your people die by the sword, famine and plague with which the LORD has threatened any nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?
Do not listen to the words of the prophets who say to you, 'You will not serve the king of Babylon,' for they are prophesying lies to you.
'I have not sent them,' declares the LORD. 'They are prophesying lies in my name. Therefore, I will banish you and you will perish, both you and the prophets who prophesy to you.'"
Then I said to the priests and all these people, "This is what the LORD says: Do not listen to the prophets who say, 'Very soon now the articles from the LORD'S house will be brought back from Babylon.' They are prophesying lies to you.
Do not listen to them. Serve the king of Babylon, and you will live. Why should this city become a ruin?
If they are prophets and have the word of the LORD, let them plead with the LORD Almighty that the furnishings remaining in the house of the LORD and in the palace of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem not be taken to Babylon.
For this is what the LORD Almighty says about the pillars, the Sea, the movable stands and the other furnishings that are left in this city,
which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take away when he carried Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim king of Judah into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon, along with all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem--
yes, this is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says about the things that are left in the house of the LORD and in the palace of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem:
'They will be taken to Babylon and there they will remain until the day I come for them,' declares the LORD. 'Then I will bring them back and restore them to this place.'"
耶利米书第廿七章   第 27 章 

  耶 27 章 > 在颈上负轭,象征着什么? 

  27 章 这是指公元前 593 年,尼布甲尼撒王第一次攻打犹大及掳走大批犹大人的事。轭是用来将几头牲畜套在犁耙上的木架。耶利米以负轭象征犹大人必须服从巴比伦的统治,否则必遭灭亡。 

  耶 27:5-6> 巴比伦王也是“神的仆人”,这…… 

  27:5-6 神委派别国的统治者为祂的“仆人”,向犹大人施行审判,这方法实在令人难以想像。神不是叫尼布甲尼撒王宣讲祂的道,而是藉着他应验必施行审判罪恶的预言。神的大能掌管一切,祂可以随意选用任何人完成祂的旨意,甚至透过不可思议的方法来管教你,所以,你应当随时准备接受神的管教,尽管可能是你意料之外的方法。 

  耶 27:12-18> 降伏于巴比伦不是卖国、作“以奸”吗? 

  27:12-18 西底家面对一个重大抉择的时刻:一方面耶利米忠告他要服事巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒,另一方面,国中领袖却游说他与别国联盟,反击巴比伦的入侵。对一国之君来说,投降迎敌不但是国家耻辱,也是懦夫所为。假先知不断强调巴比伦不会毁灭坚固的耶路撒冷,而神也不会容许祂的庄严圣殿遭到玷污破坏,因为这样说很容易为人接受。 

  耶 27:19-22> 一次、二次、三次,先知的预言都应验了── 

  27:19-22 尼布甲尼撒王先后在公元前 605 年及 597 年两次入侵犹大,掳去不少住在耶路撒冷的重要人物,其中包括但以理和以西结。这些人虽然身为异邦俘虏,却对身处巴比伦的同胞和官长领袖发挥了很大的影响力。耶利米在此预言将会有更多的人、甚至圣殿中的珍贵器皿被掳掠,而这预言最终在公元前 586 年巴比伦第三及最后一次入侵犹大时应验。──《灵修版圣经注释》