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责其行淫作恶

“有话说,人若休妻,妻离他而去,做了别人的妻,前夫岂能再收回她来?若收回她来,那地岂不是大大玷污了吗?但你和许多亲爱的行邪淫,还可以归向我。”这是耶和华说的。 “你向净光的高处举目观看,你在何处没有淫行呢?你坐在道旁等候,好像阿拉伯人在旷野埋伏一样,并且你的淫行、邪恶玷污了全地。 因此甘霖停止,春[a]雨不降,你还是有娼妓之脸,不顾羞耻。 从今以后,你岂不向我呼叫说:‘我父啊,你是我幼年的恩主! 耶和华岂永远怀怒,存留到底吗?’看哪,你又发恶言又行坏事,随自己的私意而行[b]。”

犹大之恶较以色列尤甚

约西亚王在位的时候,耶和华又对我说:“背道的以色列所行的,你看见没有?她上各高山,在各青翠树下行淫。 她行这些事以后,我说她必归向我,她却不归向我。她奸诈的妹妹犹大也看见了。 背道的以色列行淫,我为这缘故给她休书休她。我看见她奸诈的妹妹犹大还不惧怕,也去行淫。 以色列轻忽了她的淫乱,和石头木头行淫,地就被玷污了。 10 虽有这一切的事,她奸诈的妹妹犹大还不一心归向我,不过是假意归我。”这是耶和华说的。

悔罪归诚仍施矜悯

11 耶和华对我说:“背道的以色列比奸诈的犹大还显为义。 12 你去向北方宣告说:‘耶和华说:背道的以色列啊,回来吧!我必不怒目看你们,因为我是慈爱的,我必不永远存怒。这是耶和华说的。 13 只要承认你的罪孽,就是你违背耶和华你的神,在各青翠树下向别神东奔西跑,没有听从我的话。这是耶和华说的。 14 耶和华说:背道的儿女啊,回来吧!因为我做你们的丈夫,并且我必将你们从一城取一人,从一族取两人,带到锡安 15 我也必将合我心的牧者赐给你们,他们必以知识和智慧牧养你们。 16 耶和华说:你们在国中生养众多,当那些日子,人必不再提说耶和华的约柜,不追想,不记念,不觉缺少,也不再制造。 17 那时,人必称耶路撒冷为耶和华的宝座,万国必到耶路撒冷,在耶和华立名的地方聚集。他们必不再随从自己顽梗的恶心行事。 18 当那些日子,犹大家要和以色列家同行,从北方之地一同来到我赐给你们列祖为业之地。

以色列认罪蒙恩

19 ‘我说,我怎样将你安置在儿女之中,赐给你美地,就是万国中肥美的产业!我又说,你们必称我为父,也不再转去不跟从我。 20 以色列家,你们向我行诡诈,真像妻子行诡诈离开她丈夫一样。这是耶和华说的。 21 在净光的高处听见人声,就是以色列人哭泣恳求之声,乃因他们走弯曲之道,忘记耶和华他们的神。 22 你们这背道的儿女啊,回来吧!我要医治你们背道的病。’”

“看哪!我们来到你这里,因你是耶和华我们的神。 23 仰望从小山或从大山的喧嚷中得帮助,真是枉然的,以色列得救诚然在乎耶和华我们的神。 24 从我们幼年以来,那可耻的偶像将我们列祖所劳碌得来的羊群、牛群和他们的儿女都吞吃了。 25 我们在羞耻中躺卧吧,愿惭愧将我们遮盖!因为从立国[c]以来,我们和我们的列祖常常得罪耶和华我们的神,没有听从耶和华我们神的话。”

Footnotes

  1. 耶利米书 3:3 原文作:晚。
  2. 耶利米书 3:5 或作:你虽这样说,还是行恶,放纵欲心。
  3. 耶利米书 3:25 原文作:幼年。

The Defiled Land

God [a]says, “(A)If a husband divorces his wife
And she leaves him
And becomes another man’s wife,
Will he return to her again?
Would that land not be completely defiled?
But you (B)are a prostitute with many [b]lovers;
Yet you (C)turn to Me,” declares the Lord.
“Raise your eyes to the (D)bare heights and see;
Where have you not been violated?
You have (E)sat for them by the roads
Like an Arab in the desert,
And you have (F)defiled a land
With your prostitution and your wickedness.
Therefore the (G)showers have been withheld,
And there has been no spring rain.
Yet you had a (H)prostitute’s [c]forehead;
You refused to be ashamed.
Have you not just now called to Me,
(I)My Father, You are the (J)friend of my (K)youth?
(L)Will He be angry forever,
Or keep His anger to the end?’
Behold, you have spoken
And have done evil things,
And you have [d]had your own way.”

Faithless Israel

Then the Lord said to me in the days of King Josiah, “Have you seen what faithless Israel did? She (M)went up on every high hill and under every leafy tree, and she prostituted herself there. Yet (N)I [e]thought, ‘After she has done all these things she will return to Me’; but she did not return, and her (O)treacherous sister Judah saw it. And I saw that for all the [f]adulteries of faithless Israel, I had sent her away and (P)given her a certificate of divorce, yet her (Q)treacherous sister Judah did not fear; but she went and prostituted herself also. And because of the thoughtlessness of her prostitution, she (R)defiled the land and committed [g]adultery with (S)stones and trees. 10 Yet in spite of all this her treacherous sister Judah did not return to Me with all her heart, but rather in (T)deception,” declares the Lord.

God Invites Repentance

11 And the Lord said to me, “(U)Faithless Israel has proved herself to be more righteous than treacherous Judah. 12 Go and proclaim these words toward the north and say,

(V)Return, faithless Israel,’ declares the Lord;
(W)I will not [h]look at you in anger.
For I am (X)gracious,’ declares the Lord;
‘I will not be angry forever.
13 Only [i](Y)acknowledge your wrongdoing,
That you have revolted against the Lord your God,
And have (Z)scattered your [j]favors to the strangers (AA)under every leafy tree,
And you have not obeyed My voice,’ declares the Lord.
14 ‘Return, you faithless sons,’ declares the Lord;
‘For I am a (AB)master to you,
And I will take you, one from a city and two from a family,
And (AC)bring you to Zion.’

15 “Then I will give you (AD)shepherds [k]after My own heart, who will (AE)feed you knowledge and understanding. 16 And it shall be in those days when you become numerous and are fruitful in the land,” declares the Lord, “they will (AF)no longer say, ‘The ark of the covenant of the Lord.’ And it will not come to mind, nor will they remember it, nor miss it, nor will it be made again. 17 At that time they will call Jerusalem ‘The (AG)Throne of the Lord,’ and (AH)all the nations will assemble at it, at Jerusalem, for the (AI)name of the Lord; and they will no longer (AJ)follow the stubbornness of their evil heart. 18 (AK)In those days the house of Judah will walk with the house of Israel, and they will come together (AL)from the land of the north to the (AM)land that I gave your fathers as an inheritance.

19 “Then I said,

‘How I would set you among [l]My sons
And give you a pleasant land,
The most (AN)beautiful inheritance of the nations!’
And I said, ‘You shall call Me, (AO)My Father,
And not turn away from following Me.’
20 However, as a woman treacherously leaves her lover,
So you have (AP)dealt treacherously with Me,
House of Israel,” declares the Lord.

21 A voice is heard on the (AQ)bare heights,
The weeping, the pleading of the sons of Israel.
Because they have perverted their way,
They have (AR)forgotten the Lord their God.
22 “Return, you faithless sons,
(AS)I will heal your faithlessness.”
“Behold, we come to You;
For You are the Lord our God.
23 Certainly (AT)the hills are a deception,
[m]Commotion on the mountains.
Certainly in the (AU)Lord our God
Is the salvation of Israel.

24 “But (AV)the shame has consumed the product of our fathers’ labor since our youth—their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters. 25 Let us lie down in our (AW)shame, and let our humiliation cover us; for we have sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers, (AX)from our youth even to this day. And we have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God.”

Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 3:1 Lit saying
  2. Jeremiah 3:1 Lit companions
  3. Jeremiah 3:3 I.e., calloused appearance
  4. Jeremiah 3:5 Lit been able
  5. Jeremiah 3:7 Lit said
  6. Jeremiah 3:8 I.e., idolatry
  7. Jeremiah 3:9 I.e., idolatry
  8. Jeremiah 3:12 Lit make My face fall
  9. Jeremiah 3:13 Lit know
  10. Jeremiah 3:13 Lit ways
  11. Jeremiah 3:15 I.e., with hearts like Mine
  12. Jeremiah 3:19 Lit the
  13. Jeremiah 3:23 I.e., from idolatrous rituals

“If a man divorces(A) his wife
    and she leaves him and marries another man,
should he return to her again?
    Would not the land be completely defiled?(B)
But you have lived as a prostitute with many lovers(C)
    would you now return to me?”(D)
declares the Lord.
“Look up to the barren heights(E) and see.
    Is there any place where you have not been ravished?
By the roadside(F) you sat waiting for lovers,
    sat like a nomad in the desert.
You have defiled the land(G)
    with your prostitution(H) and wickedness.
Therefore the showers have been withheld,(I)
    and no spring rains(J) have fallen.
Yet you have the brazen(K) look of a prostitute;
    you refuse to blush with shame.(L)
Have you not just called to me:
    ‘My Father,(M) my friend from my youth,(N)
will you always be angry?(O)
    Will your wrath continue forever?’
This is how you talk,
    but you do all the evil you can.”

Unfaithful Israel

During the reign of King Josiah,(P) the Lord said to me, “Have you seen what faithless(Q) Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every spreading tree(R) and has committed adultery(S) there. I thought that after she had done all this she would return to me but she did not, and her unfaithful sister(T) Judah saw it.(U) I gave faithless Israel(V) her certificate of divorce(W) and sent her away because of all her adulteries. Yet I saw that her unfaithful sister Judah had no fear;(X) she also went out and committed adultery. Because Israel’s immorality mattered so little to her, she defiled the land(Y) and committed adultery(Z) with stone(AA) and wood.(AB) 10 In spite of all this, her unfaithful sister Judah did not return(AC) to me with all her heart, but only in pretense,(AD)” declares the Lord.(AE)

11 The Lord said to me, “Faithless Israel is more righteous(AF) than unfaithful(AG) Judah.(AH) 12 Go, proclaim this message toward the north:(AI)

“‘Return,(AJ) faithless(AK) Israel,’ declares the Lord,
    ‘I will frown on you no longer,
for I am faithful,’(AL) declares the Lord,
    ‘I will not be angry(AM) forever.
13 Only acknowledge(AN) your guilt—
    you have rebelled against the Lord your God,
you have scattered your favors to foreign gods(AO)
    under every spreading tree,(AP)
    and have not obeyed(AQ) me,’”
declares the Lord.

14 “Return,(AR) faithless people,” declares the Lord, “for I am your husband.(AS) I will choose you—one from a town and two from a clan—and bring you to Zion. 15 Then I will give you shepherds(AT) after my own heart,(AU) who will lead you with knowledge and understanding. 16 In those days, when your numbers have increased greatly in the land,” declares the Lord, “people will no longer say, ‘The ark(AV) of the covenant of the Lord.’ It will never enter their minds or be remembered;(AW) it will not be missed, nor will another one be made. 17 At that time they will call Jerusalem The Throne(AX) of the Lord, and all nations(AY) will gather in Jerusalem to honor(AZ) the name of the Lord. No longer will they follow the stubbornness of their evil hearts.(BA) 18 In those days the people of Judah will join the people of Israel,(BB) and together(BC) they will come from a northern(BD) land to the land(BE) I gave your ancestors as an inheritance.

19 “I myself said,

“‘How gladly would I treat you like my children
    and give you a pleasant land,(BF)
    the most beautiful inheritance(BG) of any nation.’
I thought you would call me ‘Father’(BH)
    and not turn away from following me.
20 But like a woman unfaithful to her husband,
    so you, Israel, have been unfaithful(BI) to me,”
declares the Lord.

21 A cry is heard on the barren heights,(BJ)
    the weeping(BK) and pleading of the people of Israel,
because they have perverted their ways
    and have forgotten(BL) the Lord their God.

22 “Return,(BM) faithless people;
    I will cure(BN) you of backsliding.”(BO)

“Yes, we will come to you,
    for you are the Lord our God.
23 Surely the idolatrous commotion on the hills(BP)
    and mountains is a deception;
surely in the Lord our God
    is the salvation(BQ) of Israel.
24 From our youth shameful(BR) gods have consumed
    the fruits of our ancestors’ labor—
their flocks and herds,
    their sons and daughters.
25 Let us lie down in our shame,(BS)
    and let our disgrace cover us.
We have sinned(BT) against the Lord our God,
    both we and our ancestors;(BU)
from our youth(BV) till this day
    we have not obeyed(BW) the Lord our God.”