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以色列因造像干罪榮華消滅

13 從前以法蓮說話,人都戰兢,他在以色列中居處高位,但他在侍奉巴力的事上犯罪就死了。 現今他們罪上加罪,用銀子為自己鑄造偶像,就是照自己的聰明製造,都是匠人的工作。有人論說:「獻祭的人可以向牛犢親嘴。」 因此,他們必如早晨的雲霧,又如速散的甘露,像場上的糠秕被狂風吹去,又像煙氣騰於窗外。

因驕忘主

「自從你出埃及地以來,我就是耶和華你的神。在我以外,你不可認識別神,除我以外並沒有救主。 我曾在曠野乾旱之地認識你。 這些民照我所賜的食物得了飽足,既得飽足,心就高傲,忘記了我。 因此,我向他們如獅子,又如豹伏在道旁。 我遇見他們必像丟崽子的母熊,撕裂他們的胸膛[a],在那裡我必像母獅吞吃他們。野獸必撕裂他們。

責其違逆

以色列啊,你與我反對,就是反對幫助你的,自取敗壞。 10 你曾求我說『給我立王和首領』,現在你的王在哪裡呢?治理你的在哪裡呢?讓他在你所有的城中拯救你吧! 11 我在怒氣中將王賜你,又在烈怒中將王廢去。 12 以法蓮的罪孽包裹,他的罪惡收藏。 13 產婦的疼痛必臨到他身上,他是無智慧之子,到了產期不當遲延。 14 我必救贖他們脫離陰間,救贖他們脫離死亡。死亡啊,你的災害在哪裡呢?陰間哪,你的毀滅在哪裡呢?在我眼前絕無後悔之事。

必受慘刑

15 「他在弟兄中雖然茂盛,必有東風颳來,就是耶和華的風從曠野上來,他的泉源必乾,他的源頭必竭,仇敵必擄掠他所積蓄的一切寶器。 16 撒馬利亞必擔當自己的罪,因為悖逆她的神。她必倒在刀下,嬰孩必被摔死,孕婦必被剖開。」

Footnotes

  1. 何西阿書 13:8 或作:心膜。

13 When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.

And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.

Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.

Yet I am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me.

I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.

According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.

Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:

I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.

O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.

10 I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?

11 I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath.

12 The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid.

13 The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.

14 I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.

15 Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the Lord shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.

16 Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.

The Lord’s Anger Against Israel

13 When Ephraim spoke, people trembled;(A)
    he was exalted(B) in Israel.
    But he became guilty of Baal worship(C) and died.
Now they sin more and more;
    they make(D) idols for themselves from their silver,(E)
cleverly fashioned images,
    all of them the work of craftsmen.(F)
It is said of these people,
    “They offer human sacrifices!
    They kiss[a](G) calf-idols!(H)
Therefore they will be like the morning mist,
    like the early dew that disappears,(I)
    like chaff(J) swirling from a threshing floor,(K)
    like smoke(L) escaping through a window.

“But I have been the Lord your God
    ever since you came out of Egypt.(M)
You shall acknowledge(N) no God but me,(O)
    no Savior(P) except me.
I cared for you in the wilderness,(Q)
    in the land of burning heat.
When I fed them, they were satisfied;
    when they were satisfied, they became proud;(R)
    then they forgot(S) me.(T)
So I will be like a lion(U) to them,
    like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
Like a bear robbed of her cubs,(V)
    I will attack them and rip them open;
like a lion(W) I will devour them—
    a wild animal will tear them apart.(X)

“You are destroyed, Israel,
    because you are against me,(Y) against your helper.(Z)
10 Where is your king,(AA) that he may save you?
    Where are your rulers in all your towns,
of whom you said,
    ‘Give me a king and princes’?(AB)
11 So in my anger I gave you a king,(AC)
    and in my wrath I took him away.(AD)
12 The guilt of Ephraim is stored up,
    his sins are kept on record.(AE)
13 Pains as of a woman in childbirth(AF) come to him,
    but he is a child without wisdom;
when the time(AG) arrives,
    he doesn’t have the sense to come out of the womb.(AH)

14 “I will deliver this people from the power of the grave;(AI)
    I will redeem them from death.(AJ)
Where, O death, are your plagues?
    Where, O grave, is your destruction?(AK)

“I will have no compassion,
15     even though he thrives(AL) among his brothers.
An east wind(AM) from the Lord will come,
    blowing in from the desert;
his spring will fail
    and his well dry up.(AN)
His storehouse will be plundered(AO)
    of all its treasures.
16 The people of Samaria(AP) must bear their guilt,(AQ)
    because they have rebelled(AR) against their God.
They will fall by the sword;(AS)
    their little ones will be dashed(AT) to the ground,
    their pregnant women(AU) ripped open.”[b]

Footnotes

  1. Hosea 13:2 Or “Men who sacrifice / kiss
  2. Hosea 13:16 In Hebrew texts this verse (13:16) is numbered 14:1.