预言赐福以色列

36 “人子啊,你要向以色列的山岭发预言说,‘以色列的山岭啊,你们要听耶和华的话! 主耶和华这样说,仇敌说,哈哈,这古老的山峰归我们了!’ 所以你要发预言,宣告主耶和华这样说,‘你们被蹂躏、掠夺,归了列国所有,成了外族人的话柄和笑谈。 因此,以色列的山岭、溪流、幽谷、荒地、废墟以及那些被外族人掳掠和讥讽的城邑啊,你们要听主耶和华的话。’ 主耶和华说,‘我要在怒火中斥责列国和以东,他们幸灾乐祸,满腹愤恨,把我的土地据为己有,侵占其中的草场。’ 所以你要对以色列说预言,告诉以色列的山冈溪谷,耶和华这样说,‘因为你们曾遭受外族人的羞辱,我为你们满怀义愤。 所以我誓言要让你们四围的外族人也受羞辱。这是主耶和华说的。

“‘以色列的山岭啊,你们要为我的以色列子民长出枝叶,结出果子,因为他们快要回来了。 看啊,我要帮助你们,垂顾你们,使你们被耕种。 10 我要增加居住在你们那里的以色列人,使城邑有人居住,废墟得以重建。 11 我要使你们那里的人畜兴旺,多多繁衍,我要使人们居住在你们那里,好像以前一样,让你们比以前更兴盛。这样,你们就知道我是耶和华。 12 我要引领我的以色列子民在你们那里出入,使你们成为他们的产业,不再夺走他们的儿女。’ 13 主耶和华说,‘虽然人们说你们吞吃以色列人、夺走他们的儿女。 14 但你们今后必不再吞吃以色列人,不再夺走他们的儿女。这是主耶和华说的。 15 我必不再使你们听见外族人的辱骂和嘲笑,也不再使你们的国民丧失子女。这是主耶和华说的。’”

16 耶和华对我说: 17 “人子啊,当以色列人住在本土时,他们的恶行玷污了那里,他们的行为在我眼中就像经期的妇女一样污秽。 18 他们杀人流血,祭拜偶像,玷污了那地方,所以我要把我的烈怒倾倒在他们身上, 19 把他们驱散到列国,分散到列邦,照他们的行为报应他们。 20 他们无论分散到何处,都使我的圣名受到亵渎,因为外族人都谈论他们说,‘这些人是耶和华的子民,却不得不离开耶和华的土地。’ 21 我顾惜我的圣名,就是以色列人在所去的列国亵渎的圣名。

22 “因此,你要告诉以色列人,主耶和华这样说,‘以色列人啊,我要行这事并非因为你们的缘故,而是因为我圣名的缘故,就是你们在所去列国亵渎的圣名。 23 我要使我伟大的名,就是你们在列国中所亵渎的名,彰显它的圣洁。我要当着列国的面在你们身上彰显我的圣洁,那时他们就知道我是耶和华。这是主耶和华说的。 24 我要从列邦列国招聚你们,领你们返回故土。 25 我要在你们身上洒清水洁净你们,洗净你们所有的污秽,除掉你们心中一切的偶像。 26 我要赐你们一颗新心,把新的灵放在你们里面。我要除去你们的石心,赐给你们一颗肉心。 27 我要把我的灵放在你们里面,使你们恪守我的律例,谨遵我的典章。 28 你们必安居在我赐给你们祖先的土地上。你们要做我的子民,我要做你们的上帝。 29 我要拯救你们脱离各样的污秽之事。我要使你们五谷丰登,不让饥荒侵害你们。 30 我要使树木硕果累累,田间出产丰盛,免得你们因饥荒再被外族人讥笑。 31 那时,你们便会想起自己邪恶的行径,并因自己的罪恶和可憎行为而厌恶自己。 32 主耶和华说,你们应当知道,我这样做并不是为了你们。以色列人啊,你们应当为自己的行为抱愧蒙羞。’

33 “主耶和华说,‘在我洗净你们一切罪恶的日子,我要使你们的城邑有人居住,废墟得以重建。 34 荒凉之地必有人耕种,路人再也看不见荒地。 35 他们会说,以前的荒凉之地如今竟变得像伊甸园,被毁坏废弃的荒凉城邑已经设防,有人居住。 36 这样,你们四周其余的民族便知道我耶和华已重建毁坏之处,重新耕种荒废之地。我耶和华言出必行。’

37 “主耶和华说,‘我要再次答应以色列人的恳求,使他们的人口增加,多如羊群。 38 我要使毁坏的城邑住满人,多如耶路撒冷在节期所献上的羊群。这样,他们就知道我是耶和华。’”

預言賜福以色列

36 「人子啊,你要向以色列的山嶺發預言說,『以色列的山嶺啊,你們要聽耶和華的話! 主耶和華這樣說,仇敵說,哈哈,這古老的山峰歸我們了!』 所以你要發預言,宣告主耶和華這樣說,『你們被蹂躪、掠奪,歸了列國所有,成了外族人的話柄和笑談。 因此,以色列的山嶺、溪流、幽谷、荒地、廢墟以及那些被外族人擄掠和譏諷的城邑啊,你們要聽主耶和華的話。』 主耶和華說,『我要在怒火中斥責列國和以東,他們幸災樂禍,滿腹憤恨,把我的土地據為己有,侵佔其中的草場。』 所以你要對以色列說預言,告訴以色列的山岡溪谷,耶和華這樣說,『因為你們曾遭受外族人的羞辱,我為你們滿懷義憤。 所以我誓言要讓你們四圍的外族人也受羞辱。這是主耶和華說的。

「『以色列的山嶺啊,你們要為我的以色列子民長出枝葉,結出果子,因為他們快要回來了。 看啊,我要幫助你們,垂顧你們,使你們被耕種。 10 我要增加居住在你們那裡的以色列人,使城邑有人居住,廢墟得以重建。 11 我要使你們那裡的人畜興旺,多多繁衍,我要使人們居住在你們那裡,好像以前一樣,讓你們比以前更興盛。這樣,你們就知道我是耶和華。 12 我要引領我的以色列子民在你們那裡出入,使你們成為他們的產業,不再奪走他們的兒女。』 13 主耶和華說,『雖然人們說你們吞吃以色列人、奪走他們的兒女。 14 但你們今後必不再吞吃以色列人,不再奪走他們的兒女。這是主耶和華說的。 15 我必不再使你們聽見外族人的辱罵和嘲笑,也不再使你們的國民喪失子女。這是主耶和華說的。』」

16 耶和華對我說: 17 「人子啊,當以色列人住在本土時,他們的惡行玷污了那裡,他們的行為在我眼中就像經期的婦女一樣污穢。 18 他們殺人流血,祭拜偶像,玷污了那地方,所以我要把我的烈怒傾倒在他們身上, 19 把他們驅散到列國,分散到列邦,照他們的行為報應他們。 20 他們無論分散到何處,都使我的聖名受到褻瀆,因為外族人都談論他們說,『這些人是耶和華的子民,卻不得不離開耶和華的土地。』 21 我顧惜我的聖名,就是以色列人在所去的列國褻瀆的聖名。

22 「因此,你要告訴以色列人,主耶和華這樣說,『以色列人啊,我要行這事並非因為你們的緣故,而是因為我聖名的緣故,就是你們在所去列國褻瀆的聖名。 23 我要使我偉大的名,就是你們在列國中所褻瀆的名,彰顯它的聖潔。我要當著列國的面在你們身上彰顯我的聖潔,那時他們就知道我是耶和華。這是主耶和華說的。 24 我要從列邦列國招聚你們,領你們返回故土。 25 我要在你們身上灑清水潔淨你們,洗淨你們所有的污穢,除掉你們心中一切的偶像。 26 我要賜你們一顆新心,把新的靈放在你們裡面。我要除去你們的石心,賜給你們一顆肉心。 27 我要把我的靈放在你們裡面,使你們恪守我的律例,謹遵我的典章。 28 你們必安居在我賜給你們祖先的土地上。你們要做我的子民,我要做你們的上帝。 29 我要拯救你們脫離各樣的污穢之事。我要使你們五穀豐登,不讓饑荒侵害你們。 30 我要使樹木碩果纍纍,田間出產豐盛,免得你們因饑荒再被外族人譏笑。 31 那時,你們便會想起自己邪惡的行徑,並因自己的罪惡和可憎行為而厭惡自己。 32 主耶和華說,你們應當知道,我這樣做並不是為了你們。以色列人啊,你們應當為自己的行為抱愧蒙羞。』

33 「主耶和華說,『在我洗淨你們一切罪惡的日子,我要使你們的城邑有人居住,廢墟得以重建。 34 荒涼之地必有人耕種,路人再也看不見荒地。 35 他們會說,以前的荒涼之地如今竟變得像伊甸園,被毀壞廢棄的荒涼城邑已經設防,有人居住。 36 這樣,你們四周其餘的民族便知道我耶和華已重建毀壞之處,重新耕種荒廢之地。我耶和華言出必行。』

37 「主耶和華說,『我要再次答應以色列人的懇求,使他們的人口增加,多如羊群。 38 我要使毀壞的城邑住滿人,多如耶路撒冷在節期所獻上的羊群。這樣,他們就知道我是耶和華。』」

Prophesy Against the Mountains

36 Now you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say this.

Mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord.

This is what the Lord God says.

Because the enemy said about you, “Aha! At last! The ancient heights have become our possession,” you are to prophesy and say, “This is what the Lord God says.”

Because they have devastated and crushed you from all sides, so that you would become the possession of the rest of the nations and a subject of people’s gossip and slander, therefore, you mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God. This is what the Lord God says to the mountains, hills, valleys, ravines, desolate ruins, and abandoned cities, which have become a source of plunder and are subjected to ridicule by the rest of the nations all around.

So, this is what the Lord God says. Without fail, in my fiery zeal I am speaking against the rest of the nations and against all of Edom, because they took my land as their own with whole-hearted glee and deep-seated contempt, and they occupied its pastureland. Therefore, prophesy about the land of Israel and say to the mountains, hills, valleys, and ravines: This is what the Lord God says. In my zeal and wrath I am speaking because you have endured the taunts of the nations.

Therefore, this is what the Lord God says. I swear with an uplifted hand that the nations all around you will endure taunts against them. But you, O mountains of Israel, will shoot forth your branches and bear your fruit for my people Israel, because they will soon come back. Yes, I am on your side. I will look on you with favor, and your land will be cultivated and planted. 10 I will multiply people for you, for the whole house of Israel, all of it. The cities will be resettled and the ruins rebuilt. 11 I will multiply both people and animals on you. They will multiply and be fruitful. I will resettle you as you were in earlier times and do more good for you than I did when you began. Then you will know that I am the Lord. 12 I will cause people, my people Israel, to walk over you. They will take possession of you. You will become their inheritance, and never again will you deprive them of their children.

13 This is what the Lord God says. Because some people say to you, “You devour your people and keep on depriving your nations[a] of their children,” 14 therefore, you will no longer devour your people or deprive your nations of their children, declares the Lord God. 15 No longer will I let you hear the taunts of the nations or endure the scorn of the peoples. Never again will you deprive your nations of their children, declares the Lord God.

The Lord Will Sprinkle His People

16 The word of the Lord came to me.

17 Son of man, when the house of Israel was living on their own soil, they defiled it by their conduct and by their actions. To me their conduct was as unclean as the blood of a woman’s period. 18 So I poured out my wrath on them because of the blood they had poured on the ground and because of the filthy idols[b] with which they had defiled it, 19 and I scattered them among the nations so that they were dispersed among the countries. On the basis of their conduct and their actions I judged them. 20 Then when they came to the various nations, they profaned my holy name when people said about them, “These are the people of the Lord, but they had to leave his land.” 21 So I was concerned about my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the various nations to which they had come.

22 Therefore, say this to the house of Israel. This is what the Lord God says. I am about to act, O house of Israel, not for your sake, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations to which you have gone. 23 I will sanctify my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the Lord God, when I reveal myself as holy in front of their eyes through you. 24 I will take you from among the nations. I will gather you from all the lands, and I will bring you to your own soil. 25 I will sprinkle purifying water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurity and from all your filthy idols.

The Lord Will Give His People a New Heart

26 Then I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit inside you. I will remove the heart of stone from your body and give you a heart of flesh. 27 I will put my Spirit within you and will cause you to walk in my statutes, and you will carefully observe my ordinances. 28 Then you will live in the land I gave your fathers. You will be my people, and I will be your God. 29 I will save you from all your impurity. I will summon the grain and make it plentiful. I will not bring famine upon you. 30 I will increase the fruit on the trees and the produce in the fields, so that you will never again suffer disgrace among the nations because of famine. 31 Then you will remember your evil ways and your deeds that were not good, and you will loathe yourselves on account of your guilty deeds and your abominations. 32 It is not for your sake that I am about to act, declares the Lord God. Let this be known to you! Be ashamed and embarrassed because of your ways, O house of Israel.

33 This is what the Lord God says. On the day that I cleanse you from all your guilty deeds, I will resettle your cities, and the ruins will be rebuilt. 34 The desolate land will be cultivated instead of remaining desolate in the sight of every passerby. 35 People will say, “This land that was devastated has become like the Garden of Eden, and the cities that were ruined, desolate, and destroyed are now fortified and inhabited.” 36 Then the nations that remain around you will know that I, the Lord, have rebuilt the places that were destroyed and have replanted what was desolate. I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will do it.

37 This is what the Lord God says. I will also allow the house of Israel to ask me to do this for them. I will multiply them so their people are like flocks. 38 Like flocks consecrated for sacrifice, like the flocks of Jerusalem on its festival days, so the ruined cities will be filled with flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the Lord.

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 36:13 That is, Israel and Judah. A variant is the singular nation.
  2. Ezekiel 36:18 Or the manure gods. See the note at 6:4.

敌以色列者必受重报

36 “人子啊,你要对以色列山发预言说:‘以色列山哪,要听耶和华的话。 主耶和华如此说:因仇敌说“啊哈!这永久的山冈都归我们为业了”, 所以要发预言说:“主耶和华如此说:因为敌人使你荒凉,四围吞吃,好叫你归于其余的外邦人为业,并且多嘴多舌的人提起你来,百姓也说你有臭名, 故此,以色列山要听主耶和华的话。大山小冈,水沟山谷,荒废之地,被弃之城——为四围其余的外邦人所占据、所讥刺的, 主耶和华对你们如此说:我真发愤恨如火,责备那其余的外邦人和以东的众人,他们快乐满怀,心存恨恶,将我的地归自己为业,又看为被弃的掠物。”’ 所以,你要指着以色列地说预言,对大山小冈、水沟山谷说:‘主耶和华如此说:我发愤恨和愤怒说,因你们曾受外邦人的羞辱, 所以我起誓说:你们四围的外邦人总要担当自己的羞辱。这是主耶和华说的。

以色列地必复蒙福

以色列山哪,你必发枝条,为我的民以色列结果子,因为他们快要来到。 看哪,我是帮助你的,也必向你转意,使你得以耕种。 10 我必使以色列全家的人数在你上面增多,城邑有人居住,荒场再被建造。 11 我必使人和牲畜在你上面加增,他们必生养众多。我要使你照旧有人居住,并要赐福于你比先前更多,你就知道我是耶和华。 12 我必使人,就是我的民以色列,行在你上面。他们必得你为业,你也不再使他们丧子。 13 主耶和华如此说:因为人对你说“你是吞吃人的,又使国民丧子”, 14 所以主耶和华说:“你必不再吞吃人,也不再使国民丧子。 15 我使你不再听见各国的羞辱,不再受万民的辱骂,也不再使国民绊跌。”这是主耶和华说的。’”

以色列人因罪受鞫

16 耶和华的话又临到我说: 17 “人子啊,以色列家住在本地的时候,在行动作为上玷污那地。他们的行为在我面前,好像正在经期的妇人那样污秽。 18 所以我因他们在那地上流人的血,又因他们以偶像玷污那地,就把我的愤怒倾在他们身上。 19 我将他们分散在列国,四散在列邦,按他们的行动作为惩罚他们。 20 他们到了所去的列国,就使我的圣名被亵渎,因为人谈论他们说:‘这是耶和华的民,是从耶和华的地出来的。’ 21 我却顾惜我的圣名,就是以色列家在所到的列国中所亵渎的。

主缘己名仍施矜悯

22 “所以,你要对以色列家说:‘主耶和华如此说:以色列家啊,我行这事不是为你们,乃是为我的圣名,就是在你们到的列国中所亵渎的。 23 我要使我的大名显为圣,这名在列国中已被亵渎,就是你们在他们中间所亵渎的。我在他们眼前,在你们身上显为圣的时候,他们就知道我是耶和华。这是主耶和华说的。 24 我必从各国收取你们,从列邦聚集你们,引导你们归回本地。 25 我必用清水洒在你们身上,你们就洁净了。我要洁净你们,使你们脱离一切的污秽,弃掉一切的偶像。

许赐新心

26 ‘我也要赐给你们一个新心,将新灵放在你们里面,又从你们的肉体中除掉石心,赐给你们肉心。 27 我必将我的灵放在你们里面,使你们顺从我的律例,谨守遵行我的典章。 28 你们必住在我所赐给你们列祖之地,你们要做我的子民,我要做你们的神。 29 我必救你们脱离一切的污秽,也必命五谷丰登,不使你们遭遇饥荒。 30 我必使树木多结果子,田地多出土产,好叫你们不再因饥荒受外邦人的讥诮。 31 那时,你们必追想你们的恶行和你们不善的作为,就因你们的罪孽和可憎的事厌恶自己。

32 ‘主耶和华说:你们要知道,我这样行不是为你们。以色列家啊,当为自己的行为抱愧蒙羞! 33 主耶和华如此说:我洁净你们,使你们脱离一切罪孽的日子,必使城邑有人居住,荒场再被建造。 34 过路的人虽看为荒废之地,现今这荒废之地仍得耕种。 35 他们必说:“这先前为荒废之地,现在成如伊甸园。这荒废、凄凉、毁坏的城邑,现在坚固,有人居住。” 36 那时,在你们四围其余的外邦人必知道我耶和华修造那毁坏之处,培植那荒废之地。我耶和华说过,也必成就。

37 ‘主耶和华如此说:我要加增以色列家的人数,多如羊群。他们必为这事向我求问,我要给他们成就。 38 耶路撒冷在守节做祭物所献的羊群怎样多,照样,荒凉的城邑必被人群充满,他们就知道我是耶和华。’”

Hope for the Mountains of Israel

36 “Son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel(A) and say, ‘Mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord. This is what the Sovereign Lord says:(B) The enemy said of you, “Aha!(C) The ancient heights(D) have become our possession.(E)”’ Therefore prophesy and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because they ravaged(F) and crushed you from every side so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations and the object of people’s malicious talk and slander,(G) therefore, mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Sovereign Lord: This is what the Sovereign Lord says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys,(H) to the desolate ruins(I) and the deserted(J) towns that have been plundered and ridiculed(K) by the rest of the nations around you(L) this is what the Sovereign Lord says: In my burning(M) zeal I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, for with glee and with malice in their hearts they made my land their own possession so that they might plunder its pastureland.’(N) Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel and say to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I speak in my jealous wrath because you have suffered the scorn of the nations.(O) Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I swear with uplifted hand(P) that the nations around you will also suffer scorn.(Q)

“‘But you, mountains of Israel, will produce branches and fruit(R) for my people Israel, for they will soon come home. I am concerned for you and will look on you with favor; you will be plowed and sown,(S) 10 and I will cause many people to live on you—yes, all of Israel. The towns will be inhabited and the ruins(T) rebuilt.(U) 11 I will increase the number of people and animals living on you, and they will be fruitful(V) and become numerous. I will settle people(W) on you as in the past(X) and will make you prosper more than before.(Y) Then you will know that I am the Lord. 12 I will cause people, my people Israel, to live on you. They will possess you, and you will be their inheritance;(Z) you will never again deprive them of their children.

13 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because some say to you, “You devour people(AA) and deprive your nation of its children,” 14 therefore you will no longer devour people or make your nation childless, declares the Sovereign Lord. 15 No longer will I make you hear the taunts of the nations, and no longer will you suffer the scorn of the peoples or cause your nation to fall, declares the Sovereign Lord.(AB)’”

Israel’s Restoration Assured

16 Again the word of the Lord came to me: 17 “Son of man, when the people of Israel were living in their own land, they defiled it by their conduct and their actions. Their conduct was like a woman’s monthly uncleanness(AC) in my sight.(AD) 18 So I poured out(AE) my wrath on them because they had shed blood in the land and because they had defiled it with their idols. 19 I dispersed them among the nations, and they were scattered(AF) through the countries; I judged them according to their conduct and their actions.(AG) 20 And wherever they went among the nations they profaned(AH) my holy name, for it was said of them, ‘These are the Lord’s people, and yet they had to leave his land.’(AI) 21 I had concern for my holy name, which the people of Israel profaned among the nations where they had gone.(AJ)

22 “Therefore say to the Israelites, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: It is not for your sake, people of Israel, that I am going to do these things, but for the sake of my holy name,(AK) which you have profaned(AL) among the nations where you have gone.(AM) 23 I will show the holiness of my great name,(AN) which has been profaned(AO) among the nations, the name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the Lord,(AP) declares the Sovereign Lord, when I am proved holy(AQ) through you before their eyes.(AR)

24 “‘For I will take you out of the nations; I will gather you from all the countries and bring you back into your own land.(AS) 25 I will sprinkle(AT) clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse(AU) you from all your impurities(AV) and from all your idols.(AW) 26 I will give you a new heart(AX) and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone(AY) and give you a heart of flesh.(AZ) 27 And I will put my Spirit(BA) in you and move you to follow my decrees(BB) and be careful to keep my laws.(BC) 28 Then you will live in the land I gave your ancestors; you will be my people,(BD) and I will be your God.(BE) 29 I will save you from all your uncleanness. I will call for the grain and make it plentiful and will not bring famine(BF) upon you. 30 I will increase the fruit of the trees and the crops of the field, so that you will no longer suffer disgrace among the nations because of famine.(BG) 31 Then you will remember your evil ways and wicked deeds, and you will loathe yourselves for your sins and detestable practices.(BH) 32 I want you to know that I am not doing this for your sake, declares the Sovereign Lord. Be ashamed(BI) and disgraced for your conduct, people of Israel!(BJ)

33 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: On the day I cleanse(BK) you from all your sins, I will resettle your towns, and the ruins(BL) will be rebuilt.(BM) 34 The desolate land will be cultivated instead of lying desolate in the sight of all who pass through it. 35 They will say, “This land that was laid waste has become like the garden of Eden;(BN) the cities that were lying in ruins, desolate and destroyed, are now fortified and inhabited.(BO) 36 Then the nations around you that remain will know that I the Lord have rebuilt what was destroyed and have replanted what was desolate. I the Lord have spoken, and I will do it.’(BP)

37 “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Once again I will yield to Israel’s plea(BQ) and do this for them: I will make their people as numerous as sheep,(BR) 38 as numerous as the flocks for offerings(BS) at Jerusalem during her appointed festivals. So will the ruined cities be filled with flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the Lord.(BT)