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从被掳中归回

14 耶和华要怜悯雅各,再度拣选以色列,将他们安顿在本地。寄居的必与他们联合,加入雅各家。 外邦人要将他们带回本地。以色列家必在耶和华的地上得外邦人为仆婢,也要掳掠先前掳掠他们的,辖制先前欺压他们的。

巴比伦王下到阴间

当耶和华使你得享安息,脱离愁苦、烦恼,和被迫做苦工的日子, 你必唱这诗歌嘲讽巴比伦王说:

“欺压人的竟然灭亡!
他的凶暴[a]竟然止息!
耶和华折断恶人的杖,
打断统治者的权杖;
他们在愤怒中连连攻击万民,
在怒气中辖制列国,
逼迫他们,毫不留情。
现在全地得安息,享平静,
人都出声欢呼。
松树和黎巴嫩的香柏树
都因你欢乐:
自从你仆倒,
再也无人上来砍伐我们。
下面的阴间因你震动,
迎接你的到来;
在世曾为领袖的阴魂为你惊动,
那曾为列国君王的,都从宝座起立。
10 他们都要发言,对你说:
‘你也变为软弱,像我们一样吗?
你也成了我们的样子吗?’
11 你的威严和琴瑟的声音都下到阴间。
你下面铺的是虫,上面盖的是蛆。

12 “明亮之星,早晨之子啊,
你竟然从天坠落!
你这攻败列国的,竟然被砍倒在地上!
13 你心里曾说:
‘我要升到天上,
我要高举我的宝座在 神的众星之上,
我要坐在会众聚集的山上,在极北的地方。
14 我要升到高云之上,
我要与至高者同等。’
15 然而,你必坠落阴间,
到地府极深之处。
16 凡看见你的都要定睛望你,
留意看你,说:
‘就是这个人吗?
他使大地颤抖,
使列国震动,
17 使世界如同荒野,
使城镇倾覆;
是他,不释放被掳的人归家。’
18 列国的君王各自在自己的坟墓中,
在尊荣里长眠。
19 惟独你被抛弃在你的坟墓之外,
有如被厌恶的枝子[b]
被许多用刀刺透杀死的人覆盖着,
一同坠落地府的石头那里,
像被践踏的尸首。
20 你不得与君王同葬,
因为你毁坏你的国,杀戮你的民。

“恶人的后裔永不留名。
21 为了祖先的罪孽,
要预备他子孙的屠宰场,
免得他们兴起,夺得全地,
使城市遍满地面。”

 神要毁灭巴比伦

22 万军之耶和华说:
“我必起来攻击他们,
巴比伦的名号和剩余的人,
连子带孙一并剪除;
这是耶和华说的。

23 “我必使巴比伦为豪猪占据,
成为泥沼之地;
我要用灭命的扫帚扫净它;
这是万军之耶和华说的。”

 神要毁灭亚述

24 万军之耶和华起誓说:
“我怎样思想,必照样成就;
我怎样定意,必照样坚立,
25 要在我的地上击破亚述
在我的山上将它践踏。
它的轭必离开受压制的人,
它的重担必离开他们的肩头。”
26 这是向全地所定的旨意,
向万国所伸出的手。
27 万军之耶和华既然定意,谁能阻挠呢?
他的手已经伸出,谁能使它缩回呢?

 神要毁灭非利士

28 亚哈斯王崩的那年,有默示如下:

29 “全非利士啊,
不要因击打你的杖折断就喜乐。
因为蛇必生出毒蛇,
它所生的是会飞的火蛇。
30 贫寒人的长子必有得吃;
贫穷人必安然躺卧。
我必以饥荒灭绝你的根,
[c]必杀尽你所剩余的人。
31 门哪,哀号吧!
城啊,呼喊吧!
非利士都熔化了!
因为有烟从北方而来,
在它的行伍中没有掉队的。”

32 当如何回答外邦的使者呢?
“耶和华建立了锡安
在其中他困苦的百姓必有倚靠。”

Footnotes

  1. 14.4 “他的凶暴”是根据死海古卷和古译本;原文是“一堆金子”。
  2. 14.19 “枝子”与“尼布甲尼撒”的希伯来话发音相近;原文另译“尸身”。
  3. 14.30 “它”:死海古卷是“我”。

以色列人必重归故土

14 耶和华必怜悯雅各,再次选择以色列人做祂的子民,把他们安置在他们自己的土地上。外族人必与他们联合,归入以色列。 各国必帮助他们重返故乡。在耶和华赐给他们的土地上,外族人必做他们的仆婢。他们必掳掠以前掳掠他们的人,统治以前压制他们的人。

对巴比伦的讽刺

耶和华使他们脱离痛苦、悲伤和残酷奴役的时候, 他们必这样讥笑巴比伦王:

“暴君灭亡了!
暴政结束了!
耶和华折断了邪恶君主的权杖。
他曾狂怒地攻伐列邦,
无休无止,
怒气冲冲地征服列国,
大肆迫害。
如今天下太平,
人人欢呼歌唱,
连松树和黎巴嫩的香柏树都欢喜快乐地说,
‘自从他灭亡后,
再没有人上来砍伐我们。’
巴比伦王啊,你下到阴间,
阴间兴奋地迎接你,
那些在世上做过君王和首领的阴魂都从座位上站起来迎接你,
10 对你说,
‘你如今也跟我们一样软弱无能。’
11 你的荣耀和琴声一同落入阴间,
虫成了你的床铺,
蛆成了你的被子。

12 “明亮的晨星、黎明之子啊,
你怎么从天上坠落下来?
你这打败列国的怎么被砍倒在地上?
13 你曾想,‘我要升到天上,
把自己的宝座设在上帝的众星之上;
我要坐在遥远的北方众神明聚会的山上;
14 我要升到云天之上,
使自己与至高者一样。’
15 可是,你必坠入阴间,
掉进死亡的深坑。
16 看见你的都瞪大眼睛盯着你,
都在想,‘这就是那曾使大地震动、列国颤抖的人吗?
17 这就是那曾使天下荒凉、城邑倾覆、不肯释放俘虏回家的人吗?’
18 万国的君王都躺在自己华丽的陵墓中,
19 只有你像一根毫无用处的树枝,
被抛弃在自己的坟墓外。
你就像一具遭人践踏的尸体,
与丧身刀下的人一同被扔进乱石坑里。
20 你必得不到君王的葬礼,
因为你祸国殃民,
杀害自己的百姓。

“恶人的子孙必永远被遗忘。
21 预备杀戮他的子孙吧,
因为他们的祖先罪恶深重,
免得他们兴起统治世界、到处建造城邑。”
22 万军之耶和华说:
“我必攻击巴比伦,
铲除巴比伦的名号、余民和后裔。
这是耶和华说的。
23 我必用毁灭的扫帚清扫它,
使它成为沼泽之地和刺猬的住所。
这是万军之耶和华说的。”

关于亚述的预言

24 万军之耶和华起誓说:
“我的计划必实现,
我的旨意必成就。
25 我必在我的土地上击垮亚述人,
在我的山上践踏他们,
除去他们加在我子民身上的轭和重担。
26 这是我对全世界所定的计划,
是向列国伸出的惩罚之手。”
27 万军之耶和华定了计划,
谁能阻挠呢?
祂的手已经伸出,
谁能叫祂收回呢?

关于非利士的预言

28 亚哈斯王驾崩那年,我得到以下预言:
29 非利士人啊,
不要因击打你们的杖已经折断[a]便高兴。
因为那杖就像一条蛇,
必生出一条更危险的蛇,
一条会飞的毒蛇。
30 贫穷人必衣食无忧,
困苦人必安然度日,
但我必用饥荒除掉你们的子孙,
消灭你们残存的人。
31 城门啊,哀号吧!
城邑啊,哭喊吧!
非利士人啊,战抖吧!
因为有阵容整齐的军队从北方如尘烟滚滚而来。
32 该怎样回复外国的使者呢?
要告诉他们:“耶和华建立了锡安,
祂困苦的子民必得到保护。”

Footnotes

  1. 14:29 击打你们的杖已经折断”指攻击非利士的王已死。

以色列人必重歸故土

14 耶和華必憐憫雅各,再次選擇以色列人做祂的子民,把他們安置在他們自己的土地上。外族人必與他們聯合,歸入以色列。 各國必幫助他們重返故鄉。在耶和華賜給他們的土地上,外族人必做他們的僕婢。他們必擄掠以前擄掠他們的人,統治以前壓制他們的人。

對巴比倫的諷刺

耶和華使他們脫離痛苦、悲傷和殘酷奴役的時候, 他們必這樣譏笑巴比倫王:

「暴君滅亡了!
暴政結束了!
耶和華折斷了邪惡君主的權杖。
他曾狂怒地攻伐列邦,
無休無止,
怒氣沖沖地征服列國,
大肆迫害。
如今天下太平,
人人歡呼歌唱,
連松樹和黎巴嫩的香柏樹都歡喜快樂地說,
『自從他滅亡後,
再沒有人上來砍伐我們。』
巴比倫王啊,你下到陰間,
陰間興奮地迎接你,
那些在世上做過君王和首領的陰魂都從座位上站起來迎接你,
10 對你說,
『你如今也跟我們一樣軟弱無能。』
11 你的榮耀和琴聲一同落入陰間,
蟲成了你的床鋪,
蛆成了你的被子。

12 「明亮的晨星、黎明之子啊,
你怎麼從天上墜落下來?
你這打敗列國的怎麼被砍倒在地上?
13 你曾想,『我要升到天上,
把自己的寶座設在上帝的眾星之上;
我要坐在遙遠的北方眾神明聚會的山上;
14 我要升到雲天之上,
使自己與至高者一樣。』
15 可是,你必墜入陰間,
掉進死亡的深坑。
16 看見你的都瞪大眼睛盯著你,
都在想,『這就是那曾使大地震動、列國顫抖的人嗎?
17 這就是那曾使天下荒涼、城邑傾覆、不肯釋放俘虜回家的人嗎?』
18 萬國的君王都躺在自己華麗的陵墓中,
19 只有你像一根毫無用處的樹枝,
被拋棄在自己的墳墓外。
你就像一具遭人踐踏的屍體,
與喪身刀下的人一同被扔進亂石坑裡。
20 你必得不到君王的葬禮,
因為你禍國殃民,
殺害自己的百姓。

「惡人的子孫必永遠被遺忘。
21 預備殺戮他的子孫吧,
因為他們的祖先罪惡深重,
免得他們興起統治世界、到處建造城邑。」
22 萬軍之耶和華說:
「我必攻擊巴比倫,
剷除巴比倫的名號、餘民和後裔。
這是耶和華說的。
23 我必用毀滅的掃帚清掃它,
使它成為沼澤之地和刺蝟的住所。
這是萬軍之耶和華說的。」

關於亞述的預言

24 萬軍之耶和華起誓說:
「我的計劃必實現,
我的旨意必成就。
25 我必在我的土地上擊垮亞述人,
在我的山上踐踏他們,
除去他們加在我子民身上的軛和重擔。
26 這是我對全世界所定的計劃,
是向列國伸出的懲罰之手。」
27 萬軍之耶和華定了計劃,
誰能阻撓呢?
祂的手已經伸出,
誰能叫祂收回呢?

關於非利士的預言

28 亞哈斯王駕崩那年,我得到以下預言:
29 非利士人啊,
不要因擊打你們的杖已經折斷[a]便高興。
因為那杖就像一條蛇,
必生出一條更危險的蛇,
一條會飛的毒蛇。
30 貧窮人必衣食無憂,
困苦人必安然度日,
但我必用饑荒除掉你們的子孫,
消滅你們殘存的人。
31 城門啊,哀號吧!
城邑啊,哭喊吧!
非利士人啊,戰抖吧!
因為有陣容整齊的軍隊從北方如塵煙滾滾而來。
32 該怎樣回覆外國的使者呢?
要告訴他們:「耶和華建立了錫安,
祂困苦的子民必得到保護。」

Footnotes

  1. 14·29 擊打你們的杖已經折斷」指攻擊非利士的王已死。

14 The Lord will have compassion(A) on Jacob;
    once again he will choose(B) Israel
    and will settle them in their own land.(C)
Foreigners(D) will join them
    and unite with the descendants of Jacob.
Nations will take them
    and bring(E) them to their own place.
And Israel will take possession of the nations(F)
    and make them male and female servants in the Lord’s land.
They will make captives(G) of their captors
    and rule over their oppressors.(H)

On the day the Lord gives you relief(I) from your suffering and turmoil(J) and from the harsh labor forced on you,(K) you will take up this taunt(L) against the king of Babylon:(M)

How the oppressor(N) has come to an end!
    How his fury[a] has ended!
The Lord has broken the rod(O) of the wicked,(P)
    the scepter(Q) of the rulers,
which in anger struck down peoples(R)
    with unceasing blows,
and in fury subdued(S) nations
    with relentless aggression.(T)
All the lands are at rest and at peace;(U)
    they break into singing.(V)
Even the junipers(W) and the cedars of Lebanon
    gloat over you and say,
“Now that you have been laid low,
    no one comes to cut us down.”(X)

The realm of the dead(Y) below is all astir
    to meet you at your coming;
it rouses the spirits of the departed(Z) to greet you—
    all those who were leaders(AA) in the world;
it makes them rise from their thrones—
    all those who were kings over the nations.(AB)
10 They will all respond,
    they will say to you,
“You also have become weak, as we are;
    you have become like us.”(AC)
11 All your pomp has been brought down to the grave,(AD)
    along with the noise of your harps;(AE)
maggots are spread out beneath you
    and worms(AF) cover you.(AG)

12 How you have fallen(AH) from heaven,
    morning star,(AI) son of the dawn!
You have been cast down to the earth,
    you who once laid low the nations!(AJ)
13 You said in your heart,
    “I will ascend(AK) to the heavens;
I will raise my throne(AL)
    above the stars of God;
I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly,(AM)
    on the utmost heights(AN) of Mount Zaphon.[b]
14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds;(AO)
    I will make myself like the Most High.”(AP)
15 But you are brought down(AQ) to the realm of the dead,(AR)
    to the depths(AS) of the pit.(AT)

16 Those who see you stare at you,
    they ponder your fate:(AU)
“Is this the man who shook(AV) the earth
    and made kingdoms tremble,
17 the man who made the world a wilderness,(AW)
    who overthrew(AX) its cities
    and would not let his captives go home?”(AY)

18 All the kings of the nations lie in state,
    each in his own tomb.(AZ)
19 But you are cast out(BA) of your tomb
    like a rejected branch;
you are covered with the slain,(BB)
    with those pierced by the sword,(BC)
    those who descend to the stones of the pit.(BD)
Like a corpse trampled underfoot,
20     you will not join them in burial,(BE)
for you have destroyed your land
    and killed your people.

Let the offspring(BF) of the wicked(BG)
    never be mentioned(BH) again.
21 Prepare a place to slaughter his children(BI)
    for the sins of their ancestors;(BJ)
they are not to rise to inherit the land
    and cover the earth with their cities.

22 “I will rise up(BK) against them,”
    declares the Lord Almighty.
“I will wipe out Babylon’s name(BL) and survivors,
    her offspring and descendants,(BM)
declares the Lord.
23 “I will turn her into a place for owls(BN)
    and into swampland;
I will sweep her with the broom of destruction,(BO)
    declares the Lord Almighty.(BP)

24 The Lord Almighty has sworn,(BQ)

“Surely, as I have planned,(BR) so it will be,
    and as I have purposed, so it will happen.(BS)
25 I will crush the Assyrian(BT) in my land;
    on my mountains I will trample him down.
His yoke(BU) will be taken from my people,
    and his burden removed from their shoulders.(BV)

26 This is the plan(BW) determined for the whole world;
    this is the hand(BX) stretched out over all nations.
27 For the Lord Almighty has purposed,(BY) and who can thwart him?
    His hand(BZ) is stretched out, and who can turn it back?(CA)

A Prophecy Against the Philistines

28 This prophecy(CB) came in the year(CC) King Ahaz(CD) died:

29 Do not rejoice, all you Philistines,(CE)
    that the rod that struck you is broken;
from the root of that snake will spring up a viper,(CF)
    its fruit will be a darting, venomous serpent.(CG)
30 The poorest of the poor will find pasture,
    and the needy(CH) will lie down in safety.(CI)
But your root I will destroy by famine;(CJ)
    it will slay(CK) your survivors.(CL)

31 Wail,(CM) you gate!(CN) Howl, you city!
    Melt away, all you Philistines!(CO)
A cloud of smoke comes from the north,(CP)
    and there is not a straggler in its ranks.(CQ)
32 What answer shall be given
    to the envoys(CR) of that nation?
“The Lord has established Zion,(CS)
    and in her his afflicted people will find refuge.(CT)

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 14:4 Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the word in the Masoretic Text is uncertain.
  2. Isaiah 14:13 Or of the north; Zaphon was the most sacred mountain of the Canaanites.

14 For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.

And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the Lord for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.

And it shall come to pass in the day that the Lord shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve,

That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!

The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.

He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.

The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.

Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.

Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.

10 All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?

11 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.

12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!

13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:

14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.

15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.

16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;

17 That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?

18 All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.

19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.

20 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.

21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.

22 For I will rise up against them, saith the Lord of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the Lord.

23 I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts.

24 The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:

25 That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.

26 This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.

27 For the Lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

28 In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.

29 Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.

30 And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant.

31 Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times.

32 What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the Lord hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.