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耶和华弃绝犹大加以诸灾

15 耶和华对我说:“虽有摩西撒母耳站在我面前代求,我的心也不顾惜这百姓。你将他们从我眼前赶出,叫他们去吧! 他们问你说:‘我们往哪里去呢?’你便告诉他们:‘耶和华如此说:定为死亡的,必致死亡;定为刀杀的,必交刀杀;定为饥荒的,必遭饥荒;定为掳掠的,必被掳掠。 耶和华说:我命定四样害他们,就是刀剑杀戮,狗类撕裂,空中的飞鸟和地上的野兽吞吃毁灭。 又必使他们在天下万国中抛来抛去,都因犹大希西家的儿子玛拿西耶路撒冷所行的事。’”

耶路撒冷啊,谁可怜你呢?谁为你悲伤呢?谁转身问你的安呢?” 耶和华说:“你弃绝了我,转身退后,因此我伸手攻击你、毁坏你,我后悔甚不耐烦。 我在境内各城门口[a],用簸箕簸了我的百姓,使他们丧掉儿女。我毁灭他们,他们仍不转离所行的道。 他们的寡妇在我面前比海沙更多。我使灭命的午间来,攻击少年人的母亲,使痛苦惊吓忽然临到她身上。 生过七子的妇人力衰气绝,尚在白昼,日头忽落,她抱愧蒙羞。其余的人,我必在他们敌人跟前交于刀剑。”这是耶和华说的。

先知自言见恶于人蒙主慰藉

10 我的母亲哪,我有祸了!因你生我作为遍地相争相竞的人。我素来没有借贷于人,人也没有借贷于我,人人却都咒骂我。 11 耶和华说:“我必要坚固你,使你得好处。灾祸苦难临到的时候,我必要使仇敌央求你。

12 “人岂能将铜与铁,就是北方的铁折断呢? 13 我必因你在四境之内所犯的一切罪,把你的货物财宝当掠物,白白地交给仇敌。 14 我也必使仇敌带这掠物到你所不认识的地去,因我怒中起的火要将你们焚烧。”

求耶和华眷顾

15 耶和华啊,你是知道的!求你记念我,眷顾我,向逼迫我的人为我报仇。不要向他们忍怒取我的命,要知道我为你的缘故受了凌辱。 16 耶和华万军之神啊,我得着你的言语就当食物吃了,你的言语是我心中的欢喜快乐,因我是称为你名下的人。 17 我没有坐在宴乐人的会中,也没有欢乐。我因你的感动[b]独自静坐,因你使我满心愤恨。 18 我的痛苦为何长久不止呢?我的伤痕为何无法医治,不能痊愈呢?难道你待我有诡诈,像流干的河道吗?

19 耶和华如此说:“你若归回,我就将你再带来,使你站在我面前。你若将宝贵的和下贱的分别出来,你就可以当做我的口。他们必归向你,你却不可归向他们。 20 我必使你向这百姓成为坚固的铜墙,他们必攻击你,却不能胜你。因我与你同在,要拯救你,搭救你。”这是耶和华说的。 21 “我必搭救你脱离恶人的手,救赎你脱离强暴人的手。”

Footnotes

  1. 耶利米书 15:7 或作:我在这地边界的关口。
  2. 耶利米书 15:17 “感动”原文作“手”。

犹大的厄运

15 耶和华对我说:“就算摩西和撒母耳站在我面前求情,我也不会怜悯这些百姓。你把他们从我面前赶走吧! 如果他们问你,‘我们该去哪里,’你就告诉他们,耶和华这样说,

“‘该死的死,
该被杀的被杀,
该遭饥荒的遭饥荒,
该被掳的被掳。’

“我要让他们遭受四种祸患——刀杀、狗撕、鸟啄、兽吞。这是耶和华说的。 因为犹大王希西迦的儿子玛拿西在耶路撒冷的所作所为,我要使他们的遭遇令天下万国惊惧。

“耶路撒冷啊,谁会同情你?
谁会为你悲哀?
谁会驻足向你问安?
你背弃我,远离我,
因此我要伸手攻击你,毁灭你,
不再怜悯你。
这是耶和华说的。
我要在这片土地上的各城门口用簸箕簸散我的子民,
使他们丧掉儿女;
我要灭绝他们,
因为他们不思悔改。
我要使他们的寡妇比海沙还多,
使毁灭者在午间突然夺取青年的性命,
以致母亲们陷入痛苦、惊恐中。
生过七个孩子的母亲心力枯竭,奄奄一息。
她羞愧难当,
她的希望突然破灭,
犹如白昼突然变成黑夜。
我必使其余的人丧身在敌人刀下。
这是耶和华说的。”

耶利米诉苦

10 母亲啊,我真不幸,因为你生了我这个跟全犹大争论、激辩的人。我没有向人借贷,也没有借贷给人,然而人人都咒骂我。 11 耶和华说:“我必拯救你,我必使仇敌在灾祸、困难来临时哀求你。 12 谁能折断来自北方之敌的铁拳铜臂呢? 13 因为你们境内罪恶泛滥,我要使敌人任意抢掠你们的财宝, 14 把你们掳到陌生的地方。我的怒火要烧灭你们。”

15 耶和华啊,你知道我的遭遇。
求你顾念我,眷顾我,
报应迫害我的人。
求你不要取我的性命,
因为你不轻易发怒,
你知道我为了你忍受辱骂。
16 万军之上帝耶和华啊,
我把你的话视为甘饴,
它们是我心中的快乐和喜悦,
因为我属于你的名下。
17 我没有与作乐的人为伍,
没有与他们同乐。
你要我独坐一处,
他们的罪恶使我怒气填胸。
18 为什么我的痛楚无休无止?
为什么我的创伤无法医治?
难道你要像一条时断时流的小溪让我无法依靠吗?

19 耶和华对我说:
“如果你回心转意,
我就让你重新事奉我。
如果你说有益的话,
不说无益的话,
就可以做我的发言人,
百姓便会归向你,
但你不可受他们的影响。
20 我要使你成为坚固的铜墙,
他们要攻击你,却不能胜过你,
因为我与你同在,我会保护你,
拯救你。
这是耶和华说的。
21 我要把你从恶人手中救出,
从残暴之徒的权势下赎回。”

Yahweh Appoints Four Kinds of Doom

15 Then Yahweh said to me, “Even (A)though (B)Moses and (C)Samuel were to (D)stand before Me, My soul would not be [a]with this people; (E)send them away from My presence and let them go! And it will be that when they say to you, ‘Where should we go?’ then you are to tell them, ‘Thus says Yahweh:

“Those destined (F)for death, to death;
And those destined for the sword, to the sword;
And those destined for famine, to famine;
And those destined for captivity, to captivity.”’

I will (G)appoint over them four kinds of doom,” declares Yahweh: “the sword to kill, the (H)dogs to drag off, and the (I)birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth to devour and bring to ruin. I will (J)give them over to be an example of terror among all the kingdoms of the earth because of (K)Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, the king of Judah, for what he did in Jerusalem.

“Indeed, who will (L)spare you, O Jerusalem,
Or who will (M)console you,
Or who will turn aside to ask about your well-being?
You who have (N)abandoned Me,” declares Yahweh,
“You keep (O)going backward.
So I will (P)stretch out My hand against you and bring you to ruin;
I am (Q)tired of [b]relenting!
And I will (R)winnow them with a winnowing fork
At the gates of the land;
I will (S)bereave them of children; I will make My people perish;
(T)They did not [c]repent of their ways.
Their (U)widows will be more numerous before Me
Than the sand of the seas;
I will bring against them, against the mother of a choice man,
A (V)destroyer at noonday;
I will suddenly bring down on her
Anguish and terror.
She who (W)bore seven sons languishes;
[d]Her breathing is labored.
Her (X)sun has set while it was yet day;
She has been (Y)shamed and humiliated.
So I will (Z)give over their survivors to the sword
Before their enemies,” declares Yahweh.

Jeremiah Pleads for Vengeance

10 (AA)Woe to me, my mother, that you have borne me
As a (AB)man of strife and a man of contention to all the land!
I have not (AC)lent, nor have men lent money to me,
Yet everyone curses me.
11 Yahweh said, “Surely I will (AD)set you free for purposes of good;
Surely I will cause the (AE)enemy to intercede with you
In a time of disaster and a time of distress.

12 “Can anyone smash iron,
(AF)Iron from the north, or bronze?
13 Your (AG)wealth and your treasures
I will give for plunder (AH)without cost,
Even for all your sins
And within all your borders.
14 Then I will cause your enemies to pass [e]it over
Into a (AI)land you do not know,
For a (AJ)fire has been kindled in My anger;
It will burn upon you.”

15 (AK)You who know, O Yahweh,
Remember me, take notice of me,
And (AL)take vengeance for me on my persecutors.
Do not, in view of Your patience, take me away;
Know that (AM)for Your sake I endure reproach.
16 Your words were found, and I (AN)ate them,
And Your (AO)words became for me joy and gladness in my heart,
For I have been (AP)called by Your name,
O Yahweh God of hosts.
17 I (AQ)did not sit in the circle of merrymakers,
Nor did I exult.
Because of Your hand upon me I sat (AR)alone,
For You (AS)filled me with indignation.
18 Why has my pain been perpetual
And my (AT)wound incurable, refusing to be healed?
Will You indeed be to me (AU)like a deceptive stream
With water that is unreliable?

Yahweh’s Answer

19 Therefore thus says Yahweh,

(AV)If you return, then I will cause you to return—
(AW)Before Me you will stand;
And (AX)if you extract the precious from the worthless,
You will become [f]My mouthpiece.
They for their part may turn to you,
But as for you, you must not turn to them.
20 Then I will (AY)make you to this people
A fortified wall of bronze;
And they will fight against you,
But they will not prevail against you,
For (AZ)I am with you to save you
And deliver you,” declares Yahweh.
21 “So I will (BA)deliver you from the hand of the evil ones,
And I will (BB)redeem you from the [g]grasp of the ruthless ones.”

Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 15:1 Lit toward
  2. Jeremiah 15:6 Or regretting
  3. Jeremiah 15:7 Lit turn back from
  4. Jeremiah 15:9 Or She has breathed out her soul
  5. Jeremiah 15:14 Your possessions
  6. Jeremiah 15:19 Lit as My mouth
  7. Jeremiah 15:21 Lit palm