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召以色列归诚

耶和华说:“以色列啊,你若回来归向我,若从我眼前除掉你可憎的偶像,你就不被迁移。 你必凭诚实、公平、公义指着永生的耶和华起誓,列国必因耶和华称自己为有福,也必因他夸耀。”

劝犹大悔改

耶和华对犹大耶路撒冷人如此说:“要开垦你们的荒地,不要撒种在荆棘中。 犹大人和耶路撒冷的居民哪,你们当自行割礼,归耶和华,将心里的污秽除掉,恐怕我的愤怒因你们的恶行发作,如火着起,甚至无人能以熄灭。

“你们当传扬在犹大,宣告在耶路撒冷说:‘你们当在国中吹角,高声呼叫说:你们当聚集,我们好进入坚固城!’ 应当向锡安竖立大旗!要逃避,不要迟延!因我必使灾祸与大毁灭从北方来到。” 有狮子从密林中上来,是毁坏列国的。它已经动身出离本处,要使你的地荒凉,使你的城邑变为荒场无人居住。 因此你们当腰束麻布,大声哀号,因为耶和华的烈怒没有向我们转消。 耶和华说:“到那时,君王和首领的心都要消灭,祭司都要惊奇,先知都要诧异。”

10 我说:“哀哉!主耶和华啊,你真是大大地欺哄这百姓和耶路撒冷,说‘你们必得平安’,其实刀剑害及性命了!”

11 那时,必有话对这百姓和耶路撒冷说:“有一阵热风从旷野净光的高处向我的众民[a]刮来,不是为簸扬,也不是为扬净, 12 必有一阵更大的风从这些地方为我刮来。现在我又必发出判语,攻击他们。” 13 看哪!仇敌必如云上来,他的战车如旋风,他的马匹比鹰更快。我们有祸了!我们败落了! 14 耶路撒冷啊,你当洗去心中的恶,使你可以得救。恶念存在你心里要到几时呢? 15 有声音从传扬,从以法莲山报祸患。 16 “你们当传给列国,报告攻击耶路撒冷的事说:有探望的人从远方来到,向犹大的城邑大声呐喊。 17 他们周围攻击耶路撒冷好像看守田园的,因为她背叛了我。这是耶和华说的。 18 你的行动、你的作为招惹这事,这是你罪恶的结果,实在是苦,是害及你心了!”

哀叹犹大遭灾

19 我的肺腑啊,我的肺腑啊,我心疼痛!我心在我里面烦躁不安,我不能静默不言,因为我已经听见角声和打仗的喊声。 20 毁坏的信息连络不绝,因为全地荒废。我的帐篷忽然毁坏,我的幔子顷刻破裂。 21 我看见大旗、听见角声要到几时呢? 22 耶和华说:“我的百姓愚顽,不认识我。他们是愚昧无知的儿女,有智慧行恶,没有知识行善。”

23 先知说:我观看地,不料地是空虚混沌。我观看天,天也无光。 24 我观看大山,不料尽都震动,小山也都摇来摇去。 25 我观看,不料无人,空中的飞鸟也都躲避。 26 我观看,不料肥田变为荒地,一切城邑在耶和华面前因他的烈怒都被拆毁。

27 耶和华如此说:“全地必然荒凉,我却不毁灭净尽。 28 因此地要悲哀,在上的天也必黑暗。因为我言已出,我意已定,必不后悔,也不转意不做。” 29 各城的人因马兵和弓箭手的响声就都逃跑,进入密林,爬上磐石。各城被撇下,无人住在其中。 30 你凄凉的时候要怎样行呢?你虽穿上朱红衣服,佩戴黄金装饰,用颜料修饰眼目,这样标致是枉然的!恋爱你的藐视你,并且寻索你的性命。 31 我听见有声音,仿佛妇人产难的声音,好像生头胎疼痛的声音,是锡安女子[b]的声音。她喘着气,挓挲手,说:“我有祸了!在杀人的跟前,我的心发昏了!”

Footnotes

  1. 耶利米书 4:11 原文作:民女。
  2. 耶利米书 4:31 “女子”就是指“民”的意思。

耶和华说:“以色列啊,
如果你回转归向我,
回转归向我,
从我眼前除掉可憎的神像,
不再离开我;
如果你本着诚实、正直、公义,
凭永活的耶和华起誓,
你必成为万国的祝福,
得到他们的尊敬[a]。”
耶和华对犹大人和耶路撒冷人说:
“要开垦你们的荒地,
不要在荆棘中撒种。
你们要自行割礼,
除掉心中的污垢,归向耶和华。
不然,我必因你们的恶行而发烈怒,如火燃烧,
无人能够扑灭。

“你们要在犹大和耶路撒冷宣告,
‘要在全国吹起号角’,高声呼喊,
‘要集合起来,
我们要逃进坚城。’
你们要向锡安举起旗帜,
赶快逃亡,不要迟延,
因为我要从北方降下灾祸,
大肆毁灭。”
毁灭列国者已发起攻击,
如狮子冲出巢穴,
要使你们的土地荒凉,
城邑沦为废墟,无人居住。
为此,你们要腰束麻布,
嚎啕大哭,
因为耶和华向我们发的烈怒还没有止息。

耶和华说:“到那天,君王和官长必丧胆,祭司和先知必惊骇。” 10 我说:“唉!主耶和华啊,你完全欺骗了这群百姓和耶路撒冷人,因为你说,‘你们会安享太平。’其实剑锋已指着他们的咽喉了。”

11 那时,耶和华必对这群百姓和耶路撒冷人说:“一阵热风从荒野光秃的山头吹向我的子民,不是为扬场、吹净糠秕。 12 那是我发出的一阵强风。现在我要宣告我对他们的审判。”

13 看啊,仇敌必如云涌来,
他的战车快如旋风,
他的战马比飞鹰还快。
我们有祸了!
我们灭亡了!
14 耶路撒冷啊,
要洗去你内心的邪恶,
这样你才能得救。
你心怀恶念要到何时呢?
15 从但传来消息,
从以法莲山区报出恶讯。
16 耶和华说:“你们去通知列国,
向耶路撒冷宣告,
‘围攻的人从远方来,
向犹大的城邑高声喊杀,
17 像看守田园一样包围耶路撒冷,
因为耶路撒冷背叛了我。’
这是耶和华说的。
18 你的所作所为给你招致这灾祸,
是你自食恶果,你会痛彻心肺!”

19 我的心啊,我的心啊!
我伤心欲绝,烦躁不安。
我无法保持缄默,
因为我听见了号角声和呐喊声。
20 恶讯频传,山河破碎,
我的帐篷忽然倒塌,
幔子顷刻破裂。
21 我还要看这旌旗、
听这号声到何时呢?
22 耶和华说:“我的子民愚顽,
不认识我,
是蒙昧无知的儿女,
只知行恶,不知行善。”
23 我俯瞰大地,
一片空虚混沌;
我仰望天空,毫无亮光。
24 我眺望群山,大山在颤抖,
小山在摇晃。
25 我四下观看,只见杳无人烟,
飞鸟绝迹。
26 我四下观看,只见良田变荒野,
城邑都在耶和华的烈怒下沦为废墟。
27 耶和华说:“遍地将要荒凉,
然而不会被我彻底毁灭。
28 因此,地要悲哀,
天要昏暗,
因为我言出必行,
决不反悔。”
29 各城的人听到骑兵和弓箭手的呐喊,
都纷纷逃命。
有的跑入丛林,有的爬进岩洞。
各城荒弃,无人居住。
30 你这荒凉的城啊!
你在做什么?
纵然你穿上红袍,
戴上金饰,
描眉画眼,
又有什么用呢?
你的情人藐视你,
要杀害你。
31 我听见好像妇人分娩时的喊叫声,
好像妇人生头胎时的痛苦呻吟。
那是锡安城[b]的喊叫声,
她在喘息,伸出双手说:
“噢!我有祸了,
我要死在杀戮者手上了。”

Footnotes

  1. 4:2 你必成为万国的祝福,得到他们的尊敬”或译“万国必得到耶和华的祝福,并以祂为荣”。
  2. 4:31 ”希伯来文是“女子”,可能是对锡安的昵称,下同6:223

耶和華說:「以色列啊,
如果你回轉歸向我,
回轉歸向我,
從我眼前除掉可憎的神像,
不再離開我;
如果你本著誠實、正直、公義,
憑永活的耶和華起誓,
你必成為萬國的祝福,
得到他們的尊敬[a]。」
耶和華對猶大人和耶路撒冷人說:
「要開墾你們的荒地,
不要在荊棘中撒種。
你們要自行割禮,
除掉心中的污垢,歸向耶和華。
不然,我必因你們的惡行而發烈怒,如火燃燒,
無人能夠撲滅。

「你們要在猶大和耶路撒冷宣告,
『要在全國吹起號角』,高聲呼喊,
『要集合起來,
我們要逃進堅城。』
你們要向錫安舉起旗幟,
趕快逃亡,不要遲延,
因為我要從北方降下災禍,
大肆毀滅。」
毀滅列國者已發起攻擊,
如獅子衝出巢穴,
要使你們的土地荒涼,
城邑淪為廢墟,無人居住。
為此,你們要腰束麻布,
嚎啕大哭,
因為耶和華向我們發的烈怒還沒有止息。

耶和華說:「到那天,君王和官長必喪膽,祭司和先知必驚駭。」 10 我說:「唉!主耶和華啊,你完全欺騙了這群百姓和耶路撒冷人,因為你說,『你們會安享太平。』其實劍鋒已指著他們的咽喉了。」

11 那時,耶和華必對這群百姓和耶路撒冷人說:「一陣熱風從荒野光禿的山頭吹向我的子民,不是為揚場、吹淨糠秕。 12 那是我發出的一陣強風。現在我要宣告我對他們的審判。」

13 看啊,仇敵必如雲湧來,
他的戰車快如旋風,
他的戰馬比飛鷹還快。
我們有禍了!
我們滅亡了!
14 耶路撒冷啊,
要洗去你內心的邪惡,
這樣你才能得救。
你心懷惡念要到何時呢?
15 從但傳來消息,
從以法蓮山區報出惡訊。
16 耶和華說:「你們去通知列國,
向耶路撒冷宣告,
『圍攻的人從遠方來,
向猶大的城邑高聲喊殺,
17 像看守田園一樣包圍耶路撒冷,
因為耶路撒冷背叛了我。』
這是耶和華說的。
18 你的所作所為給你招致這災禍,
是你自食惡果,你會痛徹心肺!」

19 我的心啊,我的心啊!
我傷心欲絕,煩躁不安。
我無法保持緘默,
因為我聽見了號角聲和呐喊聲。
20 惡訊頻傳,山河破碎,
我的帳篷忽然倒塌,
幔子頃刻破裂。
21 我還要看這旌旗、
聽這號聲到何時呢?
22 耶和華說:「我的子民愚頑,
不認識我,
是蒙昧無知的兒女,
只知行惡,不知行善。」
23 我俯瞰大地,
一片空虛混沌;
我仰望天空,毫無亮光。
24 我眺望群山,大山在顫抖,
小山在搖晃。
25 我四下觀看,只見杳無人煙,
飛鳥絕跡。
26 我四下觀看,只見良田變荒野,
城邑都在耶和華的烈怒下淪為廢墟。
27 耶和華說:「遍地將要荒涼,
然而不會被我徹底毀滅。
28 因此,地要悲哀,
天要昏暗,
因為我言出必行,
決不反悔。」
29 各城的人聽到騎兵和弓箭手的呐喊,
都紛紛逃命。
有的跑入叢林,有的爬進岩洞。
各城荒棄,無人居住。
30 你這荒涼的城啊!
你在做什麽?
縱然你穿上紅袍,
戴上金飾,
描眉畫眼,
又有什麼用呢?
你的情人藐視你,
要殺害你。
31 我聽見好像婦人分娩時的喊叫聲,
好像婦人生頭胎時的痛苦呻吟。
那是錫安城[b]的喊叫聲,
她在喘息,伸出雙手說:
「噢!我有禍了,
我要死在殺戮者手上了。」

Footnotes

  1. 4·2 你必成為萬國的祝福,得到他們的尊敬」或譯「萬國必得到耶和華的祝福,並以祂為榮」。
  2. 4·31 」希伯來文是「女子」,可能是對錫安的暱稱,下同6·223

Judah Threatened with Invasion

“If you will return, O Israel,” says the Lord,
“If you will return to Me,
And if you will put away your detestable things and remove your man-made gods from My sight,
And not stray or waver,

And if you swear [your oaths], ‘As the Lord lives,’
In truth, in justice, and in righteousness,
Then the nations will bless themselves in Him,
And in Him they will glory.”

For this is what the Lord says to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem,

“Plow your uncultivated ground [for a season],
And do not sow among thorns.

“Circumcise (dedicate, sanctify) yourselves to the Lord
And remove the foreskin [sins] of your heart,
Men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem,
Or else My wrath will go forth like fire [consuming all that gets in its way]
And burn and there will be no one to quench it,
Because of the evil of your acts.”


Declare in Judah and proclaim in Jerusalem, and say,
“Blow the trumpet in the land;
Cry aloud and say,
‘Assemble yourselves, and let us go
Into the fortified cities.’

“Raise a banner toward Zion [to mark the way for those seeking safety inside Jerusalem’s walls]!
Seek refuge, do not stand [immobile],
For I am bringing evil from the north (the army of Babylon),
And great destruction.

“A lion has left his lair,
And a destroyer of nations is on his way.
He has gone out from his place
To desolate your land;
Your cities will be in ruins
Without an inhabitant.

“For this reason, put on sackcloth [for mourning],
Lament (mourn with expressions of grief for the dead) and wail,
For the fierce anger of the Lord
Has not turned back from us.”

“It shall come about in that day,” says the Lord, “that the heart and courage of the king will fail (be paralyzed), and also the heart of the princes; the priests will be appalled and the prophets will be astounded and horrified.”

10 Then I said, “[a]Alas, Lord God! Surely You have completely deceived and misled this people and Jerusalem, [for the prophets represented You as] saying [to Your people], ‘You will have peace,’ but [in fact] a sword reaches to their throat.”

11 In that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A scorching wind from the barren heights in the wilderness [comes at My command] against the daughter of My people—not [a wind] to winnow and not to cleanse [from chaff, as when threshing, but] 12 a wind too strong and full for this comes at My word. Now I will also speak judgment against My people.”

13 
“Behold, the enemy comes up like clouds,
His chariots like the whirlwind;
His horses are swifter than eagles.
Woe (judgment is coming) to us, for we are ruined!”

14 
O Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness,
That you may be saved.
How long will your wicked and immoral thoughts
Lodge within you?
15 
For a voice declares from Dan [far in the north],
And proclaims evil from [b]Mount Ephraim.
16 
“Warn the [neighboring] nations now [that our enemy is coming]!
Announce to Jerusalem,
‘Besiegers are coming from a far country,
And they lift their voices and shout against the cities of Judah.
17 
‘Like watchmen of a field they are against her on all sides,
Because she has rebelled against Me,’ says the Lord.
18 
“Your ways and your deeds
Have brought these things on you.
This is your tragedy and doom; how bitter,
How it has touched your heart!”

Lament over Judah’s Devastation

19 
My soul, my soul! I writhe in anguish and pain! Oh, the walls of my heart!
My heart is pounding and throbbing within me;
I cannot be silent,
For you have heard, O my soul,
The sound of the trumpet,
The alarm of war.
20 
News of one [terrible] disaster comes close after another,
For the whole land is devastated;
Suddenly my tents are spoiled and destroyed,
My [tent] curtains [ruined] in a moment.
21 
How long [O Lord] must I see the banner [marking the way for flight]
And hear the sound of the trumpet [urging the people to run for safety]?
22 
“For My people are stupid and foolish,” [says the Lord to Jeremiah];
“They do not know Me;
They are foolish children
And have no understanding.
They are shrewd [enough] to do evil,
But they do not know [how] to do good.”

23 
I looked at the earth [in my vision], and behold, it was [as at the time of creation] formless and void;
And to the heavens, and they had no light.
24 
I looked at the mountains, and behold, they were trembling,
And all the hills moved back and forth.
25 
I looked, and behold, there was no man,
And all the birds of the air had fled.
26 
I looked, and behold, the fertile land was a wilderness,
And all its cities were pulled down
Before the [presence of the] Lord, before His fierce anger.

27 
Therefore says the Lord,
“The whole land shall be a desolation,
Yet I will not cause total destruction.(A)
28 
“For this reason the earth shall mourn
And the heavens above shall become dark,
Because I have spoken, I have decided,
And I will not change my mind (relent), nor will I turn back from it.”
29 
Every city runs away at the sound of the horsemen and archers.
They go into the thickets and climb among the rocks;
Every city is deserted,
And no man lives in them.
30 
And you, O desolate one, what will you do?
Though you clothe yourself in scarlet,
Though you adorn yourself with ornaments of gold,
Though you enlarge your eyes with paint,
You make yourself beautiful in vain.
Your lovers (allies) despise you;
They seek your life.
31 
For I heard a cry like a woman in labor,
The anguish as of one giving birth to her first child,
The cry of the Daughter of Zion (Jerusalem), who gasps for breath,
Who stretches out her hands, saying,
“Woe is me [my judgment comes]! I faint [in fear] before the murderers.”

Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 4:10 Jeremiah could not reconcile the tragedy he was now commanded to announce with his previous prophecy.
  2. Jeremiah 4:15 The northern mountain dividing Israel from Judah.