7/6 (日)
以賽亞書 18:3-5
現代中文譯本(2019)
3 聽吧,地上所有的居民!要注意山頂上升起的旗幟!留心聽號角的響聲!
4 上主對我說:「我要默默地從天上俯視,正像收穫季節的露水和夏天照耀的陽光。
5 在葡萄還沒有收穫,正當花瓣掉落、葡萄將熟的時候,仇敵要摧毀古實,像快刀割下葡萄藤那麼容易。
ESV
3 All you inhabitants of the world, you who dwell on the earth, when a signal is raised on the mountains, look! When a trumpet is blown, hear!
4 For thus the LORD said to me: “I will quietly look from my dwelling like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”
5 For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the flower becomes a ripening grape, he cuts off the shoots with pruning hooks, and the spreading branches he lops off and clears away.
《舊約-聖經背景註釋》
收成葡萄的意象
聪明的农夫知道一年当中什么时候该施肥修葺,以期达到最高收成果效。葡萄在五月开花,果实在八月开始成熟。有两种修剪葡萄的方法:(1)根据基色历法,在秋天葡萄藤休眠期前,先把年前生产不丰的枝子除掉;(2)待葡萄冒出,多余的叶子与卷须也会被剪除,好让葡萄结得更多、熟得更快。雅巍同样也在等候适当时机来临,开始修剪地上万邦。