11/3 (一)
以賽亞書 36：5-8
現代中文譯本（2019）
5 他以為空口說白話就能替代軍備和實力嗎？他靠誰的力量想反叛我呢？
6 他妄想埃及來援助，那無異用一根斷裂的蘆葦當拐杖走路，會刺透他的手的！埃及王對那些投靠他的人正是這樣。」
7 亞述大將繼續說：「也許你們要說，你們所倚靠的是上主—你們的上帝，可是，希西家不是摧毀了他丘上的廟宇和祭壇嗎？他不是吩咐猶大和耶路撒冷人民只准在耶路撒冷的祭壇敬拜那位上主嗎？
8 現在我以皇帝的名義跟你們打賭：如果希西家能找出兩千騎兵，我就送他兩千匹戰馬！
ESV
5 Do you think that mere words are strategy and power for war? In whom do you now trust, that you have rebelled against me?
6 Behold, you are trusting in Egypt, that broken reed of a staff, which will pierce the hand of any man who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
7 But if you say to me, “We trust in the LORD our God,” is it not he whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and to Jerusalem, “You shall worship before this altar”?
8 Come now, make a wager with my master the king of Assyria: I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders on them.
《聖經串珠注釋》
6「葦杖」：蘆葦作成的杖（參19:6注）。葦杖一旦壓傷便不能再用。
7-8 「將神的邱壇和祭壇廢去」：希西家這樣做，目的是要百姓集中在聖殿敬拜，免得他們偏離神敬拜偶像。這種宗教改革顯然引起外邦的注意。
