2/21 (六)
以賽亞書 51:12-15
現代文譯本(2019)
12 上主說:
是我,是我安慰你。
你為什麼害怕必死的人呢?
他們不見得比花草長命。
13 你忘記了造你的上主嗎?
是誰張開天幕?
是誰立了地的根基?
你為什麼老是懼怕逼迫你的人,
懼怕想毀滅你的人的怒氣呢?
他們的怒氣並不能傷害你。
14 被捆綁的人快要得自由了;
他們將享長壽,將得飽足。
15 我是上主,是你的上帝;
我的名是上主—萬軍的統帥。
我攪動海洋,使波浪洶湧。
ESV
12 “I, I am he who comforts you; who are you that you are afraid of man who dies, of the son of man who is made like grass,
13 and have forgotten the LORD, your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth, and you fear continually all the day because of the wrath of the oppressor, when he sets himself to destroy? And where is the wrath of the oppressor?
14 He who is bowed down shall speedily be released; he shall not die and go down to the pit, neither shall his bread be lacking.
15 I am the LORD your God, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar— the LORD of hosts is his name.
《舊約-聖經背景註釋》
囚犯從地牢中得釋放 大多數被擄至巴比倫的人沒有被監禁,但有些政治犯被囚禁。古代近東大部分地區,以土坑作為監牢。現代能夠讓囚犯被改造為良好公民的監獄概念,對於古代世界是前所未聞的。欠債的人,等待審判的罪犯、政治犯,被囚禁在數種不同的禁閉設施中。
