7月2日
耶利米書4章11-18節
現代中文譯本2019
11 到那時，有人要告訴耶路撒冷人：有灼熱的風從曠野向他們吹來，不是那吹走糠秕的柔風，
12 而是上主召來那最強烈的風。上主親自在審判他的子民。
13 看哪，敵人像黑雲捲來；他的戰車像旋風疾飛，戰馬快過老鷹。我們沒命了！我們完了！
14 耶路撒冷啊，要洗掉心中的罪惡，好使你得救。你留戀罪惡要到幾時呢？
15 聽啊，有使者從但支族地區和以法蓮山區趕來報壞消息。
16 他們來警告各國，提醒耶路撒冷：有敵人要從遙遠的地方來。他們要大聲吶喊，攻打猶大各城鎮，
17 包圍耶路撒冷，像園丁監視田園。這是因為猶大人民背叛了上主。我—上主這樣宣布了。
18 猶大呀，你的所作所為給你招來了這大災禍。你的罪使你受苦，刺穿了你的心。
ESV
11 At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A hot wind from the bare heights in the desert toward the daughter of my people, not to winnow or cleanse,
12 a wind too full for this comes for me. Now it is I who speak in judgment upon them.”
13 Behold, he comes up like clouds; his chariots like the whirlwind; his horses are swifter than eagles— woe to us, for we are ruined!
14 O Jerusalem, wash your heart from evil, that you may be saved. How long shall your wicked thoughts lodge within you?
15 For a voice declares from Dan and proclaims trouble from Mount Ephraim.
16 Warn the nations that he is coming; announce to Jerusalem, “Besiegers come from a distant land; they shout against the cities of Judah.
17 Like keepers of a field are they against her all around, because she has rebelled against me, declares the LORD.
18 Your ways and your deeds have brought this upon you. This is your doom, and it is bitter; it has reached your very heart.”
今天的經文中，延續了昨天主題，先知說明仇敵帶來的不只是毀滅，更是一種上主的審判。先知並形容一切將像熱風一樣刮向耶路撒冷百姓帶來毀滅。當地沙漠來的風本來就不適合拿來簸揚穀子，反倒會讓植物枯乾的意思。所以，戰爭將如一陣熱風，這些風是上帝用來毀滅的，而不是給人使用的。
第18節中，先知說明，這一切都是因為猶大人自己行的惡而帶來這一切審判。
參考資料: https://bible.fhl.net/new/com.php?book=3&engs=Jer&chap=4&sec=11
