7月4日
耶利米書4章27-31節
現代中文譯本2019
27 上主說過，全地要荒蕪，但他不徹底加以毀滅。
28 大地要哀鳴，天空轉黑。上主說出的話絕不改變；他的決定絕不更改。
29 城民一聽見騎兵和箭手的吶喊，個個都要拚命逃難；有的逃進森林，有的躲入岩穴。人去，城空！
30 耶路撒冷啊，你完了！你何必穿昂貴的衣服？何必戴珠寶首飾？何必塗眼畫眉？你打扮有什麼用？你的情郎遺棄了你，要殺害你。
31 我聽見像產婦陣痛的叫喊；我聽見像女人生產頭胎的尖叫。那是耶路撒冷在劇喘；她伸開雙手，說：慘了，慘了！他們要來殺我了！
ESV
27 For thus says the LORD, “The whole land shall be a desolation; yet I will not make a full end.
28 “For this the earth shall mourn, and the heavens above be dark; for I have spoken; I have purposed; I have not relented, nor will I turn back.”
29 At the noise of horseman and archer every city takes to flight; they enter thickets; they climb among rocks; all the cities are forsaken, and no man dwells in them.
30 And you, O desolate one, what do you mean that you dress in scarlet, that you adorn yourself with ornaments of gold, that you enlarge your eyes with paint? In vain you beautify yourself. Your lovers despise you; they seek your life.
31 For I heard a cry as of a woman in labor, anguish as of one giving birth to her first child, the cry of the daughter of Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands, “Woe is me! I am fainting before murderers.”
今天的經文中，闡述了描述猶大滅亡前，盡全力透過外交手法希望能夠救亡圖存，但沒想到過去跟猶大眉來眼去的國家，居然也要滅了猶大，以致猶大不知所措。但雖然是如此，上帝還是承諾不完全毀滅猶大。
參考資料: https://bible.fhl.net/new/com.php?book=3&engs=Jer&chap=4&sec=27
