7月7日
耶利米書5章7-9節
現代中文譯本2019
7 上主自問：我何必赦免我子民的罪過？他們已背離我去拜假神。我使他們吃飽，他們卻飽暖思淫，成群結隊去找娼妓。
8 他們像養肥了的野馬慾火旺盛，垂涎別人的妻子。
9 我不該為這些事懲罰他們嗎？我不該對這種國家報復嗎？
ESV
7 “How can I pardon you? Your children have forsaken me and have sworn by those who are no gods. When I fed them to the full, they committed adultery and trooped to the houses of whores.
8 They were well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing for his neighbor’s wife.
9 Shall I not punish them for these things? declares the LORD; and shall I not avenge myself on a nation such as this?
今天的經文中，描述了這些耶路撒冷人像性興奮的馬一樣，不但與廟妓發生性行為，還與鄰居的妻子發生性行為。可見得猶大人的罪不只是拜偶像或倚靠外邦的屬靈上犯姦淫而已，而且是實質地犯姦淫。所以結論就成為上主真是不能不處罰這樣的國民。
參考資料: https://bible.fhl.net/new/com.php?book=3&engs=Jer&chap=5&sec=7
