7月7日
耶利米書5章10-19節
現代中文譯本2019
10 我要召敵人來毀壞我子民的葡萄園，只是不徹底加以摧毀。我要他們砍掉葡萄樹的枝子，因為這些枝子已經不屬於我。
11 以色列人和猶大人全然背叛我。我—上主這樣宣布了。
12 上主的子民不承認他。他們說：「其實上主不干涉我們。我們不至於遭殃，不會遇到戰亂或饑荒。」
13-14 他們又說：「先知不過在說空話；他們並沒有上主的信息。」所以上主—萬軍的統帥上帝這樣對我說：「耶利米呀，這些人既然說這種話，我要把我的話放在你口中。我的話像火，人像柴；火要把他們燒光。」
15 以色列人哪，上主要促使一個國家從遙遠地方來攻擊你們。這個國家有悠久歷史，非常強大；他們的語言你們不懂。
16 他們的弓箭手都是強悍的戰士，殺人不眨眼。
17 他們要吃掉你們的穀物糧食。他們要殺死你們的兒女，宰殺你們的牛羊。他們要吃光你們的葡萄和無花果。他們的軍隊要拆毀你們所倚靠的堡壘。
18 上主說：「即使在那大災難的時候，我也不把我的子民統統消滅。
19 耶利米呀，如果他們問起為什麼我這樣待他們，你要告訴他們，因為他們離棄了我，在自己的國土上服事別的神明，所以他們要流亡異鄉，服事外國人。」
ESV
10 “Go up through her vine rows and destroy, but make not a full end; strip away her branches, for they are not the LORD’s.
11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have been utterly treacherous to me, declares the LORD.
12 They have spoken falsely of the LORD and have said, ‘He will do nothing; no disaster will come upon us, nor shall we see sword or famine.
13 The prophets will become wind; the word is not in them. Thus shall it be done to them!’”
14 Therefore thus says the LORD, the God of hosts: “Because you have spoken this word, behold, I am making my words in your mouth a fire, and this people wood, and the fire shall consume them.
15 Behold, I am bringing against you a nation from afar, O house of Israel, declares the LORD. It is an enduring nation; it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know, nor can you understand what they say.
16 Their quiver is like an open tomb; they are all mighty warriors.
17 They shall eat up your harvest and your food; they shall eat up your sons and your daughters; they shall eat up your flocks and your herds; they shall eat up your vines and your fig trees; your fortified cities in which you trust they shall beat down with the sword.”
18 “But even in those days, declares the LORD, I will not make a full end of you.
19 And when your people say, ‘Why has the LORD our God done all these things to us?’ you shall say to them, ‘As you have forsaken me and served foreign gods in your land, so you shall serve foreigners in a land that is not yours.’”
今天的經文中，描述猶大人把先知的話當耳邊風，上帝就要讓先知的話成為火，將猶大人「吞噬」。上主表明，既然你們喜歡事奉外邦神，那就到外邦的土地好好努力事奉外邦人好了。即使如此充滿審判的言詞，但在18節，耶和華說：「就是到那時，我也 不將你們毀滅淨盡。」
參考資料: https://bible.fhl.net/new/com.php?book=3&engs=Jer&chap=5&sec=10
