10月2日
耶利米書24章3-7節
現代中文譯本2019
24:3 上主問我：「耶利米呀，你看見什麼？」 我回答：「無花果。好的很好，壞的很壞，壞到不能吃。」
24:4 於是上主對我說：
24:5 「我—上主、以色列的上帝要把那些被擄到巴比倫的人當作好無花果，寬待他們。
24:6 我要特別看顧他們，帶他們返回這塊土地。我要建立他們，不是拆毀他們；我要栽培他們，不是拔除他們。
24:7 我要使他們有信心，承認我是上主。他們要作我的子民，我要作他們的上帝，因為他們將一心一意歸向我。
ESV
24:3 And the LORD said to me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” I said, “Figs, the good figs very good, and the bad figs very bad, so bad that they cannot be eaten.”
24:4 Then the word of the LORD came to me:
24:5 “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Like these good figs, so I will regard as good the exiles from Judah, whom I have sent away from this place to the land of the Chaldeans.
24:6 I will set my eyes on them for good, and I will bring them back to this land. I will build them up, and not tear them down; I will plant them, and not pluck them up.
24:7 I will give them a heart to know that I am the LORD, and they shall be my people and I will be their God, for they shall return to me with their whole heart.
今天的經文中，上帝把被擄的猶大人當成是好無花果，建立、栽植，並將把他們領回。被擄到巴比倫的猶大人都蒙耶和華眷愛看顧，他們雖然是俘虜，身處異鄉，卻不至淪為奴隸，甚至還可以經營生意，有自己的居所。更有些能在巴比倫的政府中位居要職，但以理就是其中之一。
參考資料: https://bible.fhl.net/new/com.php?book=3&engs=Jer&chap=24&sec=3
