7月6日
耶利米書5章4-6節
現代中文譯本2019
4 於是我想：他們只是貧窮無知的人；他們不曉得上主的道路，不知道上帝的法則。
5 我要找他們的領袖理論。他們一定曉得上主的道路，一定知道上帝的法則。可是他們都否認上主的權威，不肯服從他。
6 因此，獅子要從森林出來吞吃他們；豺狼要從曠野出來撕碎他們；花豹要在城市周圍埋伏等待；誰出去，誰就被撕碎。因為他們一再離棄上帝；他們的罪惡數算不盡。
ESV
4 Then I said, “These are only the poor; they have no sense; for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.
5 I will go to the great and will speak to them, for they know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.” But they all alike had broken the yoke; they had burst the bonds.
6 Therefore a lion from the forest shall strike them down; a wolf from the desert shall devastate them. A leopard is watching their cities; everyone who goes out of them shall be torn in pieces, because their transgressions are many, their apostasies are great.
今天的經文中，描述先知認為這些在街上被找的人(昨天的經文)可能是低下階層的人，如果去找上流社會的應該就沒問題。無奈上流階層的人知道上帝的道路與法則，卻反倒執意背叛上帝。耶利米試著搜尋正直人來回應耶和華，從窮到富，發現各個階層竟都悖逆且竟找不到一個義人，只好承認百姓理應受罰。
參考資料: https://bible.fhl.net/new/com.php?book=3&engs=Jer&chap=5&sec=4
