7月18日
耶利米書7章3-7節
現代中文譯本2019
3 萬軍之耶和華-以色列的上帝如此說:你們要改正你們的所作所為,我就使你們仍然居住這地。
4 不要倚靠虛謊的話,說:『這是耶和華的殿,是耶和華的殿,是耶和華的殿!』
5 「你們若實在改正你們的所作所為,彼此誠然施行公平,
6 不欺壓寄居的和孤兒寡婦,不在這地方流無辜人的血,也不隨從別神陷害自己,
7 我就使你們仍然居住這地,就是我從古時所賜給你們祖先的地,從永遠到永遠。
ESV
3 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Amend your ways and your deeds, and I will let you dwell in this place.
4 Do not trust in these deceptive words: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’
5 “For if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly execute justice one with another,
6 if you do not oppress the sojourner, the fatherless, or the widow, or shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not go after other gods to your own harm,
7 then I will let you dwell in this place, in the land that I gave of old to your fathers forever.
今天的經文中,這一段充滿了重複(用以加強語氣),甚至整個主題「改正行為,就可以在應許之地住」,也重複兩次。第二次比第一次說明得更加詳細。這樣的表述強調出要改變行為才能真正保護自己留在上帝給的產業。
參考資料: https://bible.fhl.net/new/com.php?book=3&engs=Jer&chap=7&sec=3
