9/10 (三)
以賽亞書 27：7-11
現代中文譯本（2019）
7 上主懲罰以色列人不像他懲罰他們的敵人那樣嚴厲。他擊殺以色列人，也不像他消滅他們的敵人那麼多。
8 上主重重地懲罰他的子民，放逐他們；他從東方吹來一陣暴風，把他們捲走了。
9 除非以色列人把他們替外邦神明築造的祭壇都拆毀，把亞舍拉女神的柱子和燒香的祭壇都推倒，他們的罪絕不蒙赦免。
10 設防的城荒廢了，空無所有，像曠野一樣；牛在那裡躺臥吃草。
11 樹枝都枯乾折斷，婦女們去撿來當柴燒。因為人民愚昧無知，他們的上帝不再愛護他們，他們的創造主不再憐憫他們。
ESV
7 Has he struck them as he struck those who struck them? Or have they been slain as their slayers were slain?
8 Measure by measure, by exile you contended with them; he removed them with his fierce breath in the day of the east wind.
9 Therefore by this the guilt of Jacob will be atoned for, and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin: when he makes all the stones of the altars like chalkstones crushed to pieces, no Asherim or incense altars will remain standing.
10 For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation deserted and forsaken, like the wilderness; there the calf grazes; there it lies down and strips its branches.
11 When its boughs are dry, they are broken; women come and make a fire of them. For this is a people without discernment; therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them; he who formed them will show them no favor.
《聖經串珠注釋釋》
灰石
石灰巖碾碎，制成粉狀的東西，可以用來作為黏合材料，或是當作「石灰水」封塗墻上的石頭。祭壇粉碎到這種程度，就已經完全失去神聖性。以賽亞在這段經文描述記載於列王紀下十八4希西家的改革，以及預言二十三章12節約西亞的宗教革新。
亞舍拉神木（和合本：木偶）
這個迦南女神及其儀式的介紹，請參看：申命記七5注釋。
香壇
該希伯來字指的可能是小型香壇，晝夜不停燒乳香或是類似的香料，祭拜迦南神祇。也有人主張此處所用的字 h]ammamim，是「柱石」的意思（譯注：因此和合本譯為「日像」），這是迦南人的另一種大型宗教器物（見：申七5注釋）。
