11/21 (五)
以賽亞書 38：12-15
現代中文譯本（2019）
12 我的命根被砍斷了，像帳棚被拆下，
像布從織布機上割了下來。我想上主要結束我的生命了。
13 我通宵痛苦哀號，彷彿獅子咬斷我的骨頭。我想上主要結束我的生命了。
14 我的聲音微弱無力，像鴿子在呻吟。
我的眼睛因觀望天空疲乏。主啊，求你解除我的患難。
15 這是上主的作為；我能說什麼呢？我的心難過，不能成眠。
ESV
12 My dwelling is plucked up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent; like a weaver I have rolled up my life; he cuts me off from the loom; from day to night you bring me to an end;
13 Thus says the king: ‘Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to deliver you.
14 Like a swallow or a crane I chirp; I moan like a dove. My eyes are weary with looking upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my pledge of safety!
15 What shall I say? For he has spoken to me, and he himself has done it. I walk slowly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.
《舊約-聖經背景註釋》
隱喻
牧人要常常遷來遷去，所以很容易弄破帳棚。用橫的織機織布，把線與材料拉在樁子間的橫條上。要拿下來的時候，只要把橫條從樁子上拿下來，把線卷起來即可（見：士十六13～14）。織完一塊布，就要把連在織機上的線剪斷。
