耶利米书 12

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1 耶和华啊,每次我与你争论, 都显明你是对的。 然而,我还是对你的公正有所不解: 为什么恶人总是得势? 为什么诡诈之人反而生活安逸?2 你栽培他们,让他们生根长大, 结出果实。 他们嘴上尊崇你, 心却远离你。3 但耶和华啊,你认识我,了解我, 察验我的内心。 求你拖走他们, 就像拖走待宰的羊, 留到宰杀之日。4 大地哀恸、 田野的植物枯槁要到何时呢? 由于这地方居民的罪恶, 野兽和飞鸟都灭绝了。 他们说:“上帝看不见我们的行为[1]。”5 耶和华说:“如果你与步行的人竞走, 尚且感到疲乏, 又怎能与马赛跑呢? 如果你在宽阔之地尚且跌倒, 在约旦河边的丛林中又会怎样呢?6 你的弟兄和家人都背叛了你, 与你作对。 任他们甜言蜜语,你不要相信。7 “我已离开我的殿, 撇弃我的产业, 把我爱的子民交给他们的敌人。8 我的子民像林中的狮子一样向我吼叫, 因此我憎恶他们;9 我的子民就像一只带斑点的鸷鸟, 被其他鸷鸟围攻。 招聚野兽来吞吃它吧!10 列国的首领毁坏我的葡萄园, 践踏我美好的土地, 使它荒凉;11 他们使这片土地荒凉, 以致它在我面前哀哭。 遍地如此荒凉,却无人在意。12 杀戮者已来到旷野中光秃的山岭, 耶和华使刀剑横扫全境, 无人幸免。13 我的子民播种麦子, 却收割荆棘; 辛勤耕耘,却一无所获。 他们必因耶和华的烈怒而收获羞辱。”14 耶和华说:“邪恶的邻国侵占了我赐给我以色列子民的土地,我要把这些恶邻逐出他们的本土,正如我要逐出犹大一样。15 我逐出他们以后,还要再怜悯他们,把他们带回各自的家园和故土。16 如果他们真心接受我子民的信仰,凭永活的耶和华之名起誓,正如他们教导我子民向巴力起誓一样,他们便能成为我的子民。17 如果哪一国不听我的话,我必把它连根拔起,彻底毁灭。这是耶和华说的。”

耶利米书 12

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1 Righteous are you, O Lord, when I complain to you; yet I would plead my case before you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all who are treacherous thrive? (拉9:15; 伯12:6; 伯21:7; 诗37:1; 诗37:7; 诗51:4; 诗73:3; 诗92:7; 赛21:2; 哀1:18; 但9:7; 哈1:13; 玛3:15)2 You plant them, and they take root; they grow and produce fruit; you are near in their mouth and far from their heart. (赛29:13)3 But you, O Lord, know me; you see me, and test my heart toward you. Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and set them apart for the day of slaughter. (诗17:3; 诗139:1; 耶15:15; 雅5:5; 彼后2:12)4 How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field wither? For the evil of those who dwell in it the beasts and the birds are swept away, because they said, “He will not see our latter end.” (诗107:34; 耶4:25; 耶7:20; 耶9:10; 耶12:11; 耶23:10; 何4:3; 羅8:22)5 “If you have raced with men on foot, and they have wearied you, how will you compete with horses? And if in a safe land you are so trusting, what will you do in the thicket of the Jordan? (书3:15; 耶49:19; 耶50:44; 亚11:3)6 For even your brothers and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you; they are in full cry after you; do not believe them, though they speak friendly words to you.” (箴26:25; 耶9:4; 耶11:19; 耶11:21; 耶12:1)7 “I have forsaken my house; I have abandoned my heritage; I have given the beloved of my soul into the hands of her enemies. (赛19:25; 耶11:15)8 My heritage has become to me like a lion in the forest; she has lifted up her voice against me; therefore I hate her. (耶12:7)9 Is my heritage to me like a hyena’s lair? Are the birds of prey against her all around? Go, assemble all the wild beasts; bring them to devour. (赛46:11; 赛56:9; 耶7:33; 耶12:7; 结39:17; 启19:17)10 Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard; they have trampled down my portion; they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness. (赛63:18)11 They have made it a desolation; desolate, it mourns to me. The whole land is made desolate, but no man lays it to heart. (赛42:25; 耶12:4)12 Upon all the bare heights in the desert destroyers have come, for the sword of the Lord devours from one end of the land to the other; no flesh has peace.13 They have sown wheat and have reaped thorns; they have tired themselves out but profit nothing. They shall be ashamed of their[1] harvests because of the fierce anger of the Lord.” (利26:16; 申28:38; 赛55:2; 耶4:8; 耶4:26; 耶25:37; 耶30:24; 耶49:37; 耶51:45; 哀1:12; 哀4:11; 弥6:15; 哈2:13; 该1:6)14 Thus says the Lord concerning all my evil neighbors who touch the heritage that I have given my people Israel to inherit: “Behold, I will pluck them up from their land, and I will pluck up the house of Judah from among them. (诗137:7; 耶3:18; 亚2:8)15 And after I have plucked them up, I will again have compassion on them, and I will bring them again each to his heritage and each to his land. (耶48:47; 耶49:6)16 And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, ‘As the Lord lives,’ even as they taught my people to swear by Baal, then they shall be built up in the midst of my people. (耶4:2; 耶24:6; 彼前2:5)17 But if any nation will not listen, then I will utterly pluck it up and destroy it, declares the Lord.” (赛60:12)