旧约 - 耶利米书(Jeremiah)第10章

Hear what the LORD says to you, O house of Israel.
This is what the LORD says: "Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified by signs in the sky, though the nations are terrified by them.
For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut a tree out of the forest, and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel.
They adorn it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so it will not totter.
Like a scarecrow in a melon patch, their idols cannot speak; they must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them; they can do no harm nor can they do any good."
No one is like you, O LORD; you are great, and your name is mighty in power.
Who should not revere you, O King of the nations? This is your due. Among all the wise men of the nations and in all their kingdoms, there is no one like you.
They are all senseless and foolish; they are taught by worthless wooden idols.
Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish and gold from Uphaz. What the craftsman and goldsmith have made is then dressed in blue and purple--all made by skilled workers.
But the LORD is the true God; he is the living God, the eternal King. When he is angry, the earth trembles; the nations cannot endure his wrath.
"Tell them this: 'These gods, who did not make the heavens and the earth, will perish from the earth and from under the heavens.'"
But God made the earth by his power; he founded the world by his wisdom and stretched out the heavens by his understanding.
When he thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; he makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth. He sends lightning with the rain and brings out the wind from his storehouses.
Everyone is senseless and without knowledge; every goldsmith is shamed by his idols. His images are a fraud; they have no breath in them.
They are worthless, the objects of mockery; when their judgment comes, they will perish.
He who is the Portion of Jacob is not like these, for he is the Maker of all things, including Israel, the tribe of his inheritance--the LORD Almighty is his name.
Gather up your belongings to leave the land, you who live under siege.
For this is what the LORD says: "At this time I will hurl out those who live in this land; I will bring distress on them so that they may be captured."
Woe to me because of my injury! My wound is incurable! Yet I said to myself, "This is my sickness, and I must endure it."
My tent is destroyed; all its ropes are snapped. My sons are gone from me and are no more; no one is left now to pitch my tent or to set up my shelter.
The shepherds are senseless and do not inquire of the LORD; so they do not prosper and all their flock is scattered.
Listen! The report is coming--a great commotion from the land of the north! It will make the towns of Judah desolate, a haunt of jackals.
I know, O LORD, that a man's life is not his own; it is not for man to direct his steps.
Correct me, LORD, but only with justice--not in your anger, lest you reduce me to nothing.
Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge you, on the peoples who do not call on your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have devoured him completely and destroyed his homeland.
耶利米书第十章   第 10 章 

  耶 10:2-3> 不管是星云斗数,或是人间卦象,难道真的可以为人指点迷津吗? 

  10:2-3 很多人都想预知未来,以便作决定趋吉避凶,犹大人也不例外,想藉着观看天象预测未来。耶利米回应他们的话在今时今日同样适切。他指出,耶和华神是创造天地万物的主宰,连那些受人膜拜的星宿也是祂创造的( 10:21 ),所以没人可以从祂创造的星象中预测未来。神知道你的未来,祂也许不会将未来的一切都告诉你,但祂答应一路上引导你,陪伴你。不要信那些天象星宿,只要信靠创造天象星宿的造物主。 

  耶 10:8> 偶像真的会训诲吗?还不是背后牵扯的人在指东划西,奇怪的是竟有这么多人相信? 

  10:8 相信木头雕像的人实在愚不可及,因为雕像就算再精致美观也不过是一块木头。一个单纯而敬拜神的人比那聪明而拜偶像的更有智慧,因为前者能分辨出谁才是真神。你倚靠的是什么呢? 

  耶 10:9> 人以为花费巨资装饰偶像,它们便有相等的能力,这种想法在现代社会中依然存在吗? 

  10:9 他施位于古代世界的西陲,大概是今日的西班牙一带(参拿 1:3 )。这地方向推罗提供银、锡、铅和铁等矿物(参结 27:12 )。乌法的位置不详,这名称原意为“炼净的金子”,是冶金术语。不论那些偶像制造得多么巧夺天工,都不会有权能和生命,也不能与永生而真实的神相比。 

  耶 10:19-21> 犹大人最终流离失所,是因为谁的过错? 

  10:19-21 在这段经文里,耶利米以游牧民族在旷野流离失所、寻找支搭帐棚的地方比喻犹大人民的景况。牧人是那些作恶的领袖,而羊群则是犹大百姓。那些领袖不但没有引导百姓归向神,反而领他们入歧途,实在是犹大亡国的罪魁祸首。 

  耶 10:23-24> 惟有当我体会人生于世,不由自己,我才会知道依靠神的重要…… 

  10:23-24 神要引导我们生命的方向,祂的能力之大远超出我们的想象。有时候我们害怕神的权能和计划,因为一旦祂的旨意不合我们的意愿,我们不愿顺服的话,祂要对付我们可说是易如反掌。不要害怕让神改变你的计划,只要你肯顺服,祂必赐你足够的智慧完成祂的旨意。──《灵修版圣经注释》