以赛亚书21 Isaiah

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21:1 论海旁旷野的默示。有仇敌从旷野,从可怕之地而来,好像南方的旋风,猛然扫过。

The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.

21:2 令人凄惨的异象,已默示于我。诡诈的行诡诈,毁灭的行毁灭。以拦哪,你要上去。玛代阿,你要围困。主说,我使一切叹息止住。

A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.

21:3 所以我满腰疼痛。痛苦将我抓住,好像产难的妇人一样。我疼痛甚至不能听。我惊惶甚至不能看。

Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.

21:4 我心慌张,惊恐威吓我,我所羡慕的黄昏,变为我的战兢。

My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.

21:5 他们摆设筵席,派人守望,又吃又喝。首领阿,你们起来,用油抹盾牌。

Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.

21:6 主对我如此说,你去设立守望的,使他将所看见的述说。

For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.

21:7 他看见军队,就是骑马的一对一对的来,又看见驴队,骆驼队,就要侧耳细听。

And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed:

21:8 他像狮子吼叫,说,主阿,我白日常站在望楼上,整夜立在我守望所。

And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:

21:9 看哪,有一队军兵骑着马,一对一对的来。他就说,巴比伦倾倒了。倾倒了,他一切雕刻的神像,都打碎于地。

And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.

21:10 我被打的禾稼,我场上的谷阿,我从万军之耶和华以色列的神那里所听见的,都告诉你们了。

O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.

21:11 论度玛的默示。有人声从西珥呼问我,说,守望的阿,夜里如何。守望的阿,夜里如何。

The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?

21:12 守望的说,早晨将到,黑夜也来。你们若要问,就可以问,可以回头再来。

The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come.

21:13 论阿拉伯的默示。底但结伴的客旅阿,你们必在阿拉伯的树林中住宿。

The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim.

21:14 提玛地的居民拿水来,送给口渴的,拿饼来迎接逃避的。

The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.

21:15 因为他们逃避刀剑,和出了鞘的刀,并上了弦的弓,与刀兵的重灾。

For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.

21:16 主对我这样说,一年之内,照雇工的年数,基达的一切荣耀必归于无有。

For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:

21:17 弓箭手所馀剩的,就是基达人的勇士,必然稀少。因为这是耶和华以色列的神说的。

And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken it.

以赛亚书21参考

仇敌来自旷野,那里是──
21:1 “海旁的旷野”是指靠波斯湾的巴比伦。有些学者说,这个预言是在公元前539年巴比伦灭亡的时候应验的(参但5章)。但其他人则说,这是预言巴比伦将约于公元前700年反叛亚述。

众先知的预言互相关联,你看──
21:5 如果这个预言是指公元前539年巴比伦覆灭的话,但以理书5章中的筵席便有了解释。

守望者是站得高,看得远的人,你是否也想作教会的守望者?
21:6-7 守望者(在城墙上的守望人)常出现在先知有关毁灭的异象中,他们最先看见灾难的到来。先知哈巴谷就是位守望者(参哈2:1)。骑马的异象可预表米底人和波斯人于公元前539年攻击巴比伦。

预言巴比伦的毁灭,在当时是不易被接受的……
21:8-9 巴比伦很强大,但充满了可怕的罪恶(拜偶像,行巫术,在殿内淫乱)。巴比伦一直象徵著所有对抗神的人。尽管它享有荣华和权力,但仍同它所拜的偶像一同遭到了毁灭。灾难真正来的时候,就显出拜这些偶像一点用处都没有。

“被打的禾稼,场上的谷”,这比喻经常用来描述甚么?
21:10 打谷和扬场是古代以色列人在打谷场上所做农活的两个步骤。麦子的穗(常用作以色列的象徵)先被碾碎,麦粒就会露出来(打谷),再把它们向空中扬起,宝贵的子粒就会落回地上,没用的麦糠便被风吹走了(扬场)。以色列人也将经历同样的过程:被遗弃的是没用的、有罪的和反抗的人;但神将保留好的“谷物”来“充满”以色列。

度玛、西珥山和以东的关系甚密……
21:11 度玛或以东是神百姓的宿敌。以色列人落入亚述手中时他们高兴,这便注定了以东的毁灭(34:8-17;63:4)。西珥山是神赐给以扫和他的后裔的,所以西珥是以东的别名(参书24:4)。先知俄巴底亚很详细的预告了以东的毁灭。

灾难向阿拉伯各地蔓延……
21:13-16 在此列出的地方都在阿拉伯的境内,它们是控制陆上商路的边境城市。这是以赛亚预言的一个灾难。

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