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16:1 耶和华的话又临到我说，
The word of the LORD came also unto me, saying,
16:2 你在这地方不可娶妻，生儿养女。
Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place.
16:3 因为论到在这地方所生的儿女，又论到在这国中生养他们的父母，耶和华如此说，
For thus saith the LORD concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land;
16:4 他们必死得甚苦，无人哀哭，必不得葬埋，必在地上像粪土，必被刀剑和饥荒灭绝。他们的尸首必给空中的飞鸟和地上的野兽作食物。
They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
16:5 耶和华如此说，不要进入丧家，不要去哀哭，也不要为他们悲伤，因我已将我的平安，慈爱，怜悯从这百姓夺去了。这是耶和华说的。
For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the LORD, even lovingkindness and mercies.
16:6 连大带小，都必在这地死亡，不得葬埋。人必不为他们哀哭，不用刀划身，也不使头光秃。
Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:
16:7 他们有丧事，人必不为他们擘饼，因死人安慰他们。他们丧父丧母，人也不给他们一杯酒安慰他们。
Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.
16:8 你不可进入宴乐的家，与他们同坐吃喝。
Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.
16:9 因为万军之耶和华以色列的神如此说，你们还活着的日子在你们眼前，我必使欢喜和快乐的声音，新郎和新妇的声音，从这地方止息了。
For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.
16:10 你将这一切的话指示这百姓。他们问你说，耶和华为什么说，要降这大灾祸攻击我们呢。我们有什么罪孽呢。我们向耶和华我们的神犯了什么罪呢。
And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?
16:11 你就对他们说，耶和华说，因为你们列祖离弃我，随从别神，事奉敬拜，不遵守我的律法，
Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the LORD, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law;
16:12 而且你们行恶比你们列祖更甚。因为各人随从自己顽梗的恶心行事，甚至不听从我，
And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me:
16:13 所以我必将你们从这地赶出，直赶到你们和你们列祖素不认识的地。你们在那里必昼夜事奉别神，因为我必不向你们施恩。
Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye know not, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; where I will not shew you favour.
16:14 耶和华说，日子将到，人必不再指着那领以色列人从埃及地上来之永生的耶和华起誓，
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be said, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;
16:15 却要指着那领以色列人从北方之地，并赶他们到的各国上来之永生的耶和华起誓，并且我要领他们再入我从前赐给他们列祖之地。
But, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers.
16:16 耶和华说，我要召许多打鱼的把以色列人打上来，然后我要召许多打猎的，从各山上，各冈上，各石穴中猎取他们。
Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.
16:17 因我的眼目察看他们的一切行为。他们不能在我面前哨掩，他们的罪孽也不能在我眼前隐藏。
For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.
16:18 我先要加倍报应他们的罪孽和罪恶。因为他们用可憎之尸玷污我的地土，又用可厌之物充满我的产业。
And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things.
16:19 耶和华阿，你是我的力量，是我的保障。在苦难之日是我的避难所。列国人必从地极来到你这里，说，我们列祖所承受的，不过是虚假，是虚空无益之物。
O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.
16:20 人岂可为自己制造神呢。其实这不是神。
Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?
16:21 耶和华说，我要使他们知道，就是这一次使他们知道我的手和我的能力。他们就知道我的名是耶和华了。
Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is The LORD.
耶利米书16参考
宣讲刺耳的信息，过与众不同的生活，先知的孤独是不可言喻的……
16:1-17:18 这段经文描写将临之灾。经文从刻划耶利米孤立无援开始，他宣讲的信息严厉刺耳，过的生活又与社会格格不入，不能娶妻育儿，不能参加丧事婚礼，成为不能融于社会的人。最后，这段经文以耶利米再次呼吁众人归向神免受审判作为结束。然而，众人都对耶利米的话置若罔闻，故第一浪灭亡之灾立即在公元前605年袭来（参王下24:8-12），而第二浪也在公元前597年临到。最后，犹大终于在公元前586年完全灭亡。
先知用甚么方式表达犹大人当时灾难的深重？
16:5-7 在耶利米身处的时代，不公开表达哀痛之情简直是不可思议的事。人们的眼泪流乾了，没有哀悼的仪式，甚至因为死亡的人太多，而无法一一举葬。由此可见，当时的灾情多么严重。
先知宣告神的心意，不单是藉口传，也藉身证。我会用哪一种方式见证神？
16:8-13 神叫耶利米不要参加任何宴乐和庆祝活动，以示神非常严肃地看待犹大犯的罪。不论是不参与举哀，还是远离宴乐，耶利米都是以生活彰显和见证神的真理。有时候我们以为只有藉著谈话和教导才能与人沟通，但是神却会利用各种方法表达他的意思。你也发挥一下你的创意吧！
以色列将要经历比出埃及更大的神迹。我是否也看到神拯救我的奇妙？
16:14-15 出埃及记记载了神如何施行奇妙的救恩，将他的子民从埃及为奴之地拯救出来（参出1-15章）。然而，以色列人从被掳之地归回的历史比出埃及更加辉煌并有纪念性，因为这段历史记录了以色列人尽管冥顽不灵离弃神，神却仍以无限的慈爱和怜悯待他们。
神察验人心，仍等待我的祷告；他能改变万事，仍静候我的悔改……
16:17 小孩子总以为他看不见你，你也就看不见他。以色列人也是这样，以为闭上眼睛就可以逃避神。虽然他们闭上眼睛，对自己的罪过视若无睹，却逃不了神的眼睛。他是监察一切的神，甚么事也瞒不过他。你有没有不想让神知道的意念和罪行呢？其实他是知道的，悔改的第一步乃是认清这个事实：神知道我们的罪过。
先知在祷告中对神的称谓，反映了他怎样认识神？我又会对神怎样称呼？
16:19 耶利米在祷告里用了三个称呼形容神：力量、保障和避难所，每个称呼都代表了耶利米对神某一方面的体验，而共通处就是神给他安稳和保护。在你软弱时，让神成为你的力量；在遭敌人围困时，让神成为你的保障；在生活窘迫中想觅得安憩之所时，让神成为你的避难所。