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哈巴谷书 3

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1 先知哈巴谷的祷告,调用流离歌。

2 耶和华啊,我见你的名声(或译:言语)就惧耶和华啊,求你在这些年间复兴你的作为,在这些年间显明出来;在发怒的时候以怜悯为念。

3 神从提幔而;圣者从巴兰临到。(细拉)他的荣光遮蔽诸;颂赞充满大

4 他的辉煌如同日;从他里射出线,在其中藏着他的能力。

5 在他前面有瘟疫流行;在他下有热症发出。

6 站立,量了大(或译:使震动),观,赶散万民。永久的山崩裂;长存的岭塌陷;他的作为与古时一样。

7 我见古珊的帐棚遭难,米甸的幔子战兢。

8 耶和华啊,你乘在上,坐在得胜的车上,岂是不喜悦江、向江发怒气、向洋发愤恨麽?

9 你的全然显露,向众支派所起的誓都是可信的。(细拉)你以江分开大

10 岭见你,无不战惧;大泛滥过去,深渊发声,汹涌翻腾(原文是向上举)。

11 因你的射出,发,你的枪闪出耀,日月都在本宫停住。

12 你发愤恨通行大,发怒气责打列国,如同打粮。

13 你出来要拯救你的百姓,拯救你的受膏者,打破恶人家长的,露出他的脚(原文是根基),直到颈项。(细拉)

14 你用敌人的戈矛刺透他战士的;他们来如旋风,要将我们分散。他们所喜爱的是暗中吞贫民。

15 你乘践踏红,就是践踏汹涌的大水。

16 见耶和华的声音,身体战兢,嘴唇发颤,中朽烂;我在所立之处战兢。我只可安静等候灾难之日临到,犯境之民上

17 虽然无花果树不发旺,葡萄树不结果,橄榄树也不效力,田地不出粮食,圈中绝了,棚内也没有牛;

18 然而,我要因耶和华欢欣,因救我的喜乐。

19 耶和华是我的力量;他使我的快如母鹿的蹄,又使我稳行在处。这歌交与伶长,用丝弦的乐器。

   

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Still Life with Figs, by Luis Egidio Meléndez

In the Bible, a fig tree represents the "natural", outward life of a person in the world, and the thoughts and feelings directly connected it. Our natural selves have a tendency to be drawn toward evil, seduced by bodily pleasures and engaged in merely factual thinking. If our natural level is connected to a more elevated interior state, though, it can be engaged in doing the work of being good and gathering the knowledge that can be built up into truth. This "natural good" is represented by the figs themselves, the fruit borne by the tree. It's interesting how there is a hierarchy among the most common fruits in the Bible. Olives represent the most exalted human state, which is called "celestial" and is driven by love of the Lord. Grapes represent the next level, which is called "spiritual" and is led by truth from the Lord and love of the neighbor. Figs represent the lowest level, the natural. This makes sense if you think about it. Olives produce olive oil, which is not only food but can also be burned, and fire represents love. Grapes produce wine, which was prized in ancient times and which represents spiritual truth. Figs are food, giving the body energy to work.