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何西阿書 5

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1 祭司啊,要我的話!以色列家啊,要留心!王家啊,要側耳而!審判要臨到你們,因你們在米斯巴如網羅,在他泊山如鋪張的

2 這些悖逆的人肆行殺戮,罪孽極深;我卻斥責他們眾人。

3 以法蓮為我所知;以色列不能向我隱藏。以法蓮哪,現在你行淫了,以色列被玷污了。

4 他們所行的使他們不能歸向;因有淫心在他們裡面,他們也不認識耶和華

5 以色列的驕傲當面見證自己。故此,以色列以法蓮必因自己的罪孽跌倒;猶大也必與他們一同跌倒。

6 他們必牽著牛尋求耶和華,卻尋不見;他已經轉去離開他們。

7 他們向耶和華行事詭詐,生了私子。到了朔,他們與他們的地業必被吞滅。

8 你們當在基比亞吹角,在拉瑪吹號,在伯亞文吹出大聲,說:便雅憫哪,有仇敵在你頭!

9 在責罰的日子,以法蓮必變為荒場;我在以色列支派中,指示將來必成的事。

10 猶大的首領如同挪移地界的人,我必將忿怒倒在他們身上,如一般。

11 以法蓮因樂從人的命令,就受欺壓,被審判壓碎。

12 我使以法蓮如蟲蛀之物,使猶大家如朽爛之木。

13 以法蓮見自己有病,猶大見自己有傷,他們就打發人往亞述去見耶雷布王,他卻不能醫治你們,不能治好你們的傷。

14 我必向以法蓮如獅子,向猶大家如少壯獅子。我必撕裂而去,我要奪去,無人搭救。

15 我要回到原處,等他們自覺有罪(或譯:承認己罪),尋求我面;他們在急難的時候必切切尋求我。

   

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何西阿書 6:9

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9 強盜成群,怎樣埋伏殺祭司結黨,也照樣在示劍的上殺戮,行了邪惡。

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These days we tend to think of "roads" as smooth swaths of pavement and judge them by how fast we can drive cars on them. A "path" is something different, suitable only for walking or maybe bicycles, and a "way" has more to do with giving directions than any physical reality. When we get "lost" it usually means we're in a car on an unfamiliar road -- a far cry from being in the middle of a trackless wilderness with no idea which direction to go. The ancient world was very different, with isolated towns and endless square miles of trackless wilderness. Then a "way" was a set of landmarks to follow to get from one place to another through the wilderness. A "path" was a way used enough to leave a visible trace on the ground, and a "road" was a heavily used path, easily followed and walkable. So it makes sense that when used in the Bible, all three terms represent guiding truth, ideas that lead us where we want to go. This is pictured in the modern use of "way" -- when we talk about the "way" to do something or the "way" to get somewhere. We're talking about the correct, best, most efficient method of doing something or getting somewhere. And it's good information -- truth -- that helps us find that best way.