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何西阿书 10

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1 以色列是茂盛的葡萄树,结果繁多。果子越多,就越增添祭坛土越肥美,就越造美丽的柱像。

2 他们怀二意,现今要定为有罪。耶和华必拆毁他们的祭坛,毁坏他们的柱像。

3 他们必我们没有王,因为我们不敬畏耶和华。王能为我们做甚麽呢?

4 他们为立约说谎言,起假誓;因此,灾罚如苦菜滋生在田间的犁沟中。

5 撒玛利亚的居民必因伯亚文的牛犊惊恐;崇拜牛犊的民和喜爱牛犊的祭司都必因荣耀离开他,为他悲哀。

6 牛犊带到亚述当作礼物,献给耶雷布王。以法莲必蒙羞;以色列必因自己的计谋惭愧。

7 至於撒玛利亚,他的王必灭没,如面的沫子一样。

8 伯亚文的邱─就是以色列的地方必被毁灭;荆棘和蒺藜必长在他们的祭坛上。他们必对大:遮盖我们!对小:倒在我们身上!

9 以色列啊,你从基比亚的日子以来时常犯罪。你们的先人曾站在那里,现今住基比亚的人以为攻击罪孽之辈的战事临不到自己。

10 我必随意惩罚他们。他们为两样的罪所缠;列邦的民必聚集攻击他们。

11 以法莲是驯良的母牛犊,喜踹谷,我却将轭加在他肥美的颈项上,我要使以法莲拉套(或作:被)。犹大必耕田;雅各地。

12 你们要为自己栽种公,就能收割慈爱。现今正是寻求耶和华的时候;你们要开垦荒地,等他临到,使公如雨降在你们身上。

13 你们耕种的是奸恶,收割的是罪孽,的是谎话的果子。因你倚靠自己的行为,仰赖勇士众多,

14 所以在这民中必有哄嚷之声,你一切的保障必被拆毁,就如沙勒幔在争战的日子拆毁伯亚比勒,将其中的母子一同摔死。

15 因他们的大恶,伯特利必使你们遭遇如此。到了黎明,以色列的王必全然灭绝。

   

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Righteous

  
This stained-glass window in St. Peter’s, Clapham, London, is one of eight depicting the Beatitudes.

The word "righteous" has taken on a bit of negative shading in modern language. That may be because we hear it most often as part of the word "self-righteous," a rather scathing term for someone who thinks he is quite a good person -- almost certainly better than anyone around him -- and is in a position to judge others without being judged himself. The original word, however, is not negative at all: A righteous person is simply someone who does what is right. The spiritual meaning of "righteous" reflects that: people described as "righteous" act from a love of serving others, and that love is "righteousness." This is commonly described as "the good of charity," "charity" meaning a state of caring for others.