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何西阿书 6

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1 来罢,我们归向耶和华!他撕裂我们,也必医治;他打伤我们,也必缠裹。

2 过两他必使我们苏醒,第三他必使我们兴起,我们就在他面前得以存活。

3 我们务要认识耶和华,竭力追求认识他。他出现确如晨光,他必临到我们像甘,像滋润田的春

4 主说:以法莲哪,我可向你怎样行呢?犹大啊,我可向你怎样做呢?因为你们的良善如同早晨雾,又如速散的甘

5 因此,我藉先知砍伐他们,以我中的杀戮他们;我施行的审判如发出。

6 我喜爱良善(或译:怜恤),不喜爱祭祀;喜爱认识,胜於燔祭。

7 他们却如亚当背约,在境内向我行事诡诈。

8 基列是作孽之人的城,被血沾染。

9 强盗成群,怎样埋伏杀祭司结党,也照样在示剑的上杀戮,行了邪恶。

10 以色列家,我见了可憎的事;在以法莲那里有淫行,以色列被玷污。

11 犹大啊,我使被掳之民归回的时候,必有为你所命定的收场。

   

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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.