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1 耶和華的臨到我說:

2 人子啊,你要面向耶路撒冷和聖所滴下預言,攻擊以色列地。

3 以色列耶和華如此:我與你為敵,並要拔刀出鞘,從你中間將人和惡人一併剪除。

4 我既要從你中間剪除人和惡人,所以我的刀要出鞘,自攻擊一切有血氣的;

5 一切有血氣的就知道我─耶和華已經拔刀出鞘,必不再入鞘。

6 人子啊,你要歎息,在他們眼前彎著腰,苦苦地歎息。

7 他們問你:為何歎息呢﹖你就:因為有風聲、災禍要。人都必消化,都發軟,精神衰敗,膝弱如。看哪,這災禍臨近,必然成就。這是耶和華的。

8 耶和華的臨到我說:

9 人子啊,你要預言。耶和華吩咐我如此:有刀、有刀,是磨快擦亮的;

10 磨快為要行殺戮,擦亮為要像閃電。我們豈可快樂麼﹖罰我子的杖藐視各

11 這刀已經交人擦亮,為要應使用。這刀已經磨快擦亮,好交在行殺戮的人中。

12 人子啊,你要呼喊哀號,因為這刀臨到我的百姓和以色列一切的首領。他們和我的百姓都交在刀下,所以你要拍歎息。

13 有試驗的事;若那藐視的杖歸於無有,怎麼樣呢﹖這是耶和華的。

14 人子啊,你要拍掌預言。我─耶和華要使這刀,就是致傷的刀,一連三次加倍刺人,進入他們的內屋,使人受傷的就是這刀。

15 我設立這恐嚇人的刀,攻擊他們的一切城,使他們的消化,加增他們跌倒的事。哎!這刀造得像閃電,磨得尖利,要行殺戮。

16 刀啊,你歸在右邊,擺在左邊;你面向哪方,就向那方殺戮。

17 我也要拍掌,並要使我的忿怒止息。這是我─耶和華的。

18 耶和華的又臨到我說:

19 人子啊,你要定出兩條,好使巴比倫王的刀。這兩條必從分出,又要在通城的口上畫出

20 你要定出一條,使刀到亞捫人的拉巴;又要定出一條,使刀猶大的堅固城耶路撒冷

21 因為巴比倫王站在岔那裡,在兩條口上要占卜。他搖籤(原文是)求問神像,察犧牲的

22 在右手中拿著為耶路撒冷占卜的籤,使他安設撞城錘,張叫殺,揚聲吶喊,築壘造臺,以撞城錘,攻打城

23 據那些曾起誓的猶大人看來,這是虛假的占卜;但巴比倫王要使他們想起罪孽,以致將他們捉住。

24 耶和華如此:因你們的過犯顯露,使你們的孽被記念,以致你們的罪惡在行為上都彰顯出來;又因你們被記念,就被捉住。

25 你這受傷行惡的以色列王啊,罪孽的盡頭到了,受報的日子已到。

26 耶和華如此:當除掉冠,摘下冕,景況必不再像先前;要使卑者升為,使者降為卑。

27 我要將這國傾覆,傾覆,而又傾覆;這國也必不再有,直等到那應得的人到,我就賜他。

28 人子啊,要發預言耶和華論到亞捫人和他們的凌辱,吩咐我如此:有刀,有拔出來的刀,已經擦亮,為行殺戮,使他像閃電以行吞滅。

29 人為你見虛假的異象,行謊詐的占卜,使你倒在受傷之惡人的頸項上。他們罪孽到了盡頭,受報的日子已到。

30 你將刀收入鞘罷!在你受造之處、生長之,我必刑罰你。

31 我必將我的惱恨倒在你身上,將我烈怒的噴在你身上;又將你交在善於殺滅的畜類人中。

32 你必當柴被焚燒,你的血必流在國中,你必不再被記念,因為這是我─耶和華的。

   

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阿摩司書 9:10

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10 我民中的一切罪人:災禍必追不上我們,也迎不著我們。他們必在刀下。

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Heaven and Hell # 288

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288. Because the peace of heaven is the Divine inmostly affecting with blessedness the good itself with the angels, it can be clearly perceived by them only as a delight of heart when they are in the good of their life, as the pleasure with which they hear truth that agrees with their good, and as a cheerfulness of mind when they perceive the conjunction of good and truth. Nevertheless, from this it flows into all the acts and thoughts of their life, and there presents itself as joy, even in outward aspect.

[2] But peace in the heavens differs in quality and quantity in agreement with the innocence of those who are there, since innocence and peace walk hand in hand; for every good of heaven, as said above, is from innocence, and every delight of that good is from peace. Thence it can be confirmed that the same that has been said in the foregoing section about the state of innocence in the heavens may be said here of the state of peace there, since innocence and peace are conjoined like good and its delight; for good is felt by means of its delight, and delight is known from its good. This being so, it is evident that angels of the inmost or third heaven are in the third or inmost degree of peace, because they are in the third or inmost degree of innocence; and that angels of the lower heavens are in a less degree of peace, because they are in a less degree of innocence (see above, 280).

[3] That innocence and peace are together like good and its delight can be seen in little children, who, because they are in innocence, are also in peace, and because they are in peace are, in their whole nature, full of play. Yet the peace experienced by little children is external peace; while internal peace, like internal innocence, is possible only in wisdom, and therefore only in the conjunction of good and truth, since wisdom is from that conjunction. Heavenly or angelic peace is also possible with men who are in wisdom from the conjunction of good and truth, and who in consequence have a sense of contentment in God; nevertheless, while they live in the world this peace lies hidden in their interiors, but it is revealed when they leave the body and enter heaven, for their interiors are then opened.

  
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