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耶利米書 31

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1 耶和華:那時,我必作以色列各家的;他們必作我的子民。

2 耶和華如此:脫離刀的就是以色列人。我使他享安息的時候,他曾在曠野蒙恩。

3 古時(或譯:從遠方)耶和華向以色列(原文是我)顯現,說:我以永遠你,因此我以慈愛吸引你。

4 以色列的民(原文是處女)哪,我要再建立你,你就被建立;你必再以擊為美,與歡樂的人一同跳舞而出;

5 又必在撒瑪利亞上栽種葡萄園,栽種的人要享用所結的果子。

6 日子必到,以法蓮上守望的人必呼叫說:起來罷!我們可以上錫安,到耶和華我們那裡去。

7 耶和華如此:你們當為雅各歡樂歌唱,因萬國中為首的歡呼。當傳揚頌讚耶和華啊,求你拯你的百姓以色列所剩下的人。

8 我必將他們從北方,從極招聚;同著他們的有瞎子、瘸子、孕婦、產婦;他們必成為幫回到這裡

9 他們要哭泣。我要照他們懇求的引導他們,使他們在旁走正直的,在其上不致絆跌;因為我是以色列的父,以法蓮是我的長子

10 列國啊,要耶和華的,傳揚在遠處的海:趕散以色列的必招聚他,又看守他,好像牧人看守羊群。

11 耶和華救贖了雅各,救贖他脫離比他更強之人的

12 他們要到錫安的處歌唱,又流歸耶和華施恩之地,就是有五穀、新酒,和油,並羔、牛犢之地。他們的心必像澆灌的園子;他們也不再有一點愁煩。

13 那時,處女必歡樂跳舞;年少的、年老的,也必一同歡樂;因為我要使他們的悲哀變為歡喜,並要安慰他們,使他們的愁煩為快樂。

14 我必以肥油使祭司的心滿足;我的百姓也要因我的恩惠知足。這是耶和華的。

15 耶和華如此:在拉瑪見號咷痛哭的聲音,是拉結哭他兒女,不肯受安慰,因為他們都不在了。

16 耶和華如此:你禁止聲音不要哀哭,禁止眼目不要流淚,因你所做之工必有賞賜;他們必從敵國歸回。這是耶和華的。

17 耶和華:你末後必有指望;你的兒女必回到自己的境界。

18 以法蓮為自己悲歎說:你責罰我,我便受責罰,像不慣負軛的犢一樣。求你使我回,我便回,因為你是耶和華─我的

19 我回就真正懊悔;受教以就拍歎息;我因擔當幼年的凌辱就抱愧蒙羞。

20 耶和華以法蓮是我的愛子麼?是可喜悅的孩子麼?我每逢責備他,仍深顧念他;所以我的心腸戀慕他;我必要憐憫他。

21 以色列民(原文是處女)哪,你當為自己設立指碑,豎起引柱。你要留向大,就是你所去的原;你當回,回到你這些城邑。

22 背道的民(原文是子)哪,你反來覆去要到幾時呢?耶和華上造了一件新事,就是子護衛男子。

23 萬軍之耶和華以色列的如此:我使被擄之人歸回的時候,他們在猶大和其中的城邑必再這樣:公的居所啊,哪,願耶和華賜福給你。

24 猶大和屬猶大城邑的人,農夫和放羊的人,要一同在其中。

25 疲乏的人,我使他飽飫;愁煩的人,我使他知足。

26 先知說:我醒了,覺著睡得香甜!

27 耶和華:日子將到,我要把人的種和牲畜的種播種在以色列家和猶大家。

28 我先前怎樣留意將他們拔出、拆毀、毀壞、傾覆、苦害,也必照樣留意將他們建立、栽植。這是耶和華的。

29 當那些日子,人不再父親吃了酸葡萄,兒子酸倒了。

30 但各必因自己的罪亡;凡酸葡萄的,自己的必酸倒。

31 耶和華:日子將到,我要與以色列家和猶大家另立新約,

32 不像我拉著他們祖宗的,領他們出埃及的時候,與他們所立的約。我雖作他們的丈夫,他們卻背了我的約。這是耶和華的。

33 耶和華:那些日子以,我與以色列家所立的約乃是這樣:我要將我的律法放在他們裡面,在他們上。我要作他們的,他們要作我的子民。

34 他們各不再教導自己的鄰舍和自己的弟兄:你該認識耶和華,因為他們從最小的到至的都必認識我。我要赦免他們的孽,不再記念他們的罪惡。這是耶和華的。

35 那使太陽白日發,使月有定例,黑夜發亮,又攪動大,使中波浪匉訇的,萬軍之耶和華是他的名。他如此

36 這些定例若能在我面前廢掉,以色列的後裔也就在我面前斷絕,永遠不再成國。這是耶和華的。

37 耶和華如此:若能量度,尋察根基,我就因以色列後裔一切所行的棄絕他們。這是耶和華的。

38 耶和華:日子將到,這城必為耶和華建造,從哈楠業樓直到角門

39 準繩要往外量出,直到迦立山,又到歌亞。

40 拋屍的全和倒灰之處,並一切田地,直到汲淪,又直到東方的拐角,都要歸耶和華,不再拔出,不再傾覆,直到永遠

   

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7523. 'And there will be on man and on beast' means the products of interior and exterior evil. This is clear from the meaning of 'man' as the affection for good, and in the contrary sense as the desire for evil; and 'beast' is similar in meaning. But when 'man' and 'beast' are mentioned together, 'man means interior affection or desire and 'beast' exterior; regarding both, see 7424. Interior good or else interior evil, which is meant by 'man', is that connected with intentions or ends in view, for intentions or ends in view are at a person's core, whereas exterior good or else exterior evil, which is meant by 'beast', is that connected with thought and consequently, if nothing stands in the way, with action. Exterior good is meant by 'beast' because a person is in respect of his external or natural man no different from a beast; for he is endowed with similar desires and also cravings, as well as appetites and senses. And interior good is meant by 'man because it is in respect of his internal or spiritual man that a person is a human being, on which internal level he is endowed with affections for what is good and true such as exist with the angels in heaven, and because he controls his natural or animal man, which is 'a beast', by means of that internal man. Regarding the meaning of 'beast' as the affection for good and in the contrary sense the desire for evil, see 45, 46, 142, 143, 246, 714, 715, 719, 776, 2179, 2180, 3218, 3519, 5198.

[2] These things are what are meant by 'man and beast' in the following places too: In Jeremiah,

My anger and My wrath have been poured out on this place, on man and on beast. Jeremiah 7:20

In the same prophet,

I will strike the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast; they will die of a great pestilence. Jeremiah 21:6.

In the same prophet,

It will make her land a desolation, so that none may dwell in it; both man and beast have scattered themselves, they have gone away. Jeremiah 50:3.

In Ezekiel,

When a land has sinned against Me by committing great transgression, I will cut off from it man and beast. Ezekiel 14:13, 19, 21.

In the same prophet,

I will stretch out My hand over Edom, and cut off from it man and beast, and make it a waste. Ezekiel 25:13.

In Zephaniah,

I will consume man and beast, I will consume the birds of the air and the fish of the sea, and the stumbling-blocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from the surface of the earth. Zephaniah 1:3.

[3] 'Man and beast' stands for interior and exterior good in the following places: In Jeremiah,

I have made the earth, man and beast, by My great strength. Jeremiah 27:5.

In the same prophet,

Behold, the days are coming, said Jehovah, in which I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and the seed of beast. Jeremiah 31:17.

In the same prophet,

A desolation will the earth be, so that man and beast are not there. Jeremiah 32:43.

In the same prophet,

In the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that have been devastated, there is no man and inhabitant, and there is no beast. Jeremiah 33:10; 51:62.

In David,

Your righteousness is like the mountains of God, Your judgements a great deep; You preserve man and beast, O Jehovah. Psalms 36:6.

It was because 'man and beast' meant such things that the firstborn of the Egyptians died, not only of men but also of beasts, Exodus 12:29, and that the firstborn were consecrated [to Jehovah], not only of men but also of beasts, Numbers 18:15, and also that the king of Nineveh, following sacred religious practice, commanded that not only man but also beast should fast and also be clothed in sackcloth, Jonah 3:7-8.

  
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