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耶利米哀歌 4

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1 何其失光!純何其變色!所的石頭倒在各市口上。

2 錫安寶貴的眾子好比精金,現在何竟算為窯匠所做的瓦瓶?

3 野狗尚且把奶哺其子,我民的婦人倒成為殘忍,好像曠野的鴕鳥一般。

4 吃奶孩子的舌頭因乾渴貼住上膛;孩童求餅,無人擘給他們。

5 素來美好食物的,現今在街上變為孤寒;素來臥朱紅褥子的,現今躺臥糞堆

6 都因我眾民的孽比所多瑪還大;所多瑪雖然無人加於他,還是轉眼之間被傾覆

7 錫安的貴冑素來比純淨,比奶更白;他們的身體比紅寶玉(或譯:珊瑚)更紅,像光潤的藍寶石一樣。

8 現在他們的面貌比煤炭更黑,以致在街上無人認識;他們的皮膚緊貼骨頭,枯乾如同槁

9 的不如被刀殺的,因為這是缺了田間的土產,就身體衰弱,漸漸消滅。

10 慈悲的婦人,當我眾民被毀滅的時候,親自己的兒女作為食物。

11 耶和華發怒成就他所定的,倒出他的烈怒;在錫安使著起,燒燬錫安的根基

12 上的君和世上的居民都不信敵人和仇敵能進耶路撒冷的城

13 這都因他先知罪惡祭司孽;他們在城中流了人的血。

14 他們在街上如瞎子亂走,又被血玷污,以致人不能摸他們的衣服。

15 人向他們喊著:!不潔淨的,躲開,躲開!不要挨近我!他們逃走飄流的時候,列國中有人:他們不可仍在這裡寄居。

16 耶和華發怒,將他們分散,不再眷顧他們;人不重看祭司,也不厚待長老

17 我們仰望人來幫助,以致眼目失明,還是枉然;我們所盼望的,竟盼望一個不能人的國!

18 仇敵追趕我們的腳步像打獵的,以致我們不敢在自己的街上行走。我們的結局臨近;我們的日子滿足;我們的結局到了。

19 追趕我們的比空中的更快;他們在上追逼我們,在曠野埋伏,等候我們

20 耶和華的受膏者好比我們鼻中的氣,在他們的坑中被捉住;我們曾論到他:我們必在他蔭,在列國中存活。

21 烏斯以東民哪,只管歡喜快樂;苦杯也必傳到你那裡;你必喝醉,以致露體。

22 錫安的民哪,你孽的刑罰受足了,耶和華必不使你再被擄去。以東的民哪,他必追討你的孽,顯露你的罪惡

   

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Sodom

  

The city of "Sodom", in the Bible, represents the love of self and the love of ruling or dominating others springing from the love of self. This is why it is depicted as such an evil place, and why it was utterly destroyed by God.

This is not, of course, the usual association people have with Sodom; it has long been connected to homosexuality because in Genesis 19 the men of the city tried to rape the male angels who were visiting Lot. But if you think about it, it makes sense. Experts regard rape as a crime of violence and domination more than a crime of sexual desire. The fact that Lot offered his daughters as an alternative indicates that he thought that the men of the city were not picky about who they dominated and violated. Their chief pleasure was in the domination. All stories about adultery in the Bible -- from the more mild up to and including the intended homosexual gang rape in Sodom -- are actually depictions of selfishness in various forms.