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约拿书 3

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1 耶和华的二次临到约拿说:

2 起来!往尼尼微城去,向其中的居民宣告我所吩咐你的话。

3 约拿便照耶和华的起来,往尼尼微去。这尼尼微是极的城,有日的路程。

4 约拿进城走了日,宣告:再等四十日,尼尼微倾覆了!

5 尼尼微人信服,便宣告禁食,从最的到至小的都穿麻衣(或译:披上麻布)。

6 这信息传到尼尼微王的耳中,他就下了宝座,脱下朝服,披上麻布在灰中。

7 他又使人遍告尼尼微通城,:王和臣有令,人不可尝甚麽,牲畜、牛不可吃草,也不可

8 牲畜都当披上麻布要切切求告。各回头离开所行的恶道,丢弃手中的强暴。

9 或者意後悔,不发烈怒,使我们不致灭亡,也未可知。

10 於是他们的行为,见他们离开恶道,他就後悔,不把所的灾祸降与他们了。

   

Commentary

 

Sit

  

If you think about sitting, it seems fair to say that where you're sitting is more important than that you're sitting. Sitting in a movie theater, sitting in a classroom, sitting in the driver's seat of a car, sitting in the defendant's seat at a trial, sitting at the family dinner table -- those are very, very different things. But even so, the fact that you're sitting in those places is important -- it means you are part of what's going on, you're staying in place. This is similar to "sitting" in the Bible. Sitting on a throne indicates judgment; sitting in a tent door indicates holiness. The context is crucial. But in all cases "sitting" indicates a sense of permanence, belonging, and full participation in the spiritual state illustrated through the context.