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以西結書 34

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1 耶和華的臨到我說:

2 人子啊,你要向以色列的牧人發預言,攻擊他們,耶和華如此:禍哉!以色列的牧人只知牧養自己。牧人豈不當牧養麼?

3 你們脂油、穿毛、宰肥壯的,卻不牧養

4 瘦弱的,你們沒有養壯;有病的,你們沒有醫治;受傷的,你們沒有纏裹;被逐的,你們沒有領回;失喪的,你們沒有尋找;但用強暴嚴嚴地轄制。

5 因無牧人,羊就分散;既分散,便作了一切野獸的食物。

6 我的在諸間、在各岡上流離,在全分散,無人去尋,無人去找。

7 所以,你們這些牧人要耶和華的

8 耶和華:我指著我的永生起誓,我的因無牧人就成為掠物,也作了一切野獸的食物。我的牧人不尋找我的;這些牧人只知牧養自己,並不牧養我的

9 所以你們這些牧人要耶和華的

10 耶和華如此:我必與牧人為敵,必向他們的追討我的,使他們不再牧放;牧人也不再牧養自己。我必救我的脫離他們的,不再作他們的食物。

11 耶和華如此:看哪,我必親自尋找我的,將他們尋見。

12 牧人在羊群四散的日子怎樣尋找他的,我必照樣尋找我的。這些在密黑暗的日子散到各處,我必從那裡救回他們來。

13 我必從萬民中領出他們,從各國內聚集他們,引導他們歸回故土,也必在以色列上─一切溪水旁邊、境內一切可居之處─牧養他們。

14 我必在美場牧養他們。他們的圈必在以色列處的上,他們必在佳美之圈中躺臥,也在以色列肥美的場吃

15 耶和華:我必親自作我的牧人,使他們得以躺臥。

16 失喪的,我必尋找;被逐的,我必領回;受傷的,我必纏裹;有病的,我必醫治;只是肥的壯的,我必除滅,也要秉公牧養他們。

17 我的羊群哪,論到你們,耶和華如此:我必在中間、公綿與公山中間施行判斷

18 你們這些肥壯的羊,在美場吃還以為小事麼?下的,你們竟用蹄踐踏了;你們下的,你們竟用蹄攪渾了。

19 至於我的,只得吃你們所踐踏的,你們所攪渾的。

20 所以,耶和華如此:我必在肥羊和瘦羊中間施行判斷

21 因為你們用脅用擁擠一切瘦弱的,又用角牴觸,以致使他們四散。

22 所以,我必拯我的不再作掠物;我也必在中間施行判斷

23 我必立牧人照管他們,牧養他們,就是我的僕人大衛。他必牧養他們,作他們的牧人。

24 我─耶和華必作他們的,我的僕人大衛必在他們中間作王。這是耶和華的。

25 我必與他們立平安的約,使惡獸從境內斷絕,他們就必安居在曠野,躺臥在林中。

26 我必使他們與我山的四圍成為福源,我也必叫時雨落,必有福如甘霖而降。

27 田野的必結果,也必有出產;他們必在故土安然居住。我折斷他們所負的軛,救他們脫離那以他們為奴之人的;那時,他們就知道我是耶和華

28 他們必不再作外邦人的掠物,上的野獸也不再吞他們;卻要安然居住,無人驚嚇。

29 我必給他們興起有名的植物;他們在境內不再為饑荒所滅,也不再受外邦人羞辱

30 知道我、耶和華─他們的是與他們同在的,並知道他們─以色列家是我的民。這是耶和華的。

31 你們作我的,我草場上的,乃是以色列人,我也是你們的。這是耶和華的。

   

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Scriptural Confirmations #22

  
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22. 20. (The Lord is described as to the Word appearing above the expanse of the cherubim (Ezekiel 1:26-28), and is called the Lord Jehovih (Ezekiel 2:4; 3:11, 27; 4:14; 5:7-8, 11; 6:3, 11; 7:2, 5; 8:1 seq.). Then he is called the God of Israel (8:4, especially 11:22-23).

I will raise up one shepherd over them, who shall feed them, My servant David. I, Jehovah, will be a God to them, and My servant David a prince in the midst of them. Then will I destroy for them the covenant of peace (Ezekiel 34:23-25).

My servant David shall be king over them, and they all shall have one shepherd. And I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them, and I will set My sanctuary in the midst of them to eternity. Thus shall My habitation be with them; and I will be God to them, moreover they shall be a people to Me (Ezekiel 37:24-25). Throughout the chapter the regeneration of man in the New Church is treated of, for this is meant by the dry bones, and by the two sticks which were one.

In that day will I make a covenant with the beast of the field and with the bird of the heavens, and I will break war from the earth, and make them to lie down securely. And I will betroth thee unto Me for ever, and I will betroth thee unto Me in justice and in judgment and in mercy, and I will betroth thee unto Me in faithfulness, and thou shalt know Jehovah. And it shall be in that day that I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth (Hosea 2:18-21).

I have consecrated their gain, and their wealth unto the Lord of the whole earth (Micah 4:13).

(Thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou art little among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall one come forth unto Me, that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from the days of eternity. Then shall he stand and feed in the strength of Jehovah, in the excellency of the name of his God; and they shall abide; for now shall he increase unto the ends of the earth (Micah 5:2-4). He will give them until the time, until the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the sons of Israel (verse 2). Concerning the New Church (4:5, seq.).)

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Foundation for their permission to use this translation.