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約珥書 2

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1 你們要在錫安吹角,在我吹出大聲。國中的居民都要發顫;因為耶和華的日子將到,已經臨近。

2 那日是黑暗、幽冥、密、烏黑的日子,好像晨光鋪滿嶺。有一隊蝗蟲(原文是民)又大又強;從來沒有這樣的,以直到萬也必沒有。

3 他們前面如燒滅,面如燄燒盡。未到以前,伊甸園;過去以,成了荒涼的曠野;沒有一樣能躲避他們的。

4 他們的形狀如,奔跑如兵。

5 頂蹦跳的響聲,如車輛的響聲,又如燄燒碎秸的響聲,好像強盛的民擺陣預備打仗。

6 他們一來,眾民傷慟,臉都變色。

7 他們如勇士奔跑,像戰士爬城;各都步行,不亂隊伍。

8 彼此並不擁擠,向前各行其,直闖兵器,不偏左右。

9 他們蹦上城,躥上,爬上房屋進入窗戶如同盜賊。

10 他們一來,動,日月昏暗,宿無光。

11 耶和華在他軍旅前發聲,他的隊伍甚;成就他命的是強盛者。因為耶和華的日子而可畏,誰能當得起呢?

12 耶和華:雖然如此,你們應當禁食、哭泣、悲哀,一心歸向我。

13 你們要撕裂心腸,不撕裂衣服。歸向耶和華─你們的;因為他有恩典,有憐憫,不輕易發怒,有豐盛的慈愛,並且後悔不降所說的災。

14 或者他悔,留下餘福,就是留下獻給耶和華─你們的素祭和奠祭,也未可知。

15 你們要在錫安吹角,分定禁食的日子,宣告嚴肅會。

16 聚集眾民,使會眾自潔:招聚老者,聚集孩童和吃奶的;使新郎出離洞房,新婦出離內室。

17 事奉耶和華的祭司要在廊子和祭壇中間哭泣,耶和華啊,求你顧惜你的百姓,不要使你的產業受羞辱,列邦管轄他們。為何容列國的人:他們的在哪裡呢?

18 耶和華就為自己的發熱心,憐恤他的百姓。

19 耶和華應允他的百姓:我必賜給你們五穀、新酒,和油,使你們飽足;我也不再使你們受列國的羞辱;

20 卻要使北方來的軍隊遠離你們,將他們趕到乾旱荒廢之:前隊趕入東,後隊趕入西;因為他們所行的大惡(原文作事),臭氣上升,腥味騰空。

21 地土啊,不要懼;要歡喜快樂,因為耶和華行了大事。

22 田野的走啊,不要懼;因為,曠野的草發生,樹木結果,無花果樹、葡萄也都效

23 錫安的民哪,你們要快樂,為耶和華─你們的歡喜;因他賜你們合宜的秋雨,為你們降甘霖,就是秋雨、春雨,和先前一樣。

24 禾場必滿了麥子;酒醡與油醡必有新酒和油盈溢。

25 我打發到你們中間的軍隊,就是蝗蟲、蝻子、螞蚱、剪,那些年所的,我要補還你們。

26 你們必多而得飽足就讚美為你們行奇妙事之耶和華─你們的名。我的百姓必永遠不至羞愧

27 你們必知道我是在以色列中間,又知道我是耶和華─你們的;在我以外並無別。我的百姓必永遠不致羞愧

28 ,我要將我的靈澆灌凡有血氣的。你們的兒女要預言;你們的老年人要做異夢,少年人要見異象。

29 在那些日子,我要將我的靈澆灌我的僕人和使女。

30 下,我要顯出奇事,有血,有,有煙柱。

31 日頭要變為黑暗月亮要變為血,這都在耶和華而可畏的日子未到以前。

32 到那時候,凡求告耶和華名的就必得;因為照耶和華的,在錫安耶路撒冷必有逃脫的人,在剩下的人中必有耶和華所召的。

   

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The Lord #38

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38. We can see from the following passages that the Lord is called “Jehovah”:

Thus says Jehovah, who is your Creator, O Jacob, and your Maker, O Israel: “I have redeemed you. I am Jehovah your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.” (Isaiah 43:1, 3)

[Thus says Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, and Israel’s Maker... Surely you are a hidden God, O God of Israel, the Savior.] (Isaiah 45:11, 15)

... so that all flesh may know that I, Jehovah, am your Savior, and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob. (Isaiah 49:26)

... so that you may know that I, Jehovah, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Powerful One of Jacob. (Isaiah 60:16)

... Jehovah, the one who formed you from the womb. (Isaiah 49:5)

... Jehovah, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalms 19:14)

Thus says Jehovah your Maker and the one who formed you from the womb. Thus says Jehovah, the King of Israel, and Israel’s Redeemer, Jehovah Sabaoth. (Isaiah 44:2, 6)

As for our Redeemer, Jehovah Sabaoth is his name, the Holy One of Israel. (Isaiah 47:4)

“With everlasting compassion I will have mercy [on you],” says Jehovah, your Redeemer. (Isaiah 54:8)

Their Redeemer is strong; Jehovah is his name. (Jeremiah 50:34)

Jehovah God is my rock, my fortress, the horn of my salvation, my Savior. (2 Samuel 22:2-3)

Thus says Jehovah your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. (Isaiah 43:14; 48:17)

Thus says Jehovah, the Redeemer of Israel, Israel’s Holy One: “Monarchs will see...” (Isaiah 49:7)

I am Jehovah, and there is no Savior other than me. (Isaiah 43:11)

Am I not Jehovah? And there is no [God] other than me; and there is no Savior other than me. Look to me so that you may be saved, all you ends of the earth. (Isaiah 45:21-22)

I am Jehovah your God; there is no Savior other than me. (Hosea 13:4)

You have redeemed me, O Jehovah of truth. (Psalms 31:5)

Let Israel hope in Jehovah, for with Jehovah there is mercy; with him there is abundant redemption. He will redeem Israel from all his iniquities. (Psalms 130:7-8)

Jehovah Sabaoth is his name, and your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. He will be called the God of the whole earth. (Isaiah 54:5)

In these passages, Jehovah is called Redeemer and Savior; and since the Lord alone is Redeemer and Savior, it is he who is meant by “Jehovah.”

We can also see that the Lord is Jehovah-that is, that Jehovah is the Lord-from the following passages.

A shoot [will go forth] from the trunk of Jesse, and a sprout from its roots will bear fruit. The spirit of Jehovah will rest upon him. (Isaiah 11:1-2)

It will be said on that day, “Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him to set us free. [This is] Jehovah; we have waited for him. Let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation.” (Isaiah 25:9)

A voice of someone in the wilderness crying out, “Prepare a pathway for Jehovah; make level in the desert a highway for our God.” The glory of Jehovah will be revealed, and all flesh will see it. Behold, the Lord Jehovih is coming in strength, and his arm will rule for him. (Isaiah 40:3, 5, 10)

I am Jehovah. I will make you a covenant for the people, a light for the nations. I am Jehovah. This is my name, and I will not give my glory to another. (Isaiah 42:6-8)

Behold, the days [are coming] when I will raise up for David a righteous branch who will rule as king, and prosper, and bring about judgment and justice on earth. And this is his name: they will call him “Jehovah our Righteousness.” (Jeremiah 23:5-6; 33:15-16)

As for you, Bethlehem Ephrata, one will come forth from you for me who will become the ruler in Israel. He will stand firm and feed [his flock] in the strength of Jehovah. (Micah 5:2, 4)

A Child has been born to us; a Son has been given to us. Leadership is upon his shoulder; and his name will be called God, Hero, Father of Eternity, on the throne of David, to establish and found it in judgment and in justice, from now on, even to eternity. (Isaiah 9:6-7)

Jehovah will go forth and fight against the nations, and his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which faces Jerusalem. (Zechariah 14:3-4)

Lift your heads, gates, and be raised up, doors of the world, so that the King of Glory may come in! Who is this King of Glory? Jehovah, strong and heroic, Jehovah, a hero in war. (Psalms 24:7-10)

On that day Jehovah Sabaoth will become an ornate crown and a beautiful diadem for the remnant of his people. (Isaiah 28:5)

I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great day of Jehovah comes. (Malachi 4:5)

There are other passages as well where it says that the day of Jehovah is great and near, like Ezekiel 30:3; Joel 2:11; Amos 5:18, 20; and Zephaniah 1:7, 14-15, 18.

  
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