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彌迦書 4

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1 末後的日子,耶和華殿的必堅立,超乎諸舉過於萬嶺;萬民都要流歸這

2 必有許多國的民前往,:來吧,我們耶和華的,奔雅各的殿。必將他的道教訓我們我們也要行他的。因為訓誨必出於錫安;耶和華的言語必出於耶路撒冷

3 他必在多國的民中施行審判,為遠方強盛的國斷定是非。他們要將刀打成犁頭,把槍打成鐮刀。這國不舉刀攻擊那國;他們也不再學習戰事。

4 都要在自己葡萄樹無花果樹,無驚嚇。這是萬軍之耶和華的。

5 萬民各奉己的名而行;我們卻永永遠遠奉耶和華─我們的名而行。

6 耶和華:到那日,我必聚集瘸腿的,招聚被趕出的和我所懲治的。

7 我必使瘸腿的為餘剩之民,使趕到遠方的為強盛之民。耶和華要在錫安作王治理他們,從今直到永遠

8 你這羊群的高臺、錫安城(原文是女子)的山哪,,從前的權柄─就是耶路撒冷民(原文是女子)的國權─必歸與你。

9 現在你為何大聲號呢?疼痛抓住你彷彿產難的婦人,是因你中間沒有君王麼?你的謀士滅亡了麼?

10 錫安的民(原文是女子)哪,你要疼痛劬勞,彷彿產難的婦人;因為你必從城裡出,住在田野,到巴比倫去。在那裡要蒙解救;在那裡耶和華必救贖你脫離仇敵的手。

11 現在有許多國的民聚集攻擊你,:願錫安被玷污!願我們親眼見他遭報!

12 他們卻不知道耶和華的意念,也不明白他的籌劃。他聚集他們,好像把禾捆聚到禾場一樣。

13 錫安的民(原文作女子)哪,起來踹穀罷!我必使你的角成為,使你的成為銅。你必打碎多國的民,將他們的財獻與耶和華,將他們的貨獻與普天下的

   

Commentary

 

Much

  
You do so much for me, thank you

Intellectual things -- ideas, knowledge, facts, even insight and understanding -- are more separate and free-standing than emotional things, and it's easier to imagine numbering them as individual things. Our loves and affections tend to be more amorphous -- they can certainly be powerful, but would be harder to measure. Using words like “much,” “many,” myriad” and “multitude” to describe a collection of things gives the sense that there is an exact number, even if we don't know what it is and don't want to bother trying to count. These words, then, are used in the Bible in reference to intellectual things -- our thoughts, knowledge and concepts. Words that indicate largeness without the idea of number -- “great” is a common one -- generally refer to loves, affections and the desire for good. Here's one way to think about this: Say you want to take some food to a friend who just had a baby. That's a desire for good (assuming you're doing it from genuinely good motives). To actually do it, though, takes dozens of thoughts, ideas, facts and knowledges. What does she like to eat? What do you have to cook? What do you cook well? Can you keep it hot getting to her house? Is it nutritious? Does she have any allergies? So one good desire can bring a multitude of ideas into play.