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彌迦書 4:10

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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。

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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.