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约珥书 1

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1 耶和华的临到毗土珥的儿子约珥。

2 老年人哪,当我的话;国中的居民哪,都要侧耳而。在你们的日子,或你们列祖的日子,曾有这样的事麽?

3 你们要将这事传与子,子传与孙,孙,传与後

4 剩下的,蝗虫蝗虫剩下的,蝻子来;蝻子剩下的,蚂蚱来

5 的人哪,要清醒哭泣;好酒的人哪,都要为甜酒哀号,因为从你们的中断绝了。

6 有一队蝗虫(原文是民)又强盛又无数,侵犯我的;他的牙齿狮子牙齿,大如母狮的大

7 他毁坏我的葡萄树,剥了我无花果树的皮,剥尽而丢弃,使枝条露白。

8 我的民哪,你当哀号,像处女腰束麻布,为幼年的丈夫哀号。

9 素祭和奠祭从耶和华的殿中断绝;事奉耶和华的祭司都悲哀。

10 田荒凉,地悲哀;因为五谷毁坏,新酒乾竭,油也缺乏。

11 农夫啊,你们要惭愧,修理葡萄园的啊,你们要哀号;因为大麦小麦与田间的庄稼都灭绝了。

12 葡萄枯乾;无花果树衰残。石榴树、棕、苹果树,连田野一切的树木也都枯乾;众人的喜乐尽都消灭。

13 祭司啊,你们当腰束麻布痛哭;伺候祭坛的啊,你们要哀号;事奉我的啊,你们要披上麻布过夜,因为素祭和奠祭从你们的殿中断绝了。

14 你们要分定禁食的日子,宣告严肃会,招聚长老和国中的一切居民耶和华─你们的殿,向耶和华哀求。

15 哀哉!耶和华的日子临近了。这日到,好像毁灭从全能者到。

16 粮食不是在我们眼前断绝了吗?欢喜快乐不是从我们的殿中止息了吗?

17 谷种在土块朽烂;仓也荒凉,廪也破坏;因为五谷枯乾了。

18 牲畜哀鸣;牛群混乱,因为无羊群也受了困苦。

19 耶和华啊,我向你求告,因为烧灭旷野的草场;火焰烧尽田野的树木

20 田野的走向你发喘;因为溪乾涸,也烧灭旷野的草场。

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西番雅书 3:14

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14 锡安的民哪,应当歌唱!以色列啊,应当欢呼!耶路撒冷的民哪,应当满欢喜快乐!

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Mercy

  
‘Brother Juniper and the Beggar,’ by Spanish Baroque painter Bartolomé Esteban Murillo. Juniper, one of the original followers of St. Francis of Assissi, was renowned for his generosity. When told he could no longer give away his clothes, he instead simply told the needy, like the beggar in the painting, that he couldn’t give them his clothes, but wouldn’t stop them from taking them.

In regular language, "mercy" means being caring and compassionate toward people in poor states. That's a position we are all in relative to the Lord, all the time. Without Him we would be unable to choose what is good; without Him we would be unable to formulate a reasonable thought. Without Him, in fact, we would instantly cease to exist; we have life only because He constantly gives us life. So we are, quite literally, at His mercy. Fortunately, the Lord is caring and compassionate to a degree we cannot fathom. He is the source of all caring and all compassion, and of love itself. His mercy toward us never lessens, never abates, never ends; His whole purpose is to bring each of us, individually, to heaven. The meaning of "mercy" in the Bible is closely tied to this idea: it represents love in a general sense, and the desire for good that comes from love. It can also represent the desire for good and the ideas that describe it when those thoughts and desires are inspired by love of the Lord.