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耶利米哀歌 4

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1 何其失光!纯何其变色!所的石头倒在各市口上。

2 锡安宝贵的众子好比精金,现在何竟算为窑匠所做的瓦瓶?

3 野狗尚且把奶哺其子,我民的妇人倒成为残忍,好像旷野的鸵鸟一般。

4 吃奶孩子的舌头因乾渴贴住上膛;孩童求饼,无人擘给他们。

5 素来美好食物的,现今在街上变为孤寒;素来卧朱红褥子的,现今躺卧粪堆

6 都因我众民的孽比所多玛还大;所多玛虽然无人加於他,还是转眼之间被倾覆

7 锡安的贵胄素来比纯净,比奶更白;他们的身体比红宝玉(或译:珊瑚)更红,像光润的蓝宝石一样。

8 现在他们的面貌比煤炭更黑,以致在街上无人认识;他们的皮肤紧贴骨头,枯乾如同槁

9 饿的不如被刀杀的,因为这是缺了田间的土产,就身体衰弱,渐渐消灭。

10 慈悲的妇人,当我众民被毁灭的时候,亲自己的儿女作为食物。

11 耶和华发怒成就他所定的,倒出他的烈怒;在锡安使着起,烧毁锡安的根基

12 上的君和世上的居民都不信敌人和仇敌能进耶路撒冷的城

13 这都因他先知罪恶祭司孽;他们在城中流了人的血。

14 他们在街上如瞎子乱走,又被血玷污,以致人不能摸他们的衣服。

15 人向他们喊着:!不洁净的,躲开,躲开!不要挨近我!他们逃走飘流的时候,列国中有人:他们不可仍在这里寄居。

16 耶和华发怒,将他们分散,不再眷顾他们;人不重看祭司,也不厚待长老

17 我们仰望人来帮助,以致眼目失明,还是枉然;我们所盼望的,竟盼望一个不能人的国!

18 仇敌追赶我们的脚步像打猎的,以致我们不敢在自己的街上行走。我们的结局临近;我们的日子满足;我们的结局到了。

19 追赶我们的比空中的更快;他们在上追逼我们,在旷野埋伏,等候我们

20 耶和华的受膏者好比我们鼻中的气,在他们的坑中被捉住;我们曾论到他:我们必在他荫,在列国中存活。

21 乌斯以东民哪,只管欢喜快乐;苦杯也必传到你那里;你必喝醉,以致露体。

22 锡安的民哪,你孽的刑罚受足了,耶和华必不使你再被掳去。以东的民哪,他必追讨你的孽,显露你的罪恶

   

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Stone

  

Stones in the Bible in general represent truths, or things we know concerning the Lord and what He wants from us and for us in life. This is why the people of Israel built altars of stone, and is also why stoning was a principal form of capital punishment (using truth to destroy falsity, or in the negative sense using falsity to destroy truth). It is also why precious stones are described in such detail on Aaron's breastplate and ephod, and also in the New Jerusalem in Revelation; precious stones represent true ideas directly from the Lord with the various colors showing various forms of love. Stones are not alone in representing truth, of course -- it sometimes seems that almost everything in the Bible represents either true ideas or desires for good. But that makes sense, since our thoughts and our desires together are everything we are in life, and the interplay between them is what life is all about. The many ways they are represented in the Bible reflect the incredible variety in our feelings and thoughts, though we can only distantly understand how those representations work. In the case of stones, in their weight, strength and permanence they tend to represent true ideas that come from a desire for good, the understanding we can have if we are truly good and loving -- and in the highest sense the exalted ideas that come from the Lord's love. Those ideas are ones that are not easily moved or changed, and make wonderful foundations for the things we want to build in our spiritual lives.