阿摩司书
3:1 以色列人哪、你们全家是我从埃及地领上来的、当听耶和华攻击你们的话。
3:2 在地上万族中、我只认识你们。因此、我必追讨你们的一切罪孽。[注一] 1
3:3 二人若不同心、岂能同行呢。
3:4 狮子若非抓食、岂能在林中咆哮呢。少壮狮子若无所得、岂能从洞中发声呢。
3:5 若没有机槛、雀鸟岂能陷在网罗里呢。网罗若无所得、岂能从地上翻起呢。
3:6 城中若吹角、百姓岂不惊恐呢。灾祸若临到一城、岂非耶和华所降的么。
3:7 主耶和华若不将奥秘指示他的仆人众先知、就一无所行。[注二]
3:8 狮子吼叫、谁不惧怕呢。主耶和华发命、谁能不说预言呢。
3:9 要在亚实突的宫殿中、和埃及地的宫殿里传扬说、你们要聚集在撒玛利亚的山上、就看见城中有何等大的扰乱与欺压的事。
3:10 那些以强暴抢夺财物、积蓄在自己家中的人不知道行正直的事。这是耶和华说的。
3:11 所以主耶和华如此说、敌人必来围攻这地、使你的势力衰微、抢掠你的家宅。
3:12 耶和华如此说、牧人怎样从狮子口中抢回两条羊腿或半个耳朵、住撒玛利亚的以色列人躺卧在床角上或铺绣花毯的榻上、他们得救也不过如此。
3:13 主耶和华万军之 神说、当听这话、警戒雅各家。
3:14 我讨以色列罪的日子、也要讨伯特利祭坛的罪。坛角必被砍下、坠落于地。
3:15 我要拆毁过冬和过夏的房屋、象牙的房屋也必毁灭、高大的房屋都归无有、这是耶和华说的。[注三]
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Exodus 19:5-6
Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine. And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel.”
Deuteronomy 7:6
“ For you are a holy people to the Lord your God; the Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples on the face of the earth.
1 Peter 4:17
For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God?
Romans 2:9
tribulation and anguish, on every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek;
Ezekiel 20:36-38
Just as I pleaded My case with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will plead My case with you,” says the Lord GOD. “ I will make you pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant; I will purge the rebels from among you, and those who transgress against Me; I will bring them out of the country where they dwell, but they shall not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
Deuteronomy 10:15
The Lord delighted only in your fathers, to love them; and He chose their descendants after them, you above all peoples, as it is this day.
Genesis 10:32
These were the families of the sons of Noah, according to their generations, in their nations; and from these the nations were divided on the earth after the flood.
Isaiah 63:19
We have become like those of old, over whom You never ruled, Those who were never called by Your name.
Jeremiah 9:25
“ Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord,“ that I will punish all who are circumcised with the uncircumcised—
Jeremiah 10:25
Pour out Your fury on the Gentiles, who do not know You, And on the families who do not call on Your name; For they have eaten up Jacob, Devoured him and consumed him, And made his dwelling place desolate.
Jeremiah 11:22
therefore thus says the Lord of hosts:‘ Behold, I will punish them. The young men shall die by the sword, their sons and their daughters shall die by famine;
Matthew 11:20-24
Then He began to rebuke the cities in which most of His mighty works had been done, because they did not repent:“ Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.But I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you.And you, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to Hades; for if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.But I say to you that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for you.”
Daniel 9:12
And He has confirmed His words, which He spoke against us and against our judges who judged us, by bringing upon us a great disaster; for under the whole heaven such has never been done as what has been done to Jerusalem.
Psalms 147:19
He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and His judgments to Israel.
Jeremiah 14:10
Thus says the Lord to this people:“ Thus they have loved to wander; They have not restrained their feet. Therefore the Lord does not accept them; He will remember their iniquity now, And punish their sins.”
Zechariah 14:17-18
And it shall be that whichever of the families of the earth do not come up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, on them there will be no rain.If the family of Egypt will not come up and enter in, they shall have no rain; they shall receive the plague with which the Lord strikes the nations who do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.
Deuteronomy 32:9
For the LORD’s portion is His people; Jacob is the place of His inheritance.
Jeremiah 1:15
For behold, I am calling All the families of the kingdoms of the north,” says the Lord;“ They shall come and each one set his throne At the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, Against all its walls all around, And against all the cities of Judah.
Ezekiel 9:6
Utterly slay old and young men, maidens and little children and women; but do not come near anyone on whom is the mark; and begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the temple.
Jeremiah 13:21
What will you say when He punishes you? For you have taught them To be chieftains, to be head over you. Will not pangs seize you, Like a woman in labor?
Deuteronomy 26:18
Also today the Lord has proclaimed you to be His special people, just as He promised you, that you should keep all His commandments,
Hosea 2:13
I will punish her For the days of the Baals to which she burned incense. She decked herself with her earrings and jewelry, And went after her lovers; But Me she forgot,” says the Lord.
Nahum 3:4
Because of the multitude of harlotries of the seductive harlot, The mistress of sorceries, Who sells nations through her harlotries, And families through her sorceries.
Luke 12:47-48
And that servant who knew his master’s will, and did not prepare himself or do according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.But he who did not know, yet committed things deserving of stripes, shall be beaten with few. For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required; and to whom much has been committed, of him they will ask the more.
Hosea 8:13
For the sacrifices of My offerings they sacrifice flesh and eat it, But the Lord does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins. They shall return to Egypt.
Hosea 9:9
They are deeply corrupted, As in the days of Gibeah. He will remember their iniquity; He will punish their sins.
Acts 17:26
And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings,
I would like to share my meditation on one verse. The first part of the verse goes “You only have I known of all the families of the earth. (NKJV)” What the position believers are! How special we are! Praise the Lord. The last part of the verse goes “Therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities. (NKJV)”. What a contrary this is! Believers don’t want to read this part. We would want to hear “How great thou are!”. We would want to hear “God is good, God restored my health”. This verse reminds me God is righteous. He holds us accountable for sins we made even though we are believers. Sure, God forgives our sin, and yet we will get consequences, maybe now, maybe at the Judgement Day. Would we be tremble? Would we want to flee from sins, and live a holy life? This is what God spoke to a prophet, and was recorded in Amos 3:2.
阿摩司书第3章逐节注解、祷读 ↩︎