耶和华的审判
1我看见主站在祭坛旁,祂说:
“要击打柱顶,使殿的根基震动;
要打碎柱顶,使殿宇坍塌压死众人。
侥幸生还的,我要用刀剑杀掉,
没有一个能逃脱,没有一个能幸免。
2即使他们挖洞钻进阴间,
我也要把他们揪出来;
即使他们爬上高天,
我也要把他们拉下来;
3即使他们藏在迦密山的峰顶,
我也要去搜寻,捉住他们;
即使他们潜到海底,
我也要派海蛇去吞咬他们;
4即使他们被敌人掳去,
我也要命刀剑追杀他们。
我要定睛在他们身上,
不是要赐福而是要降祸。”
5主——万军之耶和华触摸大地,
大地就消融,地上的人都要哀号;
大地如埃及的尼罗河涨起退落。
6那位在天上建造楼阁,
在大地之上立定穹苍,
召来海水浇在大地上的——
祂的名字是耶和华。
7耶和华说:
“以色列人啊,
在我眼中,你们不是和古实人一样吗?
我不是领你们出埃及,
也领非利士人出迦斐托9:7 “迦斐托”即克里特岛。,
领亚兰人出吉珥吗?
8主耶和华的眼目察看这罪恶的国家,
我要从地上除灭它,
但不会完全毁灭雅各家。
这是耶和华说的。
9“因为我要下令在列国中筛以色列家,
就像人筛谷物,一粒石子也不会落在地上。
10在我的子民中,
所有夸口说‘灾祸不会追上我们,也不会迎面而来’的罪人,
都要死在刀下。
以色列的复兴
11“到那日,
我要重建已倾覆的大卫王朝,
修补它城墙的缺口。
我要从废墟中重建它,
恢复它往日的荣耀。
12这样,以色列人必拥有以东所剩的和所有属于我名下的国家。
这是要成就这事的耶和华说的。”
13耶和华说:
“时候将到,
五谷还未收完又该耕种了,
葡萄还未踩完又该栽种了。
甜酒从群山上滴下,在丘岭间流淌。
14我要使我被掳的以色列子民返回故乡,
他们要重建废城并住在城中,
栽种葡萄园,喝园中酿出的美酒,
整理园圃,吃园中出产的佳果。
15我要将以色列人栽种在他们自己的土地上,
永不再从我赐给他们的土地上拔除他们。”
这是你们的上帝耶和华说的。
Israel Will Be Destroyed
1I saw the Lord standing next to the altar in the temple. He said to me,
“Strike the tops of the temple pillars.
Then the heavy stones at the base of the entrance will shake.
Bring everything down on the heads of everyone there.
I will kill with my swords
those who are left alive.
None of the Israelites will escape.
None will get away.
2They might dig down deep.
But my powerful hand will take them out of there.
They might climb up to the heavens.
But I will bring them down from there.
3They might hide on top of Mount Carmel.
But I will hunt them down
and grab them.
They might hide from me at the bottom of the ocean.
But even there I will command the serpent to bite them.
4Their enemies might take them away
as prisoners to another country.
But there I will command Israel’s enemies
to cut them down with swords.
I will keep my eye on Israel to harm them.
I will not help them.”
5The Lord rules over all.
The Lord touches the earth, and it melts.
Everyone who lives in it mourns.
The whole land rises like the Nile River.
Then it settles back down again
like that river in Egypt.
6The Lord builds his palace high in the heavens.
He lays its foundation on the earth.
He sends for the waters in the clouds.
Then he pours them out on the surface of the land.
His name is the Lord.
7“You Israelites are just like
the people of Cush to me,”
announces the Lord.
“I brought Israel up from Egypt.
I also brought the Philistines from Crete
and the Arameans from Kir.
8“I am the Lord and King.
My eyes are watching the sinful kingdom of Israel.
I will wipe it off the face of the earth.
But I will not totally destroy the people of Jacob,”
announces the Lord.
9“I will give an order.
I will shake the people of Israel
among all the nations.
They will be like grain that is shaken through a screen.
Not a pebble will fall to the ground.
10All the sinners among my people
will be killed by swords.
They say, ‘Nothing bad will ever happen to us.’
Israel Will Be Made Like New Again
11“The time will come when I will set up
David’s fallen shelter.
I will repair its broken walls.
I will rebuild what was destroyed.
I will make it what it used to be.
12Then my people will take control of those
who are left alive in Edom.
They will also possess all the nations
that belong to me,”
announces the Lord.
He will do all these things.
13“The days are coming,” announces the Lord.
“At that time those who plow the land
will catch up with those who harvest the crops.
Those who stomp on grapes
will catch up with those who plant the vines.
Fresh wine will drip from the mountains.
It will flow down from all the hills.
14I will bring my people Israel back home.
I will bless them with great success again.
They will rebuild the destroyed cities and live in them.
They will plant vineyards and drink the wine they produce.
They will make gardens and eat their fruit.
15I will plant Israel in their own land.
They will never again be removed
from the land I have given them,”
says the Lord your God.