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旧约 - 阿摩司书(Amos)第6章

Woe to you who are complacent in Zion, and to you who feel secure on Mount Samaria, you notable men of the foremost nation, to whom the people of Israel come!
Go to Calneh and look at it; go from there to great Hamath, and then go down to Gath in Philistia. Are they better off than your two kingdoms? Is their land larger than yours?
You put off the evil day and bring near a reign of terror.
You lie on beds inlaid with ivory and lounge on your couches. You dine on choice lambs and fattened calves.
You strum away on your harps like David and improvise on musical instruments.
You drink wine by the bowlful and use the finest lotions, but you do not grieve over the ruin of Joseph.
Therefore you will be among the first to go into exile; your feasting and lounging will end.
The Sovereign LORD has sworn by himself--the LORD God Almighty declares: "I abhor the pride of Jacob and detest his fortresses; I will deliver up the city and everything in it."
If ten men are left in one house, they too will die.
And if a relative who is to burn the bodies comes to carry them out of the house and asks anyone still hiding there, "Is anyone with you?" and he says, "No," then he will say, "Hush! We must not mention the name of the LORD."
For the LORD has given the command, and he will smash the great house into pieces and the small house into bits.
Do horses run on the rocky crags? Does one plow there with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness--
you who rejoice in the conquest of Lo Debar and say, "Did we not take Karnaim by our own strength?"
For the LORD God Almighty declares, "I will stir up a nation against you, O house of Israel, that will oppress you all the way from Lebo Hamath to the valley of the Arabah."
阿摩司书第六章   第 6 章 

  摩 6:1-6> 先知所斥责的安享自己天地的人,难道是我?我…… 

  6:1-6 阿摩司将他的抨击集中到住在以色列和犹大境内那些安享舒适奢华、自鸣得意的人身上。财富以及安舒的生活令人自觉安全稳妥。但神并不喜悦我们忽视别人的需要,祂要我们照顾别人,就如祂看顾我们一样,神的国容不下自私无情。我们必须学习看重别人的需要,甚或看得比自己的需求还要重。善用自己的财富去帮助别人,是保障自己不骄傲自满的一个方法。 

  摩 6:2> 狂妄自大的下场…… 

  6:2 东方、北方和西方的大城,都因骄傲自大而被神毁灭。以色列既如他们一样犯了大罪,昔日发生在列邦身上的结局,也必会在以色列身上重演。 

  摩 6:4> 财富是神所赐的,我没有“躺在象牙床上”那么奢侈,但我的钱用在穷人身上有多少? 

  6:4 象牙是进口货品,是当时极为稀有的名贵奢侈品。即使是少量的象牙已象征着富有,何况是一张镶嵌着象牙的床!浪费在上面的资财,不知可帮助多少穷苦人。 

  摩 6:8-11> 房子越住越大──以此为荣耀?但是,好像有点不妥当…… 

  6:8-11 百姓以建筑华美的房子来炫耀自己的成就。当然,居住环境舒适并非罪过,但须小心,勿让这些成为自满及夸口的源头。神把房屋赐给我们,乃是为了我们生存、事奉的需要,而非让我们藉此自我夸耀。 

  摩 6:10> 战战兢兢,不敢做声,连神名字也不敢提,是何原因? 

  6:10 阿摩司形象地描绘出从神而来的可怕审判:即使在悲苦患难之时,百姓也不敢提及神的名,恐怕会因此招惹祂的愤怒,带来另一次审判。 

  摩 6:13-14> 以色列纵自夸得胜,但神却宣告…… 

  6:13-14 “角”指以色列东北边陲一个微不足道的小城镇,尤其是与他们所面对的亚述相比。哈马是在北方,亚拉巴则在南方;意指整个国家都要毁于亚述之手(参王下 17:1-41 )。──《灵修版圣经注释》