第二章
10你當進入巖穴,藏在土中,躲避耶和華的驚嚇和他威嚴的榮光。
11到那日,眼目高傲的必降為卑,性情狂傲的都必屈膝,惟獨耶和
華被尊崇。12 必有萬軍耶和華降罰的一個日子,要臨到驕傲狂妄
的,一切自高的都必降為卑;13 又臨到黎巴嫩高大的香柏樹和巴珊
的橡樹;14 又臨到一切高山的峻嶺;15 又臨到高台和堅固城牆;
16 又臨到他施的船隻並一切可愛的美物。17 驕傲的必屈膝,狂妄
的必降卑;在那日,惟獨耶和華被尊崇。18 偶像必全然廢棄。
19 耶和華興起使地大震動的時候,人就進入石洞,進入土穴,躲避
耶和華的驚嚇和他威嚴的榮光。20到那日,人必將為拜而造的金偶
像、銀偶像拋給田鼠和蝙蝠。21到耶和華興起使地大震動的時候,
人好進入磐石洞中和巖石穴裡,躲避耶和華的驚嚇和他威嚴的榮
光。22 你們休要倚靠世人,他鼻孔裡不過有氣息,他在一切事上可
算甚麼呢?
默想:
1.這段經文提到很多偉大的自然現象或人為成就,是以色列人
引以為傲,可以歸依的。但是以賽亞警告他的同胞,到“那
日”當耶和華神被尊崇、興起時,神要審判狂傲的人,這些偉
大的現象與成就,都要一一被打倒、降卑,他們還能以什麼為
傲、以什麼為歸依?
2.以賽亞預言將來在主的日子,人將不再狂傲。 傲慢不是我們
想有的品格,但是很多人都經常會落在自大自傲的當中。
3.祈求神教導你,如何看清自己的自大自傲,並如何才能不依靠
世人(22節),而單單仰賴神?
禱告與筆錄:
繼續安靜在神面前,與神對話,並聆聽祂對我說的話。將心中
的思想(心得),或是與神的禱告,記錄在「靈程筆記簿」上面。
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10 Go into the rocks, hide in the ground from the fearful presence of the
LORD and the splendor of his majesty!11 The eyes of the arrogant will be
humbled and human pride brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted
in that day.12 The LORD Almighty has a day in store for all the proud and
lofty, for all that is exalted (and they will be humbled), 13 for all the cedars
of Lebanon, tall and lofty, and all the oaks of Bashan, 14 for all the towering
mountains and all the high hills, 15 for every lofty tower and every
fortified wall, 16 for every trading ship and every stately vessel.
17 The arrogance of man will be brought low and human pride humbled;
the LORD alone will be exalted in that day, 18 and the idols will totally disappear.
19 People will flee to caves in the rocks and to holes in the ground
from the fearful presence of the LORD and the splendor of his majesty,
when he rises to shake the earth.20 In that day people will throw away to
the moles and bats their idols of silver and idols of gold, which they made
to worship.21 They will flee to caverns in the rocks and to the overhanging
crags from the fearful presence of the LORD and the splendor of his
majesty, when he rises to shake the earth.22 Stop trusting in mere humans,
who have but a breath in their nostrils. Why hold them in esteem?
Meditation
1.This passage mentions a number of great things (natural or humanmade)
which the Israelites must have been boastful of. Yet, Isaiah
warned his fellow countrymen that God would act to judge the arrogant
people by bringing low these great things among them in the
day when the splendor of God’s majesty is revealed.
2.Isaiah prophesied that on the Day of the Lord, the pride of men will
be no more. We know that arrogance is not a desirable trait, yet
many of us fall victim to our own arrogance.
3.Ask God to teach you what it means to stop trusting in humanity
(v22) and to only rely on God.
Prayer & Journaling: Stay with God for a little longer. Continue to converse
with God and listen to what he wants to tell me. Then write down
any thought and/or prayer in the 2012 “Spiritual Journal” book.