第四章
2到那日，耶和華發生的苗必華美尊榮，地的出產必為以色列逃脫
的人顯為榮華茂盛。3-4主以公義的靈和焚燒的靈，將錫安女子的
污穢洗去，又將耶路撒冷中殺人的血除淨。那時，剩在錫安、留在
耶路撒冷的，就是一切住耶路撒冷、在生命冊上記名的，必稱為
聖。5耶和華也必在錫安全山，並各會眾以上，使白日有煙雲，黑
夜有火燄的光，因為在全榮耀之上必有遮蔽。6必有亭子，白日可
以得蔭避暑，也可以作為藏身之處，躲避狂風暴雨。
默想：
1.本章的信息為耶路撒冷劫後餘生者帶來盼望；因為當神對猶
大、耶路撒冷的懲罰過後，罪人被剪除，餘生者得到潔淨；耶
路撒冷將成為聖潔，可以作為遮蔭、避難的藏身之處。
2.但是這事必須透過一個稱為“耶和華發生的苗”來完成，這就
是彌賽亞，他來自大衛家族，並要完成神拯救猶太人與全人類
的終極拯救計劃。
3.神的旨意計劃是一定會成就的，且是超過我們能力所及。因此
神親自藉著耶穌基督，使得我們有可能行走在神的光中，我們
成為神新造的人。因此我們所能作的，就是無論現實的世界是
多麼的黑暗，我們都要以正直的生活來榮耀神。
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。
Chapter 4
2 In that day the Branch of the LORD will be beautiful and glorious, and
the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of the survivors in Israel. 3
Those who are left in Zion, who remain in Jerusalem, will be called holy,
all who are recorded among the living in Jerusalem.4 The Lord will wash
away the filth of the women of Zion; he will cleanse the bloodstains from
Jerusalem by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of fire. 5 Then the LORD
will create over all of Mount Zion and over those who assemble there a
cloud of smoke by day and a glow of flaming fire by night; over everything
the glory will be a canopy. 6 It will be a shelter and shade from the
heat of the day, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and rain.
Meditation
1.This chapter issues the hope for those survive God’s punishment
upon Judah and Jerusalem. For after God’s judgment has removed
sinners and purified survivors, a cleansed and holy Jerusalem will
serve as a shelter and shade for people.
2.But this will only be accomplished by a person called “the Branch
of the Lord’. This is referred to Messiah who is to come from
David’s family line and to accomplish the ultimate deliverance of
the Jews and all humankind.
3.Therefore, God’s ideal surely will be achieved but it is more than
we can accomplish in our own strength. God Himself has acted
in Christ to make it possible for you and me to walk in the light of
the Lord. We are His new creation. All we can do is to honour the
Lord by living righteous lives, however dark the ways of this present
world.
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.