第二十三章
1論推羅的默示：他施的船隻都要哀號，因為推羅變為荒場，甚至
沒有房屋，沒有可進之路。這消息是從基提地得來的。
2沿海的居民，就是素來靠航海西頓的商家得豐盛的，你們當靜默
無言。3在大水之上，西曷的糧食、尼羅河的莊稼是推羅的進項，
他作列國的大碼頭。4西頓哪，你當慚愧！因為大海說，就是海中
的保障說：“我沒有劬勞，也沒有生產，沒有養育男子，也沒有撫
養童女。”5這風聲傳到埃及，埃及人為推羅的風聲極其疼痛。
6推羅人哪，你們當過到他施去。沿海的居民哪，你們都當哀號！
7這是你們歡樂的城，從上古而有的嗎？其中的居民往遠方寄居。
8推羅本是賜冠冕的：他的商家是王子，他的買賣人是世上的尊貴
人。遭遇如此，是誰定的呢？9是萬軍之耶和華所定的！為要污辱
一切高傲的榮耀，使地上一切的尊貴人被藐視。
默想：
1.第13章至23章，都是指出猶大不尋求神的保護，卻去依靠與外
邦國的聯盟來抵抗亞述。
2.你是否可以從過去讀的10多章經文中，看出猶大的例子怎樣反
映出你自己的生活所效忠的是什麼？你用什麼來填滿只有神可
以填滿的空隙？
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 23
1 A prophecy against Tyre:Wail, you ships of Tarshish! For Tyre is destroyed
and left without house or harbor.From the land of Cyprus word has
come to them.2 Be silent, you people of the island and you merchants of
Sidon, whom the seafarers have enriched.3 On the great waters came the
grain of the Shihor; the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre, and
she became the marketplace of the nations.4 Be ashamed, Sidon, and you
fortress of the sea, for the sea has spoken:“I have neither been in labor nor
given birth; I have neither reared sons nor brought up daughters.”5 When
word comes to Egypt, they will be in anguish at the report from Tyre.
6 Cross over to Tarshish; wail, you people of the island.7 Is this your city
of revelry, the old, old city, whose feet have taken her to settle in far-off
lands?8 Who planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose
merchants are princes, whose traders are renowned in the earth?
9 The LORD Almighty planned it, to bring down her pride in all her
splendor and to humble all who are renowned on the earth.
Meditation
1.Chapters 13-23 reflect upon the foolishness of Judah depending
upon alliances with the other nations rather than upon God to protect
her from Assyria.
2.What do you see as one implication of that loyalty principle for
your life today? To what or to whom have you looked to fill that
God-shaped void of insecurity in your life?
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.