第十章
12 主在錫安山和耶路撒冷成就他一切工作的時候，主說：“我必罰
亞述王自大的心和他高傲眼目的榮耀。”13 因為他說：“我所成就
的事，是靠我手的能力和我的智慧，我本有聰明。我挪移列國的地
界，搶奪他們所積蓄的財寶，並且我像勇士，使坐寶座的降為卑。
14我的手搆到列國的財寶，好像人搆到鳥窩；我也得了全地，好
像人拾起所棄的雀蛋。沒有動翅膀的，沒有張嘴的，也沒有鳴叫
的。”15 斧豈可向用斧砍木的自誇呢？鋸豈可向用鋸的自大呢？好
比棍掄起那舉棍的，好比杖舉起那非木的人。16 因此，主萬軍之耶
和華必使亞述王的肥壯人變為瘦弱，在他的榮華之下必有火著起，
如同焚燒一樣。17 以色列的光必如火，他的聖者必如火燄。在一
日之間，將亞述王的荊棘和蒺藜焚燒淨盡，18又將他樹林和肥田的
榮耀全然燒盡，好像拿軍旗的昏過去一樣。19他林中剩下的樹必稀
少，就是孩子也能寫其數。
默想：
1.這段經文中記錄了神的話以及亞述王的話。用適當的語調與聲
線來讀這段經文。
2.亞述王的問題是他沒有尊重神所設的界限以及神的意圖，以至
於他狂傲的認為是他自己、而不是神，才是亞述國勢力的來
源。換句話說，亞述王妄自將神當得的榮耀歸給自己。因此，
亞述並非因為擁有神所賜的強大勢力而遭到刑罰，而是因為他
的狂傲及濫用神賜予的能力。
3.你是否曾經有過，神使用你去完成一項工作，但事後你卻將功
勞歸給自己？你當怎樣來操練“該稱讚的就給予稱讚，giving
credit where credit is due”？
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 10
12 When the Lord has finished all his work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem,
he will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the willful pride
of his heart and the haughty look in his eyes. 13 For he says: “‘By the
strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, because I have
understanding. I removed the boundaries of nations, I plundered their
treasures; like a mighty one I subdued their kings. 14 As one reaches into
a nest, so my hand reached for the wealth of the nations; as people gather
abandoned eggs, so I gathered all the countries; not one flapped a wing, or
opened its mouth to chirp. ’”15 Does the ax raise itself above the person
who swings it, or the saw boast against the one who uses it? As if a rod
were to wield the person who lifts it up, or a club brandish the one who is
not wood!16 Therefore, the Lord, the LORD Almighty, will send a wasting
disease upon his sturdy warriors; under his pomp a fire will be kindled
like a blazing flame.17 The Light of Israel will become a fire, their Holy
One a flame; in a single day it will burn and consume his thorns and his
briers. 18 The splendor of his forests and fertile fields it will completely
destroy, as when a sick person wastes away.19 And the remaining trees of
his forests will be so few that a child could write them down.
Meditation
1.Use imagination to read this passage with the appropriate tone of
voice and attitude of God and Assyrian King respectively.
2.Assyrian King’s problem is that he did not respect the limits or the
intention of God and acted in arrogance, as though God were not
the source of its might. In another word, he has taken the credit for
what was really God’s work. Therefore, Assyria is not being punished
for having the power God gave, but for its pride and misuse
of God-given power.
3.Have you ever taken the credit for what was really God’s work in
which you were merely an instrument? How do you actually practice
giving credit where credit is due?
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.