第三十九章
1那時，巴比倫王巴拉但的兒子米羅達巴拉但聽見希西家病而痊
愈，就送書信和禮物給他。2希西家喜歡見使者，就把自己寶庫
的金子、銀子、香料、貴重的膏油和他武庫的一切軍器，並所有
的財寶都給他們看。他家中和全國之內，希西家沒有一樣不給他
們看的。3於是先知以賽亞來見希西家王，問他說：“這些人說
甚麼？他們從哪裡來見你？”希西家說：“他們從遠方的巴比倫
來見我。”4以賽亞說：“他們在你家裡看見了甚麼？”希西家
說：“凡我家中所有的，他們都看見了；我財寶中沒有一樣不給他
們看的。”5以賽亞對希西家說：“你要聽萬軍之耶和華的話：
6日子必到，凡你家裡所有的，並你列祖積蓄到如今的，都要被擄
到巴比倫去，不留下一樣。這是耶和華說的。7並且從你本身所生
的眾子，其中必有被擄去在巴比倫王宮裡當太監的。”
8希西家對以賽亞說：“你所說耶和華的話甚好！因為在我的年日
中，必有太平和穩固的景況。”
默想：
1.希西家在面臨亞述王的侵襲時，相信神的權能，確信神會挪開
亞述的威脅，神也真的成就了。當他病重的時候，他相信神要
拯救敬畏神的人，他以自己的虔誠向神懇求醫治，神也確實醫
治了他。
2.但是後來希西家卻跌倒了，以賽亞曾警告過，巴比倫是神百姓
的仇敵；但當巴比倫的使節來“恭賀”希西家王的痊癒時，希
西家王將王宮中所有的寶物都向他們炫耀。以賽亞為此非常憤
怒的宣佈，有一天巴比倫將要來搶奪希西家所有的寶物，並將
他的子孫擄掠為奴。
3.我們對神的話要非常認真，不能只是揀選部分的話語來相信，
接受我們想要的應許而已。我們需要注意神所有的信息，因為
忘記或是選擇性的聆聽，至終會帶來患難。
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 39
1 At that time Marduk-Baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent Hezekiah
letters and a gift, because he had heard of his illness and recovery.
2 Hezekiah received the envoys gladly and showed them what was in his
storehouses—the silver, the gold, the spices, the fine olive oil—his entire
armory and everything found among his treasures. There was nothing in
his palace or in all his kingdom that Hezekiah did not show them.
3 Then Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah and asked, “What did
those men say, and where did they come from?” “From a distant land, ”
Hezekiah replied. “They came to me from Babylon.”4 The prophet asked,
“What did they see in your palace?”“They saw everything in my palace,”
Hezekiah said. “There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show
them.”5 Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the LORD Almighty:
6 The time will surely come when everything in your palace, and
all that your predecessors have stored up until this day, will be carried off
to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD. 7 And some of your descendants,
your own flesh and blood who will be born to you, will be taken
away, and they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
”8 “The word of the LORD you have spoken is good, ” Hezekiah replied.
For he thought, “There will be peace and security in my lifetime. ”
Meditation
1.Hezekiah listened to Isaiah’s words about God’s sovereignty, and
trusted the Lord to remove the Assyrian threat. God did. When he
became sick, he recalled what God had said through Isaiah about
the Lord’s willingness to restore the godly and Hezekiah called on
God, pleading his godly life. And the Lord did heal.
2.But Hezekiah slipped. Isaiah had spoken of Babylon as an enemy
of God’s people. Yet when envoys from Babylon came to “congratulate”
the king on his recovery, Hezekiah showed them every one
of his royal treasures. Isaiah furiously announced that the day was
coming when the Babylonians would carry Hezekiah’s treasures
and his descendants into captivity.
3.We need to take all of God’s words to heart. We can’t pick and
choose parts of God’s word to believe and claim the promises we
want. We need to pay close attention to every message of the Word,
for forgetting or choosing not to hear God’s word can cause us trouble
indeed.
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.