哈巴谷書 2:20 唯耶和華在祂的聖殿中，全地的人都當在祂面前肅敬靜默。
讀經文: 哈巴谷書 2:15-20
15 「給人酒喝，又加上毒物使他喝醉，好看見他下體的有禍了！ 16 你滿受羞辱，不得榮耀。你也喝吧！顯出是未受割禮的。耶和華右手的杯必傳到你那裡，你的榮耀就變為大大的羞辱。 17 你向黎巴嫩行強暴與殘害驚嚇野獸的事，必遮蓋你，因你殺人流血，向國內的城並城中一切居民施行強暴。
在哈巴谷的第二章裡指出迦勒底人的五個大罪，其中的兩個大罪是：第四禍使鄰舍醉酒，並行淫亂(2:15)：給人酒喝，又加上毒物使他喝醉，好看見他下體（2:15）。第五禍是雕刻鑄造偶像（2:18-19）：對木偶說『醒起！』，對啞巴石像說『起來！』，那人有禍了！
給人酒喝，又加上毒物使他喝醉，以致露對方的下體，指出迦勒底人的淫亂之舉。他們以為戰勝諸國必大得榮耀，誰知卻因他們的強暴淫亂殺人，以及殘害驚嚇野獸的事，神要使他們的榮耀變為羞辱。這裡先知指出一個人未曾看重的事情，就是殘害驚嚇野獸。坊間有時會傳出有人虐待動物的新聞，小至使牠們餓死渴死，大至玩弄傷害牠們。
Hi GAMErs!
Today’s passage is Hosea 10:1-15. Let’s go!
Hosea 10:1-15 (NIV)
1 Israel was a spreading vine; he brought forth fruit for himself. As his fruit increased, he built more altars; as his land prospered, he adorned his sacred stones.
2 Their heart is deceitful, and now they must bear their guilt. The LORD will demolish their altars and destroy their sacred stones.
3 Then they will say, “We have no king because we did not revere the LORD. But even if we had a king, what could he do for us?”
4 They make many promises, take false oaths and make agreements; therefore lawsuits spring up like poisonous weeds in a plowed field.
On verses 1-15: Here are four lessons I learned from Hosea 10.
1. Hosea 10 describes Israel’s situation as well as our own. God made us to live righteously and to obey His commands (“sow righteousness” – v12). In return, God would give us His unfailing love (“reap unfailing love” – v12) and “shower righteousness” on us (v12). But we did not live up to our end of the relationship. Instead of living righteously, we “planted wickedness” (v13), depending on our own strength and worshiping other people, places and things. We have deceitful motives (v2). We have made promises we couldn’t keep (“false oaths”) and hurt people in the process (v4), ending up in all kinds of disputes and fighting.
哈巴谷書 2:14 認識耶和華榮耀的知識要充滿遍地，好像水充滿洋海一般。
讀經文: 哈巴谷書 2:9-14
9 為本家積蓄不義之財，在高處搭窩，指望免災的有禍了！ 10 你圖謀剪除多國的民，犯了罪，使你的家蒙羞，自害己命。 11 牆裡的石頭必呼叫，房內的棟梁必應聲。12 以人血建城，以罪孽立邑的有禍了！
哈巴谷向神發出兩個問題：第一個問題： 為什麼神不懲罰惡人 （1:1-4）？神說，要派迦勒底人來懲罰猶大。哈巴谷對神的回答不滿意，又問了第二個問題，想到迦勒底人的凶殘和暴虐，他反過來要捍衛猶大子民，反對神透過迦勒底人將帶來的嚴酷審判。但是神回答哈巴谷，不管神的審判是用怎樣的方法，全世界的人只有一種保存自己性命的方法，那就是義人因信得生。
哈巴谷從異象中指出了迦勒底人也在神的審判之中，並指出其中的五禍，也可以算是五罪。第一禍是給醉酒的和掠奪的 (2:5)：迦勒底人因酒詭詐、狂傲，不住在家中，擴充心欲好像陰間。他如死不能知足，聚集萬國，堆積萬民，都歸自己。
Hi GAMErs!
Today’s passage is Hosea 9:1-17. Let’s go!
Hosea 9:1-17 (NIV)
1 Do not rejoice, O Israel; do not be jubilant like the other nations. For you have been unfaithful to your God; you love the wages of a prostitute at every threshing floor.
2 Threshing floors and winepresses will not feed the people; the new wine will fail them.
3 They will not remain in the LORD’s land; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria.
4 They will not pour out wine offerings to the LORD, nor will their sacrifices please him. Such sacrifices will be to them like the bread of mourners; all who eat them will be unclean. This food will be for themselves; it will not come into the temple of the LORD.
However, as we hear about over and over in the book of Hosea, the Israelites lived in persistent rebellion against God and repeatedly broke God’s heart.
God’s broken heart is not the only result of the Israelites’ rebellion. As Pastor Jon Courson wisely notes, Hosea 9 shows us a number of problems that the Israelites would experience as a result of continually rebelling against God. These are the same problems we experience when we keep ignoring or forgetting about God.
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