耶利米书 45:5a 你为自己图谋大事吗？不要图谋！
阅读经文: 45:1-5
1 犹大王约西亚的儿子约雅敬第四年，尼利亚的儿子巴录将先知耶利米口中所说的话写在书上。耶利米说： 2 「巴录啊，耶和华以色列的神说： 3 巴录曾说：『哀哉！耶和华将忧愁加在我的痛苦上，我因唉哼而困乏，不得安歇。』
巴录虽然只是辅助耶利米，为耶利米记录神所传的信息，神也记念。这是神给我们每一个服事之人的鼓励，不论工作大小，神都看见，神也记念。巴录这名字的意思是“蒙福之人”，他在当时的世代做文士的工作。当时的文士还不像在耶稣那时，尚未结党成派。文士是一种必须受过教育的人才能担当的工作，可见巴录在当时算是一个受过比较好的教育阶级。有这样的背景，若是肯顺乎潮流，很可能就会受到赏识和提拔，官位节节高升。
可惜巴录选择了帮助耶利米，可能因为巴录相信耶利米是真先知，所传的是来自神的信息。但也因为领受了神的信息，巴录不免忧国忧民，感到心情极为沉重，因而发出叹息：“哀哉！耶和华将忧愁加在我的痛苦上，我因唉哼而困乏，不得安歇。”在巴录的心里，会不会也暗暗期望，巴不得自己也成为复兴犹大国的中流砥柱之一。
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Today’s passage is Judges 5:1-13. Let’s go!
Judges 5:1-3 (NIV)
1 On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:
2 “When the princes in Israel take the lead, when the people willingly offer themselves– praise the LORD!
3 “Hear this, you kings! Listen, you rulers! I will sing to the LORD, I will sing; I will make music to the LORD, the God of Israel.
On verses 1-3: In celebration of their victory over the Canaanites, Deborah and Barak are described as singing a song. Welcome to Judges the Musical. In their song, which seems to be composed by Deborah, they praise the willingness of those who gave themselves to the cause, and follow up by expressing their own choice to sing to God.
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Today’s passage is Judges 4:11-24. Let’s go!
Judges 4:11 (NIV)
11 Now Heber the Kenite had left the other Kenites, the descendants of Hobab, Moses’ brother-in-law, and pitched his tent by the great tree in Zaanannim near Kedesh.
On verse 11: The author of Judges has been talking about Deborah and Barak of the Israelites going to war against the Canaanites, so what does Heber the Kenite have anything to do with this? We’ll see starting at verse 17.
Judges 4:12-14 (NIV)
12 When they told Sisera that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor,
13 Sisera gathered together his nine hundred iron chariots and all the men with him, from Harosheth Haggoyim to the Kishon River.
14 Then Deborah said to Barak, “Go! This is the day the LORD has given Sisera into your hands. Has not the LORD gone ahead of you?” So Barak went down Mount Tabor, followed by ten thousand men.
On verses 12-14: Previously in Judges 1:19, the tribe of Judah could not advance successfully in the plains because they were intimidated by their enemies’ iron chariots. Now the Israelites are facing iron chariots again, but rather than being intimidated, Deborah tells Barak to move forward in faith. She reminds him that the LORD has already gone before him.
耶利米书 44:11 所以万军之耶和华以色列的神如此说：我必向你们变脸降灾，以致剪除犹大众人。
阅读经文: 44:1-30
1 有临到耶利米的话，论及一切住在埃及地的犹大人，就是住在密夺、答比匿、挪弗、巴忒罗境内的犹大人，说： 2 「万军之耶和华以色列的神如此说：我所降于耶路撒冷和犹大各城的一切灾祸，你们都看见了。那些城邑今日荒凉，无人居住。 3 这是因居民所行的恶，去烧香侍奉别神，就是他们和你们并你们列祖所不认识的神，惹我发怒。
一、 错误优次带来错误判断
「万军之耶和华以色列的神如此说：我所降与耶路撒冷和犹大各城的一切灾祸你们都看见了。那些城邑今日荒凉，无人居住；这是因居民所行的恶，去烧香事奉别神，就是他们和你们，并你们列祖所不认识的神，惹我发怒。」(44:2-3)
神说因为犹大人认真拜天后，惹祂发怒，以致被毁灭；然而犹大人却说是因为没有拜天后，才导致国家灭亡。对今天的我们而言，他们对环境的解读听起来可能很荒谬，然而今天还有很多人与他们相同，很多人不到最后一刻也不会明白这属灵的奥秘，就是神所说：「那进入埃及地要在那里寄居的，就是所剩下的犹大人，必知道是谁的话立得住，是我的话呢？是他们的话呢？」(44:28) 今天我们要学习一件事，就是要怎样看待我们的环境。当我们身处不同的困境，我们会如何解读它们呢？其实每件事都可以有很多方法处理，但我们往往以为自己的解读才是对的。
耶利米书 43:12 我要在埃及神的庙中使火著起，巴比伦王要将庙宇焚烧，神像掳去。他要得埃及地，好像牧人披上外衣，从那里安然而去。
阅读经文: 43:1-12
1 耶利米向众百姓说完了耶和华他们神的一切话，就是耶和华他们神差遣他去所说的一切话， 2 何沙雅的儿子亚撒利雅和加利亚的儿子约哈难，并一切狂傲的人就对耶利米说：「你说谎言！耶和华我们的神并没有差遣你来说：『你们不可进入埃及，在那里寄居。』 3 这是尼利亚的儿子巴录挑唆你害我们，要将我们交在迦勒底人的手中，使我们有被杀的，有被掳到巴比伦去的。」
在这一章里，我们看到了人心的反复无常，不管人怎样承诺，到最后不信的恶心都显露无遗。约哈难取代基大利，成为当时留在耶路撒冷犹大遗民的领袖。他心里早有打算，却要故做虔诚，去向耶利米求问神的带领，并且保证听从耶和华的话。没想到当耶利米传了神的信息之后，他们一听神的信息与他们所想的不一样，就大骂耶利米说谎，是巴录叫耶利米去害他们。
所以耶利米说，他们是“一切狂傲的人”。自己言而无信，还要出言不逊攻击神的仆人，实在太可恶了。我们有时是否也会如此“狂傲”？当我们发现神的心意不符合我们的心意时，会脑羞成怒吗？这就是人的本性。圣经把这些事记录下来，为的是让我们照镜子，在这些人身上的表现，有很多也是我们的表现。我们总想让神来同意我们的想法，并不是真的想顺服神的带领。
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Today’s passage is Judges 4:1-10. Let’s go!
Judges 4:1-10 (NIV)
1 After Ehud died, the Israelites once again did evil in the eyes of the LORD.
2 So the LORD sold them into the hands of Jabin, a king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth Haggoyim.
3 Because he had nine hundred iron chariots and had cruelly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years, they cried to the LORD for help.
4 Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was leading Israel at that time.
On verses 1-10: Deborah was the courageous woman who not only led Israel politically, but also served Israel as a prophetess . Yet when Deborah told Barak that the LORD was commanding him to take ten thousand men to fight the Canaanite army, Barak said he would only go if Deborah went with him. In other words, for Barak it wasn’t enough to hear his leader and a prophet personally telling him God’s Word to go.
耶利米书 42:11 不要怕你们所怕的巴比伦王。耶和华说：不要怕他，因为我与你们同在，要拯救你们脱离他的手。
阅读经文: 42:1-22
1众军长和加利亚的儿子约哈难，并何沙雅的儿子耶撒尼亚，以及众百姓从最小的到至大的，都进前来， 2 对先知耶利米说：「求你准我们在你面前祈求，为我们这剩下的人祷告耶和华你的神。我们本来众多，现在剩下的极少，这是你亲眼所见的。 3 愿耶和华你的神指示我们所当走的路，所当做的事。」 4 先知耶利米对他们说：「我已经听见你们了，我必照着你们的话祷告耶和华你们的神。耶和华无论回答什么，我必都告诉你们，毫不隐瞒。」 5 于是他们对耶利米说：「我们若不照耶和华你的神差遣你来说的一切话行，愿耶和华在我们中间做真实诚信的见证。 6 我们现在请你到耶和华我们的神面前，他说的无论是好是歹，我们都必听从。我们听从耶和华我们神的话，就可以得福。」
约哈难从基大利那里夺回犹大剩下的百姓，从最小的到至大的，到耶利米那里。为了要知道前面的路该如何行，如何选择。这本是神所喜悦的心态。但是他们对神的认识实在贫乏。所以他们要耶利米求问“耶和华你的神”，而不是“耶和华我们的神”。从亚伯兰蒙召，到雅各被名为以色列，他的十二个儿子成为以色列的十二支派，成为一个蒙神祝福的国家。在神的律法和引导中经过了数千年，而现在他们却不认识“耶和华我们的神”，而把祂当作“耶和华你的神”。但愿当我们来到神的面前时，都清楚明白，祂是“耶和华我的神”，而不只是牧师或传道人或小组长的神。耶和华是我们的神。
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Today’s passage is Judges 3:12-31. Let’s go!
Judges 3:12-15 (NIV)
12 Once again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD, and because they did this evil the LORD gave Eglon king of Moab power over Israel.
13 Getting the Ammonites and Amalekites to join him, Eglon came and attacked Israel, and they took possession of the City of Palms.
14 The Israelites were subject to Eglon king of Moab for eighteen years.
15 Again the Israelites cried out to the LORD, and he gave them a deliverer–Ehud, a left-handed man, the son of Gera the Benjamite. The Israelites sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.
On verses 12-15: Consistent with the pattern that we’ll see repeatedly in Judges, the Israelites forsake the LORD (v12) and are subjected to another nation for many years (in this case, Moab with the help of the Ammonites and Amelekites) (v12-14). The Israelites cry out to the LORD for help (v15), and God sends them a deliverer who, in this case, is Ehud (v15). Ehud is from the tribe of Benjamin (which literally means “son at my right hand”) and yet, ironically, Ehud is left-handed (v15).
耶利米书 41:3 以实玛利又杀了在米斯巴基大利那里的一切犹大人和所遇见的迦勒底兵丁。
阅读经文: 41:1-18
1七月间，王的大臣宗室以利沙玛的孙子、尼探雅的儿子以实玛利带着十个人，来到米斯巴见亚希甘的儿子基大利，他们在米斯巴一同吃饭。 2 尼探雅的儿子以实玛利和同他来的那十个人起来，用刀杀了沙番的孙子、亚希甘的儿子基大利，就是巴比伦王所立为全地省长的。 3 以实玛利又杀了在米斯巴基大利那里的一切犹大人和所遇见的迦勒底兵丁。
《耶利米书》第四十一章主要教导我们两件事，第一是被神惩罚以后，人心仍然没有觉醒，不愿受教；第二是人仍然不听神的话，以致神没有言语。
一、 基大利因独断而遭害 (41:1-3)
「七月间，王的大臣宗室以利沙玛的孙子、尼探雅的儿子以实玛利带着十个人，来到米斯巴见亚希甘的儿子基大利。他们……用刀杀了沙番的孙子亚希甘的儿子基大利，……又杀了在米斯巴、基大利那里的一切犹大人和所遇见的迦勒底兵丁。」(41:1-3)
耶路撒冷被毁，其中有很多人被掳被杀，房屋都被拆毁，这是神对犹大的惩罚，然而都是由外邦人出手，但这里却是犹大人自相残杀。基大利听从神的话，愿意服事巴比伦。巴比伦王拣选他作犹大省长，他若能一直管治下去，相信犹大仍有盼望；然而以实玛利却把基大利和一切在那里的犹大人、迦勒底兵丁都杀掉，以致毁了服事巴比伦王的选择。
Hi GAMErs!
Today’s passage is Judges 3:1-11. Let’s go!
Judges 3:1-4 (NIV)
1 These are the nations the LORD left to test all those Israelites who had not experienced any of the wars in Canaan
2 (he did this only to teach warfare to the descendants of the Israelites who had not had previous battle experience):
3 the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites living in the Lebanon mountains from Mount Baal Hermon to Lebo Hamath.
4 They were left to test the Israelites to see whether they would obey the LORD’s commands, which he had given their forefathers through Moses.
On verses 1-4: Though the Israelites broke God’s original command to drive out the idol worshiping nations from Canaan, God in His sovereignty still found a way to accomplish a good purpose through the Israelites’ failure to obey. These verses tell us that God used this situation to (1) teach the younger Israelites who did not have previous battle experience how to fight (v2); and (2) see if this younger generation would obey the LORD’s commands (v4).
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