以賽亞書46:9 你們要追念上古的事，因為我是神，並無別神。我是神，再沒有能比我的。
閱讀經文：以賽亞書 46:1-13
1彼勒屈身，尼波彎腰；巴比倫的偶像馱在獸和牲畜上，他們所抬的如今成了重馱，使牲畜疲乏。 2 都一同彎腰屈身，不能保全重馱，自己倒被擄去。3 「雅各家，以色列家一切餘剩的，要聽我言！你們自從生下，就蒙我保抱；自從出胎，便蒙我懷揣。 4 直到你們年老，我仍這樣；直到你們髮白，我仍懷揣。我已造做，也必保抱；我必懷抱，也必拯救。
在以上數章論到神將揀選古列「降伏列國」的預言之後（45:1），先知接著便以巴比倫的敗落，做為此一預言的印證。第四十六與四十七章的主旨均在稱頌耶和華神在巴比倫覆亡中所彰顯的權能。這信息分為兩部份，第一部份（四十六章）先宣告巴比倫必敗落，第二部份（四十七章）則描述敗落之巴比倫景象。本篇乃是第一部份的論述。
Hi GAMErs!
Today’s passage is Isaiah 56:9-57:13. Let’s go!
Isaiah 56:9-12 (NIV)
9 Come, all you beasts of the field, come and devour, all you beasts of the forest!
10 Israel’s watchmen are blind, they all lack knowledge; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they lie around and dream, they love to sleep.
11 They are dogs with mighty appetites; they never have enough. They are shepherds who lack understanding; they all turn to their own way, each seeks his own gain.
12 “Come,” each one cries, “let me get wine! Let us drink our fill of beer! And tomorrow will be like today, or even far better.”
On 56:9-12: Isaiah has just finished explaining how those who were once thought to be excluded from God’s people – eunuchs and Gentiles – can actually have a place in God’s house and God’s family if they keep His covenant (Isaiah 56:1-8). Now Isaiah turns his attention to those whose place in God’s kingdom no one would usually question, but Isaiah is going to question it. Starting in verse 10, Isaiah speaks about the leaders of Israel, “Israel’s watchmen”.
以賽亞書45:22 地極的人都當仰望我，就必得救，因為我是神，再沒有別神。
閱讀經文：以賽亞書 45:14-25
14 耶和華如此說：「埃及勞碌得來的和古實的貨物必歸你，身量高大的西巴人必投降你，也要屬你。他們必戴著鎖鏈過來隨從你，又向你下拜祈求你說：『神真在你們中間，此外再沒有別神，再沒有別的神。』」 15 救主以色列的神啊，你實在是自隱的神！ 16 凡製造偶像的，都必抱愧蒙羞，都要一同歸於慚愧。 17 唯有以色列必蒙耶和華的拯救，得永遠的救恩。你們必不蒙羞，也不抱愧，直到永世無盡。
本段為耶和華七個信息的第六、七個信息，繼續論到神要賜福給以色列，讓祂在列邦中為尊為大，並使萬國都知道耶和華為天地間唯一的真神。
首先，先知在第六個信息中（45:14-17）以非洲三大富足的國家埃及、古實和西巴為喻，提到列邦勞碌所得的，將要歸給以色列。就連那些比以色列身材更高大的西巴人，也要因為看見耶和華與以色列同在，而甘願束手就擒，降卑為以色列人的奴僕（45:14）。然後，那些先前嘲諷耶和華神的外邦人，終將向以色列人承認神乃是「自隱的神」（表示祂的智慧與謀算，是深藏而無人能測透的）。連那些製造偶像、倚靠偶像的外邦人，也都要一同抱愧蒙羞。因為他們終於知道自己的愚昧無知了。至於以色列民，他們將要在神的定旨下被拯救。他們雖然以前在外邦人中蒙羞，卻反要享受永世無盡的救恩（45:17）。
Hi GAMErs!
Today’s passage is Isaiah 56:1-8. Let’s go!
Isaiah 56:1-2 (NIV)
1 This is what the LORD says: “Maintain justice and do what is right, for my salvation is close at hand and my righteousness will soon be revealed.
2 Blessed is the man who does this, the man who holds it fast, who keeps the Sabbath without desecrating it, and keeps his hand from doing any evil.”
On verses 1-2: In Isaiah 55, Isaiah has just announced God’s open invitation to everyone to come and freely receive the forgiveness, mercy and freedom that He makes possible. You would think that this would be a fitting way to end the book of Isaiah. Yet the book of Isaiah continues on for 10 more chapters dealing with various topics, two of the biggest being what God expects of His people now and what God will do at the very end of time.
以賽亞書45:6 從日出之地到日落之處，使人都知道除了我以外，沒有別神。我是耶和華，在我以外並沒有別神。
閱讀經文：以賽亞書 45:1-13
1「我耶和華所膏的居魯士，我攙扶他的右手，使列國降伏在他面前。我也要放鬆列王的腰帶，使城門在他面前敞開，不得關閉。我對他如此說： 2 『我必在你前面行，修平崎嶇之地；我必打破銅門，砍斷鐵閂。 3 我要將暗中的寶物和隱密的財寶賜給你，使你知道提名召你的，就是我耶和華以色列的神。 4 因我僕人雅各，我所揀選以色列的緣故，我就提名召你，你雖不認識我，我也加給你名號。
本段是耶和華七個信息中的第五個，是接著第四個信息，繼續講論神對古列的揀選。
本段中一再重複宣示「我是耶和華」以及「在我以外，並沒有別神」的信念。語氣很明顯是對古列說的，顯示出被揀選的古列王，根本不認識耶和華神。因此祂便不厭其煩地一再強調祂是那一位唯一的真神。
在本段中，神首先以征服列國來印證祂揀選古列的事實。他是神所膏的僕人（45:1a「膏」一詞乃是舊約對於受聖職的君王、祭司與先知所施行的禮儀，象徵施行聖職的權柄來自於上帝的授權，也象徵承接聖職者乃是出於神的揀選），在祂的扶助之下，列王「的腰帶都要被放鬆」（象徵列國君王都要在古列面前棄甲投降，「腰帶」乃是力量的象徵）。
Hi GAMErs!
Today’s passage is Isaiah 55. Let’s go!
Isaiah 55:1-7 (NIV)
1 “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost.
2 Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of fare.
3 Give ear and come to me; hear me, that your soul may live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David.
4 See, I have made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander of the peoples.
5 Surely you will summon nations you know not, and nations that do not know you will hasten to you, because of the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has endowed you with splendor.”
6 Seek the LORD while he may be found; call on him while he is near.
7 Let the wicked forsake his way and the evil man his thoughts. Let him turn to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will freely pardon.
On verses 1-7: In the book of Isaiah, Isaiah has shown himself capable of empathizing with different perspectives. In Isaiah 54, Isaiah is writing with a woman’s needs in mind, likening God’s people to a woman who longs for security and protection. In contrast, Isaiah 55 is written from a man’s perspective, speaking to the concerns of a man who desperately wants God’s forgiveness. Yet the messages of Isaiah 54 and 55 are one and the same: if we want the security, the protection and the forgiveness that we long for so much, we will not be able to get it ourselves. We need God’s help.
以賽亞書44:24 我耶和華是創造萬物的，是獨自鋪張諸天、鋪開大地的。
閱讀經文：以賽亞書 44:6-28
6 「耶和華以色列的君，以色列的救贖主，萬軍之耶和華如此說：『我是首先的，我是末後的，除我以外，再沒有真神。 7 自從我設立古時的民，誰能像我宣告並且指明，又為自己陳說呢？讓他將未來的事和必成的事說明。 8 你們不要恐懼，也不要害怕！我豈不是從上古就說明指示你們嗎？並且你們是我的見證。除我以外，豈有真神嗎？誠然沒有磐石，我不知道一個！』」
本段為耶和華七個信息的第三、四個，分別是44:6-23為第三個信息，44:24-28為第四個信息。
首先，先知論到耶和華神乃是獨一的神，是偶像所不能比擬的。先知透過第一人稱語法表達神的自我介紹──祂是「首先的，是末後的」。再沒有人像祂一樣可以知道上古以及未來之事，除祂之外，沒有一人（44:6-8）。
再者，耶和華神論到工匠製造偶像的過程，藉此嘲諷拜偶像的愚蠢。祂指出鑄造偶像的鐵匠，為了製造偶像，耗盡心力，卻又不得不忍受饑餓乾渴。製造偶像的木匠也是一樣愚眛。首先他找到一棵自認為好的香柏木，然後先取一段當柴火取暖，再取一段烤肉以裹腹。最後在吃飽暖身之後，把剩下的最後一段依照人的形狀體態雕成偶像，並且向它俯伏叩拜，祈求它的保護（44:9-17）。先知指出，以色列百姓不要繼續裝迷糊，從來不思索拜偶像這樣的事倒底是不是愚眛的。
Hi GAMErs!
Today’s passage is Isaiah 54. Let’s go!
Isaiah 54:1-8 (NIV)
1 “Sing, O barren woman, you who never bore a child; burst into song, shout for joy, you who were never in labor; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD.
2 “Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes.
On verses 1-8: Back in Isaiah’s time there were three situations that were specifically difficult and shame-inducing for Jewish women: being barren, being a widow and being a divorcee. Isaiah compares God’s people to a barren woman in verses 1-3, a widow in verses 4-5 and a divorcee in verses 6-8. But in each case His point is that the LORD is going to take away His people’s shame and restore them to a place of glory, joy and blessing. From a barren woman, God is going to supernaturally bless His people with far more descendants than she could ever have had naturally (v1). She will have so many children that she will need to find a bigger tent and her territory will expand into other nations (v2-3). We see much of this prophecy fulfilled already in our day.
Hi GAMErs!
More than any other passage in Isaiah, Isaiah 53 points us to what Jesus Christ would do for us, how He would die for our sins so that we could be forgiven. It is incredible to think that 700 years before Jesus walked on this earth, Isaiah perceived what this Servant would do on behalf of all of us.
Isaiah 52:13-15 (NIV)
13 See, my servant will act wisely; he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.
14 Just as there were many who were appalled at him– his appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any man and his form marred beyond human likeness–
15 so will he sprinkle many nations, and kings will shut their mouths because of him. For what they were not told, they will see, and what they have not heard, they will understand.
Isaiah 53:1-12 (NIV)
1 Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.
以賽亞書44:3 因為我要將水澆灌口渴的人，將河澆灌乾旱之地，我要將我的靈澆灌你的後裔，將我的福澆灌你的子孫。
閱讀經文：以賽亞書 43:14-44:5
43:14 耶和華你們的救贖主，以色列的聖者如此說：「因你們的緣故，我已經打發人到巴比倫去，並且我要使迦勒底人如逃民，都坐自己喜樂的船下來。 15 我是耶和華你們的聖者，是創造以色列的，是你們的君王。」 16 耶和華在滄海中開道，在大水中開路， 17 使車輛、馬匹、軍兵、勇士都出來，一同躺下不再起來，他們滅沒好像熄滅的燈火。 18 耶和華如此說：「你們不要記念從前的事，也不要思想古時的事。
在先知宣告耶和華拯救以色列的第一首僕人之歌後，接著先知便宣告了耶和華神的七個信息。每一個信息都以「耶和華如此說」做為信息的起頭。本篇是七個信息的第一個，論到神對祂百姓永久的旨意。
首先，先知提及耶和華神永恆的態度（43:1-7），而這個永恆的態度就是愛（43:4「現在」一詞，乃是暗示第四十三章的信息，乃是與第四十二章不同的，前者乃是帶著怒氣的責備，後者乃是充滿了救贖之愛的口吻）。
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