以赛亚书46:9 你们要追念上古的事，因为我是神，并无别神。我是神，再没有能比我的。
阅读经文：以赛亚书 46:1-13
1彼勒屈身，尼波弯腰；巴比伦的偶像驮在兽和牲畜上，他们所抬的如今成了重驮，使牲畜疲乏。 2 都一同弯腰屈身，不能保全重驮，自己倒被掳去。3 「雅各家，以色列家一切余剩的，要听我言！你们自从生下，就蒙我保抱；自从出胎，便蒙我怀揣。 4 直到你们年老，我仍这样；直到你们发白，我仍怀揣。我已造做，也必保抱；我必怀抱，也必拯救。
在以上数章论到神将拣选古列「降伏列国」的预言之后（45:1），先知接着便以巴比伦的败落，做为此一预言的印证。第四十六与四十七章的主旨均在称颂耶和华神在巴比伦覆亡中所彰显的权能。这信息分为两部份，第一部份（四十六章）先宣告巴比伦必败落，第二部份（四十七章）则描述败落之巴比伦景象。本篇乃是第一部份的论述。
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”.
以赛亚书45:22 地极的人都当仰望我，就必得救，因为我是神，再没有别神。
阅读经文：以赛亚书 45:14-25
14 耶和华如此说：「埃及劳碌得来的和古实的货物必归你，身量高大的西巴人必投降你，也要属你。他们必戴着锁链过来随从你，又向你下拜祈求你说：『神真在你们中间，此外再没有别神，再没有别的神。』」 15 救主以色列的神啊，你实在是自隐的神！ 16 凡制造偶像的，都必抱愧蒙羞，都要一同归于惭愧。 17 唯有以色列必蒙耶和华的拯救，得永远的救恩。你们必不蒙羞，也不抱愧，直到永世无尽。
本段为耶和华七个信息的第六、七个信息，继续论到神要赐福给以色列，让祂在列邦中为尊为大，并使万国都知道耶和华为天地间唯一的真神。
首先，先知在第六个信息中（45:14-17）以非洲三大富足的国家埃及、古实和西巴为喻，提到列邦劳碌所得的，将要归给以色列。就连那些比以色列身材更高大的西巴人，也要因为看见耶和华与以色列同在，而甘愿束手就擒，降卑为以色列人的奴仆（45:14）。然后，那些先前嘲讽耶和华神的外邦人，终将向以色列人承认神乃是「自隐的神」（表示祂的智慧与谋算，是深藏而无人能测透的）。连那些制造偶像、倚靠偶像的外邦人，也都要一同抱愧蒙羞。因为他们终于知道自己的愚昧无知了。至于以色列民，他们将要在神的定旨下被拯救。他们虽然以前在外邦人中蒙羞，却反要享受永世无尽的救恩（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.
以赛亚书45:6 从日出之地到日落之处，使人都知道除了我以外，没有别神。我是耶和华，在我以外并没有别神。
阅读经文：以赛亚书 45:1-13
1「我耶和华所膏的居鲁士，我搀扶他的右手，使列国降伏在他面前。我也要放松列王的腰带，使城门在他面前敞开，不得关闭。我对他如此说： 2 『我必在你前面行，修平崎岖之地；我必打破铜门，砍断铁闩。 3 我要将暗中的宝物和隐密的财宝赐给你，使你知道提名召你的，就是我耶和华以色列的神。 4 因我仆人雅各，我所拣选以色列的缘故，我就提名召你，你虽不认识我，我也加给你名号。
本段是耶和华七个信息中的第五个，是接着第四个信息，继续讲论神对古列的拣选。
本段中一再重复宣示「我是耶和华」以及「在我以外，并没有别神」的信念。语气很明显是对古列说的，显示出被拣选的古列王，根本不认识耶和华神。因此祂便不厌其烦地一再强调祂是那一位唯一的真神。
在本段中，神首先以征服列国来印证祂拣选古列的事实。他是神所膏的仆人（45:1a「膏」一词乃是旧约对于受圣职的君王、祭司与先知所施行的礼仪，象征施行圣职的权柄来自于上帝的授权，也象征承接圣职者乃是出于神的拣选），在祂的扶助之下，列王「的腰带都要被放松」（象征列国君王都要在古列面前弃甲投降，「腰带」乃是力量的象征）。
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.
以赛亚书44:24 我耶和华是创造万物的，是独自铺张诸天、铺开大地的。
阅读经文：以赛亚书 44:6-28
6 「耶和华以色列的君，以色列的救赎主，万军之耶和华如此说：『我是首先的，我是末后的，除我以外，再没有真神。 7 自从我设立古时的民，谁能像我宣告并且指明，又为自己陈说呢？让他将未来的事和必成的事说明。 8 你们不要恐惧，也不要害怕！我岂不是从上古就说明指示你们吗？并且你们是我的见证。除我以外，岂有真神吗？诚然没有磐石，我不知道一个！』」
本段为耶和华七个信息的第三、四个，分别是44:6-23为第三个信息，44:24-28为第四个信息。
首先，先知论到耶和华神乃是独一的神，是偶像所不能比拟的。先知透过第一人称语法表达神的自我介绍──祂是「首先的，是末后的」。再没有人像祂一样可以知道上古以及未来之事，除祂之外，没有一人（44:6-8）。
再者，耶和华神论到工匠制造偶像的过程，借此嘲讽拜偶像的愚蠢。祂指出铸造偶像的铁匠，为了制造偶像，耗尽心力，却又不得不忍受饥饿干渴。制造偶像的木匠也是一样愚眛。首先他找到一棵自认为好的香柏木，然后先取一段当柴火取暖，再取一段烤肉以裹腹。最后在吃饱暖身之后，把剩下的最后一段依照人的形状体态雕成偶像，并且向它俯伏叩拜，祈求它的保护（44:9-17）。先知指出，以色列百姓不要继续装迷糊，从来不思索拜偶像这样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.
以赛亚书44:3 因为我要将水浇灌口渴的人，将河浇灌干旱之地，我要将我的灵浇灌你的后裔，将我的福浇灌你的子孙。
阅读经文：以赛亚书 43:14-44:5
43:14 耶和华你们的救赎主，以色列的圣者如此说：「因你们的缘故，我已经打发人到巴比伦去，并且我要使迦勒底人如逃民，都坐自己喜乐的船下来。 15 我是耶和华你们的圣者，是创造以色列的，是你们的君王。」 16 耶和华在沧海中开道，在大水中开路， 17 使车辆、马匹、军兵、勇士都出来，一同躺下不再起来，他们灭没好像熄灭的灯火。 18 耶和华如此说：「你们不要记念从前的事，也不要思想古时的事。
在先知宣告耶和华拯救以色列的第一首仆人之歌后，接着先知便宣告了耶和华神的七个信息。每一个信息都以「耶和华如此说」做为信息的起头。本篇是七个信息的第一个，论到神对祂百姓永久的旨意。
首先，先知提及耶和华神永恒的态度（43:1-7），而这个永恒的态度就是爱（43:4「现在」一词，乃是暗示第四十三章的信息，乃是与第四十二章不同的，前者乃是带着怒气的责备，后者乃是充满了救赎之爱的口吻）。
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