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Am 6:1-14.
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英語原文
Am 6:1-14.
DENUNCIATION OF BOTH THE SISTER NATIONS (ESPECIALLY THEIR NOBLES) FOR WANTON SECURITY--ZION, AS WELL AS SAMARIA: THREAT OF THE EXILE: RUIN OF THEIR PALACES AND SLAUGHTER OF THE PEOPLE: THEIR PERVERSE INJUSTICE.
1. named chief of the nations--that is, you nobles, so eminent in influence, that your names are celebrated among the chief nations [LUDOVICUS DE DIEU]. Hebrew, "Men designated by name among the first-fruits of the nations," that is, men of note in Israel, the people chosen by God as first of the nations
(Ex 19:5;
compare
Nu 24:20)
[PISCATOR].
to whom . . . Israel came--that is, the princes to whom the Israelites used to repair for the decision of controversies, recognizing their authority [MAURER]. I prefer to refer "which" to the antecedent "Zion" and "Samaria"; these were esteemed "chief" strongholds among the heathen nations "to whom . . . Israel came" when it entered Canaan;
Am 6:2
accords with this.
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2. 甲尼——位於底格里斯河東岸。一度強盛，但近來被亞述征服
（賽10:9；
約主前794年）。
哈馬——被耶羅波安二世征服
（王下14:25）。
後來也被亞述征服
（王下18:34）。
參
摩6:14。
迦特——被烏西雅征服
（代下26:6）。
他們是否比這些國強——不。他們近日既已被征服，我用不著告訴你們他們並不強。然而他們曾經強過；卻仍不能自衛抗敵。那麼，你們對錫安山與撒瑪利亞山之堅固所存的穩妥信心，何等虛空！祂分別取以色列東、北、南、西各方的城邑（參
鴻3:8）。
英語原文
2. Calneh--on the east bank of the Tigris. Once powerful, but recently subjugated by Assyria
(Isa 10:9;
about 794 B.C.).
Hameth--subjugated by Jeroboam II
(2Ki 14:25).
Also by Assyria subsequently
(2Ki 18:34).
Compare
Am 6:14.
Gath--subjugated by Uzziah
(2Ch 26:6).
be they better--no. Their so recent subjugation renders it needless for Me to tell you they are not. And yet they once were; still they could not defend themselves against the enemy. How vain, then, your secure confidence in the strength of Mounts Zion and Samaria! He takes cities respectively east, north, south, and west of Israel (compare
Na 3:8).
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3. 你們自己以為先知所預告的“災禍之日”尚“遙遠”，雖然他們明說那日子臨近了
（結12:22、27）。
你們在心裡把它推遠，因此反而把強暴的欺壓拉近，讓它彷彿穩坐寶座般在你們中間掌權
（詩94:20）。
以為審判尚遠的想法，歷來都是罪人放縱行事的誘因
（傳8:12、13； 太24:48）。
然而正是這種放縱，把他推得遠遠的惡日反而迫近了。“你們因縱慾過度而招致熱病，卻仍要把它推到遠處”[加爾文（Calvin）]。
英語原文
3. Ye persuade yourselves that "the evil day" foretold by the prophets is "far off," though they declare it near
(Eze 12:22, 27).
Ye in your imagination put it far off, and therefore bring near violent oppression, suffering it to sit enthroned, as it were, among you
(Ps 94:20).
The notion of judgment being far off has always been an incentive to the sinner's recklessness of living
(Ec 8:12, 13; Mt 24:48).
Yet that very recklessness brings near the evil day which he puts far off. "Ye bring on fever by your intemperance, and yet would put it far off" [CALVIN].
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4.（見
摩2:8）。
象牙床——即以象牙裝飾或鑲嵌的床
（摩3:15）。
舒身躺臥——縱情享樂，自我放縱。
羊羔——從群中挑選最上等的，以滿足主人的私慾。
英語原文
4. (See
Am 2:8).
beds of ivory--that is, adorned, or inlaid, with ivory
(Am 3:15).
stretch themselves--in luxurious self-indulgence.
lambs out of the flock--picked out as the choicest, for their owners' selfish gratification.
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5. 唱——字面作“標出清晰的音響與音調”。
琴——即里拉琴或魯特琴。
發明……樂器……如大衛——他們以為自己能與大衛的音樂技藝匹敵
（代上23:5； 尼12:36）。
他們以大衛的例子為自己的奢靡好樂辯護；卻忘記他是在太平無事、遠離危險之時，又為讚美神而研習音樂；他們卻為滿足自己，且是在神發怒、傾覆臨頭之時行這等事。
英語原文
5. chant--literally, "mark distinct sounds and tones."
viol--the lyre, or lute.
invent . . . instruments . . . like David--They fancy they equal David in musical skill
(1Ch 23:5; Ne 12:36).
They defend their luxurious passion for music by his example: forgetting that he pursued this study when at peace and free from danger, and that for the praise of God; but they pursue for their own self-gratification, and that when God is angry and ruin is imminent.
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6. 用大碗喝酒——即用調酒所用的大器皿或盆；不滿足於酒從大調酒器倒出後所常用的小杯。
上等的膏油——即最貴重的：非為健康或潔淨，乃為奢靡放縱。
不為約瑟的苦難擔憂——字面作“破口”，即國家的創傷或災禍
（詩60:2； 結34:4），
即約瑟家
（摩5:6）
的；他們在此與他們的先祖雅各眾子相似——當年約瑟被丟在坑裡，他們卻“吃餅”，隨後又把他賣給以實瑪利人，毫無憐恤之心。
英語原文
6. drink . . . in bowls--in the large vessels or basins in which wine was mixed; not satisfied with the smaller cups from which it was ordinarily drunk, after having been poured from the large mixer.
chief ointments--that is, the most costly: not for health or cleanliness, but wanton luxury.
not grieved for the affliction of Joseph--literally, "the breach," that is, the national wound or calamity
(Ps 60:2; Eze 34:4)
of the house of Joseph
(Am 5:6);
resembling in this the heartlessness of their forefathers, the sons of Jacob, towards Joseph, "eating bread" while their brother lay in the pit, and then selling him to Ishmaelites.
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7. 所以這些人必在被擄的人中首先被擄去——他們既在百姓中位居首席
（摩6:1），
又用“上等的膏油”抹身
（摩6:6），
照樣他們在被擄的人中也必列在最前。
宴樂——字面作“縱酒狂歡者的歡呼”，源出一個阿拉伯文字根，意為“呼叫”。希伯來文作 marzeach；此處暗指mizraqu，“碗”
（摩6:6）。
舒身的人——指躺在奢華床榻上的人
（摩6:4）。
英語原文
7. Therefore . . . shall they go captive with the first--As they were first among the people in rank
(Am 6:1),
and anointed themselves "with the chief ointments"
(Am 6:6),
so shall they be among the foremost in going into captivity.
banquet--literally, the "merry-making shout of revellers"; from an Arabic root, "to cry out." In the Hebrew, marzeach; here, there is an allusion to mizraqu, "bowls"
(Am 6:6).
them that stretched themselves--on luxurious couches
(Am 6:4).
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8. 雅各的榮耀——
（詩47:4）。
即聖所，那是立約之民最大的榮耀[瓦塔布林（Vatablus）]，
（結24:21）。
即神賜給他們的祭司職任、國度與尊榮。神說，這些在祂眼中都不能挽回刑罰[加爾文（Calvin）]。
厭惡他的宮殿——因它們是“搶奪之物”的倉庫
（摩3:10、15）。
與神對錫安城門
（詩87:2）
和宮殿
（詩48:3、13）
的喜愛相比，這是何等可悲的轉變！其原因就是百姓的罪。
城——總稱：包括錫安和撒瑪利亞
（摩6:1）。
其中所有的——字面作“它的豐滿”；即其中人和財物的眾多（參
詩24:1）。
英語原文
8. the excellency of Jacob--
(Ps 47:4).
The sanctuary which was the great glory of the covenant-people [VATABLUS],
(Eze 24:21).
The priesthood, and kingdom, and dignity, conferred on them by God. These, saith God, are of no account in My eyes towards averting punishment [CALVIN].
hate his palaces--as being the storehouses of "robbery"
(Am 3:10, 15).
How sad a change from God's love of Zion's gates
(Ps 87:2)
and palaces
(Ps 48:3, 13),
owing to the people's sin!
the city--collectively: both Zion and Samaria
(Am 6:1).
all that is therein--literally, "its fulness"; the multitude of men and of riches in it (compare
Ps 24:1).
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9. 若有十個人
（利26:26； 亞8:23）
留在一間房子裡（這是罕見的情形，只有在分散的村落中才有可能，因為城裡幾乎沒有一家人會被仇敵留下），他們全都必死幹瘟疫，瘟疫是東方戰爭中常見的併發症
（耶24:10；44:13； 結6:11）。
英語原文
9. If as many as ten
(Le 26:26; Zec 8:23)
remain in a house (a rare case, and only in the scattered villages, as there will be scarcely a house in which the enemy will leave any), they shall all, to a man, die of the plague, a frequent concomitant of war in the East
(Jer 24:10; 44:13; Eze 6:11).
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10. 死者的叔叔——至親有埋葬死者的責任
（創25:9；35:29； 士16:31）。
這人的親屬中再無更近的，只剩一位叔叔。
燒屍的人——即這叔叔，他同時也是燒屍的人（即“十個人”之一，
摩6:9）。
希伯來人通常以埋葬的方式處理死者。但在不得已的情形下也會用火葬，例如雅比斯基列人從伯珊城牆上取下掃羅和他三個兒子的屍體加以焚燒，免得他們被非利士人羞辱。此處也是如此，為防止傳染。
骨頭——即死者的身體
（創50:25）。
也許此處的用語暗指屍體瘦骨嶙峋的狀態，幾乎只剩皮包骨。
對在房屋盡邊的人說——即對那十個人中僅存的屋內一人說[毛勒（Maurer）] （參注，見
賽14:13
註釋）。
不要作聲……不可……提……耶和華的名——那屋外之人得到答覆，說除了所問的那一位以外再無別人時，便以為屋記憶體活的那人即將如常地向那救他免死之神表達敬虔的感恩；屋外之人便打斷他：“不要作聲！因為如今沒有理由以讚美
（書23:7）
提耶和華的名”；因為你也必死；正如那十個人都要死到最後一人
（摩6:9；
參
摩8:3）。
從前你們以耶和華的名誇口，彷彿你們是祂特有的子民；如今你們卻要閉口不言，一聽見祂的名便戰慄，因祂已與你們為敵，你們巴不得藏在祂面前
（啟6:16）
[加爾文（Calvin）]。
英語原文
10. a man's uncle--The nearest relatives had the duty of burying the dead
(Ge 25:9; 35:29; Jud 16:31).
No nearer relative was left of this man than an uncle.
and he that burneth him--the uncle, who is also at the same time the one that burneth him (one of the "ten,"
Am 6:9).
Burial was the usual Hebrew mode of disposing of their dead. But in cases of necessity, as when the men of Jabesh-gilead took the bodies of Saul and his three sons from the walls of Beth-shan and burned them to save them from being insulted by the Philistines, burning was practised. So in this case, to prevent contagion.
the bones--that is, the dead body
(Ge 50:25).
Perhaps here there is an allusion in the phrase to the emaciated condition of the body, which was little else but skin and bones.
say unto him that is by the sides of the house--that is, to the only one left of the ten in the interior of the house [MAURER] (compare Note, see on
Isa 14:13).
Hold thy tongue . . . we may not . . . mention . . . the Lord--After receiving the reply, that none is left besides the one addressed, when the man outside fancies the man still surviving inside to be on the point, as was customary, of expressing devout gratitude to God who spared him, the man outside interrupts him, "Hold thy tongue! for there is not now cause for mentioning with praise
(Jos 23:7)
the name of Jehovah"; for thou also must die; as all the ten are to die to the last man
(Am 6:9;
compare
Am 8:3).
Formerly ye boasted in the name of Jehovah, as if ye were His peculiar people; now ye shall be silent and shudder at His name, as hostile to you, and as one from whom ye wish to be hidden
(Re 6:16),
[CALVIN].
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11. 必吩咐擊打——祂一發出命令，便不能不成就
（賽55:11）。
祂單憑一句話便足以毀滅擊打。
大屋……小屋——祂一概不放過，無論大小
（摩3:15）。
耶柔米（Jerome）把“大屋”解作以色列，“小屋”解作猶大：前者被粉碎成碎片或廢墟，字面作“小水滴”；後者雖受了“裂口”或裂縫的損傷，有倒塌之虞，卻仍蒙允許屹立。
英語原文
11. commandeth, and he will smite--His word of command, when once given, cannot but be fulfilled
(Isa 55:11).
His mere word is enough to smite with destruction.
great house . . . little house--He will spare none, great or small
(Am 3:15).
JEROME interprets "the great house" as Israel, and "the small house" as Judah: the former being reduced to branches or ruins, literally, "small drops"; the latter, though injured with "clefts" or rents, which threaten its fall, yet still permitted to stand.
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12. 你們既把“審判（公義）變為膽（毒），把……公義變為茵陳”（即又苦又毒），所行的便乖謬至極，如同有人在“磐石上使馬奔跑”，或在那裡“用牛耕種”[毛勒（Maurer）]一般。馬和牛在磐石上無用，照樣你們也不能行公義[格勞修斯（Grotius）]。你們阻擋了神恩惠的執行，因為你們如同一塊硬磐石，祂的恩寵不能在其上流淌。“那不願被開墾如田地的，必被棄如磐石”[加爾文（Calvin）]。
英語原文
12. In turning "judgment (justice) into gall (poison), and . . . righteousness into hemlock" (or wormwood, bitter and noxious), ye act as perversely as if one were to make "horses run upon the rock" or to "plough with oxen there" [MAURER]. As horses and oxen are useless on a rock, so ye are incapable of fulfilling justice [GROTIUS]. Ye impede the course of God's benefits, because ye are as it were a hard rock on which His favor cannot run. "Those that will not be tilled as fields, shall be abandoned as rocks" [CALVIN].
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13. 喜愛虛無的事——即喜愛你們空虛而短暫的財富。
我們豈不是憑自己的力量得了角嗎——即獲得了力量，足以征服鄰邦
（王下14:25）。
“角”是力量的希伯來象徵，因角是許多動物施展力量的工具
（詩75:10）。
英語原文
13. rejoice in a thing of naught--that is, in your vain and fleeting riches.
Have we not taken to us horns--that is, acquired power, so as to conquer our neighbors
(2Ki 14:25).
Horns are the Hebrew symbol of power, being the instrument of strength in many animals
(Ps 75:10).
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14. 從哈馬口——這是入侵之軍（如亞述）從北方進入以色列的入口；此處特別提出，因哈馬剛被耶羅波安二世所征服
（摩6:2）。
不要因你們新得的城誇口，因為它要成為仇敵苦待你們的起點。與所羅門設宴時聚集的會眾相比，這是何等可悲的對比——那次會眾從這同一個哈馬——以色列最北的邊界——直到尼羅河——埃及的河——以色列最南的邊界！
到亞拉巴的河——即汲淪溪，它流入耶利哥下方死海的北灣
（代下28:15），
是十支派的南界
（王下14:25，
“從哈馬口直到亞拉巴的海”）[毛勒（Maurer）]。到尼羅河，它瀕臨阿拉伯的曠野，把埃及與迦南分隔[格勞修斯（Grotius）]。若本節包括猶大以及以色列（參
摩6:1，
“錫安”與“撒瑪利亞”），格勞修斯（Grotius）的看法便正確； 且與
王上8:65
相符。
英語原文
14. from the entering in of Hamath--the point of entrance for an invading army (as Assyria) into Israel from the north; specified here, as Hamath had been just before subjugated by Jeroboam II
(Am 6:2).
Do not glory in your recently acquired city, for it shall be the starting-point for the foe to afflict you. How sad the contrast to the feast of Solomon attended by a congregation from this same Hamath, the most northern boundary of Israel, to the Nile, the river of Egypt, the most southern boundary!
unto the river of the wilderness--that is, to Kedron, which empties itself into the north bay of the Dead Sea below Jericho
(2Ch 28:15),
the southern boundary of the ten tribes
(2Ki 14:25,
"from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain") [MAURER]. To the river Nile, which skirts the Arabian wilderness and separates Egypt from Canaan [GROTIUS]. If this verse includes Judah, as well as Israel (compare
Am 6:1,
"Zion" and "Samaria"), GROTIUS' view is correct; and it agrees with
1Ki 8:65.
摩6:1-14。
斥責兩個姐妹之國 （尤其是他們的首領） 因放縱的安逸而自恃—— 撒瑪利亞與錫安皆然： 被擄的威脅： 他們宮殿的敗落與百姓的被殺： 他們乖僻的不義。
1. 列國之首——即你們這些首領，影響力如此巨大，以致你們的名字在列國之中被人傳頌[路德維庫·丟（Ludovicus de Dieu）]。希伯來文作“在列國的初熟果子中被點名的人”，即以色列中顯赫的人物，因為以色列是神所揀選、列國之首的民
（出19:5；
參
民24:20）
[皮斯卡託（Piscator）]。
以色列家所歸向的——即以色列人往常去找他們斷定爭訟、承認其權柄的首領[毛勒（Maurer）]。我更傾向於將“所歸向”的先行詞解為“錫安”和“撒瑪利亞”；這兩座城在以色列進迦南時“所歸向的”外邦列國眼中，被視為“首要”的堅固城；
摩6:2
與此相符。