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Ezekiel Capítulo 30
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In this chapter we have, I. A continuation of the prophecy against Egypt, which we had in the latter part of the foregoing chapter, just before the desolation of that once flourishing kingdom was completed by Nebuchadnezzar, in which is foretold the destruction of all her allies and confederates, all her interests and concerns, and the several steps which the king of Babylon should take in pushing on this destruction, Eze 30:1-19. II. A repetition of a former prophecy against Egypt, just before the desolation of it begun by their own bad conduct, which gradually weakened them and prepared the way for the king of Babylon, Eze 30:20-26. It is all much to the same purport with what we had before.
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Prophecy against Egypt; Destruction of Egypt Foretold (572 BC)
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對埃及的預言;預告埃及的毀滅(主前572年)
¹ 耶和華的話又臨到我說: ² 「人子啊,你要發預言說:主耶和華如此說:你們要哀號:『哀哉,這日!』 ³ 因為日期近了,耶和華的日子近了——是密雲之日,乃是列國的時候。 ⁴ 必有刀劍臨到埃及,埃塞俄比亞(古實)必大有痛苦;被殺的人倒在埃及之時,他們必擄去她的群眾,她的根基也必拆毀。 ⁵ 古實、弗(利比亞)、路德和一切雜族的人,並古伯,以及與埃及結盟之地的人,必與他們一同倒在刀下。 ⁶ 耶和華如此說:扶助埃及的也必傾倒;埃及所誇的權勢必降卑。從色弗尼塔起,他們必在其中倒在刀下。這是主耶和華說的。 ⁷ 他們必在荒涼的列國中成為荒涼,她的城邑必在荒廢的城邑中成為荒廢。 ⁸ 我在埃及點起火,她一切的幫助者被滅之時,他們就知道我是耶和華。 ⁹ 那日,必有使者坐船從我這裏出去,使安逸無慮的古實人驚恐;必有痛苦臨到他們,如臨到埃及之日一樣。看哪,這事到了。 ¹⁰ 主耶和華如此說:我必藉巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒的手,使埃及的群眾斷絕。 ¹¹ 他和他的百姓——列國中可畏的人——必被帶來毀壞這地。他們必拔刀攻擊埃及,使遍地滿了被殺的人。 ¹² 我必使江河乾涸,將這地賣在惡人手中;我必藉外邦人的手,使這地和其中一切變為荒涼。這是我耶和華說的。 ¹³ 主耶和華如此說:我必毀壞偶像,使挪弗的偶像止息;埃及地必不再有君王;我必使恐懼臨到埃及地。 ¹⁴ 我必使答比匿(帕斯洛)荒涼,在瑣安點火,在挪施行審判。 ¹⁵ 我必將我的烈怒傾在汛——埃及的保障上;我必剪除挪的群眾。 ¹⁶ 我必在埃及點火;汛必有痛苦,挪必被撕裂,挪弗日日有災禍。 ¹⁷ 亞文的少年人和比伯實的少年人必倒在刀下;這些城必被擄去。 ¹⁸ 答比匿之日也必暗淡,因為我在那裏折斷埃及的軛;她所誇的權勢必在其中止息;雲彩必遮蓋她,她的女兒必被擄去。 ¹⁹ 我如此在埃及施行審判,他們就知道我是耶和華。」
論埃及毀滅的預言在此十分詳細具體,整體上也很可怕。當公義的神出來與惹動祂怒氣的百姓相爭之時,有什麼能保護他們呢?
一、這必是一場極可悲的毀滅,要引起極大的憂傷(結三十2-3):「你們要哀號——這事將要到來之時,你們理當尖叫;因為當它來到之時,你們必被迫尖叫,發出淒慘的呼喊。喊叫說:『哀哉,這日!』——『啊,這日!因這日的緣故,有禍了!』這可怕的日子!『禍哉!哀哉!因為日期近了』——我們長久以來所恐懼、長久以來所應得的日子。這是『耶和華的日子』——祂要顯明自己是報應之神的日期。如今是你們的日子,你們凌駕一切、踐踏周圍萬國;但神不久也要有祂的日子——祂公義審判顯明之時」(詩三十七13)。「這是『密雲之日』」,就是黑暗淒慘的日子,毫無安慰的光輝;它要威脅風暴——「火、硫磺與可怖的暴風」。「這是『列國的時候』」,與列國算賬的時候,要為他們一切外邦的惡俗追討——也就是大衛所論到的時候,神要「向外邦人傾倒祂的烈怒」(詩七十九6),「他們必沉淪」之時(詩九15)。
二、這必是埃及的毀滅,也是一切與她結盟、在她鄰近的國家與地區的毀滅。1. 埃及本身必傾覆(結三十4):「必有刀劍臨到埃及」——迦勒底的刀,並且是得勝的刀,因為「被殺的人必倒在埃及」,倒在刀下,仆倒在它面前。這國人口稠密嗎?「他們必擄去她的群眾」。這國堅固、根基穩固嗎?「她的根基必被拆毀」,根基既被拆毀,那麼這建築無論建得多麼華美、多麼高大,自然必傾覆。2. 她的鄰舍與同居者也必與她一同傾覆。被殺之人在埃及倒得如此之多之時,「古實必大有痛苦」——無論是非洲那一邊、靠近埃及的古實,還是亞西亞那一邊、靠近埃及的古實。鄰舍的房子既已失火,他們不能不想到自己也在危險之中;他們的恐懼也並非沒有根據,因為他們都要「與他們一同倒在刀下」(結三十5)。「古實和弗」(希伯來文是古實和弗——含的兩個兒子,他們之間是麥西,即埃及,創十6),「並路德」(以善射著稱,被提及為埃及的盟國,耶四十六9),這些都要與埃及一同傾覆;還有「古伯」(迦勒底人,內利比亞的居民);這些人和別的人是「雜族的人」——這些和別的國家中,有人因這樣那樣的緣故住在埃及;「與埃及結盟之地的人」也是如此——其中有些是以色列和猶大人留下的餘民,就是「盟約之子」,如他們被稱呼的(徒三25),「應許之子」(加四28)。這些人違背神的命令寄居埃及,這些人也要「與他們一同傾覆」。注意:那些情願與神的仇敵同分的人,必與他們同分命運,縱然他們在名義上是「與神結盟之地的人」。
三、一切假裝扶持埃及衰落之利益的人,必在她以下傾覆,與她一同傾覆(結三十6):「扶助埃及的也必傾覆」;他們既傾覆,埃及自然也必傾覆。當看神的公義:埃及從前耶路撒冷搖搖欲墜之時假裝扶持它,結果證明是欺騙人的蘆葦;如今那些假裝扶持埃及的人,也必證明不過如此。欺騙別人的人,通常也被人以同樣的硬幣償還;他們自己也被欺騙。1. 埃及是否以為自己因君王絕對的權柄與統治而得扶持?「她所誇的權勢必降卑」(結三十6)。埃及王的權勢原是他的驕傲;但那必被打破、被降卑。2. 她的百姓群眾是否是她的支持?他們必「倒在刀下」,甚至「從色弗尼塔起」——這是地的極角,在仇敵進入的那一邊。無論「鄉村」還是「城邑」,農夫和商人,都必荒涼(結三十7),正如從前(結二十九12)所言。甚至「埃及的群眾也必斷絕」(結三十10)。那人口稠密之國必人口凋零。遍地「必滿了被殺的人」(結三十11)。3. 尼羅河是否是她的支持,其各條水道是否是她的防衛?「我必使江河乾涸」(結三十12),以致那些被認為因不能渡過而堅不可摧的天然堡壘,對她們毫無用處。4. 她的偶像是否是她的支持?它們必被毀壞;這些想像出來的扶持者,必比從前更顯為虛妄;因為當偶像假裝作拯救者和保障之時,它們不過是想像之物(結三十13):「我必使挪弗的偶像止息。」5. 她的王室是否是她的支持?「埃及地必不再有君王」——那延續已久的王室必被連根剷除、徹底滅絕。6. 她的勇氣是否是她的支持,她是否以為可憑她那些近來慣於征戰之勇士的英勇來維持自己?那也必失效:「我必使恐懼臨到埃及地。」7. 興起的一代是否是她的支持?她是否以兒女為倚靠,因箭袋充滿而自以為有福?唉!「少年人必倒在刀下」(結三十17),「女兒必被擄去」(結三十18),於是她一切指望都被奪去。
四、神必向埃及施行這些荒涼的審判(結三十8):「他們就知道我是耶和華」,也大過一切神,大過「他們的」一切神,當我在埃及點起火之時。焚燒列國的火是神所點的;當祂向一個百姓點火之時,「她一切的幫助者必被毀滅」。那些想要滅火的人,自己必被火吞噬;因為當祂發怒之時,誰能站立得住呢?當祂「將烈怒傾在」一處之時,當祂向它點火之時(結三十15-16),它的力量或群眾都不能幫助它。
五、巴比倫王和他的軍隊必被用作這毀滅的工具:「埃及的群眾必斷絕」——被全然剪除——「藉巴比倫王的手」(結三十10)。那些承諾保護以色列免受巴比倫王之害的人,必不能保護自己。論到那要毀滅埃及的迦勒底人,經上說:1. 他們是「外邦人」(結三十12),所以不會因舊識的緣故心存憐憫,反要以陌生無情對待他們。2. 他們是「列國中可畏的人」(結三十11),無論在力量上還是在凶猛上都如此;既可畏,也必作出可怕之事。(三)他們是「惡人」,不受理性和良心的約束,不守自然律或列國律法,因為他們沒有律法:「我必將這地賣在惡人手中」。他們行事暴虐不義,因為他們是惡人;然而,作為神施行審判的工具,在神這一方面卻是公義的作為。注意:神常使一個惡人成為懲罰另一個惡人的鞭子;甚至惡人也獲得掠奪的權利——「按戰爭的律法」,因為神「將地賣在他們手中」。
六、埃及全地沒有一處可免受迦勒底軍隊的烈怒——無論是最堅固的,還是最偏遠的:「刀劍必經過全地」。此處點名各處地方:答比匿(帕斯洛)、瑣安、挪(結三十14),汛、挪弗(結三十15-16),亞文、比伯實(結三十17),以及答比匿(結三十18)。這些都必荒涼,被火焚燒,神的審判必臨到他們,祂的烈怒必傾倒在他們身上。他們的力量和群眾必「被剪除」;他們必「大有痛苦」,必因恐懼「被撕裂」,並「日日有災禍」。他們的「日子必暗淡」——他們的尊榮、安慰和指望必被熄滅。他們的「軛必被折斷」,使他們不能再像從前那樣欺壓橫行。他們「所誇的權勢必止息」,「雲彩必遮蓋他們」——雲彩如此厚密,以致他們透過它看不見任何指望,他們的榮耀也不能「被人看見」,或「照耀得更遠」。最後,遠在他們之外的古實人,也與那些雜居其中的人一樣,要分嘗他們的痛苦與恐懼。神必藉護理傳開消息,使「安逸無慮的古實人驚恐」(結三十9)。注意:神能使那些最安穩的人驚恐;當祂喜悅之時,恐懼要忽然抓住最狂妄假冒為善的人。
這段預言的結尾留下:1. 埃及地被擊打羞辱:「我如此在埃及施行審判」(結三十19)。埃及的毀滅就是「施行審判」——這不但暗示這事是因她的罪而公義地作的,也暗示這事是按規律、按法律作的——藉著司法的判決。神所行的一切處決,都是照著祂的判斷。2. 以色列的神在其中得榮耀:「他們就知道我是耶和華」。埃及人必被叫知道,神的百姓也必更被叫知道。「耶和華藉著所行的審判被人認識」。
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Prophecy against Egypt; Destruction of Egypt Foretold (572 BC)
¹ The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
² Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Woe worth the day!
³ For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.
⁴ And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.
⁵ Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.
⁶ Thus saith the LORD; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord GOD.
⁷ And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted.
⁸ And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and when all her helpers shall be destroyed.
⁹ In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh.
¹⁰ Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.
¹¹ He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought to destroy the land: and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain.
¹² And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand of the wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I the LORD have spoken it.
¹³ Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause their images to cease out of Noph; and there shall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.
¹⁴ And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No.
¹⁵ And I will pour my fury upon Sin, the strength of Egypt; and I will cut off the multitude of No.
¹⁶ And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily.
¹⁷ The young men of Aven and of Pi-beseth shall fall by the sword: and these cities shall go into captivity.
¹⁸ At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.
¹⁹ Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
The prophecy of the destruction of Egypt is here very full and particular, as well as, in the general, very frightful. What can protect a provoking people when the righteous God comes forth to contend with them?
I. It shall be a very lamentable destruction, and such as shall occasion great sorrow (Eze 30:2,3): "Howl you; you may justly shriek now that it is coming, for you will be made to shriek and make hideous outcries when it comes. Cry out, Woe worth the day! or, Ah the day! alas because of the day! the terrible day! Woe and alas! For the day is near; the day we have so long dreaded, so long deserved. It is the day of the Lord, the day in which he will manifest himself as a God of vengeance. You have your day now, when you carry all before you, and trample on all about you, but God will have his day shortly, the day of the revelation of his righteous judgment," Ps 37:13. It will be a cloudy day, that is, dark and dismal, without the shining forth of any comfort; and it shall threaten a storm—fire, and brimstone, and a horrible tempest. It shall be the time of the heathen, of reckoning with the heathen for all their heathenish practices, that time which David spoke of when God would pour out his fury upon the heathen (Ps 79:6), when they should sink, Ps 9:15.
II. It shall be the destruction of Egypt, and of all the states and countries in confederacy with her and in her neighbourhood. 1. Egypt herself shall fall (Eze 30:4): The sword shall come upon Egypt, the sword of the Chaldeans, and it shall be a victorious sword, for the slain shall fall in Egypt, fall by it, fall before it. Is the country populous? They shall take away her multitude. Is it strong, and well-fixed? Her foundations shall be broken down, and then the fabric, though built ever so fine, ever so high, will fall of course. 2. Her neighbours and inmates shall fall with her. When the slain fall so thickly in Egypt great pain shall be in Ethiopia, both that in Africa, which is in the neighbourhood of Egypt on one side, and that in Asia, which is near to it on the other side. When their neighbour's house was on fire they could not but apprehend their own in danger; nor were their fears groundless, for they shall all fall with them by the sword, Eze 30:5. Ethiopia and Libya (Cush and Phut, so the Hebrew names are, two of the sons of Ham who are mentioned, and Mizraim, that is, Egypt, between them, Ge 10:6), and the Lydians (who were famous archers, and are spoken of as confederates with Egypt, Jer 46:9), these shall fall with Egypt and Chub (the Chaldeans, the inhabitants of the inner Libya); these and others were the mingled people; there were those of all these and other countries who upon some account or other resided in Egypt, as did also the men of the land that is in league, some of the remains of the people of Israel and Judah, the children of the covenant, or league, as they are called (Ac 3:25), the children of the promise, Ga 4:28. These sojourned in Egypt contrary to God's command, and these shall fall with them. Note, Those that will take their lot with God's enemies shall have their lot with them, yea, though they be in profession the men of the land that is in league with God.
III. All that pretend to support the sinking interests of Egypt shall come down under her, shall come down with her (Eze 30:6): Those that uphold Egypt shall fall, and then Egypt must fall of course. See the justice of God; Egypt pretended to uphold Jerusalem when that was tottering, but proved a deceitful reed; and now those that pretended to uphold Egypt shall prove no better. Those that deceive others are commonly paid in their own coin; they are themselves deceived. 1. Does Egypt think herself upheld by the absolute authority and dominion of her king? The pride of her power shall come down, Eze 30:6. The power of the king of Egypt was his pride; but that shall be broken, and humbled. 2. Is the multitude of her people her support? These shall fall by the sword, even from the tower of Syene, which is in the utmost corner of the land, from that side of it by which the enemy shall enter. Both the countries and the cities, the husbandmen and the merchants, shall be desolate, Eze 30:7, as before, Eze 29:12. Even the multitude of Egypt shall be made to cease, Eze 30:10. That populous country shall be depopulated. The land shall be even filled with the slain, Eze 30:11. 3. Is the river Nile her support, and are the several channels of it a defence to her? "I will make the rivers dry (Eze 30:12), so that those natural fortifications which were thought impregnable, because impassable, shall stand them in no stead." 4. Are her idols a support to her? They shall be destroyed; those imaginary upholders shall appear more than ever to be imaginary, for so images are when they pretend to be deliverers and strongholds (Eze 30:13): I will cause their images to cease out of Noph. 5. Is her royal family her support? There shall be no more a prince in the land of Egypt; the royal family shall be extirpated and extinguished, which had continued so long. 6. Is her courage her support, and does she think to uphold herself by the bravery of her men of war, who have now of late been inured to service? That shall fail: I will put a fear in the land of Egypt. 7. Is the rising generation her support? is she upheld by her children, and does she think herself happy because she has her quiver full of them? Alas! the young men shall fall by the sword (Eze 30:17) and the daughters shall go into captivity (Eze 30:18), and so she shall be robbed of all her hopes.
IV. God shall inflict these desolating judgments on Egypt (Eze 30:8): They shall know that I am the Lord, and greater than all gods, than all their gods, when I have set a fire in Egypt. The fire that consumes nations is of God's kindling; and, when he sets fire to a people, all their helpers shall be destroyed. Those that go about to quench the fire shall themselves be devoured by it; for who can stand before him when he is angry? When he pours out his fury upon a place, when he sets fire to it (Eze 30:15,16), neither its strength nor its multitude can stand it in any stead.
V. The king of Babylon and his army shall be employed as instruments of this destruction: The multitude of Egypt shall be made to cease and be quite cut off by the hand of the king of Babylon, Eze 30:10. Those that undertook to protect Israel from the king of Babylon shall not be able to protect themselves. It is said of the Chaldeans, who should destroy Egypt, 1. That they are strangers (Eze 30:12), who therefore shall show no compassion for old acquaintance-sake, but shall behave strangely towards them. 2. That they are the terrible of the nations (Eze 30:11), both in respect of force and in respect of fierceness; and, being terrible, they shall make terrible work. (3.) That they are the wicked, who will not be restrained by reason and conscience, the laws of nature or the laws of nations, for they are without law: I will sell the land into the hand of the wicked. They do violence unjustly, as they are wicked; yet, so far as they are instruments in God's hand of executing his judgments, it is on his part justly done. Note, God often makes one wicked man a scourge to another; and even wicked men acquire a title to prey, jure belli—by the laws of war, for God sells it into their hands.
VI. No place in the land of Egypt shall be exempted from the fury of the Chaldean army, not the strongest, not the remotest: The sword shall go through the land. Various places are here named: Pathros, Zoan, and No (Eze 30:14), Sin and Noph (Eze 30:15,16), Aven and Pi-beseth (Eze 30:17), and Tehaphnehes, Eze 30:18. These shall be made desolate, shall be fired, and God's judgments shall be executed upon them, and his fury poured out upon them. Their strength and multitude shall be cut off; they shall have great pain, shall be rent asunder with fear, and shall have distresses daily. Their day shall be darkened; their honours, comforts, and hopes, shall be extinguished. Their yokes shall be broken, so that they shall no more oppress and tyrannize as they have done. The pomp of their strength shall cease, and a cloud shall cover them, a cloud so thick that through it they shall not see any hopes, nor shall their glory be seen, or shine further. And, lastly, the Ethiopians, who are at a distance from them, as well as those who are mingled with them, shall share in their pain and terror. God will by his providence spread the rumour, and the careless Ethiopians shall be made afraid, Eze 30:9. Note, God can strike a terror upon those that are most secure; fearfulness shall, when he pleases, surprise the most presumptuous hypocrites.
The close of this prediction leaves, 1. The land of Egypt mortified: Thus will I execute judgments on Egypt, Eze 30:19. The destruction of Egypt is the executing of judgments, which intimates not only that it is done justly, for its sins, but that it is done regularly and legally, by a judicial sentence. All the executions God does are according to his judgments. 2. The God of Israel herein glorified: They shall know that I am the Lord. The Egyptians shall be made to know it and the people of God shall be made to know it better. The Lord is known by the judgments which he executes.
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Destruction of Egypt Foretold (572 BC)
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埃及的覆滅被預告（主前572年）
²⁰ 十一年正月初七日，耶和華的話臨到我說：
²¹ 人子啊，我已打折了埃及王法老的膀臂；看哪，沒有敷藥，也沒有用繃帶纏裹，使它有力持劍。
²² 所以主耶和華如此說：看哪，我與埃及王法老為敵，必將他有力的膀臂和已打折的膀臂全然打斷，使刀從他手中掉落。
²³ 我必將埃及人分散在列國，四散在列邦。
²⁴ 我必使巴比倫王的膀臂有力，把我的刀交在他手中；卻要打斷法老的膀臂，他必在他面前唉哼，如同受致命傷的人一樣。
²⁵ 我必扶持巴比倫王的膀臂，法老的膀臂必下垂；他們就知道我是耶和華——當我將刀交在巴比倫王手中，他舉刀攻擊埃及地的時候。
²⁶ 我必將埃及人分散在列國，四散在列邦；他們就知道我是耶和華。
這段關於埃及勢力削弱的簡短預言，大約是在埃及軍隊試圖解耶路撒冷之圍卻功敗垂成、鎩羽而歸的時候傳講的；巴比倫王隨即重新圍城並如願以償。埃及王國極其古老，許多世紀以來都頗為強盛。巴比倫王國則是不久前才達到其強盛和權力的巔峰，建立在亞述帝國的廢墟之上。如今他們之間的情形正如家族和國家之間一樣：有的正在興起，有的正在衰落和後退；這一個必定興旺，其他的自然就必定衰微。
I. 這裏預言埃及王將越來越弱。他的疆土將被縮減，財富和權力將被削弱，他在幫助自己或盟友方面將比以往更加無能。1. 這在某種程度上已經成就了（Eze 30:21）：我已打折了法老的膀臂，就是不久前的事。當巴比倫王在迦基米施擊敗法老尼哥的軍隊（耶四十六2），並奪取了從埃及河到伯拉大河一切屬於埃及的地土（王下二十四7），那一隻膀臂就算被打折了。埃及經過許久才積聚力量和擴展疆域，因此，為了在護理中保持均衡，它也緩慢地、逐漸地失去力量。就在埃及王殺害好王約西亞之後不久，在同一個王朝中，它的膀臂就被如此打折，受到那個永遠無法恢復的致命打擊。在埃及的心和頸項被折斷之前，它的膀臂先被打折了。神的審判逐步臨到一個民族，為要使他們在悔改中迎見他。當埃及的膀臂被打折，就沒有敷藥使之痊癒，因為除了神自己之外，無人能醫治神所造成的創傷。他所解除武裝的、他所使失去能力的，不能再執刀。2. 這還要再次成就。先前已經打折了一隻膀臂，並且在某種程度上已著手接合它，著手醫治那給獸的致命傷。但如今（Eze 30:22），我與法老為敵，必將他的雙臂打折，就是有力的那隻和已打折又接上的那隻都要打斷。請注意，若較輕的審判不能使罪人謙卑歸正，神必差遣更大的。如今神必*使刀從他手中掉落，他以為自己力量足以握住那刀。這話重複了（Eze 30:24）：我必打斷法老的膀臂。他從前曾殘酷地欺壓神的百姓，近來又作了他們破折蘆葹的杖；如今神藉著打折他的膀臂，為這兩件事向他追討。神理當打折那被濫用來欺壓百姓或欺哄百姓的權勢。但這還不是全部；（1.）埃及王在發現自己面臨巴比倫王軍隊的危險時，必喪膽：他必在他面前唉哼，如同受致命傷的人唉哼一樣。*請注意，那些在自己興旺時最為得意的人，在逆境中往往最為沮喪和灰心，這是常見的事。法老甚至在刀劍觸及他之前，就必唉哼，如同已受了致命傷。（2.）埃及的百姓必被分散（Eze 30:23,26）：*我必將他們分散在列國。*從前別國曾與他們混雜（Eze 30:5）；如今他們必與別國混雜，在其中尋求庇護，如此就被使知道耶和華是公義的。
II. 這裏預言巴比倫王將越來越強（Eze 30:24,25）。神要使巴比倫王的膀臂有力，使他能完成他被指定去完成的使命。2. 神要*將刀——他的刀——*交在巴比倫王手中，這表示賜給他權柄並供應他武器去進行戰爭，特別是針對埃及的戰爭。請注意，正如坐在審判台上的法官，如彼拉多（約十九11），照樣在戰場上的將軍，如尼布甲尼撒，都沒有權柄，除非是從上頭賜給他們的。
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Destruction of Egypt Foretold (572 BC)
²⁰ And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
²¹ Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword.
²² Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.
²³ And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.
²⁴ And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man.
²⁵ But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt.
²⁶ And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them among the countries; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
This short prophecy of the weakening of the power of Egypt was delivered about the time that the army of the Egyptians, which attempted to raise the siege of Jerusalem, was frustrated in its enterprises, and returned re infectâ—without accomplishing their purpose; whereupon the king of Babylon renewed the siege and carried his point. The kingdom of Egypt was very ancient, and had been for many ages considerable. That of Babylon had but lately arrived at its great pomp and power, being built upon the ruins of the kingdom of Assyria. Now it is with them as it is with families and states, some are growing up, others are declining and going back; one must increase and the others must of course decrease.
I. It is here foretold that the king of Egypt shall grow weaker and weaker. The extent of his territories shall be abridged, his wealth and power shall be diminished, and he shall become less able than ever to help either himself or his friend. 1. This was in part done already (Eze 30:21): I have broken the arm of Pharaoh, some time ago. One arm of that kingdom might well be reckoned broken when the king of Babylon routed the forces of Pharaoh-Necho at Carchemish (Jer 46:2), and made himself master of all that pertained to Egypt from the river of Egypt to Euphrates, 2Ki 24:7. Egypt had been long in gathering strength and extending its dominions, and therefore, that there may be a proportion observed in providence, it loses its strength slowly and by degrees. It was soon after the king of Egypt slew good king Josiah, and in the same reign, that its arm was thus broken, and it received that fatal blow which it never recovered. Before Egypt's heart and neck were broken its arm was. God's judgments come upon a people by steps, that they may meet him repenting. When the arm of Egypt is broken it shall not be bound up to be healed, for none can heal the wounds that God gives but he himself. Those whom he disarms, whom he disables, cannot again hold the sword. 2. This was to be done again. One arm was broken before, and something was done towards the setting of it, towards the healing of the deadly wound that was given to the beast. But now (Eze 30:22), I am against Pharaoh, and will break both his arms, both the strong and that which was broken and set again. Note, If less judgments do not prevail to humble and reform sinners, God will send greater. Now God will cause the sword to fall out of his hand, which he caught hold of as thinking himself strong enough to hold it. It is repeated (Eze 30:24), I will break Pharaoh's arms. He had been a cruel oppressor to the people of God formerly, and of late the staff of a broken rod to them; and now God by breaking his arms reckons with him for both. God justly breaks that power which is abused either to put wrongs upon people or to put cheats upon them. But this is not all; (1.) The king of Egypt shall be dispirited when he finds himself in danger of the king of Babylon's forces: he shall groan before him with the groaning of a deadly wounded man. Note, It is common for those that are most elated in their prosperity to be most dejected and disheartened in their adversity. Pharaoh, even before the sword touches him, shall groan as if he had received his death's wound. (2.) The people of Egypt shall be dispersed (Eze 30:23,26): I will scatter them among the nations. Other nations had mingled with them (Eze 30:5); now they shall be mingled with other nations, and seek shelter in them, and so be made to know that the Lord is righteous.
II. It is here foretold that the king of Babylon shall grow stronger and stronger, Eze 30:24,25. Put strength into the king of Babylon's arms, that he may be able to go through the service he is designed for. 2. That he will put a sword, his sword, into the king of Babylon's hand, which signified his giving him a commission and furnishing him with arms for carrying on a war, particularly against Egypt. Note, As judges on the bench, like Pilate (Joh 19:11), so generals in the field, like Nebuchadnezzar, have no power but what is given them from above.
在本章我們看到：一、續論反對埃及的預言，這預言始於前一章的後半部分，正值那曾經興盛的國度即將被尼布甲尼撒徹底使之荒涼之際；其中預言了埃及一切盟邦與結交之國的傾覆，它一切利益與事務的毀壞，以及巴比倫王在推進這毀滅時所採取的各個步驟，結 30:1-19。二、重述先前反對埃及的預言，正值埃及因自己的惡行而開始敗落之際，這敗落逐漸削弱他們，為巴比倫王鋪平道路，結 30:20-26。這一切與前文所論的大旨相同。