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Isa 55:1-13.
英文原文
Isa 55:1-13.
THE CALL OF THE GENTILE WORLD TO FAITH THE RESULT OF GOD'S GRACE TO THE JEWS FIRST.
1. every one--After the special privileges of Israel
(Isa 54:1-17)
there follow, as the consequence, the universal invitation to the Gentiles
(Lu 24:47; Ro 11:12, 15).
Ho--calls the most earnest attention.
thirsteth--has a keen sense of need
(Mt 5:6).
waters . . . wine and milk--a gradation. Not merely water, which is needed to maintain life at all, but wine and milk to strengthen, cheer, and nourish; the spiritual blessings of the Gospel are meant
(Isa 25:6; So 5:1; Joh 7:37).
"Waters," plural, to denote abundance
(Isa 43:20; 44:3).
no money--Yet, in
Isa 55:2,
it is said, "ye spend money." A seeming paradox. Ye are really spiritual bankrupts: but thinking yourselves to have money, namely, a devotion of your own making, ye lavish it on that "which is not bread," that is, on idols, whether literal or spiritual.
buy . . . without money--another paradox. We are bought, but not with a price paid by ourselves
(1Co 6:20; 1Pe 1:18, 19).
In a different sense we are to "buy" salvation, namely, by parting with everything which comes between us and Christ who has bought it for us and by making it our own
(Mt 13:44, 46; Lu 12:33; Re 3:18).
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2. 不是饼——
(哈 2:13)。
"虚谎的饼"
(箴 20:17)。
当与此对比的"生命的粮"
(约 6:32, 35;
亦见
路 14:16-20)。
不能使人知足——
(传 1:8;
4:8)。
留意听……而吃——当两个祈使语气连用时,后者表示遵行前者命令所生的结果
(创 42:18)。
"因听从,你们就得以吃饱。"故
赛 55:1
"买而吃"——因买进而据为己有,你们就得以吃,即在经历中享受它
(约 6:53)。
试比较邀请之语
(箴 9:5, 6; 太 22:4)。
肥甘——
(诗 36:8;
63:5)。
英文原文
2. not bread--
(Hab 2:13).
"Bread of deceit"
(Pr 20:17).
Contrast this with the "bread of life"
(Joh 6:32, 35;
also
Lu 14:16-20).
satisfieth not--
(Ec 1:8; 4:8).
hearken . . . and eat--When two imperatives are joined, the second expresses the consequence of obeying the command in the first
(Ge 42:18).
By hearkening ye shall eat. So in
Isa 55:1,
"buy and eat." By buying, and so making it your own, ye shall eat, that is, experimentally enjoy it
(Joh 6:53).
Compare the invitation
(Pr 9:5, 6; Mt 22:4).
fatness--
(Ps 36:8; 63:5).
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3. 我……而活——即到我这里来,你们就必活;因为"我就是生命"
(约 14:6)。
永约——
(耶 32:40; 撒下 23:5)。
与你们……大卫——神的约是与那预表性大卫——弥赛亚——所立的
(结 34:23),
因此也是与我们立的,因为我们与他联合。
可靠的——与"永远"相应,即不可废除、永不失效、可信赖的
(诗
89:2-4, 28, 29, 34-36; 耶 33:20, 21; 撒下 7:15, 16; 林后 1:18-20)。
大卫那可靠的恩典——即恩典的怜悯
(赛 63:7; 约 1:16),
是我立约赐给大卫,特别是赐给他的预表——弥赛亚的。引自
徒 13:34。
英文原文
3. me . . . live--by coming to me ye shall live: for "I am the life"
(Joh 14:6).
everlasting covenant--
(Jer 32:40; 2Sa 23:5).
with you . . . David--God's covenant is with the antitypical David, Messiah
(Eze 34:23),
and so with us by our identification with Him.
sure--answering to "everlasting," irrevocable, unfailing, to be relied on
(Ps 89:2-4, 28, 29, 34-36; Jer 33:20, 21; 2Sa 7:15, 16; 2Co 1:18-20).
mercies of David--the mercies of grace
(Isa 63:7; Joh 1:16)
which I covenanted to give to David, and especially to Messiah, his antitype. Quoted in
Ac 13:34.
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4. 他——指那奥秘的大卫
(结 37:24, 25; 耶 30:9; 何 3:5)。
为神所赐
(赛 49:6)。
见证——他甚至至死为神作见证,为他的律法、主张与救赎之爱的计划作证
(约 18:37; 启 1:5)。
启示是"见证",因其乃是凭赐予者的权柄而提出,要求人接受,而非仅因可借论证证明。
命令——"训诲者"[HORSLEY];"立法者"[BARNES]。
众民——更确切为"众民"。
英文原文
4. him--the mystical David
(Eze 37:24, 25; Jer 30:9; Ho 3:5).
Given by God
(Isa 49:6).
witness--He bore witness even unto death for God, to His law, claims, and plan of redeeming love
(Joh 18:37; Re 1:5).
Revelation is a "testimony"; because it is propounded to be received on the authority of the Giver, and not merely because it can be proved by arguments.
commander--"preceptor" [HORSLEY]; "lawgiver" [BARNES].
to the people--rather, "peoples."
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5. 你——耶和华向弥赛亚说话。
召……奔跑——神必须先呼召,人才能、才会奔跑
(歌 1:4; 约 6:44)。
不仅是来,更是热切地奔跑。
你所不认识的——即如今不属你的子民(如
太 7:23)。
国民……列国——层层递进;从以色列这一个国,福音扩展至许多国,并在以色列归信之后更加如此。
不认识你的——
(赛 52:15; 弗 2:11, 12)。
因……你的神……荣耀了你——
(赛 60:5, 9; 亚 8:23);
那里有类似的话指向以色列,因以色列与弥赛亚——理想的以色列——相认同
(太 2:15,
参
何 11:1;
见
徒 3:13)。
英文原文
5. thou--Jehovah addresses Messiah.
call . . . run--God must call, before man can, or will, run
(So 1:4; Joh 6:44).
Not merely come, but run eagerly.
thou knowest not--now as thy people (so in
Mt 7:23).
nation . . . nations--gradation; from Israel, one nation, the Gospel spread to many nations, and will do so more fully on Israel's conversion.
knew not thee--
(Isa 52:15; Eph 2:11, 12).
because of . . . thy God . . . glorified thee--
(Isa 60:5, 9; Zec 8:23);
where similar language is directed to Israel, because of the identification of Israel with Messiah, who is the ideal Israel
(Mt 2:15;
compare with
Ho 11:1;
see
Ac 3:13).
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6. 获得属灵益处的条件与界限
(赛 55:1-3):
(1)寻求耶和华。(2)趁他可寻找的时候寻求他
(赛 65:1; 诗 32:6; 太 25:1-13; 约 7:34; 8:21; 林后 6:2; 来 2:3; 3:13, 15)。
求告——即完全投靠他的怜悯
(罗 10:13)。
比"寻求"更有力;照样,"相近"比"趁他可寻找的时候"更积极
(罗 10:8, 9)。
相近——即满有恩惠
(诗 34:18; 145:18)。
英文原文
6. The condition and limit in the obtaining of the spiritual benefits
(Isa 55:1-3):
(1) Seek the Lord. (2) Seek Him while He is to be found
(Isa 65:1; Ps 32:6; Mt 25:1-13; Joh 7:34; 8:21; 2Co 6:2; Heb 2:3; 3:13, 15).
call--casting yourselves wholly on His mercy
(Ro 10:13).
Stronger than "seek"; so "near" is more positive than "while He may be found"
(Ro 10:8, 9).
near--propitious
(Ps 34:18; 145:18).
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7. 不义的人——希伯来文作"罪孽之人";这话对一切人都真实。"恶人"在"他的道路"上更公开地犯罪;"不义的人"则指罪在"意念"中更隐密的运作。众人在后者上都同样有罪,尽管许多人因没有公开"行恶"就自以为稳妥
(诗 94:11)。
这是一种递进式的平行。悔改者的进程应是:从消极的改过,即"离弃自己的道路",更进一步,"(离弃)自己的意念",进到积极的悔改,即"归向耶和华"
(这才是真正的悔改,
亚 12:10),
并以神为他的神,与神其他儿女一同敬奉(这是登峰造极之处;将神据为己有:"归向我们的神")。"归回"暗示人原与神同行,却已背道。以赛亚说"我们的神",即信靠之以色列人的神;那些自己蒙了救赎的人,也切愿别人归向他们的神
(诗 34:8; 启 22:17)。
广行赦免——字面意为"加倍赦免",比"怜悯"更甚;人越久认识神,便越发体会他的恩典
(诗 130:7)。
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7. unrighteous--Hebrew, "man of iniquity"; true of all men. The "wicked" sins more openly in "his way"; the "unrighteous" refers to the more subtle workings of sin in the "thoughts." All are guilty in the latter respect, thought many fancy themselves safe, because not openly "wicked in ways"
(Ps 94:11).
The parallelism is that of gradation. The progress of the penitent is to be from negative reformation, "forsaking his way," and a farther step, "his thoughts," to positive repentance, "returning to the Lord" (the only true repentance,
Zec 12:10),
and making God his God, along with the other children of God (the crowning point; appropriation of God to ourselves: "to our God"). "Return" implies that man originally walked with God, but has apostatized. Isaiah saith, "our God," the God of the believing Israelites; those themselves redeemed desire others to come to their God
(Ps 34:8; Re 22:17).
abundantly pardon--Literally, "multiply to pardon," still more than "have mercy"; God's graciousness is felt more and more the longer one knows Him
(Ps 130:7).
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8. 因为——指
赛 55:7。
你不必怀疑他「丰盛赦免」的意愿(比较
赛 55:12);
因为,虽然「恶人」的「道路」和「不义之人的意念」严重到似乎无法赦免,但神赦免时的「意念」和「道路」并不像人对得罪自己的同伴那样按前者的程度来调节;比较「因为」
(诗 25:11; 罗 5:19)。
英文原文
8. For--referring to
Isa 55:7.
You need not doubt His willingness "abundantly to pardon" (compare
Isa 55:12);
for, though "the wicked" man's "ways," and "the unrighteous man's thoughts," are so aggravated as to seem unpardonable, God's "thoughts" and "ways" in pardoning are not regulated by the proportion of the former, as man's would be towards his fellow man who offended him; compare the "for"
(Ps 25:11; Ro 5:19).
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9.
(诗 57:10; 89:2; 103:11)。
「因为」从
赛 55:8
重复而来。
但 MAURER 在否定之后译为「但是」。
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(Ps 57:10; 89:2; 103:11).
"For" is repeated from
Isa 55:8.
But MAURER, after the negation, translates, "but."
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10. 人心一旦在属灵上荒芜,要借着弥赛亚之下圣灵的浇灌,结出义的果子
(赛 5:6; 申 32:2; 撒下 23:4; 诗 72:6)。
雪——冬天遮盖植物免受霜害;春天融化时滋润大地。
不返回——不徒然;如
赛 55:11;
它不以其原样返回,或不「成就」所要达到的目的。
发芽——萌芽。
英文原文
10. The hearts of men, once barren of spirituality, shall be made, by the outpouring of the Spirit under Messiah, to bear fruits of righteousness
(Isa 5:6; De 32:2; 2Sa 23:4; Ps 72:6).
snow--which covers plants from frost in winter; and, when melted in spring, waters the earth.
returneth not--void; as in
Isa 55:11;
it returns not in the same shape, or without "accomplishing" the desired end.
bud--germinate.
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11.
(太 24:35)。
雨落在沙漠上对我们似乎白费了,但它成就了神的某个旨意。照样,福音之道落在刚硬的心上;有时最终带来改变;即使不然,也使人无可推诿。然而本节及
赛 55:12, 13
的完全应验是在犹太人最后的复兴和世界的归信之时
(赛 11:9-12; 60:1-5, 21)。
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(Mt 24:35).
Rain may to us seem lost when it falls on a desert, but it fulfils some purpose of God. So the gospel word falling on the hard heart; it sometimes works a change at last; and even if so, it leaves men without excuse. The full accomplishment of this verse, and
Isa 55:12, 13,
is, however, to be at the Jews' final restoration and conversion of the world
(Isa 11:9-12; 60:1-5, 21).
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12. 出来——从你们(犹太人)所散居的各国,归回本地
(结 11:17)。
引导——借弥赛亚,你们的「元帅」
(赛 55:4; 赛 52:12; 弥 2:12, 13)。
山……树等等——恰切地用以表达自然界与神百姓喜乐似乎同感的意象。因为罪一旦除去,自然界也要从「虚妄」中得释放并被更新,与重生的道德世界和谐一致
(赛 44:23; 诗 98:8; 罗 8:19-22)。
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12. go out--from the various countries in which ye (the Jews) are scattered, to your own land
(Eze 11:17).
led--by Messiah, your "Leader"
(Isa 55:4; Isa 52:12; Mic 2:12, 13).
mountains . . . trees, &c.--images justly used to express the seeming sympathy of nature with the joy of God's people. For, when sin is removed, the natural world shall be delivered from "vanity," and be renewed, so as to be in unison with the regenerated moral world
(Isa 44:23; Ps 98:8; Ro 8:19-22).
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13. 荆棘——恶人的象征
(撒下 23:6; 弥 7:4)。
松树——敬虔人
(赛 60:13; 诗 92:12)。
比较所改变的
罗 6:19。
蒺藜——未开垦的象征
(赛 5:6)。
番石榴——希伯来文 Hedes,由此衍生哈大沙,以斯帖的原名。基督教会的预表;因为它是卑微却美丽、芬芳、常绿的灌木
(诗 92:13, 14)。
作为记号……永远的证据——为耶和华荣耀的永久记念
(耶 13:11; 33:9)。
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13. thorn--emblem of the wicked
(2Sa 23:6; Mic 7:4).
fir tree--the godly
(Isa 60:13; Ps 92:12).
Compare as to the change wrought,
Ro 6:19.
brier--emblem of uncultivation
(Isa 5:6).
myrtle--Hebrew, Hedes, from which comes Hedassah, the original name of Esther. Type of the Christian Church; for it is a lowly, though beautiful, fragrant, and evergreen shrub
(Ps 92:13, 14).
for a name . . . everlasting sign--a perpetual memorial to the glory of Jehovah
(Jer 13:11; 33:9).
赛 55:1-13。
外邦世界蒙召归信,是神先赐恩给犹太人的结果。
1. 一切——在以色列的特殊特权
(赛 54:1-17)
之后,随之而来的,是向普世外邦人的邀请
(路 24:47; 罗 11:12, 15)。
嘿——呼唤最恳切的注意。
渴——有深切的需要感
(太 5:6)。
水……酒和奶——一种递进。不仅是维持生命所必需的水,更有能使人坚固、振奋并滋养的酒和奶;所指乃福音的属灵福分
(赛 25:6; 歌 5:1; 约 7:37)。
"水",复数,表示丰盛
(赛 43:20;44:3)。
不用银钱——然而在
赛 55:2
中说"你们为何花费银钱"。这似乎是个 paradox。你们实在是属灵的破产者;却自以为有钱,即自己制造的虔诚,便将它挥霍在"不足为食物"的事上,即偶像——无论是字面的还是属灵的。
买……不用银钱——另一个 paradox。我们是被买来的,却不是用我们自己付的代价
(林前 6:20; 彼前 1:18, 19)。
在另一种意义上,我们要"买"救恩,即舍弃一切阻隔我们与基督之间的事物——基督已为我们买得了救恩——并使之成为我们自己的
(太 13:44, 46; 路 12:33; 启 3:18)。