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Am 8:1-14.
英文原文
Am 8:1-14.
VISION OF A BASKET OF SUMMER FRUIT SYMBOLICAL, OF ISRAEL'S END. RESUMING THE SERIES OF SYMBOLS INTERRUPTED BY AMAZIAH, AMOS ADDS A FOURTH. THE AVARICE OF THE OPPRESSORS OF THE POOR: THE OVERTHROW OF THE NATION: THE WISH FOR THE MEANS OF RELIGIOUS COUNSEL, WHEN THERE SHALL BE A FAMINE OF THE WORD.
1. summer fruit--Hebrew, kitz. In
Am 8:2
"end" is in Hebrew, keetz. The similarity of sounds implies that, as the summer is the end of the year and the time of the ripeness of fruits, so Israel is ripe for her last punishment, ending her national existence. As the fruit is plucked when ripe from the tree, so Israel from her land.
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2. 結局——
（結7:2、6）。
英文原文
2. end--
(Eze 7:2, 6).
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3. 殿中的詩歌——
（摩5:23）。
猶大聖殿（更恰當地說，是伯特利的“王家聖殿”，
摩7:13；
因為全章所論的都是以色列，不是猶大）中的歡樂詩歌將變為“哀號”。格勞修斯（Grotius）譯作“宮殿”；參
摩6:5
論那裡的詩歌。 但
摩5:23
和摩7:13
都支援英文版的譯法。
人必用寂靜將他們拋棄——不是如旁註所說“寂靜”。這是一個副詞，“寂靜地”。必有大屠殺，甚至來不及埋葬屍體[加爾文（Calvin）]。也沒有尋常職業的哀哭者
（摩5:16），
屍體只被靜悄悄地拋棄。也許還含有這樣的意思：無論對神（參
摩6:10）
還是對仇敵的恐懼，都使他們閉口無言。
英文原文
3. songs of . . . temple--
(Am 5:23).
The joyous hymns in the temple of Judah (or rather, in the Beth-el "royal temple,"
Am 7:13;
for the allusion is to Israel, not Judah, throughout this chapter) shall be changed into "howlings." GROTIUS translates, "palace"; compare
Am 6:5,
as to the songs there. But
Am 5:23, and Am 7:13,
favor English Version.
they shall cast them forth with silence--not as the Margin, "be silent." It is an adverb, "silently." There shall be such great slaughter as even to prevent the bodies being buried [CALVIN]. There shall be none of the usual professional mourners
(Am 5:16),
but the bodies will be cast out in silence. Perhaps also is meant that terror, both of God (compare
Am 6:10)
and of the foe, shall close their lips.
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4. 聽——首領們需要被如此勸勉，因為他們恨惡聽責備。
吞滅困苦人——或作“張口吞咬”，即垂涎他們的財物；該詞如此用法見
伯7:2，
旁註。
使貧窮人衰敗——“好使他們（自己）在地上獨自居住”
（賽5:8）。
英文原文
4. Hear--The nobles needed to be urged thus, as hating to hear reproof.
swallow up the needy--or, "gape after," that is, pant for their goods; so the word is used,
Job 7:2,
Margin.
to make the poor . . . to fail--"that they (themselves) may be placed alone in the midst of the earth"
(Isa 5:8).
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5. 他們貪圖不義之財，連一日都捨不得放下，無論那日多麼神聖。他們既與神生疏，又與自己為敵，因為愛市集之日勝過愛安息之日；人既失了敬虔，不久也必失了誠實。月朔
（民10:10）
和安息日都當守著不作工、不買賣
（尼10:31）。
擺出麥子——字面作“開啟”麥倉出售。
伊法——含三細亞，約合三佩克。
賣出……小——賣給買主時短少重量。
舍客勒大——向買主收取多於當收的銀錢重量。古時付款多用舍客勒稱量
（創23:16）。
如此他們違背律法，犯下雙重欺詐
（申25:13、14）。
英文原文
5. So greedy are they of unjust gain that they cannot spare a single day, however sacred, from pursuing it. They are strangers to God and enemies to themselves, who love market days better than sabbath days; and they who have lost piety will not long keep honesty. The new moons
(Nu 10:10)
and sabbaths were to be kept without working or trading
(Ne 10:31).
set forth wheat--literally, "open out" stores of wheat for sale.
ephah--containing three seahs, or above three pecks.
making . . . small--making it below the just weight to purchasers.
shekel great--taking from purchasers a greater weight of money than was due. Shekels used to be weighed out in payments
(Ge 23:16).
Thus they committed a double fraud against the law
(De 25:13, 14).
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6. 用銀子買……窮人……一雙鞋——即我們好強迫困苦人為銀子或任何價值微小的東西，把自己賣給我們作奴僕，無視
利25:39
的吩咐； 正是這事招致神的審判
（摩2:6）。
賣出……麥子中的渣滓——毫無營養之物，窮人因買不起麵粉，便以低價買來充飢。
英文原文
6. buy . . . poor for silver . . . pair of shoes--that is, that we may compel the needy for money, or any other thing of however little worth, to sell themselves to us as bondmen, in defiance of
Le 25:39;
the very thing which brings down God's judgment
(Am 2:6).
sell the refuse of . . . wheat--which contains no nutriment, but which the poor eat at a low price, being unable to pay for flour.
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7. 耶和華指著雅各的榮耀起誓——即指著祂自己起誓，因為雅各的後裔以祂為誇耀[毛勒（Maurer）]。更恰當地說，是指著以色列屬靈的特權——被收納為祂特有的子民[加爾文（Calvin）]——聖殿，以及象徵祂同在的舍金納。參
摩6:8，
那裡指耶和華的聖殿（參
摩4:2）。
永遠不忘——並非放過而不刑罰
（摩8:2； 何8:13；9:9）。
英文原文
7. Lord hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob--that is, by Himself, in whom Jacob's seed glory [MAURER]. Rather, by the spiritual privileges of Israel, the adoption as His peculiar people [CALVIN], the temple, and its Shekinah symbol of His presence. Compare
Am 6:8,
where it means Jehovah's temple (compare
Am 4:2).
never forget--not pass by without punishing
(Am 8:2; Ho 8:13; 9:9).
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8. 地……必全然漲起如水——地彷彿要全然化為一條氾濫的河（洪水是壓倒性災禍的象徵，
但9:26）。
坍塌淹滅等——被沖走並被淹沒，正如尼羅河氾濫時兩岸之地所遭遇的一樣
（摩9:5）。
尼羅河通常漲水二十英尺。水退之時便“吐出”淤泥和汙物
（賽57:20）。
英文原文
8. the land . . . rise up wholly as a flood--The land will, as it were, be wholly turned into a flooding river (a flood being the image of overwhelming calamity,
Da 9:26).
cast out and drowned, &c.--swept away and overwhelmed, as the land adjoining the Nile is by it, when flooding
(Am 9:5).
The Nile rises generally twenty feet. The waters then "cast out" mire and dirt
(Isa 57:20).
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9. “午間”升起的“黑暗”，是大災禍的象徵
（耶15:9； 結32:7-10）。
英文原文
9. "Darkness" made to rise "at noon" is the emblem of great calamities
(Jer 15:9; Eze 32:7-10).
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10. 禿頭——舉哀的記號
（賽15:2； 耶48:37； 結7:18）。
使這日子……如人喪獨生子之日——“這日子”，即“這地”
（摩8:9）。
我必使這地淪於父母為獨生子舉哀那樣的光景
（耶6:26； 亞12:10）。
英文原文
10. baldness--a sign of mourning
(Isa 15:2; Jer 48:37; Eze 7:18).
I will make it as . . . mourning of an only son--"it," that is, "the earth"
(Am 8:9).
I will reduce the land to such a state that there shall be the same occasion for mourning as when parents mourn for an only son
(Jer 6:26; Zec 12:10).
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11. 聽耶和華話語的饑荒——是對那些如今不願聽主先知的話、甚至如亞瑪謝那樣想要趕走他們之人的公義報應
（摩7:12）；
他們在患難之中要徒然尋求屬神的指引，正如先知如今所提供的
（結7:26； 彌3:7）。
參猶太人棄絕彌賽亞，以及祂因此棄絕他們
（太21:43）；
以及他們悔悟得太遲
（路17:22； 約7:34；8:21）。
照樣，浪子在“遠方”住了不多時，就在那“大饑荒”中“開始窮苦起來”
（路15:14；
參
撒上3:1；7:2）。
值得注意的是，猶太人的宗教幾乎是唯一能違背百姓本意而被廢除的宗教，因為它依附於一個特定的地方，即聖殿。當聖殿被毀，離開它便無法存在的摩西禮儀也就自然中止了。神的旨意本是如此：正如律法讓位給福音，照樣人人都當看見這是事實，儘管猶太人頑固地拒絕福音。
英文原文
11. famine of . . . hearing the words of the Lord--a just retribution on those who now will not hear the Lord's prophets, nay even try to drive them away, as Amaziah did
(Am 7:12);
they shall look in vain, in their distress, for divine counsel, such as the prophets now offer
(Eze 7:26; Mic 3:7).
Compare as to the Jews' rejection of Messiah, and their consequent rejection by Him
(Mt 21:43);
and their desire for Messiah too late
(Lu 17:22; Joh 7:34; 8:21).
So, the prodigal when he had sojourned awhile in the "far-off country, began to be in want" in the "mighty famine" which arose
(Lu 15:14;
compare
1Sa 3:1; 7:2).
It is remarkable that the Jews' religion is almost the only one that could be abolished against the will of the people themselves, on account of its being dependent on a particular place, namely, the temple. When that was destroyed, the Mosaic ritual, which could not exist without it, necessarily ceased. Providence designed it, that, as the law gave way to the Gospel, so all men should perceive it was so, in spite of the Jews' obstinate rejection of the Gospel.
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12. 從這海飄流到那海——即從死海到地中海，從東到西。
從……北……到……東——我們也許期望“從北到南”。但以色列與猶大之間疏遠至此，以致那時沒有一個以色列人願意往南去，即到耶路撒冷尋求宗教上的指教。這迴圈如
民34:3
等所記，只是省略了南方。他們“尋求耶和華的話”並非出於真誠順服神的心，而是在刑罰的壓力之下。
英文原文
12. they shall wander from sea to sea--that is, from the Dead Sea to the Mediterranean, from east to west.
from . . . north . . . to . . . east--where we might expect "from north to south." But so alienated was Israel from Judah, that no Israelite even then would think of repairing southward, that is, to Jerusalem for religious information. The circuit is traced as in
Nu 34:3,
&c., except that the south is omitted. Their "seeking the word of the Lord" would not be from a sincere desire to obey God, but under the pressure of punishment.
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13. 因乾渴而發昏——即乾渴想聽耶和華的話，因已失去一切別的安慰。少年強壯的尚且發昏，何況衰弱的呢
（賽40:30、31）！
英文原文
13. faint for thirst--namely, thirst for hearing the words of the Lord, being destitute of all other comfort. If even the young and strong faint, how much more the infirm
(Isa 40:30, 31)!
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14. 指著撒瑪利亞的罪起誓——即指牛犢
（申9:21； 何4:15）。
“指著……起誓”意為敬拜
（詩63:11）。
禮儀——即如“道”的用法
（詩139:24； 徒9:2），
指敬拜的方式。
但的神啊——指但的另一隻金牛犢
（王上22:26-30）。
活……活——更宜作“願你的神……活……願禮儀……活”。或作“（誠然）但的神啊，你活著”。這是他們起誓時的套語；不是“願耶和華活著！”或“耶和華活著！”
英文原文
14. swear by the sin of Samaria--namely, the calves
(De 9:21; Ho 4:15).
"Swear by" means to worship
(Ps 63:11).
The manner--that is, as "the way" is used
(Ps 139:24; Ac 9:2),
the mode of worship.
Thy god, O Dan--the other golden calf at Dan
(1Ki 22:26-30).
liveth . . . liveth--rather, "May thy god . . . live . . . may the manner . . . live." Or, "As (surely as) thy god, O Dan, liveth." This is their formula when they swear; not "May Jehovah live!" or, "As Jehovah liveth!"
摩8:1-14。
一筐夏天果子的異象， 象徵以色列的結局。 阿摩司接續被亞瑪謝 所打斷的象徵系列， 加上第四個。 欺壓貧寒者者的貪婪： 國家的傾覆： 當神的話語饑荒之時， 人渴望宗教指引而不得。
1. 夏天果子——希伯來文為 kitz。
摩8:2
的“結局”希伯來文為 keetz。兩者發音相近，暗示正如夏天是一年之末，也是果子成熟之時，照樣以色列已成熟，可受她最後的刑罰，結束她作為國家的存在。正如果子成熟時便從樹上摘下，照樣以色列也要從她的地上被拔出來。