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De 30:1-10.
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De 30:1-10.
GREAT MERCIES PROMISED UNTO THE PENITENT.
1-10. when all these things are come upon thee, . . . and thou shalt return . . . then the Lord thy God will turn thy captivity--The hopes of the Hebrew people are ardently directed to this promise, and they confidently expect that God, commiserating their forlorn and fallen condition, will yet rescue them from all the evils of their long dispersion. They do not consider the promise as fulfilled by their restoration from the captivity in Babylon, for Israel was not then scattered in the manner here described--"among all the nations," "unto the utmost parts of heaven"
(De 30:4).
When God recalled them from that bondage, all the Israelites were not brought back. They were not multiplied above their fathers
(De 30:5),
nor were their hearts and those of their children circumcised to love the Lord
(De 30:6).
It is not, therefore, of the Babylonish captivity that Moses was speaking in this passage; it must be of the dispersed state to which they have been doomed for eighteen hundred years. This prediction may have been partially accomplished on the return of the Israelites from Babylon; for, according to the structure and design of Scripture prophecy, it may have pointed to several similar eras in their national history; and this view is sanctioned by the prayer of Nehemiah
(Ne 1:8, 9).
But undoubtedly it will receive its full and complete accomplishment in the conversion of the Jews to the Gospel of Christ. At the restoration from the Babylonish captivity, that people were changed in many respects for the better. They were completely weaned from idolatry; and this outward reformation was a prelude to the higher attainments they are destined to reach in the age of Messiah, "when the Lord God will circumcise their hearts and the hearts of their seed to love the Lord." The course pointed out seems clearly to be this: that the hearts of the Hebrew people shall be circumcised
(Col 2:2);
in other words, by the combined influences of the Word and spirit of God, their hearts will be touched and purified from all their superstition and unbelief. They will be converted to the faith of Jesus Christ as their Messiah--a spiritual deliverer, and the effect of their conversion will be that they will return and obey the voice (the Gospel, the evangelical law) of the Lord. The words may be interpreted either wholly in a spiritual sense
(Joh 11:51, 52),
or, as many think, in a literal sense also
(Ro 11:1-36).
They will be recalled from all places of the dispersion to their own land and enjoy the highest prosperity. The mercies and favors of a bountiful Providence will not then be abused as formerly
(De 31:20; 32:15).
They will be received in a better spirit and employed to nobler purposes. They will be happy, "for the Lord will again rejoice over them for good, as He rejoiced over their fathers."
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De 30:11-14.
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申 30:11-14.
誡命是明顯的。
11-14. 因我今日所吩咐你的這誡命……不是隱藏的……也不是離你遠的——摩西講論的主題——愛神並順服神的律法——為以色列人所熟知。他們不能以不知道其存在和要求為藉口。這律法並非像不可測透的奧秘那樣隱藏在天上，因為它已經啟示出來；也沒有像危險的發現那樣被嚴加保密、不讓百姓知曉；因為他們當中最年幼、最卑微的人都受了那些真理的教導，而在別國，那些真理卻是智慧和偉人們殷切研究和探索的對象。他們不必像許多古代哲士那樣踏上漫長的旅程或遠航去尋求知識。他們享有與之親密相識的獨特特權。它在他們中間是日常交談的話題，銘刻在他們的記憶中，並常常在他們心中被解明和諄諄教誨。使徒保羅
(羅 10:6-8)
將這段話應用於福音，因為基督的律法在實質上與摩西的律法相同，只是在其屬靈的性質和廣泛的應用上顯示得更為清楚；而且，加上福音恩典的助力，它是可行而容易的。
英文原文
De 30:11-14.
THE COMMANDMENT IS MANIFEST.
11-14. For this commandment . . . is not hidden . . . neither is it far off--That law of loving and obeying God, which was the subject of Moses' discourse, was well known to the Israelites. They could not plead ignorance of its existence and requirements. It was not concealed as an impenetrable mystery in heaven, for it had been revealed; nor was it carefully withheld from the people as a dangerous discovery; for the youngest and humblest of them were instructed in those truths, which were subjects of earnest study and research among the wisest and greatest of other nations. They were not under a necessity of undertaking long journeys or distant voyages, as many ancient sages did in quest of knowledge. They enjoyed the peculiar privilege of a familiar acquaintance with it. It was with them a subject of common conversation, engraven on their memories, and frequently explained and inculcated on their hearts. The apostle Paul
(Ro 10:6-8)
has applied this passage to the Gospel, for the law of Christ is substantially the same as that of Moses, only exhibited more clearly in its spiritual nature and extensive application; and, accompanied with the advantages of Gospel grace, it is practicable and easy.
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De 30:15-20.
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申 30:15-20.
將生死陳明在以色列人面前。
15-20. 看哪，我今日將生與福、死與禍陳明在你面前——即一個美好快樂的人生，或悖逆悲慘的人生，兩者之間的抉擇。愛神並遵行祂的旨意，是唯一能確保那些福分、避免那些禍患的途徑。抉擇之權留給他們；在敦促他們作出明智選擇的動機時，摩西越講越激昂，語氣變得莊嚴而動人，正如保羅對以弗所長老們的告別一樣
(徒 20:26, 27)。
英文原文
De 30:15-20.
DEATH AND LIFE ARE SET BEFORE THE ISRAELITES.
15-20. See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil--the alternative of a good and happy, or a disobedient and miserable life. Love of God and compliance with His will are the only ways of securing the blessings and avoiding the evils described. The choice was left to them, and in urging upon them the inducements to a wise choice, Moses warmed as he proceeded into a tone of solemn and impressive earnestness similar to that of Paul to the elders of Ephesus
(Ac 20:26, 27).
申 30:1-10.
向悔改者所應許的大憐憫。
1-10. 這一切事臨到你……而你歸回……那時耶和華你的神必救回你被擄的人——希伯來民族的盼望熱切地指向這應許，他們滿懷信心地期待神憐憫他們孤苦淪落的處境，終必救他們脫離其長期散居的一切災禍。他們並不認為這應許已經因從巴比倫被擄歸回而應驗，因為那時以色列並未如這裡所描述的那樣"在萬國中"、"在天邊"被分散
(申 30:4)。
當神把他們從那奴役中召回時，並非所有以色列人都歸回。他們沒有多於他們的列祖
(申 30:5)，
他們和他們兒女的心也沒有受割禮去愛耶和華
(申 30:6)。
因此，摩西在此段所說的，並非巴比倫之囚；必定是指他們一千八百年來所遭的散居狀態。這預言可能已在他們從巴比倫歸回時部分應驗；因為按聖經預言的結構和設計，它可指向他們國家歷史中幾個類似的時代；這觀點也為尼希米的禱告所認可
(尼 1:8, 9)。
但無疑，它將在猶太人歸向基督福音時得到完全而徹底的應驗。從巴比倫之囚歸回時，那一民在許多方面變得更好。他們徹底戒除了偶像崇拜；這外在的改革是彌賽亞時代他們將達到的更高成就的序曲——"那時耶和華神必給他們和他們的後裔行割禮，使他們愛耶和華"。所指出的途徑看來清楚是這樣：希伯來人的心將受割禮
(西 2:2)；
換言之，借著神的道和靈的聯合運行，他們的心將被觸動，從一切迷信和不信中得著潔淨。他們將歸信耶穌基督為他們的彌賽亞——一位屬靈的拯救者，他們歸信的結果便是他們要回轉、聽從耶和華的話（即福音、福音的律法）。這些話可全然按屬靈意義解釋
(約 11:51, 52)，
或如許多人所想，也可按字面意義解釋
(羅 11:1-36)。
他們將從散居的各地被召回本國，享受最高的昌盛。那時豐盛神的憐憫和恩惠將不再如從前那樣被濫用
(申 31:20; 32:15)。
它們將以更好的心靈領受、用於更高尚的目的。他們將要快樂，"因為耶和華必再喜悅他們、使他們得福，正如喜悅他們的列祖一樣"。