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Eze 19:1-14.
英文原文
Eze 19:1-14.
ELEGY OVER THE FALL OF DAVID'S HOUSE.
There is a tacit antithesis between this lamentation and that of the Jews for their own miseries, into the causes of which, however, they did not inquire.
1. princes of Israel--that is, Judah, whose "princes" alone were recognized by prophecy; those of the ten tribes were, in respect to the theocracy, usurpers.
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2. 你的母親——約雅斤的母親，就是與以西結一同被擄的大衛後裔的代表。「母親」是指猶大：「母獅」，因其捕食獵物時的兇猛
(Eze 19:3)，
指的是她異教的行徑。耶路撒冷在好的意義上被稱為亞利伊勒（Ariel；神的獅子）
(Isa 29:1)；
猶大被稱為「小獅子……獅子……老獅子」
(Ge 49:9)，
本段也暗指
Nu 23:24; 24:9。
在少壯獅子中……養大——她自己曾「躺臥」在獅子中，即與周圍異邦的敗壞相交，並以同樣的方式撫養幼小的王族：完全從亞伯拉罕的後裔退化。
躺臥——或作「蹲伏」，適合獅子；阿拉伯語中獅子之名即意為「蹲伏者」。
英文原文
2. thy mother--the mother of Jehoiachin, the representative of David's line in exile with Ezekiel. The "mother" is Judea: "a lioness," as being fierce in catching prey
(Eze 19:3),
referring to her heathenish practices. Jerusalem was called Ariel (the lion of God) in a good sense
(Isa 29:1);
and Judah "a lion's whelp . . . a lion . . . an old lion"
(Ge 49:9),
to which, as also to
Nu 23:24; 24:9,
this passage alludes.
nourished . . . among young lions--She herself had "lain" among lions, that is, had intercourse with the corruptions of the surrounding heathen and had brought up the royal young ones similarly: utterly degenerate from the stock of Abraham.
Lay down--or "couched," is appropriate to the lion, the Arab name of which means "the coucher."
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3. 小獅子——約哈斯，約西亞的兒子，被法老尼哥從利比拉帶到埃及為擄物
(2Ki 23:33)。
英文原文
3. young lion--Jehoahaz, son of Josiah, carried captive from Riblah to Egypt by Pharaoh-necho
(2Ki 23:33).
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4. 列國——指埃及，就約哈斯而言，他大概因試圖為父親報仇而攻擊埃及邊境城邑，激怒了法老
(2Ki 23:29, 30)。
坑中——取自用以捕捉野獸的陷阱的意象
(Jer 22:11, 12)。
鉤子——或作鉤，繫在野獸鼻中的鉤子（見
Eze 19:9
的註解）。
英文原文
4. The nations--Egypt, in the case of Jehoahaz, who probably provoked Pharaoh by trying to avenge the death of his father by assailing the bordering cities of Egypt
(2Ki 23:29, 30).
in their pit--image from the pitfalls used for catching wild beasts
(Jer 22:11, 12).
chains--or hooks, which were fastened in the noses of wild beasts (see on
Eze 19:9).
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5. 見自己等候、盼望滅了——即她久候的盼望落了空——約哈斯沒有從埃及歸還給她。
又取了她的一個小獅子——約雅敬，約哈斯的兄弟，照猶大的心願被法老立在王位上
(2Ki 23:34)。
英文原文
5. saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost--that is, that her long-waited-for hope was disappointed, Jehoahaz not being restored to her from Egypt.
she took another of her whelps--Jehoiakim, brother of Jehoahaz, who was placed on the throne by Pharaoh
(2Ki 23:34),
according to the wish of Judah.
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6. 在獅子中走來走去——效法周圍列王的肆無忌憚與暴虐
(Jer 22:13-17)。
抓……掠物——行惡，以欺壓滿足自己的私慾
(2Ki 23:37)。
英文原文
6. went up and down among the lions--imitated the recklessness and tyranny of the surrounding kings
(Jer 22:13-17).
catch . . . prey--to do evil, gratifying his lusts by oppression
(2Ki 23:37).
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7. 認識……荒涼的宮殿——即據為己有他們的宮殿，然後著手將之「荒涼」化。希伯來文字面意思是「寡婦」；因此是成為寡婦的宮殿
（賽十三22）。
VATABLUS（FAIRBAIRN 從其說）解釋為：「他認識（肉體上）了他所吞滅之人的寡婦」
（結十九6）。
但如此一來，比喻與字面事實便混雜在一起了：獅子被描繪為認識寡婦。然而，事實在別處也常常這樣突破比喻的帷幔。
其中所充滿的——即其中一切所有的；其中的居民。
英文原文
7. knew . . . desolate palaces--that is, claimed as his own their palaces, which he then proceeded to "desolate." The Hebrew, literally "widows"; hence widowed palaces
(Isa 13:22).
VATABLUS (whom FAIRBAIRN follows) explains it, "He knew (carnally) the widows of those whom he devoured"
(Eze 19:6).
But thus the metaphor and the literal reality would be blended: the lion being represented as knowing widows. The reality, however, often elsewhere thus breaks through the veil.
fulness thereof--all that it contained; its inhabitants.
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8. 列國——即迦勒底人、亞蘭人、摩押人和亞捫人
（王下二十四2）。
英文原文
8. the nations--the Chaldeans, Syrians, Moab, and Ammon
(2Ki 24:2).
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9. 用鉤子鉤住——
（代下三十六6； 耶二十二18）。
邊註作「鉤子」；或許指常穿在獸鼻中的鉤子；俘虜的鼻子也是如此，如亞述浮雕中所見（參
結十九4
的註解）。
聲音——即他的咆哮。
在山上不再被聽見——延續獅子的比喻，獅子在山上咆哮使其他一切走獸驚懼。王子雖國勢衰殘卻毫不減少的狂傲，如今要止息了。
英文原文
9. in chains--
(2Ch 36:6; Jer 22:18).
Margin, "hooks"; perhaps referring to the hook often passed through the nose of beasts; so, too, through that of captives, as seen in the Assyrian sculptures (see on
Eze 19:4).
voice--that is, his roaring.
no more be heard upon the mountains--carrying on the metaphor of the lion, whose roaring on the mountains frightens all the other beasts. The insolence of the prince, not at all abated though his kingdom was impaired, was now to cease.
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10. 一個取自葡萄樹的新比喻——葡萄樹是結果子的樹木之首，正如獅子是猛獸之首（參
結十七6）。
在血中——「當你在血中時被栽種」，即在你極其年幼之時；正如
結十六6，
當你剛從母腹出來，身上的血尚未洗淨之時。猶太人從起初就被栽於迦南，在那裡扎根〔CALVIN〕。GROTIUS 如邊註譯為「在你的安靜中」，即在猶大尚未陷入如今困境的時期。英文譯本較佳。GLASSIUS 保留比喻的解釋很好——CALVIN 的解釋破壞了比喻——「在你葡萄的血中」，即在她充滿力量之時，正如紅酒是葡萄的力量。
創四十九11
顯然是這裡所暗指的。
多水——水源充足的迦南地
（申八7-9）。
英文原文
10. A new metaphor taken from the vine, the chief of the fruit-bearing trees, as the lion is of the beasts of prey (see
Eze 17:6).
in thy blood--"planted when thou wast in thy blood," that is, in thy very infancy; as in
Eze 16:6,
when thou hadst just come from the womb, and hadst not yet the blood washed from thee. The Jews from the first were planted in Canaan to take root there [CALVIN]. GROTIUS translates as the Margin, "in thy quietness," that is, in the period when Judah had not yet fallen into her present troubles. English Version is better. GLASSIUS explains it well, retaining the metaphor, which CALVIN'S explanation breaks, "in the blood of thy grapes," that is, in her full strength, as the red wine is the strength of the grape.
Ge 49:11
is evidently alluded to.
many waters--the well-watered land of Canaan
(De 8:7-9).
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11. 堅固的枝幹——大衛王室的首領。葡萄樹伸出枝條如同許多權杖，不像許多葡萄樹那樣低伏地面蔓延，而是被高架在樹或牆上。提及他們先前的王室尊嚴，與她如今的衰敗狀態形成悲哀的對比，將使猶太人想起他們招致如此審判的罪。
身量——
（但四11）。
在茂密的枝條中——即樹的中心主幹在環繞它的「自己的枝條」或分枝中長得最高。象徵百姓的人數和資源。HENGSTENBERG 譯為「在雲中」。但
結三十一3、10、14
支持英文譯本。
英文原文
11. strong rods--princes of the royal house of David. The vine shot forth her branches like so many scepters, not creeping lowly on the ground like many vines, but trained aloft on a tree or wall. The mention of their former royal dignity, contrasting sadly with her present sunken state, would remind the Jews of their sins whereby they had incurred such judgments.
stature--
(Da 4:11).
among the thick branches--that is, the central stock or trunk of the tree shot up highest "among its own branches" or offshoots, surrounding it. Emblematic of the numbers and resources of the people. HENGSTENBERG translates, "among the clouds." But
Eze 31:3, 10, 14,
supports English Version.
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12. 拔出——不是漸漸枯乾。國家的突然傾覆，旨在喚醒猶太人從麻木中醒悟，看見神在這國家審判中的作為。
東風——（參
結十七10
的註解）。
英文原文
12. plucked up--not gradually withered. The sudden upturning of the state was designed to awaken the Jews out of their torpor to see the hand of God in the national judgment.
east wind--(See on
Eze 17:10).
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13. 栽種——即移栽。葡萄樹就全國而言雖已「枯乾」，但就神對在巴比倫之餘民的憐憫而言，卻說是「移栽」的。
乾旱……地——迦勒底水源充足、土地肥沃；但所指的乃是被擄百姓的處境，而非那地的處境。
英文原文
13. planted--that is, transplanted. Though already "dried up" in regard to the nation generally, the vine is said to be "transplanted" as regards God's mercy to the remnant in Babylon.
dry . . . ground--Chaldea was well-watered and fertile; but it is the condition of the captive people, not that of the land, which is referred to.
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14. 火……從她枝幹中的一根發出——猶太人的災禍不應歸咎於迦勒底人，而應歸咎於他們自己；「從枝幹中發出的火」是神的忿怒，因西底家的背誓而點燃
（結十七18）。
「耶和華的怒氣」被列為容許西底家背叛巴比倫的原因
（王下二十四20；
參
士九15），
從而引尼布甲尼撒前來攻擊耶路撒冷。
沒有堅固的枝幹……作掌權的權杖——大衛家不再有王統治這國。至少在「主（「彌賽亞」， 詩一一零2； 賽十一1）
從錫安伸出能力的杖」之前不會——祂要先作屬靈的王，其後作字面上的王。
是……並要作為哀歌——哀歌的一部分（論約哈斯和約雅敬的）已是已成就的歷史；一部分（論西底家的）尚待應驗；或者說，這預言既已成為哀歌的題材，也將成為遠方後裔的哀歌。
英文原文
14. fire . . . out of a rod of her branches--The Jews' disaster was to be ascribed, not so much to the Chaldeans as to themselves; the "fire out of the rod" is God's wrath kindled by the perjury of Zedekiah
(Eze 17:18).
"The anger of the Lord" against Judah is specified as the cause why Zedekiah was permitted to rebel against Babylon
(2Ki 24:20;
compare
Jud 9:15),
thus bringing Nebuchadnezzar against Jerusalem.
no strong rod . . . sceptre to rule--No more kings of David's stock are now to rule the nation. Not at least until "the Lord shall send the rod of His strength ("Messiah,"
Ps 110:2; Isa 11:1)
out of Zion," to reign first as a spiritual, then hereafter as a literal king.
is . . . and shall be for a lamentation--Part of the lamentation (that as to Jehoahaz and Jehoiakim) was matter of history as already accomplished; part (as to Zedekiah) was yet to be fulfilled; or, this prophecy both is a subject for lamentation, and shall be so to distant posterity.
Eze 19:1-14.
為大衛家的傾覆所作的哀歌。
本哀歌與猶太人為自己苦難所作的哀哭之間，存在著含蓄的對比——然而他們並未追究自己苦難的原因。
1. 以色列的王——即猶大，因為惟有猶大的「首領」為預言所承認；十支派的王，就神權政治而言，都是篡位者。