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Jer 23:1-40.
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英文原文
Jer 23:1-40.
THE WICKED RULERS TO BE SUPERSEDED BY THE KING, WHO SHOULD REIGN OVER THE AGAIN UNITED PEOPLES, ISRAEL AND JUDAH.
This forms the epilogue to the denunciations of the four kings, in
Jer 21:1-22:30.
1. pastors--Shallum, Jehoiakim, Jeconiah, and Zedekiah
(Eze 34:2).
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2. 你們沒有……看顧他們……我必刑罰你們——公義的報應。「看顧」一詞雙關。「刑罰」，即 in wrath，在怒中
（Ex 32:34）。
英文原文
2. Ye have not . . . visited them . . . I will visit upon you--just retribution. Play upon the double sense of "visit." "Visit upon," namely, in wrath
(Ex 32:34).
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3, 4. 預言猶大從巴比倫歸回，所用的語言在其完全的意義上只能適用於「猶大」與「以色列」最終的歸回（比較
Jer 23:6）；
又如本節與
Jer 23:8
中的「從各國」；以及「一個也不缺」，即沒有一個會失落或與其餘的分離：這是從未完全應驗的預言。這也適用於屬靈的以色列——猶太人與外邦人中的選民
（Mal 3:16, 17； Joh 10:28; 17:12）。
至於字面的以色列，參見
Jer 32:37； Isa 54:13; 60:21； Eze 34:11-16。
牧人……牧養他們——
（Jer 3:15； Eze 34:23-31）。
所羅巴伯、以斯拉、尼希米與馬加比人，不過是彌賽亞之下這些預言最終應驗的預表。
英文原文
3, 4. Restoration of Judah from Babylon foretold in language which in its fulness can only apply to the final restoration of both "Judah" and "Israel" (compare
Jer 23:6);
also "out of all countries," in this verse and
Jer 23:8;
also, "neither shall they be lacking," that is, none shall be missing or detached from the rest: a prophecy never yet fully accomplished. It holds good also of the spiritual Israel, the elect of both Jews and Gentiles
(Mal 3:16, 17; Joh 10:28; 17:12).
As to the literal Israel also, see
Jer 32:37; Isa 54:13; 60:21; Eze 34:11-16.
shepherds . . . shall feed them--
(Jer 3:15; Eze 34:23-31).
Zerubbabel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and the Maccabees were but typical of the consummating fulfilment of these prophecies under Messiah.
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5. 彌賽亞預言跨越多年，期間發生了許多與之相符的政治變遷，它藉著更為有效的多樣性展示了其豐富，勝過一次性全部展現。隨著猶太人在每一種情況中的道德狀況所需，彌賽亞便以相應的層面被展現，從而越來越成為國家生命的靈魂：以致祂被描繪為預表實體的以色列
(賽 49:3)。
大衛——HENGSTENBERG 觀察到，以賽亞更多著墨於祂的先知與祭司職分，這些已在某種程度上被預示
(申 18:18； 詩 110:4)。
其他先知更多著墨於祂的君王職分。因此此處祂與「大衛」這王相連：但在
賽 11:1
中，則與當時貧窮無名的「耶西」相連。
公義的苗裔——即「公義的苗裔」
(耶 33:15)；
單作「苗裔」
(亞 3:8；6:12)；
「耶和華的苗裔」
(賽 4:2)。
順利——正是應用於彌賽亞事業的詞
(賽 52:13
旁註；
賽 53:10)。
公義或公正是彌賽亞在他處也具有的特徵，與我們的救恩或稱義相連
(賽 53:11； 但 9:24； 亞 9:9)。
照樣在新約中，祂不僅自己是「義的」，更是「我們的義」
(林前 1:30)，
使我們成為「在祂裏面神的義」
(羅 10:3, 4； 林後 5:19-21； 腓 3:9)。
在地上施行公平和公義——
(詩 72:2； 賽 9:7；32:1, 18)。
不僅是屬靈的掌權——如祂作「我們的義」那樣的意義——而是在地上公義的掌權
(耶 3:17, 18)。
在某些經文中說祂來審判，在另一些中說祂來掌權。在
太 25:34
中，祂被稱為「王」。
詩 9:7
將二者合一。參見
但 7:22, 26, 27。
英文原文
5. As Messianic prophecy extended over many years in which many political changes took place in harmony with these, it displayed its riches by a variety more effective than if it had been manifested all at once. As the moral condition of the Jews required in each instance, so Messiah was exhibited in a corresponding phase, thus becoming more and more the soul of the nation's life: so that He is represented as the antitypical Israel
(Isa 49:3).
unto David--HENGSTENBERG observes that Isaiah dwells more on His prophetical and priestly office, which had already been partly set forth
(De 18:18; Ps 110:4).
Other prophets dwell more on His kingly office. Therefore here He is associated with "David" the king: but in
Isa 11:1
with the then poor and unknown "Jesse."
righteous Branch--"the Branch of righteousness"
(Jer 33:15);
"The Branch" simply
(Zec 3:8; 6:12);
"The Branch of the Lord"
(Isa 4:2).
prosper--the very term applied to Messiah's undertaking
(Isa 52:13,
Margin;
Isa 53:10).
Righteousness or justice is the characteristic of Messiah elsewhere, too, in connection with our salvation or justification
(Isa 53:11; Da 9:24; Zec 9:9).
So in the New Testament He is not merely "righteous" Himself, but "righteousness to us"
(1Co 1:30),
so that we become "the righteousness of God in Him"
(Ro 10:3, 4; 2Co 5:19-21; Php 3:9).
execute judgment and justice in the earth--
(Ps 72:2; Isa 9:7; 32:1, 18).
Not merely a spiritual reign in the sense in which He is "our righteousness," but a righteous reign "in the earth"
(Jer 3:17, 18).
In some passages He is said to come to judge, in others to reign. In
Mt 25:34,
He is called "the King."
Ps 9:7
unites them. Compare
Da 7:22, 26, 27.
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6. 猶大……以色列……安然居住——試與 Jer 33:16 比較，該處以「耶路撒冷」取代此處的「以色列」。至今只有猶大，且僅僅一部分，已經歸回。猶太人至今遠未享受此處所預言、作為彌賽亞掌權結果的屬世福氣，反倒十八個世紀以來處境較以往更為淒慘。因此，這應驗必仍在未來，那時猶大和以色列要在自己的地上安然居住，在一個遠勝舊約神權政體的基督掌權之下，享有更豐厚的特權（Jer 32:37；De 33:28；Isa 54:1-17；60:1-22；65:17-25；Zec 14:11）。
必稱為……主——即必是（Isa 9:6）「耶和華」，這是神那不可傳遞的名。雖然這名應用於受造之物時，只表達它們與耶和華之間某種特殊的關聯（Ge 22:14；Ex 17:15），但應用於彌賽亞時，卻必須表達祂在向我們稱義的大能中所彰顯的神性（1Ti 3:16）。
我們的——標示出祂的人性，這也隱含於祂是給大衛興起的苗裔之中，由此而有祂的人性稱號「大衛的子孫」（參 Mt 22:42-45）。
義——標示出祂的神性，因為惟有神能稱不敬虔之人為義（參 Ro 4:5；Isa 45:17、24、25）。
英文原文
6. Judah . . . Israel . . . dwell safely--Compare
Jer 33:16,
where "Jerusalem" is substituted for "Israel" here. Only Judah, and that only in part, has as yet returned. So far are the Jews from having enjoyed, as yet, the temporal blessings here foretold as the result of Messiah's reign, that their lot has been, for eighteen centuries, worse than ever before. The accomplishment must, therefore, be still future, when both Judah and Israel in their own land shall dwell safely under a Christocracy, far more privileged than even the old theocracy
(Jer 32:37; De 33:28; Isa 54:1-17; 60:1-22; 65:17-25; Zec 14:11).
shall be called, the Lord--that is, shall be
(Isa 9:6)
"Jehovah," God's incommunicable name. Though when applied to created things, it expresses only some peculiar connection they have with Jehovah
(Ge 22:14; Ex 17:15),
yet when applied to Messiah it must express His Godhead manifested in justifying power towards us
(1Ti 3:16).
our--marks His manhood, which is also implied in His being a Branch raised unto David, whence His human title, "Son of David" (compare
Mt 22:42-45).
Righteousness--marks His Godhead, for God alone can justify the ungodly (compare
Ro 4:5; Isa 45:17, 24, 25).
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7、8. 重複自 Jer 16:14、15。先知屢次述說同樣的事，為使他的話更有印象。此處的應許與 Jer 23:3、4 相同。猶太人在巴比倫被擄時的廣泛分散，預表他們現今更廣泛的分散（Isa 11:11；Joe 3:6）。他們第二次的拯救必遠勝前一次從埃及的拯救。但從巴比倫的拯救，在所行的奇蹟和獲救的人數上，都遜於從埃及的拯救。因此，此處所指必是在彌賽亞之下最終的拯救，而從巴比倫的拯救不過是其憑據。
英文原文
7, 8. Repeated from
Jer 16:14, 15.
The prophet said the same things often, in order that his sayings might make the more impression. The same promise as in
Jer 23:3, 4.
The wide dispersion of the Jews at the Babylonish captivity prefigures their present wider dispersion
(Isa 11:11; Joe 3:6).
Their second deliverance is to exceed far the former one from Egypt. But the deliverance from Babylon was inferior to that from Egypt in respect to the miracles performed and the numbers delivered. The final deliverance under Messiah must, therefore, be meant, of which that from Babylon was the earnest.
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9. 因那些先知——馬所拉學家和塔根如此讀。但《武加大譯本》、《七十士譯本》等將此作為本預言的標題：「論那些先知」：如 Jer 46:2；48:1；49:1。耶利米表達他對那些所謂「先知」的驚駭——罪惡如此可怕地氾濫，可怕審判即將接踵而至，他們卻不警告百姓。
骨頭發顫——（Hab 3:16）。
醉酒——神的審判被描繪為如同酒一般使人昏迷。聖靈的作為也被比作酒的效應（Ac 2:17）。在兩種情形下都產生了狂喜狀態。這解釋了為何要禁止那些可能受感說話的人——拿細耳人等——飲酒（Lu 1:15）。這是為了使人無法將受感的狂喜歸因於酒的效力。
因……聖……言語——因耶和華聖潔的言語，祂以此威脅即將對違犯祂律法的人施行嚴厲的刑罰。
英文原文
9. because of the prophets--so the Masorites and Targum. But Vulgate, Septuagint, &c., make this the inscription of the prophecy, CONCERNING THE PROPHETS: as in
Jer 46:2; 48:1; 49:1.
Jeremiah expresses his horror at the so-called "prophets" not warning the people, though iniquity so fearfully abounded, soon to be followed by awful judgments.
bones shake--
(Hab 3:16).
drunken--God's judgments are represented as stupefying like wine. The effects of the Holy Spirit also are compared to those of wine
(Ac 2:17).
In both cases ecstasy was produced. This accounts for the denial of wine to those likely to be inspired, Nazarites, &c.
(Lu 1:15).
It was necessary to put it out of men's power to ascribe inspired ecstasy to the effects of wine.
because of . . . words of . . . holiness--because of Jehovah's holy words, wherewith He threatened severe penalties, soon to be inflicted, against the breakers of His law.
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10. 行淫的——屬靈意義上，即離棄以色列真正丈夫神
(Isa 54:5)
而隨從偶像的人，是在假「先知」
(Jer 23:9, 15)
的煽動之下。
字面的淫亂和苟合，作為偶像崇拜常見的伴隨物，也包括在內。
起誓——MAURER 等人譯作：「因（神的）咒詛，地就悲哀」
(De 27:15-26; 28:15-68； Isa 24:6)。
約西亞時代律法書的尋獲和宣讀，使律法的咒詛得到非同尋常的傳揚
(2Ki 22:11
等)。但
Ho 4:2, 3
支持英文譯本（參
Jer 12:4)。
神因祭司、先知和百姓的「褻瀆」
(Jer 23:11)，
降旱災於沙漠中的牧場（「草場」，即綠洲）。
行……惡——他們（先知和百姓都）奔向邪惡
(Jer 23:21； Isa 59:7)。
力……不正——他們的力量不用於公義的一邊，而用於虛謊的一邊。
英文原文
10. adulterers--spiritual, that is, forsakers of God, Israel's true Husband
(Isa 54:5)
for idols, at the instigation of the false "prophets"
(Jer 23:9, 15).
Literal adultery and fornication, the usual concomitants of idolatry, are also meant.
swearing--MAURER, &c., translate, "Because of the curse (of God on it), the land mourneth"
(De 27:15-26; 28:15-68; Isa 24:6).
More than usual notoriety had been given to the curses of the law, by the finding and reading of it in Josiah's time
(2Ki 22:11,
&c.). But
Ho 4:2, 3,
favors English Version (compare
Jer 12:4).
A drought was sent by God on the pastures ("pleasant places," oases) in the desert, on account of the "profaneness" of the priests, prophets, and people
(Jer 23:11).
course . . . evil--They (both prophets and people) rush into wickedness
(Jer 23:21; Isa 59:7).
force . . . not right--Their powers are used not on the side of rectitude, but on that of falsehood.
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11. 褻瀆——
(Eze 23:39； Zep 3:4)。
在我殿中——
(Jer 7:30)。
他們竟在聖殿內為偶像築壇
(2Ki 23:12； Eze 8:3-16)。
關於在聖所之下貪婪，請比較
Mt 21:13； Joh 2:16。
英文原文
11. profane--
(Eze 23:39; Zep 3:4).
in my house--
(Jer 7:30).
They built altars to idols in the very temple
(2Ki 23:12; Eze 8:3-16).
Compare as to covetousness under the roof of the sanctuary,
Mt 21:13; Joh 2:16.
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12. 幽暗中滑溜的路——他們的「路」就是那對他們致命的假教訓
(Jer 13:16； Ps 35:6； Pr 4:19)。
我必降禍……追討——比已經加於他們的更重的災禍。見
Jer 11:23
註釋；
「追討」，即在烈怒中。
英文原文
12. slippery ways in . . . darkness--Their "way" is their false doctrine which proves fatal to them
(Jer 13:16; Ps 35:6; Pr 4:19).
I will bring evil . . . visitation--still more calamities than those already inflicted. See on
Jer 11:23;
"visitation," namely, in wrath.
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13. 愚妄——字面作「無味」、「乏味」
(Job 6:6)，
沒有敬虔的鹽
(Col 4:6)。
奉巴力——即奉巴力之名；與其敬拜有關（見
Jer 2:8)。
使……走錯——
(Isa 9:16)。
英文原文
13. folly--literally, "insipidity," "unsavouriness"
(Job 6:6),
not having the salt of godliness
(Col 4:6).
in Baal--in the name of Baal; in connection with his worship (see
Jer 2:8).
caused . . . to err--
(Isa 9:16).
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14. 「耶路撒冷」和猶大甚至比「撒瑪利亞」和十支派更壞；前者的特權越大，罪咎也越大。他們中間有聖殿，是十支派所沒有的；然而他們在聖殿本身之中也行拜偶像之事。
堅固……作惡之人的手——
(Eze 13:22)。
如所多瑪——
(De 32:32； Isa 1:10)。
英文原文
14. "Jerusalem" and Judah were even worse than "Samaria" and the ten tribes; the greater were the privileges of the former, the greater was their guilt. They had the temple in their midst, which the ten tribes had not; yet in the temple itself they practised idolatry.
strengthen . . . hands of evildoers--
(Eze 13:22).
as Sodom--
(De 32:32; Isa 1:10).
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15. 苦膽——即毒藥（見
Jer 8:14
的註解；
Jer 9:15）。
英文原文
15. gall--poison (see on
Jer 8:14;
Jer 9:15).
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16. 使你們虛空——他們誘惑你們趨向虛空，即偶像崇拜，這對你們將成為虛妄的倚靠
(Jer 2:5； 2Ki 17:15； Jon 2:8)，
〔GESENIUS〕。應作「他們以虛假的安全應許迷惑你們」
(Jer 23:17；
參
Ps 62:10)
〔MAURER〕。
隨自己心意——即出於自己的杜撰
(Jer 23:21； Jer 14:14)。
英文原文
16. make you vain--They seduce you to vanity, that is, idolatry, which will prove a vain trust to you
(Jer 2:5; 2Ki 17:15; Jon 2:8),
[GESENIUS]. Rather, "they delude you with vain promises of security"
(Jer 23:17;
compare
Ps 62:10)
[MAURER].
of their own heart--of their own invention
(Jer 23:21; Jer 14:14).
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17. 常對……說——希伯來文作「說了又說」，即不停地說。
平安——
(Jer 6:14； Eze 13:10； Zec 10:2)。
心意——希伯來文作「頑梗」。
沒有災禍——
(Mic 3:11)。
英文原文
17. say still--Hebrew, "say in saying," that is, say incessantly.
peace--
(Jer 6:14; Eze 13:10; Zec 10:2).
imagination--Hebrew, "obstinacy."
no evil--
(Mic 3:11).
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18. 此處說明為何必不聽假先知：他們沒有站在耶和華的議會中（比喻東方君王召開議會時，臣僕以站立之姿侍立於側）（參耶二十三22；伯十五8）。
惟獨屬靈的人享有此特權
（創十八17；詩二十五14；摩三7；約十五15；林前二16）。
英文原文
18. A reason is given why the false prophets should not be heeded: They have not stood in the counsels of Jehovah (an image from ministers present in a standing posture at councils of Eastern kings) (compare
Jer 23:22; Job 15:8).
The spiritual man alone has the privilege
(Ge 18:17; Ps 25:14; Am 3:7; Joh 15:15; 1Co 2:16).
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19. 與假先知所說百姓將有一切興盛相反
(Jer 23:17)，
為他們所預備的乃是忿怒。
暴風——直譯為「旋轉」，即自我盤旋的旋風、龍捲風。在
Jer 30:23
中，「連續不斷的」取代了「暴風」。
猛然落下——它必被猛然摔下。
英文原文
19. So far from all prosperity awaiting the people as the false prophets say
(Jer 23:17),
wrath is in store for them.
grievous--literally, "eddying," whirling itself about, a tornado. In
Jer 30:23,
"continuing" is substituted for "grievous."
fall grievously--it shall be hurled on.
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20. 在……末後的日子*——即「他們受罰的年」
(Jer 23:12)。
首先意為：猶太人現在不会「明白」神的警告
(De 32:29)；
但當預言在他們巴比倫被擄中應驗時，他們就必明白，並在痛苦的經歷中看見自己罪的愚妄。預言的最終指向是：猶太人在他們最終的分散中，終必「明白」自己的罪，並「完全」地歸向彌賽亞
(Ho 3:5; Zec 12:5, 10-14; Lu 13:35)。
英文原文
20. in . . . latter days--that is, "the year of their visitation"
(Jer 23:12).
Primarily the meaning is: the Jews will not "consider" now God's warnings
(De 32:29);
but when the prophecies shall be fulfilled in their Babylonish exile, they will consider and see, by bitter experience, their sinful folly. The ultimate scope of the prophecy is: the Jews, in their final dispersion, shall at last "consider" their sin and turn to Messiah "perfectly"
(Ho 3:5; Zec 12:5, 10-14; Lu 13:35).
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21. 差遣……說話*——「差遣」指最初的呼召：「說話」指隨後所給予要執行的吩咐。承擔牧者之職，不僅需要人方面外在的呼召，還需要神所賜內在的呼召
[CALVIN]。
英文原文
21. sent . . . spoken--"sent" refers to the primary call: "spoken" to the subsequent charges given to be executed. A call is required, not only external, on the part of men, but also internal from God, that one should undertake a pastor's office [CALVIN].
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22. 站在……會中——
(Jer 23:18)。
他們就當使他們回頭離開他們的惡道——他們本應給百姓這樣的勸戒，使他們離罪回轉
(Jer 25:5； Isa 55:11)，
從而避免刑罰。他們不教導那彰顯神旨意的律法，證明他們不是祂的先知，雖然他們自誇如此
(Mt 7:15-20)。
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22. stood in . . . counsel--
(Jer 23:18).
they should have turned them from their evil way--They would have given such counsels to the people as would have turned them from their sins
(Jer 25:5; Isa 55:11),
and so would have averted punishment. Their not teaching the law in which God's counsel is set forth proves they are not His prophets, though they boast of being so
(Mt 7:15-20).
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23. 不要讓假先知以為他們的計謀
(Jer 23:25)
我不曉得。你們竟如此無知，以為我只能看見離我近的事——即天上的事——而不能看見地上的事，因為太遠了嗎？
英文原文
23. Let not the false prophets fancy that their devices
(Jer 23:25)
are unknown to Me. Are ye so ignorant as to suppose that I can only see things near Me, namely, things in heaven, and not earthly things as being too remote?
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24.
（詩一三九7
等；摩九2-3）。
充滿天地——以我的無所不知、護理、大能和本體
（王上八27）。
英文原文
24.
(Ps 139:7, &c.; Am 9:2, 3).
fill heaven and earth--with My omniscience, providence, power, and essential being
(1Ki 8:27).
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25. 做了夢——我藉着夢領受了先知的啟示
(Nu 12:6； De 13:1 等等； Joe 2:28)。
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25. dreamed--I have received a prophetic communication by dream
(Nu 12:6; De 13:1, &c. Joe 2:28).
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26. 先知——與常用的希伯來文形式不同，是「說預言的人」之意。「這些販賣預言的人說謊言說預言，要到幾時呢？」耶利米這樣喊着說，無法忍受他們不虔的狂妄。答案在
Jer 23:29-34。
英文原文
26. prophets--a different Hebrew form from the usual one, "prophesiers." "How long," cries Jeremiah, impatient of their impious audacity, "shall these prophecy-mongers go on prophesying lies?" The answer is given in
Jer 23:29-34.
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27. 他們「想」要使我的百姓完全忘記我。但我必以我的真先知對抗那些做夢的人。
列祖……巴力——
（士三7，八33-34）。
英文原文
27. They "think" to make My people utterly to forget Me. But I will oppose to those dreamers my true prophets.
fathers . . . for Baal--
(Jud 3:7; 8:33, 34).
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28. 神回答可能被提出的異議：「那麼，當謊言被當作真理來說、先知反對先知之時，我們該怎麼辦呢？」要像麥子與糠枇混在一起時那樣行：不要因麥中混了糠枇就棄掉麥子，卻要在假的和真的啟示之間加以分辨。試驗的準則在於是否忠於、或忘記我和我的律法
(Jer 23:27)。
有夢的——那自稱藉夢領受了神的啟示的，就讓他「忠實地」說出來，好與「我的話」比較
(2Co 4:2)。
結果將會顯明，前者（那些先知和他們的虛構）很快就被看出是糠枇；後者（真先知和他們口中的神的話）是麥子
(Ps 1:4； Ho 13:3)。
英文原文
28. God answers the objection which might be stated, "What, then, must we do, when lies are spoken as truths, and prophets oppose prophets?" Do the same as when wheat is mixed with chaff: do not reject the wheat because of the chaff mixed with it, but discriminate between the false and the true revelations. The test is adherence to, or forgetfulness of, Me and My law
(Jer 23:27).
that hath a dream--that pretends to have a divine communication by dream, let him tell it "faithfully," that it may be compared with "my word"
(2Co 4:2).
The result will be the former (both the prophets and their fictions) will soon be seen to be chaff; the latter (the true prophets and the word of God in their mouth) wheat
(Ps 1:4; Ho 13:3).
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29. 正如「火」燒盡「糠枇」
[Jer 23:28]，
照樣「我的話」必燒滅假先知
(Mt 3:12； Heb 4:12)。
「我的話」既是「麥子」
[Jer 23:28]，
即對真先知和他的聽眾為糧食，也是燒滅人的「火」和壓碎人的「錘」
(Mt 21:44)，
對假先知和他的跟從者也是如此
(2Co 2:16)。
假先知的話可以從牠們應許人在罪中平安而被認出。相反，「我的話」燃燒竝打碎剛硬的心
(Jer 20:9)。
「錘」象徵毀滅的權能
(Jer 50:23； Na 2:1，
旁註)。
英文原文
29. As the "fire" consumes the "chaff,"
[Jer 23:28],
so "My word" will consume the false prophets
(Mt 3:12; Heb 4:12).
"My word" which is "wheat"
[Jer 23:28],
that is, food to the true prophet and his hearers, is a consuming "fire," and a crushing "hammer"
(Mt 21:44)
to false prophets and their followers
(2Co 2:16).
The Word of the false prophets may be known by its promising men peace in sin. "My word," on the contrary, burns and breaks the hard-hearted
(Jer 20:9).
The "hammer" symbolizes destructive power
(Jer 50:23; Na 2:1,
Margin).
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30. 偷我的話——雙重的抄襲；一個從另一個偷，全都從耶和華的真先知那裡偷話語，卻誤用（參耶二十八2；約十1；啟二十二19）。
英文原文
30. steal my words--a twofold plagiarism; one steals from the other, and all steal words from Jehovah's true prophets, but misapply them (see
Jer 28:2; Joh 10:1; Re 22:19).
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31. 用——不如作「取」他們的舌頭：第二類人（參耶二十三30）為要產生啟示，除了他們的舌頭之外什麼也不需要，他們說：他（耶和華）說；他們連公式都弄錯——不是常用的「耶和華說」，只能說「（他）說」。
英文原文
31. use--rather, "take" their tongue: a second class (compare
Jer 23:30)
require, in order to bring forth a revelation, nothing more than their tongues, wherewith they say, He (Jehovah) saith: they bungle in the very formula instead of the usual "Jehovah saith," being only able to say "(He) saith."
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32. 第三類：謊言的編造者：這是三者中的高峰，也是最惡劣的。
妄為——放縱的虛構
（番三4）。
無益——即大大損害。
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32. Third class: inventors of lies: the climax, and worst of the three.
lightness--wanton inventions
(Zep 3:4).
not profit--that is, greatly injure.
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33. 什麼重擔——利用希伯來文的雙重含義：既是神諭，又是重擔。他們譏誚地問：他有什麼新的重擔（沉重的神諭：因他一切的預言都是災禍）要宣布嗎
（瑪一1）？
耶利米憤慨地重複他們自己的問題：你們問什麼重擔？這就是了：「我必撇棄你們。」我的話在你們眼中是重擔，你們巴不得擺脫它。你們必如願以償。不再有預言了：我必撇棄你們——這對你們將是遠更可怕的「重擔」。
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33. What is the burden--play on the double sense of the Hebrew: an oracle and a burden. They scoffingly ask, Has he got any new burden (burdensome oracle: for all his prophecies are disasters) to announce
(Mal 1:1)?
Jeremiah indignantly repeats their own question, Do you ask, What burden? This, then, it is, "I will forsake you." My word is burdensome in your eyes, and you long to be rid if it. You shall get your wish. There will be no more prophecy: I will forsake you, and that will be a far worse "burden" to you.
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34. 默示——凡以嘲笑稱耶和華的話為「默示」的，必在怒氣中被刑罰（旁註）。
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34. The burden--Whoever shall in mockery call the Lord's word "a burden," shall be visited (Margin) in wrath.
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35. 我的審判的結果將是：你們此後要更加恭敬地對先知說話，不再稱他的信息為默示，而是神的回應或話語。「耶和華回答了甚麼？」
英文原文
35. The result of My judgments shall be, ye shall address the prophet more reverentially hereafter, no longer calling his message a burden, but a divine response or word. "What hath the LORD answered?"
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36. 各人的話……他的默示——牠們既譏誚地將一切預言稱為默示，彷彿災禍是預言唯一的主題，這就必照樣成為牠們的結局。神必照牠們自己的話對待牠們。
永生的神——不像牠們的啞巴偶像那樣沒有生命，而是永遠活着，能施行懲罰。
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36. every man's word . . . his burden--As they mockingly call all prophecies burdens, as if calamities were the sole subject of prophecy, so it shall prove to them. God will take them at their own word.
living God--not lifeless as their dumb idols, ever living so as to be able to punish.
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39. 我必……忘記你們——對他們忘記祂的公義報應
（何四6）。
但神不可能忘記祂的兒女
（賽四十九15）。
不如將「忘記」譯作：「我必將你們全然抬起（如抬『重擔』，暗指他們對神信息所用的嘲弄詞語）並拋棄。」神讓他們的惡言落到自己頭上 [CALVIN]。比較耶二十三36：「各人的話必作自己的重擔。」
英文原文
39. I will . . . forget you--just retribution for their forgetting Him
(Ho 4:6).
But God cannot possibly forget His children
(Isa 49:15).
Rather for "forget" translate, "I will altogether lift you up (like a 'burden,' alluding to their mocking term for God's messages) and cast you off." God makes their wicked language fall on their own head [CALVIN]. Compare
Jer 23:36:
"every man's word shall be his burden."
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40. 永不忘記——若我們按英文版那樣翻譯
Jer 23:39，
則對比是：雖然我忘記你們，你們的羞辱卻不被忘記。
英文原文
40. not be forgotten--If we translate
Jer 23:39
as English Version, the antithesis is, though I forget you, your shame shall not be forgotten.
Jer 23:1-40.
惡牧者將被那要作王治理重新聯合之以色列與猶大二民的王所取代
這構成了對四王譴責的尾聲，見
Jer 21:1-22:30。
1. 牧人——沙龍、約雅敬、約雅斤與西底家
（Eze 34:2）。