旧约 - 那鸿书(Nahum)第2章

An attacker advances against you, Nineveh. Guard the fortress, watch the road, brace yourselves, marshal all your strength!
The LORD will restore the splendor of Jacob like the splendor of Israel, though destroyers have laid them waste and have ruined their vines.
The shields of his soldiers are red; the warriors are clad in scarlet. The metal on the chariots flashes on the day they are made ready; the spears of pine are brandished.
The chariots storm through the streets, rushing back and forth through the squares. They look like flaming torches; they dart about like lightning.
He summons his picked troops, yet they stumble on their way. They dash to the city wall; the protective shield is put in place.
The river gates are thrown open and the palace collapses.
It is decreed that the city be exiled and carried away. Its slave girls moan like doves and beat upon their breasts.
Nineveh is like a pool, and its water is draining away. "Stop! Stop!" they cry, but no one turns back.
Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold! The supply is endless, the wealth from all its treasures!
She is pillaged, plundered, stripped! Hearts melt, knees give way, bodies tremble, every face grows pale.
Where now is the lions' den, the place where they fed their young, where the lion and lioness went, and the cubs, with nothing to fear?
The lion killed enough for his cubs and strangled the prey for his mate, filling his lairs with the kill and his dens with the prey.
"I am against you," declares the LORD Almighty. "I will burn up your chariots in smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions. I will leave you no prey on the earth. The voices of your messengers will no longer be heard."
那鸿书第二章   第 2 章 

  鸿 2 章 > 第 2 章所说的预言结果如何? 

  2 章 这章经文的预言在公元前 612 年应验了,那时候,巴比伦及米甸的联军攻陷了这个看来坚固的尼尼微。 

  鸿 2:2> “雅各和以色列”,不是同一个人吗,怎么── 

  2:2 亚述已经夺取甚至捣毁北国以色列,并在公元前 722 年将其子民掳走(参王下 17:3-6 ; 18:9-11 );如今亚述又攻击南国(在此作“雅各”),并强迫他们进贡。 

  鸿 2:6> “河闸开放”是真有其事,还是…… 

  2:6 经文提到河闸开放,可用作形容敌人蜂拥而进,仿佛洪水决堤( 1:8 ),或真指一次洪水泛滥。有学者指出,考古发掘出的那河闸乃是用来堵截河水的。所以,假若有大量河水积聚,河闸又被打开的话,河水便会泛滥,淹没尼尼微。 

  鸿 2:12-3:1> 公狮、母狮──亚述,把它的洞穴充满──战利品,可怕…… 

  2:12-3:1 亚述财富的主要来源乃是从别国抢夺回来的掳物。他们为了过奢侈的生活,掠夺无辜人的财物,以致贫者愈贫,富者愈富。这种“劫贫济富”的行为,是令神生气的罪恶。因此,作为基督徒,我们必须站稳立场,反对这种恶行。 

  鸿 2:13> 毁灭来时再悔改,还来得及吗? 

  2:13 神曾给尼尼微城居民一个悔改的机会,他们也委实因听了约拿的警告而抓住这机会悔改了。但如今他们重蹈覆辙,结果带来毁灭。无论是人、城市还是国家都有一个界限,若是逾越而过,便无回头之路;亚述就是超过了这个界限,因此招来神的毁灭。所以,我们必须警戒人,趁着还有时间便当悔改。──《灵修版圣经注释》