以賽亞書2:6-22

2:6 耶和華，你離棄了你百姓雅各家，是因他們充滿了東方的風俗，作觀兆的，像非利士人一樣，並與外邦人擊掌。
2:7 他們的國滿了金銀，財寶也無窮；他們的地滿了馬匹，車輛也無數。
2:8 他們的地滿了偶像；他們跪拜自己手所造的，就是自己指頭所做的。
2:9 卑賤人屈膝；尊貴人下跪；所以不可饒恕他們。
2:10 你當進入巖穴，藏在土中，躲避耶和華的驚嚇和他威嚴的榮光。
2:11 到那日，眼目高傲的必降為卑；性情狂傲的都必屈膝；惟獨耶和華被尊崇。
2:12 必有萬軍耶和華降罰的一個日子，要臨到驕傲狂妄的；一切自高的都必降為卑；
2:13 又臨到黎巴嫩高大的香柏樹和巴珊的橡樹；
2:14 又臨到一切高山的峻嶺；
2:15 又臨到高臺和堅固城牆；
2:16 又臨到他施的船隻並一切可愛的美物。
2:17 驕傲的必屈膝；狂妄的必降卑。在那日，惟獨耶和華被尊崇；
2:18 偶像必全然廢棄。
2:19 耶和華興起，使地大震動的時候，人就進入石洞，進入土穴，躲避耶和華的驚嚇和他威嚴的榮光。
2:20 到那日，人必將為拜而造的金偶像、銀偶像拋給田鼠和蝙蝠。
2:21 到耶和華興起，使地大震動的時候，人好進入磐石洞中和巖石穴裡，躲避耶和華的驚嚇和他威嚴的榮光。
2:22 你們休要倚靠世人。他鼻孔裡不過有氣息；他在一切事上可算甚麼呢？

How the faithful city

has become a whore!

She that was full of justice,

righteousness lodged in her—

but now murderers!

Your silver has become dross,

your wine is mixed with water.

Your princes are rebels

and companions of thieves.

Everyone loves a bribe

and runs after gifts.

They do not defend the orphan,

and the widow’s cause does not come before them.

Therefore says the Sovereign, the Lord of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel:

Ah, I will pour out my wrath on my enemies,

and avenge myself on my foes!

I will turn my hand against you;

I will smelt away your dross as with lye

and remove all your alloy.

And I will restore your judges as at the first,

and your counselors as at the beginning.

Afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness,

the faithful city.

Zion shall be redeemed by justice,

and those in her who repent, by righteousness.

But rebels and sinners shall be destroyed together,

and those who forsake the Lord shall be consumed.

For you shall be ashamed of the oaks

in which you delighted;

and you shall blush for the gardens

that you have chosen.

For you shall be like an oak

whose leaf withers,

and like a garden without water.

The strong shall become like tinder,

and their work like a spark;

they and their work shall burn together,

with no one to quench them.

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    在主耶穌的講道中說到末世的狀況，就像先知以賽亞在這裡所說的一樣。讓我們看見人是害怕面對的榮光，因為這會凸顯出人的有罪與卑微，使人覺得自己是不配的，是無法站立得住與可以面對的！

    然而在那一日，不僅人在上帝面前站立不住，其它的偶像在上帝面前也算不得甚麼，就要被丟棄了，因為上帝使這些偶像凸顯出它們的無用和無能，正如先知在這裡所說的：「在那日，惟獨耶和華被尊崇；偶像必全然廢棄。」「到那日，人必將為拜而造的金偶像、銀偶像拋給田鼠和蝙蝠。」

    也因為如此，先知在此宣告：「你們休要倚靠世人。他鼻孔裡不過有氣息；他在一切事上可算甚麼呢？」

    是的，我們不要去倚靠人的勢力，也不要去討好人。唯有上帝才是我們永遠的倚靠，唯有祂能保守我們到與永遠遠！