Giê-rê-mi 7
Kinh Thánh Bản Truyền Thống ⇄ NET Bible
The Lord said to Jeremiah:
“Stand in the gate of the Lord’s temple and proclaim this message: ‘Listen, all you people of Judah who have passed through these gates to worship the Lord. Hear what the Lord has to say.
The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says: Change the way you have been living and do what is right. If you do, I will allow you to continue to live in this land.
Học hỏi thêmMantra đền thờ — Dân chúng lặp đi lặp lại "Đền thờ của Đức Giê-hô-va" như một bùa may mắn, cho rằng chính tòa nhà sẽ giữ an toàn cho họ. Đức Chúa Trời gọi đó là những lời dối trá. Đền thờ không thể thay thế sự công chính và sự vâng lời thật; tin cậy vào tòa nhà trong khi phớt lờ đường lối của Đức Chúa Trời sẽ dẫn đến sự hủy diệt.Stop putting your confidence in the false belief that says, “We are safe! The temple of the Lord is here! The temple of the Lord is here! The temple of the Lord is here!”
You must change the way you have been living and do what is right. You must treat one another fairly.
Stop oppressing foreigners who live in your land, children who have lost their fathers, and women who have lost their husbands. Stop killing innocent people in this land. Stop paying allegiance to other gods. That will only bring about your ruin.
If you stop doing these things, I will allow you to continue to live in this land which I gave to your ancestors as a lasting possession.
“‘But just look at you! You are putting your confidence in a false belief that will not deliver you.
You steal. You murder. You commit adultery. You lie when you swear on oath. You sacrifice to the god Baal. You pay allegiance to other gods whom you have not previously known.
Then you come and stand in my presence in this temple I have claimed as my own and say, “We are safe!” You think you are so safe that you go on doing all those hateful sins!
Học hỏi thêmHang trộm cướp — Chúa Giê-su trích dẫn cụm từ này khi Ngài thanh tẩy đền thờ. Hang trộm cướp là nơi ẩn náu mà bọn trộm cảm thấy an toàn sau tội ác của chúng. Dân chúng trộm cắp, giết người và thờ phượng các thần khác, rồi chạy đến nhà Đức Chúa Trời để ẩn náu, cho rằng sự thờ phượng sẽ xóa bỏ tội lỗi của họ.(MAT 21:13)Do you think this temple I have claimed as my own is to be a hideout for robbers? You had better take note! I have seen for myself what you have done! says the Lord.
Học hỏi thêmLời cảnh báo về Si-lô — Si-lô xưa kia là nơi đặt đền tạm và hòm giao ước — trung tâm hữu hình của sự hiện diện Đức Chúa Trời. Nhưng nó đã bị hủy diệt vì tội lỗi của Y-sơ-ra-ên. Giê-rê-mi dùng điều này làm lời cảnh báo: đền thờ Giê-ru-sa-lem cũng có thể bị hủy diệt nếu họ tiếp tục xúc phạm Đức Chúa Trời.So, go to the place in Shiloh where I allowed myself to be worshiped in the early days. See what I did to it because of the wicked things my people Israel did.
You also have done all these things, says the Lord, and I have spoken to you over and over again. But you have not listened! You have refused to respond when I called you to repent!
So I will destroy this temple which I have claimed as my own, this temple that you are trusting to protect you. I will destroy this place that I gave to you and your ancestors, just like I destroyed Shiloh.
And I will drive you out of my sight just like I drove out your relatives, the people of Israel.’”
Then the Lord said, “As for you, Jeremiah, do not pray for these people! Do not cry out to me or petition me on their behalf! Do not plead with me to save them, because I will not listen to you.
Do you see what they are doing in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
Học hỏi thêmNữ vương trên trời — "Nữ vương trên trời" là một nữ thần ngoại giáo được nhiều người Y-sơ-ra-ên thờ phượng. Giê-rê-mi mô tả cả gia đình cùng tham gia: con cái lượm củi, cha nhen lửa, đàn bà nhồi bột. Sự thờ hình tượng đã trở thành cuộc sống bình thường, tập trung vào gia đình — không phải là một tội lỗi riêng tư, bất thường.Children are gathering firewood, fathers are building fires with it, and women are mixing dough to bake cakes to offer to the goddess they call the Queen of Heaven. They are also pouring out drink offerings to other gods. They seem to do all this just to trouble me.
But I am not really the one being troubled!” says the Lord. “Rather they are bringing trouble on themselves to their own shame!
So,” the Lord God says, “my raging fury will be poured out on this land. It will be poured out on human beings and animals, on trees and crops. And it will burn like a fire which cannot be extinguished.”
The Lord said to the people of Judah, “The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says: ‘You might as well go ahead and add the meat of your burnt offerings to that of the other sacrifices and eat it, too!
Học hỏi thêmLễ vật đối lại sự vâng lời — Điều này nghe có vẻ mâu thuẫn, vì luật pháp bao gồm cả các lễ vật. Giê-rê-mi không phủ nhận điều đó; ông đang chỉ ra điều gì là quan trọng nhất. Tại Si-nai, mệnh lệnh nền tảng là sự trung thành với giao ước: "Hãy vâng lời ta." Các lễ vật được dự định để phát sinh từ sự vâng lời, chứ không phải thay thế nó.(EXO 19:5)Consider this: When I spoke to your ancestors after I brought them out of Egypt, I did not merely give them commands about burnt offerings and sacrifices.
I also explicitly commanded them: “Obey me. If you do, I will be your God and you will be my people. Live exactly the way I tell you and things will go well with you.”
But they did not listen to me or pay any attention to me. They followed the stubborn inclinations of their own wicked hearts. They acted worse and worse instead of better.
From the time your ancestors departed the land of Egypt until now, I sent my servants the prophets to you again and again, day after day.
But your ancestors did not listen to me nor pay attention to me. They became obstinate and were more wicked than even their own forefathers.’”
Then the Lord said to me, “When you tell them all this, they will not listen to you. When you call out to them, they will not respond to you.
So tell them: ‘This is a nation that has not obeyed the Lord their God and has not accepted correction. Faithfulness is nowhere to be found in it. These people do not even profess it anymore.
So, mourn, you people of this nation. Cut off your hair and throw it away. Sing a song of mourning on the hilltops. For the Lord has decided to reject and forsake this generation that has provoked his wrath!’”
The Lord says, “I have rejected them because the people of Judah have done what I consider evil. They have set up their disgusting idols in the temple which I have claimed for my own and have defiled it.
Học hỏi thêmTô-phết và Hi-nôm — Tô-phết là một nơi trong trũng Hi-nôm nơi trẻ con bị thiêu làm lễ vật dâng cho các thần ngoại giáo — điều mà Đức Chúa Trời phán là chưa từng nghĩ đến. Trũng này sau đó cho ra từ "Gê-hen-na" trong Tân Ước, một hình ảnh sống động về sự phán xét.They have also built places of worship in a place called Topheth in the Valley of Ben Hinnom so that they can sacrifice their sons and daughters by fire. That is something I never commanded them to do! Indeed, it never even entered my mind to command such a thing!
So, watch out!” says the Lord. “The time will soon come when people will no longer call those places Topheth or the Valley of Ben Hinnom. But they will call that valley the Valley of Slaughter and they will bury so many people in Topheth they will run out of room.
Then the dead bodies of these people will be left on the ground for the birds and wild animals to eat. There will not be any survivors to scare them away.
I will put an end to the sounds of joy and gladness, or the glad celebration of brides and grooms throughout the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem. For the whole land will become a desolate wasteland.”
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