以「被棄的銀渣」為戒(耶六)中英bilingual

他們都是極悖逆的,往來讒謗人。他們是銅是鐵,都行壞事。風箱吹火,鉛被燒毀;他們煉而又煉,終是徒然;因為惡劣的還未除掉。人必稱他們為被棄的銀渣,因為耶和華已經棄掉他們。(耶 6:28-30)。 


「被棄的銀渣」是神透過先知耶利米,對猶大百姓做出的最終鑑定。古代煉銀是將礦石高溫熔煉,除去渣滓(如鉛、鋅)留下純銀。聖經記載數點人數或課徵殿税等,都必須繳交銀子,銀子的屬靈涵義有「贖罪」、「贖命」之意,獻上贖罪銀係感念蒙神救贖之恩,也是對不慎玷污聖物的補償。 
本章神藉先知持續傳警告,並以苦難熬煉猶大,目的是除去他們的罪孽、煉淨他們的靈命;但主卻說這些選民都是「極悖逆、是銅是鐵」,他們壞事做盡、硬心到底,即便反覆熔煉仍是渣滓,雖是神的兒女,卻對神的作為毫無反應,可見其信仰品性腐敗至極,且拒絕悔改,煉而再煉仍無果效,如此悖逆早已耗盡神對其長久的寬容,在人神共憤下,走上被棄之路實屬意料之中。 

人子啊,以色列家在我看為渣滓。他們都是爐中的銅、錫、鐵、鉛,都是銀渣滓。所以主耶和華如此說:因你們都成為渣滓,我必聚集你們在耶路撒冷中。人怎樣將銀、銅、鐵、鉛、錫聚在爐中,吹火鎔化;照樣,我也要發怒氣和忿怒,將你們聚集放在城中,鎔化你們。我必聚集你們,把我烈怒的火吹在你們身上,你們就在其中鎔化。銀子怎樣鎔化在爐中,你們也必照樣鎔化在城中,你們就知道我耶和華是將忿怒倒在你們身上了。(結 22:18-22)。  

這是神對不信選民所倒的忿怒之杯,亦是人人必然面臨的終極審判。曾經幾次聽聞慕道許久的朋友或主內未信家人,因信心不足長年對受洗乙事再三拖延,已領受寶貴聖靈者,仍躊躇不決、不願將生命獻給神,若在洗禮前夕突然離世,噩耗傳來更是令人不勝唏噓;然我們已經在主裡的人,更當思想表面的敬虔是無法取代內在的真實悔改,反覆拒絕神的話,最終可能落到「無法再煉」的地步。 

主所應許的尚未成就,有人以為他是耽延,其實不是耽延,乃是寬容你們,不願有一人沉淪,乃願人人都悔改。(彼後 3:9)。  

By黃靖淳

 
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Take Warning from the “Rejected Silver” (Jeremiah 6)

July 3, 2026


All of them are stubbornly rebellious, Going about as a slanderer; They are bronze and iron. They are, all of them, corrupt. The bellows blow fiercely, The lead is consumed by the fire; In vain the refining goes on, But the wicked are not separated. They call them rejected silver, Because the Lord has rejected them.

(Jeremiah 6:28-30 NASB2020)


“Rejected silver” is the LORD’s final verdict upon the people of Judah through the prophet Jeremiah.In ancient times, silver was refined by heating ore at high temperatures to remove impurities(such as lead and zinc), leaving behind pure silver.Throughout the Bible, silver was often used as the payment for atonement or ransom, symbolizing the price of redemption. The redemption money offered before God reminded His people of His saving grace and also served as compensation when His holy things had been violated.

In this chapter, God repeatedly warned Judah through His prophet and refined them through suffering, intending to remove their iniquity and purify their spiritual lives. Yet the LORD declared that His chosen people were “stubbornly rebellious” and were “bronze and iron.”They had become utterly corrupt and remained hard-hearted to the very end. No matter how often they were refined, they remained nothing but dross. Though they were God’s children , they showed no response to His work, revealing hearts that had become thoroughly corrupted and unwilling to repent. Even repeated refining produced no change. Such persistent rebellion had exhausted God’s long-suffering patience, under offensive to both God and man, their rejection became inevitable.


“Son of man, the house of Israel has become waste metal to Me; all of them are bronze, tin, iron, and lead in the smelting furnace; they are the waste metal of silver. Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: ‘Because all of you have become waste metal, therefore, behold, I am going to gather you into the midst of Jerusalem. As they gather silver, bronze, iron, lead, and tin into the smelting furnace to blow fire on it in order to melt it, so I will gather you in My anger and in My wrath, and I will place you there and melt you. And I will gather you and blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and you will be melted in the midst of it. As silver is melted in the furnace, so you will be melted in the midst of it; and you will know that I, the Lord, have poured out My wrath on you.’ ”

(Ezekiel 22:18-22 NASB2020)


This is the cup of wrath that God pours out upon His unbelieving people, and it also foreshadows the final judgment that every person must face one day. Over the years, I have heard of truth seekers who delayed baptism for a long time because of weak faith, as well as family members within the church who repeatedly postponed dedicating their lives to God despite having received the precious Holy Spirit. When someone unexpectedly passes away before taking that final step of obedience, the news is especially heartbreaking.

As for those of us who are already in Christ, we should remember that an outward appearance of godliness can never replace true repentance inward. If we continually reject God’s word, we may eventually reach the point where no further refining can accomplish.


The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not willing for any to perish, but for all to come to repentance.

(2 Peter 3:9 NASB2020)


By  

Ching-Chun Huang

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