在破碎中仍有盼望（耶五十二）中英bilingual

巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒率領全軍來攻擊耶路撒冷，...城被攻破，...用火焚燒耶和華的殿和王宮，又焚燒耶路撒冷的房屋，...殿的銅柱並殿內的盆座和銅海，迦勒底人都打碎了，將那銅運到巴比倫去了...（參耶 52：4、7、13、17） 

在耶利米書的最後一章，這段歷史的記載證明了耶利米預言的應驗。神的怒氣發作，耶路撒冷陷落在巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒的手中，聖殿和王宮被焚燒，人民被擄去。神的先知照著耶和華所吩咐而宣告的一切預言，也在此時一一成就了。 

耶利米先知傳講了四十年的預言，當時百姓不聽從他，君王甚至攻擊他，假先知也以虛假的預言欺騙百姓。國家即將滅亡的預言，在猶大人的耳中如同無稽之談；然而，神的話語雖不一定會立刻應驗，最終卻必定成就。 

信仰生活也是如此。我們在禱告中切切懇求，盼望困難能夠迎刃而解，求神展現祂大能的膀臂，親自扶持我們；但往往事情仍沒有進展，苦難依然緊緊壓迫著我們，讓人喘不過氣。那麼，我們禱告的手呢？會不會因為遲遲等不到回應，就漸漸停下來了呢？耶和華說：我的意念非同你們的意念；我的道路非同你們的道路。天怎樣高過地，照樣，我的道路高過你們的道路；我的意念高過你們的意念（賽 55：8-9）。神的安排自有祂的時候。我們或許無法明白，甚至在漫長的等待中感到疲憊，但信仰層次的提昇，正是在患難中學習更加倚靠神。即使眼前看不到答案，我們仍然可以相信，神必定有祂最美好的旨意。 

我先前怎樣留意將他們拔出、拆毀、毀壞、傾覆、苦害、也必照樣留意將他們建立、栽植，這是耶和華說的。（耶 31：28） 

雖然猶大面臨被擄的悲劇，但本章最後記載約雅斤獲釋，為全書留下了一線盼望。猶大受到神的管教，然而神的憐憫與恩典並沒有因此斷絕。先知的預言不只有猶大國的滅亡，也包含了歸回重建的應許。神不會離棄祂的子民，挫折和管教也不是終點，而是為了使我們成長，讓我們在破碎之中重新被建立。 

苦難令人難以承受，但神總會為我們預備一條出路。神所給的管教，是為了熬煉我們的心志，使我們能夠自省、認錯、悔改，重新立志歸向祂。當我們回頭看時，也許會發現，那些曾經以為過不去的艱難，反而成為神塑造我們、帶領我們更深認識祂的過程。 

在耶利米書中，我們看見耶利米先知雖遭受咒罵、凌辱甚至毆打，仍不畏艱難、忠心持守自己的使命，定意傳講神的話語——這些預言都在本章應驗了。那麼，在我們的信仰生活中，我們是否也願意相信，神的話語終必成全？在奔跑天國的道路上，我們所倚靠的，正是肉眼不可見卻真實存在的信心與盼望。願神帶領我們，即使身處苦難與漫長的等待中，仍然耐心等候祂的回應，相信祂的道路高過我們的道路，也在每一個生命的破碎與重建之中，看見祂的恩典始終與我們同在。 

主雖然以艱難給你當餅、以困苦給你當水、你的教師卻不再隱藏、你眼必看見你的教師。（賽 30：20） 

by 林予加

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Hope Still Exists Amid Brokenness (Jeremiah 52)

August 18, 2026

Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem... The city was besieged... He burned the house of the Lord, the king’s palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem... The bronze pillars which belonged to the house of the Lord and the stands and the bronze sea, which were in the house of the Lord, the Chaldeans broke in pieces and carried all their bronze to Babylon... (cf. NASB, Jeremiah 52:4, 7, 13, 17)

In the final chapter of the Bible of Jeremiah, the record of this history serves as proof that Jeremiah’s prophecies were fulfilled. The wrath of the Lord was kindled, Jerusalem fell into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the temple and the royal palace were burned down, and the people were carried away into captivity. All the prophecies declared by the prophet of God as commanded by the Lord were fulfilled one by one at this time.

The prophet Jeremiah preached these prophecies for forty years. At that time, the people refused to listen to him, the kings even persecuted him, and false prophets deceived the people with lying words. The prophecy that the nation was about to perish sounded like very nonsense in the ears of the people of Judah; nevertheless, though God’s word may not be fulfilled immediately, it will surely come to pass in the end.

Our life of faith is much the same. In our prayers, we plead earnestly, hoping that our difficulties may be resolved, asking God to display His mighty arm to uphold us directly; yet often, there is still no progress in our circumstances, and affliction continues to weigh heavily upon us, leaving us breathless. What about our hands raised in prayer, then? Will they gradually grow weary and stop because we wait so long without receiving an answer? "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways,” declares the Lord. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts" (NASB, Isaiah 55:8-9). God’s arrangements have His own appointed time. We may not be able to understand, and we may even feel exhausted during the long wait; yet the elevation of our faith occurs precisely as we learn to rely on God more deeply in the midst of trials. Even if we cannot see the answer before our eyes, we can still believe that God surely has His most wonderful will.

"And as I have watched over them to tear up, to tear down, to overthrow, to destroy, and to bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the Lord (NASB, Jeremiah 31:28). Although Judah faced the tragedy of captivity, the end of this chapter records the release of Jehoiachin, leaving a ray of hope for the entire book. Judah received God’s discipline, yet God’s mercy and grace were never severed because of it. The prophet’s message included not only the downfall of the kingdom of Judah, but also the promise of return and restoration. God will not forsake His people; setbacks and discipline are not the end, but are intended to bring us to maturity and to rebuild us out of our brokenness.

Affliction is hard to bear, yet God always prepares a way out for us. The discipline provided by God aims to refine our hearts, enabling us to examine ourselves, admit our faults, repent, and make a firm resolve to turn back to Him. When we look back, we may discover that the hardships we once thought impossible to endure actually became the very process through which God shaped us and led us to know Him more deeply.

In the Bible of Jeremiah, we observe that although the prophet Jeremiah suffered curse, humiliate, and even physical beatings, he nevertheless fearlessly and faithfully held fast to his mission, determined to declare God’s word—and these prophecies were all fulfilled in this chapter. So then, in our life of faith, are we also willing to believe that God’s word will ultimately be accomplished? On the path toward the heavenly kingdom, what we rely upon is precise faith and hope—unseen by human eyes, yet truly existing. May God lead us so that, even when surrounded by affliction and long waiting, we may still patiently wait for His response, believing that His ways are higher than our ways, and discerning His grace constantly abiding with us through every brokenness and restoration of life. 

"Although the Lord has given you bread of privation and water of oppression, He, your Teacher will no longer hide Himself, but your eyes will behold your Teacher" (NASB, Isaiah 30:20).

by Yu-Chia  Lin