21节关于绝望的圣经经文



  • 约伯、耶利米和以利亚都曾希望自己死去或祈求死亡(约伯记 3:11,耶利米书 20:14,列王纪上 19:4),保罗也写道他“甚至连活命的指望都绝了”(哥林多后书 1:8)。
  • 以利亚求死之后,上帝赐下了饼、水、睡眠,并借天使之口说:“这路程太远,你受不了”(列王纪上 19:7)。
  • 诗篇第 88 篇以“黑暗成了我的密友”结束,并没有像诗篇第 13 篇那样出现转向赞美的转折。
  • 耶利米哀歌 3:18 说从主而来的盼望断绝了,但三节经文之后,同一位说话者却说“因此,我仍有指望”,因为他回想起了上帝的怜悯。
  • 耶利米书 29:11 是写给巴比伦流亡者的信,信中设定了七十年后的回归。

The Bible gives hopelessness a voice in Job, the prophets and the psalms. Job curses the day he was born (Job 3:11), Elijah asks to die (1 Kings 19:4), Psalm 88 ends in darkness, and the exiles in Ezekiel 37:11 say “our hope is gone.” Other passages set against it a hope that rests on what God has done and promised. Lamentations 3:21 follows “all that I had hoped from the Lord” with “Yet this I call to mind and…

Continue reading with a subscription

Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.

Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.



了解 Christian Pure 的更多信息

立即订阅以继续阅读并访问完整档案。

继续阅读

Share to...