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2026年8月20日｜耶利米哀歌灵修

📖 经文

耶利米哀歌 5:21
「耶和华啊，求你使我们向你回转，我们便得回转；求你复新我们的日子，像古时一样。」

创世记 2:8
「耶和华神在东方的伊甸立了一个园子……」

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✦ 灵修分享

「求你复新我们的日子，像古时一样。」

这里「古时」的希伯来文是 qedem（קֶדֶם），有「从前、古时」的意思，在不同语境中也可以表示「东方」。

很有意思的是，《创世记》2:8提到「东方的伊甸」时，也出现了 qedem 这个词。

这让人产生一个美丽的灵修联想：

回转，是不是也在带我们回到起初？

起初的伊甸，没有人与神之间的躲藏和隔绝。
人活在神的同在中，享受祂创造的美好。

后来罪进入世界，人离开了伊甸，生命也进入破碎。

而《耶利米哀歌》在一片废墟中发出祷告：

「求你使我们向你回转。」

真正的复兴，不只是环境恢复，不只是回到过去的好日子，而是人重新回到神面前。

从创世记的伊甸，到启示录生命树再次出现，整本圣经让我们看见一个宏大的恢复：

创造 → 失落 → 回转 → 复新 → 恢复同在

所以「像古时一样」，也让我们遥望更深的起初——
那创造原有的美好，那人与神没有隔绝的关系。

回到 qedem。
回到起初。
回到祂的同在。
让祂复新我们的日子。

不是单单回到昨天，
而是回到祂起初创造我们时所定的美好。

Back to the Beginning — Renew Our Days

August 20, 2026 | Devotional on Lamentations

📖 Scripture

Lamentations 5:21
“Turn us to yourself, Yahweh, and we will be turned. Renew our days as of old.”

Genesis 2:8
“Yahweh God planted a garden eastward, in Eden…”

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✦ Devotional Reflection

“Renew our days as of old.”

The Hebrew word translated “of old” here is qedem (קֶדֶם), meaning “former times” or “ancient days.” In different contexts, the same Hebrew word can also mean “east” or “eastward.”

Interestingly, in Genesis 2:8, when Scripture speaks of the garden in Eden “eastward,” the word qedem also appears.

This gives us a beautiful devotional connection:

Could turning back to God also be a journey back to the beginning?

In the beginning, in Eden, there was no hiding or separation between humanity and God. Humanity lived in His presence and enjoyed the goodness of His creation.

Then sin entered the world. Humanity left Eden, and brokenness entered human life.

Against the backdrop of ruins, Lamentations cries out:

“Turn us to yourself.”

True revival is not merely the restoration of our circumstances. It is not simply a return to better days in the past. It is people returning to God Himself.

From Eden in Genesis to the reappearance of the tree of life in Revelation, the whole Bible reveals a great story of restoration:

Creation → Loss → Return → Renewal → Restored Presence

So the words “as of old” can also lead our hearts to look even further back—to the beginning:
to the original goodness of creation, and to the relationship in which there was no separation between humanity and God.

Back to qedem.
Back to the beginning.
Back to His presence.
Let Him renew our days.

Not simply back to yesterday,
but back to the goodness He intended for us from the beginning.