我們今天讀到的只是這長篇章節中的一小段。

在這段經文中，先知嚴厲譴責耶路撒冷放蕩的行為。

她從天主那裡得到了各種各樣的恩惠，卻淪為淫婦，甚至為她的情人付錢。

先知使用了極度粗俗的語言，因為他是一位特別致力於維護聖潔的祭司，他對百姓的行為感到震驚。

他們放棄了對天主的信賴，轉而依靠政治聯盟，變得像其他國家一樣，而不是成為獻身於天主的子民。

天主將以最嚴厲的方式懲罰這一切。

然而，厄則克耳也宣告了一件新的事：天主的寬恕不再取決於悔改，相反，它將是一種白白賜予的恩典，促成悔改。

我們每天都能在生活中體會到這一點：我們的悔改源自於天主的創造性寬恕。

如此，我們的感恩之心將與困惑交織在一起，「我們在困惑中將歸於無聲」。

What we read today is only a short section of a long chapter. In it, the prophet bitterly reproaches Jerusalem because of her wanton behavior. After receiving all kinds of benefits from the Lord, she has become an adulteress, even paying for her lovers.

The prophet uses a very crude language, as a priest particularly committed to keep the holy purity, he is horrified by the behavior of the people. They abandon their trust in the Lord to rely on political alliances, thus becoming like other states, instead of being a people consecrated to the service of the Lord.

The Lord will punish all this in the most terrible way.

Still, Ezekiel announces something new: God’s forgiveness will not depend on conversion, on the contrary, it will be a gratuitous act creating conversion.

We find it in our lives every day: our conversion follows the creative forgiveness of the Lord. In this way, our gratitude will be mixed with confusion “and we in our confusion will be reduced to silence.”