一、更重的咒诅——因着人第二次的堕落，神宣布了更重的咒诅：“地开了囗，从你手里接受你兄弟的血；现在你必从这地受咒诅。你种地，地不再给你效力”（创四11-12）。
二、流离飘荡——神又告诉该隐：“你必流离飘荡在地上。”（创四12）。甚么是飘荡？飘荡，或流荡，就是没有目标，没有家，没有满足，没有安息。飘荡的人没有住处，没有安慰;他不断在地上流荡，从一地飘流到另一地。神告诉该隐，他要成为这样一个飘荡的人。然而，这还是个有怜悯的判决。无论何时，该隐若悔改并寻求神的赦免，主还是乐于赦免他的。但请听该隐对神怜悯之判决的反应，丝毫没有悔改的意思。该隐不过是和神讨价还价，说他要被赶逐离开地的面。
该隐并没有悔改。他恐惧的辩论著。他不是惧怕神，只是怕被别人杀害。他为甚么有这畏惧？因为他杀了他的兄弟。你若对盗窃一无所知，就不会存着别人会抢你东西的思想。然而你若抢过别人的东西，就会意识到被人抢的危险。该隐怕被人杀害，因为他杀了他的兄弟。因此，该隐并没有悔改，只是和神辩论，说，“凡遇见我的必杀我。”该隐知道他没有保障。然而，神是有恩慈的。祂总是照着我们所能接受的，对我们有恩慈。“耶和华对他说，凡杀该隐的必遭报七倍。耶和华就给该隐立一个记号，免得人遇见他就杀他”（创四15）。
三、被赶离开神的面——该隐不悔改，走他自己的路。他自己的路就是离开神的面。“于是该隐离开耶和华的面，去住在伊甸东边挪得之地”（创四16）。亚当是被赶出乐园，被赶出伊甸园，该隐却是离开神的面。他虽然敬拜过神，最终却离开了神的面。那是甚么样的敬拜？不要说，“我们敬拜神的方式有甚么错？”如果那种方式使你离开神的面，那就是错的。一个人在地上没有神的同在是何等可怕。
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The Result of Man’s Second Fall (1) – Gen. 4:11-14
I. A Heavier Curse
Because of man’s second fall, God declared a heavier curse: “Now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. When you cultivate the ground, it will no longer yield its strength to you.” (Gen. 4:11–12).
II. A Life of Wandering
God also told Cain: “You will be a vagrant and wanderer on the earth” (Gen. 4:12). What does it mean to wander? Wandering, or roaming, means having no goal, no home, no satisfaction and no rest. A wanderer has no dwelling place, no comfort; he keeps roaming on the earth, drifting from one place to another. God told Cain that he would become such a wanderer. Yet this was still a judgment with mercy. At any time, if Cain had repented and sought God’s forgiveness, the Lord would have been willing to forgive him. But listen to Cain’s response to this merciful judgment — there was not the slightest sign of repentance. Cain merely bargained with God, saying that he would be driven away from the land’s face.
Cain did not repent. Instead, he argued in fear. He was not afraid of God; he was afraid of being killed by others. Why did he have this fear? Because he had killed his brother. If you know nothing about stealing, you would not even think about someone robbing you. But if you have stolen from others, you will be conscious of the danger of being robbed yourself. Cain feared being killed because he had killed his brother. Thus, rather than repent, he argued with God, saying, “Whoever finds me will kill me.” Cain knew he had no protection. Yet God is merciful. He always deals with us according to what we can bear, showing kindness toward us. “And the LORD said to him, ‘Whoever kills Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold.’ And the LORD appointed a sign for Cain, so that no one finding him would slay him” (Gen. 4:15).
III. Driven Away from the Presence of God
Cain did not repent, but went his own way. His way was to depart from the presence of God. “Then Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden” (Gen. 4:16). Adam was driven out of Paradise, driven out of the garden of Eden. But Cain went further — he left the presence of God. Though he had once worshiped God, he ultimately departed from His presence. What kind of worship was that? Do not say, “What is wrong with our way of worshiping God?” If that way of worship causes you to leave the presence of God, then it is wrong. How dreadful it is for a man to be on earth without the presence of God.