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Jeremia 46

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1 Dies ist das Wort des HERRN, das zu dem Propheten Jeremia geschehen ist wider alle Heiden.

2 Wider Ägypten. Wider das Heer Pharao Nechos, des Königs in Ägypten, welches lag am Wasser Phrath, zu Karchemis, das der König zu Babel, Nebukadnezar, schlug im vierten Jahr Jojakims, des Sohns Josias, des Königs Judas:

3 Rüstet Schilde und Tartschen und ziehet in den Streit!

4 Spannet Rosse an und lasset Reiter aufsitzen! Setzet die Helme auf und schärfet die Spieße und ziehet Panzer an!

5 Wie kommt's aber, daß ich sehe, daß sie verzagt sind und die Flucht geben, und ihre Helden erschlagen sind? Sie fliehen, daß sie sich auch nicht umsehen. Schrecken ist um und um, spricht der HERR.

6 Der Schnelle kann nicht entfliehen noch der Starke entrinnen. Gegen Mitternacht am Wasser Phrath sind sie gefallen und daniedergelegt.

7 Wo ist nun der, so heraufzog wie ein Strom, und seine Wellen sich erhuben wie des Wassers?

8 Ägypten zog herauf wie ein Strom, und seine Wellen erhuben sich wie des Wassers und sprach: Ich will hinaufziehen, das Land bedecken und die Stadt verderben samt denen, die drinnen wohnen.

9 Wohlan, sitzet auf die Rosse, rennet mit den Wagen, lasset die Helden ausziehen, die Mohren und aus Put, die den Schild führen, und die Schützen aus Lydien!

10 Denn dies ist der Tag des HERRN HERRN Zebaoth, ein Tag der Rache, daß er sich an seinen Feinden räche, da das Schwert fressen und von ihrem Blut voll und trunken werden wird. Denn sie müssen dem HERRN HERRN Zebaoth ein Schlachtopfer werden im Lande gegen Mitternacht, am Wasser Phrath.

11 Gehe hinauf gen Gilead und hole Salbe, Jungfrau, Tochter aus Ägypten! Aber es ist umsonst, daß du viel arzeneiest; du wirst doch nicht heil.

12 Deine Schande ist unter die Heiden erschollen, deines Heulens ist das Land voll; denn ein Held fällt über den andern, und liegen beide miteinander danieder.

13 Dies ist das Wort des HERRN, das er zu dem Propheten Jeremia redete, da Nebukadnezar, der König zu Babel, daherzog, Ägyptenland zu schlagen:

14 Verkündiget in Ägypten und saget es an zu Migdal; saget es an zu Noph und Thachpanhes und sprechet: Stelle dich zur Wehre; denn das Schwert wird fressen, was um dich her ist.

15 Wie geht es zu, daß deine Gewaltigen zu Boden fallen und mögen nicht bestehen? Der HERR hat sie so gestürzt.

16 Er macht, daß ihrer viele fallen, daß einer mit dem andern daniederliegt. Da sprachen sie: Wohlauf, laßt uns wieder zu unserm Volk ziehen in unser Vaterland vor dem Schwert des Tyrannen!

17 Daselbst schrie man ihnen nach: Pharao, der König in Ägypten, liegt; er hat sein Gezelt gelassen.

18 So wahr als ich lebe, spricht der König, der HERR Zebaoth heißt, er wird daherziehen so hoch, wie der Berg Tabor unter den Bergen ist und wie der Karmel am Meer ist.

19 Nimm dein Wandergerät, du Einwohnerin, Tochter Ägypten; denn Noph wird wüst und verbrannt werden, daß niemand drinnen wohnen wird.

20 Ägypten ist ein sehr schönes Kalb; aber es kommt von Mitternacht der Schlächter.

21 Und Taglöhner, so drinnen wohnen, sind auch wie gemästete Kälber; aber sie müssen sich dennoch wenden, flüchtig werden miteinander und werden nicht bestehen; denn der Tag ihres Unfalls wird über sie kommen, nämlich die Zeit ihrer Heimsuchung.

22 Sie fahren daher, daß der Harnisch prasselt, und kommen mit Heereskraft und bringen Äxte über sie wie die Holzhauer.

23 Dieselbigen werden hauen also in ihrem Walde, spricht der HERR, daß nicht zu zählen ist; denn ihrer ist mehr weder Heuschrecken, die niemand zählen kann.

24 Die Tochter Ägyptens steht mit Schanden, denn sie ist dem Volk von Mitternacht in die Hände gegeben.

25 Der HERR Zebaoth, der Gott Israels, spricht: Siehe, ich will heimsuchen den Regenten zu No und den Pharao und Ägypten samt seinen Göttern und Königen, ja Pharao mit allen, die sich auf ihn verlassen,

26 daß ich sie gebe in die Hände denen, die ihnen nach ihrem Leben stehen, und in die Hände Nebukadnezars, des Königs zu Babel, und seiner Knechte. Und danach sollst du bewohnet werden wie vor alters, spricht der HERR.

27 Aber du, mein Knecht Jakob, fürchte dich nicht, und du, Israel, verzage nicht! Denn siehe, ich will dir aus fernen Landen und deinem Samen aus dem Lande seines Gefängnisses helfen, daß Jakob soll wiederkommen und in Frieden sein und die Fülle haben, und niemand soll ihn schrecken.

28 Darum fürchte dich nicht, du Jakob, mein Knecht, spricht der HERR; denn ich bin bei dir. Mit allen Heiden, dahin ich dich verstoßen habe, will ich's ein Ende machen; aber mit dir will ich's nicht ein Ende machen, sondern ich will dich züchtigen mit Maße, auf daß ich dich nicht ungestraft lasse.

   

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Apocalypse Explained #356

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356. And he that sat on him had a bow, signifies the doctrine of charity and faith from that understanding, by which evils and falsities are combated and dispersed. This is evident from the signification of "he that sat on a white horse," as meaning the Word (respecting which just above); also from the signification of "bow," as meaning the doctrine of charity and faith, by which evils and falsities are combated and dispersed. That "bow" signifies this doctrine will be seen in what follows. Here first let something be said respecting doctrine:

1. Without doctrine no one can understand the Word.

2. Without doctrine from the Word no one can fight against evils and falsities, and disperse them.

3. Without doctrine from the Word no one within the church, where the Word is, can become spiritual.

4. Doctrine can be acquired from no other source than from the Word, and by none except those who are in illustration from the Lord.

5. All things of doctrine must be confirmed by the sense of the letter of the Word.

In respect to the first, namely, "Without doctrine no one can understand the Word," it can be seen from this, that the sense of the letter consists of pure correspondences, which contain in themselves things spiritual, thus it consists of such things as are in the world and in its nature. From this it is that the sense of the letter is natural and not spiritual, accommodated, however, to the apprehension of the simple, who do not elevate their ideas above such things as they see before their eyes. From this it is, moreover, that it contains such things as do not appear to be spiritual, although the whole Word inwardly in itself is purely spiritual, because it is Divine. For this reason there are in the sense of the letter many things that cannot serve as doctrine for the church at this day, and many things that can be applied to various and diverse principles, and from this heresies arise; yet there are many things intermingled from which doctrine can be gathered and formed, especially the doctrine of life, which is the doctrine of charity and of faith therefrom. But he who reads the Word from doctrine sees there all things that confirm, as well as many things that lie concealed from the eyes of others; nor does he suffer himself to be drawn away into strange doctrines by those things in the Word that do not seem to agree, and that he does not understand; for all things of doctrine that he sees there are clear to him, and other things are obscure to him. Doctrine, therefore, which consists of genuine truths is as a lamp to those who read the Word; but on the other hand, to those who read the Word without doctrine it is like a lampstand without a light, placed in a dark place, by means of which nothing conducive to salvation can there be seen, known, inquired into, or found; moreover, one who so reads it is liable to be led away into any errors to which the mind is bent by some love, or is drawn by some principle. From this it can be seen that without doctrine no one can understand the Word.

[2] Second, "That without doctrine from the Word no one can fight against evils and falsities, and disperse them," can be seen from this, that from doctrine truths can be seen in their own light and in their own order, but not from the Word without doctrine. This is clear from what has just been said. But if truths cannot be seen, neither can falsities and evils be seen, for the latter are the opposite of the former; and yet all combat against evils and falsities is from truths, that is, by means of truths from the Lord; consequently he who reads the Word without doctrine may easily be led to fight for falsity against truth and for evil against good, by confirming evils and falsities by a wrong interpretation and application of the sense of the letter of the Word; and as a consequence the man is not reformed; for man is reformed by the dispersion of evils and the falsities of evil, by means of truths applied to the life. This is what is here meant by "the white horse" that was seen, and by "he that sat on him having a bow;" for "a white horse" signifies the understanding of truth from the Word, and "a bow" signifies the doctrine of charity and of faith therefrom by which evils and falsities are combated and dispersed.

[3] Third, "That without doctrine from the Word no one within the church, where the Word is, can become spiritual," can be seen from what has now been said, namely, that without doctrine the Word is not understood, and that without doctrine from the Word evils and falsities cannot be combated; for man becomes spiritual by means of a life according to Divine truths, which he does not know without doctrine, and by removing evils and falsities, which cannot be done without doctrine, as was said above. Without these two man is not reformed, thus does not become spiritual, but remains natural, and confirms his natural life by the sense of the letter of the Word, which is natural, by wrongly interpreting and applying it. It is said, within the church, where the Word is, since those who are out of the church do not have the Word, and therefore know nothing about the Lord; and no one becomes spiritual except from the Lord; and yet all who acknowledge a God and worship Him under the human form, and live in charity according to a religious principle that is in accord with the Word, are prepared by the Lord to receive spiritual life, and do receive it in the other life (on which we see in the work on Heaven and Hell 313-328; and above, n. 107, 195). Man becomes spiritual by regeneration, and regeneration is effected by "water and the spirit," that is, by means of truths and a life according to them (See in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem, n. 173-186; that baptism in the Christian world is for a sign and memorial of regeneration, n. 202-209, in the same work).

[4] Fourth, "That doctrine can be acquired from no other source than from the Word, and by none except those who are in illustration from the Lord," can be seen from this, that the Word is Divine truth itself, and is such that the Lord is in it; for the Lord is in His Divine truth that proceeds from Him; those, therefore, who frame doctrine from any other source than from the Word, do not frame it from Divine truth nor from the Lord. Moreover, in the particulars of the Word there is a spiritual sense, and the angels of heaven are in that sense; consequently there is a conjunction of heaven with the church by means of the Word; those, therefore, who frame doctrine from any other source than the Word do not frame it in conjunction with heaven, from which nevertheless is all illustration. (That the conjunction of heaven with man is by means of the Word, see in the work on Heaven and Hell 303-310.) From this it is evident that doctrine is to be acquired from no other source than the Word, and by none except those who are in illustration from the Lord. They are in illustration from the Lord who love truths because they are truths; and because such as these do them, they are in the Lord and the Lord is in them.

[5] Fifth, "That all things of doctrine must be confirmed by the sense of the letter of the Word," can be seen from this, that Divine truth in the sense of the letter is in its fullness; for that is the ultimate sense, and the spiritual sense is in it; when, therefore, doctrine has been confirmed by that sense the doctrine of the church is also the doctrine of heaven, and there is conjunction by correspondence. Let this be illustrated by this only: when man thinks any truth and confirms it by the sense of the letter, it is perceived in heaven, but not if he does not confirm it; for the sense of the letter is the basis into which spiritual ideas, which are the angels' ideas, close, much the same as words are the basis into which the meaning of the thought falls and is communicated to another. That this is so might be confirmed by much experience from the spiritual world; but this is not the place to present it.

  
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Heaven and Hell #148

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148. All in the heavens have their own places of abode in accordance with the quarters. Those who are in the good of love dwell towards the east and west, those who are in clear perception of it towards the east, and those who are in obscure perception of it towards the west. Those who are in wisdom from the good of love dwell towards the south and north-those who are in the clear light of wisdom towards the south, and those who are in obscure light of it towards the north. The angels of the Lord's spiritual kingdom and those of His celestial kingdom dwell in a like order, but differently as their good of love and light of truth from good differ; for in the celestial kingdom the love is love to the Lord, and the light of truth therefrom is wisdom; while in the spiritual kingdom there is love towards the neighbor, which is called charity, and the light of truth therefrom is intelligence, which is also called faith (see above, 23). The quarters differ also in the two kingdoms by thirty degrees, as has been said just above (146).

  
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