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Ezechiele 21

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1 (H21-6) E la parola dell’Eterno mi fu rivolta in questi termini:

2 (H21-7) "Figliuol d’uomo, vòlta la faccia verso Gerusalemme, e rivolgi la parola ai luoghi santi, e profetizza contro il paese d’Israele;

3 (H21-8) e di’ al paese d’Israele: Così parla l’Eterno: Eccomi a te! Io trarrò la mia spada dal suo fodero, e sterminerò in mezzo a te giusti e malvagi.

4 (H21-9) Appunto perché voglio sterminare in mezzo a te giusti e malvagi, la mia spada uscirà dal suo fodero per colpire ogni carne dal mezzogiorno al settentrione;

5 (H21-10) e ogni carne conoscerà che io, l’Eterno, ho tratto la mia spada dal suo fodero; e non vi sarà più rimessa.

6 (H21-11) E tu, figliuol d’uomo, gemi! Coi lombi rotti e con dolore amaro, gemi dinanzi agli occhi loro.

7 (H21-12) E quando ti chiederanno: Perché gemi? rispondi: Per la notizia che sta per giungere; ogni cuore si struggerà, tutte le mani diverran fiacche, tutti gli spiriti verranno meno, tutte le ginocchia si scioglieranno in acqua. Ecco, la cosa giunge, ed avverrà! dice il Signore, l’Eterno".

8 (H21-13) E la parola dell’Eterno mi fu rivolta in questi termini:

9 (H21-14) "Figliuol d’uomo, profetizza, e di’: Così parla il Signore. Di’: La spada! la spada! è aguzzata ed anche forbita:

10 (H21-15) aguzzata, per fare un macello; forbita, perché folgoreggi. Ci rallegrerem noi dunque? ripetendo: "Lo scettro del mio figliuolo disprezza ogni legno".

11 (H21-16) Il Signore l’ha data a forbire, perché la s’impugni; la spada è aguzza, essa è forbita, per metterla in mano di chi uccide.

12 (H21-17) Grida e urla, figliuol d’uomo, poich’essa è per il mio popolo, e per tutti i principi d’Israele; essi son dati in balìa della spada col mio popolo; perciò percuotiti la coscia!

13 (H21-18) Poiché la prova è stata fatta; e che dunque, se perfino lo scettro sprezzante non sarà più? dice il Signore, l’Eterno.

14 (H21-19) E tu, figliuol d’uomo, profetizza, e batti le mani; la spada raddoppi, triplichi i suoi colpi, la spada che fa strage, la spada che uccide anche chi è grande, la spada che li attornia.

15 (H21-20) Io ho rivolto la punta della spada contro tutte le loro porte, perché il loro cuore si strugga e cresca il numero dei caduti; sì, essa è fatta per folgoreggiare, è aguzzata per il macello.

16 (H21-21) Spada! raccogliti! volgiti a destra, attenta! Volgiti a sinistra, dovunque è diretto il tuo filo!

17 (H21-22) E anch’io batterò le mani, e sfogherò il mio furore! Io, l’Eterno, son quegli che ho parlato".

18 (H21-23) E la parola dell’Eterno mi fu rivolta in questi termini:

19 (H21-24) "E tu, figliuol d’uomo, fatti due vie, per le quali passi la spada del re di Babilonia; partano ambedue dal medesimo paese; e traccia un indicatore, tracciato al capo della strada d’una città.

20 (H21-25) Fa’ una strada per la quale la spada vada a Rabba, città de’ figliuoli d’Ammon, e un’altra perché vada in Giuda, a Gerusalemme, città fortificata.

21 (H21-26) Poiché il re di Babilonia sta sul bivio, in capo alle due strade, per tirare presagi: scuote le freccie, consulta gl’idoli, esamina il fegato.

22 (H21-27) La sorte, ch’è nella destra, designa Gerusalemme per collocargli degli arieti, per aprir la bocca a ordinare il massacro, per alzar la voce in gridi di guerra, per collocare gli arieti contro le porte, per elevare bastioni, per costruire delle torri.

23 (H21-28) Ma essi non vedono in questo che una divinazione bugiarda; essi, a cui sono stati fatti tanti giuramenti! Ma ora egli si ricorderà della loro iniquità, perché siano presi.

24 (H21-29) Perciò così parla il Signore, l’Eterno: Poiché avete fatto ricordare la vostra iniquità mediante le vostre manifeste trasgressioni, sì che i vostri peccati si manifestano in tutte le vostre azioni, poiché ne rievocate il ricordo, sarete presi dalla sua mano.

25 (H21-30) E tu, o empio, dannato alla spada, o principe d’Israele, il cui giorno è giunto al tempo del colmo dell’iniquità;

26 (H21-31) così parla il Signore, l’Eterno: La tiara sarà tolta, il diadema sarà levato; tutto sarà mutato; ciò che in basso sarà innalzato; ciò ch’è in alto sarà abbassato.

27 (H21-32) Ruina! ruina! ruina! Questo farò di lei; anch’essa non sarà più, finché non venga colui a cui appartiene il giudizio, e al quale lo rimetterò.

28 (H21-33) E tu, figliuol d’uomo, profetizza, e di’: Così parla il Signore, l’Eterno, riguardo ai figliuoli d’Ammon ed al loro obbrobrio; e di’: La spada, la spada è sguainata; è forbita per massacrare, per divorare, per folgoreggiare.

29 (H21-34) Mentre s’hanno per te delle visioni vane, mentre s’hanno per te divinazioni bugiarde, essa ti farà cadere fra i cadaveri degli empi, il cui giorno è giunto al tempo del colmo dell’iniquità.

30 (H21-35) Riponi la spada nel suo fodero! Io ti giudicherò nel luogo stesso dove fosti creata, nel paese della tua origine;

31 (H21-36) e riverserò su di te la mia indignazione, soffierò contro di te nel fuoco della mia ira, e ti darò in mano d’uomini brutali, artefici di distruzione.

32 (H21-37) Tu sarai pascolo al fuoco, il tuo sangue sarà in mezzo al paese; tu non sarai più ricordata, perché io, l’Eterno, son quegli che ho parlato".

   

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These days we tend to think of "roads" as smooth swaths of pavement and judge them by how fast we can drive cars on them. A "path" is something different, suitable only for walking or maybe bicycles, and a "way" has more to do with giving directions than any physical reality. When we get "lost" it usually means we're in a car on an unfamiliar road -- a far cry from being in the middle of a trackless wilderness with no idea which direction to go. The ancient world was very different, with isolated towns and endless square miles of trackless wilderness. Then a "way" was a set of landmarks to follow to get from one place to another through the wilderness. A "path" was a way used enough to leave a visible trace on the ground, and a "road" was a heavily used path, easily followed and walkable. So it makes sense that when used in the Bible, all three terms represent guiding truth, ideas that lead us where we want to go. This is pictured in the modern use of "way" -- when we talk about the "way" to do something or the "way" to get somewhere. We're talking about the correct, best, most efficient method of doing something or getting somewhere. And it's good information -- truth -- that helps us find that best way.

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Daniel 5

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1 Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.

2 Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines, might drink from them.

3 Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines, drank from them.

4 They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.

5 In the same hour came forth the fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the lampstand on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.

6 Then the king's face was changed in him, and his thoughts troubled him; and the joints of his thighs were loosened, and his knees struck one against another.

7 The king cried aloud to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. The king spoke and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whoever shall read this writing, and show me its interpretation, shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.

8 Then came in all the king's wise men; but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation.

9 Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his face was changed in him, and his lords were perplexed.

10 [Now] the queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords came into the banquet house: the queen spoke and said, O king, live forever; don't let your thoughts trouble you, nor let your face be changed.

11 There is a man in your kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of your father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, were found in him; and the king Nebuchadnezzar your father, the king, [I say], your father, made him master of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;

12 because an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and showing of dark sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation.

13 Then was Daniel brought in before the king. The king spoke and said to Daniel, Are you that Daniel, who are of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Judah?

14 I have heard of you, that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in you.

15 Now the wise men, the enchanters, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known to me its interpretation; but they could not show the interpretation of the thing.

16 But I have heard of you, that you can give interpretations, and dissolve doubts; now if you can read the writing, and make known to me its interpretation, you shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about your neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.

17 Then Daniel answered before the king, Let your gifts be to yourself, and give your rewards to another; nevertheless I will read the writing to the king, and make known to him the interpretation.

18 You, king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty:

19 and because of the greatness that he gave him, all the peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him: whom he would he killed, and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he raised up, and whom he would he put down.

20 But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:

21 and he was driven from the sons of men, and his heart was made like the animals', and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys; he was fed with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of the sky; until he knew that the Most High God rules in the kingdom of men, and that he sets up over it whomever he will.

22 You, his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this,

23 but have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your concubines, have drunk wine from them; and you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which don't see, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand your breath is, and whose are all your ways, you have not glorified.

24 Then was the part of the hand sent from before him, and this writing was inscribed.

25 This is the writing that was inscribed: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.

26 This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God has numbered your kingdom, and brought it to an end;

27 TEKEL; you are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting.

28 PERES; your kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.

29 Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.

30 In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean King was slain.

31 Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.