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Ezekielis 27

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1 Viešpats kalbėjo man:

2 “Žmogaus sūnau, apraudok Tyrą.

3 Sakyk Tyrui: ‘Tau, kuris buvai jūros vartai ir prekybos miestas daugelio salų tautoms, taip sako Viešpats Dievas: ‘Tyre, tu sakei: ‘Aš esu tobulo grožio’.

4 Tu esi apsuptas jūros. Tavo statytojai pastatė tave tobulai gražų.

5 Jie naudojo tavo statybai kipariso lentas iš Senyro ir Libano kedrus stiebams.

6 Tavo irklai padaryti iš Bašano ąžuolų, denis­iš Kitimų pušų su dramblio kaulo pagražinimais.

7 Tavo burės pagamintos iš Egipto margos drobės; mėlynas ir raudonas purpuras iš Elišos salų dengė tave.

8 Sidono ir Arvado gyventojai buvo tavo jūrininkai, o tavo išminčiai, Tyre, buvo tavyje vairininkai.

9 Gebalo vyresnieji ir išminčiai užtaisė tavo plyšius. Visų laivų jūrininkai prekiavo su tavimi.

10 Persai, luditai ir putitai buvo tavo kariai. Jų skydai ir šalmai, pakabinti tavyje, puošė tave.

11 Arvado ir Gamados vyrai buvo tavo kariai prie miesto sienų ir sargai bokštuose. Jų skydai kabojo ant sienų, suteikdami miestui tobulo grožio.

12 Taršišas prekiavo su tavimi. Jis keitė savo sidabrą, geležį, šviną ir cinką į daugybę tavo prekių.

13 Javanas, Tubalas ir Mešechas prekiavo su tavimi. Jie savo vergus bei varinius indus keitė į tavo prekes.

14 Iš Bet Togarmos už tavo prekes atgabendavo arklių, žirgų ir mulų.

15 Dedano žmonės ir daugelis kitų salų prekiavo su tavimi. Jie mokėjo už tavo prekes dramblio kaulu ir juodmedžiu.

16 Sirai savo brangakmenius, raudoną purpurą, margus audinius, drobę, koralus ir rubinus keitė į daugybę tavo gaminių.

17 Judas ir Izraelis, prekiaudami su tavimi, už tavo prekes mokėjo Minito kviečiais, figomis, medumi, aliejumi ir balzamu.

18 Damaskas savo Helbono vyną ir baltą vilną keitė į tavo prekes.

19 Danas ir Javanas už tavo prekes mokėjo lydyta geležimi, kasija ir kvepiančiomis nendrėmis.

20 Dedanas prekiavo su tavimi gūniomis žirgams.

21 Arabija ir Kedaro kunigaikščiai prekiavo ėriukais, avinais ir ožiais.

22 Šebos ir amos pirkliai prekiavo geriausiais kvepalais, įvairiausiais brangakmeniais ir auksu.

23 Charanas, Kanė, Edenas, Šebos pirkliai, Asirija ir Kilmadas prekiavo su tavimi.

24 Jie prekiavo brangiais drabužiais, mėlynais ir margais audiniais, spalvotais kilimais.

25 Taršišo laivai gabeno tavo prekes. Tu tapai turtingas ir labai garsus jūros viduryje.

26 Tavo irklininkai nuvarė tave į atvirą jūrą, o rytų vėjas sudaužė tave jūroje.

27 Tavo prekyba, turtai ir prekės, jūrininkai ir vairininkai, amatininkai ir prekybininkai, kariai ir visi, esantys tavyje, paskęs jūroje tavo žuvimo dieną.

28 Apylinkės drebės nuo tavo vairininkų šauksmo.

29 Visi jūreiviai, irklininkai ir vairininkai, palikę laivus, stovės sausumoje,

30 pakels savo balsus dėl tavęs, graudžiai verks, barstysis galvas dulkėmis ir voliosis pelenuose.

31 Jie dėl tavęs nusiskus galvos plaukus, apsisiaus ašutinėmis, labai sielosis ir dejuos.

32 Labai nusiminę, jie raudos, sakydami: ‘Ar buvo kada kas taip sunaikintas, kaip Tyras jūros viduryje?’

33 Savo jūrų prekyba praturtinai daugelį tautų ir karalių.

34 Kai būsi jūroje sudaužytas, vandens gelmėje nuskendęs, tavo prekės ir žmonės, buvę tavyje, nuskęs su tavimi.

35 Visi salų gyventojai pasibaisės tavimi, jų karaliai išsigąs ir jų veidai persikreips.

36 Tautų pirkliai švilps dėl tavęs, tu būsi pasibaisėjimas ir tavęs nebebus’ ”.

   

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1158. 'From these the islands of the nations in their lands were spread abroad' means that the worship of even more nations emanated from these - 'islands' being individual pieces of land, and so individual forms of worship, which were more remote still, and 'lands' the general features of those forms of worship. This is clear from the meaning of 'islands' in the Word. Up to now the subject has been those who had external worship corresponding to internal. The seven sons of Japheth have meant those who came nearer to true internal worship, the seven sons of Gomer and of Javan together have meant those who were more remote from true internal worship. 'The islands of the nations' means those who are more remote still, strictly speaking those who lived in charity with one another but who were nevertheless uninformed people who knew nothing whatever about the Lord, about the Church's teachings concerning faith, or about internal worship. They did have some form of external worship however, which they kept up devoutly. Such people are called 'islands' in the Word, and therefore 'islands' means in the internal sense worship that is more remote.

[2] Those who possess the internal sense of the Word, as angels do, are unaware of what islands are, for they no longer have any ideas of such things. Instead of islands they perceive a more remote kind of worship like that found among gentile nations outside the Church. In a similar way they also perceive by islands things inside the Church itself which are somewhat more remote from charity, as forms of friendship and civility are. Friendship is not the same as charity, civility even less so. They are steps down from charity, though the more they draw from charity the more genuine they are.

[3] The fact that 'islands' has this meaning becomes clear from the following places in the Word: In Isaiah,

Keep silent before Me, O islands, and let the peoples renew their strength, let them approach. The islands saw and were afraid, the ends of the earth trembled; they drew near and came. Isaiah 41:1, 5.

Here 'islands' stands for upright gentiles outside the Church who have devoutly kept up their own type of external worship. The furthest limits of the Church are called 'the ends of the earth'. In the same prophet,

He will not be in darkness, and He will not break up until He has set judgement on the earth; and the islands wait for His law. Sing to Jehovah a new song, His praise from the end of the earth, you that go down to the sea, and all that is in it, the islands and their inhabitants. They will give glory to Jehovah, and declare His praise in the islands Isaiah 42:4, 10, 12.

Here again 'islands' stands for gentiles outside the Church who have lived without knowledge, in simplicity and uprightness.

[4] In the same prophet,

Listen to Me, O islands, and hearken, O peoples from afar. Isaiah 49:1.

This similarly stands for gentile nations who are more remote from worship of the Lord and from the cognitions of faith; hence the expression 'from afar' is used. In the same prophet,

In Me the islands will hope and await My arm. Isaiah 51:5.

Here too 'islands' has the same meaning. The phrase 'in Me they will hope and await My arm' is used because they are people who are living uprightly. In Jeremiah,

Hear the Word of Jehovah, O nations, and declare it in the islands afar off. Jeremiah 31:10.

Once again 'islands' has the same meaning. In Zephaniah,

Jehovah will be terrible against them, for He will destroy with leanness all the gods of the earth, and to Him will bow down, each in its place, all the islands of the nations. Zephaniah 2:11.

'The islands of the nations' stands for gentile nations more remote from cognitions of faith.

[5] In David,

Jehovah reigns, let the earth rejoice, let the many islands be glad! Cloud and thick darkness are round about Him. Psalms 97:1-2.

Again 'islands' has the same meaning. Here their lack of knowledge is expressed in representative fashion by means of 'cloud and thick darkness'. But because they are living in simplicity and uprightness the phrase 'round about Him' is used. Because 'islands' means things that are more remote, 'Tarshish, Pul, Lud, Tubal, and Javan' also, who meant forms of external worship, were called 'islands', in Isaiah 66:19, as also is Kittim in Jeremiah 2:10; Ezekiel 27:6. Furthermore when islands are mentioned as distinct from land or mountains they mean truths of faith because they are planted in the sea. Thus they mean doctrinal teachings which exist as forms of ritual.

  
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Isaiah 42

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1 "Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delights-- I have put my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations.

2 He will not shout, nor raise his voice, nor cause it to be heard in the street.

3 He won't break a bruised reed. He won't quench a dimly burning wick. He will faithfully bring justice.

4 He will not fail nor be discouraged, until he has set justice in the earth, and the islands will wait for his law."

5 Thus says God Yahweh, he who created the heavens and stretched them out, he who spread out the earth and that which comes out of it, he who gives breath to its people and spirit to those who walk in it.

6 "I, Yahweh, have called you in righteousness, and will hold your hand, and will keep you, and make you a covenant for the people, as a light for the nations;

7 to open the blind eyes, to bring the prisoners out of the dungeon, and those who sit in darkness out of the prison.

8 "I am Yahweh. That is my name. I will not give my glory to another, nor my praise to engraved images.

9 Behold, the former things have happened, and I declare new things. I tell you about them before they come up."

10 Sing to Yahweh a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the islands and their inhabitants.

11 Let the wilderness and its cities raise their voices, with the villages that Kedar inhabits. Let the inhabitants of Sela sing. Let them shout from the top of the mountains!

12 Let them give glory to Yahweh, and declare his praise in the islands.

13 Yahweh will go out like a mighty man. He will stir up zeal like a man of war. He will raise a war cry. Yes, he will shout aloud. He will triumph over his enemies.

14 "I have been silent a long time. I have been quiet and restrained myself. Now I will cry out like a travailing woman. I will both gasp and pant.

15 I will destroy mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs. I will make the rivers islands, and will dry up the pools.

16 I will bring the blind by a way that they don't know. I will lead them in paths that they don't know. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. I will do these things, and I will not forsake them.

17 "Those who trust in engraved images, who tell molten images, 'You are our gods' will be turned back. They will be utterly disappointed.

18 "Hear, you deaf, and look, you blind, that you may see.

19 Who is blind, but my servant? Or who is as deaf as my messenger whom I send? Who is as blind as he who is at peace, and as blind as Yahweh's servant?

20 You see many things, but don't observe. His ears are open, but he doesn't listen.

21 It pleased Yahweh, for his righteousness' sake, to magnify the law, and make it honorable.

22 But this is a robbed and plundered people. All of them are snared in holes, and they are hidden in prisons. They have become a prey, and no one delivers; and a spoil, and no one says, 'Restore them!'

23 Who is there among you who will give ear to this? Who will listen and hear for the time to come?

24 Who gave Jacob as plunder, and Israel to the robbers? Didn't Yahweh, he against whom we have sinned? For they would not walk in his ways, and they disobeyed his law.

25 Therefore he poured the fierceness of his anger on him, and the strength of battle; and it set him on fire all around, but he didn't know; and it burned him, but he didn't take it to heart."

   

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