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耶利米书 31

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1 耶和华:那时,我必作以色列各家的;他们必作我的子民。

2 耶和华如此:脱离刀的就是以色列人。我使他享安息的时候,他曾在旷野蒙恩。

3 古时(或译:从远方)耶和华向以色列(原文是我)显现,说:我以永远你,因此我以慈爱吸引你。

4 以色列的民(原文是处女)哪,我要再建立你,你就被建立;你必再以击为美,与欢乐的人一同跳舞而出;

5 又必在撒玛利亚上栽种葡萄园,栽种的人要享用所结的果子。

6 日子必到,以法莲上守望的人必呼叫说:起来罢!我们可以上锡安,到耶和华我们那里去。

7 耶和华如此:你们当为雅各欢乐歌唱,因万国中为首的欢呼。当传扬颂赞耶和华啊,求你拯你的百姓以色列所剩下的人。

8 我必将他们从北方,从极招聚;同着他们的有瞎子、瘸子、孕妇、产妇;他们必成为帮回到这里

9 他们要哭泣。我要照他们恳求的引导他们,使他们在旁走正直的,在其上不致绊跌;因为我是以色列的父,以法莲是我的长子

10 列国啊,要耶和华的,传扬在远处的海:赶散以色列的必招聚他,又看守他,好像牧人看守羊群。

11 耶和华救赎了雅各,救赎他脱离比他更强之人的

12 他们要到锡安的处歌唱,又流归耶和华施恩之地,就是有五谷、新酒,和油,并羔、牛犊之地。他们的心必像浇灌的园子;他们也不再有一点愁烦。

13 那时,处女必欢乐跳舞;年少的、年老的,也必一同欢乐;因为我要使他们的悲哀变为欢喜,并要安慰他们,使他们的愁烦为快乐。

14 我必以肥油使祭司的心满足;我的百姓也要因我的恩惠知足。这是耶和华的。

15 耶和华如此:在拉玛见号啕痛哭的声音,是拉结哭他儿女,不肯受安慰,因为他们都不在了。

16 耶和华如此:你禁止声音不要哀哭,禁止眼目不要流泪,因你所做之工必有赏赐;他们必从敌国归回。这是耶和华的。

17 耶和华:你末後必有指望;你的儿女必回到自己的境界。

18 以法莲为自己悲叹说:你责罚我,我便受责罚,像不惯负轭的犊一样。求你使我回,我便回,因为你是耶和华─我的

19 我回就真正懊悔;受教以就拍叹息;我因担当幼年的凌辱就抱愧蒙羞。

20 耶和华以法莲是我的爱子麽?是可喜悦的孩子麽?我每逢责备他,仍深顾念他;所以我的心肠恋慕他;我必要怜悯他。

21 以色列民(原文是处女)哪,你当为自己设立指碑,竖起引柱。你要留向大,就是你所去的原;你当回,回到你这些城邑。

22 背道的民(原文是子)哪,你反来覆去要到几时呢?耶和华上造了一件新事,就是子护卫男子。

23 万军之耶和华以色列的如此:我使被掳之人归回的时候,他们在犹大和其中的城邑必再这样:公的居所啊,哪,愿耶和华赐福给你。

24 犹大和属犹大城邑的人,农夫和放羊的人,要一同在其中。

25 疲乏的人,我使他饱饫;愁烦的人,我使他知足。

26 先知说:我醒了,觉着睡得香甜!

27 耶和华:日子将到,我要把人的种和牲畜的种播种在以色列家和犹大家。

28 我先前怎样留意将他们拔出、拆毁、毁坏、倾覆、苦害,也必照样留意将他们建立、栽植。这是耶和华的。

29 当那些日子,人不再父亲吃了酸葡萄,儿子酸倒了。

30 但各必因自己的罪亡;凡酸葡萄的,自己的必酸倒。

31 耶和华:日子将到,我要与以色列家和犹大家另立新约,

32 不像我拉着他们祖宗的,领他们出埃及的时候,与他们所立的约。我虽作他们的丈夫,他们却背了我的约。这是耶和华的。

33 耶和华:那些日子以,我与以色列家所立的约乃是这样:我要将我的律法放在他们里面,在他们上。我要作他们的,他们要作我的子民。

34 他们各不再教导自己的邻舍和自己的弟兄:你该认识耶和华,因为他们从最小的到至的都必认识我。我要赦免他们的孽,不再记念他们的罪恶。这是耶和华的。

35 那使太阳白日发,使月有定例,黑夜发亮,又搅动大,使中波浪匉訇的,

36 这些定例若能在我面前废掉,以色列的後裔也就在我面前断绝,永远不再成国。这是耶和华的。

37 耶和华如此:若能量度,寻察根基,我就因以色列後裔一切所行的弃绝他们。这是耶和华的。

38 耶和华:日子将到,这城必为耶和华建造,从哈楠业楼直到角门

39 准绳要往外量出,直到迦立山,又到歌亚。

40 抛尸的全和倒灰之处,并一切田地,直到汲沦,又直到东方的拐角,都要归耶和华,不再拔出,不再倾覆,直到永远

   

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10336. 'And I have put wisdom in the heart of everyone wise in heart' means all those who will and do what is good and true for goodness and truth's sake. This is clear from the meaning of 'heart' as the inmost part of a person, which is called his will, and since that which composes a person's love constitutes his will, 'heart' also means love (for the meaning of 'heart' as love, see 3635, 3883-3896, 9050, and for the meaning of it as the will, 2930, 3888, 7542, 8910, 9113, 9300, 9495); from the meaning of 'the wise in heart' as one who wills and loves what is good and true for goodness and truth's sake, for it is the mark of someone 'wise', and it is wisdom, to be moved by love to put truths into practice, 10331, and the mark of someone 'wise in heart' and wisdom of heart to be moved by love to put good into practice; and from the meaning of 'putting wisdom in the heart' as being moved by the Lord, and so by the good of love, to do those things, for the good of love originates in the Lord. All such people will and do what is good and true for goodness and truth's sake, because good and the truth that goes with good are the Lord as He exists with them; for those things which originate in Him, and so which are His, are also He Himself.

[2] This is the reason for saying that the Lord is Goodness itself and Truth itself. It is clear from the Lord's own words that He is Goodness itself,

Why do you call Me Good? Nobody is Good except the one God. Matthew 19:16-17; Luke 18:18-19.

And where the good deeds of love and charity are listed,

Insofar as you did it to one of the least of these My brothers you did it to Me. Matthew 25:40.

The word 'brothers' describes those who are governed by good, and so describes varieties of good, see 2360, 3803, 3815, 4121, 5409; thus 'the Lord's brothers' are those who are governed by good that originates in Him, 4191, 5686, 5692, 6756. It is likewise clear from the Lord's words that He is Truth itself,

Jesus said, I am the way, the truth, and the life. John 14:6.

And elsewhere,

When the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth; He will not speak from Himself. He will take from what is Mine and declare it to you. John 16:13-15.

From all this it is evident what 'putting wisdom in the heart' means.

[3] 'Writing the law on the heart' in Jeremiah is also used to mean much the same thing,

I will put My law in the midst of them, and will write it on their heart. No more will every man teach his companion, or every man his brother 1 , saying, Know Jehovah. For they all will know Me. Jeremiah 31:33-34.

'Writing the law on the heart' means entering Divine Truth into the will, thus in a person's love. When this is done the person no longer has to draw Divine Truth out of store in his memory; instead the good itself belonging to love causes him to perceive intuitively. This is why it says, 'No more will every man teach his companion, or every man his brother, saying, Know Jehovah. For they all will know Me'. This is what celestial angels inhabiting the inmost heaven are like, see in the places referred to in 9277.

[4] What it is to will and do what is good and true for goodness and truth's sake, meant here by 'putting wisdom in the heart of everyone wise in heart', must be stated briefly. All who love the Lord above all things and their neighbour as themselves do what is good and true for goodness and truth's sake. For as has been stated above, goodness and truth are the Lord Himself; therefore since they love what is good and true, that is, since they are moved by love to will and do it, they love the Lord. Those too who love their neighbour as themselves will and love what is good and true for goodness and truth's sake, for in the universal sense that which is good and true constitutes the neighbour. The neighbour is one's fellow citizen, the [local] community, one's country, the Church, and the Lord's kingdom; and loving the neighbour consists in goodwill towards these, that is, in desiring their good, and therefore their good is what must be loved. And when this is loved the Lord is loved, since He is the source of this good.

[5] From all this it is evident that love towards the neighbour, which is called charity, holds love to the Lord within itself. If this love is not held within it, fellow citizens, community, country, Church, and the Lord's kingdom are loved for selfish reasons, and so not from a desire that is good but from one that is bad; for whatever a person does for the sake of self as the end in view springs from a desire that is bad. Loving the neighbour for the sake of self consists in loving him for the sake of gain and important positions as the ends in view. The end in view is what determines whether something springs from a desire that is good or one that is bad. The end in view is identical with the love; for what the person loves, that he has as his end. The end in view is also identical with the will; for what a person wills, that he loves. Consequently the end for the sake of which someone acts, or his intentions, constitutes the real person; for a person's character is determined by the character of his will and of his love.

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1. literally, Nor will they teach any longer a man (vir) his companion, or a man (vir) his brother

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.