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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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9489. 'And a cubit and a half its height' means what is complete so far as degrees are concerned. This is clear from the meaning of 'a cubit and a half' as what is complete, dealt with immediately above in 9488; and from the meaning of 'height' as degrees so far as good and so far as truth are concerned. The reason why 'height' has this meaning is that all good and the truth derived from it emanates from the Lord, and the Lord is in the highest place of all, and therefore is called the Most High, 8153. For He is the Sun of heaven, 5097, 8812, and that Sun is above the heavens; it is also the centre from which the whole of heaven that is underneath is brought into being and kept in being. All heights in heaven, measured from its Sun as the centre, are differences in good and the truth derived from it. Consequently those in the inmost heaven are closer to the Lord, because they are governed by the good of love to Him, thus are governed by good more than all others are. Those in the middle heaven are further away from there because they are governed by a lower kind of good, and those in the lowest are still further away. But those in hell are altogether remote from the Lord, because they are ruled by evil and the falsity arising from it. They do not even look towards the Sun, but backwards, away from the Sun. When regarded by the angels therefore, they appear in an upside down position, feet upwards and head downwards. Now since distances and spatial dimensions in the next life are appearances determined by states of good and the truth derived from it, 9440, 'height' in the spiritual sense means degrees so far as good and so far as truth are concerned, that is, degrees away from the Most High, who is the Lord and so Divine Good itself.

[2] From this it is clear what 'height' means in the following places, as in Jeremiah,

They will come and sing on the height of Zion, and converge towards the goodness of Jehovah; and their soul will be like a watered garden. Jeremiah 31:12.

Here 'the height of Zion' stands for celestial good, which is the level of good above spiritual good. The meaning of 'height' as good is what accounts for the statement that they will 'converge towards the goodness of Jehovah'. In Ezekiel,

Asshur was a cedar in Lebanon. Its height was made high, and its branches were made long by many waters. It was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its branches. Ezekiel 31:3, 5, 7.

'Asshur' stands for an enlightened power of reason, 'a cedar in Lebanon' for the spiritual Church, 'its height' for the degree of good.

[3] In the same prophet,

On the mountain height of Israel I will plant it. Ezekiel 17:23.

Again in the same prophet,

On My holy mountain, and on the mountain height of Israel, all the house of Israel will serve Me. Ezekiel 20:40.

'The mountain height of Israel' stands for the highest degree of good and of the truth derived from it among those belonging to the spiritual Church. Since most things in the Word have a contrary meaning as well, so too does 'height'. In the contrary sense it means the evil of self-love, and so haughtiness of mind, as in Isaiah 14:14; Ezekiel 31:10, 14; 32:5; Amos 2:9; Daniel 4:11, 20; and a number of other places. Another reason why 'height' means degrees so far as good and the truth derived from it are concerned is that what is 'high' means what is internal, and good becomes by degrees more perfect towards more internal parts. For the meaning of what is 'high' as what is internal, see 1735, 2148, 4210, 4599.

  
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