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1 耶和华的又临到我说:

2 你们在以色列地怎麽用这俗语说父亲吃了酸葡萄,儿子酸倒了呢?

3 耶和华:我指着我的永生起誓,你们在以色列中,必不再有用这俗语的因由。

4 看哪,世人都是属我的;为父的怎样属我,为子的也照样属我;犯罪的,他必亡。

5 若是公,且行正直与合理的事:

6 未曾在吃过偶像之物,未曾仰望以色列家的偶像,未曾玷污邻舍的妻,未曾在妇人的经期内亲近他,

7 未曾亏负,乃将欠债之的当头还他;未曾抢夺的物件,却将食物饥饿的吃,将衣服赤身的穿;

8 未曾向借钱的弟兄取利,也未曾向借粮的弟兄多要,缩不作罪孽,在两之间,按至理判断

9 遵行我的律例,谨守我的典章,按诚实行事─这人是公的,必定存活。这是耶和华的。

10 他若生儿子,作强盗,是流人血的,不行以上所说之善,反行其中之恶,乃在山上吃过祭偶像之物,并玷污邻舍的妻,

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12 亏负困苦和穷乏的人,抢夺人的物,未曾将当头还给人,仰望偶像,并行可憎的事,

13 向借钱的弟兄取利,向借粮的弟兄多要─这人岂能存活呢?他必不能存活。他行这一切可憎的事,必要亡,他的罪(原文是血)必归到他身上。

14 他若生一个儿子,见父亲所犯的一切便惧怕(有古卷:思量),不照样去做;

15 未曾在吃过偶像之物,未曾仰望以色列家的偶像,未曾玷污邻舍的妻,

16 未曾亏负,未曾取的当头,未曾抢夺的物件,却将食物饥饿的吃,将衣服赤身的穿,

17 不害贫穷人,未曾向借钱的弟兄取利,也未曾向借粮的弟兄多要;他顺从我的典章,遵行我的律例,就不因父亲的罪孽亡,定要存活。

18 至於他父亲;因为欺人太甚,抢夺弟兄,在本国的民中行不善,他必因自己的罪孽亡。

19 你们还儿子为何不担当父亲的罪孽呢?儿子行正直与合理的事,谨守遵行我的一切律例,他必定存活。

20 惟有犯罪的,他必亡。儿子必不担当父亲的罪孽,父亲也不担当儿子的罪孽。人的善果必归自己,恶人的恶报也必归自己。

21 恶人若回头离开所做的一切恶,谨守我一切的律例,行正直与合理的事,他必定存活,不致亡。

22 他所犯的一切罪过都不被记念,因所行的,他必存活。

23 耶和华:恶人亡,岂是我喜悦的麽?不是喜悦他回头离开所行的道存活麽?

24 人若行而作孽,照着恶人所行一切可憎的事而行,他岂能存活麽?他所行的一切都不被记念;他必因所犯的、所行的恶亡。

25 你们还:主的道不公平!以色列家啊,你们当,我的道岂不公平麽?你们的道岂不是不公平麽?

26 人若行而作罪孽亡,他是因所作的罪孽亡。

27 再者,恶人若回头离开所行的恶,行正直与合理的事,他必将性命活了。

28 因为他思量,回头离开所犯的一切罪过,必定存活,不致亡。

29 以色列家还:主的道不公平!以色列家啊,我的道岂不公平麽?你们的道岂不是不公平麽?

30 所以耶和华以色列家啊,我必按你们各所行的审判你们。你们当回头离开所犯的一切罪过。这样,罪孽必不使你们败亡。

31 你们要将所犯的一切罪过尽行抛弃,自做一个新和新灵。以色列家啊,你们何必亡呢?

32 耶和华:我不喜悦那人之,所以你们当回头而存活。

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 268

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268. Verse 3. And He that sat was in aspect like to a jasper stone and a sardius, signifies the Lord's appearance in respect to Divine truth pellucid by virtue of the Divine good of the Divine love. This is evident from the signification of "One sitting upon the throne," as being the Lord in respect to the Last Judgment (of which just above, n. 267; and from the signification of "in aspect like," as being appearance; from the signification of "jasper stone," as being the spiritual love of truth (of which in what follows); and from the signification of a "sardius stone" as being the celestial love of good; thus "a jasper stone and a sardius," which the Lord appeared like, signify Divine truth pellucid, by virtue of the Divine good of the Divine love.

[2] That a "jasper" signifies the Divine love of truth, or Divine truth proceeding, is evident from passages in the Word where it is mentioned, as Exodus 28:20; and Ezekiel 18:13; also in Revelation:

The light [luminare] of the holy Jerusalem was like unto a stone most precious, as it were a jasper stone, shining like crystal (Revelation 21:11);

"the light of the holy Jerusalem" signifies the Divine truth of the church shining, "the light" truth itself shining, and "Jerusalem" the church in respect to doctrine; this is likened to "a jasper stone," because "jasper" has a like signification.

Again:

The building of the wall [of the holy Jerusalem] was of jasper, and the city was pure gold, like unto pure glass (Revelation 21:18).

The "wall" of the holy Jerusalem is said to be "of jasper," because "wall" signifies Divine truth guarding; and because of this signification of "wall," the first stone of its foundation is said to be jasper (verse 19), "foundation" signifying the truth upon which the church is founded.

[3] The "sardius" is mentioned because that stone signifies good, here Divine good, because the Lord is described. This is the stone that is called "pyropus" [firestone], and since it shines as by fire, both names signify the translucency of truth from good. (That all precious stones signify the truths from good of heaven and of the church, see Arcana Coelestia 114, 9863, 9865, 9868, 9873; for this reason twelve precious stones were set in the breastplate of Aaron, which is called the Urim and Thummim, and by them responses were given, and this by their shining forth, and at the same time by a perception as to the thing interrogated or by a living voice, n. 9905)

  
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