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1 耶和華的臨到我說:

2 人子啊,你要向以色列家出謎語,設比喻,

3 耶和華如此:有一翅膀,翎毛長,羽毛豐滿,彩色俱備,到利巴嫩,將香柏樹梢擰去,

4 就是折去香柏樹儘尖的嫩枝,叼到貿易之,放在買賣城中;

5 又將以色列的枝子栽於肥田裡,插在大水旁,如插柳樹,

6 就漸漸生長,成為蔓延矮小的葡萄樹。其枝向那鷹,其在鷹以,於是成了葡萄樹,生出枝子,發出小枝。

7 又有翅膀羽毛多。這葡萄樹從栽種的畦中向這彎過來,發出枝子,好得他的澆灌。

8 這樹栽於肥田多水的旁邊,生枝子,結果子,成為佳美的葡萄樹。

9 你要耶和華如此:這葡萄樹豈能發旺呢?鷹豈不拔出他的來,芟除他的果子,使他枯乾,使他發的嫩葉都枯乾了麼?也不用力和多民,就拔出他的來。

10 葡萄樹雖然栽種,豈能發旺呢?一經東,豈不全然枯乾麼?必在生長的畦中枯乾了。

11 耶和華的臨到我說:

12 你對那悖逆之家:你們不知道這些事是甚麼意思麼?你要告訴他們,巴比倫王曾到耶路撒冷,將其中的君王和首領到巴比倫自己那裡去。

13 從以色列的宗室中取一人與他立約,使他發誓,並將國中有勢力的人擄去,

14 使國低微不能自強,惟因守盟約得以存立。

15 他卻背叛巴比倫王,打發使者往埃及去,要他們馬匹和多民。他豈能亨通呢?行這樣事的人豈能逃脫呢?他背約豈能逃脫呢?

16 他輕看向王所起的誓,背棄王與他所立的約。耶和華:我指著我的永生起誓,他定要在立他作王、巴比倫王的京都。

17 敵人築壘造臺,與他打仗的時候,為要剪除多人,法老雖領軍隊群眾,還是不能幫助他。

18 他輕看誓言,背棄盟約,已經投降,卻又做這一切的事,他必不能逃脫。

19 所以耶和華如此:我指著我的永生起誓,他既輕看指我所起的誓,背棄指我所立的約,我必要使這罪歸在他上。

20 我必將我的撒在他身上,他必在我的羅中纏住。我必他到巴比倫,並要在那裡因他干犯我的罪刑罰他。

21 他的一切軍隊,凡逃跑的,都必倒在刀下;所剩下的,也必分散四方(方:原文是)。你們就知道這話的是我─耶和華

22 耶和華如此:我要將香柏樹梢擰去栽上,就是從儘尖的嫩枝中折一嫩枝,栽於極上;

23 以色列處的栽上。他就生枝子,結果子,成為佳美的香柏樹,各類飛都必宿在其,就是宿在枝子的蔭

24 田野的樹木都必知道我─耶和華使矮小,矮大;青枯乾,枯發旺。我─耶和華如此,也如此行了。

   

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10575. 'And He said, I will cause all My goodness to pass by your face' means causing everything Divine which composes heaven and the Church to pass by the external separated from the internal as it existed with Moses and the nation he headed. This is clear from the meaning of 'causing to pass by his face' as doing so to the external separated from the internal as it existed with Moses and the nation he headed, for 'your face' means the outward form that worship, the Church, and the Word take, which has an inner substance, while 'causing to pass' means making it pass by this; and from the meaning of 'all the goodness of Jehovah' as everything Divine composing heaven and the Church. The implications of all this may be recognized from what has been stated and shown above regarding Moses and the nation he headed. There it has been shown that their interest lay in external things separated from what was internal, by which is meant that when engaged in worship they performed outwardly holy acts without thought of anything internal. And since an inner holiness was nevertheless present, though it did not enter into that nation's outward holiness, it is evident what the meaning is of Jehovah's declaration that He would cause all His goodness to pass by his face. That nation did have, it is true, an internal level of mind, but this was foul, full of uncleanness as a result of self-love and love of the world. It was closed however when they engaged in worship, to prevent the defilement of what was within, belonging to heaven, the Church, and the Word. For if this had been defiled by their internal level of mind that which was external with them would not have had any connection at all with heaven when they engaged in worship and read the Word. See what has been stated and shown previously regarding these matters, in 10454-10457, 10462-10466, 10492, 10498, 10500, 10533, 10549-10551, 10570, where they have been explained fully.

  
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