Ezekijel 47
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Zatim me odvede natrag k vratima Doma. I gle: voda izvirala ispod praga Doma, prema istoku - jer pročelje Doma bijaše prema istoku - i voda otjecaše ispod desne strane Doma, južno od žrtvenika.
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Zatim me izvede na sjeverna vrata i provede me uokolo vanjskim putem k vanjskim vratima koja gledaju na istok. I gle, voda izvirala s desne strane.
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Čovjek pođe prema istoku s užetom u ruci, izmjeri tisuću lakata i prevede me preko vode, a voda mi sezaše do gležanja.
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Ondje opet izmjeri tisuću lakata i provede me preko vode, a voda bijaše do koljena. I opet izmjeri tisuću lakata i prevede me preko vode što bijaše do bokova.
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Opet izmjeri tisuću lakata, ali ondje bijaše potok koji ne mogoh prijeći jer je voda nabujala te je trebalo plivati: bijaše to potok koji se ne može prijeći.
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I upita me: "Vidiš li, sine čovječji?" I odvede me natrag, na obalu potoka.
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I kad se vratih, gle, na obali s obje strane mnoga stabla.
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I reče mi: "Ova voda teče u istočni kraj, spušta se u Arabu i teče u more; a kad se u more izlije, vode mu ozdrave.
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I kuda god potok protječe, sve živo što se miče oživi; i bit će vrlo mnogo riba, jer kamo god dođe ova voda, sve ozdravi i oživi - kuda god protječe ovaj potok.
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I ribari će ribariti duž mora: od En Gedija do En Eglajima sušit će se mreže; i bit će vrlo mnogo svakovrsnih riba kao u Velikom moru.
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A močvare onoga mora i njegove bare neće ozdraviti: bit će za sol.
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Duž potoka na obje strane rast će svakovrsne voćke: lišće im neće otpadati i s njih neće nestajati ploda; svakog će mjeseca roditi novim plodom jer im voda dotječe iz Svetišta. Plod će njihov biti za jelo, a lišće za lijek'.
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Ovako govori Jahve Gospod: 'Ovo su granice u kojima ćete podijeliti zemlju u baštinu među dvanaest plemena Izraelovih - Josipu dva dijela.
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Svakom će od vas pripasti podjednako od zemlje koju se zakleh dati vašim ocima, a vama će pripasti u baštinu.
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Ovo su, dakle, granice zemlje: na sjeveru, od Velikoga mora put Hetlona do Ulaza u Hamat: Sedad,
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Berota, Sibrajim, između kraja damaščanskog i hamatskoga, i Haser Enon, prema granici hauranskoj.
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Granica će se, dakle, protezati od mora do Haser Enona, kojemu je na sjeveru kraj damaščanski i hamatski - sjeverna strana.
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Istočna strana: između Haurana i Damaska, između Gileada i zemlje izraelske, pa Jordanom kao granicom prema istočnomu moru do Tamara - istočna strana.
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Južna strana: prema jugu od Tamara do Meripskih voda i Kadeša pa potokom prema Velikomu moru - južna strana, prema jugu.
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A zapadna strana: granica je Veliko more pa do nadomak Ulaza u Hamat - zapadna strana.
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Tu zemlju razdijelite među sobom po plemenima Izraelovim.
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Razdijelit ćete je ždrijebom u baštinu između sebe i između došljaka koji žive među vama i koji među vama djecu narodiše: i njih ćete smatrati domorocima među Izraelovim sinovima, da i oni dobiju ždrijebom baštinu među Izraelovim sinovima.
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Svakome tom došljaku dodijelite baštinu u plemenu u kojem živi - riječ je Jahve Gospoda.
Arcana Coelestia # 857
857. That 'the waters were going down and abating' means that falsities started to be dispersed is clear from the actual words themselves and from what has been stated just above, at verse 3, where it is said that 'the waters receded, going back and forth', whereas in this verse it is said that 'the waters were going down and abating'. The latter as well as the former means fluctuations between truth and falsity, though the present statement means that those fluctuations were becoming less pronounced. As has been stated, during the fluctuations that follow temptation a person does not know what truth is, but as the movements gradually come to an end so the light of truth appears. The reason for this is that as long as a person's state is such, the internal man cannot function, that is, the Lord cannot function by way of the internal into the external. The internal contains remnants, which are affections for good and for truth deriving from it, which have been dealt with already. The external contains evil desires, and falsities deriving from these. As long as these external things have not been subdued and done away with, no road is open for goods and truths to pass from the internal, that is, from the Lord by way of the internal.
[2] A further purpose of temptations therefore is that the external side of a person may be subdued and so made subservient to the internal. This may become clear to anyone from the fact that as soon as a person's loves are assaulted and crushed, as they are in times of misfortune, sickness, and mental illness, his evil desires start to subside. And as they subside he begins to talk of more devout things. But as soon as he goes back to his previous state, his external man takes control again and he gives scarcely any thought to such matters. It is similar in the final hour of death when bodily things start to fade. From these considerations anyone may see what the internal man is and what the external man, also what remnants are, and how too the desires and pleasures that belong to the external man hinder the Lord's functioning by way of the internal man. From this also anyone may discern what temptations, that is, the inward pains termed the pricks of conscience, accomplish; they take place so that the external man may become subservient to the internal. The external man is made subservient solely to ensure that affections for good and truth are not hindered, halted, and stifled by evil desires and by falsities deriving from them. The subsidence of evil desires and falsities is here described by 'the waters going down and abating'.
