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Mislio je neprijatelj: 'Gonit ću ih, stići, plijen ću podijelit', duša će moja sita ga biti; trgnut ću mač, uništit' ih rukom svojom.'
Izlazak 15:9
Ezekijel 47
1
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.
2
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.
3
Čovjek pođe prema istoku s užetom u ruci, izmjeri tisuću lakata i prevede me preko vode, a voda mi sezaše do gležanja.
4
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.
5
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.
6
I upita me: "Vidiš li, sine čovječji?" I odvede me natrag, na obalu potoka.
7
I kad se vratih, gle, na obali s obje strane mnoga stabla.
8
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.
10
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.
11
A močvare onoga mora i njegove bare neće ozdraviti: bit će za sol.
12
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'.
13
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 # 8314
8314. 'Then the chiefs of Edom were dismayed' means a like feeling on the part of those leading a life of evil arising from self-love. This is clear from the meaning of 'the chiefs' as the leaders, thus each and every person, dealt with below; and from the representation of 'Edom' as those who, ruled by the evil of self-love, seize on falsities and cast aside truths, or as - in the sense abstracted from persons - the evil of self-love which embraces falsity and rejects truth, so that 'Edom' also represents those who lead a life of evil arising from that love, namely self-love. As regards the word 'chiefs', leaders are meant by it, or - in the sense abstracted from persons - leading features, and so each and every aspect. For when the word 'chiefs' is used, it implies each and every person under them, as when the word 'king' is used it implies all subjects of his kingdom; for the group takes its name from the most powerful person among them. When the term 'chiefs' or 'commanders' is mentioned in the Word general headings under which all else comes is meant, or leading features, as with 'tertiary commanders', 8150, 8276; and that term has reference to good, or in the contrary sense to evil. 'Princes' however likewise means general headings under which all else comes, or first and foremost features, 1482, 2089, 5044; but it has reference to truth.
[2] It should be recognized that in the Word there are terms that belong to the group of spiritual things and terms that belong to the group of celestial things; that is, there are terms serving to express such things as are matters of truth or faith, and terms serving to express such things as are matters of good or love. In addition there are terms that have reference to both. As soon as the person who is acquainted with these looks at or reads the Word, especially in its original language, he knows when such things as are matters of truth are the subject in the internal sense, and when such things as are matters of good are the subject. This is the situation with the meaning of 'princes' and 'chiefs'. 'Princes' means first and foremost features and is used in reference to the truths of faith, or in the contrary sense to falsities of faith, whereas 'chiefs' means leading features and is used in reference to the good of love, or in the contrary sense to the evils of love.
[3] So it is that those who ruled in Edom were called 'chiefs', as is evident from Genesis 36:15-19, 21, 29-30, 40-43. The reason why they were called 'chiefs' is that 'Edom' meant the good of celestial love, and in the contrary sense the evil of self-love. But among 'the sons of Ishmael', those who were set in authority over everyone else were not called 'chiefs' but 'princes', Genesis 25:16, because 'Ishmael' means those guided by truth, 3263, 3268, 4747. For the same reason the term 'princes' was used for those set in authority in Israel, Numbers 7:2, 10, 18, 24, 30, 36, 42, 48, 54, since 'Israel' represented those governed by the truth and good of faith. But those set in authority in Judah were called 'chiefs' since Judah' represented those governed by the good of love, as in Zechariah,
Let him be like a chief in Judah. Zechariah 9:7.
And in the same prophet,
The chiefs of Judah will say in their heart, I will strengthen 1 for myself the inhabitants of Jerusalem in Jehovah Zebaoth, their God. On that day I will make the chiefs of Judah like a furnace of fire among pieces of wood. Zechariah 12:5-6.
Poznámky pod čarou:
1. This differs from what appears in English versions of Scripture because Swedenborg, following Sebastian Schmidt, reads the Hebrew as a verb, not as a noun.
