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Ezekijel 27

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1 I dođe mi riječ Jahvina:

2 "A ti sine čovječji, udari u tužaljku nad Tirom

3 i reci Tiru što leži na ulazu u more i trguje s narodima bezbrojnih otoka: 'Ovako govori Jahve Gospod: Tire što govoraše: Ja sam lađa prekrasna, izvanredne ljepote.

4 Tvoje međe sežu u more duboko, graditelji tvoji besprimjerno te lijepa načiniše.

5 Od senirskih čempresa oplate ti sagradiše, cedar libanonski uzeše, jarbole ti podigoše;

6 od bašanskih hrastova istesaše ti vesla, od bjelokosti i šimšira s kitijimskog otočja palubu ti načiniše!

7 Od vezena lana egipatskog bijahu ti jedra da ti budu zastava! A grimiz i skrlet s eliških otoka staviše ti za krovišta.

8 Žitelji Sidona i Arvada bjehu ti veslači, a mudraci tvoji, Tire, bijahu ti kormilari!

9 Starješine gebalske i vještaci popravljahu kvarove tvoje. Sve morske lađe i mornari bijahu tvoji i s tobom trgovahu!

10 Perzijanci, Ludijci i Putijci u tvojoj vojsci bijahu ratnici, u tebi vješahu štitove i kacige; oni ti sjaj davahu.

11 Sinovi arvadski s vojnicima na bedemima tvojim uokrug čuvahu ti kule. O zidove ti uokolo štitove vješahu da uzveličaju jedinstvenu ljepotu tvoju!

12 Zbog bogatstva tvoga golemog čak i Taršiš s tobom trgovaše, plaćajući srebrom i gvožđem, olovom i kositrom trg tvoj.

13 Javan i Tubal i Mešek s tobom trgovahu: davahu ljude i suđe mjedeno za trg tvoj.

14 Oni iz Bet Togarme davahu konje, trkaće konjiće i mazge.

15 I sinovi Dedanovi s tobom trgovahu. Mnogi ti otoci bijahu podložni: plaćahu ti daću u bjelokosti i ebanovini.

16 Zbog obilja robe tvoje Edom s tobom trgovaše. Davahu ti za trg dragulje, purpur i vezivo, koralje, rubine i bez;

17 i Judeja i zemlja Izraelova trgovahu s tobom: minitskim žitom, voskom, medom, uljem i balzamom trg tvoj plaćahu!

18 Zbog obilja trga tvojeg, silnoga ti blaga, i Damask s tobom trgovaše za helbonsko vino i saharsku vunu.

19 I Dan i Javan iz Uzala za trg tvoj prekaljeno gvožđe mijenjahu, cimet i slatku trsku.

20 Dedan s tobom trgovaše prostirkama jahačkim.

21 Arapi i kedarski knezovi mijenjahu se s tobom, trg ti plaćajući jaganjcima, jarcima i ovnovima.

22 Trgovci iz Šebe i Rame trgovahu s tobom, za trg ti davahu najbolje dragulje i zlato.

23 Haran, Kane i Eden, trgovci Šebe, Asirije i Kišmada trgovahu s tobom. Mijenjahu za trg tvoj

24 skupocjene halje, purpurne i vezene plašteve, sagove šarene i užad čvrsto pletenu.

25 Taršiške su lađe nakrcane prevozile robu tvoju! Bješe tako puna i teška veoma.

26 Na pučinu morsku, na mnoga te mora izvedoše veslači. Istočni te vjetar razbi na pučini morskoj!

27 Tvoje blago i trg ti, rukodjela tvoja, lađari tvoji i krmilari, popravljači pukotina, mjenjači trga tvojeg, svi ratnici na tebi i sve mnoštvo posred tebe potonut će na dno morsko na dan tvoga brodoloma!

28 Na vapaj ti krmilara obale će zadrhtati.

29 I sići će s lađa svojih svi veslači, svi lađari i svi krmilari i ostat će na kopnu.

30 Za tobom će glasno naricati i kukati gorko. Pepelom će posut glave, i valjat se u prašini;

31 zbog tebe će glave obrijati, kostrijet će pripasati, ojađene duše za tobom naricati, i kukati gorko.

32 U žalosti će ti tužbalicu zapjevati, nad tobom će protužiti: 'Koji grad k'o Tir ponosan bješe posred mora?'

33 Jer kad bi on blago iskrcao, mnoge bi narode njima nasitio! Obiljem bogatstva i trga mnoge bi kraljeve zemaljske usrećio.

34 A sada te, evo, valovi smrskaše, potonu u dubine morske! Blago tvoje i sva posada potonuše s tobom.

35 Svi žitelji otočki zbog tebe se prestraviše. Kraljevi se njini naježiše, glave pokunjiše.

36 Trgovci narodÄa zviždahu za tobom, jer ti strašilo posta i nestade zauvijek!'"

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 7679

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7679. 'And Jehovah brought an east wind' means an agent of destruction. This is clear from the meaning of 'an east wind' as an agent of destruction. 'An east wind' has this meaning because it was dry and turbulent, and because it therefore withered the produce of that land, and by its force shattered trees, and ships at sea. This is why that wind, acting as an agent [of destruction], describes the effect that Divine power can have. In addition 'the east' means the good of love and charity, for the Lord is meant by it in the highest sense, 101, 1250, 3708. Also, being Divine, the good of love and charity is in origin very gentle, and consequently is also such in its movements when it passes into heaven. But when it comes down into hell it becomes rough and fierce, because the inhabitants of hell make it so. Therefore the inflow and presence there of that Divine good not only torments them but also devastates them. This too explains why a wind from the east or 'an east wind' means an agent of destruction.

[2] The fact that this wind means an agent of destruction is evident from the places in which it is mentioned in the Word, as in Jeremiah,

Like an east wind I will scatter them before the enemy. Jeremiah 18:17.

In Ezekiel,

The vine that was planted, will it thrive? 1 When the east wind strikes it, will it not wither completely?. Ezekiel 17:10.

In the same prophet,

That vine has been plucked up in anger, it has been cast down onto the ground, the east wind has dried its fruit. Ezekiel 19:12.

In Hosea,

He will be among his brothers a ferocious one; an east wind will come, Jehovah's wind rising up from the desert, and his spring mill become dry, and his fountain dried up. Hosea 13:15.

In David,

By an east wind You will shatter the ships of Tarshish. Psalms 48:7.

In Ezekiel,

They brought you down to many waters, those who despise you; the east wind broke you in the heart of the seas. Ezekiel 27:26.

From these places it is evident that 'an east wind' means an agent of destruction, because it was a dry wind and a turbulent one. It therefore also means an agent of devastation, as in Hosea,

Ephraim feeds the wind, and pursues the east wind. All the day long he multiplies lies and devastation. Hosea 12:1.

'Ephraim' stands for the Church's understanding, 5354, 6222, 6238. 'Feeding the wind' is multiplying lies, and 'pursuing the east wind' is multiplying devastation. A state of devastation and temptation is also called 'the day of the east wind' in Isaiah 27:7-8.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. Reading num prosperabitur (will it thrive?), which Swedenborg has in another place where he quotes this verse and which is the meaning of the Hebrew, for non prosperabitur (it will not thrive)

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.