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Ezekijel 39

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1 Sine čovječji, prorokuj protiv Goga i reci: 'Ovako govori Jahve Gospod: Evo me na te, Gože, veliki kneže Mešeka i Tubala!

2 Namamit ću te i povesti, podići te s krajnjega sjevera i dovesti na gore Izraelove.

3 Izbit ću ti luk iz lijeve ruke i prosuti strijele iz tvoje desnice.

4 Na gorama ćeš Izraelovim pasti, ti i sve tvoje čete i narodi koji budu s tobom: pticama grabljivicama, svemu krilatom, i zvijerima dadoh te za hranu.

5 Na otvorenom ćeš polju pasti, jer ja tako rekoh - riječ je Jahve Gospoda.

6 Poslat ću oganj na Magog i na sve koji spokojno žive na otocima - i znat će da sam ja Jahve.

7 A svoje sveto ime objavit ću posred naroda svoga izraelskoga i neću dati da se više oskvrnjuje moje sveto ime! I znat će svi narodi da sam ja, Jahve, Svetac Izraelov.

8 Evo dolazi i biva - riječ je Jahve Gospoda! To je dan o kojem sam govorio!

9 Izići će stanovnici izraelskih gradova, naložiti vatru i spaliti oružje, štitove, štitiće, lukove i strelice, koplja i sulice - ložit će njima vatru sedam godina.

10 Neće nositi drva iz polja ni sjeći u šumama, nego će vatru oružjem ložiti. I oplijenit će one koji su njih plijenili, opljačkati one koji su njih pljačkali - riječ je Jahve Gospoda.

11 U onaj ću dan dati Gogu za grob glasovito mjesto u Izraelu: dolinu Abarim, istočno od Mora, koja zatvara put prolaznicima; ondje će pokopati Goga i sve njegovo mnoštvo. I dolina će se prozvati Hamon-Gog.

12 I ukopavat će ih dom Izraelov, sedam mjeseci, da očisti svu zemlju;

13 pokapat će ih sav narod zemlje. I bit će im slavan dan u koji se proslavim, riječ je Jahve Gospoda.

14 Izabrat će ljude da neprestano prolaze zemljom pa da s prolaznicima pokapaju one koji preostaše po zemlji, da je tako očiste.

15 I kad koji, prolazeći zemljom, vidi ljudske kosti, podignut će kraj njih nadgrobnik dok ih grobari ne ukopaju u dolini Hamon-Gog.

16 Hamona je ime i gradu. I tako će očistiti zemlju.

17 Sine čovječji, ovako govori Jahve Gospod: Reci pticama, svemu krilatom i svemu zvijerju: skupite se i dođite! Saberite se odasvud na žrtvu moju koju koljem za vas, na veliku gozbu po izraelskim gorama, da se najedete mesa i napijete krvi.

18 Najedite se mesa od junaka i napijte se krvi zemaljskih knezova, ovnova, janjaca, jaraca, junaca, ugojene stoke bašanske!

19 Najedite se do sita pretiline i napijte se krvi mojih klanica koje sam vam naklao.

20 Nasitite se za mojim stolom konja i konjanika, junaka i ratnika!' - riječ je Jahve Gospoda.

21 'Tako ću se proslaviti među narodima, i svi će narodi vidjeti sud koji ću izvršiti i ruku što ću je na njih podići.

22 Znat će dom Izraelov da sam ja, Jahve, Bog njihov - od toga dana zauvijek.

23 I znat će narodi da dom Izraelov bijaše odveden u ropstvo zbog svojih nedjela: iznevjerio mi se, pa sakrih lice svoje od njih i predadoh ih njihovim neprijateljima u ruke da od mača poginu.

24 Postupih s njima po nečistoći njihovoj i nedjelima te sakrih lice svoje od njih.'

25 Stoga ovako govori Jahve Gospod: 'Sad ću vratiti roblje Jakovljevo i pomilovati sav dom Izraelov - ljubomoran na ime svoje sveto,

26 oprostit ću im svu sramotu i nevjeru kojom mi se iznevjeriše dok još spokojno življahu u zemlji i nikoga ne bijaše da ih straši.

27 A kad ih dovedem iz naroda i skupim iz zemalja dušmanskih i na njima, naočigled mnogih naroda, svetost svoju pokažem,

28 znat će da sam ja Jahve, Bog njihov, koji ih u izgnanstvo među narode odvedoh i koji ih opet skupljam u njihovu zemlju, ne ostavivši ondje nijednoga od njih.

29 I nikada više neću kriti lica od njih, jer ću duh svoj izliti na dom Izraelov' - riječ je Jahve Gospoda."

   

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299. And he who sat on it had a bow. This symbolizes their having a doctrine of truth and goodness from the Word, from which they fought against falsities and evils emanating from hell, thus fighting against hell.

He who sat on the white horse in Revelation 19:11-13 means the Lord in relation to the Word, but he who sat on this white horse means an angelic person in relation to a doctrine of truth and goodness from the Word, thus a doctrine from the Lord, like the army of the Lord in heaven which followed the Lord on white horses in Revelation 19:14.

Regarding Him who sat on the white horse in Revelation 19, we are told that out of his mouth went a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations, and the sword going out of His mouth symbolizes the Divine truth of the Word fighting against falsities and evils (nos. 52, 108, 117). Here, however, we are told that he who sat on this white horse had a bow, and the bow symbolizes a doctrine of truth and goodness from the Word fighting against evils and falsities.

To fight against falsities and evils is also to fight against the hells, as evils and falsities emanate from there, and therefore this, too, is symbolically meant.

[2] That a bow in the Word symbolizes doctrine doing battle in both senses can be seen from the following passages:

(Jehovah's) arrows are sharp, and all His bows bent; His horses' hooves are accounted as rocks. (Isaiah 5:28)

(The Lord) has bent his bow like an enemy... (Lamentations 2:4)

O Jehovah..., You ride on Your horses; ...Your bow will be bared. (Habakkuk 3:8-9)

He gave the nations before Him, and made Him rule over kings. He gave them as the dust to His sword, as... stubble to His bow. (Isaiah 41:2)

Because the subject is Jehovah or the Lord, a bow in these places symbolizes the Word, from which the Lord fights in a person against evils and falsities.

I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem; the war bow shall be cut off. Rather He shall speak peace to the nations. (Zechariah 9:10)

They bend their tongue, their bow a lie, and not the truth... (Jeremiah 9:3)

Lo, the wicked bend their bow; they make ready their arrows on the bowstring, to shoot in the dark the upright in heart. (Psalms 11:2)

They will provoke Joseph and shoot at him; the archers will hate him. But he will rest on the tautness of his bow... by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob... (Genesis 49:23-24)

Set yourselves in array against Babylon... All you who bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrow, for she has sinned against Jehovah. (Jeremiah 50:14, cf. 50:29)

David lamented... over Saul... to teach the children of Judah the Bow. (2 Samuel 1:17-18)

This lamentation describes the combat of truth against falsities.

[3] Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: "Lo, I am breaking the bow of Elam, the source of its might." (Jeremiah 49:35)

(Jehovah) made Me a polished arrow; in His quiver He has hidden Me. (Isaiah 49:2)

Behold, children are a heritage from Jehovah... Blessed is the man who has filled his quiver with them. (Psalms 127:3-5)

Children here and elsewhere symbolize doctrinal truths.

In Salem shall be (Jehovah's) tabernacle... There He broke the strings of the bow, the shield, the sword, and the war. (Psalms 76:1-3)

(Jehovah) will make wars cease... He will break the bow..., cut asunder the spear; He will burn the chariot with fire. (Psalms 46:9; cf. Ezekiel 39:8-9, Hosea 2:18)

In these places a bow symbolizes a doctrine of truth fighting against falsities, and in an opposite sense, a doctrine of falsity fighting against truths. Arrows accordingly symbolize truths or falsities.

Since a war in the Word symbolizes a spiritual war, therefore the weapons of war - such as the sword, spear, shield, buckler, bow, and arrows - symbolize the kind of things that have to do with that war.

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.