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Zaharija 12

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1 Proroštvo. Besjeda Jahvina o Izraelu. Govori Jahve koji razape nebesa, utemelji zemlju i stvori dah čovjeku u grudima:

2 "Evo, učinit ću Jeruzalem čašom opojnom svim narodima uokolo - za opsade Jeruzalema.

3 U onaj dan učinit ću Jeruzalem teškim kamenom svim narodima: svi koji ga budu dizali teško će se izraniti, a skupit će se na nj svi narodi zemlje.

4 U onaj dan - riječ je Jahvina - udarit ću sve konje strahom, a njine jahače mahnitošću. Ali nad domom Judinim otvorit ću oči, a sljepilom ću udariti sve konje narodÄa.

5 Tada će u srcu reći plemena Judina: 'Snaga je Jeruzalemaca u Jahvi nad Vojskama, Bogu njihovu!'

6 U onaj dan učinit ću da plemena Judina budu kao žeravnica užarena na drvlju, kao baklja upaljena na snoplju: i proždirat će zdesna i slijeva sve narode uokolo. A Jeruzalem će i dalje stajati na svome mjestu."

7 Jahve će najprije spasiti Judine šatore da se ponos doma Davidova i ponos Jeruzalemaca ne izdigne iznad Jude.

8 U onaj dan Jahve će zakriliti Jeruzalemce: najsustaliji među njima bit će u onaj dan kao David, a dom Davidov bit će kao božanstvo, kao Anđeo Jahvin pred njima.

9 "U onaj dan pregnut ću da uništim sve narode koji dođu na Jeruzalem.

10 A na dom Davidov i na Jeruzalemce izlit ću duh milosni i molitveni. I gledat će na onoga koga su proboli; naricat će nad njim kao nad jedincem, gorko ga oplakivati kao prvenca.

11 U onaj dan plač velik će nastati u Jeruzalemu, poput plača hadad-rimonskog u ravnici megidonskoj.

12 I plakat će zemlja, svaka porodica napose, i žene njihove napose; porodica doma Davidova napose, i žene njihove napose; porodica doma Natanova napose, i žene njihove napose;

13 porodica doma Levijeva napose, i žene njihove napose; porodica Šimejeva napose, i žene njihove napose;

14 i sve ostale porodice, svaka porodica za sebe, i žene njihove napose.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 8314

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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.

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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.

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