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Jeremiáše 33

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1 Potom stalo se slovo Hospodinovo k Jeremiášovi po druhé, když ještě zavřín byl v síni stráže, řkoucí:

2 Takto praví Hospodin, kterýž učiní to, Hospodin, kterýž sformuje to, potvrdí toho, Hospodin jméno jeho:

3 Volej ke mně, a ohlásímť se, a oznámímť věci veliké a tajné, o nichž nevíš.

4 Nebo takto praví Hospodin, Bůh Izraelský, o domích města tohoto, a o domích králů Judských, kteříž zkaženi býti mají berany válečnými a mečem:

5 Potáhnouť k boji proti Kaldejským, ale aby naplnili tyto domy mrtvými těly lidskými, kteréž zbiji v hněvě svém a v prchlivosti své, pro jejichž všelikou nešlechetnost skryl jsem tvář svou od města tohoto.

6 Aj, já zopravuji je a vzdělám, a uzdravím obyvatele, a zjevím jim hojnost pokoje, a to stálého.

7 Nebo přivedu zase zajaté Judské a zajaté Izraelské, a vzdělám je jako prvé,

8 A očistím je od všeliké nepravosti jejich, kterouž hřešili proti mně, a odpustím všecky nepravosti jejich, kterýmiž hřešili proti mně, a jimiž zpronevěřovali se mně.

9 A toť mi bude k jménu, k radosti, k chvále, a k zvelebení mezi všemi národy země, kteříž uslyší o všem tom dobrém, kteréž já jim učiním, a děsíce se, třásti se budou nade vším tím dobrým a nade vším pokojem tím, kterýž já jim způsobím.

10 Takto praví Hospodin: Na tomto místě, o kterémž vy říkáte: Popléněno jest, tak že není ani člověka ani žádného hovada v městech Judských a na ulicích Jeruzalémských zpustlých, tak že není žádného člověka, ani žádného obyvatele, ani žádného hovada,

11 Ještěť bude slýchán hlas radosti a hlas veselé, hlas ženicha a hlas nevěsty, hlas řkoucích: Oslavujte Hospodina zástupů, nebo dobrý jest Hospodin, nebo na věky milosrdenství jeho, a obětujících díkčinění v domě Hospodinově, když zase přivedu zajaté země této jako na počátku, praví Hospodin.

12 Takto praví Hospodin zástupů: Na místě tomto popléněném, tak že není žádného člověka ani hovada, i ve všech městech jeho bude ještě obydlé pastýřů, kdež by chovali stáda.

13 V městech při horách, v městech na rovinách a v městech v straně polední, tolikéž v zemi Beniaminově a vůkol Jeruzaléma, i v městech Judských, ještě procházívati budou stáda skrze ruce počítajícího, praví Hospodin.

14 Aj, dnové jdou, dí Hospodin, v nichž vykonám slovo to výborné, kteréž jsem mluvil o domu Izraelovu a o domu Judovu.

15 V těch dnech a za času toho způsobím to, aby zrostl Davidovi výstřelek spravedlivý, kterýž konati bude soud a spravedlnost na zemi.

16 V těch dnech spasen bude Juda, a Jeruzalém bydliti bude bezpečně, a toť jest, což jemu přivolá Hospodin, spravedlnost naše.

17 Nebo takto praví Hospodin: Nebudeť vypléněn muž z rodu Davidova, ješto by neseděl na stolici domu Judského.

18 Z kněží také Levítských nebude vypléněn muž od tváři mé, ješto by neobětoval zápalu, a zapaloval suchou obět, a obětoval obět po všecky dny.

19 Potom stalo se slovo Hospodinovo k Jeremiášovi, řkoucí:

20 Takto praví Hospodin: Jestliže budete moci zrušiti smlouvu mou se dnem, a smlouvu mou s nocí, aby nebývalo dne ani noci časem svým:

21 Takéť smlouva má zrušena bude s Davidem služebníkem mým, aby neměl syna, kterýž by kraloval na stolici jeho, a s Levítskými kněžími, aby nebyli služebníky mými.

22 A jakož nemůže sečteno býti vojsko nebeské, ani změřen býti písek mořský, tak rozmnožím símě Davida služebníka svého, a Levítů mně přisluhujících.

23 Opět stalo se slovo Hospodinovo k Jeremiášovi, řkoucí:

24 Což nesoudíš, co lid tento mluví, říkaje: Že dvojí čeled, kterouž byl vyvolil Hospodin, již ji zavrhl, a lidem mým že pohrdají, jako by nebyl více národem před oblíčejem jejich.

25 Takto praví Hospodin: Nebude-liť smlouva má se dnem a nocí, a ustanovení nebes i země zdržáno,

26 Také símě Jákobovo a Davida služebníka svého zavrhu, abych nebral z semene jeho těch, kteříž by panovati měli nad semenem Abrahamovým, Izákovým a Jákobovým, když zase přivedu zajaté jejich, a smiluji se nad nimi.

   

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9031. 'And thoroughly cure him' means restoration, that is to say, through explanation; for if statements in the literal sense of the Word are looked at on a more internal level, all are in agreement. The situation here is as it is with statements in the Word which speak of the sun's rising or setting, though in reality it neither rises nor sets. However, it presents the appearance of doing so to inhabitants on earth, because of the earth's daily rotation on its axis. This natural truth lies hidden within the former, which accords with the appearance presented to the eyes. If the truth had been stated in the Word contrary to that appearance, the common people would not have understood it; and what the common people do not understand they do not believe either. It is similar with the Sun of heaven, which is the Lord; this too is said to rise. But it is said to rise in the heart when a person is being regenerated, and also when he is governed by the good of love and faith; and it is said to set when a person is immersed in evil and in falsity arising from it. But in reality the Lord is always where the sun is rising, for which reason also He is called the Sunrise or the East, and never where it is setting. Nor does He turn away from anyone; rather a person turns away from Him, which is the reason for the appearance that the Lord turns His face away, and even brings about what is ill. Therefore also such a thing is said of Him in the Word; and that too is a truth, though it is an apparent truth, and so does not conflict with the former. From all this one may now see what 'thoroughly curing' means in the internal sense, namely the restoration of spiritual truth, which is brought about by correct explanation of factual truth, or truth belonging to the literal sense of the Word.

[2] The situation is just the same with every truth that belongs to the literal sense. In natural light, which a person who perceives things on a sensory level possesses, that truth is seen as it is actually stated in the Word. For the literal sense is natural and is for those who perceive things on a sensory level. But when the same truth is presented in the light of heaven it is seen according to the internal sense; for this sense is spiritual and is for those whose perception lies on a heavenly level, because the things that belong to natural light vanish in the light of heaven. Natural light is like gloom or like a cloud, but heavenly light is like the glory and brightness after the cloud has been removed. Therefore also the literal sense of the Word is called 'a cloud' and the internal sense 'the glory', see Preface to Genesis 18, and 4391, 5922, 6343, 8106, 8443, 8781.

[3] The reason why 'thoroughly curing' means restoring in the spiritual sense is that 'sickness' and 'illness' mean poor health of the internal man. The internal man is in poor health when its life, which is spiritual life, is sick, that is, when the person turns aside from truth to falsity and from good to evil. When this happens that life is sick; and when the person turns away completely from truth and good that life dies. But its death is called spiritual death, which is damnation. This being the situation with the life of the internal man, such things as constitute sicknesses and death in the natural world refer, when spoken of in the Word, to sicknesses of spiritual life and to the death of that life. So too with curings or healings from sickness, as in Isaiah,

Jehovah strikes Egypt striking and curing, as a consequence of which they turn themselves towards Jehovah; and He will be entreated by them, and He will cure them. Isaiah 19:22.

In the same prophet,

But He was pierced because of our transgressions, bruised because of our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon Him, and by His wounds we are cured. 1 Isaiah 53:5.

These words refer to the Lord.

[4] In Jeremiah,

Return, O perverse children, I will cure you of backsliding. 2 Jeremiah 3:22.

In the same prophet,

Behold, I will bring curing and remedy to it; 3 and I will cure them and reveal to them the abundance of peace, and truth. Jeremiah 33:6.

In the same prophet,

Go up to Gilead, and take balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt! In vain you have multiplied medicaments; there is no curing for you. Jeremiah 46:11.

And in Ezekiel,

Beside the river there is rising up upon its bank, on this side and on that, [every] tree for food, whose leaf does not fall, and whose fruit does not fail it is reborn monthly, for its waters flow out from the sanctuary, wherefore its fruit is for food, and its leaf for medicaments. Ezekiel 47:12.

'Fruit for food' stands for the good of love and charity, which serves to nourish spiritual life, and 'leaf for medicaments' for the truths of faith which serve to refresh and restore that life. For the meaning of 'fruit' as the good of love and charity, see 3146, 7690; and for the meaning of 'leaf' as the truth of faith, 885.

[5] Since sicknesses and illnesses, also curings and medicaments, mentioned in the Word do not refer to natural life but to another kind of life distinct and separate from natural life, it is evident to anyone who ponders on the matter for a while that a person possesses another kind of life, which belongs to his internal man. Those who think materialistically of the life a person has do not believe that he has any life other than that of the body which is the life of the external or natural man. They wonder what the life of the internal man may be, indeed what the internal man may be. If they are told that this life is the life of faith and charity, and that the internal man is the person's spirit which lives after death, and which in essence is the real person, they wonder all the more. And those of them who live solely for the body and not for the soul, thus who are altogether natural people, understand nothing of what they are told about the life of faith and charity or about the internal man. For when they think, they see things altogether in natural light and not at all in spiritual light, on account of which also after death their thought remains materialistic. They live then 'in the shadow of death', that is, steeped in falsities arising from evil; they are in utter darkness and are blind to the light of heaven.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, and in His wound curing has been given to us

2. literally, cure your turnings away

3. literally, I will cause curing and remedy to go up to it

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