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1 Břímě slova Hospodinova proti zemi, kteráž jest v vůkolí tvém, a Damašek bude odpočinutí jeho. Nebo k Hospodinu zřetel člověka i všech pokolení Izraelských.

2 Ano i do Emat dosáhne, do Týru i Sidonu, ačkoli jest moudrý velmi.

3 Vystavěltě sobě Týrus pevnost, a nashromáždil stříbra jako prachu, a ryzího zlata jako bláta na ulicích.

4 Aj, Pán vyžene jej, a vrazí do moře sílu jeho, i on od ohně sežrán bude.

5 Vida to Aškalon, báti se bude, i Gáza velikou bolest míti bude, též i Akaron, proto že jej zahanbilo očekávání jeho. I zahyne král z Gázy, a Aškalon neosedí.

6 A bude bydliti pankhart v Azotu, a tak vypléním pýchu Filistinských.

7 Když pak odejmu vraždu jednoho každého od úst jeho, a ohavnosti jeho od zubů jeho, připojen bude také i on Bohu našemu, aby byl jako vývoda v Judstvu, a Akaron jako Jebuzejský.

8 A položím se vojensky u domu svého pro vojsko a pro ty, kteříž tam i zase jdou; aniž půjde skrze ně více násilník, proto že se tak nyní vidí očím mým.

9 Plésej velice, dcerko Sionská, prokřikuj, dcerko Jeruzalémská. Aj, král tvůj přijde tobě spravedlivý a spasení plný, chudý a sedící na oslu, totiž na oslátku mladém.

10 Nebo vypléním vozy z Efraima a koně z Jeruzaléma, a vypléněna budou lučiště válečná; nadto rozhlásí pokoj národům, a panování jeho od moře až k moři, a od řeky až do končin země.

11 Anobrž ty, pro krev smlouvy své vypustil jsem vězně tvé z jámy, v níž není žádné vody.

12 Navraťež se k ohradě, ó vězňové v naději postavení. A tak v ten den, jakžť oznamuji, dvojnásobně nahradím tobě,

13 Když sobě napnu Judu a lučiště naplním Efraimem, a vzbudím syny tvé, ó Sione, proti synům tvým, ó Javane, a nastrojím tě jako meč udatného.

14 Nebo Hospodin proti nim se ukáže, a vynikne jako blesk střela jeho. Panovník, pravím, Hospodin trubou troubiti bude, a pobéře se s vichřicemi poledními.

15 Hospodin zástupů chrániti bude lidu svého, aby zmocníce se kamením z praku, jedli a pili, prokřikujíce jako od vína, a naplní jakož číši tak i rohy oltáře.

16 A tak je vysvobodí v ten den Hospodin Bůh jejich, jakožto stádce lid svůj, a vystaveno bude kamení pěkně tesané místo korouhví v zemi jeho.

17 Nebo aj, jaké blahoslavenství jeho, a jak veliká okrasa jeho! Obilé mládence a mest panny učiní mluvné.

   

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2362. That 'behold now, I have two daughters, who have not known a man' means the affections for good and for truth is clear from the meaning of 'daughters' as affections, dealt with in 489-491. 'They have not known a man' means that they have not been defiled by falsity, for 'a man' means rational truth, and also in the contrary sense falsity, 265, 749, 1007. There are two types of affection, namely the affection for good and the affection for truth, see 1997. The first - the affection for good - constitutes the celestial church and in the Word is called 'the daughter of Zion' and also 'the virgin daughter of Zion'.

[2] But the second - the affection for truth - constitutes the spiritual church, and in the Word is called 'the daughter of Jerusalem'; as in Isaiah,

She has despised you, she has scorned you, the virgin daughter of Zion; she wags her head behind you, the daughter of Jerusalem. Isaiah 37:22; 2 Kings 19:21.

In Jeremiah,

What shall I liken you to, O daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I equate you with and comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? Lamentations 2:13.

In Micah,

You, O tower of the flock, hill of the daughter of Zion, to you will it come and the former dominion will come, the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem. Micah 4:8.

In Zephaniah,

Shout with joy, O daughter of Zion! Make a noise, O Israel! Rejoice and exult with all your heart, O daughter of Jerusalem! Zephaniah 3:14.

In Zechariah,

Exult greatly, O daughter of Zion! Make a noise, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king will come to you. Zechariah 9:9; Matthew 21:5; John 12:15.

[3] That the celestial Church, which is the Lord's celestial kingdom, is called 'the daughter of Zion' from the affection for good, that is, from love to the Lord Himself, see in addition Isaiah 10:32; 16:1; 52:2; 62:11; Jeremiah 4:31; 6:2, 23; Lamentations 1:6; 2:1, 4, 8, 10; Micah 4:10, 13; Zechariah 2:10; Psalms 9:14. And that the spiritual Church, which is the Lord's spiritual kingdom, is called 'the daughter of Jerusalem' from the affection for truth and so from charity towards the neighbour, see Lamentations 2:15. Both of those Churches, and the nature of each one, have been dealt with many times in Volume One.

[4] Because the celestial Church exists from love to the Lord which is present within love towards the neighbour it is likened in particular to an unmarried daughter or a virgin. Indeed it is also called 'a virgin', as in John,

These are the ones who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins; these are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes; for they are spotless before God's throne. Revelation 14:4-5.

And so that the same might be represented in the Jewish Church, the priests were commanded not to marry widows but virgins, Leviticus 21:13-15; Ezekiel 44:22.

[5] From the contents of the present verse it becomes clear how pure the Word is in the internal sense, however else it may appear in the letter. For when these words are read, 'Behold now, I have two daughters, who have not known a man; let me now bring them out to you and you may do to them as is good in your eyes; only do nothing to those men', nothing else comes to mind than something impure, especially to those leading an evil life. Yet how chaste these words are in the internal sense is evident from the explanation already given, which is that they mean the affections for good and truth and the blessedness perceived from the enjoyment of those affections by people who do no violence to the Lord's Divinity and [proceeding] Holiness.

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