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1 Det ord Herren talte mod Babel, mod kaldærenes land, ved profeten Jeremias.

2 Forrkynd det blandt Folkene, kundgør det, rejs et Banner, kundgør det, dølg det ikke, sig: Babel er indtaget, Bel gjort til Skamme, Merodak knust, til Skamme er dets Afguder blevet, knust dets Afgudsbilleder.

3 Thi et Folk fra Nord drager op imod det og gør dets Land til en Ørken, så ingen bor der; både Mennesker og Dyr er flygtet.

4 I hine Dage og til hin Tid, lyder det fra HE EN, skal israeliterne, sammen med Judæerne, komme: de skal vandre under Gråd og søge HE EN deres Gud;

5 de skal spørge om Vej til Zion, did er deres Ansigtervendt; de skal komme og klynge sig til HE EN i en evig Pagt, der aldrig glemmes.

6 En Flok bortkomne Får var mit Folk, deres Hyrder havde ført dem vild, på Afveje i Bjergene; de flakkede fra Bjerg til Høj, glemte deres Hvilested.

7 Enhver, som traf på dem, fortærede dem; deres Fjender sagde: "Vi er sagesløse!" Det skete, fordi de syndede mod HE EN, etfærds græsgangen og deres fædres Håb, HE EN.

8 Fly ud af Babel, drag bort fra kaldæernes Land, bliv som Bukke foran en Hjord!

9 Thi se, jeg vækker fra Nordens Land en Sværm af vældige Folk og fører dem frem mod Babel, og de skal ruste sig imod det; fra den Kant skal det indtages; dens Pile er som den sejrsæle Helts, der ikke vender tomhændet hjem.

10 Kaldæa gøres til Bytte; alle, som gør det til Bytte, mættes, lyder det fra HE EN.

11 Glæd eder kun og jubl, I, som plyndrede min Arvelod, spring som Kalve i Engen, vrinsk som Hingste

12 eders Moder skal dybt beskæmmes; hun, som bar eder, skal blive til Skamme. Se, det ringeste af Folkene, en Ørken, tørt Land og Ødemark!

13 For HE ENs Vredes Skyld skal det ligge ubeboet hen og overalt være en Ørken; alle, som kommer forbi Babel, skal slås af ædsel og spotte over alle dets Sår.

14 ust eder mod Babel på alle Kanter, alle, som spænder Bue; skyd på det, spar ikke på Pile, thi mod HE EN har det syndet.

15 Jubl over det fra alle kanter: "Det har udrakt sin Hånd, dets Støttemure er faldet, dets Volde nedbrudt." Thi det er HE ENs Hævn. Hævn eder på det, gør med det, som det selv har gjort!

16 Udryd af Babel den, der sår, og den, der svinger Le i Høstens Tid! For det hærgende Sværd vender enhver hjem til sit Folk, enhver flyr til sit Land.

17 En adsplittet Hjord er Israel, Løver har spredt det. Først fortærede Assyrerkongen det, og nu sidst har Kong Nebukadrezar af Babel gnavet dets Knogler.

18 Derfor, så siger Hærskarers HE E, Israels Gud: Se, jeg hjemsøger Babels Konge og hans Land, som jeg hjemsøgte Assyrerkongen;

19 og jeg fører Israel tilbage til dets Græsgang; det skal græsse på Karmel og Basan og mættes i Efraims Bjerge og Gilead.

20 I hine Dage og til hin Tid, lyder det fra HE EN, skal man søge efter Israels Brøde, og den er der ikke, efter Judas Synder, og de findes ikke; thi jeg tilgiver dem, jeg lader blive til est,

21 Drag op mod Meratajims Land, drag op imod det og mod dem, som bor i Pekod, læg øde, læg Band på dem, så lyder det fra HE EN, gør nøje, som jeg har budt dig!

22 Krigslarm lyder i Landet, alt bryder sammen.

23 Hvor er dog al Jordens Hammer knækket og brudt, hvor er dog Babel blevet til ædsel blandt Folkene!

24 Jeg lagde dig Snarer, du fangedes, Babel, og mærked det ej; du grebes, og fast blev du holdt, thi du kæmped mod HE EN.

25 HE EN lukked op for sit Forråd og fremtog sin Vredes Værktøj. Thi et Værk har Herren, Hærskarers HE E, for i Kaldæernes Land.

26 Træng derind fra Ende til anden, luk op for dets Lader, dyng det op som Neg og læg Band derpå, lad intet levnes.

27 ødelæg alle dets Okser, før dem ned til Slagtning! Ve dem, deres Dag er kommet, Hjemsøgelsens Tid.

28 Hør, hvor de flyr og redder sig fra Babels Land for at melde i Zion om Hævnen fra HE EN vor Gud, Hævn for hans Helligdom.

29 Kald Skytterne sammen mod Babel, enhver, som spænder Bue, slå ing omkring det, lad ingen få Lov at slippe; gengæld det efter dets Gerning; efter alt, hvad det gjorde, skal I gøre imod det; thi Frækhed viste det mod HE EN, Israels Hellige.

30 Derfor falder dets Ynglinge på dets Torve, alle Krigsfolkene omkommer på hin Dag, lyder det fra HE EN.

31 Se, jeg kommer over dig, "Frækhed", lyder det fra Herren, Hærskarers HE E, thi din Dag er kommet, Hjemsøgelsens Tid.

32 Da falder "Frækhed" og styrter, og ingen rejser det. Jeg sætter Ild på dets Byer, og den fortærer alt deromkring.

33 siger Hærskarers HE E: Både med Israeliterne og Judæerne er der handlet ilde; alle de, der bortførte dem, holder fast på dem, vægrer sig ved at give dem fri.

34 Deres Genløser er stærk, Hærskarers HE E er hans Navn; han vil føre deres Strid og give Jorden o og Babels Indbyggere Uro.

35 Sværd over Kaldæerne, lyder det fra HE EN, og over Babels Indbyggere, over dets Fyrster og Vismænd!

36 Sværd over Sandsigerne, så de bliver Tåber! Sværd over dets Belte, så de taber Modet!

37 Sværd over dets Heste og Vogne og over alt det blandede Slæng i dets Midte, så de bliver til Kvinder! Sværd over dets Skatte, så de plyndres!

38 Tørke over dets Vande, så de tørres ud! Thi det er et Land for Gudebilleder, og de gør sig til af dem, de frygter.

39 Derfor skal Ørkendyr bo der sammen med Sjakaler, også Strudse skal bo der; aldrig mer skal det bebos, men være ubeboet fra Slægt til Slægt.

40 Som det gik, da Gud omstyrtede Sodoma og Gomorra og Nabobyerne, lyder det fra HE EN, skal intet Menneske bo der, intet Menneskebarn dvæle der.

41 Se, der kommer et Folk fra Nord, et vældigt Folk og mange Konger bryder op fra det yderste af Jorden.

42 De fører Bue og Spyd, er grumme uden Barmhjertighed, deres øst er som Havets Brusen, de rider på Heste, rustet som en Mand til Strid mod dig, Babels Datter!

43 Babels Konge hørte ygtet derom, og hans Hænder blev slappe, ædsel greb ham, Skælven som den fødende Kvindes.

44 Som en Løve, der fra Jordans Stolthed skrider op til den stedsegrønne Græsgang, således vil jeg i et Nu drive dem bort derfra. Thi hvem er den udvalgte, jeg vil sætte over dem? Thi hvem er min Lige, og hvem kræver mig til egnskab? Hvem er den Hyrde, der står sig mod mig?

45 Hør derfor det åd, HE EN har for mod Babel, og de Tanker, han har tænkt mod Kaldæernes Land: Visselig skal Hjordens ringeste slæbes bort, visselig skal deres Græsgang forfærdes over dem.

46 Ved åbet: "Babel er indtaget!" skal Jorden skælve, og deres Skrig skal høres blandt Folkene.

   


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1159. And all fat and splendid things are departed from thee, signifies that all things good and true and satisfying and grand, which they were persuaded they would secure through that religious persuasion, are turned into opposites. This is evident from the signification of "fat things," as being what is good and thus satisfying (of which presently); also from the signification of "splendid things," as being what is true and thus grand. This is the signification of "splendid things," because splendor is from light, and the light of heaven is the Divine truth or the Divine wisdom, from which all things in the heavens shine with a splendor such as does not exist in the world; it may be compared with the splendor of a diamond turned to the sun, although the splendor seen in heaven exceeds this beyond measure, as the light of heaven exceeds the light of the world, with a difference so great that while it may be illustrated by comparisons it cannot be described. From that light all things magnificent in the heavens exist, which consist principally of forms corresponding to wisdom, which are such as can in no way be pictured in the world, and consequently cannot be described, for in them art itself is in its art, and knowledge in its wisdom, consequently they are of ineffable beauty. From all this it is clear why "splendid things" signify what is true and thus grand.

[2] "Fat things" signify what is good and thus satisfying, because the fat is the best part of flesh and because it resembles oil, which signifies the good of love. That "fatness" signifies good and things pertaining to good, thus satisfactions and joys, can be seen from the following passages in the Word. In Isaiah:

In hearkening hearken unto Me, and eat ye that which is good, that your soul may be delighted in fatness (Isaiah 55:2).

"To eat that which is good" signifies to appropriate good to oneself; therefore "to be delighted in fatness" signifies to be in a state of satisfaction and blessedness. In Jeremiah:

I will fill the soul of the priests with fatness, and My people shall be satisfied with good (Jeremiah 31:14).

Here, too, "fatness" signifies satisfaction and blessedness from the good of love. In David:

With fat and fatness my soul shall be satisfied, and my mouth will praise Thee with lips of songs (Psalms 63:5).

"To have the soul satisfied with fat and fatness" signifies to be filled with the good of love and consequent joy; "to praise with lips of songs" signifies to worship by truths that gladden the mind. In the same:

They shall be filled with the fatness of Thy house, and Thou shalt make them drink of the river of Thy pleasures (Psalms 36:8).

The "fatness" with which the house shall be filled signifies the good of love and consequent satisfaction, "house" being the things of the mind; "the river of pleasures" that he will make them to drink of signifies intelligence and consequent happiness.

[3] In Isaiah:

In this mountain shall Jehovah of Hosts make to all peoples a feast of fat things, a feast of lees, of fat things of marrows, and of lees well refined (Isaiah 25:6).

This is said of the state of those who will acknowledge and worship the Lord. That "mountain" signifies a new church from these, "a feast of fat things, of fat things of marrows," signifies both natural and spiritual good with joy of heart, and "lees, and lees well refined" signify truths from that good with happiness from them. In the same:

Jehovah shall give the rain of thy seed with which thou shalt sow the land, and bread of the produce of the land, and it shall be fat and plenteous (Isaiah 30:23).

"Rain of seed" signifies the multiplication of truth, and "bread of produce" signifies fructification of good; "fat and plenteous" signifies good and truth with all satisfaction and happiness. In David:

They shall still have increase in old age, they shall be fat and green, to proclaim that Jehovah is upright (Psalms 92:14-15).

"To be fat and green" signifies to be in the goods and truths of doctrine. In the same:

Jehovah shall remember all thy offerings and shall make fat thy burnt-offering (Psalms 20:3).

"Offerings and burnt-offering" signify worship, and to "make fat" signifies worship from the good of love. "Fatness" has the same signification in Ezekiel 34:3; Genesis 27:39 elsewhere. As "fat and fatness" signified the good of love, and all worship which is truly worship must be from the good of love, therefore:

It was appointed that all the fat and fatness in the sacrifices should be burnt on the altar (Exodus 29:13, 22; Leviticus 1:8; 3:3-16; 4:8-35; 7:3-4, 30-31; 17:6; Numbers 18:17-18).

For "sacrifices and burnt-offerings" signified worship.

[4] As the Jewish and Israelitish nation was only in external worship, and not also in internal worship, and in consequence was in no good of love and in no good of charity and faith:

It was forbidden them to eat the fat and blood, and it was declared that they would be cut off if they should eat them (Leviticus 3:17; 7:23, 25).

But to those who are in internal worship and from that in external worship, such as those must be who will be of the Lord's New Church, it is said:

That they shall eat fat till they be full, and drink blood till they be drunken (Ezekiel 39:19);

"fat" here signifying all the good of heaven and of the church, and "blood" all their truth. In the contrary sense those who are "fat" signify those who are nauseated at good, or who at least despise and reject it (Deuteronomy 32:15; Jeremiah 5:28; 50:11; Psalms 17:10; 20:4; 68:31; 119:70 elsewhere).

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[5] But such is not the lot of those who are permanently evil. All who are permanently evil are in hell according to the loves of their life; and there they think and speak from thought, although they speak falsities, and they will and from will do, although they do evils. Moreover, to one another they appear like men, although in the light of heaven they have monstrous forms. From this it can be seen why it is according to a law of order relating to reformation, which is called a law of Divine providence, that man is not let into the truths of faith and the goods of love except so far as he can be withheld from evils and held in goods even to the end of life, and that it is better for a man to be permanently evil than that he be good and afterwards evil, for thus he becomes profane. It is for this reason that the Lord, who provides all things and foresees all things, hides the operations of His providence, even to the extent that man scarcely knows whether there be any providence whatever, and man is permitted to attribute what he does to prudence, and what happens to him to fortune, and even to ascribe many things to nature, rather than that he should, through conspicuous and clear indications of the Divine providence and presence, plunge unseasonably into sanctities in which he will not continue. The Lord also permits like things by other laws of His providence, namely, by these, that man should have freedom, and that he should do whatever he does according to reason, thus wholly as if of himself, for it is better for a man to ascribe the workings of the Divine providence to prudence and fortune than to acknowledge them and still live as a devil. From this it is clear that the laws of permission, which are many, proceed from the laws of providence.

  
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