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After this I saw, and behold, another, like a leopard, and it had four wings of a bird upon its back; and the beast had four heads; and dominion was given to it.
Daniel 7:6
True Christian Religion # 251
251. To demonstrate from the Word that it contains pairs of expressions which look like repetitions of the same thing would be tedious, since it would fill pages. But in order to remove any doubt, I should like to quote passages where nation and people, and joy and gladness are mentioned together. The passages in which nation 1 and people are named are the following:
Woe to the nation of sinners, a people burdened with iniquity, Isaiah 1:4.
The people who walk in darkness have seen a great light; you have increased the nation, Isaiah 9:2-3.
Assyria is the rod of my anger; I shall send him against a nation of hypocrites, against the people of my wrath shall I order him to march, Isaiah 10:5-6.
It will happen on that day, the nations will seek the root of Jesse, who stands as a sign to the peoples, Isaiah 11:10.
Jehovah who struck the peoples an incurable blow, mastering the nations with wrath, Isaiah 14:6.
On that day there will be brought as a gift to Jehovah Zebaoth a people torn apart and plundered, and a nation measured out and trampled, Isaiah 18:7.
A strong people will honour you, the city of powerful nations will fear you, Isaiah 25:3.
Jehovah will swallow up the veil over all peoples, the pall over all nations, Isaiah 25:7.
Approach, you nations, and listen, you peoples, Isaiah 34:1.
I have called you to be a covenant to the people, a light to the nations, Isaiah 42:6.
Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the peoples assemble, Isaiah 43:9.
Look, I shall raise my hand towards the nations, and my signal towards the peoples, Isaiah 49:22.
I made him a witness to the peoples a prince and law-giver to the nations, Isaiah 55:4-5.
Look, a people coming from the land of the north, and a mighty nation from the corners of the earth, Jeremiah 6:22-23.
I shall make you not to hear any longer the slander of the nations, and you will no longer bear the reproaches of the peoples, Ezekiel 36:15.
All peoples and nations will worship Him, Daniel 7:14.
Lest the nations make a by-word of them, and say among the peoples, Where is their God? Joel 2:17.
The survivors of my people will plunder them, and the remnant of my nation will take their inheritance, Zephaniah 2:9.
Many people and numerous nations will come to seek Jehovah in Jerusalem, Zechariah 8:22.
My eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared before the face of all peoples, a light to be a revelation to the nations, Luke 2:30-32.
You have redeemed us by your blood from every people and nation, Revelation 5:9.
You must prophesy again over the peoples and nations, Revelation 10:11.
You will set me to be head of the nations; a people whom I knew not shall serve me, Psalms 18:43.
Jehovah makes vain the counsel of the nations, overthrows the thoughts of the peoples, Psalms 33:10.
You make us a proverb among the nations, a wagging of the head among the peoples, Psalms 44:14.
Jehovah will set peoples subject to us, and nations beneath our feet. God reigns over the nations: the willing ones of the peoples are gathered, Psalms 47:3, 8-9.
The peoples shall confess you, and the nations shall shout for joy; because you will judge the peoples with righteousness and will lead the nations on the earth, Psalms 67:3-4.
Remember me, Jehovah, in showing favour to your people, that I may rejoice in the joy of your nations, Psalms 106:4-5.
There are other passages too.
The reason why nations and peoples are mentioned together is that nations means those who are in possession of good, and in the opposite sense, those who are in possession of evil; and peoples means those who are in possession of truths, and in the opposite sense, those who are in possession of falsities. Therefore, those who belong to the Lord's spiritual kingdom are called peoples, and those who belong to His celestial kingdom are called nations. For all who possess truths and the intelligence they give are in the spiritual kingdom, and all who possess various kinds of good and the wisdom they give are in the celestial kingdom.
Poznámky pod čarou:
1. The Latin word here translated 'nation' is frequently used in the plural to mean 'the heathen.'
Isaiah 42
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"Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delights-- I have put my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations.
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He will not shout, nor raise his voice, nor cause it to be heard in the street.
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He won't break a bruised reed. He won't quench a dimly burning wick. He will faithfully bring justice.
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He will not fail nor be discouraged, until he has set justice in the earth, and the islands will wait for his law."
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Thus says God Yahweh, he who created the heavens and stretched them out, he who spread out the earth and that which comes out of it, he who gives breath to its people and spirit to those who walk in it.
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"I, Yahweh, have called you in righteousness, and will hold your hand, and will keep you, and make you a covenant for the people, as a light for the nations;
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to open the blind eyes, to bring the prisoners out of the dungeon, and those who sit in darkness out of the prison.
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"I am Yahweh. That is my name. I will not give my glory to another, nor my praise to engraved images.
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Behold, the former things have happened, and I declare new things. I tell you about them before they come up."
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Sing to Yahweh a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the islands and their inhabitants.
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Let the wilderness and its cities raise their voices, with the villages that Kedar inhabits. Let the inhabitants of Sela sing. Let them shout from the top of the mountains!
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Let them give glory to Yahweh, and declare his praise in the islands.
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Yahweh will go out like a mighty man. He will stir up zeal like a man of war. He will raise a war cry. Yes, he will shout aloud. He will triumph over his enemies.
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"I have been silent a long time. I have been quiet and restrained myself. Now I will cry out like a travailing woman. I will both gasp and pant.
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I will destroy mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs. I will make the rivers islands, and will dry up the pools.
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I will bring the blind by a way that they don't know. I will lead them in paths that they don't know. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. I will do these things, and I will not forsake them.
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"Those who trust in engraved images, who tell molten images, 'You are our gods' will be turned back. They will be utterly disappointed.
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"Hear, you deaf, and look, you blind, that you may see.
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Who is blind, but my servant? Or who is as deaf as my messenger whom I send? Who is as blind as he who is at peace, and as blind as Yahweh's servant?
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You see many things, but don't observe. His ears are open, but he doesn't listen.
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It pleased Yahweh, for his righteousness' sake, to magnify the law, and make it honorable.
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But this is a robbed and plundered people. All of them are snared in holes, and they are hidden in prisons. They have become a prey, and no one delivers; and a spoil, and no one says, 'Restore them!'
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Who is there among you who will give ear to this? Who will listen and hear for the time to come?
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Who gave Jacob as plunder, and Israel to the robbers? Didn't Yahweh, he against whom we have sinned? For they would not walk in his ways, and they disobeyed his law.
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Therefore he poured the fierceness of his anger on him, and the strength of battle; and it set him on fire all around, but he didn't know; and it burned him, but he didn't take it to heart."
