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Ezekiel 13

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1 Kaj aperis al mi vorto de la Eternulo, dirante:

2 Ho filo de homo! profetu pri la profetoj de Izrael, kiuj profetas, kaj diru al tiuj, kiuj profetas laux sia propra bontrovo:Auxskultu la vorton de la Eternulo!

3 Tiele diras la Sinjoro, la Eternulo:Ve al la senprudentaj profetoj, kiuj gvidas sin per sia propra spirito kaj nenion vidis!

4 Kiel vulpoj kaj ruinoj estas viaj profetoj, ho Izrael.

5 Vi ne eliras al la brecxoj, nek baras baron cxirkaux la domo de Izrael, por stari en la batalo en la tago de la Eternulo.

6 Ilia vizio estas senenhava, ilia antauxdiro estas mensogo. Ili diras:La Eternulo diris-sed la Eternulo ilin ne sendis; kaj ili asertas, ke ilia vorto plenumigxos.

7 Vi vidis ja vizion senenhavan, kaj vi eldiras antauxdiron mensogan; vi diras:Tiel parolas la Eternulo-kvankam Mi ne parolis.

8 Tial tiele diras la Sinjoro, la Eternulo:Pro tio, ke vi predikas senbaze kaj antauxdiras malverajxon, jen Mi iras kontraux vin, diras la Sinjoro, la Eternulo.

9 Kaj Mia mano estos kontraux la profetoj, kiuj profetas senbaze kaj antauxdiras malverajxon; en la konsilo de Mia popolo ili ne estos, kaj en la registro de la domo de Izrael ili ne estos enskribitaj, kaj en la landon de Izrael ili ne venos; kaj vi ekscios, ke Mi estas la Sinjoro, la Eternulo.

10 Pro tio, gxuste pro tio, ke ili erarigas Mian popolon, antauxdirante pacon, kvankam paco ne estos, kaj kiam la popolo konstruas barilon, ili sxmiras gxin per maltauxga mortero-

11 diru al tiuj, kiuj sxmiras per maltauxga mortero, ke gxi defalos; estos pluvego, kaj vi, sxtonoj de grandega hajlo, falos sur gxin, kaj forta vento gxin krevigos.

12 Kaj jen la muro falis; cxu oni ne diros al vi:Kie estas la mortero, per kiu vi sxmiris?

13 Tial tiele diras la Sinjoro, la Eternulo:Mi elpusxos fortan venton en Mia indigno kaj pluvegon en Mia kolero kaj sxtonojn de hajlo en Mia furiozo, por cxion ekstermi.

14 Mi detruos la muron, kiun vi sxmiris per maltauxga mortero, Mi dissxutos gxin sur la teron tiel, ke nudigxos gxia fundamento; kaj gxi disfalos, kaj vi pereos meze de gxi; kaj vi ekscios, ke Mi estas la Eternulo.

15 Kaj Mi plene kontentigos Mian koleron sur la muro, kaj sur tiuj, kiuj sxmiris gxin per maltauxga mortero, kaj Mi diros al vi:Jam ne ekzistas la muro, kaj jam ne ekzistas tiuj, kiuj sxmiris gxin.

16 Tiaj estas la profetoj de Izrael, kiuj profetas pri Jerusalem, kaj predikas al gxi vizion pri paco, kvankam paco ne estos, diras la Sinjoro, la Eternulo.

17 Kaj vi, ho filo de homo, direktu vian vizagxon al la filinoj de via popolo, kiuj profetas laux elpenso de sia koro; kaj profetu pri ili,

18 kaj diru:Tiele diras la Sinjoro, la Eternulo:Ve al tiuj, kiuj kudras kusenojn sub cxiujn kubutojn kaj faras kaptukojn por kapoj de cxia alteco, por kapti animojn! kaptante la animojn de Mia popolo, vi volas konservi viajn animojn.

19 Kaj vi malsanktigas Min antaux Mia popolo pro plenmano da hordeo kaj pro peco da pano, mortigante animojn, kiuj ne devas morti, kaj konservante la vivon al tiaj animoj, kiuj ne devas vivi, mensogante al Mia popolo, kiu volonte auxskultas mensogon.

20 Tial tiele diras la Sinjoro, la Eternulo:Jen Mi iros kontraux viajn kusenojn, per kiuj vi kaptas tie la animojn flugemajn, Mi elsxiros ilin el viaj brakoj, kaj forliberigos la animojn, kiujn vi allogas, ke ili flugu.

21 Kaj Mi dissxiros viajn kaptukojn, kaj savos Mian popolon el viaj manoj, kaj ili ne plu estos kaptotajxo por viaj manoj; kaj vi ekscios, ke Mi estas la Eternulo.

22 CXar vi mensoge afliktas la koron de virtulo, kiun Mi ne afliktis, kaj vi fortigas la manojn de malvirtulo, por ke li ne returnu sin de sia malbona vojo, per kio li konservus sian vivon-

23 tial vi ne plu havos senbazajn viziojn kaj ne faros antauxdirojn; kaj Mi savos Mian popolon el viaj manoj; kaj vi ekscios, ke Mi estas la Eternulo.

   

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3024.'That you do not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites' means that the Divine Rational should not be joined to any affection incompatible with truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'taking a woman' as being joined by means of the marriage covenant; from the meaning of 'my son', namely Isaac, as the Lord's Divine Rational, dealt with in 1893, 2066, 2083, 2630; from the meaning of 'daughters' as affections, dealt with in 489-491, 568, 2362; and from the meaning of 'the Canaanites' as evil, dealt with in 1444, 1573, 1574. Consequently 'the daughters of the Canaanites' are affections incompatible with truth. The subject here is Divine truth which was to be allied to the Divine good of the Lord's Rational, as may be seen in 3013 under 'Contents'. 'A woman' who was to be associated by means of a marriage covenant is used to mean that truth itself which is summoned from the natural man in the normal manner. 'My son' is used to mean the Lord's Rational as regards the good with which it was to be allied or associated. From this one may recognize that the command not to take a wife for his son from the daughters of the Canaanites means that the Divine Rational should not be joined to any affection incompatible with truth. All joining of truth to good is effected by means of affection, for no truth ever enters the rational part of a person's mind or is joined to it except by means of affection, for affection has within it the good that flows from love, which good alone effects the joining together, 1895, as also anyone may know who stops to reflect on it.

[2] As regards 'the daughters of the Canaanites' meaning affections incompatible with truth, that is, affections for what is false, this becomes clear from the meaning of 'daughters'. For the noun 'daughters' occurs in many places in the Word, and in these anyone may see that it is not used to mean daughters. By such expressions as 'the daughter of Zion', 'the daughter of Jerusalem', 'the daughter of Tarshish', 'the daughter of My people', affections for good and truth are meant, as shown in the paragraphs referred to above. And since affections for good and truth are meant so also are Churches, for Churches are Churches by virtue of these affections. Consequently 'the daughter of Zion' means the celestial Church, and means this by virtue of the affection for good, whereas 'the daughter of Jerusalem' means the spiritual Church from the affection for truth, 2362. And it is the same with 'the daughter of My people' in Isaiah 22:4; Jeremiah 6:14, 26; 8:19, 21-22; 9:1; 14:17; Lamentations 2:11; 4:6; Ezekiel 13:17.

[3] This shows what is meant by the daughters of the nations, such as by the daughters of the Philistines, the daughters of Egypt, the daughters of Tyre and Sidon, the daughters of Edom, the daughters of Moab, the daughters of the Chaldeans and Babel, and the daughters of Sodom. They mean affections for evil and falsity, from which their varieties of religion sprang, and so mean those varieties themselves. That this is the meaning of 'daughters' becomes clear from the following places: In Ezekiel,

The daughters of the nations will lament over Egypt. Wail over the multitude of Egypt, and send her down, her and the daughters of majestic nations, to the lower earth, together with those who go down to the pit. Ezekiel 32:16, 18.

'The daughters of majestic nations' stands for affections for evil. In Samuel,

Tell it not in Gath; publish it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised exult. 2 Samuel 1:20.

In Ezekiel,

You committed whoredom with the sons of Egypt. I delivered you to those who hated you, the daughters of the Philistines. Before your badness was revealed, as at the time of the reproach of the daughters of Syria, and of all round about her, the daughters of the Philistines who despise you from round about. Ezekiel 16:26-27, 57.

Anyone may see that not daughters were meant here but the varieties of religion among such people as are meant by the Philistines - those who speak repeatedly of faith yet do not at all pursue the life taught by faith, see 1197, 1198. This also explains why they are called 'the uncircumcised', that is, devoid of charity.

[4] In Jeremiah,

Go up to Gilead and take balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt! Make for yourself vessels of migration, O inhabitant daughter of Egypt. The daughter of Egypt has been put to shame; she has been delivered into the hand of the people from the north. Jeremiah 46:11, 19, 24.

'The daughter of Egypt' stands for the affection for reasoning from facts about whether truths of faith really are true, and so stands for the variety of religion which springs from this, the nature of which is to believe nothing except that grasped by the senses, and so to believe nothing of the truth of faith, see 215, 232, 233, 1164, 1165, 1186, 1385, 2196, 2203, 2209, 2568, 2588. In Isaiah,

He said, You will no more exult, O oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon. Isaiah 23:12.

In David,

The daughter of Tyre with an offering, the rich of the people will entreat your face. Psalms 45:12.

What 'the daughter of Sidon' and 'the daughter of Tyre' mean is evident from the meaning of Sidon and Tyre, dealt with in 1201. In Jeremiah,

Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom. Your iniquity, O daughter of Zion, is at an end. He will no more cause you to migrate; your iniquity will be punished, O daughter of Edom. Lamentations 4:21-22.

In Isaiah,

Like a wandering bird, a scattered nest, will the daughters of Moab be. Isaiah 16:2.

In the same prophet,

Come down and sit on the dust, O virgin daughter of Babel; sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans. Sit quietly and go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans, for no more will they call you the mistress of kingdoms. Isaiah 47:1, 5.

In Jeremiah,

A people coming from the north, arrayed as a man for war against you, O daughter of Babel. Jeremiah 50:41-42.

In the same prophet,

The daughter of Babel is like the threshing-floor; it is time to thresh her. Jeremiah 51:33

In Zechariah,

Ho, Zion! escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babel. Zechariah 2:7.

In David,

The daughter of Babel has been laid waste. Psalms 137:8.

In Ezekiel,

Your sisters, Sodom and her daughters will return to their condition as of old, and Samaria and her daughters will return to their condition as of old. Ezekiel 16:55.

[5] Anyone may see that in these places 'daughters' is not used to mean daughters but affections incompatible with truth, and so the varieties of religion that spring from them. But which particular varieties they are is evident from the meaning of those peoples - from the meaning of Edom, Moab, the Chaldeans, Babel, Sodom, Samaria, all of which have been dealt with in various places in the explanations to previous chapters of Genesis. From this what is meant in the present chapter by 'the daughters of the Canaanites' becomes clear.

[6] This command not to contract marriages with the daughters of the Canaanites also had regard to the spiritual requirements that good should not be joined to falsity, nor evil to truth, for the result of any such joining together is profanation. The prohibition was also a representative of the matter referred to in Deuteronomy 7:3, and in Malachi,

Judah has profaned the holiness of Jehovah, in that he loved and married the daughter of a foreign god. Malachi 2:11.

  
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