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Ezekiel 4

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1 Kaj vi, ho filo de homo, prenu al vi brikon kaj kusxigu gxin antaux vi, kaj desegnu sur gxi urbon, nome Jerusalemon.

2 Kaj faru cxirkaux gxi siegxon, arangxu kontraux gxi bastionon, sursxutu kontraux gxi remparon, faru kontraux gxi tendaron, kaj starigu cxirkaux gxi muregrompilojn.

3 Kaj prenu al vi feran paton kaj starigu gxin kiel feran muron inter vi kaj la urbo, kaj direktu vian vizagxon kontraux gxin; gxi estu sub siegxo, kaj vi siegxu gxin. Tio estu signo por la domo de Izrael.

4 Kaj vi kusxigxu sur vian maldekstran flankon, kaj metu sur gxin la malpiecon de la domo de Izrael; dum tiom da tagoj, kiom vi kusxos sur gxi, vi portos sur vi ilian malpiecon.

5 La jarojn de ilia malpieco Mi kalkulos al vi kiel tagojn:dum tricent nauxdek tagoj vi portos sur vi la malpiecon de la domo de Izrael.

6 Kiam vi tion plenumos, tiam denove kusxigxu sur vian dekstran flankon, kaj portu sur vi la malpiecon de la domo de Jehuda dum kvardek tagoj; cxiun tagon Mi kalkulos al vi kiel jaron.

7 Kaj kontraux la siegxatan Jerusalemon direktu vian vizagxon kaj vian etenditan brakon, kaj profetu kontraux gxi.

8 Kaj jen Mi metos sur vin sxnurojn, ke vi ne povu turni vin de unu flanko sur la alian, gxis vi finos la tagojn de via siegxado.

9 Kaj prenu al vi tritikon kaj hordeon, fabojn kaj lentojn, milion kaj spelton, kaj sxutu tion en unu vazon, kaj faru al vi el tio panon laux la nombro de la tagoj, dum kiuj vi kusxos sur via flanko:dum tricent nauxdek tagoj mangxu gxin.

10 Kaj vian mangxajxon, kiun vi mangxos, uzu lauxpeze, po dudek sikloj cxiutage; de tempo al tempo mangxu gxin.

11 Kaj akvon trinku lauxmezure, po sesono de hino trinku de tempo al tempo.

12 En formo de hordeaj platkukoj mangxu tion, kaj sur ekskrementoj de homoj baku ilin antaux iliaj okuloj.

13 Kaj la Eternulo diris:Tiele la Izraelidoj mangxados sian panon malpure inter la popoloj, al kiuj Mi ilin dispelos.

14 Kaj mi diris:Ho Sinjoro, ho Eternulo! jen mia animo ne malpurigxis, kadavrajxon aux dissxiritajxon mi ne mangxis de mia juneco gxis nun, kaj nenia abomeninda viando eniris iam en mian busxon.

15 Kaj Li diris al mi:Jen Mi permesas al vi uzi ekskrementojn de brutoj anstataux ekskrementoj de homoj, kaj sur ili pretigu vian panon.

16 Kaj Li diris al mi:Ho filo de homo! jen Mi rompos la panan apogon en Jerusalem, kaj oni mangxos panon lauxpeze kaj en zorgoj, kaj akvon oni trinkos lauxmezure kaj kun afliktoj;

17 cxar mankos al ili pano kaj akvo, kaj ili kun teruro rigardos unu la alian, kaj ili konsumigxos pro sia malpieco.

   

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9936. 'And it shall be on Aaron's forehead' means from the Lord's Divine Love. This is clear from the representation of 'Aaron' as the Lord in respect of Divine Good, which is the Good of His Divine Love, dealt with in 9806; and from the meaning of 'forehead', when the Lord is the subject, as His Divine Love. 'The Lord's face', which is the same as 'Jehovah's face', means all attributes of Divine Love, such as mercy, peace, goodness, or wisdom, 222, 223, 5585, 6848, 6849, 9306, 9545, 9546. These are meant by 'Jehovah's face' or 'the Lord's face' because in general 'the face' means a person's interiors, that is, a person's affections and consequent thoughts, thus the things which constitute his love and faith, see the places referred to in 9546. These are meant by 'the face' because they shine from the face, as if seen in their imprint or image, which also is why the face is called the image of the mind. So it is that when 'face' is mentioned in connection with Jehovah or the Lord the attributes of His Divine Love are meant. 'Forehead' in particular means Divine Love itself, because interiors have been allotted their own provinces in the face. The interiors that belong to love reside in the province of the forehead, those belonging to wisdom and intelligence in the province of the eyes, those belonging to perception in the province of the nose, and those belonging to utterance in the province of the mouth.

[2] From all this it is evident why 'forehead' - when the Lord, represented by Aaron, is the subject - means Divine Love. Since someone's forehead corresponds to his love those governed by celestial love, that is, by love to the Lord derived from the Lord, are said 'to have a sign on their foreheads', meaning that they are under the Lord's protection because they abide in His Love, as in Ezekiel,

Jehovah said, Go through the middle of Jerusalem and make a sign on the foreheads of the men (vir) who groan and sigh over all the abominations done in the midst of it, and strike; do not let your eye spare. But against any man (vir) on whom there is a sign do not go near. Ezekiel 9:4-6.

In John, in the Book of Revelation,

Behold, a Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him a hundred and forty-four thousand, having His Father's name written on their foreheads. Revelation 14:1.

In the same book,

They will see the face of God and of the Lamb, and His name will be on their foreheads. Revelation 22:4.

In the same book,

It was declared that they should not harm the grass of the earth, or any green thing, or any tree, but only the people who did not have God's sign on their foreheads. Revelation 9:4.

[3] 'Having God's sign on their foreheads' and 'having God and the Lamb's name on them' stand for their being kept safe from molestation by evils from hell, because they abide in the Lord through love. 'The grass' and 'any green thing', which were not to be harmed, stand for true factual knowledge by means of which the truth of faith develops, 7571, 7691; and 'any tree', which too was not to be harmed, stands for the perception of truth springing from good, 103, 2163, 2722, 2972, 4552, 7692.

[4] In Moses,

You shall love Jehovah your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength. You shall bind these words as a sign onto your hand, and let them be as frontlets between your eyes. Deuteronomy 6:4-5, 8.

'As frontlets' stands for as a sign of love to Jehovah God. The words 'between your eyes' are used because intelligence and wisdom which are born from that love are meant by 'eyes'; and wisdom born from that love consists in having God constantly before one's eyes. This is self-evidently so because the subject is love to Jehovah God. The declaration that they should love Him with all their heart, with all their soul, and with all their strength, means that they should do so with all their human powers. 'With the heart' means with the will where the good of love resides, 7542, 9050, 9300, 9495; and 'with the soul' means with the understanding where the truth of faith resides, and so with faith, 9050. These two powers belong to the internal man. 'With all their strength' means with those powers of will and understanding as they exist in the external man. The strength and power of the love of both, of the external man and of the internal, are meant by 'hands', 4931-4937, 7518; and this is why it says that those words were to be bound 'as a sign on the hand'.

[5] Since 'the forehead' by virtue of its correspondence means celestial or heavenly love with those who are good, with those who are bad it accordingly means hellish love, which is the opposite of heavenly. The forehead of the latter is called a bronze forehead in Isaiah 48:4, and an obstinate forehead in Ezekiel 3:7-8. And in reference to those ruled by hellish love it is said that they had the mark of the beast on their foreheads, Revelation 13:16; 14:9; 20:4, and also the name of Babylon on their foreheads, Revelation 17:5.

  
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