Bible

 

Jeremia 18

Studie

   

1 Jen estas la vorto, kiu aperis al Jeremia de la Eternulo:

2 Levigxu kaj iru en la domon de la potisto, kaj tie Mi auxdigos al vi Miajn vortojn.

3 Kaj mi iris en la domon de la potisto, kaj jen li laboras sur la stablo.

4 Kaj kiam difektigxis en la mano de la potisto la vazo, kiun li estis faranta el argilo, li faris denove alian vazon, kian al li placxis fari.

5 Tiam aperis al mi la jena vorto de la Eternulo:

6 CXu Mi ne povas agi kun vi, ho domo de Izrael, kiel tiu potisto? diras la Eternulo; jen kiel la argilo en la mano de la potisto, tiel vi estas en Mia mano, ho domo de Izrael.

7 Unu momenton Mi decidas pri popolo kaj pri regno, ke Mi gxin elsxiros, disfrapos, kaj pereigos;

8 sed se tiu popolo pentas sian malbonecon, pro kiu Mi decidis pri gxi, tiam Mi ankaux pentas pri la malfelicxo, kiun Mi intencis fari al gxi.

9 Alian fojon Mi decidas pri popolo kaj pri regno, ke Mi gxin fortikigos kaj enradikigos;

10 sed se gxi faras malbonon antaux Miaj okuloj, ne auxskultante Mian vocxon, tiam Mi pentas pri la bono, kiun Mi intencis fari al gxi.

11 Kaj nun diru al la Judoj kaj al la logxantoj de Jerusalem jene:Tiele diras la Eternulo:Jen Mi preparas por vi malbonon kaj havas intencon kontraux vi; revenu do cxiu de sia malbona vojo, kaj rebonigu vian konduton kaj viajn agojn.

12 Sed ili diras:Vane, ni sekvos niajn intencojn, kaj cxiu el ni agos laux la obstineco de sia malbona koro.

13 Tial tiele diras la Eternulo:Demandu inter la nacioj, cxu iu auxdis ion similan; multe da abomenindajxoj faris la filino de Izrael.

14 CXu la negxo de Lebanon cxesas liveri akvon al Miaj kampoj? cxu cxesigas sian iradon la malvarma akvo, fluanta de malproksime?

15 Sed Mia popolo forgesis Min, incensas al idoloj; per sia konduto ili senordigas la vojojn eternajn, por iri laux vojo ne ebenigita,

16 por fari sian landon dezerto, eterna mokatajxo, tiel, ke cxiu, kiu trapasas gxin, miras kaj balancas la kapon.

17 Kiel per orienta vento Mi disblovos ilin antaux la malamiko; la nukon kaj ne la vizagxon Mi montros al ili en la tago de ilia pereo.

18 Ili diris:Ni iru kaj interkonsiligxu kontraux Jeremia; cxar ne malaperis la legxinstruo cxe la pastro, nek konsilo cxe la sagxulo, nek parolo cxe la profeto; venu, Ni batu lin per la lango, kaj Ni ne atentu liajn vortojn.

19 Atentu min, ho Eternulo, kaj auxskultu la vocxon de miaj kontrauxuloj.

20 CXu oni devas repagi bonon per malbono? cxar ili fosis foson por mia animo. Memoru, kiel mi staris antaux Vi, por paroli bonon pri ili, por forklini de ili Vian koleron.

21 Tial elmetu iliajn filojn al malsato kaj transdonu ilin al glavo; iliaj edzinoj farigxu seninfanaj kaj vidvinoj, iliaj viroj estu frapitaj de morto, iliaj junuloj estu mortigitaj de glavo en milito.

22 Kriado estu auxdata el iliaj domoj, kiam Vi subite venigos sur ilin amasojn, pro tio, ke ili fosis foson, por kapti min, kaj reton ili metis antaux miajn piedojn.

23 Vi, ho Eternulo, scias cxiujn iliajn intencojn kontraux mi, por mortigi min; ne pardonu ilian malbonagon, kaj ilian pekon antaux Vi ne elvisxu; faligu ilin antaux Vi; agu kontraux ili en la tempo de Via kolero.

   

Ze Swedenborgových děl

 

Arcana Coelestia # 5215

Prostudujte si tuto pasáž

  
/ 10837  
  

5215. 'And scorched by an east wind' means full of evil desires. This is clear from the meaning of 'being scorched by an east wind' as being consumed by the fire of evil desires. For an east wind' and the east' in the genuine sense mean love to the Lord and love towards the neighbour, lot, 1250, 3249, 3708, 3762, and therefore in the contrary sense self-love and love of the world, and so cravings and evil desires since these spring from those loves. The word 'fire' is used to refer to such desires for the reason dealt with in 5071, and therefore 'being scorched' is used also.

[2] There are two sources of heat, as there are also two sources of light, the one source of heat being the sun of this world, the other source of heat being the sun of heaven, which is the Lord. It is a well known fact that the sun of this world pours out heat into its own world and onto everything there, but it is a less well known fact that the sun of heaven pours out heat into the whole of heaven. Yet this too may become an equally well known fact if one reflects merely on the heat which exists intrinsically in the human being but which has nothing in common with the heat of the world, that is, if one reflects on what is called vital heat. From this one could know that this heat is of a different nature from the world's heat. That is to say, the former is a living heat but the latter is not at all a living one; also the former, being a living one, fires a person interiorly, namely his will and understanding, imparting to him desires and loves, and affections too. This also explains why desires, loves and affections are spiritual forms of heat, and are also called such. The fact that they are forms of heat is quite evident, for heat is radiated from all parts of the bodies of live persons, even where it is intensely cold. More than that, when desires and affections, that is, when loves, increase, the body grows correspondingly warmer. This kind of heat is what is meant in the Word by 'heat', 'fire', and 'flame'; in the genuine sense celestial and spiritual love is meant, in the contrary sense bodily and earthly love. From this it becomes clear that here 'being scorched by an east wind' means being consumed by the fire of evil desires, and that when used in reference to known facts meant by 'heads' that are 'thin', facts full of evil desires are meant.

[3] 'The east wind' means the blasts of evil desires and of derivative false notions, as is clear from places in the Word where that wind is mentioned, for example, in David,

He caused an east wind to blow 1 in the heavens, and by His power He brought forth the south wind; and He caused flesh to rain onto them like the dust, winged birds like the sand of the sea. Psalms 78:26-27.

'The flesh' which that wind brought meant cravings, and 'winged birds' resulting false notions, as is evident in Numbers 11:31-35, where it is said that the name of the place where the people were struck down for eating flesh was called 'the graves of craving, for there they buried the people who had the craving'.

[4] In Ezekiel,

Behold, the vine that was planted, will it thrive? When the east wind strikes it, will it not wither completely? It will wither on the small spaces where it began to grow. Ezekiel 17:10.

And in the same prophet,

The vine has been plucked up in anger, it has been cast down onto the ground, and the east wind has dried its fruit. They have been plucked out and have withered, each rod of its strength; fire has consumed each one. For fire has gone out from a rod of its branches and has consumed its fruit, so that there is no rod of strength in it, a sceptre for dominion. Ezekiel 19:12, 14.

Here 'the east wind' stands for the blasts of evil desires. In Isaiah,

He gave thought to His rough wind, on the day of the east wind. Isaiah 17:8.

[5] In Hosea,

An east wind will come, Jehovah's wind rising up from the desert, and his spring will become dry, and his fountain dried up. It will strip his treasury of every precious vessel. Hosea 13:15.

Here also 'an east wind' stands for blasts of evil desires. Similarly in Jeremiah,

Like an east wind I will scatter them before the enemy. Jeremiah 18:17.

[6] In David,

By means of an east wind You will shatter the ships of Tarshish. Psalms 48:7.

In Isaiah,

You have forsaken Your people, the house of Jacob, because they have been filled from the east wind, and they are diviners like the Philistines. Isaiah 2:6.

In Hosea,

Ephraim feeds the wind, and pursues the east wind. All the day long he multiplies lies and devastation. Hosea 11:1.

'The wind' here stands for false notions, and 'the east wind' for evil desires. Something similar is also meant in the internal sense by 'an east wind' by means of which 'locusts were brought forth' and by means of which 'the locusts were cast into the sea', 2 Exodus 10:13, 19, and also by means of which 'the waters of the sea Suph' were divided, Exodus 14:21.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, set out

2. According to Exodus 10:19 a west wind cast the locusts into the sea.

  
/ 10837  
  

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