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Jeremia 46

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

2 Pri Egiptujo, pri la militistaro de Faraono Nehxo, regxo de Egiptujo, kiu estis cxe la rivero Euxfrato en Karkemisx, kaj kiun venkobatis Nebukadnecar, regxo de Babel, en la kvara jaro de Jehojakim, filo de Josxija, regxo de Judujo:

3 Pretigu sxildon kaj kirason, kaj iru en batalon.

4 Jungu la cxevalojn kaj surcxevaligu la rajdistojn, starigxu en kaskoj, akrigu la lancojn, surmetu sur vin armajxojn.

5 Kial Mi vidas, ke ili ektimis kaj kuras malantauxen? iliaj herooj estas frapitaj, kaj forkuras rapide, ne deturnante sin; teruro estas cxirkauxe, diras la Eternulo.

6 Ne forkuros la rapidpiedulo, ne forsavigxos la heroo; norde, cxe la rivero Euxfrato, ili falpusxigxos kaj falos.

7 Kiu estas tiu, kiu levigxas kiel Nilo kaj kies akvo ondigxas kiel torentoj?

8 Egiptujo levigxas kiel Nilo, kaj kiel torentoj, en kiuj ondigxas la akvo; kaj gxi diras:Levigxante, mi kovros la teron, mi pereigos urbon kun gxiaj logxantoj.

9 Levigxu sur la cxevalojn, kaj kuru rapide sur la cxaroj; eliru la herooj, la Etiopoj kaj la Putidoj, tenantaj sxildon, kaj la Ludidoj, tenantaj kaj strecxantaj pafarkon.

10 Kaj tiu tago estos cxe la Sinjoro, la Eternulo Cebaot, tago de vengxo, por vengxi al Liaj malamikoj; kaj la glavo mangxegos kaj satigxos kaj ebriigxos de ilia sango; cxar bucxofero estos al la Sinjoro, la Eternulo Cebaot, en la lando norda, cxe la rivero Euxfrato.

11 Iru en Gileadon kaj prenu balzamon, ho virga filino de Egiptujo; vane vi multigas la kuracilojn; ne ekzistas por vi resanigxo.

12 La nacioj auxdis vian malhonoron, kaj via plorado plenigis la teron; cxar fortulo falpusxigxis kontraux fortulo, kaj ambaux kune falis.

13 Jen estas la vorto, kiun la Eternulo diris al la profeto Jeremia pri la veno de Nebukadnecar, regxo de Babel, por frapi la landon Egiptan:

14 Sciigu en Egiptujo, proklamu en Migdol, proklamu en Nof kaj en Tahxpanhxes, diru:Starigxu kaj pretigxu, cxar la glavo ekstermas vian cxirkauxajxon.

15 Kial estas forpusxita via fortulo, ne povis stari? cxar la Eternulo lin renversis.

16 Li multigis la falpusxigxantojn; falis unu sur la alian; kaj ili diras:Levigxu, ni reiru al nia popolo kaj al la lando de nia naskigxo, for de la glavo de la tirano.

17 Oni kriis tie:Faraono, regxo de Egiptujo, estas nur bruo; li preterlasis la difinitan tempon.

18 Kiel Mi vivas, diras la Regxo, kies nomo estas Eternulo Cebaot, li venos kiel Tabor inter la montoj kaj kiel Karmel cxe la maro.

19 Pretigu al vi cxion, kio estas necesa por elmigro, ho logxantino, filino de Egiptujo; cxar Nof estos ruinigita kaj dezertigita, ke neniu en gxi logxos.

20 Tre bela bovidino estas Egiptujo; sed de nordo venas jam la bucxonto.

21 Ankaux gxiaj dungitoj interne de gxi estas kiel bone nutritaj bovidoj; sed ili ankaux turnis sin malantauxen, kune forkuris, ne povis kontrauxstari; cxar la tago de ilia malfelicxo venis sur ilin, la tempo de ilia puno.

22 GXia vocxo sonos kiel vocxo de serpento; cxar ili iros kun militistaro, kaj kun hakiloj ili venos al gxi, kiel lignohakistoj.

23 Ili elhakos gxian arbaron, diras la Eternulo, kvankam gxi estas nekalkulebla; cxar ili estas pli multenombraj ol akridoj, kaj oni ne povas ilin kalkuli.

24 Hontigita estas la filino de Egiptujo, transdonita en la manojn de norda popolo.

25 La Eternulo Cebaot, Dio de Izrael, diras:Jen Mi punvizitos Amonon en No, kaj Faraonon, kaj Egiptujon kaj gxiajn diojn kaj gxiajn regxojn, Faraonon mem, kaj tiujn, kiuj fidas lin.

26 Kaj Mi transdonos ilin en la manojn de tiuj, kiuj celas ilian morton, kaj en la manojn de Nebukadnecar, regxo de Babel, kaj en la manojn de liaj servantoj; sed poste gxi estos logxata, kiel en la tempo antauxa, diras la Eternulo.

27 Sed vi ne timu, ho Mia servanto Jakob, kaj ne tremu, ho Izrael; cxar jen Mi savos vin el malproksime kaj vian idaron el la lando de ilia kaptiteco, kaj Jakob revenos kaj vivos trankvile kaj pace, kaj neniu lin timigos.

28 Vi ne timu, ho Mia servanto Jakob, diras la Eternulo, cxar Mi estas kun vi; cxar Mi ekstermos cxiujn popolojn, inter kiujn Mi dispelis vin, sed vin Mi ne ekstermos; Mi nur punos vin modere, por ke Mi ne lasu vin tute sen puno.

   

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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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