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Jeremia 48

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1 Pri Moab:Tiele diras la Eternulo Cebaot, Dio de Izrael:Ve al Nebo! cxar gxi estas ruinigita; hontigita kaj venkoprenita estas Kirjataim; hontigita kaj tremigita estas la fortikajxo.

2 Jam ne ekzistas la gloro de Moab; en HXesxbon oni intencas kontraux gxi malbonon, dirante:Ni iru, kaj Ni ekstermu gxin, ke gxi ne plu estu popolo. Ankaux vi, ho Madmen, eksilentu; vin persekutos glavo.

3 Kriadon oni auxdas de HXoronaim, tie estas ruinigado kaj granda malfelicxo.

4 Disbatita estas Moab; gxiaj infanoj lauxte krias.

5 Kiuj supreniras al Luhxit, tiuj iras kun plorado; cxe la malsuprenirado de HXoronaim la malamikoj auxdas kriadon de malfelicxo.

6 Forkuru, savu vian vivon, kaj estu kiel seknudigxinta arbo en la dezerto.

7 CXar vi fidis viajn faritajxojn kaj viajn trezorojn, vi ankaux estos venkoprenita; kaj Kemosx iros en kaptitecon kune kun siaj pastroj kaj eminentuloj.

8 Venos ruiniganto en cxiun urbon, neniu urbo savigxos; pereos la valo kaj dezertigxos la ebenajxo, kiel diris la Eternulo.

9 Donu flugilojn al Moab, cxar li devas forflugi; liaj urboj dezertigxos tiel, ke neniu en ili logxos.

10 Malbenita estu tiu, kiu plenumas malgxuste la faron de la Eternulo, kaj malbenita estu tiu, kiu detenas sian glavon de sango.

11 De sia juneco Moab havis trankvilecon kaj ripozadis sur sia fecxo, li ne estis transversxata el unu vazo en alian, kaj en kaptitecon li ne iris; tial lia gusto restis en li kaj lia odoro ne sxangxigxis.

12 Tial jen venos tempo, diras la Eternulo, kiam Mi sendos al li versxistojn, kaj ili versxos lin, malplenigos liajn vazojn, kaj disrompos liajn krucxojn.

13 Kaj Moab estos hontigita pro Kemosx, kiel la domo de Izrael estis hontigita pro Bet-El, kiun ili fidis.

14 Kiel vi povas diri:Ni estas herooj kaj kapabluloj por la milito?

15 Ruinigita estas Moab, liaj urboj falis, kaj liaj plej bravaj junuloj iris al bucxo, diras al Regxo, kies nomo estas Eternulo Cebaot.

16 Baldaux venos pereo al Moab, kaj lia malfelicxo tre rapidas.

17 Bedauxru lin cxiuj liaj cxirkauxantoj, kaj cxiuj, kiuj konas lian nomon, diru:Kiele disrompigxis la forta vergo, la belega bastono!

18 Iru malsupren de via majesto, sidu en senakva loko, ho logxantino, filino de Dibon; cxar la ruiniganto de Moab elpasxis kontraux vin kaj detruis viajn fortikajxojn.

19 Staru cxe la vojo kaj rigardu, ho logxantino de Aroer; demandu la forkuranton kaj la forsavigxanton, kaj diru:Kio farigxis?

20 Hontigita estas Moab, cxar li estas frapita; ploru kaj kriu, sciigu en Arnon, ke Moab estas ruinigita.

21 Jugxo venis kontraux la lando de la ebenajxo, kontraux HXolon, Jahac, kaj Mefaat,

22 kontraux Dibon, Nebo, kaj Bet-Diblataim,

23 kontraux Kirjataim, Bet-Gamul, kaj Bet-Meon,

24 kontraux Keriot kaj Bocra, kaj kontraux cxiuj urboj de la lando de Moab, la malproksimaj kaj la proksimaj.

25 Dehakita estas la korno de Moab, kaj lia brako estas rompita, diras la Eternulo.

26 Ebriigu lin, cxar li levigxis kontraux la Eternulo; Moab plauxdos en sia vomajxo, kaj li mem estos objekto de mokado.

27 CXu vi ne mokis Izraelon? cxu oni trovis lin inter sxtelistoj, ke cxiufoje, kiam vi parolas pri li, vi balancas la kapon?

28 Forlasu la urbojn kaj eklogxu sur roko, ho logxantoj de Moab, kaj farigxu kiel kolomboj, kiuj nestas en truoj de kavernoj.

29 Ni auxdis pri la fiereco de Moab, granda fiereco, pri lia malmodesteco, fiereco, aroganteco, kaj pri la malhumileco de lia koro.

30 Mi konas, diras la Eternulo, lian koleremecon, la nesincerecon de liaj vortoj kaj la nesincerecon de liaj agoj.

31 Tial Mi devas plori pri Moab, gxemi pri cxiuj Moabidoj, priplori la logxantojn de Kir-HXeres.

32 Per pli ol la plorado de Jazer Mi ploros pri vi, ho vinbergxardeno de Sibma; viaj brancxoj etendigxis trans la maron, atingis la maron de Jazer; rabisto atakis viajn somerajn fruktojn kaj vian rikolton.

33 Forigxis gxojo kaj gajeco de la fruktodona kampo kaj de la lando de Moab; Mi malaperigis vinon en la vinpremejoj, oni ne premos tie kun gxojo vinon, triumfaj kantoj ne plu sonos.

34 Pro la kriado, kiu auxdigxas de HXesxbon gxis Eleale kaj gxis Jahac, ili lauxte ekploris de Coar gxis HXoronaim kaj gxis la tria Eglat; cxar ankaux la akvo de Nimrim sekmalaperis.

35 Mi ekstermos cxe Moab, diras la Eternulo, cxiun, kiu supreniras sur altajxon kaj incensas al siaj dioj.

36 Tial Mia koro gxemas pri Moab kiel fluto, kaj pri la logxantoj de Kir- HXeres Mia koro gxemas kiel fluto; cxar la abundajxo, kiun ili akiris, pereis.

37 CXar cxiu kapo kalvigxis, kaj cxiu barbo estas fortondita, sur cxiuj manoj estas trancxoj, kaj sur la lumboj estas sakajxo.

38 Sur cxiuj tegmentoj de Moab kaj sur liaj stratoj cxie estas plorado; cxar Mi disrompis Moabon kiel senvaloran vazon, diras la Eternulo.

39 Kiele disbatita li estas, kiele ili ploregas! kiele Moab turnis sian nukon, estas hontigita, kaj Moab farigxis objekto de mokado kaj de teruro por cxiuj siaj cxirkauxantoj!

40 CXar tiele diras la Eternulo:Jen li alflugos kiel aglo kaj etendos siajn flugilojn super Moab.

41 Prenita estas Keriot, kaj la fortikigitaj urboj estas kaptitaj; kaj la koro de la herooj de Moab en tiu tago estos kiel la koro de virino dum la doloroj de naskado.

42 Kaj Moab estos ekstermita, ke li ne plu estos popolo, cxar li levigxis kontraux la Eternulo.

43 Teruro, kavo, kaj kaptilo trafos vin, ho logxanto de Moab, diras la Eternulo.

44 Kiu forkuros de la teruro, tiu falos en la kavon; kaj kiu eliros el la kavo, tiu trafos en kaptilon; cxar Mi venigos sur lin, sur Moabon, la jaron de lia puno, diras la Eternulo.

45 Sub la ombro de HXesxbon starigxos tiuj, kiuj forkuros de la forto; sed fajro eliros el HXesxbon kaj flamo el la mezo de Sihxon, kaj gxi mangxegos la flankon de Moab kaj la verton de la filoj malkvietaj.

46 Ve al vi, ho Moab! pereis la popolo de Kemosx; cxar viaj filoj estas prenitaj en kaptitecon kaj viaj filinoj estas forkondukitaj.

47 Sed en la tempo estonta Mi revenigos la kaptitojn de Moab, diras la Eternulo. GXis cxi tie estas la verdikto pri Moab.

   

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Generally in the Bible a "country" means a political subdivision ruled by a king, or sometimes a tribe with a territory ruled by a king or chieftain. Others are what we now call city-states, with surrounding farm areas. In almost all cases these countries were far smaller than our modern idea of countries, though Egypt and Assyria would be exceptions. Sometimes the word is used to refer to countryside, a wide area with no consideration of boundaries as when the twelve Israelites were sent to spy out the country.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 3816 [3], 6818, 6820, 6821; Charity 83, 85; True Christian Religion 305)

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31. Verse 6. And hath made us kings and priests, signifies that from Him we are in His spiritual and celestial kingdom. This is evident from the signification of "kings," as meaning those who are in truths from good; and since they constitute the Lord's spiritual kingdom, as meaning those who are in His spiritual kingdom. That these are signified by "kings" in the Word, will appear from what follows. The above is evident also from the signification of "priests," as meaning those who are in the good of love; and since these constitute the Lord's celestial kingdom, they also are those who are in His celestial kingdom. (That there are two kingdoms, into which the heavens are in general divided, see in the work on Heaven and Hell 20-28, and that the spiritual kingdom is called the Lord's regal kingdom, and the celestial kingdom His priestly kingdom, n. 24.) In any places in the prophetic Word, kings are mentioned, and he that is ignorant of the internal sense believes that by "kings" are there meant kings; kings, however, are not meant, but all those who are in truths from good, or in faith from charity, from the Lord. The reason of this is, that the Lord is the sole king, and those who from Him are in truths from good are called His "sons;" for this reason the same are meant by "princes," by "sons of the kingdom," by "sons of kings," and also by "kings;" and in a sense abstracted from the idea of persons, as it is in heaven, truths from good are meant, or, what is the same, faith from charity; since truth is of faith, and good is of charity.

[2] That kings are not meant can be seen simply from its here being said that Jesus Christ "hath made us kings and priests"; and afterwards:

And hast made us to be unto our God kings and priests, and we shall reign upon the earth (Revelation 5:10);

and in Matthew:

The good seed sown in the field are the sons of the kingdom (Matthew 13:38);

the "seed of the field" are truths from good with man from the Lord (Arcana Coelestia 3373, 10248, 10249). Everyone, moreover, may perceive that the Lord will not make all those here treated of to be kings, but that he calls them kings from the power and the glory which those have who from the Lord are in truths from good. From this it can now be seen that by "king," in the prophetic Word, is meant the Lord as to Divine truth, and by "kings" and "princes," those who from the Lord are in truths from good, and as most things in the Word have also an opposite sense, that "kings" signify in that sense those who are in falsities from evil.

[3] That by "King" in the Word is meant the Lord in respect to Divine truth, is clear from the words of the Lord Himself to Pilate:

Pilate said, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest it, because I am a king. For this have I been born, and for this am I come into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Everyone that is in the truth heareth My voice. Pilate said unto Him, What is truth? (John 18:37-38).

From the question of Pilate, "What is truth," it is clear that he understood that truth was called "king" by the Lord; but as he was a Gentile, and knew nothing from the Word, he could not be taught that Divine truth is from the Lord, and that He is Divine truth; therefore, immediately after his question:

He went out to the Jews, saying, I find no fault in him; and afterwards put upon the cross, This is Jesus, the king of the Jews. And when the chiefs of the priests said unto him, Write not, The king of the Jews, but that He saith I am the king of the Jews, Pilate answered, What I have written, I have written (John 19:4, 19:14-22).

[4] When these things are understood, it may be known what is meant by "kings" in the following passages in Revelation:

The sixth angel poured out his bowl upon the great river Euphrates, and the water thereof was dried up, that the way might be made ready for the kings that come from the sun rising (Revelation 16:12).

The great harlot that sitteth upon many waters, with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication (Revelation 17:1-2).

The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sitteth, and they are seven kings; the five are fallen, the one is, the other is not yet come. And the ten horns that thou sawest are ten kings, who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive power as kings with the beast for one hour. These shall war against the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them; for He is Lord of lords and King of kings (Revelation 17:9, 10, 12, 14).

And the woman whom thou sawest is the great city, which hath the kingdom over the kings of the earth (Revelation 17:18).

Of the wine of the wrath of her fornication all the nations have drunk, and the kings of the earth committed fornication with her (Revelation 18:3).

And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together, to make war against Him that sat on the horse and against His army (Revelation 19:19).

And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it, and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honor into it (Revelation 21:24).

In these passages by "kings" are not meant kings, but all who are either in truths from good, or in falsities from evil, as was said before. Likewise in Daniel:

By the king of the south and by the king of the north, who made war against each other (Daniel 11:40

By "the king of the south" are there meant those who are in the light of truth from good, by "the king of the north" those who are in darkness from evil. (That "south" in the Word signifies those who are in the light of truth from good, see Arcana Coelestia 1458, 3708, 3195, 5672, 9642; and "north" those who are in the darkness of falsity from evil, n. 3708, and in general, in the work on Heaven and Hell 141-153, where The Four Quarters in Heaven are treated of.)

[5] "Kings" are also frequently mentioned by the prophets in the Old Testament; and there likewise are meant those who, from the Lord, are in truths from good, and in a contrary sense, those who are in falsities from evil; as in Isaiah:

He shall disperse 1 many nations: kings shall shut their mouths upon Him; for that which had not been told them they have seen, and that which they have not heard they have understood (Isaiah 52:15).

In the same:

The Zion of the Holy One of Israel, thou shalt suck the milk of the nations, and shalt suck the breast of kings (Isaiah 40:14, 16).

Kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and the chief women thy nursing mothers; they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth (Isaiah 49:23; and 14:9 elsewhere, as in Isaiah 14:9; 24:21; 60:10; Jeremiah 2:26; 4:9; 49:38; Lamentations 2:6, 9; Ezekiel 7:26, 27; Hosea 3:4; Zephaniah 1:8; Psalms 2:10; 110:5; Genesis 49:20).

[6] Since "kings" signify those who, from the Lord, are in truths from good, it was a custom derived from ancient times for kings, when they were crowned, to receive such insignia as signify truths from good: as for the king to be anointed with oil, to wear a crown of gold, to hold a scepter in his right hand, to be clothed with a purple cloak, to sit upon a throne of silver, and to ride with the royal insignia upon a white horse; for "oil" signifies good from which is truth (See Arcana Coelestia 886[1-2], 4638, 9780, 9954, 10011, 10261, 10268-10269); a "crown of gold" upon the head has a like meaning (n. 9930); a "scepter," which is a staff, signifies the power of truth from good (n. 4581, 4876, 4966); a "cloak" and a "robe," Divine truth in the spiritual kingdom (n. 9825, 10005); and "purple," the spiritual love of good (n. 9467); a "throne," the kingdom of truth from good (n. 5313, 6397, 8625); "silver," that truth itself (n. 1551-1552, 2954, 5658); a "white horse," the understanding enlightened from truths (See the small work on The White Horse 1-5. That the ceremonies observed at the coronation of kings involve such things, but that the knowledge thereof is at this day lost, see also Arcana Coelestia 4581, 4966).

[7] As it is known from these things what is meant by a "king" in the Word, I will add to the above:

Why the Lord, when He entered Jerusalem, sat upon the foal of an ass, and the people then proclaimed Him king, and also strewed their garments in the way (Matthew 21:1-8; Mark 11:1-11; Luke 19:28-40; John 12:14-16).

This is predicted in Zechariah:

Exult, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem; behold, thy king cometh unto thee, just and having salvation; riding upon an ass, and upon the foal of an ass (Zechariah 9:9; Matthew 21:5; John 12:15).

The reason was, that to sit upon an ass and the foal of an ass was the distinctive mark of the highest judge and of a king; as can be seen from the following passages:

My heart is towards the lawgivers of Israel, ye who ride upon white asses (Judges 5:9-10).

The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgivers from between his feet, till Shiloh come; who shall bind his ass's foal to the vine, and the son of his she-ass to the noble vine (Genesis 49:10, 11).

As sitting on an ass, and the foal of an ass, was such a distinctive mark:

Judges rode upon white she-asses (Judges 5:9-10);

And his sons upon asses' colts (Judges 10:4; 12:14);

And the king himself when crowned, upon a she-mule (1 Kings 1:33);

And his sons upon mules (2 Samuel 13:29).

One who does not know the signification of "horse," "mule," and "the foal of an ass," in a representative sense, will suppose that the Lord's riding upon the foal of an ass was significative of misery and humiliation. But it signified royal magnificence; for this reason the people then proclaimed the Lord king, and strewed their garments upon the way. This was done when He went to Jerusalem, because by "Jerusalem" is signified the church (as may be seen in the little work on The New Jerusalem and its Heavenly Doctrine 6; and that "garments" signify truths clothing and serving good, may be seen in the Arcana Coelestia 1073, 2576, 5248, 5319, 5954, 9212, 9215-9216, 9952, 10536; and in the work on Heaven and Hell 177-182).

[8] From this it is now clear what is signified by the "King" and by "kings," in the Word, so also what by the "Anointed," "Messiah," and "Christ;" for "Anointed," "Messiah," and "Christ," like "King," signify the Lord as to Divine truth proceeding from His Divine good; for a king is called "anointed;" and "anointed" in the Hebrew is Messiah, and in the Greek Christ. But that the Lord, as to the Divine Human, was alone "the Anointed of Jehovah," since in Him alone was the Divine good of Divine Love from conception, for He was conceived of Jehovah, but that all that were anointed were only representatives of Him (See Arcana Coelestia n. 9954, 10011, 10268-10269). But "priests" signify such good as exists in the celestial kingdom (See in Arcana Coelestia, namely, that priests represented the Lord, as to Divine good, n. 2015, 6148; that the priesthood was representative of the Lord as to the work of salvation, since this was from the Divine good of His Divine Love, see n. 9809; that the priesthood of Aaron, of his sons, and of the Levites, was representative of the work of salvation, in successive order, see n. Arcana Coelestia 10017; that from this "the priesthood," and "priesthoods," in the Word signified good of love, which is from the Lord, see n. 9806, 9809; that by the two names, "Jesus" and "Christ," is signified both His priesthood and His royalty, that is, by "Jesus" is signified Divine good, and by "Christ" Divine truth, n. 3004, 3005, 3009; that priests and likewise kings who do not acknowledge the Lord signify the opposite, namely, evil, and falsity from evil, n. 3670).

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1. The Hebrew has "sprinkle," as found also in Arcana Coelestia 2015.

  
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