Jeremia 22
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Tiele diris la Eternulo:Iru en la domon de la regxo de Judujo, kaj diru tie jenon:
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diru:Auxskultu la vorton de la Eternulo, ho regxo de Judujo, kiu sidas sur la trono de David, vi, kaj viaj servantoj, kaj via popolo, kiu iras tra cxi tiuj pordegoj.
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Tiele diras la Eternulo:Faru jugxon kaj juston, kaj savu prematon el la mano de premanto; ne ofendu kaj ne premu fremdulon, orfon, aux vidvinon, kaj sangon senkulpan ne versxu sur cxi tiu loko.
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CXar se vi plenumos cxi tiun diron, tiam tra la pordegoj de cxi tiu domo irados regxoj, sidantaj sur la trono de David, veturantaj sur cxaroj kaj sur cxevaloj, li mem kaj liaj servantoj kaj lia popolo.
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Sed se vi ne obeos tiujn vortojn, tiam-Mi jxuras per Mi, diras la Eternulo-cxi tiu domo farigxos ruino.
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CXar tiele diras la Eternulo koncerne la domon de la regxo de Judujo:Vi estas al Mi Gilead, supro de Lebanon; kaj tamen Mi faros vin dezerto, urboj ne logxataj.
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Mi starigos kontraux vi ekstermantojn, cxiun kun liaj bataliloj, kaj ili dehakos viajn plej bonajn cedrojn kaj jxetos en fajron.
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Kaj multe da nacioj preterpasos cxi tiun urbon, kaj ili diros unu al la alia:Pro kio la Eternulo agis tiele kun cxi tiu granda urbo?
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Kaj oni respondos:Pro tio, ke ili forlasis la interligon de la Eternulo, ilia Dio, kaj adorklinigxis al aliaj dioj kaj servis al ili.
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Ne ploru pri mortinto kaj ne funebru pri li; sed ploru forte pri tiu, kiu foriras, cxar li ne plu revenos kaj ne revidos la landon de sia naskigxo.
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CXar tiele diras la Eternulo pri SXalum, filo de Josxija, regxo de Judujo, kiu regxis post sia patro Josxija kaj foriris de cxi tiu loko:Li ne plu revenos cxi tien;
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sed sur la loko, kien oni translogxigis lin en kaptitecon, tie li mortos, kaj cxi tiun landon li ne plu vidos.
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Ve al tiu, kiu konstruas sian domon per malbonagoj kaj siajn cxambrojn en maljusteco; kiu devigas sian proksimulon labori vane kaj ne donas al li lian prolaboran pagon;
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kiu diras:Mi konstruos al mi grandan domon kaj vastajn cxambrojn; kaj trahakas al si fenestrojn kaj kadras ilin per cedro kaj kolorigas per cinabro.
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CXu vi regxos per tio, ke vi cxirkauxis vin per cedrajxo? via patro ja ankaux mangxis kaj trinkis, sed li agis lauxjugxe kaj juste, kaj tiam estis al li bone.
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Li jugxadis la aferojn de premito kaj malricxulo, kaj tiam estis bone. CXu ne tio signifas koni Min? diras la Eternulo.
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Sed viaj okuloj kaj via koro celas nur malhonestan profiton, versxadon de senkulpa sango, faradon de rabado kaj de premado.
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Tial tiele diras la Eternulo pri Jehojakim, filo de Josxija, regxo de Judujo:Oni ne lamentos pri li:Ho ve, mia frato! ho ve, fratino! oni ne lamentos pri li:Ho ve, sinjoro! ho ve, glorulo!
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Per enterigo de azeno li estos enterigita:oni trenos lin kaj jxetos malproksimen de la pordegoj de Jerusalem.
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Supreniru sur Lebanonon kaj kriu, kaj en Basxan lauxtigu vian vocxon, kaj kriu de Abarim; cxar disbatitaj estas cxiuj viaj amantoj.
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Mi parolis al vi, kiam vi estis ankoraux en bona stato, sed vi diris:Mi ne volas auxskulti. Tia estis via konduto detempe de via juneco, ke vi ne auxskultis Mian vocxon.
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CXiujn viajn pasxtistojn forblovos la vento, kaj viaj amantoj iros en kaptitecon; tiam vin kovros honto kaj malhonoro pro cxiuj viaj malbonagoj.
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Vi sidas sur Lebanon, vi faris al vi neston inter cedroj; kiel mizera vi estos, kiam atakos vin doloroj, kiel doloroj de naskantino!
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Kiel Mi vivas, diras la Eternulo, se Konja, filo de Jehojakim, regxo de Judujo, ecx estus sigelringo sur Mia dekstra mano, ecx de tie Mi vin desxirus.
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Kaj Mi transdonos vin en la manon de tiuj, kiuj celas vian morton, kaj en la manon de tiuj, kiujn vi timegas, en la manon de Nebukadnecar, regxo de Babel, kaj en la manon de la HXaldeoj.
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Kaj Mi jxetos vin, kaj vian patrinon, kiu naskis vin, en alian landon, kie vi ne naskigxis; kaj tie vi mortos.
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Sed en la landon, kien ili tre dezirus reveni, tien ili ne revenos.
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CXu cxi tiu homo, Konja, estas objekto malestimata, forpusxita? cxu li estas vazo neamata? kial ili estas forjxetitaj, li kaj lia idaro, jxetitaj en landon, kiun ili ne konis?
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Ho tero, tero, tero! auxskultu la vorton de la Eternulo!
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Tiele diras la Eternulo:Enskribu cxi tiun homon kiel seninfanan, kiel homon, kiu ne havos sukceson en sia vivo; cxar neniu el lia idaro sukcesos sidi sur la trono de David aux regos iam en Judujo.
Arcana Coelestia # 1326
1326. That 'therefore He called the name of it Babel' means such worship, namely that meant by 'Babel', is clear from what has been stated so far - about worship which inwardly contains self-love and therefore everything that is filthy and unholy. Self-love is nothing else than the proprium, and how filthy and unholy this is becomes clear from what has been shown already about the proprium in 210, 215. From philautia, 1 that is, from self-love or the proprium, flow all evils, such as those of hatred, revenge, cruelty, adultery, deceit, hypocrisy, and irreligion. Consequently when self-love or the proprium is present in worship, such evils are present too - but the particular kind of evils and their intensity being determined by the extent and nature of what flows from that self-love. This is the origin of all profanation in worship. The fact of the matter is that insofar as self-love or the proprium introduces itself into worship, internal worship departs, that is, internal worship ceases to exist. Internal worship consists in the affection for good and in the acknowledgement of truth, but to the extent that self-love or the proprium intrudes or enters in, the affection for good and the acknowledgement of truth depart or go away. Holiness cannot possibly co-exist with unholiness, any more than heaven can with hell. Instead one must depart from the other. Such is the state and proper order existing in the Lord's kingdom. This is the reason why among the kind of people whose worship is called 'Babel' no internal worship exists, but instead something dead and indeed inwardly corpse-like is worshipped. This shows what their external worship which is inwardly such is like.
[2] That such worship is 'Babel' is clear from many parts of the Word where Babel is described, as in Daniel, where the description of the statue which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babel saw in a dream - whose head was gold, breast and arms silver, belly and thighs bronze, legs iron, and feet partly iron and partly clay - means that true worship finally deteriorated into the kind of worship called 'Babel', and therefore also a stone cut out of the rock smashed the iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold, Daniel 2:31-33, 44-45. The statue of gold which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babel set up, and which people were to adore, had no other meaning, Daniel 3:1-end. The same applies to the description of the king of Babel with his nobles drinking wine from the vessels of gold that had come from the Temple in Jerusalem, of their praising the gods of gold, silver, bronze, iron, and stone, and of writing therefore appearing on the wall, Daniel 5:1-end; to the description of Darius the Mede commanding that he be adored instead of God, Daniel 6:1-end; and to that of the beasts seen by Daniel in a dream, Daniel 7:1-end, as well as to that of the beasts and Babel in John's Revelation.
[3] That such worship was meant and represented is quite clear not only in Daniel and John but also in the Prophets: in Isaiah,
Their faces were faces of flames; the stars of the heavens and their constellations do not give their light The sun is darkened in its coming up and the moon does not shed its light Tziim lie down there, and their houses are full of ochim, and daughters of the owl dwell there, and satyrs dance there, and iim answer in its palaces, and dragons in its halls of pleasure. Isaiah 13:8, 10, 21-22
This refers to Babel and describes the internal aspect of such worship by 'faces of flames', which are evil desires; by 'the stars', which are truths of faith, 'not giving their light'; by 'the sun', which is holy love, 'being darkened'; by 'the moon', which is the truth of faith, 'not shedding its light'; by 'tziim, ochim, daughters of the owl, satyrs, dim, and dragons', which are the more interior aspects of worship. For such things belong to self-love or the proprium. This also is why Babel in John is called 'the mother of whoredoms and abominations', Revelation 17:5; and in the same book,
A dwelling-place of demons, 2 and a prison of every unclean spirit, and a prison of every unclean and hateful bird. Revelation 18:2.
From these places it is evident that when such things are within, it is impossible for any good or truth of faith to be there, and that to the extent that those things enter in, the goods which are the objects of affection, and the truths of faith, depart. They are also called in Isaiah 21:9 'the graven images of the gods of Babel'.
[4] That it is self-love or the proprium which lies within their worship, or that it is worship of self, is quite clear in Isaiah,
Prophesy this parable against the king of Babel, You said in your heart, I will go up the heavens, above the stars of God I will raise my throne, and I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the uttermost parts of the north. I will go up above the heights of the cloud, I will make myself like the Most High. But you will be brought down to hell. Isaiah 14:4, 13-15.
Here, it is plain, Babel means the person who wishes to be worshipped as a god, that is, worship of self is meant.
[5] In the same prophet,
Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babel; sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans. You trusted in your wickedness, you said, No one sees me. Your wisdom and your knowledge led you astray; you said in your heart, I am, and there is no one besides me. Isaiah 47:1, 10.
In Jeremiah,
Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, destroying the whole earth; and I will stretch out My hand over you and roll you down from the rocks and will make you into a mountain of burning. Though Babel rise up into the heavens, and though she fortify the height of her strength, yet from Me those who lay waste will come to her. Jeremiah 51:25, 53.
This again shows that 'Babel' is worship of self.
[6] The fact that such people have no light of truth, but only total darkness, that is, that they do not possess the truth of faith, is described in Jeremiah,
The word which Jehovah spoke against Babel, against the land of the Chaldeans, There will come up upon her a nation from the north, which will make her land a desolation, and none will dwell in it; both man and beast will scatter themselves, they will go away. Jeremiah 50:1, 3.
'The north' stands for thick darkness, or absence of truth. 'No man and no beast' stands for the absence of good. For more about Babel, see at verse 28 3 below, where Chaldea is referred to.
Poznámky pod čarou:
1. A Greek word, also used in late Medieval or Neo-Latin, which means self-love, self-regard.
2. The Latin means dragons, but the Greek means demons, which Swedenborg has in other pieces where he quotes this verse.
3. i.e. 1368
