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 # 6367
6367. 'A lion's cub is Judah' means innocence with innate strength. This is clear from the meaning of 'a lion' as the good of love and the truth from that good in their power, dealt with below, so that 'a lion's cub' is innocence with strength. The reason why with innate strength is meant is that here 'Judah' represents the celestial element of love, and the celestial element of love resides in the will part of the mind, 895, 917, 4493, 5117, and thus possesses innate strength. For a person is born into things that belong to the will part. That being so, members of the Most Ancient Church, which was celestial, were born into the good of love, in the measure that good was present in their will. This then is why the strength is said to be innate. The reason 'a lion's cub' means innocence is that 'a lion' is the good of celestial love, and 'a cub', being so to speak its young child, accordingly means innocence.
[2] 'A lion' means the good of celestial love and the truth from that love in their power, and also in the contrary sense the evil of self-love in its power, as is clear from places in the Word where 'a lion' is mentioned. The good of celestial love is meant in John,
Behold, the Lion which is from the Tribe of Judah, the root of David, has prevailed to open the book and to loose its seven seals. Revelation 5:5.
Here the Lord is called 'the Lion' by virtue of the almighty power which His Divine Love and Divine Truth from that Love possess. There are also other places in the Word where Jehovah or the Lord is compared to a lion, as in Hosea,
They will go after Jehovah; He will roar like a lion, for He will roar, and respectfully [His] sons from the west 1 will draw near. Hosea 11:10.
[3] Also in Isaiah,
Thus said Jehovah to me, As a lion roars, and a young lion over its prey, when there come up against him a full number of shepherds, by whose voice he is not dismayed, and by whose tumult he is not distressed, so Jehovah Zebaoth will come down to fight on Mount Zion and on its hill. Isaiah 31:4.
Here the almighty power of Divine Good is compared to 'a lion', and the almighty power of Divine Truth from that Good is compared to 'a young lion'. For it says that 'Jehovah Zebaoth will come down to fight on Mount Zion and on its hill', and 'Mount Zion' means the Good of Divine Love and 'its hill' the Divine Truth from that Good, 795, 796, 1430, 4210.
[4] For the same reason the four living creatures in Ezekiel and in John, meaning cherubs, had the faces of a human being, lion, ox, and eagle: In Ezekiel,
The likeness of the faces of the four living creatures - [each of] the four had the face of a human being, and the face of a lion on the right side, and [each of] the four had the face of an ox on the left side, and [each of] the four had the face of an eagle. Ezekiel 1:10; 10:14.
And in John,
Around 2 the throne were four living creatures full of eyes in front and behind. And the first living creature was like a lion; the second living creature was like a calf; the third living creature had a face like a human being; the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle. Revelation 4:6-7.
The fact that the living creatures were cherubs is stated in Ezekiel to, which fact is also evident from the description of them in John, in which he says that they had 'eyes in front and behind'. The Lord's foresight and providence are meant by 'the cherubs', 308; and they had the face of a lion by virtue of the almighty power belonging to providence that Divine Truth from Divine Good possesses. So also with the cherubs around the new temple in Ezekiel 41:19.
[5] Celestial people in possession of the power supplied by the good and the truth from good which come from the Lord are meant by 'lions', as is evident in David,
There is no want to those fearing Jehovah. The young lions will lack and suffer hunger, but those seeking Jehovah will not lack any good thing. Psalms 34:9-10.
In the same author,
The [young] lions are roaring for plunder, and to seek from God their food. The sun rises, they are gathered together, and lie down in their dwelling-places. Psalms 104:21-22.
In Balaam's prophetic utterance,
At that time it will be said to Jacob and to Israel, What has God been doing? See, a people will rise up like an old lion, and like a young lion will lift itself up. He will not rest until he has devoured the prey. Numbers 23:23-24.
[6] And further on,
When Balaam saw Israel dwelling according to their tribes, he said, He crouches, he lies down like a lion, and like an old lion; who will rouse him? Numbers 24:2, 9.
The celestial is what is described here because celestial order is what the tribes represented by their encampments and was what Balaam saw in the spirit when he saw Israel dwelling according to their tribes, 6335. That order originates in Divine Good coming through Divine Truth from the Lord; and within that order resides all power, meant here by a crouching and recumbent lion.
[7] In Micah,
The remnant of Jacob will be with the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep, who, if he passes through, will tread down and tear in pieces, 3 and there is no deliverer. Your hand will be lifted up over your enemies, and all your adversaries will be cut off. Micah 5:8-9.
Here 'a lion' and a young lion stand for celestial good and celestial truth, which are 'the remnant of Jacob'. They also stand for that good and truth in Isaiah 21:8; Jeremiah 25:38; Ezekiel 38:13; Zechariah 11:3. And that same good and truth were also represented by the lions at Solomon's ivory throne, two next to the armrests 4 and twelve on the six steps, 1 Kings 10:18-20, and by the lions on the panels of the ten pedestals made of bronze, 1 Kings 7:29, 36.
[8] In the contrary sense 'a lion' means the evil of self-love in its power, as is evident from the following places: In Isaiah,
There will not be any lion there, and the savage of the wild animals will not go up on it; it will not be found there. But they will go free; thus the redeemed of Jehovah will return, and will come to Zion with song. Isaiah 35:9-10.
In Jeremiah,
Why has Israel become plunder? The young lions roar at him, they sound their voice; they turn his land into a waste. Jeremiah 2:14-15.
In the same prophet,
A lion has risen up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out; he has come from his place to turn the land into a waste. Jeremiah 4:7.
In the same prophet,
They did not know the way of Jehovah, the judgement of their God, therefore a lion from the forest has struck them down, and a wolf of the plains will devastate them. Jeremiah 5:4, 6.
In Nahum,
Where is the dwelling-place of lions, and the feeding-place 5 of the young lions, where the lion walked, the old lion, the lion's cub, and there is no one making them afraid? The lion tears in pieces enough for the cubs, and strangles for his old lionesses, and fills his caves with plunder, and his dwelling places with what he has pounced on. Behold, I am against you, said Jehovah Zebaoth, and I will burn her chariot in the smoke; but the sword will devour your young lions, and I will cut off your plunder from the earth. Nahum 2:11-13.
This refers to Nineveh.
In all these places 'a lion' stands for the power that the evil of self-love possesses, when it destroys and lays waste. 'A lion' has a like meaning in Jeremiah 12:8; 49:19; 50:17, 44; 51:38; Ezekiel 19:2-9; 32:2; Joel 1:6; Zephaniah 3:3; Psalms 57:4; 58:6; 91:13; Revelation 13:2.
Poznámky pod čarou:
1. literally, sons from the sea
2. The Latin means Before but the Greek means Around, which Swedenborg has in other places where he quotes this verse.
3. Reading discerpet (will tear to pieces), which Swedenborg has in his rough draft, for disperget (will scatter)
4. literally, the hands of the throne
5. literally, pasture or grazing ground
