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Joel 3

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1 CXar jen en tiuj tagoj kaj en tiu tempo, kiam Mi revenigos la forkaptitojn de Judujo kaj de Jerusalem,

2 Mi kolektos cxiujn naciojn kaj venigos ilin en la valon de Jehosxafat; kaj tie Mi faros super ili jugxon pro Mia popolo kaj Mia heredajxo Izrael, kiun ili disjxetis inter la naciojn, dividinte Mian landon;

3 kaj pro tio, ke ili lotis pri Mia popolo, fordonis knabon pro mangxajxo kaj knabinon vendis pro vino, kaj drinkis.

4 Kaj kion vi volas de Mi, ho Tiro, Cidon, kaj cxiuj distriktoj Filisxtaj? cxu vi volas repagi al Mi? kaj se vi volos repagi al Mi, Mi facile kaj baldaux turnos vian repagon sur vian kapon.

5 Mian argxenton kaj Mian oron vi prenis, kaj Miajn plej bonajn valorajxojn vi transportis en viajn templojn,

6 kaj la filojn de Judujo kaj la filojn de Jerusalem vi vendis al la filoj de la Grekoj, por malproksimigi ilin de iliaj limoj;

7 sed jen Mi vekos ilin el tiu loko, kien vi vendis ilin, kaj vian agon Mi turnos sur vian kapon;

8 kaj Mi vendos viajn filojn kaj viajn filinojn en la manojn de la Judoj, kaj cxi tiuj vendos ilin al la SXebaanoj, al popolo malproksima; cxar la Eternulo tion diris.

9 Proklamu tion inter la nacioj; pretigxu al milito, veku la kuragxulojn; cxiuj militistoj levigxu kaj eliru.

10 Forgxu el viaj plugiloj glavojn, kaj el viaj rikoltiloj lancojn; la malfortulo diru:Mi estas forta.

11 Rapidu kaj venu, cxiuj nacioj de cxiuj flankoj, kaj kolektigxu; tien alkonduku, ho Eternulo, Viajn fortulojn.

12 La popoloj levigxu kaj iru en la valon de Jehosxafat; cxar tie Mi sidigxos, por jugxi cxiujn naciojn de cxiuj flankoj.

13 Svingu la rikoltilon, cxar la rikoltajxo estas matura; venu malsupren, cxar la premejoj estas plenaj kaj la tinoj troplenigxis; cxar granda estas ilia malboneco.

14 Amasoj post amasoj kolektigxas en la valo de la jugxo, cxar alproksimigxas la tago de la Eternulo en la valo de la jugxo.

15 La suno kaj la luno senlumigxos, kaj la steloj perdos sian brilon.

16 Kaj la Eternulo ektondros el Cion kaj auxdigos Sian vocxon el Jerusalem; ektremos la cxielo kaj la tero; sed la Eternulo estos rifugxejo por Sia popolo, kaj fortikajxo por la idoj de Izrael.

17 Kaj vi ekscios, ke Mi, la Eternulo, estas via Dio, kiu logxas en Cion, sur Mia sankta monto; kaj Jerusalem estos sanktejo, kaj fremduloj ne plu iros tra gxi.

18 En tiu tago la montoj elgutigos dolcxan sukon, el la montetoj fluos lakto, kaj cxiuj torentoj de Judujo estos plenaj de akvo; kaj fonto eliros el la domo de la Eternulo kaj liveros akvon al la valo SXitima.

19 Egiptujo farigxos dezerto, kaj Edom farigxos senviva dezerto, pro tio, ke ili premis la idojn de Jehuda kaj versxis senkulpan sangon en sia lando.

20 Sed Judujo estos logxata eterne, kaj Jerusalem en cxiuj generacioj.

21 Kaj Mi vengxos pro ilia sango, kiu ne estis vengxita de Mi; kaj la Eternulo logxados en Cion.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 3580

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3580. 'And abundance of grain' means natural good from this, 'and of new wine' means natural truth from the same. This is clear from the meaning of 'grain' as good, and from the meaning of 'new wine' as truth. When these two are used in reference to the natural they mean natural good and truth, but when they are used in reference to the rational they are 'bread and wine' - 'bread' being celestial good, see 276, 680, 1798, 2165, 2177, 3464, 3478, and 'wine' that which is spiritual, namely truth deriving from good, 1071, 1798. These meanings of 'grain' and 'wine' may also be seen from the following places in the Word:

In Haggai,

The heavens have withheld their dew, and the earth has withheld its increase. And I have called for a drought over the land, and over the mountains, and over the grain, and over the new wine, and over that which the earth brings forth. Haggai 1:10-11.

Here 'a drought' stands for a lack of dew and rain, and so for a lack of truth deriving from any good. 'A drought over the grain' is the lack of good, and 'a drought over the new wine' the lack of truth.

[2] In Moses,

Israel will dwell securely, alone at Jacob's spring, in a land of grain and new wine; and his heavens will distill dew. Deuteronomy 33:28.

'Alone' stands for those who are not infested by evils and falsities, 139, 471. 'A land of grain and new wine' stands for the good and truth of the Church.

In Hosea,

I will be as the dew to Israel, he will blossom 1 as the lily, and strike root like Lebanon. His branches will go out, and his beauty will be like the olive, and his odour like that of Lebanon. Those dwelling in its shadow will turn back, they will quicken the grain and will blossom as the vine; the memory of it will be as the wine of Lebanon. Hosea 14:5-7.

Here 'the grain' stands for spiritual good, 'the wine' for spiritual truth.

In Isaiah,

A curse will consume the earth. The new wine will mourn, the vine will languish; all the merry-hearted will sigh. Isaiah 24:6-7.

This refers to the vastation of the spiritual Church. 'The new wine will mourn' stands for the fact that truth will come to an end.

[3] In Jeremiah,

Jehovah has redeemed Jacob. They will come and sing on the height of Zion, and they will converge towards the goodness of Jehovah. towards the grain, and towards the new wine, and towards the oil, and towards the young 2 of the flock and of the herd. Jeremiah 31:11-12.

'The grain' and 'the new wine' stand for good and for truth derived from good, 'the oil' for the good which is both a producer and a product of these, 'the young of the flock and of the herd' for the truth which is acquired in this manner. This being the meaning of those things they are called 'the goodness of Jehovah'.

In Hosea,

She did not know that it was I who gave her the grain and the new wine and the oil, and who multiplied the silver and the gold which they made for Baal. Therefore I will return and take back My grain and My new wine in its season, and I will snatch away My wool and My flax. Hosea 2:8-9.

This refers to the Church when perverted, and it is evident that 'grain' is not used to mean grain, nor 'new wine' new wine, nor yet oil, silver, gold, wool, and flax to mean such material things. Rather, spiritual things are meant, that is, those which consist in what is good and true.

Something similar is the case where in the same prophet a new Church is dealt with,

I will betroth you to Me in faith, and you will know Jehovah. And it will be on that day, that I shall hear the heavens, and they will hear the earth, and the earth will hear the grain, and the new wine, and the oil, and these will hear Jezreel. Hosea 2:20-22.

'Jezreel' stands for a new Church.

In Joel,

Awake, you drunkards, and weep; and wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the new wine that has been cut off from your mouth. The field has been laid waste, the land is mourning because the grain has been laid waste; the new wine has dried up, the oil languishes. Joel 1:5, 10.

[4] In the same prophet,

Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in Jehovah your God, for He has given you the morning rain for righteousness, and will cause the morning and the evening rain to come down on you in the first [month]. And the threshing-floors will be full of perfect grain, and the presses will overflow with new wine and oil. Joel 2:23-24.

In the same prophet,

It will happen on that day, that the mountains will drip new wine, and the hills will flow with milk, and all the streams of Judah will flow with water, and a spring will come forth from the house of Jehovah. Joel 3:18.

This refers to the Lord's kingdom, it being spiritual things that are meant by 'new wine', 'milk', and 'water', the abundance of which is being described in this fashion.

In Zechariah,

Jehovah their God will serve them on that day, as a flock His people. For how great is his goodness, and how great his beauty! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins. Zechariah 9:16-17.

In David,

You visit the earth and delight in it; You greatly enrich it; the stream of God is full of water; You prepare their grain. The meadows clothe themselves with flocks, and the valleys are covered over with grain; let them clap their hands, let them also sing. Psalms 65:9, 13.

From all these places it is now evident what 'grain' is and what 'new wine' is.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, sprout

2. literally, the sons

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