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Jeremija 23

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1 Häda karjaseile, kes hukkavad ja pillutavad mu karjamaa lambaid, ütleb Issand!

2 Seepärast ütleb Issand, Iisraeli Jumal, karjaste kohta, kes karjatavad mu rahvast, nõnda: Te olete mu lambad pillutanud ja ära ajanud ega ole vaadanud nende järele. Vaata, ma nuhtlen teid teie pahategude pärast, ütleb Issand.

3 Ja ma ise kogun oma lammaste jäägi kõigist maadest, kuhu ma olen nad ajanud, ja toon nad tagasi nende karjamaale; nad on siis viljakad ja neid saab palju.

4 Ja ma sean neile karjased ning nood karjatavad neid; siis nad enam ei ehmu ega karda, ja ühtegi neist ei jää vajaka, ütleb Issand.

5 Vaata, päevad tulevad, ütleb Issand, mil ma lasen tõusta Taavetile ühe õige võsu; tema valitseb kui kuningas ja talitab targasti, tema teeb maal õigust ja õiglust.

6 Tema päevil päästetakse Juuda ja Iisrael elab julgesti; ja see on nimi, millega teda hüütakse: 'Issand, meie õigus'.

7 Seepärast, vaata, päevad tulevad, ütleb Issand, mil enam ei öelda: 'Nii tõesti kui elab Issand, kes tõi Iisraeli lapsed ära Egiptusemaalt',

8 vaid: 'Nii tõesti kui elab Issand, kes tõi ja juhtis Iisraeli soo järglased koju põhjamaalt ja kõigist maadest, kuhu ma olin nad ajanud.' Ja nad hakkavad elama oma maal.

9 Prohvetite kohta: Mu süda on murdunud rinnus, kõik mu luud-liikmed värisevad; ma olen nagu joobnud mees, nagu veinist vallutatu - Issanda ees ja tema pühade sõnade ees.

10 Sest maa on täis abielurikkujaid. Jah, maa leinab needuse pärast, karjamaad kõrbes on kuivanud; nende püüdlused on kurjad ja nende jõuks on ebaõiglus.

11 Niihästi prohvet kui preester on jumalakartmatu; koguni omaenese kojast olen ma leidnud nende kurjust, ütleb Issand.

12 Seepärast on nende tee neile otsekui libastuskohaks pimeduses: neid tõugatakse ja nad langevad seal, sest ma toon neile õnnetuse, nende karistusaasta, ütleb Issand.

13 Ka Samaaria prohvetite juures nägin ma jõledust: nad kuulutasid prohvetlikult Baali nimel ja eksitasid mu rahvast Iisraeli.

14 Aga Jeruusalemma prohvetite juures nägin ma kohutavaid asju: abielurikkumist ja valelikku eluviisi. Nad julgustavad kurjategijaid, et ükski ei pöörduks oma kurjusest. Nad kõik on mulle nagu Soodom ja Jeruusalemma rahvas on nagu Gomorra.

15 Seepärast ütleb vägede Issand prohvetite kohta nõnda: Vaata, ma söödan neid koirohuga ja joodan mürgiveega, sest Jeruusalemma prohveteist on jumalakartmatus levinud kogu maale.

16 Nõnda ütleb vägede Issand: Ärge kuulake nende prohvetite sõnu, kes teile prohvetlikult kuulutavad - nad ainult tüssavad teid tühiste lootustega: nad räägivad oma südame kujutlustest, mitte Issanda suust.

17 Nad ütlevad ühtepuhku mu laimajaile: 'Issand on öelnud: Teil on rahu!' Ja igaühele, kes käib oma südame paadumuses, nad ütlevad: 'Teile ei tule õnnetust!'

18 Aga kes neist on olnud osaduses Issandaga ja on näinud ning kuulnud tema sõna? Kes on tähele pannud ja kuulnud tema sõna?

19 Vaata, Issanda torm, tema raev puhkeb, ja keeristorm keerutab üle õelate pea.

20 Issanda viha ei pöördu enne, kui ta on teoks teinud ja korda saatnud oma tahtmise. Viimseil päevil te mõistate seda hästi.

21 Mina ei ole neid prohveteid läkitanud, vaid nad ise jooksevad; mina ei ole neile rääkinud, vaid nad ise kuulutavad prohveti kombel.

22 Kui nad oleksid olnud osaduses minuga, siis nad kuulutaksid mu rahvale minu sõnu ning pööraksid neid nende kurjadelt teedelt ja kurjadest tegudest.

23 Kas ma ainult ligidal olen Jumal, ütleb Issand, aga kaugemal ei olegi Jumal?

24 Kas saab keegi ennast peita peidupaikadesse, ilma et mina teda näeksin? ütleb Issand. Kas see pole mina, kes täidab taeva ja maa? ütleb Issand.

25 Ma olen kuulnud, mida räägivad need prohvetid, kes minu nimel kuulutavad valet, öeldes: 'Ma nägin und, ma nägin und!'

26 Kui kaua see kestab? Ons midagi südames neil prohveteil, kes kuulutavad valet ja kes avaldavad oma südame pettekujutlusi,

27 kes mõtlevad oma unenägudega, mida nad üksteisele jutustavad, panna mu rahva unustama minu nime, nõnda nagu nende vanemad unustasid minu nime Baali pärast?

28 Prohvet, kellel on olnud unenägu, jutustagu oma unenägu, aga kellel on minu sõna, kõnelgu mu sõna kui tõde! Mis on õlgedel tegemist puhta viljaga? ütleb Issand.

29 Eks mu sõna ole nagu tuli, ütleb Issand, või nagu vasar, mis purustab kalju?

30 Sellepärast, vaata, ütleb Issand, olen ma prohvetite vastu, kes varastavad üksteiselt minu sõnu.

31 Vaata, ma olen prohvetite vastu, ütleb Issand, kes pruugivad omaenese keelt ja ütlevad: 'Issand ütleb.'

32 Vaata, ma olen nende vastu, kes prohvetlikult kuulutavad vääri unenägusid, ütleb Issand, ja jutustavad neid ning eksitavad mu rahvast oma valede ja kelkimistega. Ometi ei ole mina neid läkitanud ega käskinud ja nad ei too sellele rahvale mingit kasu, ütleb Issand.

33 Ja kui see rahvas või prohvet või preester sinult küsib, öeldes: 'Mis on Issanda ennustus?', siis vasta neile: 'Te olete mulle koormaks ja ma tõukan teid ära, ütleb Issand.'

34 Ja seda prohvetit ja preestrit ja rahvast, kes ütleb: 'Issanda ennustus', seda meest ja tema sugu ma nuhtlen.

35 Igaüks küsigu oma naabrilt ja vennalt nõnda: 'Mis Issand kostis?' või: 'Mis Issand rääkis?'

36 Aga Issanda ennustust ärge enam nimetage, sest igaühele saab koormaks omaenese sõna, sellepärast et te väänate elava Jumala, vägede Issanda, meie Jumala sõnu!

37 Küsi prohvetilt nõnda: 'Mis Issand sulle kostis?' või: 'Mis Issand sulle rääkis?'

38 Aga kui te ütlete: 'Issanda ennustus', siis ütleb Issand nõnda: Kuna te ütlete selle sõna: 'Issanda ennustus' - mina aga olen läkitanud teile ütlema: Ärge öelge: 'Issanda ennustus' -,

39 vaata, seepärast ma siis tõstan teid tõesti üles ning tõukan teid ja linna, mille ma andsin teie vanemaile, oma palge eest ära.

40 Ja ma panen teie peale igavese teotuse ja igavese häbi, mida ei unustata.'

   

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946. For Thy judgments have been made manifest, signifies that Divine truths have been revealed to them. This is evident from the signification of "judgments," as being Divine truths (of which presently); also from the signification of "made manifest," as being to be revealed. That Divine truths are revealed at the end of the church, and that they have been revealed, will be shown in what follows in this chapter, because this is there treated of. "Judgments" signify Divine truths because the laws of government in the Lord's spiritual kingdom are called "judgments;" while the laws of government in His celestial kingdom are called "justice." For the laws of government in the Lord's spiritual kingdom are laws from the Divine truth; while the laws of government in the Lord's celestial kingdom are laws from the Divine good. This is why "judgment" and "justice" are mentioned in the Word, in the following passages. In Isaiah:

Of peace there shall be no end upon the throne of David, to establish it, and to uphold it in judgment and in justice from henceforth and to eternity (Isaiah 9:7).

This is said of the Lord and His kingdom. His spiritual kingdom is signified by "the throne of David;" and because this kingdom is in Divine truths from Divine good it is said, "in judgment and in justice."

In Jeremiah:

I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and He shall reign King, and He shall act intelligently, and shall do judgment and justice (Jeremiah 23:5).

This, too, is said of the Lord, and of His spiritual kingdom. And as this kingdom is in Divine truths from Divine good it is said, "He shall reign king, and shall act intelligently, and He shall do judgment and justice." The Lord is called "King," from Divine truth; and as Divine truth is also Divine intelligence it is said that "He shall act intelligently." And as the Divine truth is from the Divine good it is said that "He shall do judgment and justice."

[2] In Isaiah:

Jehovah is exalted, for He dwelleth on high, He hath filled Zion with judgment and justice (Isaiah 33:5).

"Zion" means heaven and the church, where the Lord reigns by the Divine truth; and as all the Divine truth is from the Divine good it is said, "He hath filled Zion with judgment and justice."

In Jeremiah:

I Jehovah doing judgment and justice in the earth; for in these things I am well pleased (Jeremiah 9:24).

Here, too, "judgment and justice" signify the Divine truth from the Divine good.

In Isaiah:

They ask of me the judgments of justice, they long for an approach unto God (5 Isaiah 58:2).

The "judgments of justice" are Divine truths from the Divine good, as are "judgment and justice;" for the spiritual sense conjoins things that the sense of the letter separates.

In Hosea:

I will betroth thee unto Me forever; and I will betroth thee unto Me in justice and in judgment and in mercy and in truth (Hosea 2:19, 20).

This treats of the Lord's celestial kingdom, which consists of those who are in love to the Lord; and as the Lord's conjunction with such is comparatively like the conjunction of a husband with a wife, for so does the good of love conjoin, it is said, "I will betroth thee unto Me in justice and in judgment," "justice" being put here in the first place, and "judgment" in the second, because those who are in the good of love to the Lord are also in truths; for they see truths from good. As "justice" is predicated of good, and "judgment" of truth, it is also said, "in mercy and in truth," "mercy" belonging to good, because it is of love.

[3] In David:

Jehovah is in the heavens. Thy justice is like the mountains of God, and Thy judgments are like the great deep (Psalms 36:5-6).

"Justice" is predicated of the Divine good, and is therefore compared to "the mountains of God;" for "mountains of God" signify the goods of love (See above, n. 405, 510, 850); and "judgments" are predicated of Divine truths, and are therefore compared to "the great deep;" for "the great deep" signifies the Divine truth. From this it can now be seen that "judgments" signify Divine truths.

[4] In many passages in the Word, "judgments," "commandments," and "statutes" are mentioned; and "judgments" there signify civil laws, "commandments" the laws of spiritual life, and "statutes" the laws of worship. That "judgments" signify civil laws, is evident from Exodus (21, 22, 23), where the things commanded are called "judgments" because according to them the judges gave judgments in the gates of the city; nevertheless they signify Divine truths, such as are in the Lord's spiritual kingdom in the heavens, for they contain these in the spiritual sense; as can be (Arcana Coelestia 8971-9103) seen (Arcana Coelestia 9124-9231) from (Arcana Coelestia 9247-9348) the explanation of them in the Arcana Coelestia 8971-9103, 9124-9231, 9247-9348). That the laws given to the sons of Israel were called "judgments, "commandments," and "statutes," can be seen from the following passages.

In Moses:

I will speak unto thee all the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them (Deuteronomy 5:31).

In the same:

These are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which Jehovah your God commanded to teach you (Deuteronomy 6:1).

In the same:

Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them (Deuteronomy 7:11).

In David:

If his sons forsake My law and walk not in My judgments, if they profane My statutes and keep not My commandments, then will I visit their transgression with the rod (Psalms 89:30-32).

So in many other places, as Leviticus 18:5; 19:37; 20:22; 25:18; 26:15; Deuteronomy 4:1; 5:1, 6, 7; 17:19; 26:17; Ezekiel 5:6, 7; 11:12, 20; 18:9; 20:11, 13, 25; 37:24. In these passages "commandments" mean the laws of life, especially those contained in the Decalogue, which are therefore called the Ten Commandments; while "statutes" mean the laws of worship which related especially to sacrifices and holy ministrations; and "judgments" mean civil laws; and as these laws were representative of spiritual laws, they signify such Divine truths as are in the Lord's spiritual kingdom in the heavens.

[5] It follows from this that when man shuns and turns away from evils as sins and is raised up into heaven by the Lord, he is no longer in what is his own (proprium), but in the Lord, and thus he thinks and wills goods. Again, since man acts as he thinks and wills, for every act of man proceeds from the thought of his will, it follows that when he shuns and turns away from evils, he does goods from the Lord and not from self; and this is why shunning evils is doing goods. The goods that a man then does are meant by good works; and good works in their whole complex are meant by charity. Man cannot be reformed unless he thinks, wills, and does as if from himself, since that which is done as if by the man himself is conjoined to him and remains with him, while that which is not done by the man as if from himself, not being received in any life of sense, flows through like ether; and this is why the Lord wills that man should not only shun and turn away from evils as if of himself, but should also think, will, and do as if of himself, and yet acknowledge in heart, that all these things are from the Lord. This he must acknowledge because it is the truth.

  
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