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Jeremija 49

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1 Ammonlaste kohta: Nõnda ütleb Issand: 'Kas Iisraelil ei ole poegi või ei ole tal pärijat? Miks Milkom on pärinud Gaadi ja ta rahvas on asunud selle linnadesse?

2 Seepärast, vaata, päevad tulevad, ütleb Issand, mil ma toon kuuldavale sõjahüüu ammonlaste Rabba vastu: see muutub hüljatud rusuhunnikuks ja selle tütarlinnad põlevad tules. Siis pärib Iisrael oma pärijad, ütleb Issand.

3 Ulu, Hesbon, sest Ai hävitatakse! Kisendage, Rabba tütred, rõivastage end kotiriidesse! Tehke leinakaebust ja uidake müüridel, sest Milkom läheb vangi koos oma preestrite ja vürstidega!

4 Miks sa kiitled orgudest, et su org voolab üle, sa taganenud tütar, lootes oma varanduste peale: 'Kes tuleb mulle kallale?'

5 Vaata, ma toon sulle hirmu kõigilt su naabreilt, ütleb Issand, vägede Issand, ja teid pillutatakse laiali, igaüks omale poole, ja keegi ei kogu põgenikke.

6 Aga pärast seda pööran ma ammonlaste vangipõlve, ütleb Issand.'

7 Edomi kohta: Nõnda ütleb vägede Issand: 'Kas ei ole enam tarkust Teemanis? Kas on mõistlikel kadunud nõu? Kas nende tarkus on saanud tühjaks?

8 Põgenege, pöörduge, pugege sügavale peitu, Dedani elanikud! Sest ma toon Eesavile õnnetuse, tema karistusaja.

9 Kui sulle tulevad viinamarjakorjajad, ei jäta nad järelnoppimiseks midagi järele. Kui öösel tulevad vargad, varastavad nad just nõndapalju, kui nad tahavad.

10 Jah, mina ise paljastan Eesavi, avastan tema peidupaigad ja ta ei saa ennast peita. Hävitatakse tema sugu ja ta vennad ja naabrid - ja teda ei ole enam.

11 Jäta oma vaeslapsed minu elatada ja su lesknaised lootku minu peale!

12 Sest nõnda ütleb Issand: Vaata, ka need, kelle kohus ei olekski juua seda karikat, peavad jooma, ja sina peaksid jääma karistuseta? Sina ei jää karistuseta, vaid sa pead tõesti jooma!

13 Sest ma olen vandunud iseenesele, ütleb Issand, et Bosra saab hirmutuseks, teotuseks, kõleduseks ja needuseks, ja kõik ta tütarlinnad muutuvad igavesti varemeiks.

14 Ma olen Issandalt kuulnud sõnumit, et käskjalg on läkitatud rahvaste juurde: 'Kogunege ja tulge temale kallale ning hakake sõdima!'

15 Sest vaata, ma teen su pisikeseks rahvaste keskel, põlatuks inimeste seas.

16 Sind on petnud su kardetavus, su südame ülbus, kes elad kaljulõhedes, valitsed kõrgeid künkaid. Kuigi sa pesitseksid kõrgel nagu kotkas, tooksin ma su sealt alla, ütleb Issand.

17 Ja Edom muutub jubeduseks: igaüks, kes läheb sealt mööda, kohkub ja mõnitab teda kõigi tema nuhtluste pärast.

18 Otsekui Soodoma ja Gomorra ja nende naabrite segipaiskamise järel, ütleb Issand, nõnda ei ela seal keegi ega asugi sinna inimlaps.

19 Vaata, otsekui lõvi kargab Jordani padrikust lokkavale karjamaale, nõnda ajan ma tema sealt äkitselt ära, ja selle, kes on valitud, panen ma sinna valitsejaks. Sest kes on minu sarnane? Ja kes võib mind kutsuda kohtusse? Ja kes on karjane, kes võiks seista minu vastu?

20 Seepärast kuulge Issanda nõu, mida ta on pidanud Edomi vastu, ja tema mõtteid, mida ta on mõlgutanud Teemani elanike vastu: tõesti, kõige pisemgi lammas veetakse ära; tõesti, nende karjamaa jääb tühjaks nende eneste pärast.

21 Nende langemise mürinast väriseb maa, hädakisa kaja kostab Kõrkjamereni.

22 Vaata, ta tõuseb üles ja lendab nagu kotkas ja laotab oma tiibu Bosra kohal; ja sel päeval on Edomi kangelaste süda otsekui lapsevaevas oleval naisel.'

23 Damaskuse kohta: 'Häbisse jäävad Hamat ja Arpad, sest nad kuulevad halba sõnumit; nad voogavad nagu rahutu meri, mis ei jää vaikseks.

24 Damaskus muutub araks, pöördub põgenema, teda haarab hirm; teda valdab ahastus ja valu nagu sünnitajat.

25 Kuidas küll on maha jäetud see ülistatud linn, mu rõõmulinn!

26 Jah, tema turgudel langevad ta noored mehed ja sel päeval hukkuvad kõik sõjamehed, ütleb vägede Issand.

27 Ja ma süütan Damaskuse müüridesse tule, et see põletaks Ben-Hadadi paleed.'

28 Keedari ja Haasori kuningriikide kohta, mis Paabeli kuningas Nebukadnetsar vallutab: Nõnda ütleb Issand: 'Tõuske, minge kallale Keedarile ja hävitage idamaalased!

29 Nende telgid ja karjad võetakse ära, nende telgivaibad ja kõik nende riistad; neilt viiakse nende kaamelid ja neile hüütakse: 'Hirm on igal pool!'

30 Põgenege, rännake kaugele, pugege sügavale, Haasori elanikud! ütleb Issand. Sest Paabeli kuningas Nebukadnetsar on pidanud nõu teie vastu ja on mõlgutanud mõtteid.

31 Tõuske, minge kallale muretule rahvale, kes elab julgesti, ütleb Issand; tal ei ole uksi ega riive, ta elab üksinda.

32 Nende kaamelid jäävad riisutavaiks ja nende veiste hulk võitjate saagiks; ma pillutan need pöetudoimulised kõigi tuulte poole ja toon neile igast küljest õnnetuse, ütleb Issand.

33 Ja Haasor jääb ðaakalite pesapaigaks, igavesti laastatuks. Keegi ei ela seal ega asugi sinna inimlaps.'

34 Issanda sõna, mis tuli prohvet Jeremijale Eelami kohta Juuda kuninga Sidkija valitsemise alguses; ta ütles:

35 'Nõnda ütleb vägede Issand: Vaata, ma murran Eelami ammu, nende peamise jõu.

36 Ma toon Eelami vastu neli tuult neljast taevakaarest; ja ma hajutan nad kõigi nende tuulte kätte ega ole rahvast, kelle juurde ei tule Eelami hajutatud.

37 Ma hirmutan eelamlasi nende vaenlaste ees, nende hinge püüdjate ees ja toon neile õnnetuse - oma tulise viha, ütleb Issand; ja ma läkitan mõõga neile järele, kuni olen teinud neile lõpu.

38 Ja ma asetan oma aujärje Eelamisse ning hävitan sealt kuninga ja vürstid, ütleb Issand.

39 Aga viimseil päevil ma pööran Eelami vangipõlve, ütleb Issand.'

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 63

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63. Verse 13. And in the midst of the seven lampstands one like unto the Son of man, signifies the Lord, from whom is the All of heaven and of the church. This is evident from the signification of "in the midst," as being in the inmost (See Arcana Coelestia., n. 1074, 2940, 2973); and as all things proceed from the inmost, as light proceeds from the center to the circumferences, so "in the midst" signifies from whom; also from the signification of "the seven lampstands," as being the new heaven and the new church (of which just above, n. 62; and from the signification of "the Son of man," as being the Lord in respect to the Divine Human, and also in respect to Divine truth, because Divine truth proceeds from His Divine Human. From this it can be seen why the Lord appeared "in the midst of seven lampstands," namely, because from Him the All of heaven and the church proceeds; for it is the good of love and of faith that makes heaven and the church, and that this good is from the Divine is known in the Christian world, and as it is from the Divine, it is from the Lord, for the Lord is the God of heaven, and the Divine of the Lord makes heaven (See the work on Heaven and Hell (Heaven and Hell 2-6, 7-12 that this is His Divine Human, 78-86).

[2] That the Son of man is the Lord in respect to the Divine Human, and also in respect to Divine truth, because Divine truth proceeds from His Divine Human, is evident from those passages in the Word where the Son of man is mentioned. Thus in John:

The multitude said to Jesus, How sayest Thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man? Jesus answered thee, Yet a little while is the light with you; walk while ye have the light, lest darkness overtake you. While ye have the light believe in the light, that ye may be sons of light (John 12:34-36).

From these words it is clear that "the Son of man" and "Light" have a like signification; for when the people asked, Who is the Son of man? the Lord answered that He was the Light in which they should believe. (That "light" is the Divine truth proceeding from the Lord's Divine Human, see in the work on Heaven and Hell 126-140; and in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem 49; thus also the Son of man. )

[3] In Luke:

Blessed are ye when men shall hate you for the Son of man's sake (Luke 6:22).

"For the Son of man's sake" is for the sake of Divine truth that proceeds from the Lord. Divine truth is the All of faith in and of love to the Lord. Because the evil deny these things, and those who deny also hate them, while the good acknowledge them, therefore it is said that the good are blessed.

[4] In the same:

The days will come when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, but ye shall not see it. Then they shall say to you, Lo here, or Lo there. Go not away, nor pursue after (Luke 17:22-23).

"To desire [to see] one of the days of the Son of man," is to desire Divine truth, which is genuine truth, as to something thereof; the end of the church is here meant, when there will no longer be any faith, because there will be no charity, at which time all Divine truth will perish; and because Divine truth is signified by "the Son of man," it is said, "Then shall they say, Lo here, or Lo there; pursue not after."

[5] In the same:

When the Son of man cometh, shall He find faith upon the earth? (Luke 18:8);

which means that when Divine truth shall be revealed out of heaven it will not be believed. Here also, "the Son of man" is the Lord in respect to Divine truth; the coming of the Lord is the revelation of Divine truth at the end of the church (See Arcana Coelestia 3900, 4060).

[6] In Matthew:

As the lightning cometh forth from the east, and is seen even unto the west, so shall the coming of the Son of man be. Then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven; and then shall all the tribes of the earth lament, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven, with power and glory (Matthew 24:27, 30).

That by "the coming of the Lord in the clouds of heaven" is here signified the revelation of Divine truth at the end of the church, see above n. 36.

[7] In the same:

I say unto you, Henceforth ye shall see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven (Matthew 26:64).

And in Luke:

From henceforth shall the Son of man be seated at the right hand of the power of God (Luke 22:69).

"The Son of man" is the Lord in respect to the Divine Human, and in respect to Divine truth proceeding from Him; "to sit at the right hand of power" means that He has omnipotence; its being said that they were now about to see this means that Divine truth was in its omnipotence when the Lord in the world had conquered the hells and reduced to order all things there and in the heavens, and that thus those who received Him in faith and love could be saved (See Arcana Coelestia 9715. That to "sit at the right hand" means omnipotence, see Arcana Coelestia 3387, 4592, 4933, 7518, 8281, 9193; that all the power of good is by means of truth, n. 6344, 6423, 8304, 9327, 9410, 9639, 9643. That Divine power itself is by means of Divine truth proceeding from the Lord's Divine Human, see n. 6948; that the "clouds" in which the Son of man is to come are the Word in the letter, which is Divine truth in the ultimate of order, see the preface to chapter 18 of Genesis, n. 4060, 4391, 5922, 6343, 6752, 8443, 8781; and that "glory" is Divine truth itself, such as it is in the internal sense of the Word, see n. 4809, 5922, 8267, 9429).

[8] From this it can now be seen what is signified by these words in Revelation:

I saw, and behold, a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on His head a golden crown (Revelation 14:14).

And in Daniel:

I saw in the night visions, and behold, there came with the clouds of the heavens one like unto the Son of man (Daniel 7:13).

Because all judgment is executed according to truth, therefore it is said, that it was given to the Lord:

To execute judgment, because He is the Son of man (John 5:27); and that:

The Son of man shall render unto every man according to his deeds (Matthew 16:27);

and that:

When the Son of man shall come, He shall sit on the throne of His glory, and shall judge (Matthew 25:31).

[9] In Matthew:

He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man, the field is the world, the seed are the sons of the kingdom, the tares are the sons of the evil one (Matthew 13:37-38).

"Good seed" is Divine truth; it is therefore said that the Son of man soweth it; "the sons of the kingdom" are Divine truths in heaven and the church; for "son" is truth (See Arcana Coelestia 489, 491, 533, 1147, 2623), and, in the contrary sense, falsity, which also is "the son of the evil one."

[10] In the same:

The Son of man hath not where to lay His head (Matthew 8:20);

by which is meant that Divine truth had no place anywhere, that is, with any man at that time. That the Son of man was about to suffer and be put to death (Matthew 17:12, 22-23; 26:2, 24, 45; Mark 8:31; 9:12, 31) signifies that thus they were about to treat Divine truth, consequently the Lord, who was Divine truth itself. This He also teaches in Luke:

But first must the Son of man suffer, and be rejected of this generation (Luke 17:25).

[11] In Jeremiah:

No man [vir] shall dwell there; neither shall a son of man [hominis] sojourn there (Jeremiah 49:18, 33).

And in the same:

In the cities no man [vir] shall dwell, nor shall a son of man [hominis] pass through them (Jeremiah 51:43).

He who does not know the spiritual sense of the Word believes that by "cities" here are meant cities, and that by "man," and "son of man," are meant a man and a son; and that the cities were to be so desolated that no one should be in them, but it is the state of the church in respect to the doctrine of truth that is described by these words; for "cities" are the doctrinals of the church (See Arcana Coelestia 402, 2449, 3216, 492, 4493); and "man" is its very truth conjoined with good (See n. 3134, 7716, 9007); therefore a "son of man" is truth.

[12] As Divine truth proceeding from the Lord was signified by "the Son of man," therefore the prophets by whom it was revealed were called "sons of man" (as Daniel 8:17; and Ezekiel 2:1, 3, 6, 8; 3:1, 3-4, 10, 17, 25; 4:1, 16; 8:5-6, 8, 12, 15; 12:2, 3, 9, 18, 22, 27). As most things in the Word have also a contrary sense, so "son of man" has a contrary signification, which is the falsity opposite to truth. Thus in Isaiah:

What art thou, that thou art afraid of man, that dies; and of the son of man, who shall be as grass (Isaiah 51:12).

And in David:

Put not your trust in princes, in the son of man, with whom there is no salvation (Psalms 146:3).

"Princes" are primary truths (See Arcana Coelestia 2089, 5044); so, in the contrary sense, primary falsities; and "the son of man" is falsity itself.

  
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