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Jeremija 50

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1 Sõna, mis Issand kõneles Paabeli kohta, kaldealaste maa kohta prohvet Jeremija läbi:

2 'Teatage rahvaste seas ja kuulutage, tõstke lipp üles; kuulutage, ärge salake, öelge: Paabel vallutatakse, Beel jääb häbisse, Merodak lüüakse puruks! Tema pühakujud jäävad häbisse, tema ebajumalad purustatakse.

3 Sest tema kallale tuleb rahvas põhja poolt: see teeb tema maa jubedaks ja seal ei ela ükski - niihästi inimesed kui loomad põgenevad ja kaovad.

4 Neil päevil ja sel ajal, ütleb Issand, tulevad Iisraeli lapsed, nemad ja Juuda lapsed üheskoos, ja käivad üha nuttes ning otsivad Issandat, oma Jumalat.

5 Nad küsivad teed Siionisse, nende silmnäod on siiapoole: 'Tulgem ja hoidkem Issanda poole igavese lepinguga, mida ei unustata!'

6 Mu rahvas oli nagu kadunud lambad, nende karjased eksitasid neid, juhtisid kõrvale mägedes; nad rändasid mäelt mäele, nad unustasid oma tarad.

7 Kõik, kes neid leidsid, neelasid neid, ja nende vaenlased ütlesid: 'Me ei jää süüdlasteks! Sest nad on pattu teinud Issanda, õiguse eluaseme, ja Issanda, oma vanemate lootuse vastu.'

8 Põgenege Paabelist, minge välja kaldealaste maalt, olge nagu sikud karja ees!

9 Sest vaata, ma äratan ja toon Paabeli kallale hulganisti suuri rahvaid põhjamaalt, kes asuvad rünnakule tema vastu: sealtpoolt ta vallutatakse. Nende nooled on kui vilunud võitlejal - need ei tule tühjalt tagasi.

10 Ja Kaldea rüüstatakse, kõik selle rüüstajad saavad küllaldaselt, ütleb Issand.

11 Ilutsege aga, rõõmutsege aga, mu pärisosa rüüstajad. Jah, kepsutage nagu vasikad aasal ja hirnuge nagu täkud:

12 teie ema jääb suurde häbisse; kes teid on sünnitanud, peab häbenema! Vaata, see on paganate tulevik: kõrb, kuivanud maa ja lagendik.

13 Issanda viha tõttu ei elata seal ja see jääb hoopis tühjaks. Igaüks, kes Paabelist mööda läheb, kohkub ja vilistab kõigi ta nuhtluste pärast.

14 Rivistuge ümber Paabeli, kõik, kes vinnastate ambu! Ambuge teda, ärge säästke nooli, sest ta on pattu teinud Issanda vastu!

15 Tõstke tema ümber võidukisa: 'Ta tõstab käe, ta toed langevad, ta müürid kistakse maha.' Sest see on Issanda kättemaks. Makske temale kätte, talitage temaga, nõnda kuidas tema talitas!

16 Kaotage Paabelist külvaja ja lõikusajal sirbihaaraja! Hävitava mõõga eest pöördub igaüks oma rahva juurde ja igaüks põgeneb oma maale.

17 Iisrael oli eksinud lammas, lõvidest aetud. Esiti sõi teda Assuri kuningas, ja nüüd viimaks näris tema luid Paabeli kuningas Nebukadnetsar.

18 Seepärast ütleb vägede Issand, Iisraeli Jumal, nõnda: Vaata, mina karistan Paabeli kuningat ja tema maad, nõnda nagu ma karistan Assuri kuningat.

19 Ja ma toon Iisraeli tagasi tema enese karjamaale ning ta hakkab hoidma karja Karmelil ja Baasanis, ja ta hing küllastub Efraimi mäestikus ja Gileadis.

20 Neil päevil ja sel ajal, ütleb Issand, otsitakse Iisraeli süüd, aga seda ei ole, ja Juuda patte, aga neid ei leita, sest ma annan andeks neile, keda ma alles jätan.

21 Mine 'Topelttõrksa' maa vastu ja 'Karistuse' elanike kallale! Löö maha ja hävita sootuks nende järelt, ütleb Issand, ja tee kõik, nagu ma sind olen käskinud!

22 Maal on sõjahüüd ja suur häving.

23 Kuidas küll on purustatud ja katki murtud kogu maailma vasar! Kuidas küll Paabel on saanud jubeduseks rahvaste seas!

24 Mina panin sulle püüdepaela ja sind, Paabel, saadi kätte, nõnda et sa ise ei teadnudki. Sind tabati ja võeti kinni, sest sa võitlesid Issanda vastu.

25 Issand avas oma relvakambri ja tõi välja oma sajatuse relvad. Sest Issandal, vägede Issandal, on tööd kaldealaste maal.

26 Tulge kõikjalt temale kallale, avage ta aidad, kuhjake teda viljana hunnikusse ja hävitage ta sootuks, ärgu jäägu talle midagi järele.

27 Lööge maha kõik ta härjavärsid, mingu nad tapale! Häda neile! Sest on tulnud nende päev, nende karistusaeg.

28 Kuulge! Põgenikud ja Paabelimaalt pääsenud jutustavad Siionis Issanda, meie Jumala kättemaksust, kättemaksust tema templi eest.

29 Kutsuge Paabeli kallale kütid, kõik ammuvinnastajad! Lööge leer üles tema ümber, ärgu pääsegu ükski! Tasuge temale ta tegude järgi, talitage temaga, nagu tema on talitanud teiega! Sest ta on olnud ülbe Issanda vastu, Iisraeli Püha vastu.

30 Seepärast langevad ta turgudel tema noored mehed ja sel päeval hukkuvad kõik ta sõjamehed, ütleb Issand.

31 Vaata, ma olen su vastu, sina ülbe, ütleb Issand, vägede Issand, sest on tulnud su päev, aeg, mil ma sind karistan.

32 Siis komistab ülbe ja langeb ega ole, kes ta üles tõstaks; ja ma süütan tema linnades tule ning see põletab kõik ümberringi.

33 Nõnda ütleb vägede Issand: Iisraeli lastele ja Juuda lastele on ühtviisi liiga tehtud; kõik nende vangistajad peavad neid kinni, nad ei taha neid vabastada.

34 Aga nende lunastaja on vägev, vägede Issand on tema nimi. Tema seletab hästi nende riiuasja, et tuua maale rahu, aga Paabeli elanikele rahutust.

35 Mõõk kaldealaste kallale, ütleb Issand, ja Paabeli elanike kallale, tema vürstide ja tarkade kallale.

36 Mõõk ennustajate kallale, et need jääksid narrideks. Mõõk tema kangelaste kallale, et need kohkuksid.

37 Mõõk tema hobuste ja sõjavankrite kallale ja kogu segarahva kallale, kes on tema keskel, et see muutuks naisteks. Mõõk tema varanduste kallale, et need riisutaks.

38 Põud tema vete kallale, et need kuivaksid. Sest see on nikerdatud kujude maa, nad on hullud nende peletiste järele.

39 Seepärast hakkavad seal elama kurjad vaimud ja paharetid ja seal elutsevad jaanalinnud. Seda ei asustata enam iialgi, seal ei elata põlvede jooksul.

40 Otsekui Jumal paiskas segi Soodoma ja Gomorra ja nende naabrid, ütleb Issand, nõnda ei ela seal keegi ega asugi sinna inimlaps.

41 Vaata, rahvas tuleb põhja poolt: suur rahvas ja palju kuningaid hakkab liikuma maa viimastest äärtest.

42 Nad hoiavad käes ambu ja oda, nad on julmad ega tunne halastust; nende kisa on nagu mere kohin ja nad ratsutavad hobuste seljas, nad on varustatud nagu mehed tapluseks sinu vastu, Paabeli tütar.

43 Kui Paabeli kuningas kuuleb neist sõnumit, siis lõtvuvad ta käed; teda valdab ahastus nagu sünnitajat valu.

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

45 Seepärast kuulge Issanda nõu, mida ta on pidanud Paabeli vastu, ja tema mõtteid, mida ta on mõlgutanud kaldealaste maa vastu: tõesti, kõige pisemgi lammas veetakse ära; tõesti, nende karjamaa jääb tühjaks nende eneste pärast.

46 Hüüdest: 'Paabel on vallutatud!' väriseb maa ja rahvaste seas kuuldakse hädakisa.'

   

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3762. 'And went to the land of the sons of the east' means a raising up towards truths that relate to love. This is clear from the meaning of 'the land of the sons of the east'. For Aram or Syria was called 'the land of the sons of the east', as is evident from the fact that it was the land to which Jacob went, see also 3249. In general, 'Syria' means cognitions of good, as shown in 1232, 1234, but specifically 'Aram Naharaim' or Syria of the [Two] Rivers means cognitions of truth, in 3051, 3664. Here however it is not said that he went to Aram or Syria but 'to the land of the sons of the east', so as to mean that which is the subject in the whole of this chapter, namely an ascent towards truths that relate to love. The expression 'truths that relate to love' is used to describe those truths which in other places have been called celestial truths, for they are cognitions concerning charity towards the neighbour and concerning love to the Lord. In the highest sense, where the Lord is the subject, they are truths that relate to Divine love.

[2] These truths, that is to say, those concerning charity towards the neighbour and concerning love to the Lord, must first be learned before a person can be regenerated, and must also be acknowledged and believed. And insofar as those truths are acknowledged and believed, and are endowed with life, that person is also regenerated and those truths are implanted in his natural, where they exist as in their own soil. They are first implanted there through the instruction received from parents and teachers, then from the Word of the Lord, and after that from personal reflection on them. But all of this does no more than to deposit those truths in the person's natural memory and so to place them among the cognitions there. They are still not acknowledged, believed, and received unless life is led in accordance with them, in which case the person enters into an affection for them; and insofar as he enters into an affection for them because his life accords with them, those truths are implanted in his natural as their own soil. Things that are not so implanted do indeed remain with that person, but only in his memory as some item of knowledge or historical fact which does no more than enable him to talk about such things, to further his reputation by means of them, and in so doing to grow in wealth and position. When this is the case truths have not been implanted within him.

[3] As regards the meaning of 'the land of the sons of the east' as truths relating to love, and so as cognitions of truth leading the way to good, this may be seen from the meaning of 'sons' as truths, dealt with in 489, 491, 533, 1147, 2623, and from the meaning of 'the east' as love, dealt with in 101, 1250, 3249. Their land is the soil in which they exist. For 'the sons of the east' are those who possess cognitions concerning truth and good and therefore the truths that relate to love. This may be seen further from other places in the Word, as in the first Book of Kings,

The wisdom of Solomon surpassed the wisdom of all the sons of the east and all the wisdom of the Egyptians. 1 Kings 4:30.

Here 'the wisdom of the sons of the east' means interior cognitions concerning truth and good, and so means people who possess them. 'The wisdom of the Egyptians' however means knowledge of the same things as they exist in a lower degree -'the Egyptians' meaning factual knowledge in general, see 1164, 1165, 1462.

[4] In Jeremiah,

Thus said Jehovah, Arise, go up against Kedar; lay waste the sons of the east. They will take their tents and flocks, their curtains and all their vessels, and will take their camels. Jeremiah 49:28-29.

Here 'the sons of the east' is used to mean those who possess cognitions concerning good and truth. This is clear from the fact that 'they will take their tents and flocks, also their curtains and all their vessels, as well as their camels'. For 'tents' means holy forms of good, 414, 1102, 2145, 2152, 3312; 'flocks' the goods that flow from charity, 343, 2566; 'curtains' holy truths, 2576, 3478; 'vessels' the truths of faith, and facts, 3068, 3079; 'camels' factual knowledge in general, 3048, 3071, 3143, 3145. Thus 'the sons of the east' means those who possess these, that is, cognitions concerning what is good and what is true.

[5] The wise men from the east who came to Jesus when He was born belonged to those people called the sons of the east. This becomes clear from the fact of their awareness that the Lord was to be born, and that they knew of His Coming from the star which appeared to them in the east. These matters are described in Matthew as follows,

When Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, behold wise men from the east came into Jerusalem, saying, Where is He born King of the Jews? for we have seen His star in the east and have come to worship Him. Matthew 2:1-2.

The fact that such a prophecy existed from of old among the sons of the east, who were from Syria, is clear from Balaam's prophecy concerning the Lord's Coming, in Moses,

I see Him, but not now; I behold Him, but not near. A star will arise out of Jacob and a sceptre will rise up out of Israel. Numbers 24:17.

The fact that Balaam was from the land of the sons of the east, that is, from Syria, is evident from the following in Moses,

Balaam uttered his declaration and said, From Syria has Balak, the king of Moab, brought me, from the mountains of the east. Numbers 23:7.

The wise men who came to Jesus when He was born are called the magi, but this expression was used for wise men at that time, as is clear from many places, such as Genesis 41:8; Exodus 7:11; Daniel 2:27; 4:6-7; 1 Kings 4:30; and in various places in the Prophets.

[6] 'The sons of the east' in the contrary sense means cognitions concerning evil and falsity, and so means those who possess these. This is clear in Isaiah,

The envy of Ephraim will depart, and the enemies of Judah will be cut off. They will fly down onto the shoulder of the Philistines towards the sea, and together they will plunder the sons of the east. Isaiah 11:13-14.

In Ezekiel, when prophesying against the sons of Ammon,

Behold, I have handed you over to the sons of the east as an inheritance, and they will station their ranks among you. Ezekiel 25:4, 10.

In the Book of Judges,

When Israel put in seed, Midian came up and Amalek, and the sons of the east; and they came up upon them. Judges 6:3.

'Midian' stands for those under the influence of falsity because the good of life does not exist with them, 3242; 'Amalek' for those under the influence of falsities with which they assail truths, 1679; 'the sons of the east' for those who possess cognitions that support what is false.

  
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