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Haggai 2

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1 Ensimäisenä päivänä kolmattakymmentä, seitsemäntenä kuukautena, tapahtui Herran sana propheta Haggain kautta ja sanoi:

2 Puhu nyt Serubbabelille Sealtielin pojalle, Juudan päämiehelle, ja Josualle Jotsadakin pojalle, ylimmäiselle papille, ja jätetylle kansalle, ja sano:

3 Kuka on jääneissä, joka tämän huoneen entisessä kunniassansa nähnyt on? ja kuinka se nyt teille näyttää? eikö se ole sen suhteen niinkuin ei mitään teidän silmäinne edessä?

4 Ja nyt Serubbabel, ole hyvässä turvassa, sanoo Herra; ole sinäkin hyvässä turvassa, Josua Jotsadakin poika, ylimmäinen pappi; olkaat kaikka kansa maakunnassa hyvässä turvassa, sanoo Herra, ja tehkäät työtä; sillä minä olen teidän kanssanne, sanoo Herra Zebaot.

5 Sen sanan jälkeen kuin minä tein teidän kanssanne liiton, kuin te Egyptistä vaelsitte, ja minun henkeni pitää teidän keskellänne pysymän: älkäät peljätkö.

6 Sillä näin sanoo Herra Zebaot: vielä on vähä aikaa, niin minä taivaan, maan, meren ja mantereen saatan liikkumaan.

7 Ja tahdon saattaa kaikki pakanat liikkumaan; silloin tulee kaikkein pakanain toivo, ja minä täytän tämän huoneen kunnialla, sanoo Herra Zebaot.

8 Sillä minun on hopia ja minun on kulta, sanoo Herra Zebaot.

9 Tämän jälkimäisen huoneen kunnia on suurempi oleva kuin ensimäisen, sanoo Herra Zebaot; ja minä tahdon antaa rauhan tälle paikalle, sanoo Herra Zebaot.

10 Neljäntenä päivänä kolmattakymmentä, yhdeksäntenä kuukautena toisena Dariuksen vuotena, tapahtui Herran sana propheta Haggaille ja sanoi:

11 Näin sanoo Herra Zebaot: kysy papeilta lakia ja sano:

12 Jos joku kantais pyhitettyä lihaa helmassansa, ja satuttais sitte vaatteensa helman leipään, puuroon, viinaan, öljyyn, eli mikä ruoka se olis, tulisko se myös pyhäksi? ja papit vastasivat ja sanoivat: ei.

13 Haggai sanoi: jos joku raadosta saastutettu yhteen näistä sattuis, tulisko se saastaiseksi? Papit vastasivat ja sanoivat: se tulee saastaiseksi.

14 Niin Haggai vastasi ja sanoi: juuri niin on tämä kansa, ja nämät ihmiset minun edessäni, sanoo Herra, ja kaikki heidän kättensä työt, ja mitä he uhraavat, on saastainen.

15 Ja katsokaat, kuinka teille käynyt on tästä päivästä ja ennenkuin joku kivi pantiin toisen päälle Herran templissä.

16 Että kuin joku tuli ohraläjän tykö, jolla piti kaksikymmentä mittaa oleman, niin siellä oli kymmenen; koska hän tuli viinakuurnan tykö, ja luuli viisikymmentä aamia täyttävänsä, niin siellä oli kaksikymmentä.

17 Sillä minä vaivasin teitä poudalla, nokipäillä ja rakeilla, kaikissa teidän kättenne töissä; ette kuitenkaan kääntyneet minun tyköni, sanoo Herra.

18 Niin pankaat nyt mieleenne tästä päivästä ja ennen, nimittäin neljännestä päivästä kolmattakymmentä, yhdeksäntenä kuukautena, hamaan siihen päivään, jona Herran templi perustettiin, pankaat mieleenne.

19 Sillä siemenet ovat vielä salvossa, ja ei vielä mitään kasva, ei viinapuu, fikunapuu, granatipuu, eikä öljypuu; mutta tämän päivän perästä tahdon minä antaa siunauksen.

20 Ja Herran sana tapahtui toisen kerran Haggaille, neljäntenä päivänä kolmattakymmentä siinä kuukaudessa, ja sanoi:

21 Sano Serubbabelille, Juudan päämiehelle: minä tahdon taivaan ja maan liikuttaa;

22 Ja tahdon valtakuntain istuimet kukistaa, ja pakanain voimalliset valtakunnat kadottaa; ja kukistan rattaat ja ratsasmiehet, niin että hevonen ja mies pitää kukistettaman, kukin kumppaninsa miekalla.

23 Sillä ajalla, sanoo Herra Zebaot, tahdon minä sinua korjata, sinä Serubbabel Sealtielin poika, minun palveliani, sanoo Herra, ja tahdon sinun pitää niinkuin sinettisormuksen; sillä minä olen sinun valinnut, sanoo Herra Zebaot.

   


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3780. 'And he said to them, Does he have peace?' means, Does it - that good - come from the Lord's kingdom? This is clear from the meaning of 'peace' dealt with below. In the historical sense it is an inquiry into whether Laban 'has peace', but in the internal sense it is an inquiry concerning the good which Laban represents. For 'Laban' is a parallel good springing from a common stock, that is, the kind of good that exists among gentiles who belong to the universal Church, that is, to the Lord's kingdom, see immediately above in 3778. From this it is evident what those words mean - Does it come from the Lord's kingdom?

[2] As regards 'peace', this means in the highest sense the Lord Himself, and from this in the internal sense His kingdom. Peace is also the Lord's Divine affecting inmostly the good which governs people there. The fact that these things are meant in the Word by 'peace' becomes clear from many places, as in Isaiah,

To us a Boy is born, to us a Son is given, whose government will be upon His shoulder; and His name will be called, Wonderful, Counsellor, God, Hero, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His government and of peace there will be no end, upon the throne of David and over His kingdom. Isaiah 9:6-7.

Here 'Prince of Peace' clearly stands for the Lord, 'the increase of government and of peace' for the things that exist in His kingdom, and so it stands for the kingdom itself. In the same prophet,

The work of righteousness will be peace, and the labour of righteousness quietness and security for ever. And My people will abide in a habitation of peace. Isaiah 32:17-18.

This refers to the Lord's kingdom, where 'peace', 'quietness', and 'security' follow consecutively. 'A habitation of peace' stands for heaven.

[3] In the same prophet,

The angels of peace weep bitterly. The highways have been laid waste, the wayfarer has ceased. Isaiah 33:7-8.

'The angels of peace' stands for members of the Lord's kingdom, and so 'peace' stands for the kingdom itself, and in the highest sense for the Lord. 'The highways have been laid waste and the wayfarer has ceased' stands for the fact that truth existed nowhere any longer - 'highways' and 'ways' meaning truths, see 627, 2333. In the same prophet,

How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of Him who is bringing good tidings, causing peace to be heard, bringing good tidings of good, causing salvation to be heard, saying to Zion, Your God reigns. Isaiah 52:7.

'Bringing good tidings and causing peace to be heard' stands for the Lord's kingdom. In the same prophet,

The mountains will depart and the hills be removed, but My mercy will not depart from you, and the covenant of My peace will not be removed. Isaiah 54:10.

In the same prophet,

The way of peace they have not known, and there is no judgement in their tracks. Isaiah 59:8.

[4] In Jeremiah,

I will assemble My peace from this people, said Jehovah, pity and mercy. Jeremiah 16:5.

In the same prophet, The folds of peace have been laid waste, because of the fierce anger of Jehovah. Jeremiah 25:37.

In the same prophet,

The prophet who prophesies of peace, when the word of the prophet comes to pass, the prophet will be known, that Jehovah has in truth sent him. Jeremiah 28:9.

In the same prophet,

I know the thoughts that I am thinking towards you, said Jehovah, thoughts of peace. Jeremiah 29:11.

In Haggai,

The glory of this latter house will be greater than that of the former, for in this place I will give peace. Haggai 2:9.

In Zechariah,

They will be the seed of peace; the vine will give its fruit, and the land will give its increase, and the heavens will give their dew. Zechariah 8:12.

In David,

Care for the blameless one, and behold the upright, for the latter end of that man is peace. Psalms 37:37.

In Luke,

Jesus said to the disciples, Whatever house you enter, first say, Peace be to this house! And if a son of peace is there, your peace shall rest on it; but if not, it shall return to you. Luke 10:5-6.

In John,

Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. John 14:27.

In the same gospel,

Jesus said, These things I have said to you, that in Me you may have peace. John 16:33.

[5] In all these places 'peace' in the highest sense means the Lord, in the representative sense His kingdom and good from the Lord in that kingdom, and so means the Divine which flows into good or into affections for good, which also, from what is inmost, brings feelings of joy and happiness. This shows what is meant by the words of the blessing,

Jehovah will lift up His face upon you and give you peace. Numbers 6:26.

It also shows what is meant by the customary greeting received from ancient times, Peace to you, the same words as were used by the Lord to greet the apostles, John 20:19, 21, 26. See also about 'peace' in 92, 93, 1726, 2780, 3170, 3696.

  
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Jeremiah 25

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1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah (the same was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon),

2 which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying:

3 From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, even to this day, these twenty-three years, the word of Yahweh has come to me, and I have spoken to you, rising up early and speaking; but you have not listened.

4 Yahweh has sent to you all his servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them (but you have not listened, nor inclined your ear to hear)

5 saying, Return now everyone from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that Yahweh has given to you and to your fathers, from of old and even forevermore;

6 and don't go after other gods to serve them or worship them, and don't provoke me to anger with the work of your hands; and I will do you no harm.

7 Yet you have not listened to me, says Yahweh; that you may provoke me to anger with the work of your hands to your own hurt.

8 Therefore thus says Yahweh of Armies: Because you have not heard my words,

9 behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, says Yahweh, and [I will send] to Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against its inhabitants, and against all these nations around; and I will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations.

10 Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.

11 This whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

12 It shall happen, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, says Yahweh, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans; and I will make it desolate forever.

13 I will bring on that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah has prophesied against all the nations.

14 For many nations and great kings shall make bondservants of them, even of them; and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the work of their hands.

15 For thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, to me: take this cup of the wine of wrath at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send you, to drink it.

16 They shall drink, and reel back and forth, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.

17 Then took I the cup at Yahweh's hand, and made all the nations to drink, to whom Yahweh had sent me:

18 [to wit], Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and its kings, and its princes, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse, as it is this day;

19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people;

20 and all the mixed people, and all the kings of the land of the Uz, and all the kings of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Gaza, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;

21 Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon;

22 and all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the isle which is beyond the sea;

23 Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all who have the corners [of their hair] cut off;

24 and all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed people who dwell in the wilderness;

25 and all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes;

26 and all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another; and all the kingdoms of the world, which are on the surface of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.

27 You shall tell them, Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Drink, and be drunk, vomit, fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.

28 It shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at your hand to drink, then you shall tell them, Thus says Yahweh of Armies: You shall surely drink.

29 For, behold, I begin to work evil at the city which is called by my name; and should you be utterly unpunished? You shall not be unpunished; for I will call for a sword on all the inhabitants of the earth, says Yahweh of Armies.

30 Therefore prophesy you against them all these words, and tell them, Yahweh will roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he will mightily roar against his fold; he will give a shout, as those who tread [the grapes], against all the inhabitants of the earth.

31 A noise shall come even to the end of the earth; for Yahweh has a controversy with the nations; he will enter into judgment with all flesh: as for the wicked, he will give them to the sword, says Yahweh.

32 Thus says Yahweh of Armies, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great storm shall be raised up from the uttermost parts of the earth.

33 The slain of Yahweh shall be at that day from one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung on the surface of the ground.

34 Wail, you shepherds, and cry; and wallow [in ashes], you principal of the flock; for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are fully come, and you shall fall like a goodly vessel.

35 The shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.

36 A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and the wailing of the principal of the flock! for Yahweh lays waste their pasture.

37 The peaceable folds are brought to silence because of the fierce anger of Yahweh.

38 He has left his covert, as the lion; for their land is become an astonishment because of the fierceness of the oppressing [sword], and because of his fierce anger.