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Hesekiel 5

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1 Und du, Menschensohn, nimm dir ein scharfes Schwert: als Schermesser sollst du es dir nehmen und damit über dein Haupt und über deinen Bart fahren; und nimm dir Waagschalen und teile die Haare (Eig. sie.)

2 Ein Drittel sollst du mit Feuer verbrennen inmitten der Stadt (S. Kap. 4,1,) wenn die Tage der Belagerung voll sind; und ein Drittel sollst du nehmen, und rings um sie her mit dem Schwerte schlagen; und ein Drittel sollst du in den Wind streuen, denn ich werde das Schwert ziehen hinter ihnen her.

3 Und du sollst davon eine kleine Zahl nehmen und in deine ockzipfel binden.

4 Und von diesen sollst du abermals nehmen und sie mitten ins Feuer werfen und sie mit Feuer verbrennen; davon wird ein Feuer ausgehen wider das ganze Haus Israel.

5 So spricht der Herr, Jehova: Dieses Jerusalem, inmitten der Nationen habe ich es gesetzt, und Länder rings um dasselbe her.

6 Und es war widerspenstig gegen meine echte in Gesetzlosigkeit, mehr als die Nationen, und gegen meine Satzungen, mehr als die Länder, welche rings um dasselbe her sind; denn meine echte haben sie verworfen, und in meinen Satzungen haben sie nicht gewandelt.

7 Darum spricht der Herr, Jehova, also: Weil ihr getobt habt, mehr als die Nationen, die rings um euch her sind, in meinen Satzungen nicht gewandelt und meine echte nicht getan habt, ja, selbst nach den echten der Nationen, die rings um euch her sind, nicht getan habt,

8 darum spricht der Herr, Jehova, also: Siehe, auch ich will wider dich sein, und will Gerichte in deiner Mitte üben vor den Augen der Nationen.

9 Und ich will an dir tun, was ich nicht getan habe und desgleichen ich nicht wieder tun werde, um all deiner Greuel willen.

10 Darum werden Väter ihre Kinder essen in deiner Mitte, und Kinder werden ihre Väter essen; und ich will Gerichte an dir üben, und will deinen ganzen Überrest in alle Winde zerstreuen.

11 Darum, so wahr ich lebe, spricht der Herr, Jehova: (Eig. ist der Spruch des Herrn, Jehovas; so auch später) Wahrlich, weil du mein Heiligtum verunreinigt hast durch alle deine Scheusale und durch alle deine Greuel, so will auch ich mein Auge abziehen ohne Mitleid (Eig. ohne daß es mitleidig blicke,) und auch ich will mich nicht erbarmen.

12 Ein Drittel von dir soll an der Pest sterben und durch Hunger umkommen in deiner Mitte; und ein Drittel soll durchs Schwert fallen rings um dich her; und ein Drittel werde ich in alle Winde zerstreuen, und ich werde das Schwert ziehen hinter ihnen her. -

13 Und mein Zorn soll sich vollenden, und meinen Grimm werde ich an ihnen stillen und ache nehmen. Und wenn ich meinen Grimm an ihnen vollende, so werden sie wissen (O. erkennen, erfahren; so auch nachher,) daß ich, Jehova, in meinem Eifer geredet habe.

14 Und ich werde dich zur Einöde machen und zum Hohne unter den Nationen, die rings um dich her sind, vor den Augen jedes Vorübergehenden.

15 Und es soll ein Hohn und ein Spott (Eig. eine Verhöhnung) sein, eine Warnung und ein Entsetzen für die Nationen, die rings um dich her sind, wenn ich Gerichte an dir üben werde im Zorn und im Grimm und in Züchtigungen des Grimmes. Ich, Jehova, habe geredet.

16 Wenn ich die bösen Pfeile des Hungers wider sie sende, welche zum Verderben sein werden, die ich senden werde, um euch zu verderben, so werde ich den Hunger über euch häufen und euch den Stab (d. i. die Stütze) des Brotes zerbrechen.

17 Und ich werde Hunger über euch senden und böse Tiere, daß sie dich der Kinder berauben; und Pest und Blut sollen über dich ergehen (Eig. durch dich ziehen,) und das Schwert werde ich über dich bringen. Ich, Jehova, habe geredet.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 880

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880. Jerusalem in the Word means the church because the Temple and altar were there in the land of Canaan and nowhere else, and sacrifices were made there. Thus it was the focus of Divine worship. The three annual feasts were accordingly also celebrated there, and every male throughout the land was commanded to attend them. For that reason Jerusalem symbolizes the church with respect to worship, and so also the church with respect to doctrine, inasmuch as worship is prescribed by doctrine and is conducted in accordance with it.

Jerusalem means the church, too, because the Lord was there and taught in its temple, and later glorified His humanity there.

That Jerusalem means the church with respect to its doctrine and consequent worship is apparent from many passages in the Word. As for example, from these verses in Isaiah:

For Zion's sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until her righteousness goes forth as a radiance, and her salvation as a burning lamp. Then gentiles shall see your righteousness, and all kings your glory. You shall also be called by a new name, which the mouth of the Lord will proclaim. And you shall be a crown of glory in the hand of Jehovah, and a royal jewel 1 in the hand of your God... ...Jehovah will delight in you, and your land shall be married.

Behold, your salvation is coming; behold, His reward is with Him... And they shall call them a holy people, the redeemed of Jehovah; and you shall be called a city sought out, not forsaken. (Isaiah 62:1-4, 11-12)

[2] The subject in that chapter is the Lord's advent and a new church to be established by Him. This new church is the church meant by Jerusalem, which shall be called by a new name that the mouth of Jehovah will proclaim; which will be a crown of glory in the hand of Jehovah and a royal jewel 1 in the hand of God; in which Jehovah will delight; and which shall be called a city sought out and not forsaken. This does not mean the Jerusalem inhabited by Jews when the Lord came into the world, for that Jerusalem was of a totally opposite character. It was rather to be called Sodom, as it also is called in Revelation 11:8, Isaiah 3:9, Jeremiah 23:14, and Ezekiel 16:46, 48.

[3] Elsewhere in Isaiah:

...behold, I am creating a new heaven and a new earth; the former shall not be remembered... Be glad and rejoice forever in what I am creating. ...behold, I am creating Jerusalem to be an exultation, and her people a joy, that I may exult over Jerusalem and rejoice over My people... Then the wolf and the lamb shall feed together... They shall not do evil... in all My holy mountain... (Isaiah 65:17-19, 25)

In this chapter, too, the subject is the Lord's advent and a church to be established by Him, one that was not established among the people in Jerusalem but among people elsewhere. Consequently that church is the one meant here by Jerusalem, which will be an exultation to the Lord and whose people will be a joy to Him, where the wolf and lamb will feed together, and the people will not do evil.

As in the book of Revelation, we are told here also that the Lord will create a new heaven and a new earth, and that He will create Jerusalem, which have similar symbolic meanings.

[4] Elsewhere in Isaiah:

Awake, awake! Put on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city! For the uncircumcised and the unclean shall no longer come to you. Shake yourself from the dust, arise; sit down, O Jerusalem! ...Therefore My people shall know My name... in that day; for it is I who speaks: behold, it is I. ...Jehovah has comforted His people, He has redeemed Jerusalem. (Isaiah 52:1-2, 6, 9)

The subject in this chapter is also the Lord's advent and the church to be established by Him. Therefore the Jerusalem into which the uncircumcised and the unclean shall no longer come, and which the Lord will redeem, means the church, and Jerusalem, the holy city, means the church with respect to doctrine from the Lord and concerning the Lord.

[5] In Zephaniah:

Shout, O daughter of Zion! Be glad... with all your heart, O daughter of Jerusalem! ...The King of Israel... is in your midst; fear evil no longer! ...He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will rest in your love, He will exult over you with exultation... ...I will give you a name and praise among all the peoples of the earth... (Zephaniah 3:14-17, 20)

Here likewise the subject is the Lord and a church established by Him, over which the King of Israel, namely the Lord, will rejoice with gladness and exult with exultation, and in whose love He will rest, who will give them a name and praise among all the peoples of the earth.

[6] In Isaiah:

Thus said Jehovah, your Redeemer and your Former..., who says to Jerusalem, "You shall be inhabited," and to the cities of Judah, "You shall be rebuilt."... (Isaiah 44:24, 26)

And in Daniel:

Know and perceive: from the going forth of the command to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince, there shall be seven weeks... (Daniel 9:25)

It is apparent that Jerusalem here also means the church, since it was the church that the Lord restored and rebuilt, and not Jerusalem, the Jewish capital.

[7] Jerusalem means a church established by the Lord also in the following passages. In Zechariah:

Thus said Jehovah, "I will return to Zion and dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth, and the mountain of Jehovah Zebaoth a holy mountain." (Zechariah 8:3, cf. 8:20-23)

In Joel:

Then you shall know that I am Jehovah your God, dwelling in Zion, My holy mountain. Then Jerusalem shall be holy... And it will come to pass in that day that the mountains shall drip with new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk..., and Jerusalem (shall abide) from generation to generation. (Joel 3:17-21)

In Isaiah:

In that day the offshoot of Jehovah shall be beautiful and glorious... And it shall come to pass that he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy - everyone recorded among the living in Jerusalem. (Isaiah 4:2-3)

In Micah:

...in the latter days the mountain of Jehovah's house shall be established on top of the mountains... For out of Zion doctrine shall go forth, and the Word of Jehovah from Jerusalem... ...to you... the former kingdom shall come, the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem. (Micah 4:1-2, 8)

In Jeremiah:

At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of Jehovah, and all the nations shall be gathered..., because of the name of Jehovah, to Jerusalem. No more shall they go after the justification of their evil hearts. (Jeremiah 3:17)

In Isaiah:

Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts; let your eyes see Jerusalem, a tranquil habitation, a tabernacle that will not vanish; its stakes will never be removed, nor any of its cords be broken. (Isaiah 33:20)

And so on elsewhere, as in Isaiah 24:23; 37:32; 66:10-14; Zechariah 12:3, 6, 8-10; 14:8, 11-12, 21; Malachi 3:2, 4; Psalms 122:1-7; 137:4-6.

[8] Jerusalem in these places means a church which the Lord would establish, and not Jerusalem in the land of Canaan inhabited by Jews. This can be seen from passages in the Word which say that Jerusalem was completely ruined and would be destroyed, as in Jeremiah 5:1; 6:6-7; 7:17-18; Luke 19:41-44; 21:20-22; 23:28-30; and in many other places.

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1. The word translated as "jewel" here means a diadem or crown in the original Greek and Latin, but the writer's definitions of the term elsewhere make plain that he regularly and consistently interpreted it to mean a jewel or gem.

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.