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1 Wie hat der HERR die Tochter Zion mit seinem Zorn überschüttet! Er hat die HERRLIchkeit Israels vom Himmel auf die Erde geworfen. Er hat nicht gedacht an seinen Fußschemel am Tage seines Zorns.

2 Der HERR hat alle Wohnungen Jakobs ohne Barmherzigkeit vertilget; er hat die Festen der Tochter Juda abgebrochen in seinem Grimm und geschleift; er hat entweihet beide, ihr Königreich und ihre Fürsten.

3 Er hat alles Horn Israels in seinem grimmigen Zorn zerbrochen; er hat seine rechte Hand hinter sich gezogen, da der Feind kam, und hat in Jakob ein Feuer angesteckt, das umher verzehret;

4 er hat seinen Bogen gespannet wie ein Feind; seine rechte Hand hat er geführet wie ein Widerwärtiger und hat erwürget alles, was lieblich anzusehen war, und seinen Grimm wie ein Feuer ausgeschüttet in der Hütte der Tochter Zion.

5 Der HERR ist gleichwie ein Feind; er hat vertilget Israel, er hat vertilget alle ihre Paläste und hat seine Festen verderbet; er hat der Tochter Juda viel Klagens und Leides gemacht;

6 er hat sein Gezelt zerwühlet wie einen Garten und seine Wohnung verderbet. Der HERR hat zu Zion beide, Feiertag und Sabbat, lassen vergessen und in seinem grimmigen Zorn beide, König und Priester, schänden lassen.

7 Der HERR hat seinen Altar verworfen und sein Heiligtum verbannet; er hat die Mauern ihrer Paläste in des Feindes Hände gegeben, daß sie im Hause des HERRN geschrieen haben wie an einem Feiertage.

8 Der HERR hat gedacht zu verderben die Mauern der Tochter Zion; er hat die Richtschnur darübergezogen und seine Hand nicht abgewendet, bis er sie vertilget; die Zwinger stehen kläglich, und die Mauer liegt jämmerlich.

9 Ihre Tore liegen tief in der Erde; er hat ihre Riegel zerbrochen und zunichte gemacht. Ihre Könige und Fürsten sind unter den Heiden, da sie das Gesetz nicht üben können und ihre Propheten kein Gesicht vom HERRN haben.

10 Die Ältesten der Tochter Zion liegen auf der Erde und sind stille; sie werfen Staub auf ihre Häupter und haben Säcke angezogen; die Jungfrauen von Jerusalem hängen ihre Häupter zur Erde.

11 Ich habe schier meine Augen ausgeweinet, daß mir mein Leib davon wehe tut; meine Leber ist auf die Erde ausgeschüttet über dem Jammer der Tochter meines Volks, da die Säuglinge und Unmündigen auf den Gassen in der Stadt verschmachteten,

12 da sie zu ihren Müttern sprachen: Wo ist Brot und Wein? da sie auf den Gassen in der Stadt verschmachteten wie die tödlich Verwundeten und in den Armen ihrer Mütter den Geist aufgaben.

13 Ach, du Tochter Jerusalem, wem soll ich dich gleichen und wofür soll ich dich rechnen, du Jungfrau Tochter Zion? Wem soll ich dich vergleichen, damit ich dich trösten möchte? Denn dein Schaden ist groß, wie ein Meer; wer kann dich heilen?

14 Deine Propheten haben dir lose und törichte Gesichte geprediget und dir deine Missetat nicht geoffenbaret, damit sie dein Gefängnis gewehret hätten, sondern haben dir geprediget lose Predigt, damit sie dich zum Land hinaus predigten.

15 Alle, die vorübergehen, klappen mit Händen, pfeifen dich an und schütteln den Kopf über der Tochter Jerusalem: Ist das die Stadt, von der man sagte, sie sei die allerschönste, der sich das ganze Land freuete?

16 Alle deine Feinde sperren ihr Maul auf wider dich, pfeifen dich an, blecken die Zähne und sprechen: Heh! wir haben sie vertilget; das ist der Tag; des wir haben begehret; wir haben's erlanget, wir haben's erlebt!

17 Der HERR hat getan, was er vorhatte; er hat sein Wort erfüllet, das er längst zuvor geboten hat; er hat ohne Barmherzigkeit zerstöret; er hat den Feind über dir erfreuet und deiner Widersacher Horn erhöhet.

18 Ihr Herz schrie zum HERRN. O du Mauer der Tochter Zion, laß Tag und Nacht Tränen herabfließen wie ein Bach; höre auch nicht auf, und dein Augapfel lasse nicht ab.

19 Stehe des Nachts auf und schreie; schütte dein Herz aus in der ersten Wache gegen dem HERRN wie Wasser; hebe deine Hände gegen ihn auf um der Seelen willen deiner jungen Kinder, die vor Hunger verschmachten vorne an allen Gassen.

20 HERR, schaue und siehe doch, wen du doch so verderbet hast! Sollen denn die Weiber ihres Leibes Frucht essen, die jüngsten Kindlein, einer Spanne lang? Sollen denn Propheten und Priester in dem Heiligtum des HERRN so erwürget werden?

21 Es lagen in den Gassen auf der Erde Knaben und Alte; meine Jungfrauen und Jünglinge sind durchs Schwert gefallen. Du hast gewürget am Tage deines Zorns, du hast ohne Barmherzigkeit geschlachtet.

22 Du hast meinen Feinden umher gerufen wie auf einen Feiertag, daß niemand am Tage des Zorns des HERRN entronnen und überblieben ist. Die ich ernähret und erzogen habe, die hat der Feind umgebracht.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 10182

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10182. 'Its horns shall be of one piece with it' means the powers of truth derived from the good of love and charity. This is clear from the meaning of 'horns' as the powers of truth, dealt with in 2832, 9719-9721. The reason why derived from the good of love and charity is meant is that all the power which truth possesses comes from that good. Therefore also the horns continued from the altar itself or were of one piece with it; for this altar was representative of the Lord, of His hearing and receiving everything of worship that springs from love and charity, 10177.

[2] The statement that all the power which truth possesses comes from the good of love is unintelligible to those who have only a material idea of power, and therefore the nature of that power must be described. In the heavens all power is derived from Divine Truth emanating from the Lord's Divine Good. This is the source of the power angels possess, for angels are recipients of Divine Truth from the Lord, 1752, 4295, 8192. By means of the power which they receive from that source they protect a person by removing the hells from him; for a single angel is stronger than a thousand who come from hell. This power is what Peter's keys serve to mean, though Peter, who in the same place is referred to as a rock, means the Lord in respect of the truth of faith springing from the good of love, see Preface to Genesis 22, and 3750, 4738, 6000, 6073(end), 6344(end), 10087, 'the Rock' being the Lord in respect of the truth of faith, 8581.

[3] The power that Divine Truth possesses is also meant by 'the voice of Jehovah' in David,

The voice of Jehovah is upon the waters; the voice of Jehovah is powerful; the voice of Jehovah breaks the cedars; the voice of Jehovah strikes a flame of fire; the voice of Jehovah causes the wilderness to shake; the voice of Jehovah strips the forests bare; Jehovah gives strength to His people. Psalms 29:3-5, 7-9, 11.

'The voice of Jehovah' is the Divine Truth emanating from His Divine Good, see 9926.

[4] The power that Divine Truth possesses is also meant by 'the Word' in John,

All things were made through the Word, and without Him nothing was made that was made. John 1:3.

'The Word' is the Divine Truth emanating from Divine Good, see 9987. Therefore also the Lord, when He was in the world, first made Himself Divine Truth, which is also meant in John 1:14 by the Word became flesh. The Lord made Himself Divine Truth then to the end that He might fight against all the hells and overcome them, and in so doing might restore all things to order there, and at the same time in the heavens, 9715, 9809, 10019, 10152.

[5] The fact that truths springing from good possess all power, while on the other hand falsities arising from evil have no power, is very well known in the next life. For this reason the evil who come there from the world have their belief, which is no more than persuasion, and also their knowledge of any truth, taken away from them. This then leaves them with the falsities belonging to their evil.

[6] The statement that truths springing from good possess such power is unintelligible to those who have the idea that truth or a belief in truth is no more than mental activity, when yet a person's mental activity, under the control of his will, constitutes all the strength which the body has; and if the Lord were to instill it through His Divine Truth into that body the person would possess the strength of Samson. But yet it is the Lord's good pleasure to impart strength to a person through faith springing from love in the things that belong to his spirit and that contribute to eternal life.

[7] From all this one may see what should be understood by the power of truth springing from good, the power meant by 'the horns' of both the altar of burnt offering and the altar of incense. That this power is meant by 'the horns' is clear from places in the Word where 'horns' are mentioned, as in Ezekiel,

On that day I will make a horn grow up for the house of Israel. Ezekiel 29:21.

In Amos,

Have we not by our own strength taken horns for ourselves? Amos 6:13.

In the first Book of Samuel,

Jehovah will give strength to His king, and exalt the horn of His anointed. 1 Samuel 2:10.

In David,

Jehovah has exalted the horn of His people. Psalms 148:14.

In the same author,

All the horns of the wicked I will cut off; the horns of the righteous will be exalted. Psalms 75:10.

In Jeremiah,

The Lord has cut down in His very fierce anger 1 the whole horn of Israel. And He has exalted the horn of your foes. Lamentations 2:3, 17.

In Ezekiel,

You push with side and shoulder, and butt with your horns all the weak sheep, until you have scattered them abroad. Ezekiel 34:21.

In Zechariah,

I saw four horns. The angel said, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem. The smiths have come to cast down the horns of the nations lifting up their horn against the land of Judah. Zechariah 1:18-21.

In Moses,

His horns are unicorn horns 2 . With these he will strike the peoples together to the ends of the earth. Deuteronomy 33:17.

In these places it is self-evident that power is meant by 'horns', and indeed power in both senses, that is to say, of truth directed against falsity and of falsity directed against truth; for the state of the Church is the subject in the internal sense of every one of these places.

[8] Something similar occurs in Amos,

On that day I will visit the altars of Bethel, and the horns of the altar will be cut away and fall to the ground. Amos 3:14.

'The altars of Bethel' and 'the horns of the altar' mean the evils and falsities destroying the Church's goodness and truth, regarding which it says that they 'will be cut away'.

[9] From all this one may see what should be understood by 'the horns' mentioned so frequently by Daniel, and by John in the Book of Revelation. Daniel describes the beast which had ten horns and also a horn speaking, Daniel 7:8, 11, 20; and he says that the horn was making war with the saints and prevailing, until the Ancient of Days 3 came, Daniel 7:11, 21-22, 24. He also speaks about the horns of the ram and the horns of the he-goat, which they used to make war against each other, Daniel 8:3-21. And John mentions that the dragon had ten horns, Revelation 12:3, as did the beast coming up out of the sea, Revelation 13:1, and also the scarlet beast, Revelation 17:12. In this verse it is also stated that the ten horns are ten kings; and the same words occur in Daniel 7:24. By 'kings' in the Word truths are meant, and in the contrary sense falsities, see 1672, 2015, 2069, 3009, 4575, 4581, 4966, 5044, 5068, 6148.

[10] It is because 'horn' means truth in its power, or in the contrary sense falsity destroying truth, that speech is attributed to a horn in Revelation 9:13; Daniel 7:8; Psalms 22:21.

[11] The anointing of kings with oil from a horn, 1 Samuel 16:1, 13; 1 Kings 1:39, represented truth springing from good, in its power; for truths in their power are meant by 'horns', good by 'oil', and those who are guided by truths springing from good by 'kings'. For the meaning of 'oil' as good, see 886, 9780; and for that of 'kings' as those who are guided by truths springing from good, thus - in the abstract sense - as truths springing from good, 6148. So it is also that in Psalms 132:17 a horn is said to bud, because all spiritual budding is that of truth springing from good. Therefore also in former times they made [imitations of] budding horns.

All power belongs to good and is exercised through truth, or what amounts to the same thing, belongs to truth springing from good, see the places referred to in 10019.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, in the fierceness of His anger

2. i.e. horns that are high and powerful, like the horn of a unicorn

3. The Latin means the Son of Man but the original Aramaic means the Ancient of Days, which Swedenborg has in another place where he quotes these verses.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.