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Ιερεμία 29

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1 Και ουτοι ειναι οι λογοι της επιστολης, την οποιαν Ιερεμιας ο προφητης εστειλεν απο Ιερουσαλημ προς τους υπολοιπους των πρεσβυτερων της αιχμαλωσιας και προς τους ιερεις και προς τους προφητας και προς παντα τον λαον, τον οποιον ο Ναβουχοδονοσορ εφερεν αιχμαλωτον απο Ιερουσαλημ εις την Βαβυλωνα,

2 αφου Ιεχονιας ο βασιλευς και η βασιλισσα και οι ευνουχοι, οι αρχοντες του Ιουδα και της Ιερουσαλημ και οι ξυλουργοι και οι χαλκεις εξηλθον απο Ιερουσαλημ,

3 δια χειρος Ελασα υιου του Σαφαν και του Γεμαριου υιου του Χελκιου, τους οποιους Σεδεκιας ο βασιλευς του Ιουδα απεστειλεν εις την Βαβυλωνα προς Ναβουχοδονοσορ τον βασιλεα της Βαβυλωνος· λεγων,

4 Ουτω λεγει ο Κυριος των δυναμεων, ο Θεος του Ισραηλ, προς παντας εκεινους, οιτινες εφερθησαν αιχμαλωτοι, τους οποιους εγω εκαμον να φερθωσιν αιχμαλωτοι απο Ιερουσαλημ εις την Βαβυλωνα·

5 οικοδομησατε οικους και κατοικησατε· και φυτευσατε κηπους και φαγετε τον καρπον αυτων·

6 λαβετε γυναικας και γεννησατε υιους και θυγατερας· και λαβετε γυναικας δια τους υιους σας και δοτε τας θυγατερας σας εις ανδρας και ας γεννησωσιν υιους και θυγατερας και πληθυνθητε εκει και μη σμικρυνθητε·

7 και ζητησατε την ειρηνην της πολεως, οπου εγω σας εκαμον να φερθητε αιχμαλωτοι, και προσευχεσθε υπερ αυτης προς τον Κυριον· διοτι εν τη ειρηνη αυτης θελετε εχει ειρηνην.

8 Διοτι ουτω λεγει ο Κυριος των δυναμεων, ο Θεος του Ισραηλ· Ας μη απατωσιν υμας οι προφηται υμων οι εν μεσω υμων και οι μαντεις υμων, και μη ακουετε τα ενυπνια υμων τα οποια υμεις ονειρευεσθε·

9 διοτι προφητευουσι ψευδως προς υμας επι τω ονοματι μου· εγω δεν απεστειλα αυτους, λεγει Κυριος.

10 Διοτι ουτω λεγει Κυριος· Οτι αφου πληρωθωσιν εβδομηκοντα ετη εν Βαβυλωνι, θελω επισκεφθη υμας και θελω εκτελεσει προς υμας τον λογον μου τον αγαθον, να επαναφερω υμας εις τον τοπον τουτον.

11 Διοτι εγω γνωριζω τας βουλας τας οποιας βουλευομαι περι υμων, λεγει Κυριος, βουλας ειρηνης και ουχι κακου, δια να δωσω εις υμας το προσδοκωμενον τελος.

12 Τοτε θελετε κραξει προς εμε και θελετε υπαγει και προσευχηθη εις εμε και θελω σας εισακουσει.

13 Και θελετε με ζητησει και ευρει, οταν με εκζητησητε εξ ολης της καρδιας υμων.

14 Και θελω ευρεθη απο σας, λεγει Κυριος· και θελω αποστρεψει την αιχμαλωσιαν σας και θελω σας συναξει εκ παντων των εθνων και εκ παντων των τοπων οπου σας εδιωξα, λεγει Κυριος· και θελω σας επαναφερει εις τον τοπον, οθεν σας εκαμον να φερθητε αιχμαλωτοι.

15 Επειδη ειπετε, Ο Κυριος εσηκωσεν εις ημας προφητας εν Βαβυλωνι,

16 γνωρισατε, οτι ουτω λεγει Κυριος περι του βασιλεως του καθημενου επι του θρονου Δαβιδ και περι παντος του λαου του κατοικουντος εν τη πολει ταυτη και περι των αδελφων σας, των μη εξελθοντων μεθ' υμων εις αιχμαλωσιαν·

17 ουτω λεγει ο Κυριος των δυναμεων· Ιδου, θελω αποστειλει επ' αυτους την μαχαιραν, την πειναν και τον λοιμον, και θελω καταστησει αυτους ως τα συκα τα αχρεια, τα οποια δια την αχρειοτητα δεν τρωγονται.

18 Και θελω καταδιωξει αυτους εν μαχαιρα, εν πεινη και εν λοιμω· και θελω παραδωσει αυτους εις διασποραν εν πασι τοις βασιλειοις της γης, ωστε να ηναι καταρα και θαμβος και συριγμος και ονειδος εν πασι τοις εθνεσιν οπου εδιωξα αυτους·

19 διοτι δεν ηκουσαν τους λογους μου, λεγει Κυριος, τους οποιους εστειλα προς αυτους δια των δουλων μου των προφητων, εγειρομενος πρωι και αποστελλων· και δεν υπηκουσατε, λεγει Κυριος.

20 Ακουσατε λοιπον τον λογον του Κυριου, παντες σεις οι αιχμαλωτισθεντες, τους οποιους εξαπεστειλα απο Ιερουσαλημ εις Βαβυλωνα.

21 Ουτω λεγει ο Κυριος των δυναμεων, ο Θεος του Ισραηλ, περι του Αχααβ υιου του Κωλαιου και περι του Σεδεκιου υιου του Μαασιου, οιτινες προφητευουσι ψευδη προς εσας εν τω ονοματι μου· Ιδου, θελω παραδωσει αυτους εις την χειρα του Ναβουχοδονοσορ, βασιλεως της Βαβυλωνος, και θελει παταξει αυτους ενωπιον σας.

22 Και εξ αυτων θελουσι λαβει καταραν εν πασι τοις αιχμαλωτοις του Ιουδα τοις εν Βαβυλωνι, λεγοντες, Ο Κυριος να σε καμη ως τον Σεδεκιαν και ως τον Αχααβ, τους οποιους ο βασιλευς της Βαβυλωνος εψησεν εν πυρι·

23 διοτι επραξαν αφροσυνην εν Ισραηλ και εμοιχευον τας γυναικας των πλησιον αυτων και ελαλουν λογους ψευδεις εν τω ονοματι μου, τους οποιους δεν προσεταξα εις αυτους· και εγω εξευρω και ειμαι μαρτυς, λεγει Κυριος.

24 Και προς Σεμαιαν τον Νεαιλαμιτην θελεις λαλησει, λεγων,

25 Ουτω λεγει ο Κυριος των δυναμεων, ο Θεος του Ισραηλ, λεγων, Επειδη συ απεστειλας επιστολας εν τω ονοματι σου προς παντα τον λαον τον εν Ιερουσαλημ και προς τον Σοφονιαν τον υιον του Μαασιου τον ιερεα και προς παντας τους ιερεις, λεγων,

26 Ο Κυριος σε κατεστησεν ιερεα αντι Ιωδαε του ιερεως, δια να ησθε επισταται εις τον οικον του Κυριου επι παντα ανθρωπον μαινομενον και προφητευοντα, δια να βαλλης αυτον εις φυλακην και εις δεσμα·

27 τωρα λοιπον δια τι δεν ηλεγξας Ιερεμιαν τον εξ Αναθωθ, οστις προφητευει εις εσας;

28 επειδη αυτος δια τουτο επεστειλε προς ημας εις την Βαβυλωνα, λεγων, Η αιχμαλωσια αυτη ειναι μακρα· οικοδομησατε οικιας και κατοικησατε· και φυτευσατε κηπους και φαγετε τον καρπον αυτων.

29 Και Σοφονιας ο ιερευς ανεγνωσε την επιστολην ταυτην εις επηκοον του Ιερεμιου του προφητου.

30 Και εγεινε λογος Κυριου προς τον Ιερεμιαν, λεγων,

31 Αποστειλον προς παντας τους αιχμαλωτους, λεγων, Ουτω λεγει Κυριος περι Σεμαια του Νεαιλαμιτου. Επειδη ο Σεμαιας προεφητευσε προς εσας και εγω δεν απεστειλα αυτον και σας εκαμε να ελπιζητε εις ψευδος,

32 δια τουτο ουτω λεγει Κυριος· Ιδου, θελω επισκεφθη Σεμαιαν τον Νεαιλαμιτην και το σπερμα αυτου· αυτος δεν θελει εχει ανθρωπον κατοικουντα μεταξυ του λαου τουτου, ουδε θελει ιδει το καλον, το οποιον εγω θελω καμει εις τον λαον μου, λεγει Κυριος· διοτι ελαλησε στασιασμον κατα του Κυριου.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 7051

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7051. People who know nothing at all about the internal sense of the Word cannot help thinking that the Israelite and Jewish nation was chosen in preference to every other nation and was therefore of superior quality to all the rest, as those who belonged to that nation also thought. And what is so astonishing, this is not only what that nation itself thinks but also what Christians think, no matter how well they know that this nation is eaten up by filthy kinds of love, by foul avarice, hatred, and pride, and in addition to this belittles and also loathes things of an internal nature that belong to charity and faith and are the Lord's. The reason why Christians also think that this nation was chosen in preference to others is that they think a person is chosen and saved as a result of mercy, irrespective of the life he leads, so that those who are criminal can be received into heaven just as well as the godly and upright. They give no consideration to the idea that choice or election is all-embracing, that is to say, that it includes all who lead a good life. Nor do they consider that the Lord's mercy is shown to every person who refrains from evil and wishes to lead a good life, and so who allows himself to be led by the Lord and to be regenerated, a process which is being effected throughout the course of his life.

[2] This goes to explain too why the majority of people in the Christian world also believe that that nation will again be chosen, and that when this happens they will be led back into the land of Canaan. And this belief is also in keeping with the sense of the letter, for example in the following places:

Isaiah 10:20-23; 11:11-12; Isaiah 29:14-end; 43:5, 6; 49:6-26; 56:8; 60:4; 61:3-10; 62;

Jeremiah 3:14-19; 15:4, 14; 16:13, 15; 23:7-8; 24:9-10; 31:31, 33; 25:29; 29:14, 18; 30:3, 8-11; 31:8-10, 17; 33:16, 20, 26;

Ezekiel 5:10, 12, 15; 16:60; 20:41; 22:15-16; 34:12-13; 37:21-22; 38:12; 39:23, 27-28;

Daniel 7:27; 12:7;

Hosea 3:4-5; Joel 2:32; 3; Amos 9:8-9 and following verses; Micah 5:7-8.

It is on the basis of these as well as other places that even Christians think that nation will again be chosen and led into the land of Canaan. They think this even though they know that nation is waiting for the Messiah who will then lead the nation in, and are at the same time aware that its waiting for Him is in vain, and that the Messiah's or Christ's kingdom is not of this world, which means that the land of Canaan into which the Messiah will lead them is heaven.

[3] Such people give no thought to the idea that the Word has a spiritual sense within it and that in that sense Israel is not meant by Israel, Jacob by Jacob, or Judah by Judah, but that the things which they represent are meant by them. Nor do they give any thought to what the historical sections record regarding that nation - what it was like in the wilderness and what it was like after that in the land of Canaan, namely that it was at heart idolatrous - or to what the Prophets say about it and about its spiritual whoredom and its abominations. What that nation is like is described in the following words contained in the Song in Moses,

I will conceal My face from them; I will see what their future will be, for they are a perverse generation, sons in whom there is no faithfulness. I would have said, I will expel them to the remotest corners, I will make the memory of them cease from mankind, except that enemies might say, Our hand is high, and not Jehovah has done all this. For they are a nation from whom counsel has perished, nor is there intelligence in them. From the vine of Sodom comes their vine, and from the fields of Gomorrah; their grapes are grapes of poison, they have clusters of bitterness. The poison of snakes (draco) is their wine, and the cruel poison of asps. Is this not hidden away with Me, sealed up in My treasuries? Vengeance is Mine, and recompense; in time their foot will slip, for near is the day of their destruction, and the things to come upon them hasten on. Deuteronomy 32:20, 26-28, 32-35.

Jehovah gave Moses the words of this song, see Deuteronomy 31:19, 21. The Lord too spoke about what that nation was like, in John,

You are from your father the devil, and the desires of your father you will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has not stood in the truth. John 8:44.

And many other places besides these show what that nation was like.

[4] The reason why, although they know these things, Christians believe that that nation will at length be converted to the Lord and at that time led into the land where they lived before is, as has been stated, that they have no knowledge of the internal sense of the Word. Another reason is their supposition that it makes no difference what kind of life a person leads, and that even evil which has become deeply rooted through repeated actions in no way prevents a person - through faith, even if it has existed for only one part of an hour - from being made spiritual, being regenerated, and so being accepted by the Lord. They also suppose that admission into heaven is solely a matter of mercy, and that this is shown towards one particular nation, thus not towards all in the whole world who receive the Lord's mercy. Those who think in that way do not know that it is altogether contrary to the Divine that some should be chosen and born to salvation and heaven, and others should not be chosen but born to damnation and hell. To think about the Divine in that kind of way would be shocking, for making such choices would show a complete lack of mercy, when in fact the Divine is Mercy itself. From all this it may now be recognized that the Israelite and Jewish nation was not and never will be the chosen nation; also that not a trace of the Church existed or could exist with that nation, only a representative of the Church; and that it was preserved right up to the present day because of the Old Testament Word, regarding which see 3479.

  
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Joel 2

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1 Blow the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of Yahweh comes, for it is close at hand:

2 A day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness. As the dawn spreading on the mountains, a great and strong people; there has never been the like, neither will there be any more after them, even to the years of many generations.

3 A fire devours before them, and behind them, a flame burns. The land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them, a desolate wilderness. Yes, and no one has escaped them.

4 The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses, and as horsemen, so do they run.

5 Like the noise of chariots on the tops of the mountains do they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devours the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.

6 At their presence the peoples are in anguish. All faces have grown pale.

7 They run like mighty men. They climb the wall like warriors. They each march in his line, and they don't swerve off course.

8 Neither does one jostle another; they march everyone in his path, and they burst through the defenses, and don't break ranks.

9 They rush on the city. They run on the wall. They climb up into the houses. They enter in at the windows like thieves.

10 The earth quakes before them. The heavens tremble. The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.

11 Yahweh thunders his voice before his army; for his forces are very great; for he is strong who obeys his command; for the day of Yahweh is great and very awesome, and who can endure it?

12 "Yet even now," says Yahweh, "turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning."

13 Tear your heart, and not your garments, and turn to Yahweh, your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and relents from sending calamity.

14 Who knows? He may turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a meal offering and a drink offering to Yahweh, your God.

15 Blow the trumpet in Zion! Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly.

16 Gather the people. Sanctify the assembly. Assemble the elders. Gather the children, and those who nurse from breasts. Let the bridegroom go forth from his room, and the bride out of her room.

17 Let the priests, the ministers of Yahweh, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, "Spare your people, Yahweh, and don't give your heritage to reproach, that the nations should rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, 'Where is their God?'"

18 Then Yahweh was jealous for his land, And had pity on his people.

19 Yahweh answered his people, "Behold, I will send you grain, new wine, and oil, and you will be satisfied with them; and I will no more make you a reproach among the nations.

20 But I will remove the northern army far away from you, and will drive it into a barren and desolate land, its front into the eastern sea, and its back into the western sea; and its stench will come up, and its bad smell will rise." Surely he has done great things.

21 Land, don't be afraid. Be glad and rejoice, for Yahweh has done great things.

22 Don't be afraid, you animals of the field; for the pastures of the wilderness spring up, for the tree bears its fruit. The fig tree and the vine yield their strength.

23 "Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in Yahweh, your God; for he gives you the former rain in just measure, and he causes the rain to come down for you, the former rain and the latter rain, as before.

24 The threshing floors will be full of wheat, and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.

25 I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the great locust, the grasshopper, and the caterpillar, my great army, which I sent among you.

26 You will have plenty to eat, and be satisfied, and will praise the name of Yahweh, your God, who has dealt wondrously with you; and my people will never again be disappointed.

27 You will know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am Yahweh, your God, and there is no one else; and my people will never again be disappointed.

28 "It will happen afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions.

29 And also on the servants and on the handmaids in those days, I will pour out my Spirit.

30 I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: blood, fire, and pillars of smoke.

31 The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes.

32 It will happen that whoever will call on the name of Yahweh shall be saved; for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who escape, as Yahweh has said, and among the remnant, those whom Yahweh calls.

   

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