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Joel 3

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1 Διοτι, ιδου, εν ταις ημεραις εκειναις και εν τω καιρω εκεινω, οταν επιστρεψω τους αιχμαλωτους του Ιουδα και της Ιερουσαλημ,

2 θελω συναξει ετι παντα τα εθνη και θελω καταβιβασει αυτα εις την κοιλαδα του Ιωσαφατ, και θελω κριθη μετ' αυτων εκει υπερ του λαου μου και της κληρονομιας μου Ισραηλ, τον οποιον διεσπειραν μεταξυ των εθνων και διεμοιρασθησαν την γην μου·

3 και ερριψαν κληρους δια τον λαον μου· και εδωκαν παιδιον δια πορνην και επωλουν κορασιον δια οινον και επινον.

4 Και ετι τι εχετε σεις να καμητε μετ' εμου, Τυρε και Σιδων και παντα τα ορια της Παλαιστινης; θελετε μοι ανταποδωσει ανταποδομα; εαν σεις ανταποδωσητε εις εμε, χωρις αργοποριας ταχεως θελω επιστρεψει το ανταποδομα σας επι την κεφαλην σας.

5 Διοτι ελαβετε το αργυριον μου και το χρυσιον μου, και τα εκλεκτα μου αγαθα εφερετε εις τους ναους σας.

6 Τους δε υιους Ιουδα και τους υιους Ιερουσαλημ επωλησατε εις τους υιους των Ελληνων, δια να απομακρυνητε αυτους απο των οριων αυτων.

7 Ιδου, εγω θελω εγειρει αυτους απο του τοπου οπου επωλησατε αυτους, και θελω επιστρεψει το ανταποδομα σας επι την κεφαλην σας.

8 Και θελω πωλησει τους υιους σας και τας θυγατερας σας εις την χειρα των υιων Ιουδα, και θελουσι πωλησει αυτους εις τους Σαβαιους, εις εθνος μακραν απεχον· διοτι ο Κυριος ελαλησε.

9 Κηρυξατε τουτο εν τοις εθνεσιν, αγιασατε πολεμον, διεγειρατε τους μαχητας, ας πλησιασωσιν, ας αναβαινωσι παντες οι ανδρες του πολεμου·

10 σφυρηλατησατε τα υνια σας εις ρομφαιας και τα δρεπανα σας εις λογχας· ο αδυνατος ας λεγη, Εγω ειμαι δυνατος·

11 Συναθροισθητε και ελθετε κυκλοθεν, παντα τα εθνη, και συναχθητε ομου· εκει θελει καταστρεψει ο Κυριος τους ισχυρους σου.

12 Ας εγερθωσι και ας αναβωσι τα εθνη εις την κοιλαδα του Ιωσαφατ· διοτι εκει θελω καθησει δια να κρινω παντα τα εθνη τα κυκλοθεν.

13 Βαλετε δρεπανον, διοτι ο θερισμος ειναι ωριμος· ελθετε, καταβητε· διοτι ο ληνος ειναι πληρης, τα υποληνια υπερεκχειλιζουσιν· επειδη η κακια αυτων ειναι μεγαλη.

14 Πληθη, πληθη εις την κοιλαδα της δικης· διοτι εγγυς ειναι η ημερα του Κυριου εις την κοιλαδα της δικης.

15 Ο ηλιος και σεληνη θελουσι συσκοτασει και οι αστερες θελουσι συρει οπισω το φεγγος αυτων.

16 Ο δε Κυριος θελει βρυχησει εκ Σιων και εκπεμψει την φωνην αυτου εξ Ιερουσαλημ· και οι ουρανοι και η γη θελουσι σεισθη· αλλ' ο Κυριος θελει εισθαι το καταφυγιον του λαου αυτου και η ισχυς των υιων Ισραηλ.

17 Ουτω θελετε γνωρισει οτι εγω ειμαι Κυριος ο Θεος σας, ο κατοικων εν Σιων, τω ορει τω αγιω μου· τοτε η Ιερουσαλημ θελει εισθαι αγια και αλλογενεις δεν θελουσι διελθει δι' αυτης πλεον.

18 Και εν τη ημερα εκεινη τα ορη θελουσι σταλαξει γλευκος και οι λοφοι θελουσι ρεει γαλα και παντες οι ρυακες του Ιουδα θελουσι ρεει υδατα και πηγη θελει εξελθει εκ του οικου του Κυριου και θελει ποτιζει την φαραγγα του Σιττειμ.

19 Η Αιγυπτος θελει εισθαι ηρημωμενη και ο Εδωμ θελει εισθαι ερημος αβατος δια τας εις τους υιους Ιουδα αδικιας, διοτι εχυσαν αιμα αθωον εν τη γη αυτων.

20 Η δε Ιουδαια θελει κατοικεισθαι εις τον αιωνα και η Ιερουσαλημ εις γενεας γενεων.

21 Και θελω καθαρισει το αιμα αυτων, το οποιον δεν εκαθαρισα· διοτι ο Κυριος κατοικει εν Σιων.

   

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Obadiah 1:17

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17 Επι δε του ορους Σιων θελει εισθαι σωτηρια και θελει εισθαι αγιον· και ο οικος Ιακωβ θελει κατακληρονομησει τας κληρονομιας αυτων·

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