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Jeremiás 25

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1 Az a beszéd, a mely lõn Jeremiáshoz az egész Júda népe felõl, Joákim negyedik esztendejében; a ki fia vala Jósiásnak, a Júda királyának, az elsõ esztendejében Nabukodonozornak a babiloni királynak;

2 A melyet szóla Jeremiás próféta az egész Júda népéhez és Jeruzsálem minden lakosához, mondván:

3 Jósiásnak tizenharmadik esztendejétõl fogva, a ki fia vala Amonnak, a Júda királyának, e napig (vagyis huszonhárom esztendõ óta) szóla az Úr nékem, és szólottam én néktek, jó reggel szóltam, de nem hallgattátok.

4 És elküldte az Úr ti hozzátok minden õ szolgáját, a prófétákat, jó reggel elküldte, de nem hallgattátok, és fületeket sem hajtottátok a hallásra.

5 Ezt mondták: Térjetek meg már mindnyájan a ti gonosz útaitokról és a ti gonosz cselekedeteitekbõl, hogy lakhassatok a földön, a melyet az Úr adott néktek és a ti atyáitoknak öröktõl fogva örökké.

6 És ne járjatok idegen istenek után, hogy szolgáljatok nékik és imádjátok õket, és ne ingereljetek fel engem a ti kezeitek munkájával, hogy veszedelmet ne hozzak rátok.

7 De nem hallgattatok reám, azt mondja az Úr, hogy felingereljetek engem a ti kezeitek munkájával a ti veszedelmetekre.

8 Azért ezt mondja a Seregeknek Ura: Mivelhogy nem hallgattatok az én beszédemre:

9 Ímé, kiküldök én és felveszem északnak minden nemzetségét, azt mondja az Úr, és Nabukodonozort, a babiloni királyt, az én szolgámat, és behozom õket e földre és ennek lakóira és mind e körül való nemzetekre, és elveszem õket és csudává és szörnyûséggé teszem õket és örökkévaló pusztasággá.

10 És elveszem tõlök az öröm szavát, a vígasság szavát, a võlegény szavát és a menyasszony szavát, a malmok zörgését és a szövétnek világosságát.

11 És ez egész föld pusztasággá és csudává lészen, és e nemzetek a babiloni királynak szolgálnak hetven esztendeig.

12 És mikor eltelik a hetven esztendõ, meglátogatom a babiloni királyon és az õ népén az õ álnokságukat, azt mondja az Úr, és a káldeai földön, és örökkévaló pusztasággá teszem azt.

13 És végbeviszem azon a földön mindazokat, a miket szóltam felõle, mindazt, a mi megvan írva e könyvben, a melyet prófétált Jeremiás az összes nemzetek felõl.

14 Mert õ rajtok is uralkodnak majd sok nemzetek és nagy királyok, és megfizetek nékik az õ cselekedeteik szerint és az õ kezeiknek munkája szerint.

15 Mert ezt mondotta az Úr, Izráelnek Istene nékem: Vedd el kezembõl e harag borának poharát, és itasd meg vele mindama nemzeteket, a kikhez én küldelek téged.

16 Hogy igyanak, részegüljenek meg és bolondoskodjanak a fegyver miatt, a melyet én közéjök bocsátok.

17 És elvevém a pohárt az Úr kezébõl, és megitatám mindama nemzeteket, a kikhez külde engem az Úr:

18 Jeruzsálemet és Júda városait, az õ királyait és fejedelmeit, hogy pusztasággá, csudává, szörnyûséggé és átokká tegyem õket, a mint e mai napon van:

19 A Faraót, Égyiptom királyát, az õ szolgáit és fejedelmeit és minden õ népét,

20 És minden egyveleg népet, és az Úz földének minden királyát, és a Filiszteusok földének minden királyát, és Askalont, Gázát, Akkaront és Azótusnak maradékait,

21 Edomot, Moábot és az Ammon fiait,

22 És Tírusnak minden királyát és Szidonnak minden királyát és a szigeteknek minden királyát, a kik túl vannak a tengeren,

23 Dedánt és Témánt és Búzt és mindazokat, a kik lenyírott üstökûek,

24 És Arábiának minden királyát és az egyveleg nép minden királyát, a kik a pusztában laknak,

25 És Zimrinek minden királyát és Elámnak minden királyát és a Médusok minden királyát,

26 És északnak minden királyát, mind a közelvalókat, mind a távolvalókat, egyiket a másikra, és a földnek minden országát, a melyek e föld színén vannak; Sésák királya pedig ezek után iszik.

27 Azért ezt mondd nékik: Ezt mondja a Seregek Ura, Izráelnek Istene: Igyatok és részegüljetek meg, okádjatok és hulljatok el, és fel ne keljetek a fegyver elõtt, a melyet én küldök közétek.

28 És ha majd a te kezedbõl nem akarják elvenni a pohárt, hogy igyanak belõle: ezt mondd nékik: Így szól a Seregek Ura: Meg kell innotok.

29 Mert ímé, a város ellen, a mely az én nevemrõl neveztetik, az ellen veszedelmet indítok, ti pedig egészen megmenekültök-é? Nem menekesztek, mert én fegyvert hozok e földnek minden lakosára, azt mondja a Seregek Ura,

30 Te pedig prófétáld meg nékik mind e szókat, és ezt mondd nékik: Az Úr a magasságból harsog, és az õ szent lakhelyébõl dörög, harsanva harsog az õ házára, riogatva kiált, mint a szõlõtaposók, e föld minden lakosa ellen.

31 Elhat e harsogás a földnek végére, mert pere van az Úrnak a pogányokkal, õ minden testnek ítélõ birája, a hitetleneket fegyverre veti, azt mondja az Úr.

32 Így szól a Seregek Ura: Ímé, veszedelem indul egyik nemzettõl a másik nemzetre, és nagy szélvész támad a föld széleitõl.

33 És azon a napon az Úrtól levágatnak a föld egyik végétõl fogva a föld másik végéig; nem sirattatnak meg, és össze sem hordatnak, és el sem temettetnek, olyanok lesznek a földnek színén, mint a ganéj.

34 Jajgassatok pásztorok, és kiáltsatok, és heverjetek a porban, ti vezérei a nyájnak, mert eljön a ti megöletéseteknek és szétszóratástoknak ideje, és elhullotok, noha drága edények vagytok.

35 És nincs hová futniok a pásztoroknak, és menekülniök a nyáj vezéreinek.

36 [Hallatszik] a pásztorok kiáltozása és a nyáj vezéreinek jajgatása, mert elpusztította az Úr az õ legeltetõ helyöket.

37 Elpusztultak a békességes legeltetõ helyek az Úr felgerjedt haragja miatt.

38 Elhagyta [azokat,] mint az oroszlán az õ barlangját, mert pusztasággá lett az õ földjök a zsarnoknak dühe miatt és az õ felgerjedt haragja miatt.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 9666

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9666. 'And the middle bar in the midst of the boards that passes through from end to end' means the chief power from which the power everywhere else extends. This is clear from the meaning of 'bar' or 'pole' as power, dealt with in 9496; from the meaning of 'middle' as what is inmost and chief, dealt with in 1074, 2940, 2973, 5897, 6084, 6103; from the meaning of 'passing through from end to end', when it refers to 'the bar' by which power is meant, as the power everywhere else that is derived and extends from it.

[2] None can have any real knowledge of these matters unless they know about the nature of things which are more internal and those which are more external in the spiritual world. Things that are the best and purest, and so more perfect than all others, exist in the inmost part. Those which are spread out from there towards more external parts are less and less perfect the further away they lie from inmost things, ending in those in the outermost parts, which are the least perfect of all, 9648. Things are said to be less perfect when they can be more easily twisted out of the shape and beauty they possess, and so out of the order that is theirs. The situation in all this is like that with fruits. Within them they have seeds, surrounded by the flesh. The seeds exist in a state more perfect than the flesh outside them, as becomes clear from the fact that when the flesh decays the seeds still remain intact. The like applies to the seeds themselves. Inmostly in these there is the reproductive germ, which exists in a perfect state compared with the parts outside it; for the germ remains in its intactness, producing a new tree or young plant when the more external parts of the seed are broken down. Things in heaven are arranged in the same way. The inmost things there, being closer to the Lord, exist in a perfect state compared with more external ones. For this reason the inmost heaven enjoys greater wisdom and intelligence, and consequently greater happiness than the heavens below. The like applies within each heaven; the inmost is more perfect than the surrounding parts. The like applies also to the person with whom the good of love and the truths of faith are present. That person's internal exists in a more perfect state than the external; for the internal man dwells in the heat and light of heaven, but the external in the heat and light of the world. In every form that is perfect the situation is the same, in that its inmost part is the best, the inmost being what is meant by 'the middle'.

[3] The reason why 'passing through from end to end', said in reference to a bar or pole, means the power everywhere else that is derived and extends from the chief power is that 'from end to end' means the first end and the final end, 1 thus from beginning to end since the first end is the beginning. Consequently by 'the ends' all things and everywhere are meant, as in Jeremiah,

The sword of Jehovah is devouring from [one] end of the land to the [other] end of it. Jeremiah 12:12.

'The sword' stands for truth engaged in conflict against falsity and destroying it, and in the contrary sense falsity engaged in conflict against truth and destroying it, 2799, 4499, 6353, 7102, 8294. 'Devouring from [one] end of the land to the [other] end of it' stands for all things of the Church, 'the land' being the Church, 9334. In David,

From the end of the heavens is His going forth, and His circuit to the ends of them. Psalms 19:6.

Here also 'from the end of the heavens to the ends of them' stands for all things and everywhere.

[4] In Mark,

He will send His angels and gather together His elect from the four winds, from the end of the earth even to the end of heaven. Mark 13:27.

'The end of the earth' and 'the end of heaven' stand for all the external and the internal things of the Church, 'the earth' being the external part of the Church and 'heaven' the internal part of it, see 1733, 1850, 2117, 2118 (end), 3355 (end), 4535, where it explains what a new earth and a new heaven are. The plural 'ends' has the same meaning, in Isaiah,

Look to Me, that you may be saved, all ends of the earth. Isaiah 45:22.

In David,

O God of our salvation, [You are] the confidence of all the ends of the earth and of the far-off parts of the sea. Psalms 65:5.

And the singular has the same meaning in the expression 'even to the end': In Isaiah,

... [that] you may be 2 My salvation even to the end of the earth. Isaiah 49:6.

In the same prophet,

Jehovah will cause it to be heard even to the end of the earth, Say to the daughter of Zion, Behold, your salvation will come. Isaiah 62:11.

In Jeremiah,

A clamour will come even to the end of the earth. Jeremiah 25:31.

'Even to the end' implies from end to end.

[5] But when 'end' is used to denote solely what is outermost or last and lowest it means that which is the lowest part of heaven or of the Church, as in Isaiah,

Sing to Jehovah a new song; [sing] His praise, you end of the earth falling away to the sea, and you fullness of it (the islands and their inhabitants). Isaiah 42:10.

'You end of the earth falling away to the sea' stands for the last and lowest part of the Church where goodness and truth dwell in obscurity. For this meaning of 'the sea', see 9653. 'The islands' stands for those more remote from truths, and consequently from [true] worship, 1158.

[6] In the same prophet,

Bring My sons from afar, and My daughters from the end of the earth. Isaiah 43:6.

'Sons from afar' are those who dwell in obscurity in respect of truths, 'daughters from the end of the earth' those who do so in respect of forms of good, as gentile nations did. By 'sons' those in possession of truths are meant, and in the abstract sense truths themselves, see 264, 489, 491, 1147, 2623, 2803, 2813, 3373, 3704, and by 'daughters' those with whom forms of good exist, and in the abstract sense the forms of good themselves, 489-491, 2362, 3963, 8994. From this it is also evident that 'end' has regard to good and 'afar' to truth, as also in Psalms 65:5 and Isaiah 13:5. But it should be remembered that by 'the end of heaven' not an end that is spatial but a state of goodness and truth should be understood; for there is no space in heaven, only an appearance of it that is determined by states of goodness and truth.

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1. i.e. the initial end in view and the subsequent accomplishment of that end

2. Reading Sis (you may be) for Sit (he may be)

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 2813

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2813. 'He bound Isaac his son' means the state of the Divine rational which, in this condition as regards truth, was about to undergo the last degrees of temptation. This becomes clear from the meaning of 'binding', and also of 'Isaac his son' - of 'binding' as the assuming of a state for undergoing the last degrees of temptation, as may become clear from the consideration that anyone in a state of temptation is altogether like one who has been bound or fettered; and from the meaning of 'Isaac his son' as the Lord's Divine Rational, here as regards truth, see 2802, 2803. The whole genuine rational part of the mind consists of good and of truth. The Lord's Divine Rational as regards good could not suffer, nor undergo temptations, for no genius or spirit initiating temptations is able to get near Divine good, as this stands above their every endeavour to tempt. But Divine truth once it had been bound was that which could be tempted, for illusions, and still more falsities, are what invade it and so tempt it. Indeed some idea of Divine truth can be formed, but not of Divine good except by beings who have perception and are celestial angels. It was Divine truth that people no longer acknowledged at the time of the Lord's Coming into the world, and therefore it was Divine truth from which the Lord underwent and suffered temptations. Divine truth within the Lord is that which is called the Son of Man, whereas Divine good within Him is that which is called the Son of God. Speaking of the Son of Man the Lord many times says that He is to suffer, but He never says this when He refers to the Son of God. The fact that He speaks of the Son of Man, or Divine truth, having to suffer, is clear in Matthew,

Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn Him and deliver Him to the gentiles to mock and scourge Him, and to crucify [Him]. Matthew 20:18-19.

In the same gospel,

Jesus said to His disciples, Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man will be delivered into the hands of sinners. Matthew 26:45.

In Mark,

Jesus began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, but after three days rise again. Mark 8:31.

In the same gospel,

It is written of the Son of Man that He will suffer many things and be treated with contempt. And the Son of Man will be delivered into the hands of men who will kill Him; but when He has been killed He will rise again on the third day. Mark 9:12, 31.

In the same gospel,

Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes who will condemn Him to death, and deliver Him to the heathens. They will mock Him, and scourge Him, and spit on Him, and kill Him; but on the third day He will rise again. Mark 10:33-34.

In the same gospel,

The hour has come; behold, the Son of Man will be delivered into the hands of sinners. Mark 14:41.

In Luke,

The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day rise again. Luke 9:22, 44.

In the same gospel,

We are going up to Jerusalem where everything will be accomplished that has been written by the prophets concerning the Son of Man. He will be delivered to the gentiles, and will be mocked, and suffer insults, and be spat upon. And they will scourge and kill Him, but on the third day He will rise again. Luke 18:31-33.

In the same gospel,

The angel said to the women, Remember what He told you while He was still in Galilee, saving that the Son of Man must be betrayed into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again. Luke 24:6-7.

[2] In all these places 'the Son of Man' is used to mean the Lord as regards Divine truth - that is, as regards the Word in its internal sense - which was to be rejected by the chief priests and the scribes, suffer insults, be scourged, spat on, and crucified. This is made quite clear by the fact that the Jews took every single thing literally, applying and misappropriating it to themselves, and had no wish to know anything whatever about the spiritual sense of the Word and about a heavenly kingdom. They believed, as they do even today, that when He came the Messiah would raise up their kingdom above all the kingdoms of the earth. From this it is evident that it was Divine truth which was rejected, insulted, scourged, and crucified by them. Whether you speak of Divine truth or of the Lord as regards Divine truth it amounts to the same, for the Lord is Truth itself just as He is the Word itself, 2011, 2016, 2533 (end).

[3] Also implied in the Lord's rising again on the third day is the fact that Divine truth, or the Word as to its internal sense - as it was understood in the Ancient Church - will be brought back to life again at the close of the age, which also is 'the third day', 1825, 2788. And this is the reason why it is said that the Son of Man, that is, Divine truth, will appear at that time, Matthew 24:30, 37, 39, 44; Mark 13:26; Luke 17:22, 24-26, 30; 21:27, 36.

[4] The fact that the Son of Man is the Lord as regards Divine truth is clear from the places quoted already and further still from the following: In Matthew,

He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man; the field is the world. At the close of the age the Son of Man will send His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all offences. Matthew 13:37, 41-42.

Here 'the good seed' means truth, 'the world' men, 'he who sows it' the Son of Man, and 'offences' falsities. In John,

The crowd said, We have heard from the Law that the Christ remains for ever. Why therefore do you say, The Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man? Jesus answered them, The Light is with you for a brief while. Walk, as long as you have the Light, lest the darkness overtakes you, for he who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. As long as you have the Light believe in the Light, that you may be sons of the Light. John 12:34-36.

Here, when the crowd ask, 'Who is the Son of Man?' Jesus speaks in His reply about the Light, which is truth, and says that He Himself is the Light or Truth in which they ought to believe. Regarding the Light which comes from the Lord, and which is Divine Truth, see 1053, 1521, 1529-1531, 1619-1632.

[5] But as for the truth that the Son of God, or the Lord as to the Good within His Divine human, could not be tempted, as stated above, this is evident also from the Lord's reply to the tempter, in the gospels,

The tempter said, If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down, for it is written, He will give His angels charge regarding you, lest you strike your foot against a stone. Jesus said to him, Again it is written, You shall not tempt the Lord your God. Matthew 4:6-7; Luke 4:9-12.

  
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