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Jeremiah 32

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1 The word that was to Jeremiah from Jehovah in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar.

2 And then the host of the king of Babylon besieged Jerusalem; and Jeremiah the prophet was held·​·back in the court of the prison, which was in the house of the king of Judah.

3 For Zedekiah king of Judah had held· him ·back, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus says Jehovah, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall capture it;

4 and Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out·​·of the hand of the Chaldeans, but giving he shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and his mouth shall speak with his mouth, and his eyes shall see his eyes;

5 and he shall make Zedekiah go to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, says Jehovah; though you fight with the Chaldeans, you shall not prosper?

6 And Jeremiah said, The word of Jehovah was to me, saying,

7 Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come to thee, saying, Buy for thee my field that is in Anathoth; for the right* of redemption is for thee to buy it.

8 And Hanameel the son of my uncle came to me, according·​·to the word of Jehovah, to the court of the prison and said to me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin; for the right of possession is thine, and the redemption is thine; buy it for thyself. And I knew that this was the word of Jehovah.

9 And I bought the field of Hanameel the son of my uncle, that was in Anathoth, and weighed him the silver; seven shekels and ten was the silver.

10 And I wrote in the letter, and sealed it, and called· witnesses ·to·​·witness, and weighed him the silver in the balances.

11 And I took the letter of what was bought, both that which was sealed according to the commandment and statute, and that which was revealed;

12 and I gave the letter of what was bought to Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, before the eyes of Hanameel the son of my uncle, and before the eyes of the witnesses that wrote on the letter of what was bought, before the eyes of all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison.

13 And I commanded Baruch before their eyes, saying,

14 Thus says Jehovah of Armies, the God of Israel: Take these letters, this letter of what is bought, and of what is sealed, and this letter of what is revealed; and put them into a pottery vessel, so·​·that they may stand many days.

15 For thus says Jehovah of Armies, the God of Israel: Houses and fields and vineyards shall be bought yet·​·again in this land.

16 After I had given the letter of what was bought unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto Jehovah, saying,

17 Alas, Lord Jehovih*! Behold, Thou hast made the heavens and the earth by Thy great power and by Thy stretched·​·out arm, and there is not any thing too wondrous for Thee;

18 thou doest mercy unto thousands, and repayest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their sons after them; the Great, the Mighty God, Jehovah of Armies, is His name,

19 great in counsel, and mighty* in act; whose eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of man, to give to each·​·man according·​·to his ways, and according·​·to the fruit of his actions;

20 who hast set signs and miracles in the land of Egypt, even·​·to this day, and in Israel, and among mankind; and hast made Thee a name, as at this day;

21 and hast brought·​·out Thy people Israel from the land of Egypt with signs, and with miracles, and with a firm hand, and with a stretched·​·out arm, and with great fear;

22 and hast given them this land, which Thou didst promise to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey;

23 and they came, and possessed it; but they obeyed not Thy voice, and walked not in Thy law; all that Thou commandedst them to do they have not done; and Thou hast caused all this evil to befall them.

24 Behold, the embankments! They have come to the city to take her; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, who fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence; and what Thou hast spoken shall be; and, behold, Thou shalt see.

25 And Thou hast said to me, O Lord Jehovih, Buy for thee the field with silver, and call· witnesses ·to·​·witness; and the city will be given into the hand of the Chaldeans.

26 And the word of Jehovah was unto Jeremiah, saying,

27 Behold, I am Jehovah, the God of all flesh; is there any thing too· wondrous ·for Me?

28 Therefore thus says Jehovah: Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall capture her;

29 and the Chaldeans, who fight against this city, shall come and kindle a fire on this city and burn· her ·up, together with the houses upon whose roofs they have burned·​·incense to Baal, and poured·​·out poured·​·offerings unto other gods, in·​·order·​·to provoke Me.

30 For the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah have only done evil in My eyes from their youth; for the sons of Israel have only provoked Me with the deeds of their hands, says Jehovah.

31 For this city has been to Me the cause of My anger and of My fury from the day that they built her and even·​·to this day; to remove her from before My face,

32 on·​·account·​·of all the evil of the sons of Israel and of the sons of Judah, which they have done to provoke Me, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and those who dwell·​·in Jerusalem.

33 And they have faced unto Me the back, and not the face; and I taught them, getting·​·up·​·early and teaching them, but they have not hearkened to receive discipline.

34 But they set their detestable things in the house that is called by My name to defile it.

35 And they built the high·​·places of Baal, which are in the ravine of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass·​·through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into My heart, that they should do this abomination, in·​·order·​·to cause Judah to sin.

36 And now therefore thus says Jehovah, the God of Israel, concerning this city, whereof you say, It shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence;

37 behold, I will bring· them ·together out·​·of all lands, whither I have expelled them in My anger, and in My fury, and in great rage; and I will return them unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell securely.

38 And they shall be My people, and I will be their God;

39 and I will give them one heart, and one way, to fear Me all the days, for the good of them, and of their sons after them;

40 and I will cut an eternal covenant with them, that I will not turn·​·back from following after them, to do· them ·good; but I will put My fear into their heart, that they shall not turn·​·aside from Me.

41 And I will have·​·joy over them to do· them ·good, and I will plant them in this land in truth with all My heart and with all My soul.

42 For thus says Jehovah: As I have brought to this people all this great evil, so will I bring upon them all the good that I spoke concerning them.

43 And the fields shall be bought in this land, of which you say, It is desolate from any man or beast, given into the hand of the Chaldeans.

44 They shall buy fields with the silver, and write letters, and seal them, and call· witnesses ·to·​·witness in the land of Benjamin, and all around Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountain, and in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the south; for I will cause those in captivity to return, says Jehovah.

   


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Arcana Coelestia # 10331

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10331. 'In wisdom, and in intelligence, and in knowledge, and in all [manner of] work' means in respect of those things which compose the will and those which constitute the understanding within the internal man and within the external man. This is clear from the meaning of 'wisdom' as those things which compose the will within the internal man; from the meaning of 'intelligence' as those things which constitute the understanding, also within the internal man; from the meaning of 'knowledge' as those things which constitute the understanding and consequent speech within the external man; and from the meaning of 'work' as those things which compose the will and consequent practice within the external man. So the words used here mean everything - everything interior and everything exterior residing with a person in whom the good of celestial love exists - that receives the influx of Divine Truth from the Lord and is consequently seen in light. This influx and enlightenment are dealt with immediately above.

[2] But a brief statement needs to be made showing what wisdom, intelligence, knowledge, and work are. People who do not know what the internal man is and what the external man is, nor what understanding and will are, cannot see in what ways wisdom, intelligence, knowledge, and work are distinct and separate each from the others. They cannot do so because they cannot form any clear idea of one or of another. The people therefore who do not know those things call someone wise when he is merely intelligent or has only knowledge. But someone wise is a person who is moved by love to put truths into practice; someone intelligent is a person who is moved by faith to put them into practice; someone with knowledge is a person who applies his knowledge to doing so; and 'work' is that which is actually done by them. Thus 'work' means those three talents when put to use, within which they all combine.

[3] Nobody therefore can be said to have wisdom, intelligence, or knowledge in the true sense of these words if they are not put to use by him; for wisdom, intelligence, and knowledge have to do with the life a person should lead, and not with doctrine without reference to that life. Life is the end for the sake of which they exist. What the end is like therefore determines what kind of wisdom, intelligence, and knowledge they are. If real good, which is the good of love to the Lord and of charity towards the neighbour, constitutes the end, then they are wisdom, intelligence, and knowledge in the proper sense of these three words; for then these three as they exist with a person have their origin in the Lord. But if acting for the sake of some good desired by self-love and love of the world constitutes the end, they are not wisdom, intelligence, and knowledge, because then those three as they exist in a person have their origin in self. For any good which self-love and love of the world have as their end in view is evil, and when evil is the end in view nothing of wisdom and intelligence, nor even of knowledge, can be attributed in any way at all. For what use is knowledge if it does not hold an intelligent understanding of truth and a wise discernment of good within it? Knowledge devoid of these leads a person to think that evil is good and falsity is truth.

[4] In the case of those in whom the good of love to the Lord is present wisdom, intelligence, knowledge, and work follow in order from inmost to last and lowest. Wisdom there is inmost, since it consists in a will, inspired by love, that desires what is right. Intelligence is second, since it consists in an understanding, governed by a will desiring what is right, that perceives what is right. These two belong to the internal man. Knowledge consists in knowing what is right, and work in doing what is right, each governed by the will desiring what is right. These two belong to the external man. From this it is evident that wisdom must exist within intelligence, this within knowledge, and this within work. The work accordingly contains and embraces all the inner virtues, since it is last and lowest and that in which they terminate.

[5] From all this it becomes clear what should be understood by 'works' and 'deeds', mentioned so many times in the Word, as in the following places: In Matthew,

The Son of Man will repay everyone according to his deeds. Matthew 16:27.

In Jeremiah,

I will requite them according to their work and according to the deed of their hands. Jeremiah 25:14.

In the same prophet,

... O Jehovah, whose eyes have been opened upon all the ways of man, giving to everyone according to his ways and according to the fruit of his works. Jeremiah 32:19.

In the same prophet,

Turn back each of you from his evil way, and cause your works to be good. Jeremiah 35:15.

In Hosea,

I will punish his ways 1 , and requite him for his works. Hosea 4:9.

In Zechariah,

Jehovah deals with us according to our ways and according to our works. Zechariah 1:6.

In John,

I will give to you each according to his works. Revelation 2:23.

In the same book,

They were judged every one according to their works. Revelation 20:13, 15.

In the same book,

Behold, I am coming, and My reward with Me, to give to everyone according to his works. Revelation 22:12.

By 'works' in these places all that exists within a person should be understood, because all that constitutes what a person wills and understands is present in his works; for the things in his will and understanding are what causes him to do them. From what is within them the works derive their life; for without it works are like a shell without the nut or a body without the soul. What proceeds from a person does so from the things within him; therefore works are manifestations of those inner things, and they are effects through which those inner things reveal themselves.

[6] It is a general rule that as is a person's character, so is every work he performs. For this reason 'the works' according to which there will be reward or retribution must be taken to mean a person's character so far as his love and faith are concerned. For works are the product of the love and faith residing in a person. Nothing other than his love and his faith constitute the person, or what amounts to the same thing, his good and his truth, see 10076, 10177, 10264, 10284, 10298.

[7] Furthermore the actual desires in a person's will are what constitute a work; for what a person desires in his will he also does, provided that nothing insurmountable stands in the way. Consequently being judged according to one's deeds means being judged according to the desires of one's will. In the Word those who do good because it is their will to do it are called 'the righteous', as is evident in Matthew 25:37, 46. Of them it is said that they will shine forth like the sun in heaven, Matthew 13:43; and in Daniel,

Those who have intelligence will shine like the brightness of the expanse, and those who turn many to righteousness like the stars. Daniel 12:3.

'Those who have intelligence' are those who are moved by their intelligence to do what is true; and 'those who turn many to righteousness' are those who are stirred by the desires in their will to do what is good.

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1. literally, I will visit upon his ways

  
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