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Ezekielis 14

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1 Keli Izraelio vyresnieji atėjo pas mane ir atsisėdo priešais.

2 Viešpats kalbėjo man:

3 “Žmogaus sūnau, šitie vyrai pasistatė stabus savo širdyse ir tai, kas veda į nusikaltimą, yra prieš jų akis. Argi klausiamas turėčiau jiems atsakyti?

4 Todėl sakyk jiems: ‘Taip sako Viešpats Dievas: ‘Kiekvienam izraelitui, kuris pasistato stabus savo širdyje bei žiūri į tai, kas veda į nusikaltimą, ir ateina pas pranašą, Aš, Viešpats, atsakysiu pagal jo stabų daugybę.

5 Aš nutversiu Izraelio namus jų pačių širdyse, kadangi per savo stabus jie atsitraukė nuo manęs’.

6 Todėl sakyk izraelitams: ‘Taip sako Viešpats Dievas: ‘Atsiverskite nuo stabų ir nusigręžkite nuo visų savo bjaurysčių’.

7 Jei izraelitas ar ateivis, gyvenantis Izraelyje, kuris pasistatė stabus savo širdyje ir žiūri į tai, kas veda į nusikaltimą, ateis pas pranašą pasiklausti, tam Aš pats, Viešpats, atsakysiu.

8 Aš atsigręšiu prieš jį ir padarysiu jį ženklu bei patarle, išnaikindamas jį iš savo tautos. Tada jūs žinosite, kad Aš esu Viešpats.

9 Jei pranašas leisis suklaidinamas ir duos atsakymą, tai Aš, Viešpats, būsiu suklaidinęs tą pranašą. Aš ištiesiu savo ranką prieš jį ir išnaikinsiu iš savo tautos Izraelio.

10 Jie abu atsakys už nusikaltimą; pranašo kaltė bus ta pati, kaip ir klausiančiojo,

11 kad izraelitai ateityje nebeatsitrauktų nuo manęs ir nebenusikalstų, bet būtų mano tauta ir Aš būčiau jų Dievas’ ”.

12 Viešpats kalbėjo man:

13 “Žmogaus sūnau, jei kuris kraštas nusikalstų ir sulaužytų ištikimybę man, Aš bausiu jį: atimsiu duonos ramstį, siųsiu badą kraštui ir išnaikinsiu žmones bei gyvulius.

14 Jei Nojus, Danielius ir Jobas būtų tarp jų, tai jie savo teisumu išgelbėtų tik savo gyvybes,­sako Viešpats Dievas.­

15 Jei atiduočiau kraštą laukiniams žvėrims ir jie kraštą paverstų dykyne, per kurią neina joks žmogus dėl žvėrių baimės,

16 ir jame būtų tie trys vyrai, kaip Aš gyvas,­sako Viešpats,­jie neišgelbėtų nei sūnų, nei dukterų, tik patys išsigelbėtų, o kraštas virstų dykyne.

17 Jei Aš atiduočiau kraštą kardui, sakydamas: ‘Karde, eik per kraštą ir išnaikink žmones ir gyvulius’,

18 ir jame būtų tie trys vyrai, kaip Aš gyvas,­sako Viešpats,­jie neišgelbėtų nei sūnų, nei dukterų, tik jie vieni būtų išgelbėti.

19 Arba jei siųsčiau kraštui marą ir išliečiau savo rūstybę, praliedamas kraują ir išnaikindamas žmones bei gyvulius,

20 ir jame būtų Nojus, Danielius ir Jobas, kaip Aš gyvas,­sako Viešpats,­jie savo teisumu neišgelbėtų nei sūnų, nei dukterų, tik savo gyvybes.

21 Tuo labiau, kai Aš, norėdamas Jeruzalėje išnaikinti žmones ir gyvulius, siųsiu savo keturias bausmes: kardą, badą, laukinius žvėris ir marą.

22 Tačiau mieste liks likutis, kuris bus išvestas su savo sūnumis ir dukterimis. Jiems atėjus pas jus, jūs matysite jų kelius bei darbus ir būsite paguosti dėl nelaimės, kurią siunčiau Jeruzalei.

23 Jie paguos jus, kai pamatysite jų kelius ir darbus, ir žinosite, kad visa, ką padariau Jeruzalei, nebuvo be priežasties,­sako Viešpats Dievas”.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 7505

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7505. 'An extremely severe pestilence' means an overall annihilation. This is clear from the meaning of 'a pestilence' as a laying waste of truth, and since it says 'an extremely severe pestilence' the annihilation of truth is meant. The fact that 'a pestilence' means a laying waste of truth is evident from the following places in the Word: In Ezekiel,

... when I shall send My four severe 1 judgements - sword, and famine, and evil wild animal, and pestilence - onto Jerusalem, to cut off man and beast from it. Ezekiel 14:21.

'Cutting off man and beast' stands for the laying waste of good, interior and exterior. In the same prophet,

The sword is without, and pestilence and famine within; he that is in the field will die by the sword, but him that is in the city famine and pestilence will devour. Ezekiel 7:15.

'Pestilence' stands for a laying waste of good. In the same prophet,

Therefore because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your abominations, a third part of you will die from pestilence, and be annihilated [by famine] in your midst. Ezekiel 5:11-12.

'Pestilence' stands for an annihilation of good. In Amos,

I have sent the pestilence upon you in the way of Egypt, I have killed your young men with the sword, along with your captured horses. 2 Amos 4:10.

'The pestilence in the way of Egypt' stands for a laying waste of good and truth by means of falsities, which are 'the way of Egypt'. 'I have killed young men with the sword, along with captured horses' stands for a laying waste of truth, truths being meant by 'young men' and intellectual concepts by 'horses' as above in 7503. In David,

You will not be afraid of the terror of the night, of the arrow that flies by day, of the pestilence that creeps in thick darkness, of death that lays waste at noon-day. Psalms 91:5-6.

'The pestilence that creeps in thick darkness' stands for evil that lays waste in concealment; 'death that lays waste at noonday' stands for evil which does so out in the open. 'Pestilence' occurs in other places besides these.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, evil

2. literally, the captivity of your horses

  
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6534. 'And horsemen' means intellectual concepts. This is clear from the meaning of 'horsemen' as things connected with the understanding; for 'a horse' means the power of understanding, 2760-2761, 3217, 5321, 6125. The meaning of 'horsemen' as things connected with the understanding becomes clear in addition from the following places: In Moses,

Jehovah alone led him; He caused him to ride over the heights of the land. Deuteronomy 32:12, 17.

This refers to the Ancient Church. 'Causing to ride over the heights of the land' stands for endowing with superior understanding.

[2] In David,

In your majesty 1 climb into [your chariot], and ride on the word of truth and meekness and righteousness, and your right arm will teach you marvellous things. Psalms 45:4.

This refers to the Lord. 'Riding on the word of truth' stands for having a genuine understanding of truth. In the same author,

Sing to God, praise His name; exalt Him who rides on the clouds by His name Jah. Psalms 68:4.

This too refers to the Lord. 'The clouds' stands for the literal sense of the Word, preface to Genesis 18, and 4060, 4391, 5922, 6343 (end); 'riding on them' stands for being in command of the internal sense, in which truth resides with all the intelligence and wisdom it can bring.

[3] In Zechariah,

On that day I will strike every horse with panic, and its rider with madness; and on the house of Judah I will open My eye. But every horse of the peoples I will strike with blindness. Zechariah 12:4.

'Horse' stands for the power of understanding, and 'rider' or 'horseman' for the intellect. Does anyone not see that 'horse' here does not mean a horse, or that 'rider' does not mean rider, but that something else such as can be struck with panic and madness, and also with blindness, is meant? That something else, it is evident, is the understanding or intellect.

[4] By 'horses and horsemen' intellectual concepts are meant, and in the contrary sense reasonings and consequent falsities, as may be seen in John,

I saw, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow; to him a crown was given; he went out conquering. Then there came out another horse, fiery-red; and it was granted to him who sat on it that he should take peace away from the earth, and that men should slay one another. Therefore to him was given a great sword. I saw, and behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it held a balance in his hand. I saw therefore, and behold, a pale horse and he who sat on it, whose name was death. Revelation 6:2, 4-5, 8.

Here, as is evident from the details of the description, the horses and those seated on them mean things connected with an understanding consisting of truth, and in the contrary sense an understanding consisting of falsity. 'The white horse and he who sat on it' stands for an understanding consisting of truth gained from the Word; the one seated on the white horse is, as explicitly stated in Revelation 19:11, 13, 16, the Lord as to the Word. 'The fiery-red horse and he who sat on it' stands for reasonings resulting from desires for evil, which do violence to truths from the Word. 'The black horse and he who sat on it' stands for a destroyed ability to understand the truth, while 'the pale horse and he who sat on it' stands for damnation resulting from such destruction.

[5] 'Horses and horsemen' in the contrary sense stands for a perverted understanding and the falsities it produces, in Ezekiel also,

Oholah committed whoredom under Me and doted on her lovers - governors and leaders, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding on horses. Her sister Oholibah was in love with the sons of Asshur - governors and leaders, her neighbours, clothed in perfect adornment, horsemen riding on horses, all of them desirable young men. Ezekiel 23:5-6, 12.

'Oholah' stands for the perverted spiritual Church, which is Samaria, and 'Oholibah' for the perverted celestial Church, which is Jerusalem; for the Israelites who belonged to Samaria represented the spiritual Church, but the Jews who belonged to Jerusalem represented the celestial Church. 'The Assyrians' and 'the sons of Asshur' stand for reasoning against the truths of faith, 1186, 'horsemen riding on horses' for a perverted understanding, from which falsities are produced.

[6] In Habakkuk,

I am rousing the Chaldeans, a bitter and headstrong nation, marching into the breadth of the earth, to inherit habitations that are not its own Its horses are swifter than leopards, sharper than the evening wolves, so that its horsemen spread out, and therefore its horsemen come from afar. Habakkuk 1:6, 8.

'The Chaldeans' stands for those governed by falsities, though to outward appearances they are governed by truths; thus 'the Chaldeans' stands for the profanation of truth, whereas 'Babel' stands for the profanation of good, 1182, 1368. 'Marching into the breadth of the earth' stands for destroying truths - 'the breadth of the earth' meaning truth, see 3433, 3434, 4482. From this it is evident that 'the horsemen who spread out and who arrive from afar' are things connected with a perverted understanding, which are therefore falsities.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, honour

  
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