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Jeremijas 18

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1 Viešpats kalbėjo Jeremijui:

2 “Eik į puodžiaus namus, ten tu išgirsi mano žodžius!”

3 Aš, nuėjęs į puodžiaus namus, radau jį bedirbantį prie žiestuvo.

4 Indas, kurį jis darė iš molio, nepavyko, ir jis iš naujo nužiedė kitą indą, kokį panorėjo.

5 Tada Viešpats tarė man:

6 Izraelitai, ar Aš negaliu su jumis taip daryti, kaip šitas puodžius? Kaip molis puodžiaus rankoje, taip jūs, Izraelitai, mano rankoje.

7 Kartais Aš grasinu tautai ar karalystei ją išrauti, sužlugdyti ir sunaikinti,

8 bet jei tauta, kuriai grasinu, nusisuka nuo savo piktų darbų, tai Aš susilaikau nuo to pikto, kurį buvau jai numatęs.

9 Kartais Aš pažadu tautai ar karalystei ją statyti ir įtvirtinti,

10 bet jei ji daro pikta ir neklauso manęs, tai Aš susilaikau nuo to gero, kurį buvau pažadėjęs padaryti.

11 Taigi dabar sakyk Judo ir Jeruzalės gyventojams, kad Aš ketinu juos bausti, jeigu jie neatsisakys savo piktų kelių ir nedarys to, kas gera”.

12 Bet jie atsakė: “Jokių vilčių. Mes vykdysime savo pačių sumanymus ir elgsimės, kaip mums patinka”.

13 Todėl taip sako Viešpats: “Klauskite pagonių, ar kas praeityje girdėjo apie tokius dalykus, kokius padarė Izraelis!

14 Ar pradingsta nuo Libano uolų baltas sniegas? Ar išsenka šaltinio šaltas, tekantis vanduo?

15 Tačiau mano tauta pamiršo mane, tuštybėms jie smilko smilkalus! Jie nukrypo nuo savo seno kelio ir eina takais, o ne vieškeliu,

16 kad padarytų savo šalį dykuma, amžina pajuoka. Kiekvienas praeivis ja baisėsis ir kraipys galvą.

17 Kaip rytų vėjas Aš juos išsklaidysiu priešo akivaizdoje, nugarą atsuksiu jiems jų nelaimės dieną!”

18 Jie tarėsi: “Susirinkime ir surenkime prieš Jeremiją sąmokslą! Įstatymas tebėra pas kunigą, patarimas­pas išminčių, žodis­pas pranašą. Eikime ir pulkime jį liežuviu, nekreipkime dėmesio į jo kalbas”.

19 Viešpatie, saugok mane ir išgirsk, ką mano priešininkai kalba.

20 Argi atmokama už gera piktu? Jie kasa duobę mano gyvybei. Atsimink, kaip aš stovėjau Tavo akivaizdoje ir kalbėjau už juos, kad nukreipčiau nuo jų Tavo rūstybę!

21 vaikai tebadauja, atiduok juos kardo valiai. Jų žmonos tenetenka vaikų ir tetampa našlėmis, jų vyrai­tepražūna, o jaunuoliai tekrinta kovoje.

22 Tegul pasigirsta šauksmas iš jų namų, kai juos staiga užpuls priešai! Jie kasė duobę, norėdami mane pagauti, ir slapta dėjo man spąstus.

23 Viešpatie, tu žinai visą jų sąmokslą nužudyti mane. Neatleisk jų kalčių ir nuodėmių nepašalink! Tebūna jie parblokšti Tavo akivaizdoje! Nubausk juos savo rūstybės metu!

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 6669

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6669. 'In clay and in bricks' means on account of the evils which they devised and the falsities which they fabricated. This is clear from the meaning of 'clay' as good, and in the contrary sense as evil, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'bricks' as falsities that people fabricate, dealt with in 1296. As regards the evils and falsities which those in hell devise and fabricate, see just above in 6666.

The fact that 'clay' means evil from which falsity is produced is evident from the following places in the Word: In Isaiah,

The wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest; its waters throw out mud and clay. Isaiah 57:20.

'Mud' stands for falsity from which evil is derived, and 'clay' for evil from which falsity is produced.

[2] In Jeremiah,

Your feet have sunk into the clay, [your close friends] have turned away backwards. Jeremiah 38:22.

'Feet sunk into the clay' stands for the natural sunken in evil. In Nahum,

Draw yourself water for the siege, strengthen your fortifications; go into the mud and tread the clay; renew the brick-kiln. There the fire will devour you, and the sword cut you off. Nahum 3:14-15.

'Treading the clay' stands for being prompted by evil to think what is false. In Habakkuk,

He will say, Woe to him who multiplies what is not his - how long? And to him who loads clay onto himself, Will there not rise up suddenly those who will bite you? Habakkuk 2:6-7.

'Loading clay onto himself' stands for taking up evil.

[3] In David,

Jehovah caused me to come up out of the pit of devastation, out of the muddy clay, and He set my feet upon a rock. Psalms 49:2.

In the same author,

I sank in deep clay, and there was no standing; I came into the depths of the waters, and a wave overwhelmed me. Snatch me out of the clay lest I sink, and out of the depths of the waters; and do not let the depth swallow me up. Psalms 69:2, 14-15.

'Clay' stands for evil from which falsity is produced. In Isaiah,

He will come against prelates as though against clay, as a potter treads mud. 1 Isaiah 41:15.

[4] But in the following places 'clay' stands for good: In Isaiah,

Now, O Jehovah, You are our Father, we are the clay, and You are our potter; and we are all the work of Your hands. Isaiah 64:8.

'The clay' stands for the member of the Church who is being formed, thus for the good of faith by means of which that person is formed, that is, reformed.

[5] Similarly in Jeremiah,

Jehovah said to Jeremiah, Arise and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause you to hear My words. I went down therefore to the potter's house, and behold, he made a work on the table. But the vessel that he was making was marred, like clay in the potter's hand. And he returned and made it into another vessel, as was right in the eyes of the potter to make it. Then the word of Jehovah came to me, saying, Like this potter can I not do to you, O house of Israel? Said Jehovah. Behold, like the clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel. Jeremiah 18:1-6.

'The house of Israel' stands for the Church that is to be formed. And it is because the good of charity and the truth of faith are used in the forming of it, and because such good and truth are meant by 'the clay' and 'the potter's vessel', that the prophet was commanded to go to the potter's house. This would not have happened if 'the clay' and 'the potter's vessel' had not had those meanings.

[6] There are other places too in which Jehovah or the Lord is called 'the potter' and the person who is being reformed 'the clay', namely Isaiah 29:15-16; 45:9; Job 10:9; 33:6. The incident in which the Lord made clay with His saliva and anointed the eyes of the man born blind and then commanded him to wash in the pool of Siloam, with the result that the blind man was made to see, John 9:6-7, 11, took place because it represented the reformation of man, who is born without any knowledge of truth. And that reformation is effected by means of the good of faith, meant by 'the clay'.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. The Latin seems to say Prelates will come as clay, and as a potter treads mud.

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