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Esekiel 25

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1 Og Herrens ord kom til mig, og det lød så:

2 Menneskesønn! Vend ditt åsyn mot Ammons barn og spå mot dem!

3 Si til Ammons barn: Hør Herrens, Israels Guds ord! Så sier Herren, Israels Gud: Fordi du ropte: Ha, ha! over min helligdom, som er blitt vanhelliget, og over Israels land, som er blitt ødelagt, og over Judas hus, som er ført bort i fangenskap,

4 se, derfor vil jeg la Østens sønner få dig til eie, og de skal slå op sine teltleire i dig og sette op sine boliger i dig; de skal ete din frukt og drikke din melk.

5 Og jeg vil gjøre abba til beitemark for kameler og Ammons barns land til hvileplass for småfe, og I skal kjenne at jeg er Herren.

6 For så sier Herren, Israels Gud: Fordi du klappet i hendene og stampet med føttene og gledet dig med dyp forakt av hele ditt hjerte over Israels land,

7 se, derfor rekker jeg min hånd ut imot dig og gir dig til føde for folkene; jeg utrydder dig av folkene og utsletter dig av landene; jeg vil gjøre dig til intet, og du skal kjenne at jeg er Herren.

8 sier Herren, Israels Gud: Fordi Moab og Se'ir sa: Se, det er gått med Judas hus som med alle de andre folk,

9 se, derfor vil jeg åpne Moabs side helt fra byene*, fra dets byer på alle kanter, den fagreste del av landet, Bet-Jesimot, Ba'al-Meon og like til Kirjata'im, / {* d.e. grensebyene.}

10 så Østens sønner kan slippe inn, likesom jeg vil gjøre med Ammons barns land*, som jeg gir dem til eie, forat Ammons barns land ikke mere skal kommes i hu blandt folkene. / {* d.e. likesom jeg og åpner Ammons barns land for dem; ESK 25, 4.}

11 Jeg vil holde dom over Moab, og de skal kjenne at jeg er Herren.

12 sier Herren, Israels Gud: Fordi Edom tok hevn over Judas hus og førte skyld over sig ved å hevne sig på dem,

13 derfor sier Herren, Israels Gud, så: Jeg vil rekke min hånd ut imot Edom og utrydde der både folk og fe, og jeg vil gjøre det til en ørken helt fra Teman, og like til Dedan skal de falle for sverdet.

14 Og jeg vil fullbyrde min hevn på Edom ved mitt folk Israels hånd, og de skal gjøre med Edom efter min vrede og harme, og de skal få kjenne min hevn, sier Herren, Israels Gud.

15 sier Herren, Israels Gud: Fordi filistrene tok hevn, fordi de hevnet sig med forakt av hele sitt hjerte for å ødelegge på grunn av eldgammelt fiendskap,

16 derfor sier Herren, Israels Gud, så: Se, jeg rekker min hånd ut imot filistrene og utrydder kreterne* og utsletter det som er igjen ved havets strand. / {* 1SA 30, 14. SEF 2, 5.}

17 Jeg vil ta stor hevn over dem og tukte dem i min vrede, og de skal kjenne at jeg er Herren, når jeg fullbyrder min hevn på dem.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 7523

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7523. 'And there will be on man and on beast' means the products of interior and exterior evil. This is clear from the meaning of 'man' as the affection for good, and in the contrary sense as the desire for evil; and 'beast' is similar in meaning. But when 'man' and 'beast' are mentioned together, 'man means interior affection or desire and 'beast' exterior; regarding both, see 7424. Interior good or else interior evil, which is meant by 'man', is that connected with intentions or ends in view, for intentions or ends in view are at a person's core, whereas exterior good or else exterior evil, which is meant by 'beast', is that connected with thought and consequently, if nothing stands in the way, with action. Exterior good is meant by 'beast' because a person is in respect of his external or natural man no different from a beast; for he is endowed with similar desires and also cravings, as well as appetites and senses. And interior good is meant by 'man because it is in respect of his internal or spiritual man that a person is a human being, on which internal level he is endowed with affections for what is good and true such as exist with the angels in heaven, and because he controls his natural or animal man, which is 'a beast', by means of that internal man. Regarding the meaning of 'beast' as the affection for good and in the contrary sense the desire for evil, see 45, 46, 142, 143, 246, 714, 715, 719, 776, 2179, 2180, 3218, 3519, 5198.

[2] These things are what are meant by 'man and beast' in the following places too: In Jeremiah,

My anger and My wrath have been poured out on this place, on man and on beast. Jeremiah 7:20

In the same prophet,

I will strike the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast; they will die of a great pestilence. Jeremiah 21:6.

In the same prophet,

It will make her land a desolation, so that none may dwell in it; both man and beast have scattered themselves, they have gone away. Jeremiah 50:3.

In Ezekiel,

When a land has sinned against Me by committing great transgression, I will cut off from it man and beast. Ezekiel 14:13, 19, 21.

In the same prophet,

I will stretch out My hand over Edom, and cut off from it man and beast, and make it a waste. Ezekiel 25:13.

In Zephaniah,

I will consume man and beast, I will consume the birds of the air and the fish of the sea, and the stumbling-blocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from the surface of the earth. Zephaniah 1:3.

[3] 'Man and beast' stands for interior and exterior good in the following places: In Jeremiah,

I have made the earth, man and beast, by My great strength. Jeremiah 27:5.

In the same prophet,

Behold, the days are coming, said Jehovah, in which I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and the seed of beast. Jeremiah 31:17.

In the same prophet,

A desolation will the earth be, so that man and beast are not there. Jeremiah 32:43.

In the same prophet,

In the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that have been devastated, there is no man and inhabitant, and there is no beast. Jeremiah 33:10; 51:62.

In David,

Your righteousness is like the mountains of God, Your judgements a great deep; You preserve man and beast, O Jehovah. Psalms 36:6.

It was because 'man and beast' meant such things that the firstborn of the Egyptians died, not only of men but also of beasts, Exodus 12:29, and that the firstborn were consecrated [to Jehovah], not only of men but also of beasts, Numbers 18:15, and also that the king of Nineveh, following sacred religious practice, commanded that not only man but also beast should fast and also be clothed in sackcloth, Jonah 3:7-8.

  
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