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Esekiel 31

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1 I det ellevte år, i den tredje måned, på den første dag i måneden, kom Herrens ord til mig, og det lød så:

2 Menneskesønn! Si til Farao, Egyptens konge, og til hans larmende hop. Hvem er du lik i din storhet?

3 Se, Assur var en seder på Libanon med fagre grener, en skyggende skog og høi av vekst, og hans krone nådde op mellem skyene.

4 Vannet gjorde ham stor, vanndypet gjorde ham høi; med sine strømmer gikk det rundt om det sted hvor han var plantet, og sendte sine vannløp ut til alle markens trær.

5 Derfor blev han høiere av vekst enn alle markens trær, og han fikk mange grener og lange kvister, fordi det var så rikelig med vann der han bredte sig ut;

6 på hans kvister bygget alle himmelens fugler rede, og under hans grener fødte alle markens dyr sine unger, og i hans skygge bodde alle de mange folkeslag.

7 Han var fager i sin storhet, med sine lange grener; for ved hans rot var det rikelig med vann.

8 Sedrene i Guds have stilte ham ikke i skyggen, cypresser var ikke å ligne med hans kvister, og lønnetrær var ikke som hans grener; intet tre i Guds have var å ligne med ham i skjønnhet.

9 Fager hadde jeg gjort ham i hans rikdom på grener, og alle Edens trær i Guds have misunte ham.

10 Derfor sa Herren, Israels Gud, så: Siden han er blitt høi av vekst og har strakt sin krone op mellem skyene, og han er blitt overmodig fordi han var blitt så høi,

11 gir jeg ham i hendene på folkenes hersker, så han kan gjøre med ham som han vil. For hans ugudelighets skyld drev jeg ham ut,

12 og fremmede, de grusomste blandt folkene, hugg ham ned og lot ham ligge; på fjellene og i alle daler falt hans kvister, og hans grener blev sønderbrutt ved alle landets bekker, og alle jordens folk steg ned fra hans skygge og lot ham ligge,

13 på hans falne stamme slo alle himmelens fugler sig ned, og ved hans grener leiret sig alle markens dyr -

14 forat ingen trær som vokser ved vann, skal bli overmodige av sin vekst og strekke sin krone op mellem skyene, og de sterkeste av dem, alle de som suger vann til sig, ikke skal stå der i sin høide; for de er alle sammen overgitt til døden og må ned til dødsrikets land, blandt menneskenes barn, til dem som har faret ned i graven.

15 sier Herren, Israels Gud: Den dag han fór ned i dødsriket, lot jeg vanndypet sørge; jeg tildekket det for hans skyld, jeg stanset dets strømmer, og mange vann blev holdt tilbake. Jeg klædde Libanon i sort for hans skyld, og alle markens trær vansmektet for hans skyld.

16 Ved braket av hans fall fikk jeg folkeslag til å skjelve, da jeg lot ham fare ned i dødsriket med dem som farer ned i graven; da blev de trøstet i dødsrikets land alle Edens trær, de beste og fagreste på Libanon, alle de som suget vann til sig.

17 Også de fór ned med ham i dødsriket til dem som var drept med sverdet; for som hans arm* hadde de sittet i hans skygge midt iblandt folkene. / {* d.e. hans hjelpere.}

18 Hvem er du* således lik i herlighet og storhet blandt Edens trær? - Så skal du da nedstøtes med Edens trær til dødsrikets land; midt iblandt uomskårne skal du ligge, sammen med dem som er drept med sverdet. Således skal det gå Farao og hele hans larmende hop, sier Herren, Israels Gud. / {* Farao; ESK 31, 2.}

   

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Coronis (An Appendix to True Christian Religion) # 58

  
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58. The state of consummation of the Israelitish Church is described in both the historical parts of the Word, and its prophetic parts: in the prophetic, by the atrocious deeds of the kings, first of those of the Israelites, and afterwards of those of the Jews, by whom and under whom the land is said to have been profaned. But it is needless to recite them, because they are well known; only those passages from the prophetic parts shall be adduced in which the consummation and devastation of that Church are treated of. In these passages by "earth" and "land," "Zion," "Jerusalem," "cities," "mountains," "hills," "valleys," and "rivers," similar things are signified as above (n. 55). The following are from the prophetic parts of the Word:

[2] I saw the earth, and behold it was empty and void; and towards the heavens, and their light was not.... I saw, when, behold, Carmel 1 was a desert, and all the cities were desolated at the presence of Jehovah.... For thus hath Jehovah said, The whole land shall be wasteness, yet will I not make a consummation. For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be blackened.

Thou, therefore, that art vastated, what wilt thou do? (Jer. 4:23-31; 5:10, 18).

The lion hath come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of nations... hath gone forth from his place, to reduce the land to a waste.... In that day... the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished (Jer. 4:7, 9).

In that day, every place where there were a thousand vines shall be... for thorns and briars,... because all the land shall be thorns and briars (Isa. 7:23-24).

A voice of the cry of the shepherds and... of the powerful ones of the flock, for Jehovah layeth waste their pastures: whence the sheepfolds of peace were devastated. Jehovah hath forsaken His tabernacle, for their land was reduced to a desolation (Jer. 25:36-38).

This house shall be like Shiloh, and Jerusalem shall be a devastation (Jer. 26:9; 27:17).

Jerusalem, and all the cities of Judah, shall be a desolation and a devastation in this day, because of the wickedness of your works; . . . your land is become a desolation, an astonishment and a curse (Jer. 44:2, 6, 22).

I will give the land to devastation, because they have committed transgression (Ezek. 15:8).

They shall be devastated in the midst of the devastated lands, and her cities in the midst of the desolated cities.... Then I will make the rivers drought,... the land into the hand of the evil, and I will vastate the land and the fulness thereof (Ezek. 30:7, 12).

When I shall extinguish thee, I will cover the heavens, and will make the stars thereof black. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine;... and I will set darkness upon the land... when I shall bring on thy breaking up (Ezek. 32:7-9);

in like manner as the Lord foretold concerning the consummation of the present Christian Church (Matt. 24:29).

[3] I will give Mount Seir to wasteness and to devastation.... I will make thee the wastes of eternity... (Ezek. 35:3-4, 7, 9, 12, 14-15).

In that day they shall bring up a proverb against you... and say, In vastating we are vastated (Micah 2:4).

Fear and the pit have taken hold of us, devastation and breaking up (Lam. 3:47).

The mountain of Zion is vastated (Lam. 5:18).

Thine iniquity is consummated, O daughter of Zion (Lam. 4:22).

Woe to the sinful nation, heavy with iniquity;... they have provoked the Holy One of Israel.... From the sole of the foot even to the head, there is no soundness;... your land is a solitude.... The daughter of Zion is left as a tent in a vineyard, as a besieged city (Isa. 1:4-8, and following verses).

What will ye do in the day of visitation and devastation? Consummation is finished, justice is overwhelmed; for the Lord Jehovih is making a consummation and decision in the whole land (Isa. 10:3, etc., Isa. 10:22-23).

I have heard a consummation and decision from the Lord Jehovih of hosts in the whole land (Isa. 28:22).

The prophet fell upon his face, and said, Lord Jehovih! Thou art making a consummation with the remnants of Israel (Ezek. 11:13).

My sanctuary was profaned, and the land of Israel was devastated (Ezek. 25:3).

Were even Noah, Daniel and Job in the midst of it,... they only shall be delivered, but the land shall become a desolation (Ezek. 14:14, 16).

[4] The completion of the consummation of the Israelitish and Jewish Church was accomplished when the Lord our Saviour, after receiving the sponge of vinegar, cried out upon the cross,

It is consummated (John 19:29-30);

for it is said in David:

They gave gall for My meat, and in My thirst they gave Me vinegar to drink:... let their habitation be devastated (Psalm 69:21, 25).

And in another place:

Without cause have they hid for Me the pit of the net; without cause have they digged for My soul. Let devastation come upon him before he is aware;... let him fall into devastation. Rescue My soul from their devastators, and My only one,-that is, the Church-from the lions' whelps (Psalm 35:7-8, 17).

I will make Jerusalem heaps, a habitation of dragons; I will reduce the cities of Judah to a waste;... behold, I am feeding them, even this people, with wormwood, and I will give them waters of gall to drink (Jer. 9:11-15).

Full consummation, after this, is described in Hosea thus:

The sons of Israel shall sit many days: no king, no prince, no sacrifice, no image, no ephod, and no teraphim (Hosea 3:4).

Such is their state at the present day. There is no need to adduce more passages. The passages in which the vastation, desolation and consummation of this Church are further mentioned, shall be only named: as, for example, Isa. 9:13-21; 22:4-14: Jer. 7:31-34; 25:33; 47:4: Ezek. 13:14-15; 14:8, 15; 19:7; 25:12-13; 26:2; 29:9-10, 12; 32:12, 15: Joel 1:15-20; 2:3; 3:19: Nahum 1:8-9: Zeph. 1:15; 2:9: Lam. 1:16: Psalm 73:17-19; 74:3.

The devastated are also called "thrust through" 2 (Ezek. 11:6-7; 21:30, 34; 26:6; 28:8, 23; 31:17-18; 32:20-24, 28-32; 35:8: Zeph. 2:12: Lam. 4:9: Psalm 69:27: and in other places). They are said to be "thrust through" because a "sword," by which this is done, signifies falsity destroying truth.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. See R.V. margin.

2. In most of these passages our ordinary Bibles have "slain"; but Young's Literal Translation of the Bible has "pierced," which, of course, is the same as "thrust through."

  
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Lamentations 5:18

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18 For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate: The foxes walk on it.