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Sakarias 12

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1 Dette utsagn er Herrens ord om Israel. Så sier Herren, som utspente himmelen og grunnfestet jorden og dannet menneskets ånd i hans indre:

2 Se, jeg gjør Jerusalem til en tumleskål* for alle folkene rundt omkring; også over Juda skal det gå ut når Jerusalem blir kringsatt. / {* d.e. en skål med berusende vin; SLM 60, 5. JES 51, 17 fg.}

3 Og det skal skje på den dag at jeg vil gjøre Jerusalem til en sten å løfte på for alle folkene; alle som løfter på den, skal såre sig selv. Ja, alle jordens hedningefolk skal samle sig mot det.

4 På den dag, sier Herren, vil jeg slå hver hest med skyhet og dens rytter med vanvidd; men over Judas hus vil jeg oplate mine øine, og alle folkenes hester vil jeg slå med blindhet.

5 Og Judas stammehøvdinger skal si i sitt hjerte: Vår styrke er Jerusalems innbyggere ved Herren, hærskarenes Gud, deres Gud.

6 På den dag vil jeg gjøre Judas stammehøvdinger lik et fyrfat mellem vedtrær og et ildbluss blandt kornbånd, og de skal fortære alle folkene rundt omkring, til høire og til venstre; og Jerusalem-folket skal fremdeles bli på sitt sted, i Jerusalem.

7 Og Herren skal frelse Judas telter først, forat ikke Davids hus og Jerusalems innbyggere skal ha større herlighet enn Juda.

8 På den dag skal Herren verne Jerusalems innbyggere, og den iblandt dem som snubler, skal på den dag være som David, og Davids hus skal være som Gud, som Herrens engel foran dem*. / {* 2MO 14, 19.}

9 Og på den dag vil jeg søke å ødelegge alle de hedningefolk som drar mot Jerusalem.

10 Men over Davids hus og over Jerusalems innbyggere vil jeg utgyde nådens og bønnens ånd, og de skal skue op til mig som de har gjennemstunget; og de skal sørge over ham som en sørger over sin enbårne sønn, og klage sårt over ham som en klager over sin førstefødte.

11 På den dag skal sorgen bli stor i Jerusalem, som sorgen over ulykken i Hadadrimmon i Megiddons dal*. / {* det sted hvor den fromme konge Josias blev dødelig såret; 2K 35, 22 fg.}

12 Og landet skal sørge, hver slekt for sig, Davids huses slekt for sig og deres kvinner for sig, Natans huses* slekt for sig og deres kvinner for sig, / {* 2SA 5, 14. LUK 3, 31.}

13 Levis huses slekt for sig og deres kvinner for sig, sime'ittenes slekt for sig og deres kvinner for sig,

14 og likeså alle de andre slekter, hver slekt for sig og deres kvinner for sig.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 8314

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8314. 'Then the chiefs of Edom were dismayed' means a like feeling on the part of those leading a life of evil arising from self-love. This is clear from the meaning of 'the chiefs' as the leaders, thus each and every person, dealt with below; and from the representation of 'Edom' as those who, ruled by the evil of self-love, seize on falsities and cast aside truths, or as - in the sense abstracted from persons - the evil of self-love which embraces falsity and rejects truth, so that 'Edom' also represents those who lead a life of evil arising from that love, namely self-love. As regards the word 'chiefs', leaders are meant by it, or - in the sense abstracted from persons - leading features, and so each and every aspect. For when the word 'chiefs' is used, it implies each and every person under them, as when the word 'king' is used it implies all subjects of his kingdom; for the group takes its name from the most powerful person among them. When the term 'chiefs' or 'commanders' is mentioned in the Word general headings under which all else comes is meant, or leading features, as with 'tertiary commanders', 8150, 8276; and that term has reference to good, or in the contrary sense to evil. 'Princes' however likewise means general headings under which all else comes, or first and foremost features, 1482, 2089, 5044; but it has reference to truth.

[2] It should be recognized that in the Word there are terms that belong to the group of spiritual things and terms that belong to the group of celestial things; that is, there are terms serving to express such things as are matters of truth or faith, and terms serving to express such things as are matters of good or love. In addition there are terms that have reference to both. As soon as the person who is acquainted with these looks at or reads the Word, especially in its original language, he knows when such things as are matters of truth are the subject in the internal sense, and when such things as are matters of good are the subject. This is the situation with the meaning of 'princes' and 'chiefs'. 'Princes' means first and foremost features and is used in reference to the truths of faith, or in the contrary sense to falsities of faith, whereas 'chiefs' means leading features and is used in reference to the good of love, or in the contrary sense to the evils of love.

[3] So it is that those who ruled in Edom were called 'chiefs', as is evident from Genesis 36:15-19, 21, 29-30, 40-43. The reason why they were called 'chiefs' is that 'Edom' meant the good of celestial love, and in the contrary sense the evil of self-love. But among 'the sons of Ishmael', those who were set in authority over everyone else were not called 'chiefs' but 'princes', Genesis 25:16, because 'Ishmael' means those guided by truth, 3263, 3268, 4747. For the same reason the term 'princes' was used for those set in authority in Israel, Numbers 7:2, 10, 18, 24, 30, 36, 42, 48, 54, since 'Israel' represented those governed by the truth and good of faith. But those set in authority in Judah were called 'chiefs' since Judah' represented those governed by the good of love, as in Zechariah,

Let him be like a chief in Judah. Zechariah 9:7.

And in the same prophet,

The chiefs of Judah will say in their heart, I will strengthen 1 for myself the inhabitants of Jerusalem in Jehovah Zebaoth, their God. On that day I will make the chiefs of Judah like a furnace of fire among pieces of wood. Zechariah 12:5-6.

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1. This differs from what appears in English versions of Scripture because Swedenborg, following Sebastian Schmidt, reads the Hebrew as a verb, not as a noun.

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