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Sakarias 8

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1 Og Herrens, hærskarenes Guds ord kom, og det lød så:

2 sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: Jeg er såre nidkjær for Sion, ja, med stor harme er jeg nidkjær for det.

3 sier Herren: Jeg vender tilbake til Sion og vil bo i Jerusalem, og Jerusalem skal kalles den trofaste stad, og Herrens, hærskarenes Guds berg det hellige berg.

4 sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: Ennu en gang skal gamle menn og kvinner sitte på torvene i Jerusalem, hver med sin stav i hånden for sin høie alders skyld,

5 og torvene i byen skal være fulle av gutter og piker, som leker på torvene der.

6 sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: Om dette kan være umulig i deres øine som er blitt igjen av dette folk i de dager, mon det da også skulde være umulig i mine øine? sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud.

7 sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: Se, jeg frelser mitt folk fra de land der solen går op, og fra de land der den går ned,

8 og jeg lar dem komme hit, og de skal bo i Jerusalem, og de skal være mitt folk, og jeg vil være deres Gud i sannhet og rettferdighet.

9 sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: La eders hender være sterke, I som i denne tid hører disse ord av de profeters munn som talte på den dag da grunnen blev lagt til Herrens, hærskarenes Guds hus, templet som skulde bygges!

10 For før den tid kom det intet ut hverken av menneskers eller dyrs arbeid; og ingen hadde fred for fienden, enten han drog ut eller han drog inn; for jeg slapp alle mennesker løs mot hverandre.

11 Men nu vil jeg ikke være som i tidligere dager mot dem som er blitt igjen av dette folk, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud;

12 nu skal sæden være fredet: Vintreet skal gi sin frukt, jorden skal gi sin grøde, og himmelen skal gi sin dugg, og jeg vil la dem som er blitt igjen av dette folk, få alt dette til eie.

13 Og det skal skje at likesom I, Judas hus og Israels hus, har vært en forbannelse blandt hedningene, således vil jeg nu frelse eder, og I skal bli en velsignelse; frykt ikke! La eders hender være sterke!

14 For så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: Likesom jeg satte mig fore å gjøre eder ondt da eders fedre vakte min vrede, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, og jeg ikke angret det,

15 således har jeg i disse dager satt mig fore å gjøre vel mot Jerusalem og Judas hus; frykt ikke!

16 Dette er det I skal gjøre: Tal sannhet med hverandre, døm på tinge rettferdige dommer og dommer som skaper fred,

17 tenk ikke ut ondt mot hverandre i eders hjerte, og elsk ikke falsk ed! For alt dette hater jeg, sier Herren.

18 Og Herrens, hærskarenes Guds ord kom til mig, og det lød så:

19 sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: Fasten i den fjerde måned* og i den femte** og i den syvende** og i den tiende*** måned** skal bli Judas hus til fryd og glede og til glade høitider. Men elsk sannhet og fred! / {* da blev Jerusalem inntatt; JE 39, 2; 52, 6. 7.} / {** SK 7, 5.} / {*** da begynte Jerusalems beleiring; 2KG 25, 1. ESK 24. 1. 2.}

20 sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: Ennu en gang skal det skje at hele folkeslag og mange byers innbyggere skal komme hit.

21 Og innbyggerne i den ene by skal gå til den andre og si: La oss gå avsted for å bønnfalle Herren og for å søke ham, Herren, hærskarenes Gud! Jeg vil gå, jeg og.

22 Og mange folkeslag og tallrike hedningefolk skal komme for å søke Herren, hærskarenes Gud, i Jerusalem og for å bønnfalle Herren.

23 sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: I de dager skal det skje at ti menn av alle hedningefolkenes tungemål skal gripe fatt i en jødisk manns kappefald og si: Vi vil gå med eder; for vi har hørt at Gud er med eder.

   

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9596. 'From fine twined linen and violet and purple and twice-dyed scarlet' means the spiritual and celestial realities from which those truths are derived. This is clear from the meaning of 'fine twined linen' as truth from a celestial origin, dealt with in 9469; from the meaning of 'violet' as the celestial love of truth, dealt with in 9466; from the meaning of 'purple' as the celestial love of good, dealt with in 9467; and from the meaning of 'twice-dyed scarlet' as spiritual good or the good of truth, dealt with in 9468. Such is the order in which the spiritual and celestial realities, or the truths and forms of good, present with a person or an angel who is in the middle or second heaven follow one another. For truth from a celestial origin, meant by 'fine twined linen' comes first; then the love of or affection for truth, meant by 'violet'; after that the resulting love of or affection for good, meant by 'purple'; and finally spiritual good, meant by 'twice-dyed scarlet'.

[2] Because this is the order in which the spiritual and celestial realities follow one another 'fine twined linen' is here mentioned first; but in the case of the veil that hung between the dwelling-place and the ark, or between the holy place and the holy of holies, dealt with in verse 31 of the present chapter, it is mentioned last. The reason why 'fine twined linen' is mentioned last in the case of the veil is that 'the veil' means the intermediary uniting the inmost heaven to the middle heaven, and therefore within this intermediary it must come last, in order that - to link the two heavens - it may then be first in the second of them.

[3] But properly 'fine twined linen' means the understanding part of the mind as it exists with the spiritual man or with an angel in the Lord's spiritual heaven. The reason why the understanding part is meant by 'fine twined linen' is that with the spiritual man a new will part is implanted by the Lord within the understanding part of his mind, see 863, 875, 895, 927, 1023, 1043, 1044, 1555, 2256, 4328, 4493, 5113; and since the understanding part in the spiritual man is meant by 'fine twined linen', so too is spiritual truth meant. This is because all truth belongs to the understanding part, and all good to the will part, 3623, 9300; for the understanding part is the receiver (subjectum) or container and the truth is what belongs to it, and these two make one. From these considerations also it may be seen that the actual understanding part of the mind with those who belong to the Lord's spiritual kingdom is in the strict sense 'the dwelling-place', 9296, 9297, and that the spreading out of the curtains serves to describe it.

[4] From all this what 'spreading and stretching out the heavens' means in the following places may be recognized, such as in Isaiah,

Jehovah is He who stretches out the heavens, spreads out the earth, gives breath 1 to the people on it, and spirit to those who walk on it. Isaiah 42:5.

In the same prophet,

I am Jehovah who makes all things, stretches out the heavens Alone, [and] spreads out the earth by Myself. Isaiah 44:24.

In the same prophet,

It was I that made the earth and created man on it. It was I - My hands - that stretched out the heavens. Isaiah 45:12.

In Jeremiah,

... He who makes the earth by His power, prepares the world by His wisdom, and stretches out the heavens by His intelligence. Jeremiah 51:15.

In Zechariah,

Jehovah is He who stretches out the heavens, and founds the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him. Zechariah 12:1.

[5] 'Stretching out the heavens and spreading out the earth' is plainly similar in meaning to stretching and spreading out a dwelling-place by the use of curtains. And by this is meant regenerating a person and thereby creating or forming a new understanding in which there is a new will, which is the spiritual person's actual heaven in which the Lord dwells with that person. The fact that the regeneration or the formation of a new understanding, and of a new will within it, and so of a new person, is what 'stretching out the heavens and spreading out the earth' means is evident from actual explanations provided in the places quoted above. For they speak of Him who gives breath to the people on the earth, and spirit to those who walk on it, and also of Him who forms the spirit of man within him. 'Heaven and earth' means the Church, internal and external, see 1733, 1850, 2117, 2118, 3355, 4535, and 'the earth' in general means the Lord's kingdom and the Church, 9334; and these meanings too are plainly apparent in those places. For if 'the earth' did not have that meaning what sense could be made of 'spreading out the earth' and 'founding the earth', or 'forming the spirit of man within him 2 '?

[6] The fact that 'stretching out the heavens and spreading out the earth' here is similar in meaning to stretching and spreading out a dwelling-place by the use of curtains is clear from other places where the same idea is stated even more plainly, as in Isaiah,

Jehovah is He who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in. Isaiah 40:22.

In the same prophet,

Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch out the curtains of your dwelling-places. Isaiah 54:2.

And in David,

Jehovah covers Himself with light, as if with a garment; He stretches out the heavens as a curtain. Psalms 104:2.

These places also show what 'the expanse' or that which is spread out means in the first chapter of Genesis,

God said, Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let there be a distinguishing of the waters from the waters. And God made the expanse and He made a distinction between the waters that were under the expanse and the waters that were above the expanse, And God called the expanse Heaven. Genesis 1:6-8.

That first chapter describes the regeneration of a member of the celestial Church, 'the expanse' describing his new will and understanding. 'The waters under the expanse and those above the expanse' are the truths of the external man and those of the internal man. For the meaning of 'waters' as truths, see 2702, 3058, 3424, 4976, 8568, 9323.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, soul

2. The Latin here is in ea (in it, i.e. in the earth). But in his rough draft Swedenborg has, as in other places, in medio ejus which is usually taken to mean within him but could possibly mean in the midst of it.

  
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