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Sefanias 2

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1 Tenk efter og gå i dig selv, du folk som ikke blues,

2 før Guds råd føder - som agner farer dagen frem - før Herrens brennende vrede kommer over eder, før Herrens vredes dag kommer over eder!

3 Søk Herren, alle I saktmodige i landet, som holder hans lov! Søk rettferdighet, Søk saktmodighet! Kanskje I blir skjult på Herrens vredes dag.

4 For Gasa skal bli forlatt, og Askalon en ørken; Asdods folk skal jages ut midt på dagen, og Ekron skal rykkes op med rot.

5 Ve dem som bor i bygdene ute ved havet, kreterfolket! Herrens ord kommer over dig, Kana'an, du filistrenes land, jeg vil ødelegge dig så ingen skal bo i dig.

6 Og bygdene ute ved havet skal bli til beitemarker med gjemmesteder for hyrdene og med fehegn.

7 Og det skal bli en bygd for dem som blir igjen av Judas hus; der skal de ha sitt beite, i Askalons huser skal de hvile om aftenen. For Herren deres Gud skal se til dem og gjøre ende på deres fangenskap.

8 Jeg har hørt Moabs spott og Ammons barns hånsord, da de spottet mitt folk og bar sig overmodig at mot dets land.

9 Derfor, så sant jeg lever, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, Israels Gud, skal det gå Moab som Sodoma og Ammons barn som Gomorra: De skal bli neslers eie og en saltgrube og en ørken til evig tid; resten av mitt folk skal plyndre dem; de som blir igjen av mitt folk, skal ta dem i eie.

10 Således skal det gå dem for deres overmots skyld, fordi de hånte og bar sig overmodig at mot Herrens, hærskarenes Guds folk.

11 Forferdelig skal Herren vise sig mot dem; for han skal tilintetgjøre alle jordens guder, og alle hedningenes kyster skal tilbede ham, hvert folk på sitt sted.

12 Også I etiopere blir gjennemboret av mitt sverd.

13 Han rekker sin hånd ut mot Norden og ødelegger Assur og gjør Ninive til et øde, tørt som en ørken.

14 Der skal hjorder hvile; alle slags villdyrflokker, både pelikaner og pinnsvin, skal overnatte på søilehodene der; fuglesang høres i vinduene, grus ligger på dørtreskelen, for sederpanelet er revet av.

15 Dette er den jublende stad, som bodde så trygt, som sa i sitt hjerte: Jeg og ingen annen! Hvor den er blitt til en ørken, et leie for ville dyr! Hver den som går forbi, blåser av den og ryster hånlig sin hånd.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 1565

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1565. That 'flocks and herds' are the possessions of the external man becomes clear from the meaning of 'flocks and herds' as goods, dealt with in 343, 415. Here however since it is said they belonged to Lot, who was being separated from Abram, they mean those things that were to be separated, thus things that were not good are meant. That 'flocks and herds' also means things that are not good becomes clear from the following places in the Word: In Zephaniah,

I will cause destruction in you, that you will be without inhabitant; and the region of the sea will be dwellings dug out [for shepherds] and folds for the flock. Zephaniah 2:5-6.

In Jeremiah,

I will disperse in you the shepherd and the flock, and I will disperse in you the farmer and his team. Jeremiah 51:23.

In the same prophet,

Go up to Arabia, and lay waste the sons of the east. Their tents and their flocks shall they take. Jeremiah 49:28-29.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 343

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343. 'A shepherd of the flock' means someone who practises good flowing from charity. Anyone can know this, for it is a recurrent feature of the Old Testament and of the New. He who leads and teaches is called the Shepherd, those who are led and taught are called the flock. One who does not lead to good flowing from charity, and does not teach that good is not a true shepherd; and one who is not being led to good and learning it is not the flock. Really it is superfluous to confirm from the Word that this is the meaning of the Shepherd and flock; but even so let the following be referred to: In Isaiah,

The Lord will give rain for your seed with which you sow the ground, and bread of the produce of the ground. On that day, He will pasture your cattle in a broad grassland. Isaiah 30:23.

Here 'bread, the produce of the ground' means charity. In the same the prophet, The Lord Jehovih will pasture His flock like a shepherd; He will gather the lambs into His arm, and will carry them in His bosom: He will gently lead those that are with young. 1 Isaiah 40:11.

In David,

Harken, O Shepherd of Israel, leading Joseph like a flock. You who are seated on the cherubim, shine forth. Psalms 80:1.

In Jeremiah,

I have likened the daughter of Zion to one comely and delicately bred. Shepherds and their flocks will come against her; they will pitch their tents near her round about; they will pasture each in his own space. Jeremiah 6:2-3.

In Ezekiel,

The Lord Jehovah has said, I will multiply them like the flock of mankind, like the flock of holy things, like the flock of Jerusalem, in her appointed seasons. Thus will the deserted cities be filled with the flock of mankind. Ezekiel 36:37-38.

In Isaiah,

The whole flock of Arabia will be gathered to you, the rams of Nebaioth will minister to you. Isaiah 60:7

Those who lead the flock to the good of charity are those who 'gather the flock together', but those who do not lead to such good are those who scatter it, for all bringing together and unity is the product of charity, while all scattering and disunity result from the lack of it.

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1. i.e. those ewes that are in milk

  
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