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Иеремия 25

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1 Слово, которое было к Иеремии о всем народе Иудейском, в четвертый год Иоакима, сына Иосии, царя Иудейского, – это был первый год Навуходоносора, царя Вавилонского, –

2 и которое пророк Иеремия произнес ко всему народу Иудейскому и ко всем жителям Иерусалима и сказал:

3 от тринадцатого года Иосии, сына Амонова, царя Иудейского, до сегодня, вот уже двадцать три года, было ко мне слово Господне, и я с раннего утра говорил вам, – и вы не слушали.

4 Господь посылал к вам всех рабов Своих, пророков, с раннего утра посылал, – и вы не слушали и не приклоняли уха своего, чтобыслушать.

5 Вам говорили: „обратитесь каждый от злого пути своего и от злых дел своих и живите на земле, которую Господь дал вам и отцам вашим из века в век;

6 и не ходите во след иных богов, чтобы служить им и поклоняться им, и не прогневляйте Меня делами рук своих, и не сделаю вам зла".

7 Но вы не слушали Меня, говорит Господь, прогневляя Меня делами рук своих, на зло себе.

8 Посему так говорит Господь Саваоф: за то, что вы не слушали слов Моих,

9 вот, Я пошлю и возьму все племена северные, говорит Господь, и пошлю к Навуходоносору, царю Вавилонскому, рабу Моему, и приведу их на землю сию и на жителей ее и на все окрестные народы; и совершенно истреблю ихи сделаю их ужасом и посмеянием и вечным запустением.

10 И прекращу у них голос радости и голос веселия, голос жениха и голос невесты, звук жерновов и свет светильника.

11 И вся земля эта будет пустынею и ужасом; и народы сии будут служить царю Вавилонскому семьдесят лет.

12 И будет: когда исполнится семьдесят лет, накажу царя Вавилонскогои тот народ, говорит Господь, за их нечестие, и землю Халдейскую, и сделаю ее вечною пустынею.

13 И совершу над тою землею все слова Мои, которые Я произнес на нее, все написанное в сей книге, что Иеремия пророчески изрек на все народы.

14 Ибо и их поработят многочисленные народы и цари великие; и Я воздам им по их поступкам и по делам рук их.

15 Ибо так сказал мне Господь, Бог Израилев: возьми из руки Моей чашу сию с вином ярости и напой из нее все народы, к которым Я посылаю тебя.

16 И они выпьют, и будут шататься и обезумеют при виде меча, который Я пошлю на них.

17 И взял я чашу из руки Господней и напоил из нее все народы, ккоторым послал меня Господь:

18 Иерусалим и города Иудейские, и царей его и князей его, чтоб опустошить их и сделать ужасом, посмеянием и проклятием, как и видно ныне,

19 фараона, царя Египетского, и слуг его, и князей его и весь народ его,

20 и весь смешанный народ, и всех царей земли Уца, и всех царей земли Филистимской, иАскалон, и Газу, и Екрон, и остатки Азота,

21 Едома, и Моава, и сыновей Аммоновых,

22 и всех царей Тира, и всех царей Сидона, и царей островов, которые за морем,

23 Дедана, и Фему, и Буза, и всех, стригущих волосы на висках,

24 и всех царей Аравии, и всех царей народов разноплеменных, живущих в пустыне,

25 всех царей Зимврии, и всех царей Елама, и всех царей Мидии,

26 и всех царей севера, близких друг к другу и дальних, и все царства земные, которые на лице земли, а царь Сесаха выпьет после них.

27 И скажи им: так говорит Господь Саваоф, Бог Израилев: пейте и опьянейте, и изрыгните и падите, и не вставайте при видемеча, который Я пошлю на вас.

28 Если же они будут отказываться брать чашу из руки твоей, чтобы пить, то скажи им: так говорит Господь Саваоф: вы непременно будете пить.

29 Ибо вот на город сей, на котором наречено имя Мое, Я начинаю наводить бедствие; и вы ли останетесь ненаказанными? Нет, не останетесь ненаказанными; ибо Я призываю меч на всех живущих на земле, говорит Господь Саваоф.

30 Посему прореки на них все слова сии и скажи им: Господь возгремитс высоты и из жилища святыни Своей подаст глас Свой; страшно возгремит на селение Свое; как топчущие в точиле, воскликнет на всех живущих наземле.

31 Шум дойдет до концов земли, ибо у Господа состязание с народами:Он будет судиться со всякою плотью, нечестивых Он предаст мечу, говорит Господь.

32 Так говорит Господь Саваоф: вот, бедствие пойдет от народа к народу, и большой вихрь поднимется от краев земли.

33 И будут пораженные Господом в тот день от конца земли до конца земли, не будут оплаканы и не будут прибраны ипохоронены, навозом будут на лице земли.

34 Рыдайте, пастыри, и стенайте, и посыпайте себяпрахом, вожди стада; ибо исполнились дни ваши для заклания и рассеяния вашего, и падете, как дорогой сосуд.

35 И не будет убежища пастырям и спасения вождям стада.

36 Слышен вопль пастырей и рыдание вождей стада, ибо опустошил Господь пажить их.

37 Истребляются мирные селения от ярости гнева Господня.

38 Он оставил жилище Свое, как лев; и земля их сделалась пустынею от ярости опустошителя и от пламенного гнева Его.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 10284

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10284. 'And as to the composition of it, you shall not make any other like it' means no imitations produced by human endeavour. This is clear from the meaning of 'as to the composition, making some like it' - that is, making a similar oil with similar spices - as making a preparation in imitation of it by means of human endeavour. This meaning of these words follows from the train of thought in the internal sense; for first it says, 'It shall not be poured onto the flesh of a person', which means no imparting [of what is the Lord's] to a person's proprium or self, and finally, 'it shall be holy to you'. But anything done by a person, by his own endeavour, begins in his proprium or self and is unholy. The reason is that any endeavour a person makes from his proprium consists entirely of falsity arising from evil, since it has self and the world, not the neighbour and God, as its end in view, which also explains why it is called an imitation.

[2] The implications of all this are that everything which comes from the Lord is good and true; but anything good or true produced by man in imitation of it is neither good nor true. The reason for this is that everything good and true has life within it by virtue of the end in view. An end that begins in man is entirely selfish; but that which is good and true, coming from the Lord, exists for the sake of goodness and truth themselves as ends in view, and so for the Lord's sake, because the Lord is the source of everything good and true. With man the end in view is himself, since it constitutes his will and his love; for what a person loves and wills he has as his end in view. All the love in a person that originates in himself is self-love and a selfish love of the world; but the love in a person that originates in the Lord is love towards the neighbour and love to God. The difference between the two kinds of love is as great as that between hell and heaven. Furthermore self-love and a selfish love of the world reign in hell and constitute hell, whereas love towards the neighbour and love to the Lord reign in heaven and constitute heaven. Also a person's character is such and remains forever such as his love is; for love composes the whole of a person's will, and consequently of his understanding since the love that constitutes the will flows unceasingly into the understanding, kindling it and illuminating it. So it is that when those who love evil think within themselves, their thoughts consist of falsity that is in keeping with the evil they love, though they are moved by hypocrisy to express different ideas to others; some are moved by faith that is no more than persuasion, for the nature of which, see 9364, 9369.

[3] It should be recognized that by his own endeavour a person is able to simulate what is actually Divine and to present himself before others as an angel of light. But what is seen by the Lord and by angels is not the outward form he presents but the form that exists inwardly, which is foul when the proprium is the source of it. With people like this everything within them is merely natural and not at all spiritual. They see everything in natural light alone and nothing in the light of heaven; indeed they do not know what the light of heaven is, nor what anything spiritual is. All their inner powers are turned to things of an external nature, in almost the same way as those of living creatures are; nor do they allow themselves to be raised by the Lord to anything higher. Yet the human being, superior to animals, has a special ability, namely the ability to be raised by the Lord towards heaven and the Lord, and so be led by Him. All those are raised in this manner who love goodness and truth for their own sake, which is the same thing as loving the neighbour and God since in a general sense the neighbour means that which is good and true, and in a lower sense that which is right and fair; and also God constitutes what is good and true, and what is right and fair, since God is the source of them.

[4] From all this it may be seen what imitating Divine things by human endeavour is. In places throughout the Word 'Egypt' and 'Pharaoh' are used to describe people such as this; for factual knowledge belonging to the natural man is meant by 'Egypt' and 'Pharaoh'. 'Asshur' too, meaning reasoning based on factual knowledge, is used to describe them. Regarding 'Egypt', see in the places referred to in 9340, 9391; and regarding 'Asshur', 1186. Among spirits there are very many who by their own endeavour and cunning can imitate what is Divine; for they counterfeit sincerity, uprightness, and godliness, so cunningly that good spirits would be led astray unless the Lord enlightened them and enabled them to see what the interiors of those other spirits are like. And when these interiors are revealed the good spirits are filled with horror and run away. But such spirits are stripped of their outward pretences and brought into a state in which their devilish interiors are laid bare; and in this condition they sink automatically into hell. For more about these spirits, see paragraph 10286 below.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 4601

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4601. 'That Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine' means the profanation of good by means of faith separated from charity; 'and Israel heard' means that this faith was cast aside. This is clear from the representation of 'Reuben' as faith present in doctrine and in the understanding, which is the attribute of the Church that is born first, dealt with in 3861, 3866, at this point when that faith has been separated from charity, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'lying with Bilhah his father's concubine' as the profanation of good, for committing adultery means perverting or adulterating forms of good, 2466, 2729, 3399, but 'lying with a father's concubine' profaning them; and from the meaning of 'Israel heard' as the fact that this faith was cast aside. In the proper sense the expression 'Israel heard' means that the spiritual Church knew this and assented to it, for 'hearing' means hearkening, while 'Israel' means the spiritual Church. But the fact that the true Church does not assent to it will be evident from what is going to be said about Reuben. In the internal sense however the meaning is that that faith was cast aside, for although Jacob's feelings and thoughts concerning this unmentionable and outrageous deed are not stated, his utter disgust and abhorrence is evident from his prophecy concerning Reuben,

Reuben, you my firstborn, are my strength and the beginning of my might, excelling in eminence, and excelling in power. Unstable as water, may you not excel, for you went up to your father's bed; then you profaned It. He went up to my couch. Genesis 49:3-4.

The same is also evident from the fact that because of what he did Reuben was deprived of the birthright, 1 Chronicles 5:1. These considerations show that 'Israel heard' means that that faith was cast aside. As regards the birthright meaning the faith of the Church, see 352, 2435, 3325.

[2] The profanation of good by faith separated from charity takes place when people acknowledge and believe the truth of the Church and its good and yet lead lives contrary to these. Indeed with those who in understanding and consequently in life separate matters of faith from those of charity, evil is joined to truth and falsity to good; and it is this joining together that is called profanation. The situation is different with those who, though they know what the truth and good of faith are, nevertheless do not in their hearts have any belief in these. See what has been stated and shown already concerning profanation in 301-303, 571, 582, 593, 1001, 1003, 1008, 1010, 1059, 1327, 1328, 2051, 2426, 3398, 3399, 3402, 3489, 3898, 4050, 4289; also that the profanation of good by faith separated from charity was represented by Cain when he killed Abel, by Ham when he was cursed by his father, and by the Egyptians when they were drowned in the Red Sea, 3325, 1 as well as here by Reuben, 3325, 3870.

[3] In order that members of the spiritual Church might be saved the Lord miraculously separated the understanding part of their minds from the will part and imparted to the understanding the ability to accept a new will, 863, 875, 895, 927, 928, 1023, 1043, 1044, 2256, 4328, 4493. When therefore the understanding takes hold of and perceives the [truth and] good of faith and makes these its own, and yet the person's own will - that is, his will to do evil - reigns and rules, truth comes to be joined to evil and good to falsity. This joining of truth to evil and of good to falsity is profanation and is meant by eating and drinking in an unworthy manner in the Holy Supper. From people like this the good meant by the body and the truth meant by the blood [cannot] be separated; for when these have been joined to falsity and evil as described, they cannot be separated ever at all, and as a consequence the deepest hell awaits those persons. But those who know what the truth and good of faith are and yet in their hearts have no belief in them, as is the case with the vast majority of people at the present day, are unable to profane them because the understanding does not accept them and absorb them into itself.

[4] The subject here is the casting aside of this faith, for in what follows immediately after this the subject is truths and goods in their genuine order, and immediately after that the joining of these to the rational or understanding part, 'the sons of Jacob' who in the verses immediately after this are mentioned by name being truths and goods in that order, 'Isaac' the rational or understanding part, and 'Jacob's coming with his sons to Isaac' being in the internal sense that joining to the understanding part.

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13325 refers to the death of the firstborn but not to the drowning in the Red Sea.

  
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