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Иеремия 48

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1 О Моаве так говорит Господь Саваоф, Бог Израилев: горе Нево! он опустошен; Кариафаим посрамлен и взят; Мизгав посрамлен и сокрушен.

2 Нет более славы Моава; в Есевоне замышляют против него зло: „пойдем, истребим его из числа народов". И ты, Мадмена, погибнешь; меч следует за тобою.

3 Слышен вопль от Оронаима, опустошение и разрушение великое.

4 Сокрушен Моав; вопль подняли дети его.

5 На восхождении в Лухит плач за плачем поднимается; и на спуске с Оронаима неприятель слышит вопль о разорении.

6 Бегите, спасайте жизнь свою, и будьте подобны обнаженному дереву в пустыне.

7 Так как ты надеялся на дела твои и на сокровища твои, то и ты будешь взят, и Хамос пойдет в плен вместе со своими священниками и своими князьями.

8 И придет опустошитель на всякий город, и город не уцелеет; и погибнет долина, и опустеет равнина, как сказал Господь.

9 Дайте крылья Моаву, чтобы он мог улететь; города его будут пустынею, потому что некому будет жить в них.

10 Проклят, кто дело Господне делает небрежно, и проклят, кто удерживает меч Его от крови!

11 Моав от юности своей был в покое, сидел на дрожжах своих и не был переливаем из сосуда с сосуд, и вплен не ходил; от того оставался в нем вкус его, и запах его не изменялся.

12 Посему вот, приходят дни, говорит Господь, когда Я пришлю к немупереливателей, которые перельют его и опорожнят сосуды его, и разобьюткувшины его.

13 И постыжен будет Моав ради Хамоса, как дом Израилев постыжен был ради Вефиля, надежды своей.

14 Как вы говорите: „мы люди храбрые и крепкие для войны"?

15 Опустошен Моав, и города его горят, и отборные юноши его пошли на заклание, говорит Царь, – Господь Саваоф имя Его.

16 Близка погибель Моава, и сильно спешит бедствие его.

17 Пожалейте о нем все соседи его и все, знающие имя его, скажите: „каксокрушен жезл силы, посох славы!"

18 Сойди с высоты величия и сиди в жажде, дочь – обитательница Дивона, ибо опустошитель Моава придет к тебе и разорит укрепления твои.

19 Стань у дороги и смотри, обитательница Ароера, спрашивай бегущего и спасающегося: „что сделалось?"

20 Посрамлен Моав, ибо сокрушен; рыдайте и вопите, объявите в Арноне, что опустошен Моав.

21 И суд пришел на равнины, на Халон и на Иаацу, и на Мофаф,

22 и на Дивон и на Нево, и на Бет-Дивлафаим,

23 и на Кариафаим и на Бет-Гамул, и на Бет-Маон,

24 и на Кериоф, и на Восор, и на все города земли Моавитской, дальние и ближние.

25 Отсечен рог Моава, и мышца его сокрушена, говорит Господь.

26 Напойте его пьяным, ибо он вознесся против Господа;и пусть Моав валяется в блевотине своей, и сам будет посмеянием.

27 Не был ли в посмеянии у тебя Израиль? разве он между ворами был пойман, что ты, бывало, лишь только заговоришь о нем, качаешь головою?

28 Оставьте города и живите на скалах, жители Моава, и будьте как голуби, которые делают гнезда во входе в пещеру.

29 Слыхали мы о гордости Моава, гордости чрезмерной, о его высокомерии и его надменности, и кичливости его и превозношении сердца его.

30 Знаю Я дерзость его, говорит Господь, но это ненадежно; пустые слова его: не так сделают.

31 Поэтому буду рыдать о Моаве и вопить о всем Моаве; будут воздыхать о мужах Кирхареса.

32 Буду плакать о тебе, виноградник Севамский, плачемИазера; отрасли твои простирались за море, достигали до озера Иазера; опустошитель напал на летние плоды твои и на зрелыйвиноград.

33 Радость и веселье отнято от Кармила и от земли Моава. Я положу конец вину в точилах; не будут более топтать в них с песнями; крик брани будет, а не крик радости.

34 От вопля Есевона до Елеалы и до Иаацы они поднимут голос свой от Сигора до Оронаима, до третьей Эглы, ибо и воды Нимрима иссякнут.

35 Истреблю у Моава, говорит Господь, приносящихжертвы на высотах и кадящих богам его.

36 От того сердце мое стонет о Моаве, как свирель; о жителях Кирхареса стонет сердце мое, как свирель, ибо богатства, ими приобретенные, погибли:

37 у каждого голова гола и у каждого борода умалена; у всех на руках царапины и начреслах вретище.

38 На всех кровлях Моава и на улицах его общий плач, ибо Я сокрушил Моава, как непотребный сосуд, говорит Господь.

39 „Как сокрушен он!" будут говорить рыдая; „как Моав покрылся стыдом, обратив тыл!". И будет Моав посмеянием и ужасом для всех окружающих его,

40 ибо так говорит Господь: вот, как орел, налетит он и распростреткрылья свои над Моавом.

41 Города будут взяты, и крепости завоеваны, и сердце храбрых Моавитян будет в тот день, как сердце женщины, мучимой родами.

42 И истреблен будет Моав из числа народов, потому что он восстал против Господа.

43 Ужас и яма и петля – для тебя, житель Моава, сказал Господь.

44 Кто убежит от ужаса, упадет в яму; а кто выйдет из ямы, попадет в петлю, ибо Я наведу на него, на Моава, годину посещения их, говорит Господь.

45 Под тенью Есевона остановились бегущие, обессилев; но огонь вышел из Есевона и пламя из среды Сигона, и пожрет бок Моава и темя сыновей мятежных.

46 Горе тебе, Моав! погиб народ Хамоса, ибо сыновья твои взяты в плен, и дочери твои – в пленение.

47 Но в последние дни возвращу плен Моава, говорит Господь. Доселе суд на Моава.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 8581

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8581. 'behold, I [will be] standing before you there on the rock in Horeb' means the Lord in respect of the truths of faith. This is clear from the meaning of 'the rock' as faith, in this instance faith received from the Lord, or the Lord in respect of faith, for Jehovah - that is, the Lord - says 'Behold, I [will be] standing on the rock'; and from the meaning of 'Horeb' as God's law. Consequently the words used here mean the Lord in respect of the truths of faith, which come from His law or the Word. The fact that 'the rock' means the Lord in respect of faith, and on man's side the faith he receives from the Lord, is clear from very many places in the Word, as in Moses,

Ascribe 1 greatness to our God, the Rock, whose work is perfect. He caused him to ride on 2 the heights of the land, and fed him with the produce of the fields; He caused him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock. But when Jeshurun became fat he kicked; he forsook God who made Him, and despised the Rock of his salvation. You have been unmindful of 3 the Rock who begot you, and have forgotten the God who formed you. Their Rock sold them, and Jehovah shut them up. For their rock is not like our Rock. When it is said, Where are their gods, the rock in which they trusted? ... Deuteronomy 32:3-4, 13, 15, 18, 30-31, 37.

From these verses it is evident that Jehovah, that is, the Lord, is the One who is called 'the Rock'. The fact that 'the Rock' is Jehovah or the Lord in respect of faith is made plain by every detail there in the internal sense.

[2] In Daniel,

You were watching, until a stone was cut out, not by means of hands; and it struck the statue on its feet, which were iron and clay, and smashed them to pieces. Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold together were smashed to pieces, and became like chaff from the summer threshing-floors; so that the wind carried them away, and no place was found for them. But the stone that struck the statue became a great rock and filled the whole earth. The God of heaven will cause a kingdom to arise that will never be destroyed, and also His kingdom will not be left to other people; it will crush and consume all those kingdoms, but will itself stand for ever. Inasmuch as you saw that the stone was cut out of the rock, not by means of hands, and it smashed the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold... Daniel 2:34-35, 44-45.

The subject here is the Lord and His kingdom, 'a stone' being used to mean faith, and 'a rock' the Lord in respect of faith. The fact that these things are meant by 'a stone' and 'a rock' is evident to anyone who gives thought to the matter. 'A stone' also means in the Word the truth that composes faith, see 643, 1298, 3720, 3769, 3771, 3773, 3789, 3798, 6426; therefore also the Lord in respect of Divine Truth is called 'the stone of Israel', 6426. The reason why 'a rock' means the Lord in respect of the truth of faith is that 'a rock' is also used to mean a fortress that withstands falsities. The actual fortress is the truth of faith, for this is what the battle against both falsities and evils is waged from.

[3] All this also makes it clear that in the following words in Matthew which the Lord addressed to Peter 'rock' is used to mean the Lord in respect of faith, and also faith received from the Lord,

I tell you, You Are Peter, and on this rock I will build My Church, and the gates of hell will not prevail against it. And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Matthew 16:18-19.

As regards 'rock' here, that it means the Lord in respect of faith, and faith received from the Lord, and that 'Peter' represents that faith, see Preface to Genesis 22, and also 3750, 4738, 6000, 6073 (end), 6344 (end). It is also evident to anyone who thinks properly that the power to open heaven and close hell for the good, and to open hell and close heaven for the wicked, is the Lord's alone, and that the reason why such power accompanies faith is that faith comes from the Lord, and so likewise is the Lord's; that is, the Lord Himself is within faith. All power in the next life too comes through the truth of faith springing from good, 4931, 6344, 6423, 8200, 8304. One who thinks properly may also conclude that the Lord's Church has not been built on some person, thus not on Peter, but on the Lord Himself, that is, on faith in Him.

[4] From all this one can see what kind of errors they are, and how great, which those people slip into who adhere strictly to the sense of the letter of the Word. One can see why leaders of the Church are all too ready to seize on the idea that such power was given to Peter and consequently to those who call themselves his successors, for that idea lends support to what is in their heart. One can see how difficult it is for them to let themselves be convinced that this passage has any other meaning, for each wishes to gain supreme power. All this also shows how vital it is to know what 'rock', 'the keys', 'the gates of hell', and very many other things mean in the internal sense.

[5] The fact that Jehovah is called 'the Rock', and that when He is called this the Lord in respect of faith is meant, many other places in the Word also go to prove, such as the following, which will be quoted without further explanation. In Isaiah,

Send the lamb of the ruler of the land from the Rock towards the wilderness, to the mountain [of the daughter] of Zion. Isaiah 16:1.

In the same prophet,

You have forgotten [the God] of your salvation, and have not called to mind the Rock of your refuge. Isaiah 17:10.

In the same prophet,

Asshur will fall by the sword, not of man (vir). Also his rock will pass away by reason of terror. Isaiah 31:8-9.

In the same prophet,

Let the inhabitants of the Rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains. Isaiah 42:11.

In the same prophet,

Pay attention to Me, you who are pursuing righteousness, who are seeking Jehovah. Look to the Rock from which you were hewn. Isaiah 51:1.

In Jeremiah,

Leave the cities and dwell in the Rock, O inhabitants of Moab. Jeremiah 48:28.

In the same prophet,

I am against you, O destroying mountain, destroying the whole earth. And I will stretch out My hand against you, and roll you down from the rocks, and make you into a mountain of burning. Nor will they take from you a stone for a corner, or a stone for foundations. Jeremiah 51:25-26.

This refers to Babel. In David,

He caused me to come up out of the pit of devastation, out of the muddy clay, and He set my feet upon a rock. Psalms 40:2.

In the same author,

From the end of the earth I cry to You, when my heart fails; You lead me to the Rock high up from me. Psalms 61:2.

In the same author,

I fed them with the fat of wheat, and with honey out of the rock I satisfied them. Psalms 81:16.

[6] Since 'a rock' meant the Lord in respect of faith, and faith received from the Lord, also the wondrous things spoken of in the Book of Judges took place on a rock,

The Angel of Jehovah told Gideon to take the flesh and unleavened bread and peace them on the rock, and pour out the broth. And fire went up from the rock and consumed the flesh and unleavened bread. Judges 6:20-21.

And elsewhere in the same book,

Manoah, Samson's father, took the kid of the she-goats and offered it on the rock. Then the Angel acted in a wondrous manner and ascended in the flame. Judges 13:19-20.

What meaning these things had becomes clear if what 'Gideon' and what 'Manoah, Samson's father' represented is discovered from the internal sense, also what was meant by 'the flesh and unleavened bread' and 'the broth', 'the kid of the she-goats' as well, and 'the fire'. For every single one of these was representative and had a spiritual meaning.

[7] Knowing that 'the Rock' means faith may lead also to an understanding of the reference to Moses' being pieced in the cleft of the rock when he was to see Jehovah, Exodus 33:20-23; for 'the cleft of the rock' means obscurity of faith. It is well known in the Churches that the rock in Horeb from which the water came out means the Lord; but now it has been shown that it means the Lord in respect of faith, and also that it means faith received from the Lord. A meaning similar to that which 'the rock in Horeb' possesses is also meant in the following words in Isaiah,

Say, Jehovah has redeemed His servant Jacob. At that time they will not thirst; in waste places He will lead them. He will make water flow for them from the rock, when He cleaves the rock so that water flows out. Isaiah 48:20-21.

The reason why the people were given the water from no other rock than the one in Horeb is that 'Horeb' means God's law; and the reason why God's law is meant by 'Horeb' is that the law was proclaimed from there. And faith which is received from the Lord is acquired from God's law, that is, from the Word; for through the Word the Lord teaches what faith is and also imparts faith.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. The Latin means literally I will give but the Hebrew means Give.

2. Reading equitare (to ride on) for evigilare (to arouse)

3. literally, You have given to forgetfulness

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 6073

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6073. 'What are your works?' means regarding duties and services. This is clear from the meaning of 'works' as forms of good, dealt with in 6048, thus useful services and duties, for these are forms of good. Every good that is called a good of charity consists in nothing other than useful service, and useful services are nothing other than works done for one's neighbour, country, Church, and the Lord's kingdom. Regarded essentially charity does not actually become charity until it passes into action and becomes a work; for loving someone but not doing anything good for him when the possibility exists is not really loving him. Doing good for him when the possibility exists, and doing it with all one's heart, is loving him; for then the actual deed or work contains all that constitutes charity towards him. For works embrace every aspect of charity and faith present with a person and are called forms of spiritual good, made such through the exercise of charity, that is, through useful services.

[2] Because the angels in heaven are governed by good received from the Lord, they have no greater desire than to perform useful services. These are the very delights of their life, and in the measure that they perform useful services they enjoy blessing and happiness, 453, 696, 997, 3645.

This is also the Lord's teaching in Matthew,

The Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father together with His angels, and at that time He will repay everyone according to his works. Matthew 16:17.

'Works' is not used here to mean works such as they are in outward appearance but such as they appear inwardly - that is to say, what kind of charity they hold within them. Angels do not look on works in any other way.

[3] Furthermore, since works are a combination of every aspect of charity and faith present with a person, and since life causes charity to be charity and faith to be faith, and so to be good, John was loved more than the other disciples by the Lord and leaned on His breast at the Last Supper, John 21:20. For that disciple represented the good deeds or works of charity, see the Prefaces to Genesis 18, 22. For the same reason the Lord said to him Follow Me; He did not say it to Peter, 1 who represented faith, see those same Prefaces, and this led faith, which is Peter, to be indignant and say,

Lord, but what about this man? Jesus said to Him, If I will that he remain until I come, what is that to you? You, follow Me. John 21:19, 11-23.

This was also a prediction that faith would come to despise works, even though the Lord associates Himself with them, as may also be seen quite clearly from the Lord's words addressed to the sheep and the goats at Matthew 25, where nothing else than works are listed in Verses Matthew 25:34-46. The fact that faith would disown the Lord is evident from the representation by Peter in his denial of Him three times, [Matthew 26:34.] His denial 'at night' means the final period of the Church when no charity would exist any longer, 6000; his denial 'three times' means that at that point the final period would be complete, 1825, 2788, 4495, 5159; and 'before the cock crowed' means before a new phase of the Church had arrived, for twilight and morning which follow night mean the first phase of a Church, 2405, 5962.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. The words "Follow Me" at John 21:22 were clearly addressed to Peter. What Swedenborg intended to say is not clear to the translator.

  
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