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1 Opet mi dođe reč Gospodnja govoreći:

2 Sine čovečji, prorokuj protiv proroka Izrailjevih koji prorokuju, i reci tim koji prorokuju iz svog srca: Čujte reč Gospodnju.

3 Ovako govori Gospod Gospod: Teško ludim prorocima koji idu za svojim duhom, a ništa nisu videli.

4 Proroci su tvoji, Izrailju, kao lisice po pustinjama.

5 Ne izlazite na prolome i ne ograđujete dom Izrailjev da bi se održao u boju u dan Gospodnji.

6 Vide taštinu i gatanje lažno, pa govore: Gospod kaže, a Gospod ih nije poslao, i daju nadu da će se reč ispuniti.

7 Ne viđate li taštu utvaru i ne govorite li lažno gatanje? A opet kažete: Gospod reče; a ja ne rekoh.

8 Zato ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Zato što govorite taštinu i vidite laž, za to evo mene na vas, govori Gospod Gospod.

9 I ruka će moja biti protiv proroka koji vide taštinu i gataju laž; neće ih biti u zboru naroda mog, i u prepisu doma Izrailjevog neće biti zapisani, niti će doći u zemlju Izrailjevu; i poznaćete da sam ja Gospod Gospod.

10 Zato, zato što prelastiše narod moj govoreći: Mir je, a mira ne beše; i jedan ozida zid, a drugi ga namazaše krečem nevaljalim;

11 Reci onim što mažu nevaljalim krečem da će pasti; doći će silan dažd, i vi, kamenje velikog grada, pašćete i oluja će razvaliti.

12 I gle, kad padne zid, neće li vam se reći: Gde je kreč kojim mazaste?

13 Zato ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Razvaliću olujom u gnevu svom, i silan će dažd doći u gnevu mom, i kamenje velikog grada u jarosti mojoj da potre.

14 I razvaliću zid koji namazaste nevaljalim krečem, i oboriću ga na zemlju da će mu se otkriti temelj, i pašće, i vi ćete izginuti usred njega, i poznaćete da sam ja Gospod.

15 I tako ću navršiti gnev svoj na zidu i na onima koji ga mažu krečem nevaljalim, i reći ću vam: Nema zida, niti onih koji ga mazaše,

16 Proroka Izrailjevih koji prorokuju Jerusalimu i vide mu utvare za mir, a mira nema, govori Gospod Gospod.

17 A ti, sine čovečji, okreni lice svoje prema kćerima naroda svog, koje prorokuju iz svog srca, i prorokuj protiv njih.

18 I reci: Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: teško onima koje šiju uzglavlja pod sve laktove i grade pokrivala na glavu svakog rasta da love duše. Lovite duše mog naroda, a svoje li ćete duše sačuvati?

19 I skvrnite me kod naroda mog za grst ječma i za zalogaj hleba ubijajući duše, koje ne bi trebalo da umru, i čuvajući u životu duše koje ne treba da žive, lažući narodu mom, koji sluša laž.

20 Zato ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Evo mene na vaša uzglavlja, na koja lovite duše da vam doleću, i poderaću ih ispod lakata vaših, i pustiću duše koje lovite da vam doleću.

21 I poderaću pokrivala vaša i izbaviću svoj narod iz vaših ruku, i neće više biti u vašim rukama da vam budu lov, i poznaćete da sam ja Gospod.

22 Jer žalostiste lažju srce pravedniku, kog ja ne ožalostih, i krepiste ruke bezbožniku da se ne vrati sa svog zlog puta da se sačuva u životu.

23 Zato nećete viđati taštine i nećete više gatati, nego ću izbaviti narod svoj iz vaših ruku, i poznaćete da sam ja Gospod.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 48

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48. And His eyes like a flame of fire. This symbolizes the Divine wisdom accompanying Divine love.

Eyes in the Word mean the intellect, and the sight of the eyes, therefore, intelligence. Consequently, when said in reference to the Lord, they mean Divine wisdom. A flame of fire, moreover, symbolizes spiritual love, which is charity, and consequently, when said in reference to the Lord, it means Divine love. So now, the statement that His eyes were like a flame of fire symbolizes the Divine wisdom accompanying Divine love.

That the eye symbolizes the intellect is because they correspond. For as the eye sees as a result of natural light, so the intellect sees as a result of spiritual light. Consequently seeing is predicated of both.

That the eye in the Word symbolizes the intellect is apparent from the following passages:

Bring out the blind people who have eyes, and the deaf who have ears. (Isaiah 43:8)

In that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book, and out of darkness... the eyes of the blind shall see. (Isaiah 29:18)

Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf... (Isaiah 35:5)

...I will give You... as a light to the Gentiles, to open the eyes of the blind... (Isaiah 42:6-7)

The last is said of the Lord, who, when He comes, will open the intellect in people who are ignorant of the truth.

[2] That this is what is meant by opening the eyes is further apparent from the following passages:

Make the heart of this people fat..., and smear over their eyes, lest they see with their eyes... (Isaiah 6:10, John 12:40)

For Jehovah has poured out on you the spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes; the prophets and your leaders, the seers, He has covered. (Isaiah 29:10, cf. 30:10)

...who shuts his eyes so as not to see evil. (Isaiah 33:15)

Hear this..., O foolish people..., who have eyes and see not... (Jeremiah 5:21)

(The punishment of) the shepherd, who deserts the flock: a sword shall be... against his right eye..., and his right eye shall be totally darkened. (Zechariah 11:17)

...the plague with which Jehovah will strike all the peoples who fought against Jerusalem: ...their eyes shall waste away in their sockets... (Zechariah 14:12)

...I will strike every horse with stupor, and... every horse of the peoples with blindness. (Zechariah 12:4)

A horse in the spiritual sense is an understanding of the Word (no. 298).

...hear me, Jehovah my God; enlighten my eyes, lest (perchance) I sleep the sleep of death. (Psalms 13:3)

Everyone sees that eyes in these places symbolize the intellect.

[3] It is apparent from this what the Lord meant by the eye in the following places:

The lamp of the body is the eye. If... your eye is whole, your entire body will be full of light. If... your eye is bad, your entire body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness! (Matthew 6:22-23, cf. Luke 11:34)

If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is better for you... to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire. (Matthew 5:29; 18:9)

The eye in these places does not mean an eye, but an understanding of truth.

Since the eye symbolizes an understanding of truth, it was therefore one of the statutes among the children of Israel that a blind man of the posterity of Aaron or one blurry-eyed not approach to offer a sacrifice, nor enter within the veil (Leviticus 21:18, 20, 23), and that nothing blind be offered as a sacrifice (Leviticus 22:22, Malachi 1:8).

[4] It is apparent from this what an eye means when said in reference to a person. It follows then that when said in reference to the Lord, it means His Divine wisdom, and also His omniscience and providence, as in the following passages:

Open Your eyes, Jehovah, and see. (Isaiah 37:17)

I will set My eye on them for good, and... I will build them... (Jeremiah 24:6)

Behold, the eye of Jehovah is on those who fear Him... (Psalms 33:18)

Jehovah is in His holy temple...; His eyes behold, (and) His eyelids test the children of man. (Psalms 11:4)

Inasmuch as cherubim symbolize the Lord's protection and providence to keep the spiritual meaning of the Word from being harmed, therefore it is said of the four living creatures - which were cherubim - that they were full of eyes in front and in back, and that their wings were likewise full of eyes (Revelation 4:6, 8). And it is also said that the wheels on which the cherubim rode were full of eyes all around (Ezekiel 10:12).

[5] "A flame of fire" means the Lord's Divine love, as will be seen in subsequent expositions where flame and fire are mentioned. And because it is said that His eyes were like a flame of fire, it symbolizes the Divine wisdom accompanying Divine love.

The concept that the Lord has in Him Divine love as a property of Divine wisdom, and Divine wisdom as a property of Divine love, thus a reciprocal union of the two, is an arcanum disclosed in Angelic Wisdom Regarding Divine Love and Wisdom, nos. 34-39 and elsewhere.

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.