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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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Arcana Coelestia # 1178

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1178. 'He was mighty in hunting before Jehovah' means that he persuaded many people. This is clear from the fact that faith separated from charity is such, and also from the meaning of 'hunting' in the Word. Faith separated from charity is such that people are easily persuaded. The vast majority of mankind do not know what internal things are, but they do know what external are. The vast majority are also given to sensualism, low pleasures and desires, considering only themselves and the world, and are therefore easily captivated by that kind of religion. From the meaning of 'hunting': in the Word 'hunting' means in general persuading and in particular captivating people's minds, by pandering to the senses, low pleasures and desires, and by the use of matters of doctrine which in an arbitrary fashion they explain in a way that satisfies their own disposition and that of the other person. They do this for the selfish reason that they may be important in position and in wealth, and so by the use of persuasion.

[2] This is clear in Ezekiel,

Woe to those who sew little pillows on all the joints of My hands and make veils upon the head [of persons] of every stature to hunt souls! You hunt souls for My people, and you keep souls alive for yourselves; and you have desecrated Me among My people for handfuls of barley and for crusts of bread, to slay souls that will not die, and to keep alive souls that will not live, by lying to My people that listen to lies. behold, I am against your little pillows with which you there hunt the souls to make them fly away, and I will tear them from on your arms, and I will let the souls go that you hunt, souls to fly away; and I will tear off your veils and deliver My people out of your hand, and they will be no more in your hand to be hunted. Ezekiel 13:18-21.

These verses explain what 'hunting' means - a deceiving by means of persuasions and by means of cognitions which they pervert and explain to their own advantage, and at the same time according to the other person's disposition.

[3] In Micah,

The compassionate man has perished from the earth, and there is none upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; 1 they hunt every man his brother with a net. When they do evil with the hands instead of doing good, the prince asks for and gives judgement for the sake of a reward, and the great man utters the perversity of his soul; and they twist it around. Micah 7:2-3.

This in a similar way explains what 'hunting' means, namely lying in wait for the sake of self, that is, calling true that which is false, uttering perversity, and twisting things around, and in these ways persuading. In David,

A slanderer 2 will not be established in the land; as for the violent man, evil hunts him down, to overthrow him! Psalms 140:11.

This refers to wicked persons who persuade by means of falsities, think wickedly, and speak smoothly, with deceitful intent. 'Tongue' here stands for lying.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, bloods

2. literally, A man of tongue

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.