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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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156. 6. Our spirits are our minds and whatever comes from them. Our "spirit" really means nothing else but our mind. Our mind is what lives on after death. It is then called a spirit. If it is good, it is called an angelic spirit and later on an angel. If it is evil, it is called a satanic spirit and later on a satan. For each one of us, our mind is our inner self, our true self. It lives inside our outer self that constitutes our body. When our body is cast aside, which death does for us, we are in a complete human form.

People are wrong, then, to believe that our mind exists only in our head. Our mind is present in our head only in its primary structures. Everything that we think with our intellect and do from our will first emanates from these primary structures. In the rest of our body, our mind is present in extensions of these primary structures that have been designed to allow us sensation and action. Because our mind is inwardly connected to the parts of our body, our mind supplies those parts with sensation and motion and also inspires awareness as if our body thought and acted on its own, although every wise person knows this is not how it is.

Now, because our spirit thinks with its intellect and acts with its will, and our body thinks and acts not on its own but with the help of our spirit, it follows that our "spirit" means our intelligence and our type of love, as well as whatever emanates from our love and intelligence and has an effect.

Many passages in the Word make clear that our "spirit" means the nature of our mind. When I quote only a few of these passages, anyone will be able to see that this is exactly what "spirit" means. The following are just a few of the many:

And Bezaleel was filled with the spirit of wisdom, intelligence, and knowledge. (Exodus 31:3)

Nebuchadnezzar said of Daniel that there was "an excellent spirit" of knowledge, intelligence, and wisdom in him (Daniel 5:12).

Joshua was filled with the spirit of wisdom. (Deuteronomy 34:9)

Make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. (Ezekiel 18:31)

Blessed are the poor in spirit, because the kingdom of the heavens consists of such people. (Matthew 5:3)

I live among people with a beaten and humble spirit so that I may revive the spirit of the lowly. (Isaiah 57:15)

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. (Psalms 51:17)

I will give a cloak of praise to replace a constricted spirit. (Isaiah 61:3)

And so on.

"Spirit" can also mean the nature of a corrupt and unjust mind, as the following passages make clear:

He spoke to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit. (Ezekiel 13:3)

Conceive garbage, give birth to stubble; in your spirit, fire will consume you. (Isaiah 33:11)

A man who is a wanderer in his spirit and who babbles a lie. (Micah 2:11)

A generation whose spirit was not steadfast with God. (Psalms 78:8)

A spirit of promiscuity. (Hosea 5:4; 4:12)

To melt every heart and constrict every spirit. (Ezekiel 21:7)

What has come up in your spirit will never be done. (Ezekiel 20:32)

Provided there is no guile in their spirit. (Psalms 32:2)

The spirit of Pharaoh was disturbed. (Genesis 41:8)

Likewise the spirit of Nebuchadnezzar (Daniel 2:3). These and many other passages make it obvious that our "spirit" means our mind and its characteristics.

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