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1 Potom dođoše k meni neki od starešina Izrailjevih i sedoše preda me.

2 I dođe mi reč Gospodnja govoreći:

3 Sine čovečji, ovi su ljudi stavili u srca svoja gadne bogove svoje, i metnuli su preda se o šta se spotiču na bezakonje svoje; traže li me doista?

4 Zato govori im i reci im: Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Ko je god od doma Izrailjevog stavio u srce svoje gadne bogove svoje i metnuo preda se o šta se spotiče na bezakonje svoje, pa dođe k proroku, ja Gospod odgovoriću mu kad dođe za mnoštvo gadnih bogova njegovih,

5 Da uhvatim dom Izrailjev za srce njihovo što su se odvratili od mene svi za gadnim bogovima svojim.

6 Zato reci domu Izrailjevom: Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Obratite se i odstupite od gadnih bogova svojih, odvratite lice svoje od svih gadova svojih.

7 Jer ko bi god od doma Izrailjevog ili od inostranaca koji žive u Izrailju odstupio od mene, i stavio u srce svoje gadne bogove svoje, i metnuo preda se o šta će se spoticati na bezakonje svoje, pa bi došao k proroku da me upita preko njega, njemu ću odgovoriti ja sam Gospod sobom.

8 I okrenuću lice svoje prema tom čoveku, i učiniću od njega znak i priču, i istrebiću ga iz naroda svog, te ćete poznati da sam ja Gospod.

9 I ako bi se prorok prevario, te rekao što, ja Gospod prevarih onog proroka, i dignuću ruku svoju na nj, i istrebiću ga iz naroda svog Izrailja.

10 I poneće obojica svoje bezakonje: kako je bezakonje onog koji pita tako će biti i prorokovo bezakonje,

11 Da više dom Izrailjev ne odstupa od mene i da se više ne skvrne svakojakim prestupima svojim, nego da mi budu narod, i ja da im budem Bog, govori Gospod Gospod.

12 Opet mi dođe reč Gospodnja govoreći:

13 Sine čovečji, ako mi koja zemlja zgreši učinivši neveru, i ja dignem ruku svoju na nju i slomim joj potporu u hlebu, i pustim na nju glad i istrebim u njoj ljude i stoku,

14 Ako bi u njoj bila ova tri čoveka: Noje, Danilo i Jov, oni će pravdom svojom izbaviti duše svoje, govori Gospod Gospod.

15 Ako pustim ljute zveri u zemlju, te pomore ljude, i ona opusti da niko ne može prolaziti od zverja;

16 Ako bi u njoj bila ta tri čoveka, tako ja živ bio, govori Gospod Gospod, neće izbaviti sinove ni kćeri, nego će se sami izbaviti, a zemlja će opusteti.

17 Ili ako mač pustim na tu zemlju, i kažem: Maču, prođi tu zemlju, da istrebim u njoj ljude i stoku;

18 Ako bi ta tri čoveka bila u njoj, tako ja bio živ, govori Gospod Gospod, neće izbaviti sinove ni kćeri, nego će se sami izbaviti.

19 Ili ako pustim pomor na zemlju i izlijem gnev svoj na nju da bi krv tekla da istrebim u njoj ljude i stoku;

20 Ako bi Noje, Danilo i Jov bili u njoj, tako ja živ bio, govori Gospod Gospod, neće izbaviti sina ni kćeri, nego će svoje duše izbaviti pravdom svojom.

21 Jer ovako veli Gospod Gospod: A kamo li kad pustim četiri ljuta zla svoja, mač i glad i zle zveri i pomor na Jerusalim, da istrebim u njemu ljude i stoku.

22 I opet, gle, nekoliko će ih ostati u njemu koji će se izbaviti, sinovi ili kćeri, oni će izaći k vama, i videćete put njihov i dela njihova, i utešićete se za zlo koje ću pustiti na Jerusalim, za sve što ću pustiti na nj.

23 I oni će vas utešiti kad vidite put njihov i dela njihova; i poznaćete da nisam bez uzroka učinio šta sam god učinio u njemu, govori Gospod Gospod.

   

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7523. 'And there will be on man and on beast' means the products of interior and exterior evil. This is clear from the meaning of 'man' as the affection for good, and in the contrary sense as the desire for evil; and 'beast' is similar in meaning. But when 'man' and 'beast' are mentioned together, 'man means interior affection or desire and 'beast' exterior; regarding both, see 7424. Interior good or else interior evil, which is meant by 'man', is that connected with intentions or ends in view, for intentions or ends in view are at a person's core, whereas exterior good or else exterior evil, which is meant by 'beast', is that connected with thought and consequently, if nothing stands in the way, with action. Exterior good is meant by 'beast' because a person is in respect of his external or natural man no different from a beast; for he is endowed with similar desires and also cravings, as well as appetites and senses. And interior good is meant by 'man because it is in respect of his internal or spiritual man that a person is a human being, on which internal level he is endowed with affections for what is good and true such as exist with the angels in heaven, and because he controls his natural or animal man, which is 'a beast', by means of that internal man. Regarding the meaning of 'beast' as the affection for good and in the contrary sense the desire for evil, see 45, 46, 142, 143, 246, 714, 715, 719, 776, 2179, 2180, 3218, 3519, 5198.

[2] These things are what are meant by 'man and beast' in the following places too: In Jeremiah,

My anger and My wrath have been poured out on this place, on man and on beast. Jeremiah 7:20

In the same prophet,

I will strike the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast; they will die of a great pestilence. Jeremiah 21:6.

In the same prophet,

It will make her land a desolation, so that none may dwell in it; both man and beast have scattered themselves, they have gone away. Jeremiah 50:3.

In Ezekiel,

When a land has sinned against Me by committing great transgression, I will cut off from it man and beast. Ezekiel 14:13, 19, 21.

In the same prophet,

I will stretch out My hand over Edom, and cut off from it man and beast, and make it a waste. Ezekiel 25:13.

In Zephaniah,

I will consume man and beast, I will consume the birds of the air and the fish of the sea, and the stumbling-blocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from the surface of the earth. Zephaniah 1:3.

[3] 'Man and beast' stands for interior and exterior good in the following places: In Jeremiah,

I have made the earth, man and beast, by My great strength. Jeremiah 27:5.

In the same prophet,

Behold, the days are coming, said Jehovah, in which I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and the seed of beast. Jeremiah 31:17.

In the same prophet,

A desolation will the earth be, so that man and beast are not there. Jeremiah 32:43.

In the same prophet,

In the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that have been devastated, there is no man and inhabitant, and there is no beast. Jeremiah 33:10; 51:62.

In David,

Your righteousness is like the mountains of God, Your judgements a great deep; You preserve man and beast, O Jehovah. Psalms 36:6.

It was because 'man and beast' meant such things that the firstborn of the Egyptians died, not only of men but also of beasts, Exodus 12:29, and that the firstborn were consecrated [to Jehovah], not only of men but also of beasts, Numbers 18:15, and also that the king of Nineveh, following sacred religious practice, commanded that not only man but also beast should fast and also be clothed in sackcloth, Jonah 3:7-8.

  
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