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1 A sedme godine, petog meseca, dana desetog, dođoše neki od starešina Izrailjevih da upitaju Gospoda, i sedoše preda mnom.

2 I dođe mi reč Gospodnja govoreći:

3 Sine čovečji, kaži starešinama Izrailjevim i reci im: Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Dođoste li da me pitate? Tako ja živ bio, nećete me pitati, govori Gospod Gospod.

4 Hoćeš li da im sudiš? Hoćeš li da im sudiš? Sine čovečji. Pokaži im gadove otaca njihovih.

5 I reci im: Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Kog dana izabrah Izrailja i podigoh ruku svoju semenu doma Jakovljevog, i pokazah im se u zemlji misirskoj, i podigoh im ruku svoju govoreći: Ja sam Gospod Bog vaš;

6 Onog dana podigoh im ruku svoju da ću ih odvesti iz zemlje misirske u zemlju koju sam pronašao za njih, gde teče mleko i med, koja je dika svim zemljama.

7 I rekoh im: Odbacite svaki gadove ispred svojih očiju, i nemojte se skvrniti o gadne bogove misirske, ja sam Gospod Bog vaš.

8 Ali se odvrgoše od mene, i ne hteše me poslušati, nijedan ih ne odbaci gadova ispred očiju svojih, i gadnih bogova misirskih ne ostaviše; zato rekoh da ću izliti jarost svoju na njih da izvršim gnev svoj na njima usred zemlje misirske.

9 Ali imena svog radi, da se ne oskvrni pred onim narodima među kojima behu, pred kojima im se pokazah, učinih da ih izvedem iz zemlje misirske.

10 I izvedoh ih iz zemlje misirske, i dovedoh ih u pustinju.

11 I dadoh im uredbe svoje, i objavih im zakone svoje, koje ko vrši, živ će biti kroz njih.

12 I subote svoje dadoh im da su znak između mene i njih da bi znali da sam ja Gospod koji ih posvećujem.

13 Ali se odvrže od mene dom Izrailjev u pustinji; ne hodiše po mojim uredbama, i zakone moje odbaciše, koje ko vrši živi kroz njih, i subote moje grdno oskvrniše; zato rekoh da ću izliti gnev svoj na njih u pustinji da ih istrebim.

14 Ali učinih, imena svog radi, da se ne oskvrni pred narodima pred kojima ih izvedoh.

15 I ja im još podigoh ruku svoju u pustinji da ih neću odvesti u zemlju koju im dadoh, gde teče mleko i med, koja je dika svim zemljama;

16 Jer odbaciše moje zakone i po uredbama mojim ne hodiše, i subote moje oskvrniše, jer srce njihovo iđaše za gadnim bogovima njihovim.

17 Ali ih požali oko moje, te ih ne istrebih, i ne zatrh ih u pustinji.

18 Nego rekoh sinovima njihovim u pustinji: Ne idite po uredbama otaca svojih i ne držite njihove zakone, i ne skvrnite se gadnim bogovima njihovim.

19 Ja sam Gospod Bog vaš, po mojim uredbama hodite, i moje zakone držite i izvršujte;

20 I subote moje svetkujte da su znak između mene i vas, da znate da sam ja Gospod Bog vaš.

21 Ali se odvrgoše od mene i sinovi, ne hodiše po mojim uredbama, i zakone moje ne držaše da ih izvršuju, koje ko vrši živi kroz njih; subote moje oskvrniše; zato rekoh da ću izliti jarost svoju na njih i navršiti gnev svoj na njima u pustinji.

22 Ali povratih ruku svoju i učinih imena svog radi da se ne oskvrni pred narodima pred kojima ih izvedoh.

23 I ja im još podigoh ruku svoju u pustinji da ću ih rasejati po narodima i razasuti po zemljama.

24 Jer zakone moje ne izvršavaše i uredbe moje odbaciše i subote moje oskvrniše, i oči im gledahu za gadnim bogovima otaca njihovih.

25 Zato im i ja dadoh uredbe ne dobre i zakone kroz koje neće živeti.

26 I oskvrnih ih darovima njihovim što propuštahu kroz oganj sve što otvori matericu, da ih potrem, da poznadu da sam ja Gospod.

27 Zato govori domu Izrailjevom, sine čovečji, i kaži im: Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Još me i ovim ružiše oci vaši čineći mi bezakonje:

28 Kad ih odvedoh u zemlju, za koju podigoh ruku svoju da ću im je dati, gde god videše visok hum i drvo granato, onde prinosiše svoje žrtve i stavljaše svoje dare, kojima dražahu, i metaše mirise svoje ugodne, i onde liše nalive svoje.

29 I rekoh im: Šta je visina, na koju idete? I opet se zove visina do danas.

30 Zato reci domu Izrailjevom: Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Ne skvrnite li se na putu otaca svojih? I za gadovima njihovim ne kurvate li se?

31 I prinoseći dare svoje, provodeći sinove svoje kroz oganj ne skvrnite li se o sve gadne bogove svoje do danas, i mene li ćete pitati, dome Izrailjev? Tako ja živ bio, govori Gospod Gospod, nećete me pitati.

32 A šta mislite, neće biti nikako, što govorite: Bićemo kao narodi, kao plemena po zemljama, služeći drvetu i kamenu.

33 Tako ja bio živ, govori Gospod Gospod, rukom krepkom i mišicom podignutom i izlivenim gnevom carovaću nad vama.

34 I izvešću vas iz naroda, i sabraću vas iz zemalja po kojima ste rasejani, rukom krepkom i mišicom podignutom i izlivenim gnevom.

35 I odvešću vas u pustinju tih naroda, i onde ću se suditi s vama licem k licu.

36 Kako sam se sudio s ocima vašim u pustinji zemlje misirske, tako ću se suditi s vama, govori Gospod Gospod.

37 I propustiću vas ispod štapa i dovesti vas u sveze zavetne.

38 I odlučiću između vas odmetnike i koji odustaju mene; izvešću ih iz zemlje gde su došljaci, ali neće ući u zemlju Izrailjevu, i poznaćete da sam ja Gospod.

39 Vi, dakle, dome Izrailjev, ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Idite, služite svaki gadnim bogovima svojim i u napredak, kad nećete da me slušate; ali imena mog svetog ne skvrnite više darovima svojim i gadnim bogovima svojim.

40 Jer na mojoj gori svetoj, na visokoj gori Izrailjevoj, govori Gospod Gospod, onde će mi služiti sav dom Izrailjev, koliko ih god bude u zemlji, onde će mi biti mili i onde ću iskati prinose vaše i prvine od darova vaših sa svim svetim stvarima vašim.

41 Mili ćete mi biti s ugodnim mirisom, kad vas izvedem iz naroda i saberem vas iz zemalja u koje ste rasejani; i biću posvećen u vama pred narodima.

42 I poznaćete da sam ja Gospod kad vas dovedem u zemlju Izrailjevu, u zemlju za koju podigoh ruku svoju da ću je dati ocima vašim.

43 I onde ćete se opomenuti puteva svojih i svih dela svojih, kojima se oskvrniste, i sami ćete sebi biti mrski za sva zla svoja koja činiste.

44 I poznaćete da sam ja Gospod kad vam učinim radi imena svog; ne po vašim zlim putevima niti po opakim delima vašim, dome Izrailjev, govori Gospod Gospod.

   

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2184. That 'butter' is the celestial part of the rational, 'milk' the spiritual deriving from this, and 'the young bull' the corresponding natural part, is clear from the meaning of 'butter', and of 'milk', and also of 'a young bull'. As regards 'butter', this in the Word means that which is celestial, and this because of the fat present in butter; for 'fat' means that which is celestial, as shown in Volume One, in 353, and 'oil', being fat, means the celestial itself, in 886. That 'butter' has the same meaning becomes clear in Isaiah,

Behold, a virgin is bearing a son, and will call His name Immanuel. Butter and honey will he eat that he may know to refuse the evil and choose the good. Isaiah 7:14-15.

This refers to the Lord, who is Immanuel; and anyone may see that butter is not meant by 'butter', nor honey by 'honey'. But by 'butter' is meant His celestial, and by 'honey' that which is derived from that celestial.

[2] In the same chapter,

And it will be, because of the abundance of milk which they give, that he will eat butter, for butter and honey will everyone eat that is left in the midst of the land. Isaiah 7:22.

This refers to the Lord's kingdom, and to those on earth who are members of the Lord's kingdom. 'Milk' here stands for spiritual good, 'butter' for celestial good, and 'honey' for the happiness derived from this.

[3] In Moses,

Jehovah alone leads him, and there is no foreign god with him. He causes him to ride on the heights of the land, and He feeds [him] with the produce of the fields, and He causes him to suck honey out of the rock and oil out of the flinty rock - butter from the herd, and milk from the flock, with the fat of lambs and of rams, the breed 1 of Bashan, and of goats, with the kidney-fat of wheat; and of the blood of the grape you will drink unmixed wine. Deuteronomy 32:12-14.

No one is able to understand what all these things mean unless he knows the internal sense of each one. It seems like a pile of expressions such as belong to the oratory employed by the wise men of the world. But yet each expression means that which is celestial and that which is spiritual going with it, and also the blessing and happiness which flow from these, and all of them in a co-ordinated sequence. 'Butter from the herd' is the celestial-natural, 'milk from the flock' the celestial-spiritual of the rational.

[4] As regards 'milk' however, this means, as has been stated, that which is spiritual derived from that which is celestial, that is, the celestial-spiritual. What the celestial-spiritual is, see Volume One, in 1577, 1824, and in various other places. The reason 'milk' means that which is spiritual derived from that which is celestial is that 'water' means that which is spiritual, 680, 739, while milk, because of the fat in it, means the celestial-spiritual; or (what amounts to the same) truth rooted in good; or (also amounting to the same) faith grounded in love or charity; or (yet the same) the understanding part of the good present in the will; or (likewise amounting to the same) the affection for truth that has the affection for good within it; or (still yet the same) the affection for cognitions and facts that springs from the affection that belongs to charity towards the neighbour, such as exists with those who love the neighbour and confirm themselves in this love from the cognitions of faith and also from factual knowledge, which they love because they love the neighbour. All these are the same as the celestial-spiritual, and may be used in reference to any particular matter under discussion.

[5] That the celestial-spiritual is meant is also evident from the Word, as in Isaiah,

Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters, and he who has no money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend money on that which is not bread? Isaiah 55:1-2.

Here 'wine' stands for the spiritual element of faith, 'milk' for the spiritual element of love. In Moses,

He washes his garment in wine and his vesture in the blood of grapes. His eyes are redder than wine, and his teeth are whiter than milk. Genesis 49:11-12.

This is the prophecy of Jacob, who by now was Israel, regarding Judah - 'Judah' being used here to describe the Lord. By 'teeth whiter than milk' is meant the celestial-spiritual which belonged to His Natural.

[6] In Joel,

It will be, on that day, that the mountains will drip new wine, and the hills will run with milk, and all the streams of Judah will run with water. Joel 3:18.

Here, where the subject is the Lord's kingdom, 'milk' stands for the celestial-spiritual. Also in the Word the land of Canaan, which represents and means the Lord's kingdom, is called 'a land flowing with milk and honey', as in Numbers 13:27; 14:8; Deuteronomy 26:9, 15; 27:3; Jeremiah 11:5; 32:22; Ezekiel 20:6, 15. In these places nothing else is meant by 'milk' than the abundance of celestial-spiritual things, and by 'honey' the abundant happiness derived from these. 'Land' is the celestial part itself of the kingdom from which they come.

[7] As regards 'a young bull' meaning the celestial-natural, this has been shown just above in 2180. The celestial-natural is the same as natural good, that is, good within the natural. Man's natural, like his rational, has its own good and its own truth, for then a marriage of good and truth exists everywhere, as stated above in 2173. The good that belongs to the natural is the delight which is perceived from charity, that is, from the friendship that is the product of charity; and from that delight springs the joy or satisfaction which belongs properly to the body. The truth of the natural consists in that factual knowledge which gives support to that delight. All this shows what the celestial-natural is.

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