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Jezekilj 29

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1 Godine desete, desetog meseca, dvanaestog dana, dođe mi reč Gospodnja govoreći:

2 Sine čovečji, okreni lice svoje prema Faraonu caru misirskom, i prorokuj protiv njega i protiv svega Misira.

3 Govori i reci: Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: evo me na te, Faraone care misirski, zmaju veliki što ležiš usred reka svojih, koji reče: Moja je reka; ja sam je načinio sebi.

4 Zato ću ti metnuti u čeljusti udicu, i učiniću da se ribe u rekama tvojim nahvataju na krljušti tvoje; i izvući ću te iz reka tvojih i sve ribe iz reka tvojih nahvatane na krljušti tvoje.

5 I ostaviću u pustinji tebe i sve ribe iz tvojih reka, i pašćeš na zemlju i nećeš se pokupiti ni sabrati, zverima zemaljskim i pticama nebeskim daću te da te jedu.

6 I svi će stanovnici misirski poznati da sam ja Gospod; jer su štap od trske domu Izrailjevom.

7 Kad te uhvatiše u ruku, ti se slomi i raseče im sve rame; a kad se nasloniše na te, ti se prebi i probode im sva bedra.

8 Zato ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Evo, ja ću pustiti na te mač, i istrebiću iz tebe ljude i stoku.

9 I zemlja će se misirska opustošiti i biti pusta, i poznaće se da sam ja Gospod, jer reče: Moja je reka, i ja sam je načinio.

10 Zato evo me na tebe i na reke tvoje, i obratiću zemlju misirsku u pustoš i samu pustinju, od kule sinske do međe etiopske.

11 Neće prelaziti preko nje nogom svojom čovek, niti će živinče nogom svojom prelaziti preko nje, i neće se živeti u njoj četrdeset godina.

12 I učiniću od zemlje misirske pustoš među zemljama opustošenim, i gradovi će njeni među pustim gradovima biti pustoš četrdeset godina, i rasejaću Misirce među narode i razasuću ih po zemljama.

13 Jer ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Posle četrdeset godina skupiću Misirce iz naroda u koje budu rasejani.

14 I povratiću roblje misirsko, i dovešću ih opet u zemlju Patros, na postojbinu njihovu, i onde će biti malo carstvo.

15 Malo će biti mimo ostalih carstava, niti će se više uzdignuti nad narode, jer ću ih smanjiti da ne vladaju narodima.

16 I neće više biti domu Izrailjevom uzdanica da napominje bezakonje kad bi gledali za njima; i poznaće da sam ja Gospod Gospod.

17 A dvadeset sedme godine, prvog meseca, prvog dana, dođe mi reč Gospodnja govoreći:

18 Sine čovečji, Navuhodonosor car vavilonski zadade vojsci svojoj tešku službu protiv Tira; svaka glava oćelavi i svako se rame odre, a plate ne bi ni njemu ni vojsci njegovoj od Tira za službu kojom služiše protiv njega.

19 Zato ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Evo ja dajem Navuhodonosoru caru vavilonskom zemlju misirsku, i on će odvesti narod i odneti plen i pograbiti grabež, i to će biti plata njegovoj vojsci.

20 Za trud kojim se trudio oko toga dadoh mu zemlju misirsku, jer se za me trudiše, govori Gospod Gospod.

21 U onaj ću dan učiniti da naraste rog domu Izrailjevom, i tebi ću otvoriti usta među njima, i znaće da sam ja Gospod.

   

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9437. 'And Moses was in the mountain forty days and forty nights' means the instructions given and influx in their completeness. This is clear from the meaning of 'forty' as completeness. 'Forty' means completeness because 'four' means that which is complete, 9103, as similarly does 'ten', 3107, 4638, and forty is the product of four multiplied by ten. For compound numbers have a meaning similar to the simple numbers of which they are the product, 5291, 5335, 5708, 7973; and all numbers in the Word mean spiritual realities, see 575, 3252, 4264, 4495, 4670, 5265, 6175. All this goes to explain why Moses was in the mountain forty days and forty nights. The fact that 'forty' here means the instructions given and the influx in their completeness is evident from Chapters 25-32 which come next, recording the instructions Moses received, that is, instructions regarding the ark, Aaron, the urim and thummim, and sacrifices. The reason why influx in its completeness is also meant is that at that time Moses began to represent the outward holiness of the Word, which acted as the intermediary between the Lord and the people, and mediation is accomplished by means of influx through that holiness into the representative existing among that people, 9419.

[2] It was because 'forty' represented completeness that Moses remained on Mount Sinai forty days and forty nights not only this time but also on another occasion, Exodus 34:28; Deuteronomy 9:18, 25; 10:10. For the same reason the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness forty years until, as it says in Numbers 14:33-34; 32:13, all that generation had been consumed; Jonah told the Ninevites that their city would be overturned after forty days, Jonah 3:4; the prophet was commanded to lie on his right side and bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days, Ezekiel 4:6; it says regarding Egypt that it would be made completely desolate for forty years, after which they would be gathered from the peoples, Ezekiel 29:11-13; and the earth was rained on forty days and forty nights, so that it was inundated with the flood, Genesis 7:4, 12, 17. From all this it is evident why the wicked person was to receive forty blows, Deuteronomy 25:3, for 'forty blows' meant the punishment in its completeness. It is also evident what should be understood in the prophecy of Deborah and Barak when it says that no shield or spear was seen among the forty thousand of Israel, Judges 5:8, 'among the forty thousand of Israel' meaning among them all. It is in addition evident why the temple built by Solomon was forty cubits long, 1 Kings 6:17, as was the new temple, according to Ezekiel 41:2; for in the highest sense 'the temple' means the Lord, and in the internal sense heaven and the Church, so that 'forty' means completeness in respect of representation. And it has a like meaning in other places.

  
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