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Jezekilj 35

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1 Opet mi dođe reč Gospodnja govoreći:

2 Sine čovečji, okreni lice svoje prema gori Siru i prorokuj protiv nje.

3 I reci: Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: evo me na tebe, goro Sire! I dignuću ruku svoju na te, i opusteću te sasvim.

4 Gradove ću tvoje opusteti, i ti ćeš biti pustoš, i poznaćeš da sam ja Gospod.

5 Što je u tebe večno neprijateljstvo, i rasipaš sinove Izrailjeve mačem u nevolji njihovoj, kad je kraj bezakonju njihovom,

6 Zato, tako ja bio živ, govori Gospod Gospod, krvi ću te predati i krv će te goniti, jer ne mrziš na krv, krv će te goniti.

7 I obratiću goru Sir sasvim u pustoš, da niko neće dolaziti ni odlaziti.

8 I napuniću gore njene pobijenih njenih; na humovima tvojim i u dolinama tvojim i po svim potocima tvojim padaće pobijeni od mača.

9 Večnu pustinju načiniću od tebe i gradovi se tvoji neće opraviti, i poznaćete da sam ja Gospod.

10 Što govoriš: Ova dva naroda i ove dve zemlje moje će biti, i nasledićemo ih, ako i jeste Gospod bio onde,

11 Zato, tako ja živ bio, govori Gospod Gospod, učiniću po gnevu tvom i po zavisti tvojoj, s kojom si postupala iz mržnje prema njima, i biću poznat među njima kad ti sudim.

12 I poznaćeš da sam ja Gospod čuo sve tvoje hule koje si govorila na gore Izrailjeve rekavši: Opusteše, nama su dane da ih jedemo.

13 I veličaste se suprot meni ustima svojim, i množiste na me reči svoje; čuo sam.

14 Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Kad se sva zemlja stane veseliti, tebe ću opusteti.

15 Kako si se ti veselila nasledstvu doma Izrailjevog što opuste, tako ću i tebe učiniti: opustećeš, goro Sire, i sva zemljo edomska; i poznaće se da sam ja Gospod.

   

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“The eyes are the windows of the soul.” That's a sentiment with roots somewhere in murky antiquity, but one that has become hopelessly cliché because it is both poetic and obviously true. We feel that if we can look in someone's eyes, we can truly know what they are inside. And it's not just the eyes; really it is the face as a whole that conveys this. As Swedenborg puts it, the face is “man's spiritual world presented in his natural world” (Heaven and Hell, No. 91). Our faces reveal our interior thoughts and feelings in myriad ways, which is why psychologists, poker players and criminal investigators spend so much time studying them. It makes sense, then, that people's faces in the Bible represent their interiors, the thoughts, loves and desires they hold most deeply. We turn our faces to the ground to show humility when we bow in worship; we turn them to the mountains when seeking inspiration; we turn them toward our enemies when we are ready to battle temptation. When things are hard, we need to “face facts,” or accept them internally. When the topic is the Lord's face, it represents the Lord's interiors, which are perfect love and perfect mercy. And when people turn away from the Lord and refuse his love, it is described as the Lord “hiding his face.”

(Odkazy: Heaven and Hell 91)