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Osija 5

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1 Čujte, sveštenici, i pazi, dome Izrailjev, i slušaj, dome carev, jer je vama sud, jer ste zamka u Mispi i mreža razapeta na Tavoru.

2 Iz potaje klaše one koji zalaze; ali ću ih ja pokarati sve.

3 Ja poznajem Jefrema i Izrailj nije sakriven od mene; jer se sada kurvaš, Jefreme, Izrailj se oskvrni.

4 Ne upravljaju dela svojih da se vrate k Bogu svom; jer je duh kurvarski u njima i ne znaju Gospoda.

5 I ponositost Izrailjeva svedoči mu u oči; zato će Izrailj i Jefrem pasti za bezakonje svoje, pašće i Juda s njima.

6 Ići će s ovcama svojim i s govedima svojim da traže Gospoda, ali Ga neće naći; uklonio se je od njih.

7 Izneveriše Gospoda, jer izrodiše tuđe sinove; zato će ih proždreti mesec dana s dostojanjem njihovim.

8 Trubite u rog u Gavaji, u trubu u Rami; vičite u Vet-avenu: za tobom, Venijamine!

9 Jefrem će opusteti u dan kara; objavih među plemenima Izrailjevim šta će zacelo biti.

10 Knezovi su Judini kao oni koji premeštaju među; izliću na njih kao vodu jarost svoju.

11 Jefremu se čini nasilje, satrven je sudom, jer od svoje volje otide za zapovešću.

12 Zato ću ja biti Jefremu kao moljac i kao crv domu Judinom.

13 I Jefrem vide bolest svoju i Juda svoju ranu, i otide Jefrem k Asircu, i Juda posla k caru koji bi ga branio; ali vas on ne može isceliti niti će vas oprostiti rane vaše.

14 Jer ću ja biti kao lav Jefremu, kao lavićdomu Judinom; ja, ja ću zgrabiti, i otići ću, odneću i niko neće izbaviti.

15 Otići ću i vratiću se na svoje mesto dokle ne priznaju svoju krivicu i potraže lice moje; kad budu u nevolji tražiće me.

   

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Face

  
Photo by Caleb Kerr

“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)