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Jeremija 44

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1 Reč koja dođe Jeremiji za sve Judejce koji življahu u zemlji misirskoj, koji življahu u Migdolu i u Tafnesu i u Nofu i u zemlji Patrosu, govoreći:

2 Ovako veli Gospod nad vojskama Bog Izrailjev: Vi videste sve zlo što navedoh na Jerusalim i na sve gradove Judine, i evo su danas pusti i nema nikoga da živi u njima,

3 Za zloću njihovu koju činiše da bi me gnevili hodeći da kade i služe drugim bogovima, kojih ne znaše ni oni ni vi ni oci vaši.

4 I slah k vama sve sluge svoje proroke zarana jednako govoreći: Ne činite taj gad na koji mrzim.

5 Ali ne poslušaše niti prignuše uha svog da se vrate od zloće svoje, da ne kade drugim bogovima.

6 Zato se izli jarost moja i gnev moj, i razgore se u gradovima Judinim i po ulicama jerusalimskim, te postaše razvaline i pustoš, kao što se vidi danas.

7 A sada ovako veli Gospod Bog nad vojskama, Bog Izrailjev: zašto sami sebi činite tako veliko zlo da istrebite iz Jude ljude i žene, decu i koja sisaju, da ne ostane u vas ostatka,

8 Gneveći me delima ruku svojih, kadeći drugim bogovima u zemlji misirskoj, u koju dođoste da se stanite da biste se istrebili i postali kletva i rug u svih naroda na zemlji.

9 Jeste li zaboravili zla otaca svojih i zla careva Judinih i zla žena njihovih, i svoja zla i zla žena svojih, koja činiše u zemlji Judinoj i po ulicama jerusalimskim?

10 Ne pokoriše se do danas niti se pobojaše, niti hodiše po mom zakonu i uredbama mojim, koje stavih pred vas i pred oce vaše.

11 Za to ovako veli Gospod nad vojskama, Bog Izrailjev: evo, ja ću vam obratiti lice svoje na zlo, da istrebim sve Judejce.

12 I uzeću ostatak Judin, koji okrenu lice svoje da ide u zemlju misirsku da se onde stani, i izginuće svi; u zemlji će misirskoj pasti i izginuti od mača i od gladi, malo i veliko, izginuće od mača i od gladi, i biće uklin i čudo i prokletstvo i rug.

13 I pohodiću one koji nastavaju u zemlji misirskoj, kao što sam pohodio Jerusalim, mačem, glađu i pomorom;

14 I nijedan od ostatka Judinog, što otidoše u zemlju misirsku da se onde stane, neće uteći niti se izbaviti da se vrate u zemlju Judinu, u koju se žele vratiti da se nasele; jer se neće vratiti, osim koji pobegnu.

15 Tada odgovoriše Jeremiji svi ljudi koji znahu da žene njihove kade drugim bogovima, i sve žene, kojih stajaše onde velik zbor, i sav narod što življaše u zemlji misirskoj, u Patrosu, govoreći:

16 Šta nam kaza u ime Gospodnje, nećemo te poslušati;

17 Nego ćemo činiti sve što je izašlo iz naših usta kadeći carici nebeskoj i lijući joj nalive, kao što smo činili mi i oci naši, carevi naši i knezovi naši po gradovima Judinim i po ulicama jerusalimskim, jer bejasmo siti hleba i beše nam dobro i zlo ne viđasmo.

18 A od kad prestasmo kaditi carici nebeskoj i liti joj nalive, ništa nemamo i ginemo od mača i od gladi.

19 I kad kadimo carici nebeskoj i lijemo joj nalive, eda li joj bez glavara svojih pečemo kolače služeći joj i lijemo joj nalive?

20 Tada reče Jeremija svemu narodu, ljudima i ženama, i svemu narodu, koji mu onako odgovoriše, govoreći:

21 Eda li se ne opomenu Gospod kada, kojim kadiste u gradovima Judinim i po ulicama jerusalimskim vi i oci vaši, carevi vaši i knezovi vaši i narod zemaljski? I ne dođe li Mu u srce?

22 I ne može Gospod više podnositi zloću dela vaših i gadove koje činiste, te zemlja vaša posta pustoš i čudo i prokletstvo, da niko na živi u njoj, kako se vidi danas.

23 Zato što kadiste i što grešiste Gospodu i ne slušaste glas Gospodnji, i po zakonu Njegovom i uredbama Njegovim i svedočanstvima Njegovim ne hodiste, zato vas zadesi ovo zlo, kako se vidi danas.

24 Još reče Jeremija svemu narodu i svim ženama: Čujte reč Gospodnju, svi Judejci, koji ste u zemlji misirskoj.

25 Ovako veli Gospod nad vojskama, Bog Izrailjev, govoreći: vi i žene vaše rekoste ustima svojim i rukama svojim izvršiste govoreći: Izvršavaćemo zavete svoje što zavetovasmo kadeći carici nebeskoj i lijući joj nalive. Doista, ispuniste zavete svoje i izvršiste.

26 Zato čujte Judejci reč Gospodnju, svi Judejci koji stanujete u zemlji misirskoj: evo, ja se zaklinjem velikim imenom svojim, veli Gospod, da se ime moje neće više izricati ustima ni jednog Judejca u svoj zemlji misirskoj da bi rekao: tako da je živ Gospod Gospod!

27 Evo, ja ću paziti na njih zla radi, ne dobra radi, i Judejci koji su u zemlji misirskoj, svi će ginuti od mača i od gladi, dokle ih ne bude ni jednog.

28 A koji uteku od mača, vratiće se iz zemlje misirske u zemlju Judinu, malo njih, jer sav ostatak Judin, što otidoše u zemlju misirsku da se onde nastane, poznaće čija će se reč navršiti, moja ili njihova.

29 A ovo da vam je znak, govori Gospod, da ću vas pohoditi na tom mestu da znate da će se doista ispuniti reči moje vama na zlo;

30 Ovako veli Gospod: Evo, ja ću dati Faraona Vafrija, cara misirskog, u ruke neprijateljima njegovim i u ruke onim koji traže dušu njegovu, kao što sam dao Sedekiju cara Judinog u ruke Navuhodonosoru caru vavilonskom, neprijatelju njegovom i koji tražaše dušu njegovu.

   

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316. "And do not harm the oil and the wine." This symbolizes the Lord's provision that they not violate and profane the goods and truths concealed inwardly in the Word.

Oil symbolizes the goodness of love, and wine the truth springing from that goodness. Thus the oil here symbolizes sacred goodness, and the wine sacred truth. The Lord's provision that these not be violated and profaned is symbolized by the people's being told not to harm them. For this instruction came from the midst of the four living creatures, thus from the Lord (no. 314). Whatever the Lord says He also provides. That this is something He provides may be seen in nos. 314 and 255 above.

That oil symbolizes the goodness of love - this we will see in nos. 778, 779 below.

That wine symbolizes the truth springing from that goodness is clear from the following passages:

Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat. Yes..., buy wine and milk without money... (Isaiah 55:1)

It shall come to pass in that day that the mountains will drip new wine, and the hills flow with milk... (Joel 3:18, cf. Amos 9:13-14)

Joy is taken away... from Carmel, and in the vineyards there will be no singing... No treaders will tread out wine in the presses; I have made their shouting cease. (Isaiah 16:10, cf. Jeremiah 48:32-33)

Carmel symbolizes the spiritual church, because it had vineyards there.

[2] ...wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the new wine, for it has been cut off from your mouth... The vinedressers have wailed... (Joel 1:5, 10-11)

Almost the same images occur in Hosea 9:2-3.

He washes his clothing in wine, and His vesture in the blood of grapes. His eyes are red with wine... (Genesis 49:11-12)

The subject is the Lord, and the wine symbolizes Divine truth. That is why the Lord instituted the Holy Supper, in which the bread symbolizes the Lord in respect to Divine good, and the wine the Lord in respect to Divine truth; and in their recipients the bread symbolizes a sacred goodness, and the wine sacred truth, received from the Lord. Therefore He said,

I say to you, that I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you... in My Father's kingdom. (Matthew 26:29, cf. Luke 22:18)

Because bread and wine have these symbolic meanings, so too Melchizedek, going to meet Abram, brought out bread and wine, he being a priest of God Most High, and he blessed Abram (Genesis 14:18-19).

[3] The grain offering and drink offering used in sacrifices had similar symbolic meanings, as described in Exodus 29:40, Leviticus 23:12-13, 18-19ff. The grain offering was an offering of wheat flour, thus taking the place of bread, and the drink offering was an offering of wine.

It can be seen from this what these words of the Lord symbolize:

Nor do they put new wine into old wineskins... But they put the... wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved. (Matthew 9:17, cf. Luke 5:37-38)

New wine is the Divine truth in the New Testament, thus in the New Church, and the old wine is the Divine truth in the Old Testament, thus in the old church.

A similar idea is symbolized by these words of the Lord at the wedding in Cana of Galilee:

Every man at the beginning sets out the good wine, and when the guests have well drunk, then the inferior. You have kept the good wine until now! (John 2:1-10)

[4] Something similar is symbolized by the wine in the Lord's parable concerning the man wounded by thieves, on whose wound the Samaritan poured oil and wine (Luke 10:33-34); for the man wounded by thieves means people whom the Jews wounded spiritually by evils and falsities, and to whom the Samaritan brought aid by pouring oil and wine on their wounds, that is, by teaching them goodness and truth, and as far as possible, healing them.

Sacred truth is symbolized by wine and new wine also elsewhere in the Word, as in Isaiah 1:21-22; 25:6; 36:17.

[5] Because of this, a vineyard in the Word symbolizes a church that possesses truths from the Lord.

That wine symbolizes sacred truth can be seen also from its opposite meaning, in which it symbolizes truth falsified and profaned, as in the following places:

Harlotry, wine, and new wine have taken hold of the heart... Their wine is gone, they commit harlotry continually. (Hosea 4:11, 18)

Harlotry symbolizes the falsification of truth, and so, too, do the wine and new wine here.

...in the hand of Jehovah a cup, and He mixed it with wine; He filled it with the mixture and poured it out, and its dregs shall all the wicked of the earth, sucking, drink. (Psalms 75:8)

Babylon was a golden cup in Jehovah's hand, that made all the earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore they are deranged. (Jeremiah 51:7)

Babylon has fallen..., because she has made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication... If anyone worships the beast..., he shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is mixed with undiluted wine in the cup of the wrath (of God). (Revelation 14:8-10)

(Babylon has made) all the nations (drink) of the wine... of her fornication. (Revelation 18:3)

...great Babylon was remembered before God, to give her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath. (Revelation 16:19)

...the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication. (Revelation 17:1-2)

[6] The wine that Belshazzar, the king of Babylon, and his lords and wives and concubines drank from the vessels of the Temple in Jerusalem, while they praised the gods of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone (Daniel 5:2-4) - that wine symbolized nothing else but the sacred truth of the Word and church profaned, which is why the writing then appeared on the wall, and the king that very night was slain (Daniel 5:25, 30)

Wine symbolizes truth falsified also in Isaiah 5:11-12, 21-22; 28:1, 3, 7; 29:9; 56:11-12.

The drink offering that they poured out as an offering to idols has the same symbolic meaning in Isaiah 65:11; 57:6; Jeremiah 7:18; 44:17-19; Ezekiel 20:28; Deuteronomy 32:38.

It is owing to its correspondence that wine symbolizes sacred truth, and in an opposite sense, truth profaned. For when a person reads "wine" in the Word, angels - who apprehend everything spiritually - have just this interpretation of it. Such is the correspondence between the natural thoughts of people and the spiritual thoughts of angels. The case is the same with the wine in the Holy Supper. That is why the Holy Supper occasions an introduction into heaven (no. 224 at the end).

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.