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Zaharija 1

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1 Osmog meseca druge godine Darijeve, dođe reč Gospodnja proroku Zahariji, sinu Varahije sina Idovog govoreći:

2 Gospod se vrlo razgnevi na oce vaše.

3 Zato im reci: Ovako veli Gospod nad vojskama: Vratite se k meni, govori Gospod nad vojskama, i ja ću se vratiti k vama, veli Gospod nad vojskama.

4 Ne budite kao oci vaši, kojima vikahu pređašnji proroci govoreći: Ovako veli Gospod nad vojskama: Vratite se sa zlih puteva svojih i od zlih dela svojih; ali ne poslušaše niti paziše na me, govori Gospod.

5 Oci vaši gde su? I ti proroci žive li doveka?

6 Ali reči moje i uredbe moje koje zapovedah slugama svojim prorocima ne stigoše li oce vaše? Te se oni obratiše i rekoše: Kako Gospod nad vojskama beše namislio učiniti nam prema putevima našim i po delima našim, tako nam učini.

7 Dvadeset četvrtog dana jedanaestog meseca, a to je mesec Savat, druge godine Darijeve, dođe reč Gospodnja proroku Zahariji sinu Varahije sina Idovog govoreći:

8 Videh noću, a to čovek jahaše na konju riđem, i stajaše među mirtama koje behu u dolu, a za njim behu konji riđi, šareni i beli.

9 I rekoh: Šta je ovo, gospodaru moj? A anđeo koji govoraše sa mnom reče mi: Ja ću ti pokazati šta je ovo.

10 Tada čovek koji stajaše među mirtama progovori i reče: Ovo su koje posla Gospod da obilaze zemlju.

11 I oni progovoriše anđelu Gospodnjem koji stajaše među mirtama, i rekoše: Mi obiđosmo zemlju, i gle, sva zemlja počiva i mirna je.

12 Tada anđeo Gospodnji odgovori i reče: Gospode nad vojskama, kad ćeš se većsmilovati Jerusalimu i gradovima Judinim, na koje se gneviš većsedamdeset godina?

13 A Gospod odgovori anđelu koji govoraše sa mnom, dobrim rečima, milim rečima.

14 I reče mi anđeo koji govoraše sa mnom: Viči i reci: Ovako veli Gospod nad vojskama: Revnujem za Jerusalim i za Sion veoma.

15 I gnevim se silno na narode bezbrižne, jer se malo razgnevih, a oni pomogoše na zlo.

16 Zato ovako veli Gospod: Obratih se k Jerusalimu milošću, dom će se moj opet sazidati u njemu, govori Gospod nad vojskama, i uže će se zategnuti preko Jerusalima.

17 Još viči i reci: Ovako veli Gospod nad vojskama: Opet će gradovi moji obilovati dobrom, i Gospod će opet utešiti Sion i opet će izabrati Jerusalim.

18 Tada podigoh oči svoje i videh, i gle, četiri roga.

19 I rekoh anđelu koji govoraše sa mnom: Šta je to? A on mi reče: To su rogovi koji razmetnuše Judu, Izrailja i Jerusalim.

20 Potom pokaza mi Gospod četiri kovača.

21 I rekoh: Šta su ti došli da rade? A on odgovori i reče: Ono su rogovi koji razmetnuše Judu da niko ne podiže glave; a ovi dođoše da ih uplaše, da odbiju rogove narodima, koji podigoše rog na zemlju Judinu da je razmetnu.

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Apocalypse Revealed # 270

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270. Having seven horns. This symbolizes the Lord's omnipotence.

The Word often mentions horns, and a horn everywhere symbolizes power. Consequently, when a horn is mentioned in connection with the Lord, it symbolizes omnipotence. Seven horns are specified, because seven symbolizes all (no. 10), thus all power or omnipotence.

That a horn symbolizes power, and when mentioned in connection with the Lord, omnipotence, can be seen from the following passages:

You who rejoice over nothing, who say, "Have we not taken horns for ourselves by our own strength?" (Amos 6:13)

I said... to the wicked, "Do not lift up the horn. Do not lift up your horn on high...." All the horns of the wicked I will cut off; the horns of the righteous shall be exalted. (Psalms 75:4-5, 10)

Jehovah... has exalted the horn of your adversaries. (Lamentations 2:17)

The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken... (Jeremiah 48:25)

...you have pushed with side and shoulder, and struck all the weak sheep with your horns... (Ezekiel 34:21)

(Jehovah) has exalted the horn of His people... (Psalms 148:14)

(Jehovah God of hosts,) the glory of their strength..., He has exalted our horn. (Psalms 89:17)

The brightness (of Jehovah God) will be like the light; He will have horns 1 coming from His hand, and the hiding of His power there. (Habakkuk 3:4)

...My arm shall strengthen (David)..., and in My name his horn shall be exalted. (Psalms 89:21, 24)

...Jehovah, my strength..., my rock...(my) horn... (Psalms 18:1-2, cf. 2 Samuel 22:3)

Arise..., O daughter of Zion; for I will make your horn iron..., that you may break in pieces many peoples. (Micah 4:13)

(The Lord) has destroyed in His wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judah..., (and) He has cut off... every horn of Israel. (Lamentations 2:2-3)

Powers are also symbolized by the horns of the dragon in Revelation 12:3; by the horns of the beast rising up out of the sea in Revelation 13:1; by the horns of the scarlet beast upon which the woman sat in Revelation 17:3, 7, 12; by the horns of the ram and the goat in Daniel 8:3-12, 20-22. The last symbolized the power of Divine truth in the church. And conversely, that that power would perish, by the horns of the altars in Bethel, in Amos:

...I will visit punishment on the transgressions of Israel, I will visit destruction on the altars of Bethel, so that the horns of the altar are cut off and fall to the ground. (Amos 3:14)

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. Probably descriptive of rays of light.

  
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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.