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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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De Verbo (The Word) # 16

  
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16. XVI. The races and peoples outside the church who have no Word and thus know nothing about the Lord and redemption.

The numbers of those who have the Word are small compared with those who do not have it. The Word exists only in Europe among what are called the Reformed Christians; among the Roman Catholics the Word certainly exists, but it is not read, and there are kingdoms devoted to this religion such as France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, more than half of Germany and also of Hungary, as well as Poland. The Word is also little read in Russia, but it is still believed to be holy. Only 1 in England, Holland, certain duchies in Germany, and in Sweden and Denmark is the Word taught and preached. But the peoples of Asia, Africa and the Indies are ignorant of the Word, numerous as they are compared with the Reformed Christians.

However, the Lord saw to it that to prevent the Word being lost, the Jewish race, which possesses the Word of the Old Testament in its original language, should survive, and live scattered throughout much of the world. Although they deny the Lord to be the Messiah or Christ who was foretold by the Prophets, and although they are wicked at heart, still their reading of the Word creates communication with certain heavens. For correspondences open up communication, whatever sort of person the reader may be, so long as he acknowledges it as Divine. This continues today as in the past. For when they reverence as if minor deities Moses, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, David, Elijah and many others who are named in the Word, then the heavens perceive instead the Lord, being unaware of the person in the world who is the origin of that holy element in their worship. That is how heaven is linked with people by means of the Word.

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1. At this point the manuscript adds in the margin That communication is by means of the Word', but it is not clear where this should be inserted or if it is correctly so read. -Translator

  
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