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Ezequiel 32

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1 Y aconteció en el año duodécimo, en el mes duodécimo, al primero del mes, que vino Palabra del SEÑOR a mí, diciendo:

2 Hijo de hombre, levanta endechas sobre Faraón rey de Egipto, y dile: A leoncillo de naciones eres semejante, y eres como el dragón en los mares, que secabas tus ríos, y enturbiabas las aguas con tus pies, y hollabas sus riberas.

3 Así dijo el Señor DIOS: Yo extenderé sobre ti mi red con reunión de muchos pueblos, y te harán subir con mi red.

4 Y te dejaré en tierra, te echaré sobre la faz del campo, y haré que se asienten sobre ti todas las aves del cielo, y saciaré de ti las bestias de toda la tierra.

5 Y pondré tus carnes sobre los montes, y llenaré los valles de tu altura.

6 Y regaré de tu sangre la tierra donde nadas, hasta los montes; y los arroyos se llenarán de ti.

7 Y cuando te hubiere muerto, cubriré los cielos, y haré entenebrecer sus estrellas; el sol cubriré con nublado, y la luna no hará resplandecer su luz.

8 Todas las lumbreras de luz haré entenebrecer en el cielo por ti, y pondré tinieblas sobre tu tierra, dijo el Señor DIOS.

9 Y entristeceré el corazón de muchos pueblos, cuando llevare tu quebrantamiento sobre los gentiles, por las tierras que no conociste.

10 Y haré atónitos sobre ti muchos pueblos, y sus reyes tendrán a causa de ti horror grande, cuando haga resplandecer mi espada delante de sus rostros, y todos se sobresaltarán en sus ánimos a cada momento en el día de tu caída.

11 Porque así dijo el Señor DIOS: La espada del rey de Babilonia vendrá sobre ti.

12 Con espadas de fuertes haré caer tu pueblo; todos ellos serán los fuertes de los gentiles; y destruirán la soberbia de Egipto, y toda su multitud será deshecha.

13 Todas sus bestias destruiré de sobre las muchas aguas; ni más las enturbiará pie de hombre, ni pezuña de bestia las enturbiará.

14 Entonces haré hundir sus aguas, y haré ir sus acequias como aceite, dijo el Señor DIOS.

15 Cuando asolare la tierra de Egipto, y la tierra fuere asolada de su plenitud, cuando herire a todos los que en ella moran, sabrán que yo soy el SEÑOR.

16 Esta es la endecha, y la cantarán; las hijas de los gentiles la cantarán; endecharán sobre Egipto, y sobre toda su multitud, dijo el Señor DIOS.

17 Y aconteció en el año duodécimo, a los quince del mes, que vino Palabra del SEÑOR a mí, diciendo:

18 Hijo de hombre, endecha sobre la multitud de Egipto, y despéñalo a él, y a las villas de los gentiles fuertes, en la tierra de los profundos, con los que descienden a la sepultura.

19 Porque eres tan hermoso, desciende, y yace con los incircuncisos.

20 Entre los muertos a cuchillo caerán; al cuchillo es entregado; traedlo a él y a todos sus pueblos.

21 De en medio del infierno hablarán a él los fuertes de los fuertes, con los que le ayudaron, que descendieron, y yacen con los incircuncisos muertos a cuchillo.

22 Allí el Assur con todo su ayuntamiento; en derredor de él están sus sepulcros; todos ellos cayeron muertos a cuchillo.

23 Sus sepulcros fueron puestos a los lados de la huesa, y su ayuntamiento está por los alrededores de su sepulcro; todos ellos cayeron muertos a cuchillo, los cuales pusieron miedo en la tierra de los vivientes.

24 Allí Elam, y toda su multitud por los alrededores de su sepulcro; todos ellos cayeron muertos a cuchillo, los cuales descendieron incircuncisos a los más profundos lugares de la tierra, porque pusieron su terror en la tierra de los vivientes, mas llevaron su confusión con los que descienden al sepulcro.

25 En medio de los muertos le pusieron cama con toda su multitud; a sus alrededores están sus sepulcros; todos ellos incircuncisos, muertos a cuchillo, porque fue puesto su espanto en la tierra de los vivientes, mas llevaron su confusión con los que descienden al sepulcro; él fue puesto En medio de los muertos.

26 Allí Mesec, y Tubal, y toda su multitud, sus sepulcros en sus alrededores; todos ellos incircuncisos muertos a cuchillo, porque habían dado su terror en la tierra de los vivientes.

27 Y no yacerán con los fuertes que cayeron de los incircuncisos, los cuales descendieron al infierno con sus armas de guerra, y pusieron sus espadas debajo de sus cabezas; mas sus pecados estarán sobre sus huesos, porque fueron terror de fuertes en la tierra de los vivientes.

28 Tú, pues, serás quebrantado entre los incircuncisos, y yacerás con los muertos a cuchillo.

29 Allí Idumea, sus reyes y todos sus príncipes, los cuales con su fortaleza fueron puestos con los muertos a cuchillo; ellos yacerán con los incircuncisos, y con los que descienden al sepulcro.

30 Allí los reyes del aquilón, todos ellos, y todos los de Sidón, que con su terror descendieron con los muertos, avergonzados de su fortaleza, yacen también incircuncisos con los muertos a cuchillo, y llevaron su confusión con los que descienden al sepulcro.

31 A éstos verá Faraón, y se consolará sobre toda su multitud; Faraón muerto a cuchillo, y todo su ejército, dijo el Señor DIOS.

32 Porque yo puse mi terror en la tierra de los vivientes, también yacerá entre los incircuncisos con los muertos a cuchillo, Faraón y toda su multitud, dijo el Señor DIOS.

   

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6367. 'A lion's cub is Judah' means innocence with innate strength. This is clear from the meaning of 'a lion' as the good of love and the truth from that good in their power, dealt with below, so that 'a lion's cub' is innocence with strength. The reason why with innate strength is meant is that here 'Judah' represents the celestial element of love, and the celestial element of love resides in the will part of the mind, 895, 917, 4493, 5117, and thus possesses innate strength. For a person is born into things that belong to the will part. That being so, members of the Most Ancient Church, which was celestial, were born into the good of love, in the measure that good was present in their will. This then is why the strength is said to be innate. The reason 'a lion's cub' means innocence is that 'a lion' is the good of celestial love, and 'a cub', being so to speak its young child, accordingly means innocence.

[2] 'A lion' means the good of celestial love and the truth from that love in their power, and also in the contrary sense the evil of self-love in its power, as is clear from places in the Word where 'a lion' is mentioned. The good of celestial love is meant in John,

Behold, the Lion which is from the Tribe of Judah, the root of David, has prevailed to open the book and to loose its seven seals. Revelation 5:5.

Here the Lord is called 'the Lion' by virtue of the almighty power which His Divine Love and Divine Truth from that Love possess. There are also other places in the Word where Jehovah or the Lord is compared to a lion, as in Hosea,

They will go after Jehovah; He will roar like a lion, for He will roar, and respectfully [His] sons from the west 1 will draw near. Hosea 11:10.

[3] Also in Isaiah,

Thus said Jehovah to me, As a lion roars, and a young lion over its prey, when there come up against him a full number of shepherds, by whose voice he is not dismayed, and by whose tumult he is not distressed, so Jehovah Zebaoth will come down to fight on Mount Zion and on its hill. Isaiah 31:4.

Here the almighty power of Divine Good is compared to 'a lion', and the almighty power of Divine Truth from that Good is compared to 'a young lion'. For it says that 'Jehovah Zebaoth will come down to fight on Mount Zion and on its hill', and 'Mount Zion' means the Good of Divine Love and 'its hill' the Divine Truth from that Good, 795, 796, 1430, 4210.

[4] For the same reason the four living creatures in Ezekiel and in John, meaning cherubs, had the faces of a human being, lion, ox, and eagle: In Ezekiel,

The likeness of the faces of the four living creatures - [each of] the four had the face of a human being, and the face of a lion on the right side, and [each of] the four had the face of an ox on the left side, and [each of] the four had the face of an eagle. Ezekiel 1:10; 10:14.

And in John,

Around 2 the throne were four living creatures full of eyes in front and behind. And the first living creature was like a lion; the second living creature was like a calf; the third living creature had a face like a human being; the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle. Revelation 4:6-7.

The fact that the living creatures were cherubs is stated in Ezekiel to, which fact is also evident from the description of them in John, in which he says that they had 'eyes in front and behind'. The Lord's foresight and providence are meant by 'the cherubs', 308; and they had the face of a lion by virtue of the almighty power belonging to providence that Divine Truth from Divine Good possesses. So also with the cherubs around the new temple in Ezekiel 41:19.

[5] Celestial people in possession of the power supplied by the good and the truth from good which come from the Lord are meant by 'lions', as is evident in David,

There is no want to those fearing Jehovah. The young lions will lack and suffer hunger, but those seeking Jehovah will not lack any good thing. Psalms 34:9-10.

In the same author,

The [young] lions are roaring for plunder, and to seek from God their food. The sun rises, they are gathered together, and lie down in their dwelling-places. Psalms 104:21-22.

In Balaam's prophetic utterance,

At that time it will be said to Jacob and to Israel, What has God been doing? See, a people will rise up like an old lion, and like a young lion will lift itself up. He will not rest until he has devoured the prey. Numbers 23:23-24.

[6] And further on,

When Balaam saw Israel dwelling according to their tribes, he said, He crouches, he lies down like a lion, and like an old lion; who will rouse him? Numbers 24:2, 9.

The celestial is what is described here because celestial order is what the tribes represented by their encampments and was what Balaam saw in the spirit when he saw Israel dwelling according to their tribes, 6335. That order originates in Divine Good coming through Divine Truth from the Lord; and within that order resides all power, meant here by a crouching and recumbent lion.

[7] In Micah,

The remnant of Jacob will be with the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep, who, if he passes through, will tread down and tear in pieces, 3 and there is no deliverer. Your hand will be lifted up over your enemies, and all your adversaries will be cut off. Micah 5:8-9.

Here 'a lion' and a young lion stand for celestial good and celestial truth, which are 'the remnant of Jacob'. They also stand for that good and truth in Isaiah 21:8; Jeremiah 25:38; Ezekiel 38:13; Zechariah 11:3. And that same good and truth were also represented by the lions at Solomon's ivory throne, two next to the armrests 4 and twelve on the six steps, 1 Kings 10:18-20, and by the lions on the panels of the ten pedestals made of bronze, 1 Kings 7:29, 36.

[8] In the contrary sense 'a lion' means the evil of self-love in its power, as is evident from the following places: In Isaiah,

There will not be any lion there, and the savage of the wild animals will not go up on it; it will not be found there. But they will go free; thus the redeemed of Jehovah will return, and will come to Zion with song. Isaiah 35:9-10.

In Jeremiah,

Why has Israel become plunder? The young lions roar at him, they sound their voice; they turn his land into a waste. Jeremiah 2:14-15.

In the same prophet,

A lion has risen up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out; he has come from his place to turn the land into a waste. Jeremiah 4:7.

In the same prophet,

They did not know the way of Jehovah, the judgement of their God, therefore a lion from the forest has struck them down, and a wolf of the plains will devastate them. Jeremiah 5:4, 6.

In Nahum,

Where is the dwelling-place of lions, and the feeding-place 5 of the young lions, where the lion walked, the old lion, the lion's cub, and there is no one making them afraid? The lion tears in pieces enough for the cubs, and strangles for his old lionesses, and fills his caves with plunder, and his dwelling places with what he has pounced on. Behold, I am against you, said Jehovah Zebaoth, and I will burn her chariot in the smoke; but the sword will devour your young lions, and I will cut off your plunder from the earth. Nahum 2:11-13.

This refers to Nineveh.

In all these places 'a lion' stands for the power that the evil of self-love possesses, when it destroys and lays waste. 'A lion' has a like meaning in Jeremiah 12:8; 49:19; 50:17, 44; 51:38; Ezekiel 19:2-9; 32:2; Joel 1:6; Zephaniah 3:3; Psalms 57:4; 58:6; 91:13; Revelation 13:2.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, sons from the sea

2. The Latin means Before but the Greek means Around, which Swedenborg has in other places where he quotes this verse.

3. Reading discerpet (will tear to pieces), which Swedenborg has in his rough draft, for disperget (will scatter)

4. literally, the hands of the throne

5. literally, pasture or grazing ground

  
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