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Jeremías 34

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1 Palabra que vino a Jeremías del SEÑOR, (cuando Nabucodonosor rey de Babilonia, y todo su ejército, y todos los reinos de la tierra del señorío de su mano, y todos los pueblos, peleaban contra Jerusalén, y contra todas sus ciudades), diciendo:

2 Así dijo el SEÑOR Dios de Israel: Ve, y habla a Sedequías rey de Judá, y dile: Así dijo el SEÑOR: He aquí que yo entrego esta ciudad en mano del rey de Babilonia, y la abrasaré con fuego;

3 y no escaparás tú de su mano, sino que de cierto serás preso, y en su mano serás entregado; y tus ojos verán los ojos del rey de Babilonia, y te hablará boca a boca, y en Babilonia entrarás.

4 Con todo eso, oye palabra del SEÑOR, Sedequías rey de Judá: Así dijo el SEÑOR de ti: No morirás a cuchillo;

5 en paz morirás, y conforme a las quemas de tus padres, los reyes primeros que fueron antes de ti, así quemarán por ti, y te endecharán diciendo : ¡Ay, señor!; porque yo hablé la palabra, dijo el señor.

6 Y habló Jeremías profeta a Sedequías rey de Judá todas estas palabras en Jerusalén.

7 Y el ejército del rey de Babilonia peleaba contra Jerusalén, y contra todas las ciudades de Judá que habían quedado, contra Laquis, y contra Azeca; porque de las ciudades fuertes de Judá éstas habían quedado.

8 Palabra que vino a Jeremías del SEÑOR, después que el rey Sedequías hizo concierto con todo el pueblo en Jerusalén, para promulgarles libertad;

9 que cada uno dejase su siervo, y cada uno su sierva, hebreo y hebrea, libres; que ninguno usase de los judíos sus hermanos como de siervos.

10 Y cuando oyeron todos los príncipes, y todo el pueblo que había convenido en el pacto de dejar cada uno su siervo y cada uno su sierva libres, que ninguno usase más de ellos como de siervos, escucharon, y los dejaron.

11 Pero después se arrepintieron, e hicieron tornar los siervos y las siervas que habían dejado libres, y los sujetaron por siervos y por siervas.

12 Y vino palabra del SEÑOR a Jeremías, diciendo:

13 Así dice el SEÑOR Dios de Israel: Yo hice Pacto con vuestros padres el día que los saqué de tierra de Egipto, de casa de siervos, diciendo:

14 Al cabo de siete años dejaréis cada uno a su hermano hebreo que te fuere vendido; te servirá pues seis años, y lo enviarás libre de ti; mas vuestros padres no me oyeron, ni inclinaron su oído.

15 Y vosotros os habíais hoy convertido, y hecho lo recto delante de mis ojos, anunciando cada uno libertad a su prójimo; y habíais hecho pacto en mi presencia, en la Casa sobre la cual es llamado mi nombre.

16 Pero os tornasteis y contaminasteis mi nombre, y tornasteis a tomar cada uno su siervo y cada uno su sierva, que habíais dejado libres a su voluntad; y los sujetasteis para que os sean siervos y siervas.

17 Por tanto, así dijo el SEÑOR: Vosotros no me oísteis a mí en promulgar cada uno libertad a su hermano, y cada uno a su compañero: he aquí que yo os promulgo libertad, dijo el SEÑOR, a cuchillo y a pestilencia, y a hambre; y os pondré en remoción a todos los reinos de la tierra.

18 Y entregaré a los hombres que traspasaron mi Pacto, que no hicieron firmes las palabras del Pacto que celebraron en mi presencia, dividiendo en dos partes el becerro y pasando por medio de ellas;

19 a los príncipes de Judá y a los príncipes de Jerusalén, a los eunucos y a los sacerdotes, y a todo el pueblo de la tierra, que pasaron entre las partes del becerro,

20 los entregaré en mano de sus enemigos y en mano de los que buscan su alma; y sus cuerpos muertos serán para comida de las aves del cielo, y de las bestias de la tierra.

21 Y a Sedequías rey de Judá, y a sus príncipes, entregaré en mano de sus enemigos, y en mano de los que buscan su alma, y en mano del ejército del rey de Babilonia, que se fueron de vosotros.

22 He aquí, que yo mando, dijo el SEÑOR, y los haré volver a esta ciudad, y pelearán contra ella, y la tomarán, y la abrasarán a fuego; y daré las ciudades de Judá a soledad, hasta no quedar morador.

   

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Charge of the Huns, by Ulpiano Checa

An enemy in the Bible refers to people who are in the love of evil and the false thinking that springs from evil. On a deeper level it refers to the forces of hell itself, and on an abstract level it refers to evil itself and falsity itself – which are, obviously, the ultimate enemies we have to fight.

(Odkazy: Apocalypse Explained 671; Arcana Coelestia 2851 [1-15], 8282, 8289, 9255 [1-2], 9313)

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1607. That 'for all the land which you see I will give to you' means the heavenly kingdom which was to be the Lord's is clear from the meaning of 'land' - the land of Canaan in this context since the words used are 'the land which you see' - as the heavenly kingdom. Indeed the land of Canaan represented the Lord's kingdom in the heavens, which is heaven, and also the Lord's kingdom on earth, which is the Church. This meaning of 'land' has been discussed frequently already. That the kingdom in heaven and on earth was given to the Lord is clear from various places in the Word, as in Isaiah,

A Boy is born, a Son is given to us; and the government will be upon His shoulder, and His name will be called, Wonderful, Counsellor, God, Hero, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6.

In Daniel,

I saw in the night visions, and behold with the clouds of the heavens One like the Son of Man was coming, and He came even to the Ancient of Days, and they brought Him near before Him. And to Him was given dominion and glory and kingdom, and all peoples, nations, and languages will serve Him. His dominion is an eternal dominion which will not pass away, and His kingdom one that will not perish. Daniel 7:13-14.

The Lord Himself also says the same: in Matthew,

All things have been delivered to Me by My Father. Matthew 11:27; Luke 10:22.

Elsewhere in Matthew,

[All] power in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Matthew 28:18.

In John,

You have given to the Son power over all flesh in order that all You have given Him, to them He may give eternal life. John 17:2-3.

And 'sitting on the right hand' has the same meaning, as in Luke,

From now on the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God. Luke 22:69.

[2] As regards all power in heaven and on earth being given to the Son of Man, it should be recognized that the Lord already had power over all things in heaven and on earth before He came into the world, for He was God from eternity and He was Jehovah, as He Himself plainly declares in John,

Now, Father, glorify Me in Your Own Self with the glory I had with You before the world was. John 17:5.

And in the same gospel,

Truly, Truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am. 1 John 8:58.

In fact He was Jehovah and God to the Most Ancient Church which existed before the Flood, and was seen by them. He was also Jehovah and God to the Ancient Church which existed after the Flood; and He was the One whom all the religious observances of the Jewish Church represented, and the One they worshipped. The reason the Lord says that all power in heaven and on earth has been given to Him, as though it had not been His till then, is that 'the Son of Man' is used to mean His Human Essence which became Jehovah as well after it had been united to His Divine Essence. Power was given to Him at that point, which would not have been possible until He was glorified, that is, until His Human Essence as well, through union with the Divine Essence, had life in Itself and likewise became Divine and Jehovah, as He Himself declares in John,

As the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself. John 5:26.

[3] It is His Human Essence or External Man that is named 'the Son of Man' in the passage quoted from Daniel, and 'a Boy born, a Son given to us' in the passage quoted from Isaiah. The fact that the heavenly kingdom would be given to Him, and all power in heaven and on earth, was shown and promised to Him then, and is the meaning of the statement 'all the land which you see I will give to you, and to your seed after you for ever'. This was before His Human Essence had been united to His Divine Essence, a union which took place when He had overcome the devil and hell, that is to say, when by His own strength and powers He had cast out all evil, which alone causes the severance.

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1. The Latin means I was, but the Greek means I am, which Swedenborg has in other places where he quotes this verse.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.