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Jeremías 50

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1 Palabra que habló el SEÑOR contra Babilonia, contra la tierra de los caldeos, por mano de Jeremías profeta.

2 Denunciad en los gentiles, y haced saber; levantad también bandera; publicad, y no lo encubráis, decid: Tomada es Babilonia, Bel es confundido, deshecho es Merodac; confundidas son sus esculturas, quebrados son sus ídolos.

3 Porque subió contra ella gente del aquilón, la cual pondrá su tierra en asolamiento, y no habrá quien en ella more, ni hombre ni animal: se movieron, se fueron.

4 En aquellos días y en aquel tiempo, dice el SEÑOR, vendrán los hijos de Israel, ellos y los hijos de Judá juntamente; e irán andando y llorando, y buscarán al SEÑOR su Dios.

5 Preguntarán por el camino de Sion, hacia donde volverán sus rostros, diciendo : Venid, y juntaos al SEÑOR con Pacto eterno, que jamás se ponga en olvido.

6 Ovejas perdidas fueron mi pueblo; sus pastores las hicieron errar, por los montes las descarriaron; anduvieron de monte en collado, se olvidaron de sus majadas.

7 Todos los que los hallaban, los comían; y decían sus enemigos: No pecaremos, porque ellos pecaron contra el SEÑOR morada de justicia, el SEÑOR, esperanza de sus padres.

8 Huid de en medio de Babilonia, y salid de la tierra de los caldeos, y sed como los mansos delante del ganado.

9 Porque he aquí que yo despierto y hago subir contra Babilonia reunión de grandes naciones de la tierra del aquilón; y desde allí se aparejarán contra ella, y será tomada; sus flechas como de valiente diestro, que no se tornará en vano.

10 Y la tierra de los caldeos será para presa: todos los que la saquearen, saldrán llenos, dice el SEÑOR.

11 Porque os alegrasteis, porque os gozasteis destruyendo mi heredad, porque os llenasteis como becerra de renuevos, y relinchasteis como caballos;

12 vuestra madre se avergonzó mucho, se afrentó la que os engendró; veis aquí las postrimerías de los gentiles: desierto, sequedad, y páramo.

13 Por la ira del SEÑOR no será habitada, sino que asolada será toda ella; todo hombre que pasare por Babilonia se asombrará, y silbará sobre todas sus plagas.

14 Apercibíos contra Babilonia alrededor, todos los que entesáis arco; tirad contra ella, no escatiméis las saetas; porque pecó contra el SEÑOR.

15 Gritad contra ella en derredor; dio su mano; han caído sus fundamentos, derribados son sus muros; porque venganza es del SEÑOR. Tomad venganza de ella; haced con ella como ella hizo.

16 Talad de Babilonia al sembrador, y el que tiene hoz en tiempo de la siega; delante de la espada opresora cada uno volverá el rostro hacia su pueblo, cada uno huirá hacia su tierra.

17 Ganado descarriado ha sido Israel; leones lo amontonaron; el rey de Asiria lo devoró el primero; este Nabucodonosor rey de Babilonia lo deshuesó el postrero.

18 Por tanto, así dijo el SEÑOR de los ejércitos, Dios de Israel: He aquí que yo visito al rey de Babilonia y a su tierra como visité al rey de Asiria.

19 Y volveré a traer a Israel a su morada, y pacerá en el Carmelo y en Basán; y en el monte de Efraín y de Galaad se saciará su alma.

20 En aquellos días y en aquel tiempo, dijo el SEÑOR, la maldad de Israel será buscada, y no aparecerá; y los pecados de Judá, y no se hallarán; porque perdonaré a los que yo hubiere dejado.

21 Sube contra la tierra de contumaces (Merataim ), contra ella, y contra los moradores de la visitación (Pecod ); destruye y mata en pos de ellos, dijo el SEÑOR, y haz conforme a todo lo que yo te he mandado.

22 Estruendo de guerra en la tierra, y quebrantamiento grande.

23 ¡Cómo fue cortado y quebrado el martillo de toda la tierra! ¡Cómo se tornó Babilonia en desierto entre los gentiles!

24 Te puse lazos, y aun fuiste tomada, oh Babilonia, y tú no lo supiste; fuiste hallada, y aun presa, porque provocaste al SEÑOR.

25 Abrió el SEÑOR tu tesoro, y sacó los vasos de su furor; porque ésta es obra del SEÑOR, Dios de los ejércitos, en la tierra de los caldeos.

26 Venid contra ella desde el cabo de la tierra ; abrid sus alfolíes, hacedla montones, y destruidla; no le queden reliquias.

27 Matad todos sus novillos; vayan al matadero. ¡Ay de ellos! Que venido es su día, el tiempo de su visitación.

28 Voz de los que huyen y escapan de la tierra de Babilonia se oye , para dar las nuevas en Sion de la venganza del SEÑOR nuestro Dios, de la venganza de su Templo.

29 Haced juntar sobre Babilonia flecheros, a todos los que entesan arco; asentad campo sobre ella alrededor; no escape de ella ninguno; pagadle según su obra; conforme a todo lo que ella hizo, haced con ella; porque contra el SEÑOR se ensoberbeció, contra el Santo de Israel.

30 Por tanto, sus jóvenes caerán en sus plazas, y todos sus hombres de guerra serán talados en aquel día, dijo el SEÑOR.

31 He aquí yo estoy contra ti, oh soberbio, dijo el Señor DIOS de los ejércitos; porque tu día es venido, el tiempo en que te visitaré.

32 Y el soberbio tropezará y caerá, y no tendrá quien lo levante; y encenderé fuego en sus ciudades, y quemaré todos sus alrededores.

33 Así dijo el SEÑOR de los ejércitos: Oprimidos fueron los hijos de Israel y los hijos de Judá juntamente; y todos los que los tomaron cautivos, se los retuvieron; no los quisieron soltar.

34 El redentor de ellos es el Fuerte; el SEÑOR de los ejércitos es su Nombre; de cierto abogará la causa de ellos, para hacer reposar la tierra, y turbar a los moradores de Babilonia.

35 Cuchillo sobre los caldeos, dijo el SEÑOR, y sobre los moradores de Babilonia, y sobre sus príncipes, y sobre sus sabios.

36 Cuchillo sobre los adivinos, y se atontarán; Cuchillo sobre sus valientes, y serán quebrantados.

37 Cuchillo sobre sus caballos, y sobre sus carros, y sobre todo el vulgo que está en medio de ella, y serán como mujeres; Cuchillo sobre sus tesoros, y serán saqueados.

38 Sequedad sobre sus aguas, y se secarán; porque tierra es de esculturas, y en ídolos enloquecen.

39 Por tanto, allí morarán bestias monteses con gatos, morarán también en ella pollos de avestruz; ni más será poblada para siempre, ni se habitará de generación en generación.

40 Como en el trastornamiento de Dios a Sodoma y a Gomorra y a sus ciudades vecinas, dijo el SEÑOR, no morará allí hombre, ni hijo de hombre la habitará.

41 He aquí viene un pueblo del aquilón; y una nación grande, y muchos reyes se levantarán de los lados de la tierra.

42 Arco y lanza manejarán; serán crueles, y no tendrán piedad; su tropel sonará como el mar, y montarán sobre caballos; se apercibirán como hombre a la pelea, contra ti, oh hija de Babilonia.

43 Oyó su fama el rey de Babilonia, y sus manos se descoyuntaron; angustia le tomó, dolor como de mujer de parto.

44 He aquí que como león subirá de la hinchazón del Jordán a la morada fuerte; porque haré reposo, y lo haré correr de sobre ella, y al que fuere escogido la encargaré; porque ¿quién es semejante a mí? ¿Y quién me emplazará? ¿O quién será aquel pastor que me podrá resistir?

45 Por tanto, oíd el consejo del SEÑOR, que ha acordado sobre Babilonia, y sus pensamientos que ha formado sobre la tierra de los caldeos. Ciertamente a los más pequeños del hato los arrastrarán, y destruirán sus moradas con ellos.

46 Del grito de la toma de Babilonia la tierra tembló, y el clamor se oyó entre los gentiles.

   

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3875. 'And she said, Now this time my husband will cling to me' means in the highest sense love and mercy, in the internal sense charity, in the external sense a joining together - spiritual love being meant here. This is clear from the meaning of 'clinging to'. As regards 'clinging' in the external sense, or inner sense nearest to the literal, meaning a joining together, this may be seen without explanation; and as regards 'clinging' in the internal sense meaning charity, this is evident from the consideration that charity, or what amounts to the same, mutual love, is a spiritual joining together. For mutual love is a joining together of affections belonging to the will and a consequent agreement of thoughts belonging to the understanding, and so is a joining of minds as to both parts. That 'clinging' in the highest sense means love and mercy is evident from this, for when the description 'infinite and eternal' is applied to charity or spiritual love the attribute of mercy is meant, mercy being Divine love directed towards the human race engulfed in such great miseries. For man of himself is nothing but evil, and what is within him, insofar as this has its origin in himself, is altogether from hell. Yet the Lord beholds him with Divine Love, and therefore the raising up of him from the hell in which of himself he dwells and his deliverance from it is called mercy. And because that mercy is an attribute of Divine Love, 'clinging' in the highest sense therefore means both love and mercy.

[2] As regards 'clinging' in the internal sense meaning spiritual love, or what amounts to the same, charity towards the neighbour, this may also be seen from other places in the Word, as in Isaiah,

Do not let the son of the foreigner who has clung to Jehovah say, Jehovah surely separates me from being with His people. The sons of the foreigner who cling to Jehovah, to minister to Him and to delight in the name of Jehovah, will be His servants. Isaiah 56:3, 6.

'Clinging to Jehovah' stands for keeping His commandments, which is an act of spiritual love, for no one at heart keeps God's commandments except him in whom good that flows from charity towards the neighbour is present. In Jeremiah,

In those days the children of Israel will come, they and the children of Judah weeping as they come; and they will seek Jehovah their God. They will ask Zion concerning the way, their faces towards it, [saying,] Come and let us cling to Jehovah in an everlasting covenant that is not forgotten. Jeremiah 50:4-5.

'Clinging to Jehovah' in like manner stands for keeping His commandments at heart, that is, doing so from good that flows from charity.

[3] In Zechariah,

Many nations will cling to Jehovah on that day and will be My people. Zechariah 2:11.

Here the meaning is similar. In Isaiah,

Jehovah will have compassion on Jacob, and will again choose Israel, and will set them on their own land. And the sojourner will cling to them, and they will join themselves to the house of Jacob. Isaiah 14:1.

'The sojourner clinging to them' stands for having a similar allegiance to the law. 'Joining themselves to the house of Jacob' stands for the good that flows from charity, which is present in those meant by 'the house of Jacob'. In Matthew,

No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other or he will cling to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. Matthew 6:24.

Here the celestial form of love is meant by 'loving', the spiritual form by 'clinging to'. Both of these expressions are used because those two forms of love are distinct and separate. Otherwise one expression would have been sufficient.

[4] People who are stirred by spiritual love are therefore called 'the sons of Levi', as in Malachi,

Who can endure the day of His coming, and who will stand when He appears? He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and He will purify the sons of Levi and purge them like gold, and like silver. Malachi 3:2-3.

In the highest sense the Lord is meant by 'Levi' by virtue of Divine love and of mercy towards those in whom spiritual love is present. This may be seen in the same prophet,

That you may know that I have sent this command to you, to be My covenant with Levi, said Jehovah Zebaoth. My covenant with him will be [a covenant] of life and peace. You have turned back from the way; you have caused many to stumble at the law, you have corrupted the covenant of Levi; therefore I have made you despised. Malachi 2:4-5, 8-9.

And because in the highest sense the Lord's Divine Love or His Mercy was meant by 'Levi', and in the internal sense spiritual love, the tribe of Levi was therefore established as the priesthood; for in the internal sense of the Word 'the priesthood' is nothing other than the holiness of love and 'kingship' the holiness of faith, 1728, 2015 (end), 3670.

[5] Because the expression 'cringing to' from which Levi received his name means spiritual love, which is the same as mutual love, the same expression in the original language is used to mean lending and borrowing. 1 And these two - lending and borrowing - in the Jewish Church represented mutual love, a representation which will in the Lord's Divine mercy be dealt with elsewhere. Mutual love is different from friendship inasmuch as mutual love has a person's good in view, and in directing itself towards that good is directed towards the person in whom good is present. Friendship however has the person in view, which is also mutual love when it looks at that person from the point of view of, that is, on account of, that good. But when it does not look at him from the point of view of good or on account of that good but on account of self which it calls good, friendship is not in that case mutual love but something close to the love of self. And insofar as it is close to this it is opposed to mutual love. In itself mutual love is nothing else than charity towards the neighbour, for in the internal sense 'the neighbour' means nothing else than good, and in the highest sense the Lord because all good originates in Him and He is Good itself, see 2425, 3419. This mutual love or charity towards the neighbour is what is understood by spiritual love and meant by 'Levi'. What is more, in the Word celestial love, and also conjugial love, is expressed in the sense of the letter as 'clinging to', but this is derived from a different expression in the original language from that from which the name Levi is obtained.

[6] This other expression means an even closer joining together, as in the following places: In Moses,

You shall fear Jehovah your God: you shall serve Him and cling to Him. Deuteronomy 10:20.

You shall go after Jehovah your God, and fear Him, and keep His commandments, and hear His voice, and serve Him, and cling to Him. Deuteronomy 13:4.

To love Jehovah your God, to go in all His ways, and to cling to Him. Deuteronomy 11:22.

To love Jehovah your God, to obey His voice, and to cling to Him, for He is your life. Deuteronomy 30:20.

In Joshua,

Take good care to carry out the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you, to love Jehovah your God, and to walk in all His ways, and to keep His commandments, and to cling to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul. Joshua 22:5.

In the second Book of Kings,

King Hezekiah trusted in Jehovah the God of Israel. He clung to Jehovah; he did not turn back from going after Him, and he kept His commandments which

Jehovah had commanded Moses. 2 Kings 18:5-6.

In Jeremiah,

As a waistcloth clings to the loins of a man, so I made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah to cling to Me, to be for Me a people, a name, a praise, and a glory; but they were not obedient. Jeremiah 13:11.

[7] The fact that conjugial love as well is expressed by 'clinging to' is evident from the following,

Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother and will cling to his wife, and they will be one flesh. Genesis 2:24.

On account of your hardness of heart Moses wrote this commandment, but from the beginning of creation God made them male and female. For this reason a man (homo) will leave his father and mother and cling to his wife, and the two will be one flesh. What therefore God has joined together man (homo) must not put asunder. Mark 10:5-9; Matthew 19:5.

The soul of Shechem clung to Dinah, Jacob's daughter. He loved the girl, and spoke to the girl's heart. Genesis 34:3.

Solomon loved many foreign women. Solomon clung to these in love. 1 Kings 11:1-2.

These quotations show then that 'clinging to' is an expression descriptive of love which was adopted in ancient times by Churches in which meaningful signs were prominent, and that it means nothing else in the internal sense than a spiritual joining together, which is charity and love.

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1. literally, mutually giving and receiving

  
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