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Sakaria 14

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1 Se, en dag skall komma, en HERRENS dag, då man i dig skall utskifta byte.

2 Ty jag skall församla alla folk till strid mot Jerusalem; och staden skall intagas, och husen skola plundras och kvinnorna skändas. Och hälften av folket i staden skall föras bort i fångenskap. Men återstoden därav skall icke bliva utrotad ur staden;

3 ty HERREN skall draga ut och strida mot de folken, såsom han stridde förr på drabbningens dag.

4 Och han skall den dagen stå med sina fötter på Oljeberget, gent emot Jerusalem, österut; och Oljeberget skall rämna mitt itu, mot öster och väster, till en mycket stor dal, i det att ena hälften av berget viker undan mot norr, och andra hälften därav mot söder.

5 Och I skolen fly ned i dalen mellan mina berg, ty dalen mellan bergen skall räcka ända till Asel; I skolen fly, såsom I flydden för jordbävningen i Ussias, Juda konungs, tid. Då skall HERREN, min Gud, komma, ja, du själv och alla heliga med dig.

6 Och det skall ske på den dagen att ljuset skall bliva borta, ty himlaljusen skola förmörkas.

7 Och det bliver en dag som är ensam i sitt slag, och som är känd av HERREN, en dag då det varken är dag eller natt, en dag då det bliver ljust, när aftonen kommer.

8 Och det skall ske på den tiden att rinnande vatten skola utgå från Jerusalem, ena hälften mot Östra havet och andra hälften mot Västra havet; både sommar och vinter skall det vara så.

9 Och HERREN skall då vara konung över hela jorden; ja, på den tiden skall HERREN vara en, och hans namn ett.

10 Hela landet från Geba till Rimmon, söder om Jerusalem, skall då förvandlas till en slättmark; men själva staden skall trona på sin höjd, och sträcka sig från Benjaminsporten ända till den plats där den förra porten stod, till Hörnporten och Hananeltornet och till de kungliga vinpressarna;

11 och folket skall bo där i ro och icke mer givas till spillo, ty Jerusalem skall trona i trygghet.

12 Men denna hemsökelse skall HERREN låta drabba alla de folk som drogo ut för att strida mot Jerusalem: han skall låta deras kött ruttna, medan de ännu stå på sina fötter; deras ögon skola ruttna i sina hålor och deras tunga skall ruttna i deras mun.

13 Och det skall ske på den tiden att HERREN skall sända en stor förvirring bland dem; de skola bära hand på varandra, och den enes hand skall lyftas mot den andres.

14 Också Juda skall strida mot Jerusalem. Och skatter skola samlas tillhopa från alla folk runt omkring: guld, silver och kläder i stor myckenhet.

15 En likadan hemsökelse skall ock drabba hästar, mulåsnor, kameler, åsnor och alla andra djur som finnas där i lägren.

16 Och det skall ske att alla överblivna ur alla de folk som kommo mot Jerusalem skola år efter år draga ditupp, för att tillbedja konungen HERREN Sebaot, och för att fira lövhyddohögtiden.

17 Men om någon av jordens folkstammar icke drager upp till Jerusalem, för att tillbedja konungen HERREN Sebaot, då skall över den icke komma något regn.

18 Om Egyptens folkstam icke drager åstad och kommer ditupp, så skall ej heller över den komma regn. Detta bliver den hemsökelse som HERREN skall låta drabba de folk som icke draga upp för att fira lövhyddohögtiden.

19 Ja, så skall Egypten drabbas av sin synd, så skola ock alla andra folk drabbas av sin synd, om de icke draga upp för att fira lövhyddohögtiden.

20 På den tiden skall på hästarnas bjällror stå att läsa: »Helgad åt HERREN», och grytorna i HERRENS hus skola vara såsom offerskålarna framför altaret.

21 Och var gryta i Jerusalem och Juda skall vara helgad åt HERREN Sebaot, så att var och en som vill offra kan komma och taga en sådan och koka i den. Och ingen kanané skall mer finnas i HERREN Sebaots hus, på den tiden.

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 584

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584. Verse 20. And the rest of the men who were not killed in these plagues, signifies who did not perish by the cupidities above mentioned. This is evident from the signification of "the rest of the men who were not killed," as being all those who did not perish. "To be killed" signifies in the Word to be killed spiritually, which is to perish in eternal death (See above, n. 547, 572). Also from the signification of "these plagues," as being the cupidities above mentioned, namely, those signified by "fire, smoke, and brimstone going out of the mouth of the horses," which signify the cupidities that arise from the love of evil and the love of falsity, also the lusts of destroying the truths and goods of the church by the falsities of evil (as may be seen above, n. 578. These are called "plagues," because "plagues" signify in the Word such things as destroy the spiritual life, consequently the church in men, and which therefore induce death understood in the spiritual sense. These in brief have reference to the cupidities springing from the loves of self and of the world; for these loves are the roots from which evils and falsities of every genus and species spring up and grow.

[2] Such also is the signification of "plagues" in the following passages in Revelation:

The two witnesses have power over the waters, to turn them into blood, and to smite the earth with every plague as often as they will (Revelation 11:6).

Again:

Men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, for the plague thereof was exceeding great (Revelation 16:21).

Again:

In one day shall the plagues of Babylon come, death and mourning and famine (Revelation 18:8).

And again:

I saw seven angels having the seven last plagues, through which is to be finished the wrath of God (Revelation 15:1, 6, 8). That "plagues" mean such things as induce upon man spiritual death, consequently that wholly destroy and devastate the church with men in particular and thus in general, will be seen in the explanation of the passages that follow, where "plagues" are mentioned, and especially where "the seven last plagues" are treated of.

[3] "Plagues" have a like meaning in the following passages in the prophets. In Isaiah:

The light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, in the day that Jehovah shall bind up the breach of His people, and shall heal the wound of their plague (Isaiah 30:26).

In Jeremiah:

It is desperate for thy bruise, thy plague is sore. I have smitten thee with the plague of an enemy. I will make health to ascend upon thee; I will heal thee of thy plague (Jeremiah 30:12, 14, 17).

In the same:

Everyone that passeth by Edom shall hiss at all the plagues thereof (4 Jeremiah 49:17).

In the same:

Everyone that passeth by Babylon shall hiss at all her plagues (Jeremiah 50:13).

In Moses:

If they will 1 not take heed to do all the words of the law, Jehovah will make thy plagues wonderful, great plagues and lasting, and evil and lasting diseases. Also every disease and every plague which is not written in the book of this law will Jehovah secretly send upon thee until thou be destroyed (Deuteronomy 28:58, 59, 61).

"Plagues" here signify spiritual plagues, which destroy the soul, not the body, and which are enumerated in this chapter of Deuteronomy (verses 20-68).

[4] What "plagues" signify in the spiritual sense is described by correspondences in Zechariah:

This shall be the plague wherewith Jehovah will plague all the peoples that shall wage war against Jerusalem; his flesh shall waste away as he standeth upon his feet, and his eyes shall waste away in their sockets, and his tongue shall waste away in his mouth. So shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, of the ass, and of every beast that shall be in those camps, as this plague (Zechariah 14:12, 15).

This is said of those who endeavor to destroy the truths of the church by falsities; "Jerusalem" signifies the church in respect to the truths of doctrine, and "to wage war against it" means to endeavor to destroy these truths by falsities. That "one's flesh shall waste away as he standeth upon his feet" signifies that with those who attempt this, all the will of good will perish, and that they will thus become merely corporeal-natural, for "flesh" signifies the will and its good or evil; "feet" signify the things of the natural man, therefore "to stand upon the feet" signifies to live from such things only; "his eyes shall waste away in their sockets" signifies that all understanding of truth will perish, "eyes" signifying that understanding; "his tongue shall waste away in his mouth" signifies that all perception of truth and affection of good will perish. (This prophecy is explained above, n. 455.) Almost the same things are signified by "the plagues of the horse, the mule, the camel, the ass, and every beast," for the "plague" of these signifies the loss of all understanding of truth, as well spiritual as natural; and "the plague of the beast" signifies the loss of all affection for good.

[5] In Luke:

In the same hour in which John sent unto Him, Jesus cured many of diseases and plagues of evil spirits; and on many that were blind He bestowed sight (Luke 7:21).

"The plagues of evil spirits" mean the obsessions and calamitous conditions then inflicted upon men by evil spirits, all of which however signify correspondent spiritual states; for all the healings of diseases performed by the Lord signified spiritual healings, and from this the miracles of the Lord were Divine; as this, that "on many that were blind He bestowed sight," which signified that to those who were in ignorance of truth He gave the understanding of the truths of doctrine:

The wounds [plagas] that the robbers inflicted on the man who went down from Jerusalem to Jericho (Luke 10:30);

also signifies spiritual wounds, which were the falsities and evils infused into sojourners and Gentiles by the scribes and Pharisees. (See above, n. 444, where this parable is explained in its spiritual sense.)

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1. Latin has "they will," the Hebrew "thou whilt," as also in Apocalypse Explained 696; Arcana Coelestia 2826, 6752.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Foundation for their permission to use this translation.