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Ezekiel 37

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1 Ang kamay ng Panginoon ay sumasa akin, at kaniyang dinala ako sa Espiritu ng Panginoon, at inilagay niya ako sa gitna ng libis; at yao'y puno ng mga buto.

2 At pinaraan niya ako sa tabi ng mga yaon sa palibot: at, narito, may totoong marami sa luwal na libis; at, narito, mga totoong tuyo.

3 At kaniyang sinabi sa akin, Anak ng tao, maaari bagang mabuhay ang mga butong ito? At ako'y sumagot, Oh Panginoong Dios; ikaw ang nakakaalam.

4 Muling sinabi niya sa akin, Manghula ka sa mga butong ito, at sabihin mo sa kanila, Oh kayong mga tuyong buto, inyong pakinggan ang salita ng Panginoon.

5 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios sa mga butong ito: Narito, aking papapasukin ang hinga sa inyo, at kayo'y mangabubuhay.

6 At lalagyan ko kayo ng mga litid, at babalutin ko kayo ng laman, at tatakpan ko kayo ng balat, at lalagyan ko kayo ng hininga, at kayo'y mangabubuhay; at inyong malalaman na ako ang Panginoon.

7 Sa gayo'y nanghula ako ng gaya ng iniutos sa akin: at habang ako'y nanghuhula, may naghinugong, at, narito, isang lindol; at ang mga buto ay nangagkalapit, buto sa kaniyang buto.

8 At ako'y tumingin, at, narito, may mga litid sa mga yaon, at laman ay lumitaw sa mga yaon at ang balat ay tumakip sa mga yaon sa ibabaw; nguni't walang hininga sa kanila.

9 Nang magkagayo'y sinabi niya sa akin, Manghula ka sa hangin, manghula ka, anak ng tao, at sabihin mo sa hangin, Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios: Manggaling ka sa apat na hangin, Oh hinga, at humihip ka sa mga patay na ito, upang sila'y mangabuhay.

10 Sa gayo'y nanghula ako ng gaya ng iniutos niya sa akin, at ang hininga ay pumasok sa kanila, at sila'y nangabuhay, at nagsitayo ng kanilang mga paa, isang totoong malaking pulutong.

11 Nang magkagayo'y sinabi niya sa akin, Anak ng tao, ang mga butong ito ay ang buong sangbahayan ni Israel: narito, kanilang sinasabi, Ang ating mga buto ay natuyo, at ang ating pagasa ay nawala; tayo'y lubos na nahiwalay.

12 Kaya't manghula ka, at sabihin mo sa kanila, Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios: Narito, aking bubuksan ang inyong mga libingan, at aking pasasampahin kayo mula sa inyong mga libingan, Oh bayan ko; at aking dadalhin kayo sa lupain ng Israel.

13 At inyong malalaman na ako ang Panginoon, pagka aking binuksan ang inyong libingan, at aking pinasampa kayo na mula sa inyong mga libingan, Oh bayan ko.

14 At aking ilalagay ang aking Espiritu sa inyo, at kayo'y mangabubuhay, at aking ilalagay kayo sa inyong sariling lupain, at inyong mangalalaman na akong Panginoon ang nagsalita, at nagsagawa, sabi ng Panginoon.

15 Ang salita ng Panginoon ay dumating uli sa akin, na nagsasabi:

16 At ikaw, anak ng tao, kumuha ka ng isang tungkod, at sulatan mo sa ibabaw, Sa Juda at sa mga anak ni Israel na kaniyang mga kasama: saka kumuha ka ng ibang tungkod, at iyong sulatan: Sa Jose, na siyang tungkod ng Ephraim, at sa buong sangbahayan ni Israel na kaniyang mga kasama:

17 At iyong papagugnayugnayin sa ganang iyo na maging isang tungkod, upang maging isa sa iyong kamay.

18 At pagka ang mga anak ng iyong bayan ay mangagsasalita sa iyo, na mangagsasabi, Hindi mo baga ipakikilala sa amin kung ano ang kahulugan ng mga ito?

19 Sabihin mo sa kanila, Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios: Narito, aking kukunin ang tungkod ng Jose, na nasa kamay ng Ephraim, at ang mga lipi ng Israel na kaniyang mga kasama: at akin silang isasama roon, sa tungkod ng Juda, at gagawin ko silang isang tungkod, at sila'y magiging isa sa aking kamay.

20 At ang tungkod na iyong sinusulatan ay hahawakan mo sa harap ng kanilang mga mata.

21 At sabihin mo sa kanila, Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios: Narito, aking kukunin ang mga anak ni Israel mula sa gitna ng mga bansa, na kanilang pinaroonan, at pipisanin ko sila sa lahat ng dako, at dadalhin ko sila sa kanilang sariling lupain:

22 At gagawin ko silang isang bansa sa lupain, sa mga bundok ng Israel; at isang hari ang magiging hari sa kanilang lahat; at hindi na sila magiging dalawang bansa, o mahahati pa man sila sa dalawang kaharian;

23 At hindi na naman mapapahamak pa sila ng dahil sa kanilang mga diosdiosan, o sa kanila mang mga kasuklamsuklam na bagay, o sa anoman sa kanilang mga pagsalangsang; kundi aking ililigtas sila mula sa lahat nilang tahanang dako, na kanilang pinagkasalanan, at lilinisin ko sila: sa gayo'y magiging bayan ko sila, at ako'y magiging kanilang Dios.

24 At ang aking lingkod na si David ay magiging hari sa kanila; at silang lahat ay magkakaroon ng isang pastor; magsisilakad din naman sila ng ayon sa aking mga kahatulan, at susundin ang aking mga palatuntunan, at isasagawa.

25 At sila'y magsisitahan sa lupain na aking ibinigay kay Jacob na aking lingkod, na tinahanan ng inyong mga magulang; at sila'y magsisitahan doon, sila at ang kanilang mga anak, at ang mga anak ng kanilang mga anak, magpakailan man: at si David na aking lingkod ay magiging kanilang prinsipe magpakailan man.

26 Bukod dito'y makikipagtipan ako ng tipan ng kapayapaan sa kanila; magiging tipan na walang hanggan sa kanila; at aking ilalagay sila, at pararamihin sila at itatatag ko ang aking santuario sa gitna nila magpakailan man.

27 Ang aking tabernakulo naman ay mapapasa gitna nila; at ako'y magiging kanilang Dios, at sila'y magiging aking bayan.

28 At malalaman ng mga bansa na ako ang Panginoon na nagpapabanal sa Israel, pagka ang aking santuario ay mapapasa gitna nila magpakailan man.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 666

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666. 'A covenant' means nothing other than regeneration and the things that constitute regeneration. This becomes clear from many places in the Word where the Lord Himself is called 'the Covenant', for it is He alone who regenerates, to whom a regenerated person looks, and who is the All in all of love and faith. That the Lord is the Covenant itself is clear in Isaiah,

I Jehovah have called You in righteousness, taking You by the hand and keeping You, and I will give You for a Covenant of the people, a light of the nations. Isaiah 42:6.

Here 'a Covenant' stands for the Lord, and 'the light of the nations' is faith. Similarly in Isaiah 49:6, 8. In Malachi,

Behold, I am sending My angel, and suddenly there will come to His temple the Lord whom you are seeking, and the Angel of the Covenant in whom you delight. Behold, He is coming. Who will endure the day of His coming? Malachi 3:1-2.

Here the Lord is called 'the Angel of the Covenant'. In Exodus 31:16 the Sabbath is called an eternal covenant because it means the Lord Himself. It also means the celestial man who has been regenerated by Him.

[2] The Lord being the Covenant itself, it is clear that what constitutes the covenant is everything that joins a person to the Lord, that is to say, love and faith and the things that belong to love and faith. In fact these are the Lord's and the Lord is within them, and so the Covenant itself exists within these, where they are received. These things do not exist except with someone who has been regenerated, with whom anything at all that is the Regenerator's, or the Lord's, constitutes the covenant, or is the covenant. As in Isaiah,

My mercy will not depart from you, and the covenant of My peace will not be removed. Isaiah 54:10.

Here 'mercy and covenant of peace' means the Lord and things that are the Lord's. In the same prophet,

Incline your ear and come to Me; hear, that your soul may live, and I will make with you an eternal covenant, even the sure mercies of David. Lo, I have given Him as a witness to the peoples, a leader and lawgiver to the peoples. Isaiah 55:3-4.

Here 'David' stands for the Lord. 'The eternal covenant' exists in and acts through those qualities that are the Lord's, which are meant by 'coming to Him' and 'hearing so that your soul may live'.

[3] In Jeremiah,

I will give them one heart and one way, to fear Me all their days, for their own good and that of their sons after them. I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear into their heart. Jeremiah 31:39, 40.

This stands for those who are to be regenerated, and also for those things with someone regenerate which are 'one heart and one way', namely charity and faith, which belong to the Lord and so to the covenant. In the same prophet,

Behold, the days are coming, said Jehovah, when I will make with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah a new covenant, not like the covenant which I made with their fathers, for they rendered My covenant invalid. But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days: I will put My law in the midst of them, and will write it on their heart, and I will be their God, and they will be My people. Jeremiah 31:31-33.

This is an explicit statement of what constitutes the covenant - love and faith in the Lord, which will be present with him who is to be regenerated.

[4] In the same prophet love is called the covenant far the day, and faith the covenant for the night, Jeremiah 33:20. In Ezekiel,

I Jehovah will be their God, and my servant David will be prince in the midst of them; and I will make with them a covenant of peace, and I will banish the evil wild animal from the land, and they will dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods. Ezekiel 34:24-25.

This clearly refers to regeneration. 'David' stands for the Lord. In the same prophet,

David will be their prince for ever. I will make with them a covenant of peace, it will be an eternal covenant with them. I will set My sanctuary in their midst for evermore. Ezekiel 37:25-26.

This similarly refers to regeneration. 'David' and 'the sanctuary' stand for the Lord. In the same prophet,

I entered into a covenant with you, and you were Mine. And I washed you with water and washed away your blood from upon you, and anointed you with oil. Ezekiel 16:8-9, 11.

This clearly stands for regeneration. In Hosea,

I will make for them a covenant on that day, with the wild animals of the field, and with the birds of the air, 1 and with the creeping things of the earth. Hosea 2:18.

This stands for regeneration. 'Wild animals of the field' stands for things of the will, 'birds of the air' 1 for those of the understanding. In David,

He sent redemption to His people, He commanded His covenant for ever. Psalms 111:9.

This stands for regeneration. This is called 'a covenant' because it is something given and received.

[5] People however who have not been regenerated - or what amounts to the same, who focus worship on things that are external and who set up and worship as gods both themselves and everything they desire and think - are referred to, because they separate themselves from the Lord, as 'rendering the covenant invalid', as in Jeremiah,

They forsook the covenant of Jehovah their God, and bowed down to other gods and served them. Jeremiah 22:9.

In Moses,

He who transgressed the covenant by serving other gods, the sun, the moon, and the host of heaven, was to be stoned. Deuteronomy 17:2 and following verses.

'The sun' stands for self-love, 'the moon' for false assumptions, 'the host of heaven' for falsities themselves. From this it is now clear what 'the Ark of the covenant' is, containing the testimony or covenant, namely the Lord Himself; what 'the Book of the covenant' is, namely the Lord Himself, Exodus 24:4-7, 34:27; Deuteronomy 4:13, 23; what 'the Blood of the covenant' is, namely the Lord Himself, Exodus 24:6, 8; who alone is the Regenerator. Hence 'a covenant' is regeneration itself.

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1. literally, bird of the heavens (or the skies)

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