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Jeremias 29

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1 Ito nga ang mga salita ng sulat na ipinadala ni Jeremias na propeta mula sa Jerusalem sa nalabi sa mga matanda sa pagkabihag, at sa mga saserdote, at sa mga propeta, at sa buong bayan, na dinalang bihag ni Nabucodonosor sa Babilonia mula sa Jerusalem:

2 (Pagkatapos na makaalis sa Jerusalem si Jechonias na hari, at ang ina ng hari, at ang mga bating, at ang mga prinsipe sa Juda at sa Jerusalem, at ang mga manggagawa at ang mga mangbabakal;)

3 Sa pamamagitan ng kamay ni Elasa na anak ni Saphan, at ni Gemarias na anak ni Hilcias, (na siyang sinugo sa Babilonia ni Sedechias na hari sa Juda kay Nabucodonosor na hari sa Babilonia,) na nagsasabi,

4 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, ng Dios ng Israel, sa lahat ng bihag na aking ipinadalang bihag sa Babilonia mula sa Jerusalem,

5 Kayo'y mangagtayo ng mga bahay, at inyong tahanan; at kayo'y maghalamanan, at kanin ninyo ang bunga ng mga yaon.

6 Magsipagasawa kayo, at kayo'y mangagkaanak ng mga lalake at mga babae; at ikuha ninyo ng mga asawa ang inyong mga anak na lalake, at inyong ibigay na asawa ang inyong mga anak na babae, upang sila'y mangagkaanak ng mga lalake at mga babae: at kayo'y magsidami roon, at huwag kayong magpakaunti.

7 At inyong hanapin ang kapayapaan sa bayan na aking pinagdalhan sa inyong bihag, at inyong idalangin sa Panginoon: sapagka't sa kapayapaan niyaon ay magkakaroon naman kayo ng kapayapaan.

8 Sapagka't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, ng Dios ng Israel, Huwag kayong dayain ng mga propeta na nangasa gitna ninyo, at ng inyong mga manghuhula, o mangakinig man kayo sa inyong mga panaginip na inyong napapanaginip.

9 Sapagka't sila'y nanganghuhulang may kasinungalingan sa inyo sa aking pangalan: hindi ko sinugo sila, sabi ng Panginoon.

10 Sapagka't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, Pagkatapos na maganap ang pitong pung taon sa Babilonia, aking dadalawin kayo, at aking tutuparin ang aking mabuting salita sa inyo, sa pagpapabalik sa inyo sa dakong ito.

11 Sapagka't nalalaman ko ang mga pagiisip na aking iniisip sa inyo, sabi ng Panginoon, mga pagiisip tungkol sa kapayapaan, at hindi tungkol sa kasamaan, upang bigyan kayo ng pagasa sa inyong huling wakas.

12 At kayo'y magsisitawag sa akin, at kayo'y magsisiyaon at magsisidalangin sa akin, at aking didinggin kayo.

13 At inyong hahanapin ako, at masusumpungan ako, pagka inyong sisiyasatin ako ng inyong buong puso.

14 At ako'y masusumpungan sa inyo, sabi ng Panginoon, at aking ibabalik uli kayo na mula sa inyong pagkabihag, at aking pipisanin kayo mula sa lahat ng bansa, at mula sa lahat ng dako na aking pinagtabuyan sa inyo, sabi ng Panginoon; at aking ibabalik kayo uli sa dakong mula sa aking pinagdalhang bihag sa inyo.

15 Sapagka't inyong sinabi, Ang Panginoon ay nagbangon sa amin ng mga propeta sa Babilonia.

16 Sapagka't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon tungkol sa hari na nauupo sa luklukan ni David, at tungkol sa buong bayan na tumatahan sa bayang ito, sa inyo ngang mga kapatid na hindi nagsilabas na kasama ninyo sa pagkabihag;

17 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, Narito, aking susuguin sa kanila ang tabak, ang kagutom at ang salot, at gagawin ko silang parang masamang igos, na hindi makakain, dahil sa nangapakasama.

18 At aking hahabulin sila ng tabak, at kagutom, at ng salot, at aking ibibigay sila sa kakutyaan na paroo't parito sa gitna ng lahat na kaharian sa lupa, upang maging kasumpaan, at katigilan, at kasutsutan, at katuyaan, sa gitna ng lahat na bansa na aking pinagtabuyan sa kanila;

19 Sapagka't hindi sila nangakinig sa aking mga salita, sabi ng Panginoon, na aking mga ipinasugo sa aking mga propeta, na ako'y bumangong maaga at sinugo ko sila; nguni't hindi ninyo dininig sila, sabi ng Panginoon.

20 Inyo ngang dinggin ang salita ng Panginoon, ninyong lahat na nasa pagkabihag, na aking itinaboy sa Babilonia mula sa Jerusalem.

21 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, ng Dios ng Israel, tungkol kay Achab na anak ni Colias, at tungkol kay Sedechias na anak ni Maasias na nanghuhula ng kasinungalingan sa inyo sa aking pangalan, Narito, aking ibibigay sila sa kamay ni Nabucodonosor na hari sa Babilonia; at papatayin niya sila sa harap ng inyong mga mata;

22 At sa kanila kukuha ng kasumpaan sa lahat ng bihag sa Juda na nangasa Babilonia, na magsasabi, Gawin ka ng Panginoon na gaya ni Sedechias at gaya ni Achab, na iniihaw sa apoy ng hari sa Babilonia.

23 Sapagka't sila'y gumawang may kamangmangan sa Israel, at nangalunya sa mga asawa ng kanilang mga kapuwa, at nangagsalita ng mga salita sa aking pangalan na may kasinungalingan, na hindi ko iniutos sa kanila; at ako ang siyang nakakakilala, at ako'y saksi, sabi ng Panginoon.

24 At tungkol kay Semaias na Nehelamita ay iyong sasalitain, na sasabihin,

25 Ganito ang sinasalita ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, ng Dios ng Israel, na sinasabi, Sapagka't ikaw ay nagpadala ng mga sulat sa iyong sariling pangalan sa buong bayan na nasa Jerusalem, at kay Sophonias na anak ni Maasias na saserdote, at sa lahat na saserdote, na iyong sinasabi,

26 Ginawa kang saserdote ng Panginoon na kahalili ni Joiada na saserdote, upang kayo'y maging mga lingkod sa bahay ng Panginoon, sa bawa't tao na ulol, at nagpapanggap na propeta, upang iyong mailagay sa pangawan at sa mga tanikala.

27 Ngayon nga, bakit hindi mo sinaway si Jeremias na taga Anathoth, na nagpapanggap na propeta sa inyo,

28 Yamang siya'y nagsugo sa Babilonia, na nagsasabi, Ang pagkabihag ay malaon: kayo'y mangagtayo ng mga bahay at inyong tahanan; at kayo'y mangaghalaman, at inyong kanin ang bunga ng mga yaon?

29 At binasa ni Sophonia na saserdote ang sulat na ito sa mga pakinig ni Jeremias na propeta.

30 Nang magkagayo'y dumating ang salita ng Panginoon kay Jeremias, na nagsasabi,

31 Ikaw ay magsugo sa kanilang lahat na nasa pagkabihag, na iyong sabihin, Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon tungkol kay Semaias na Nehelamita. Yamang nanghula si Semaias sa inyo, at hindi ko sinugo siya, at kaniyang pinatiwala kayo sa kasinungalingan.

32 Kaya't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, Narito, aking parurusahan si Semaias na Nehelamita, at ang kaniyang binhi; siya'y hindi magkakaroon ng lalake na tatahan sa gitna ng bayang ito, o mamamasdan man niya ang mabuti na gagawin ko sa aking bayan, sabi ng Panginoon, sapagka't siya'y nagsalita ng panghihimagsik laban sa Panginoon.

   

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2906. 'The years of the life of Sarah' means when any Divine truth still existed on earth. This is clear from the meaning of 'a year' as a whole period of the Church from start to finish, and so of 'years' as periods, dealt with immediately above in 2905; and from the meaning of 'the life of Sarah' as states as regards Divine truth, also dealt with just above, in 2904. Thus here the end when no Divine truth at all existed any longer is meant, as also follows from the words that occur immediately before these.

[2] That 'a year' means the whole length of time a state of the Church lasts, from start to finish, or what amounts to the same, a whole period, and that consequently 'years' means the periods of time within the general whole, becomes clear from the following places in the Word: In Isaiah,

Jehovah has anointed Me to bring good tidings to the afflicted; He has sent Me to bind up the broken in heart, to proclaim liberty to captives, and opening of every kind to those that are bound, to proclaim the year of Jehovah's good pleasure, and the day of vengeance for our God. Isaiah 61:1-2.

This refers to the Coming of the Lord. 'The year of Jehovah's good pleasure' stands for the time of the new Church. In the same prophet,

The day of vengeance was in My heart, and the year of My redeemed has come. Isaiah 63:4.

This similarly refers to the Coming of the Lord. 'The year of the redeemed' stands for the time of the new Church. In the same prophet,

The day of Jehovah's vengeance, the year of retributions on account of the controversy of Zion. Isaiah 34:8.

Here the meaning is similar.

[3] That same period is also called 'the year of visitation': in Jeremiah,

I will bring evil to the men of Anathoth in the year of their visitation. Jeremiah 11:23.

In the same prophet,

I will bring upon Moab the year of their visitation. Jeremiah 48:44.

And plainer still in Ezekiel,

After many days you will be visited; in the latter years you will come upon the land that is brought back from the sword, that is gathered out of many peoples, upon the mountains of Israel, which will be a waste continually. Ezekiel 38:8.

'The latter years' stands for the final period of the Church when it becomes that which is not the Church, those who previously belonged to the Church having been rejected and others having been accepted from other places. In Isaiah,

Thus said the Lord to me, Within yet a year, according to the years of a hireling, and all the glory of Kedar will be brought to an end. Isaiah 21:16.

This too stands for the final period.

[4] In Ezekiel,

You have become guilty by your blood which you have shed, and defiled by your idols which you have made, and you have brought your days near, and you have come even to your years. Therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations and a mocking to all the lands. Ezekiel 22:4.

'Coming even to their years' stands for coming to the end when the Lord departs from the Church. In Isaiah,

Jehovah has now spoken, saying, In three years, as with the years of a hireling, the glory of Moab will grow worthless, with all its great multitude; and the residue will be tiny and of no account. Isaiah 16:14.

'In three years' also stands for the end of the previous Church - 'three' meaning that which has been completed and that which is a beginning, see 1825, 2788.

[5] Seven, and also seventy, have the same meaning, see 720, 728, 901. Consequently it is said in Isaiah,

And it will be on that day, that Tyre will pass into oblivion for seventy years, according to the days of one king. At the end of seventy years it will happen to Tyre according to the song of the harlot. And it will be at the end of seventy years, that Jehovah will visit Tyre, and she will return to hiring herself out as a harlot. Isaiah 23:15, 17.

'Seventy years' stands for a whole period, from the time a Church comes into being until the time it breathes its last, which is also 'the days of one king', for 'a king' means a Church's truth, see 1672, 1728, 2015, 2069. The captivity which the Jews were sent into lasting seventy years entails something similar. That captivity is also spoken of in Jeremiah as follows,

These nations will serve the king of Babel seventy years, and it will be, when the seventy years are fulfilled, that I will visit the king of Babel and this nation for their iniquity, said Jehovah. Jeremiah 25:11-12; 29:10.

[6] That 'a year', and also 'years', is a whole period of the Church, or the time it lasts, becomes clearer still in Malachi,

Behold, I am sending My angel, and he will prepare the way before Me; 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, said Jehovah Zebaoth. And who can endure the day of His coming? Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to Jehovah, as in the days of old, and as in ancient years. Malachi 3:1-2, 4.

This refers to the Coming of the Lord. 'The days of old' stands for the Most Ancient Church, 'ancient years' for the Ancient Church, 'the offering of Judah' for worship springing from celestial love, and 'the offering of Jerusalem' for worship springing from spiritual love. Here it is quite evident that neither Judah nor Jerusalem was meant. In David,

I have considered the days of old, and the years of long ago. Psalms 77:5.

Here 'the days of old' and 'the years of long ago' stand for the same two Churches, as is plainer still in Moses,

Recollect the days of old, understand the years of generation after generation; ask your father and he will show you, your elders and they will tell you, When the Most High gave to the nations an inheritance, and Himself separated the sons of man. Deuteronomy 32:7-8.

[7] That 'a year' or 'years' is a complete period of the Church is also evident in Habakkuk,

O Jehovah, I have heard Your fame; I was afraid. O Jehovah, revive Your work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make it known; in wrath You will remember mercy. God will come out of Teman, and the Holy One out of Mount Paran. Habakkuk 3:2-3.

This refers to the Coming of the Lord. 'In the midst of the years' stands for in the fullness of time. For what the fullness of time is, see just above in 2905.

[8] As 'a year' and 'years', when used in reference to the Lord's kingdom on earth, which is the Church, mean a complete period from start to finish, so when used in reference to the Lord's kingdom in heaven do they mean that which is eternal; as in David,

O God, Your years are from generation to generation. You are He, and Your years will have no end. The sons of Your servants will continue, and their seed will be established before You. Psalms 102:24, 27-28.

In the same author,

You will add days to the king's days; His years as generation after generation! And He will dwell for ever before God. Psalms 61:6-7.

Here 'years' stands for that which is eternal since these words refer to the Lord and His kingdom.

[9] The lambs offered in burnt offerings and sacrifices, which were to be in their first year, Leviticus 12:6; 14:10; Numbers 6:12; 7:15, 21, 33, 39, 45, 51, 57, 63, 69, 75, 81; and elsewhere, meant the celestial things of innocence in the Lord's kingdom, which are eternal. Hence burnt offerings of calves in their first year are referred to in Micah 6:6 as being most acceptable.

[10] That 'a year' in the internal sense does not mean a year is made additionally clear from the consideration that angels, who possess the internal sense of the Word, are not able to possess the idea of any year. But because a year is a complete period of time within the natural world, they have instead of the idea of a year the idea of that which is completed in relation to states of the Church, and of that which is eternal in relation to states in heaven. To them periods of time are states, 1274, 1382, 2625, 2788, 2837.

  
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