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Jeremias 30

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1 Ang salita na dumating kay Jeremias na mula sa Panginoon, na nagsasabi,

2 Ganito ang sinasalita ng Panginoon, ng Dios ng Israel, na nagsasabi, Iyong isulat sa isang aklat ang lahat ng mga salita na aking sinalita sa iyo.

3 Sapagka't, narito, ang mga araw ay dumarating, sabi ng Panginoon na aking ibabalik na mula sa pagkabihag ang aking bayang Israel at Juda, sabi ng Panginoon, at aking pababalikin sila sa lupain na aking ibinigay sa kanilang mga magulang, at kanilang aariin.

4 At ang mga ito ang mga salita na sinalita ng Panginoon tungkol sa Israel at tungkol sa Juda.

5 Sapagka't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon; Kami ay nangakarinig ng tinig ng panginginig, ng takot, at hindi ng kapayapaan.

6 Kayo'y magtanong ngayon, at inyong tingnan kung ang lalake ay nagdaramdam ng panganganak: bakit aking nakikita ang lahat na lalake na ang mga kamay ay nangasa kaniyang mga balakang na parang babae sa pagdaramdam, at ang lahat na mukha ay naging maputla?

7 Ay! sapagka't ang araw na yaon ay dakila, na anopa't walang gaya niyaon: siya ngang panahon ng kabagabagan ng Jacob; nguni't siya'y maliligtas doon.

8 At mangyayari sa araw na yaon, sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo na aking aalisin ang kaniyang pamatok sa iyo, at aking papatirin ang iyong mga tali at hindi na siya maglilingkod pa sa mga taga ibang lupa:

9 Kundi kanilang paglilingkuran ang Panginoong kanilang Dios, at si David na kanilang hari, na aking ibabangon sa kanila.

10 Kaya't huwag kang masindak, Oh Jacob na aking lingkod, sabi ng Panginoon; huwag ka mang manglupaypay, Oh Israel: sapagka't narito, ililigtas kita mula sa malayo, at ang iyong binhi mula sa lupain ng kanilang pagkabihag; at ang Jacob ay babalik, at magiging tahimik at tiwasay, at walang tatakot sa kaniya.

11 Sapagka't ako'y sumasaiyo sabi ng Panginoon upang iligtas kita: sapagka't gagawa ako ng lubos na kawakasan sa lahat na bansa na aking pinapangalatan sa iyo, nguni't hindi ako gagawa ng lubos na kawakasan sa iyo; kundi sasawayin kita ng kahatulan, at walang pagsalang hindi kita iiwan na walang parusa.

12 Sapagka't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, Ang iyong sakit ay walang kagamutan, at ang iyong sugat ay mabigat.

13 Walang makipaglaban ng iyong usapin upang ikaw ay mapagaling: ikaw ay walang mga panggamot na nakagagaling.

14 Nilimot ka ng lahat na mangingibig sa iyo; hindi ka nila hinahanap: sapagka't sinugatan kita ng sugat ng kaaway, ng parusa ng mabagsik; dahil sa kalakhan ng iyong kasamaan, sapagka't ang iyong mga kasalanan ay dumami.

15 Bakit ka humihiyaw ng dahil sa iyong sakit? ang iyong hirap ay walang kagamutan: dahil sa kalakhan ng iyong kasamaan, sapagka't ang iyong mga kasalanan ay dumami, aking ginawa ang mga bagay na ito sa iyo.

16 Kaya't silang lahat na nagsisilamon sa iyo ay mangalalamon; at lahat ng iyong kaaway, bawa't isa sa kanila'y magsisipasok sa pagkabihag; at silang nagsisisamsam sa iyo ay magiging samsam, at lahat ng nagsisihuli sa iyo ay aking ibibigay na huli.

17 Sapagka't pagiginhawahin kita, at pagagalingin kita sa iyong mga sugat, sabi ng Panginoon; kanilang tinawag ka na tapon, na sinasabi, Ito ang Sion, na hindi hinahanap ng sinoman.

18 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon: Narito, aking ibabalik uli mula sa pagkabihag ang mga tolda ng Jacob, at pakukundanganan ko ang kaniyang mga tahanang dako; at ang bayan ay matatayo sa kaniyang sariling bunton, at ang bahay-hari ay tatahanan ng ayon sa ayos niyaon.

19 At mula sa kanila magmumula ang pagpapasalamat, at ang tinig ng nangagsasaya: at aking pararamihin sila, at sila'y hindi magiging kaunti; akin ding luluwalhatiin sila, at sila'y hindi magiging maliit.

20 Ang kanilang mga anak naman ay magiging gaya nang una, at ang kanilang kapisanan ay matatatag sa harap ko, at aking parurusahan yaong lahat na nagsisipighati sa kanila.

21 At ang kanilang prinsipe ay magiging isa sa kanila, at ang kanilang puno ay magmumula sa gitna nila: at aking palalapitin siya, at siya'y lalapit sa akin: sapagka't sino yaong nangahas upang lumapit sa akin? sabi ng Panginoon.

22 At kayo'y magiging aking bayan, at ako'y magiging inyong Dios.

23 Narito, ang unos ng Panginoon, ang kaniyang kapusukan, ay bumulalas na parang buhawi: hahampas sa ulo ng masama.

24 Ang mabangis na galit ng Panginoon ay hindi mapaparam hanggang sa maisagawa, at hanggang sa kaniyang maisagawa ang haka ng kaniyang puso; sa mga huling araw ay iyong mauunawa.

   

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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.