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Jeremias 32

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1 Ang salita na dumating kay Jeremias na mula sa Panginoon nang ikasangpung taon ni Sedechias na hari sa Juda na siyang ikalabing walong taon ni Nabucodonosor.

2 Nang panahon ngang yao'y ang hukbo ng hari sa Babilonia ay kumubkob sa Jerusalem, at si Jeremias na propeta ay nakulong sa looban ng bantayan, na nasa bahay ng hari sa Juda.

3 Sapagka't kinulong siya ni Sedechias na hari sa Juda, na sinasabi, Bakit ka nanghuhula, at nagsasabi, Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, Narito, ibibigay ko ang bayang ito sa kamay ng hari sa Babilonia, at kaniyang sasakupin:

4 At si Sedechias na hari sa Juda ay hindi makatatanan sa kamay ng mga Caldeo, kundi tunay na mabibigay sa kamay ng hari sa Babilonia, at makikipagusap sa kaniya ng bibig, at ang kaniyang mga mata ay titingin sa kaniyang mga mata;

5 At kaniyang dadalhin si Sedechias sa Babilonia, at siya'y doroon hanggang sa dalawin ko siya, sabi ng Panginoon: bagaman kayo'y magsilaban sa mga Caldeo, hindi kayo magsisiginhawa?

6 At sinabi ni Jeremias, Ang salita ng Panginoon, ay dumating sa akin, na nagsasabi:

7 Narito, si Hanamel na anak ni Sallum na iyong amain ay paroroon sa iyo, na magsasabi, Bilhin mo ang parang ko na nasa Anathoth: sapagka't ang matuwid ng pagtubos ay ukol sa iyo upang bilhin.

8 Sa gayo'y si Hanamel na anak ng aking amain ay naparoon sa akin sa looban ng bantayan ayon sa salita ng Panginoon, at sinabi sa akin, Bilhin mo ang aking parang, isinasamo ko sa iyo, na nasa Anathoth, na nasa lupain ng Benjamin; sapagka't ang matuwid ng pagmamana ay ukol sa iyo, at ang pagtubos ay ukol sa iyo; bilhin mo para sa iyong sarili. Nang magkagayo'y nakilala ko na ito'y salita ng Panginoon.

9 At binili ko ang parang na nasa Anathoth kay Hanamel na anak ng aking amain, at tinimbang ko sa kaniya ang salapi, na labing pitong siklong pilak.

10 At ako'y naglagda ng pangalan sa katibayan, at aking tinatakan, at tumawag ako ng mga saksi, at tinimbang ko sa kaniya ang salapi sa timbangan.

11 Sa gayo'y kinuha ko ang katibayan ng pagkabili, ang natatatakan, yaong ayon sa kautusan at kaugalian, at ang bukas:

12 At ibinigay ko ang katibayan ng pagkabili kay Baruch na anak ni Nerias, na anak ni Maasias, sa harapan ni Hanamel na anak ng aking amain, at sa harap ng mga saksi na naglagda ng pangalan sa katibayan ng pagkabili, sa harap ng lahat na Judio na nakaupo sa looban ng bantayan.

13 At ibinilin ko kay Baruch sa harap nila, na aking sinasabi,

14 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, ng Dios ng Israel, Iyong kunin ang mga katibayang ito, ang katibayang ito ng pagkabili, ang natatatakan, at gayon din itong katibayang bukas, at iyong isilid sa sisidlang lupa; upang tumagal ng maraming araw.

15 Sapagka't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, ng Dios ng Israel, Mga bahay, at mga parang, at mga ubasan ay mangabibili pa uli sa lupaing ito.

16 Pagkatapos nga na aking maibigay ang katibayan ng pagkabili kay Baruch na anak ni Nerias, dumalangin ako sa Panginoon, na aking sinabi,

17 Ah Panginoong Dios! narito, iyong ginawa ang langit at ang lupa sa pamamagitan ng iyong malaking kapangyarihan, at sa pamamagitan ng iyong unat na kamay; walang bagay na totoong napakahirap sa iyo:

18 Na ikaw ay nagpapakita ng kagandahang-loob sa mga libolibo, at iyong ginaganti ang kasamaan ng mga magulang sa sinapupunan ng kanilang mga anak pagkamatay nila; ang dakila, na makapangyarihang Dios, ang Panginoon ng mga hukbo ay kaniyang pangalan.

19 Dakila sa payo at makapangyarihan sa gawa; na ang mga mata ay dilat sa lahat ng mga lakad ng mga anak ng tao, upang bigyan ang bawa't isa ng ayon sa kaniyang mga lakad, at ayon sa bunga ng kaniyang mga gawa,

20 Na naglagay ng mga tanda at mga kababalaghan sa lupain ng Egipto, hanggang sa araw na ito, sa Israel at gayon din sa gitna ng ibang mga tao; at magtaglay ka ng pangalan, gaya sa araw na ito;

21 At iyong inilabas ang iyong bayang Israel sa lupain ng Egipto sa pamamagitan ng mga tanda at ng mga kababalaghan, at ng malakas na kamay, at ng unat na kamay, at ng malaking kakilabutan,

22 At ibinigay mo sa kanila ang lupaing ito na iyong isinumpa sa kanilang mga magulang na ibibigay sa kanila, lupain na binubukalan ng gatas at pulot,

23 At sila'y pumasok, at kanilang inari; nguni't hindi dininig ang itong tinig, o lumakad man sa iyong kautusan; sila'y hindi nagsigawa ng anoman sa lahat na iyong iniutos sa kanila na gawin: kaya't iyong pinapangyari ang buong kasamaang ito sa kanila.

24 Narito, ang mga bunton, nagsisidating sa bayan upang sakupin; at ang bayan ay nabigay sa kamay ng mga taga Caldea na nagsisilaban doon, dahil sa tabak, at sa kagutom, at sa salot: at kung ano ang iyong sinalita ay nangyayari; at, narito, iyong nakikita.

25 At iyong sinabi sa akin, Oh Panginoong Dios, iyong bilhin ng salapi ang parang, at ikaw ay tumawag ng mga saksi; yamang ang bayan ay ibinibigay sa kamay ng mga Caldeo.

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

27 Narito, ako ang Panginoon, ang Dios ng lahat na tao; may anomang bagay baga na totoong mahirap sa akin?

28 Kaya't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, Narito, aking ibibigay ang bayang ito sa kamay ng mga Caldeo, at sa kamay ni Nabucodonosor na hari sa Babilonia, at kaniyang sasakupin,

29 At ang mga Caldeo, na nagsisilaban sa bayang ito, magsisiparito at susulsulan ang bayang ito, at susunugin, sangpu ng mga bahay na ang mga bubungan ay kanilang pinaghandugan ng kamangyan kay Baal, at pinagbuhusan ng mga inuming handog sa mga ibang dios, upang mungkahiin ako sa galit.

30 Sapagka't ang ginawa lamang ng mga anak ni Israel, at ng mga anak ni Juda ay ang masama sa aking paningin mula sa kanilang kabataan, sapagka't minungkahi lamang ako ng mga anak ni Israel sa galit ng gawa ng kanilang mga kamay, sabi ng Panginoon.

31 Sapagka't ang bayang ito ay naging kamungkahian sa aking galit at sa aking pagaalab ng loob mula sa araw na kanilang itinayo hanggang sa araw na ito; upang aking mailayo sa aking mukha.

32 Dahil sa lahat ng kasamaan ng mga anak ni Israel at ng mga anak ni Juda, na kanilang ginawa upang mungkahiin ako sa galit, sila, ng kanilang mga hari, ng kanilang mga prinsipe, ng kanilang mga saserdote, at ng kanilang mga propeta, at ng mga tao ng Juda, at ng mga nananahan sa Jerusalem.

33 At kanilang tinalikdan ako, at hindi ako hinarap: bagaman aking tinuruan sila, na bumabangon ako ng maaga at tinuturuan ko sila, gayon ma'y hindi sila nangakinig na magsitanggap ng turo.

34 Kundi kanilang inilagay ang kanilang mga kasuklamsuklam sa bahay na tinawag sa aking pangalan, upang lapastanganin.

35 At kanilang itinayo ang mga mataas na dako ni Baal, na nasa libis ng anak ni Hinnom, upang paraanin sa apoy ang kanilang mga anak na lalake at babae kay Moloch; na hindi ko iniutos sa kanila o nasok man sa aking pagiisip, na kanilang gawin ang kasuklamsuklam na ito; na pinapagkasala ang Juda.

36 At ngayon ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, ng Dios ng Israel, tungkol sa bayang ito, na inyong sinasabi, Nabigay sa kamay ng hari sa Babilonia sa pamamagitan ng tabak, at ng kagutom, at ng salot:

37 Narito, aking pipisanin sila mula sa lahat ng lupain, na aking pinagtabuyan sa kanila sa aking galit, at sa aking kapusukan at sa malaking poot, at dadalhin ko sila uli sa dakong ito, at akin silang patatahaning tiwasay.

38 At sila'y magiging aking bayan, at ako'y magiging kanilang Dios:

39 At bibigyan ko sila ng isang puso at ng isang daan, upang sila'y matakot sa akin magpakailan man; sa ikabubuti nila, at ng kanilang mga anak pagkamatay nila:

40 At ako'y makikipagtipan ng walang hanggan sa kanila, na hindi ako hihiwalay sa kanila, upang gawan ko sila ng mabuti: at sisidlan ko sa puso ng takot sa akin, upang huwag silang magsihiwalay sa akin.

41 Oo, ako'y magagalak sa kanila upang gawan ko sila ng mabuti, at aking tunay na itatatag sila sa lupaing ito ng aking buong puso at ng aking buong kaluluwa.

42 Sapagka't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, Kung paanong aking dinala ang lahat na malaking kasamaang ito sa bayang ito, gayon dadalhin ko sa kanila ang lahat na mabuti na aking ipinangako sa kanila.

43 At mga parang ay mabibili sa lupaing ito, na iyong sinasabi, Sira, na walang tao o hayop man; nabigay sa kamay ng mga Caldeo.

44 Bibilhin nga ng mga tao ng salapi ang mga parang at mangaglalagda ng pangalan sa mga katibayan, at mga tatatakan, at magsisitawag ng mga saksi, sa lupain ng Benjamin, at sa mga dako na palibot ng Jerusalem, at sa mga bayan ng Juda, at sa mga bayan ng lupaing maburol, at sa mga bayan ng mababang lupain, at sa mga bayan ng Timugan: sapagka't aking ibabalik sila mula sa kanilang pagkabihag, sabi ng Panginoon.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 7205

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7205. 'And I will redeem you with an outstretched arm' means leading out of hell by Divine power. This is clear from the meaning of 'redeeming' as leading out of hell (for the use of the word 'redemption' in connection with servitude, evil, and death, from which people are released, so that they are released from hell, and for the Lord's being called the Redeemer in respect of His Divine Human, see 6281); and from the meaning of 'an outstretched arm' as Divine. For 'arm' means power, see 878, 4931, 4932, 4934, 4935; but the reason why 'an out-stretched arm' means almighty or Divine power is that in heaven when an arm is seen outstretched it represents power from the Divine. When it is not outstretched however but bent, power in an ordinary sense is meant. This now explains why in the Word the expressions 'outstretched arm' and 'strong hand' are used many times to mean Divine power, as in Jeremiah,

I have made the earth, man, and beast that are on the face of the earth, by My great strength and by My outstretched arm. Jeremiah 17:5.

In the same prophet,

Ah, Lord Jehovih! Behold, You have made heaven and earth by Your great strength and by Your outstretched arm; there is no matter 1 that is too wonderful for You. And You led Your people Israel out of the land of Egypt by signs and by miracles, and by a strong hand and by an outstretched arm. Jeremiah 32:17, 21.

In Ezekiel,

I will lead you out from the peoples, and gather you out of the lands into which you were scattered, by a strong hand and by an outstretched arm. Ezekiel 20:34.

In David,

He led Israel out from the midst of the Egyptians, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm. Psalms 136:11-12.

In addition to these places see Deuteronomy 4:34; 5:15; 7:19; 9:29; 11:2; 26:8; 1 Kings 8:42; 2 Kings 17:36.

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Arcana Coelestia # 878

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878. 'He put out his hand' means his own power. 'And he took hold of it, and brought it in to himself into the ark' means that self was the source of the good he did and of the truth he thought. This is clear from the meaning of 'the hand' as power. Here therefore his own power from which he acts is meant. Indeed 'putting out his hand and taking hold of the dove and bringing it in to himself' is attaching and attributing to himself the truth meant by the dove. That 'the hand' means power, and also the exercise of power, and resulting self-confidence, is clear from many places in the Word, as in Isaiah,

I will visit upon the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Asshur, for he has said, By the power of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I have understanding. Isaiah 10:12-13.

Here 'hand' clearly stands for his own power to which he attributed what he had done, on account of which visitation was made on him.

[2] In the same prophet,

Moab will stretch out his hands in the midst of him as swimmer does to swim, but He will lay low his pride together with the powerfulness 1 of his hands. Isaiah 25:11.

'Hands' stands for his own power resulting from projection of self above others, and so from pride. In the same prophet,

Their inhabitants were shorn of power, 2 they were dismayed and filled with shame. Isaiah 37:27.

'Shorn of power' 2 stands for having no power. In the same prophet,

Will the clay say to its potter, What are you making? or your work [say], He has no hands? Isaiah 45:9.

'He has no hands' stands for no power to it. In Ezekiel,

The king will mourn, and the prince will be wrapped in stupidity, and the hands of the people of the land will be all atremble. Ezekiel 7:17.

Here 'the hands' stands for power. In Micah,

Woe to those devising iniquity and working out evil upon their beds, which they carry out at morning light, and because they make their own hand their god! Micah 2:1.

'Hand' stands for their own power which they trust in as their god. In Zechariah,

Woe to the worthless shepherd deserting the flock! The sword will fall upon his arm and upon his right eye. His arm will be wholly withered, and his right eye utterly darkened. Zechariah 11:17.

[3] Since 'hands' means powers, men's evils and falsities are throughout the Word therefore called 'the works of their hands'. Evils come from the will side of man's proprium, falsities from the understanding side. The fact that this is the source of evils and falsities becomes quite clear from the nature of the human proprium, that it is nothing but evil and falsity. That this is the nature of the proprium see what has been stated already in 39, 41, 141, 150, 154, 210, 215. Because 'the hands' in general means power, the Word therefore frequently attributes hands to Jehovah, or the Lord. And in those contexts 'hands' in the internal sense means omnipotence, as in Isaiah, Jehovah, Your hand has been lifted up. Isaiah 26:11. 'Hand' stands for Divine power. In the same prophet,

Jehovah stretches out 3 His hand, they are all destroyed. Isaiah 31:3.

'Hand' stands for Divine power. In the same prophet,

Over the work of My hands command Me. My hands stretched out the heavens, and I commanded all their host. Isaiah 45:11-12.

'Hands' stands for Divine power. In the Word regenerate people are often called 'the work of Jehovah's hands'. In the same prophet,

My hand laid the foundation of the earth, and My right hand measured out the heavens. Isaiah 48:13.

'Hand' and 'right hand' stand for omnipotence.

[4] In the same prophet,

Has My hand been shortened, that it cannot redeem? Is there no power in Me to deliver? Isaiah 50:2.

'Hand' and 'power' stand for Divine power. In Jeremiah,

You did bring Your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and wonders, and with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm. Jeremiah 32:17, 21.

'Power' in verse Jeremiah 32:17 and 'hand' in verse Jeremiah 32:21 stand for Divine power. It is quite often stated that 'they were brought out of Egypt with a strong hand and an outstretched arm': in Ezekiel,

Thus said the Lord Jehovih, On the day I chose Israel and lifted up My hand to the seed of the house of Jacob and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt, I lifted up My hand to them, to lead them out of the land of Egypt. Ezekiel 20:5-6, 23.

In Moses,

Israel saw the great work 4 which Jehovah did on the Egyptians. Exodus 14:31.

[5] All these quotations plainly show that 'the hand' means power. Indeed so much was the hand the symbol of power that it also became its representative, as is clear from the miracles performed in Egypt, when Moses was commanded to stretch out his rod or his hand and they were accomplished -

Moses stretched out his hand and there was hail all over Egypt. Exodus 9:22-23.

Moses stretched out his hand and there was darkness. Exodus 10:21-22.

Moses stretched out his hand and rod over the Sea Suph and it was dried up, and he stretched out his hand and it returned. Exodus 14:11, 27. 5

No mentally normal person can believe that any power resided in Moses' hand or rod. Rather, because the lifting up and stretching out of the hand symbolized Divine power, that action also became its representative in the Jewish Church.

[6] The same applies to Joshua's stretching out his javelin, described as follows,

Jehovah said, Stretch out the javelin that is in your hand towards Ai, for I will give it into your hand. When Joshua stretched out the javelin that was in his hand, they entered the city and took it. And Joshua did not draw back the hand with which he stretched out the javelin until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai. Joshua 8:18-19, 26.

This also makes clear the nature of the representatives which comprised the external features of the Jewish Church. Consequently the Word is such that details recorded in its external sense do not give the appearance of being representatives of the Lord and His kingdom, such as the reference in these quotations to Moses or Joshua stretching out his hand, and all other details recorded there. In these it is never evident that such things are being represented as long as the mind is fixed solely on the historical details of the letter. From this it is also evident how far the Jews had receded from a true understanding of the Word and of the religious practices of their Church by focusing the whole of their worship purely on things of an external nature, even to the extent of attributing power to Moses' rod and to Joshua's javelin, when in fact these had no more power in them than a piece of wood. Yet because they did symbolize the Lord's omnipotence, which was at the time understood in heaven, signs and miracles were accomplished when by command they stretched out their hand or rod. Something similar happened when Moses on the hilltop held up his hands. When he did so Joshua was winning, but when he dropped them he was losing. So they held his hands up for him. Exodus 17:9-13.

[7] It was similar with the laying on of hands when men were being consecrated, as the people did to the Levites, Numbers 8:9-10, 12, and as Moses did to Joshua when the latter was to succeed him, Numbers 27:18, 23 - the purpose being to confer power. And this is why in our own times the ceremonies of ordination and of blessing are accompanied by the laying on of hands. To what extent the hand meant and represented power becomes clear from the following references in the Word to Uzzah and Jeroboam,

Of Uzzah it says that he reached out (his hand) to the Ark of God and took hold of it, and as a consequence died. 2 Samuel 6:6-7.

'The Ark' represented the Lord, and so everything holy and heavenly. 'Uzzah reached out to the Ark' represented man's own power, which is his proprium. And because the proprium is unholy the word 'hand' is left out but nevertheless understood. It is left out to prevent angels perceiving anything so profane as his touching with his hand that which was holy. And because he 'reached out' he died.

[8] In reference to Jeroboam,

It happened, when he heard the saying of the man of God which he cried out against the altar, that Jeroboam reached out his hand from above the altar saying, Lay hold of him. And his hand which he reached out against him dried up, and he could not draw it back to himself. He said to the man of God, Entreat now the face 6 of Jehovah your God, that my hand may be restored to me. And the man of God entreated the face 6 of Jehovah and his hand was restored to him, and became as it was before. 1 Kings 13:4-6.

Here similarly 'reaching out his hand' means man's own power, or proprium, which is unholy. He was willing to violate what was holy by stretching out his hand against the man of God, as a consequence of which his hand was dried up. Yet because he was an idolater and therefore not able to profane, as stated already, his hand was restored. The fact that 'the hand' means and represents power becomes clear from representatives in the world of spirits. In that world a bare arm sometimes comes into sight possessing so much strength that it can break bones to bits and crush their inner marrow to nothing at all. It consequently strikes so much terror as to cause heart-failure. It really does possess such strength.

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1. literally, with the cataracts or the floodgates

2. literally, short in the hand

3. or has stretched out

4. literally, the great hand

5Exodus 14:15, 16 were possibly intended in this reference, as well as verses 21, 27.

6. literally, the faces

  
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