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Jeremias 33

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1 Bukod dito'y dumating na ikalawa ang salita ng Panginoon kay Jeremias, samantalang nakukulong pa siya sa looban ng bantayan, na nagsasabi,

2 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon na gumagawa niyaon, ng Panginoon na umaanyo niyaon upang itatag; Panginoon ay siyang kaniyang pangalan:

3 Tumawag ka sa akin, at ako'y sasagot sa iyo, at ako'y magpapakita sa iyo ng mga dakilang bagay, at mahihirap na hindi mo nangalalaman.

4 Sapagka't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, ng Dios ng Israel, tungkol sa mga bahay ng bayang ito, at tungkol sa mga bahay ng mga hari sa Juda na nangabagsak upang gawing sanggalangan laban sa mga bunton at laban sa tabak;

5 Sila'y nagsisidating upang magsilaban sa mga Caldeo, nguni't upang sila'y mangapuno ng mga bangkay ng mga tao, na aking pinatay sa aking galit at sa aking kapusukan, at dahil sa lahat ng kasamaang yaon ay ikinubli ko ang aking mukha sa bayang ito:

6 Narito, ako'y magdadala ng kagalingan at kagamutan, aking gagamutin sila; at ako'y maghahayag sa kanila ng di kawasang kapayapaan at katotohanan.

7 At aking pababalikin ang nangabihag sa Juda, at ang nangabihag sa Israel, at aking itatayo sila na gaya nang una.

8 At aking lilinisin sila sa lahat nilang kasamaan, na kanilang pinagkasalahan laban sa akin; at aking ipatatawad ang lahat nilang kasamaan na kanilang ipinagkasala laban sa akin, at kanilang ikinasalangsang laban sa akin.

9 At ang bayang ito ay magiging pinakapangalan ng kagalakan sa akin, pinaka kapurihan at pinaka kaluwalhatian, sa harap ng lahat na bansa sa lupa na makakarinig ng lahat na mabuti na gagawin ko sa kanila, at mangatatakot at magsisipanginig dahil sa lahat na buti at dahil sa lahat na kapayapaan na aking pinagsikapan sa kaniya.

10 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, Maririnig pa uli sa dakong ito, na inyong sinasabi, Sira, na walang tao at walang hayop, sa mga bayan ng Juda, at sa mga lansangan ng Jerusalem, na sira, na walang tao at walang mananahan, at walang hayop.

11 Ang tinig ng kagalakan at ang tinig ng kasayahan, ang tinig ng kasintahang lalake at ang tinig ng kasintahang babae, ang tinig nilang nangagsasabi, Kayo'y mangagpasalamat sa Panginoon ng mga hukbo, sapagka't ang Panginoon ay mabuti, sapagka't ang kaniyang kagandahang-loob ay magpakailan pa man; at ng nangagdadala ng hain ng pagpapasalamat sa bahay ng Panginoon. Sapagka't aking ibabalik ang nangabihag sa lupain gaya ng una, sabi ng Panginoon.

12 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, Magkakaroon pa uli sa dakong ito, na sira, na walang tao at walang hayop, at sa lahat ng bayan nito, ng tahanan ng mga pastor na nagpapahiga ng kanilang kawan.

13 Sa mga bayan ng maburol na lupain, sa mga bayan ng mababang lupain, at sa mga bayan ng Timugan, at sa lupain ng Benjamin, at sa mga dako na palibot ng Jerusalem, at sa mga bayan ng Juda, magdaraan uli ang mga kawan sa mga kamay ng bibilang sa kanila, sabi ng Panginoon.

14 Narito, ang mga araw ay dumarating, sabi ng Panginoon, na aking isasagawa ang mabuting salita na aking sinalita tungkol sa sangbahayan ni Israel, at tungkol sa sangbahayan ni Juda.

15 Sa mga araw na yaon, at sa panahong yaon, aking pasusuplingin kay David ang isang Sanga ng katuwiran; at siya'y magsasagawa ng kahatulan at katuwiran sa lupain.

16 Sa mga araw na yaon ay maliligtas ang Juda, at ang Jerusalem ay tatahang tiwasay; at ito ang pangalan na itatawag sa kaniya: Ang Panginoon ay ating katuwiran.

17 Sapagka't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, Si David ay hindi kukulangin kailan man ng lalake na mauupo sa luklukan ng bahay ng Israel;

18 Ni hindi kukulangin ang mga saserdote na mga Levita ng lalake sa harap ko na maghahandog ng mga handog na susunugin, at upang magsunog ng mga alay, at upang maghaing palagi.

19 At ang salita ng Panginoon ay dumating kay Jeremias, na nagsasabi,

20 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, Kung inyong masisira ang aking tipan sa araw, at ang aking tipan sa gabi, na anopa't hindi magkakaroon ng araw at ng gabi sa kanilang kapanahunan;

21 Ang akin ngang tipan ay masisira kay David na aking lingkod, na siya'y hindi magkakaroon ng anak upang maghari sa kaniyang luklukan; at sa mga Levita na mga saserdote na aking mga tagapangasiwa.

22 Kung paanong ang lahat na natatanaw sa langit ay hindi mabibilang, o matatakal man ang buhangin sa dagat; gayon ko pararamihin ang binhi ni David na aking lingkod, at ang mga Levita na nagsisipangasiwa sa akin.

23 At ang salita ng Panginoon ay dumating kay Jeremias, na nagsasabi,

24 Hindi mo baga napupuna ang sinasalita ng bayang ito, na nagsasabi, Ang dalawang angkan na pinili ng Panginoon, ay kaniyang mga itinakuwil? ganito nila hinahamak ang aking bayan, upang huwag ng maging bansa sa harap nila.

25 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, Kung ang aking tipan sa araw at sa gabi ay hindi manayo, kung hindi ko itinatag ang mga ayos ng langit at ng lupa;

26 Akin ngang itatakuwil din ang binhi ni Jacob, at ni David na aking lingkod, na anopa't hindi ako kukuha ng kanilang binhi na maging mga puno sa binhi ni Abraham, ni Isaac, at ni Jacob: sapagka't aking ibabalik sila na mula sa kanilang pagkabihag, at maaawa ako sa kanila.

   

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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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