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Jeremias 44

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1 Ang salita na dumating kay Jeremias tungkol sa lahat na Judio na nagsitahan sa lupain ng Egipto sa Migdol, at sa Taphnes, at sa Memphis, at sa lupain ng Patros, na nagsasabi,

2 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, ng Dios ng Israel: Inyong nakita ang buong kasamaan na aking dinala sa Jerusalem, at sa lahat ng mga bayan ng Juda; at, narito, sa araw na ito, sila'y kagibaan, at walang taong tumatahan doon,

3 Dahil sa kanilang kasamaan na kanilang ginawa upang mungkahiin ako sa galit, sa kanilang pagsusunog ng kamangyan, at sa paglilingkod sa ibang mga dios, na hindi nila nakilala, kahit nila, o ninyo man, o ng inyong mga magulang man.

4 Gayon ma'y sinugo ko sa inyo ang lahat kong lingkod na mga propeta, na bumabangon akong maaga at sinusugo ko sila, na nagsasabi, Oh huwag ninyong gawin ang kasuklamsuklam na bagay na ito na aking kinapopootan.

5 Nguni't hindi sila nakinig, o ikiniling man nila ang kanilang pakinig na magsihiwalay sa kanilang kasamaan, na huwag mangagsunog ng kamangyan sa ibang mga dios.

6 Kaya't ang aking kapusukan at ang aking galit ay nabuhos, at nagalab sa mga bayan ng Juda at sa mga lansangan ng Jerusalem; at mga sira at giba, gaya sa araw na ito.

7 Kaya't ngayo'y ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, ng Dios ng mga hukbo, ng Dios ng Israel, Bakit kayo'y nagsigawa nitong malaking kasamaan laban sa inyong sariling mga kaluluwa, upang maghiwalay sa inyo ng lalake at babae, ng sanggol at pasusuhin, sa gitna ng Juda, upang huwag maiwanan kayo ng anomang labi;

8 Sa inyong pagkamungkahi sa akin sa galit sa pamamagitan ng mga gawa ng inyong mga kamay, na nangagsusunog kayo ng kamangyan sa ibang mga dios sa lupain ng Egipto, na inyong kinaparoonan na mangibang bayan; upang kayo'y maging kasumpaan at kadustaan sa gitna ng lahat na bansa sa lupa?

9 Inyo bagang kinalimutan ang kasamaan ng inyong mga magulang, at ang kasamaan ng mga hari sa Juda, at ang kasamaan ng kanilang mga asawa, at ang inyong sariling kasamaan, at ang kasamaan ng inyong mga asawa, na kanilang ginawa sa lupain ng Juda, at sa mga lansangan ng Jerusalem?

10 Sila'y hindi nagpakababa hanggang sa araw na ito, o nangatakot man sila, o nagsilakad man sila ng ayon sa aking kautusan, o sa aking mga palatuntunan man, na aking inilagay sa harap ninyo at sa harap ng inyong mga magulang.

11 Kaya't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, ng Dios ng Israel, Narito, aking itititig ang aking mukha laban sa inyo sa ikasasama, sa makatuwid baga'y upang ihiwalay ang buong Juda.

12 At aking kukunin ang nalabi sa Juda na nagtitig ng kanilang mga mukha na pumasok sa lupain ng Egipto upang mangibang bayan doon, at silang lahat ay mangalipol; sa lupain ng Egipto ay mangabubuwal sila; sila'y lilipulin ng tabak, at ng kagutom; sila'y mangamamatay mula sa kaliitliitan hanggang sa kadakidakilaan sa pamamagitan ng tabak at ng kagutom; at sila'y magiging katungayawan, at katigilan, at kasumpaan, at kadustaan.

13 Sapagka't aking parurusahan silang nagsisitahan sa lupain ng Egipto, gaya ng aking pagkaparusa sa Jerusalem sa pamamagitan ng tabak, ng kagutom, at ng salot;

14 Na anopa't wala sa nalabi sa Juda na pumasok sa lupain ng Egipto na nangibang bayan doon, ay makatatanan o maiiwan man, upang makabalik sa lupain ng Juda na kanilang pinagnanasaang pagbalikan upang tahanan: sapagka't walang magsisibalik liban sa mga makatatanan.

15 Nang magkagayo'y lahat ng lalake na nakaalam na ang kanilang mga asawa ay nangagsunog ng kamangyan sa ibang mga dios, at ang lahat na babae na nangakatayo, isang malaking kapulungan, sa makatuwid baga'y ang buong bayan na tumahan sa lupain ng Egipto, sa Pathros, ay sumagot kay Jeremias, na nagsasabi,

16 Tungkol sa salita na iyong sinalita sa amin sa pangalan ng Panginoon, hindi ka namin didinggin.

17 Kundi aming tunay na isasagawa ang bawa't salita na lumabas sa aming bibig, upang ipagsunog ng kamangyan ang reina ng langit, at ipagbuhos siya ng inuming handog, gaya ng aming ginawa, namin, at ng aming mga magulang, ng aming mga hari, at ng aming mga prinsipe sa mga bayan ng Juda, at sa mga lansangan ng Jerusalem; sapagka't noon ay nagkaroon kami ng saganang pagkain, at kami ay nagsisibuti, at hindi nakakita ng kasamaan.

18 Nguni't mula nang aming iwan ang pagsusunog ng kamangyan sa reina ng langit, at ipagbuhos siya ng mga inuming handog, kami ay nangailangan ng lahat na bagay, at kami ay nangalipol ng tabak at ng kagutom.

19 At nang kami ay magsunog ng kamangyan sa reina ng langit at ipagbuhos siya ng mga inuming handog iginawa baga namin siya ng munting tinapay upang sambahin siya, at ipinagbuhos baga namin siya ng mga inuming handog, na wala ang aming mga asawa?

20 Nang magkagayo'y sinabi ni Jeremias sa buong bayan, sa mga lalake, at sa mga babae sa buong bayan na nagbigay sa kaniya ng sagot na yaon, na nagsasabi,

21 Ang kamangyan na inyong sinunog sa mga bayan ng Juda, at sa mga lansangan ng Jerusalem, ninyo, at ng inyong mga magulang, ng inyong mga hari at ng inyong mga prinsipe, at ng bayan ng lupain, hindi baga inalaala ng Panginoon, at hindi baga pumasok sa kaniyang pagiisip?

22 Na anopa't ang Panginoon ay hindi nakapagpigil ng maluwat, dahil sa kasamaan ng inyong mga gawa, at dahil sa mga kasuklamsuklam na inyong ginawa; kaya't ang inyong lupain ay naging sira, at katigilan, at kasumpaan, na walang mananahan gaya sa araw na ito.

23 Sapagka't kayo'y nangagsunog ng kamangyan, at sapagka't kayo'y nangagkasala laban sa Panginoon, at hindi nagsitalima sa tinig ng Panginoon, o nagsilakad man sa kaniyang kautusan, o sa kaniyang palatuntunan man, o sa kaniyang mga patotoo man; dahil dito ang kasamaang ito ay nangyari sa inyo, gaya sa araw na ito.

24 Bukod dito ay sinabi ni Jeremias sa buong bayan, at sa lahat ng mga babae, Inyong pakinggan ang salita ng Panginoon, buong Juda, na nasa lupain ng Egipto:

25 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, ng Dios ng Israel, na nagsasabi, Kayo at ang inyong mga asawa ay kapuwa nangagsalita ng inyong mga bibig, at ginanap ng inyong mga kamay, na nagsasabi, Tunay na aming tutuparin ang aming mga panata na aming ipinanata, na magsunog ng kamangyan sa reina ng langit, at ipagbuhos ng mga inuming handog siya: inyo ngang isagawa ang inyong mga panata, at inyong tuparin ang inyong mga panata.

26 Kaya't inyong pakinggan ang salita ng Panginoon, buong Juda na tumatahan sa lupain ng Egipto. Narito, ako'y sumumpa ng aking dakilang pangalan, sabi ng Panginoon, na ang aking pangalan ay hindi mababanggit sa bibig ng sinoman sa Juda sa buong lupain ng Egipto, na sabihin, Buhay ang Panginoong Dios.

27 Narito, aking binabantayan sila sa ikasasama, at hindi sa ikabubuti; at lahat ng tao ng Juda na nangasa lupain ng Egipto ay mangalilipol sa pamamagitan ng tabak at ng kagutom, hanggang sa umabot sila sa kawakasan.

28 At ang mga makatatanan sa tabak ay mangagbabalik sa lupain ng Juda na mula sa lupain ng Egipto, na kaunti sa bilang; at ang buong nalabi sa Juda, na pumasok sa lupain ng Egipto na nangibang bayan doon, ay makakaalam kung kaninong salita ang mananayo, kung akin, o kanila.

29 At ito ang magiging tanda sa inyo, sabi ng Panginoon, na aking parurusahan kayo sa dakong ito, upang inyong makilala na ang aking salita ay tunay na tatayo laban sa inyo sa ikasasama:

30 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, Narito, aking ibibigay si Faraon Hophra na hari sa Egipto sa kamay ng kaniyang mga kaaway, at sa kamay ng nagsisiusig ng kaniyang buhay; gaya ng pagkabigay ko kay Sedechias na hari sa Juda sa kamay ni Nabucodonosor na hari sa Babilonia, na kaniyang kaaway, at umuusig ng kaniyang buhay.

   

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3881. 'Therefore she called his name Judah' means the essential nature of it. This is clear from the meaning of 'name' and of 'calling the name' as the essential nature, dealt with in 144, 145, 1754, 1896, 2009, 2724, 3006, 3421. That nature is contained in the internal sense of these words spoken by Leah - 'This time I will confess Jehovah', dealt with immediately above in 3880. That is to say, in the highest sense those words mean the Lord and the Divinity of His Love, in the internal sense the Word and also the Lord's celestial kingdom, and in the more exterior sense doctrine from the Word which the celestial Church has. But as yet scarcely anyone knows that these things are meant in the Word when the name Judah is mentioned, the reason being that the historical descriptions of the Word are thought to be simply historical descriptions, and the prophetical utterances to belong among such things as have fallen into oblivion, except for some of them from which doctrinal inferences may be drawn out. No belief exists that those descriptions and utterances have a spiritual sense within them, because at the present day no knowledge exists of what the spiritual sense is, or indeed of what the spiritual is. And the chief reason for this is that the life which people lead is the natural life. This is such that when they have that life as their end in view or it is the only life they desire, it blots out both spiritual knowledge and faith - so much so that when spiritual life and a spiritual sense are spoken of, these are like something that does not really exist or else are something unpleasant and depressing which, because it does not accord with natural life, they find distasteful. Such being the condition of the human race at the present day it neither understands nor wishes to understand by the names mentioned in the Word anything else than the nations, peoples, individual persons, regions, cities, mountains, or rivers, which those names denote. Yet in the spiritual sense names mean real things.

[2] That 'Judah' in the internal sense means the Lord's celestial Church, in the universal sense His celestial kingdom, and in the highest sense the Lord Himself may be seen from many places in the Old Testament where Judah is mentioned, for example, from the following: In Moses,

You are Judah; your brothers will praise you; your hand will be on the neck of your enemies; the sons of your father will bow down to you. A lion's whelp is Judah; from the prey you have gone up, my son. He crouched, he lay down like a lion, and like an old lion; who will rouse him up? The sceptre will not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet until Shiloh comes; and to him will be the gathering of peoples. Binding his ass's colt to the vine, and the foal of his she-ass to a choice vine, he will wash his clothing in wine, and his garment in the blood of grapes. His eyes are red from wine, and his teeth white from milk. Genesis 49:8-12.

[3] Nobody can know the meaning of this prophetical declaration about Judah uttered by Jacob, who by then was Israel - not even one expression used there - except from the internal sense. He cannot know for example what is meant by 'his brothers will praise him' and 'his father's sons will bow down to him', or by 'his going up from the prey like a lion's whelp', and 'his crouching and lying down like a lion'. Nor can he know what is meant by 'Shiloh', by 'binding his ass's colt to the vine, and the foal of his she-ass to a choice vine', by 'washing his clothing in wine, and his garment in the blood of grapes', by 'eyes red from wine', or by 'teeth white from milk'. As has been stated, these expressions cannot possibly be understood by anyone except from the internal sense, yet all of them - each one - mean celestial things belonging to the Lord's kingdom, also things that are Divine. The same words also foretell that the Lord's celestial kingdom, and in the highest sense the Lord Himself, were to be represented by Judah. All these things declared by Jacob will in the Lord's Divine mercy be discussed in the explanations of the chapter in which they occur.

[4] Similar examples involving the name Judah occur elsewhere, especially in the Prophets, as in Ezekiel,

You son of man, take a stick and write on it, For Judah and for the children of Israel, his companions'. And take another stick and write on it, For Joseph - the stick of Ephraim and of the whole house of Israel, his companions - and join them together, one to the other into one stick for you, and they will be one in your, hand. I will make them into one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will be king to them all. My servant David will be king over them, and they will all have one shepherd. And they will walk in My judgements, and keep My statutes and do them. And they will dwell in the land which I gave to Jacob My servant, in which your fathers dwelt. And they will dwell in it, they and their sons, and their sons' sons even for ever. And David My servant will be their prince for ever, and I will make with them a covenant of peace, it will be an eternal covenant with them. I will bless them, and multiply them, and I will grant My sanctuary in their midst for evermore. Thus will My dwelling-place be with them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people. Ezekiel 37:15-28.

Anyone who takes Judah, Israel, Joseph, Ephraim, and David in this passage to mean those actual people will believe all these things will actually take place as described in the sense of the letter. That is to say, he will believe that Israel is going to be reunited with Judah, as well as the tribe of Ephraim; also that David is going to reign as king; that in this manner they are going to dwell in the land given to Jacob for ever, and that at that time an eternal covenant will exist with them and the sanctuary will be in the midst of them for ever. But in fact the meaning of this passage has nothing whatever to do with that nation but with the Lord's celestial kingdom meant by 'Judah', and His spiritual kingdom meant by 'Israel', and with the Lord Himself meant by 'David'. From this it is quite evident that names are not used to mean actual persons but things that are celestial and Divine.

[5] The same is so with the following words in Zechariah,

Many peoples and numerous nations will come to seek Jehovah Zebaoth in Jerusalem and to placate Jehovah's face. Thus said Jehovah Zebaoth, In those days ten men from the nations of every tongue will take hold; and they will take hold of the hem of a man of Judah, saying, We will go with you, for we have heard that God is with you. Zechariah 8:22-23.

Those who take these words literally will say, as the Jewish nation believes still, that being a prophecy not yet fulfilled it is going to be fulfilled in the future. These say that they are going to go back to the land of Canaan, that many from every nation and tongue will follow them, and take hold of the hem of a man of Judah and plead to be allowed to follow. They say that at that time God - that is to say, the Messiah, whom Christians call the Lord - will be among them, to whom they must first be converted. This would be the true implication of these words if 'a man of Judah' were used to mean a man of Judah. But in fact the internal sense at this point deals with a new spiritual Church among gentiles, and 'a man of Judah' means saving faith which results from love to the Lord.

[6] That 'Judah' is not used to mean Judah but, as has been stated, means in the internal sense the Lord's celestial kingdom which was represented in the Church established among Judah or the Jews, becomes quite clear from the following places: In Isaiah,

When the Lord raises an ensign for the nations He will gather the outcasts of Israel, and will assemble the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. Then the envy of Ephraim will depart, and the enemies of Judah will be cut off. Ephraim will not envy Judah, and Judah will not harass Ephraim. Isaiah 11:12-13.

In Jeremiah,

Behold, the days are coming, said Jehovah, when I will raise up for David a righteous branch, who will reign as king, and prosper, and execute judgement and righteousness in the land. In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is His name which they will call Him, Jehovah our Righteousness. Jeremiah 23:5-6.

In Joel,

Then you will know that I am Jehovah your God, who dwell in Zion, My holy mountain; and Jerusalem will be holy. It will happen on that day, that the mountains will drip new wine, and the hills will flow with milk, and all the streams of Judah will flow with water; and a spring will come forth from the house of Jehovah and will water the river of Shittim. Judah will abide for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation. Joel 3:17-18, 20.

[7] In Zechariah,

On that day I will strike every horse with panic, and its rider with madness. And on the house of Judah I will open My eyes, and every horse of the peoples I will strike with blindness. And the leaders of Judah will say in their hearts, I will strengthen for myself the inhabitants of Jerusalem in Jehovah Zebaoth their God. On that day I will set the leaders of Judah like a hearth of fire in sticks of wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they will devour to the right and to the left all the peoples round about, and Jerusalem will yet again be inhabited in her own place, in Jerusalem. And Jehovah will save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David, and the glory of the inhabitant of Jerusalem, may not exalt itself over Judah. On that day Jehovah will protect the inhabitant of Jerusalem, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of Jehovah in front of them. And I will pour out over the house of David and over the inhabitant of Jerusalem a spirit of grace. Zechariah 12:4-10.

This refers to the Lord's celestial kingdom, where truth should not have dominion over good but ought to be subordinate to it, truth being meant by 'the house of David' and 'the inhabitant of Jerusalem', and good by 'Judah'. From this it is evident why first it is said that 'the glory of the house of David, and the glory of the inhabitant of Jerusalem, will not exalt itself over Judah', and after this that 'the house of David will be like God, and like the angel of Jehovah', and that 'a spirit of grace will be poured out over it and over the inhabitant of Jerusalem'. For such is the state when truth is subordinate to good or faith to love. 'The horse which will be struck with panic, and the horse of the peoples with blindness' is self-intelligence, see 2761, 2762, 3217.

[8] In the same prophet,

On that day there will be on the horses' bells, Holiness to Jehovah. And the pots in the house of Jehovah will be as the bowls before the altar. And every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah will be holiness to Jehovah Zebaoth. Zechariah 14:20-21.

This refers to the Lord's kingdom. In Malachi,

Behold, I am sending My angel, who 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. Who can endure the day of His coming? Then the minchah of Judah and Jerusalem will be acceptable to Jehovah, as in the days of old and as in former years. Malachi 3:1-2, 4.

This plainly refers to the Coming of the Lord. The meaning is that Judah and Jerusalem's minchah was not, as is well known, acceptable but that worship flowing from love, Judah's minchah, and worship flowing from faith rooted in love, Jerusalem's minchah, are acceptable.

[9] In Jeremiah,

Thus said Jehovah Zebaoth, Again they will speak this word in the land of Judah and in its cities when I turn again their captivity: Jehovah bless you, O habitation of righteousness, O holy mountain! And Judah and all its cities will dwell in it together. Behold, the days are coming, said Jehovah, in which I will sow the house of Judah with the seed of man and the seed of beast. Behold, the days are coming, said Jehovah, in which 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. Jeremiah 31:23-24, 27, 31-32.

In David,

The Lord chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved, and built His sanctuary as the heights, as the earth He founded it for ever. Psalms 78:68-69.

[10] From these places and very many others which have not been mentioned one may see what 'Judah' means in the Word. They show that 'Judah' does not mean the Jewish nation, for that nation was anything but the celestial Church or the Lord's celestial kingdom; for so far as love to the Lord, charity towards the neighbour, and faith; went they were the worst nation of all. This has been so from their earliest forefathers, namely the sons of Jacob, even to the present day. But in spite of this such people were able to represent the celestial and spiritual things of the Lord's kingdom, see 3479-3481. For in representations no attention is paid to the person who represents, only to what is represented by him, 665, 1097 (end), 1361, 3147, 3670.

[11] But when they did not adhere to the religious observances commanded by Jehovah or the Lord but deviated from them into acts of idolatry they no longer represented those things but such as are contrary to them, namely those of hell and the devil, according to the Lord's words in John,

You are from your father the devil, and the desires of your father you will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and did not take a stand on the truth. John 8:44

Such is the meaning of 'Judah' in the contrary sense, as becomes clear from the following: In Isaiah,

Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen, because their tongue and their works are against Jehovah, to provoke the eyes of His glory to anger. Isaiah 3:8.

In Malachi,

Judah has acted faithlessly, and abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem, and Judah has profaned the holiness of Jehovah, for he loved and married the daughter of a foreign god. Malachi 2:11.

And in addition in the following places - Isaiah 3:1 and following verses;

8:7-8; Jeremiah 2:28; 3:7-11; 9:26; 11:9-10, 12; 13:9; 14:2; 17:1; 18:11-13; 19:7; 32:35; 36:31; 44:12, 14, 26, 28; Hosea 5:5; 8:14; Amos 2:4-5; Zephaniah 1:4; and many times elsewhere.

  
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