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Jeremias 46

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1 Ang salita ng Panginoon na dumating kay Jeremias na propeta tungkol sa mga bansa.

2 Tungkol sa Egipto: tungkol sa hukbo ni Faraon Nechao na hari sa Egipto, na nasa tabi ng ilog ng Eufrates sa Carchemis na sinaktan ni Nabucodonosor na hari sa Babilonia nang ikaapat na taon ni Joacim na anak ni Josias, na hari sa Juda.

3 Inyong iayos ang pansalag at kalasag, at kayo'y magsilapit sa pagbabaka.

4 Singkawan ninyo ang mga kabayo, at kayo'y magsisakay, kayong mga nangangabayo, at magsitayo kayong mga turbante; pakintabin ninyo ang mga sibat, at mangagsuot kayo ng sapyaw.

5 Bakit ko nakita? sila'y nanganglulupaypay at nagsisibalik; at ang kanilang mga makapangyarihan ay buwal, at nagsisitakas na maliksi, at hindi nagsisilingon: kakilabutan ay nasa bawa't dako, sabi ng Panginoon.

6 Huwag tumakas ang maliksi, o tumanan man ang makapangyarihan; sa hilagaan sa tabi ng ilog Eufrates ay nangatisod sila at nangabuwal.

7 Sino itong bumabangon na parang Nilo na ang mga tubig ay nagiinalong parang mga ilog?

8 Ang Egipto ay bumabangong parang Nilo, at ang tubig ay nagiinalong parang mga ilog: at kaniyang sinasabi, Ako'y babangon, aking tatakpan ang lupa; aking ipapahamak ang bayan at ang mga mananahan doon.

9 Kayo'y magsisampa, kayong mga kabayo; at kayo'y magsihagibis, kayong mga karo; at magsilabas ang mga lalaking makapangyarihan: ang Cus at ang Phut, na humahawak ng kalasag; at ang mga Ludio, na nagsisihawak at nangagaakma ng busog.

10 Sapagka't ang araw na yaon ay sa Panginoon, sa Panginoon ng mga hukbo, araw ng panghihiganti, upang maipanghiganti niya siya sa kaniyang mga kaaway: at ang tabak ay lalamon at mabubusog, at magpapakalango sa dugo nila: sapagka't ang Panginoon, ang Panginoon ng mga hukbo, may hain sa lupaing hilagaan sa tabi ng ilog Eufrates.

11 Sumampa ka sa Galaad, at kumuha ka ng balsamo, Oh anak na dalaga ng Egipto: sa walang kabuluhan gumagamit ka ng maraming gamot; hindi ka na gagaling.

12 Nabalitaan ng mga bansa ang iyong kahihiyan, at ang lupa ay puno ng iyong hiyaw, sapagka't ang makapangyarihan ay natisod laban sa makapangyarihan, sila'y nangabuwal kapuwa na magkasama.

13 Ang salita na sinalita ng Panginoon kay Jeremias na propeta, kung paanong si Nabucodonosor na hari sa Babilonia ay darating, at sasaktan ang lupain ng Egipto.

14 Ipahayag ninyo sa Egipto, at inyong ihayag sa Migdol, at inyong ihayag sa Memphis, at sa Taphnes: sabihin ninyo, Tumayo ka, at humanda ka; sapagka't ang tabak ay nanakmal sa palibot mo.

15 Bakit ang iyong mga malakas ay napaalis? sila'y hindi nagsitayo, sapagka't itinaboy ng Panginoon.

16 Kaniyang itinisod ang marami, oo, sila'y nangabuwal na patongpatong, at kanilang sinabi, Bumangon ka, at magsiparoon tayo uli sa ating sariling bayan, at sa lupain na kinapanganakan sa atin, mula sa mapagpighating tabak.

17 Sila'y nagsihiyaw roon, Si Faraong hari sa Egipto ay isang hugong lamang; kaniyang pinaraan ang takdang panahon.

18 Buhay ako, sabi ng Hari, na ang pangalan ay Panginoon ng mga hukbo, tunay na kung paano ang Tabor sa gitna ng mga bundok, at kung paano ang Carmel sa tabi ng dagat, gayon siya darating.

19 Oh ikaw na anak na babae na tumatahan sa Egipto, gumayak ka sa pagpasok sa pagkabihag; sapagka't ang Memphis ay masisira, at magniningas na mawawalan ng mananahan.

20 Ang Egipto ay napakagandang dumalagang baka; nguni't pagkasirang mula sa hilagaan ay dumarating, dumarating.

21 Ang kaniya namang mga taong upahan sa gitna niya ay parang mga guya sa kulungan; sapagka't sila man ay nagsibalik, sila'y nagsitakas na magkakasama, sila'y hindi nagsitayo: sapagka't ang kaarawan ng kanilang kasakunaan ay dumating sa kanila, ang panahon ng pagdalaw sa kanila.

22 Ang hugong niyaon ay yayaong parang ahas; sapagka't sila'y magsisiyaong kasama ng hukbo, at magsisiparoong laban sa kaniya na mga may palakol, na parang mga mamumutol ng kahoy.

23 Kanilang puputulin ang kaniyang gubat, sabi ng Panginoon, bagaman mahirap pasukin; sapagka't sila'y higit kay sa mga balang, at walang bilang.

24 Ang anak na babae ng Egipto ay malalagay sa kahihiyan; siya'y mabibigay sa kamay ng bayan ng hilagaan.

25 Sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, ng Dios ng Israel, Narito, aking parurusahan si Amon na taga No, at si Faraon, at ang Egipto, sangpu ng kaniyang mga dios at ng kaniyang mga hari; maging si Faraon, at silang nagsisitiwala sa kaniya:

26 At aking ibibigay sila sa kamay ng nagsisiusig ng kanilang mga buhay, at sa kamay ni Nabucodonosor na hari sa Babilonia, at sa kamay ng kaniyang mga lingkod; at pagkatapos ay tatahanan na gaya ng mga araw nang una, sabi ng Panginoon.

27 Nguni't huwag kang matakot, Oh Jacob na aking lingkod, ni manglupaypay ka, Oh Israel: sapagka't narito, ililigtas kita mula sa malayo, at ang iyong lahi ay mula sa lupain ng kanilang pagkabihag; at ang Jacob ay babalik, at magiging tahimik at tiwasay, at walang tatakot sa kaniya.

28 Huwag kang matakot, Oh Jacob na aking lingkod, sabi ng Panginoon, sapagka't ako'y sumasaiyo: sapagka't ako'y gagawa ng lubos na kawakasan sa lahat ng bansa na aking pinagtabuyan sa iyo; nguni't hindi ako gagawa ng lubos na kawakasan sa iyo, kundi sasawayin kita ng kahatulan, at hindi kita iiwan sa anomang paraan ng walang kaparusahan.

   

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9011. 'I will appoint for you a place to which he may flee' means a state of blamelessness and so of freedom from punishment. This is clear from the meaning of 'a place' as a state, dealt with in 2625, 2837, 3356, 3387, 3404, 4321, 4882, 5605, 7381; and from the meaning of refuge, or a place to which one who killed another without premeditation or by chance might flee, as a state of blamelessness and so of freedom from punishment. For those who struck another by chance, that is, not from set purpose, thus not because of any previous contemplation of the deed or of an evil desire in the will, were not at all culpable. Therefore when they came to the place of refuge they were freed from punishment. By them were represented those who injure, but not from set purpose, someone's truths and forms of the good of faith and as a result wipe out his spiritual life; for their state is one of blamelessness and freedom from punishment. This is true of those who have thorough trust in their religion, which however is full of falsity, and who use what it teaches to reason against the truth and good of faith, and to do this convincingly, as conscientious and consequently zealous heretics are sometimes accustomed to do.

[2] The fact that they were represented [by those] who fled to places of refuge is clear in Moses,

You shall select suitable cities, which are to be cities of refuge for yourselves, so that one who strikes and kills a soul accidentally may flee there. If without premeditation, without enmity, he pushes him; or throws at him some implement without forethought; or [strikes him] with any stone from which he may die, while not seeing him, so that he causes it to fall onto him and he dies, though he was not his enemy and did not seek to harm him ... Numbers 35:11-12, 22-23.

And in the same author,

This is the case 1 with one who kills, who shall flee there so that he may live, when he has struck his companion unwittingly, when he did not hate him previously 2 - as when he goes with his companion into a forest to cut down timber, but when his hand with the axe in it is swung to cut down wood, the iron flies off the handle and hits his companion so that he dies, 3 he shall flee to one of these cities so that he may live. Deuteronomy 19:4-5.

[3] This describes the state of one blameless and freed from punishment, who through the falsities of faith which he had believed to be truths, or through factual knowledge based on the illusions of the senses, has injured someone, and so has done harm to his internal or spiritual life. To convey this meaning such an accident or chance is described by an implement of some kind, and by a stone which he causes to fall onto his companion so that he dies, and also by the axe or iron coming off its handle, while both were cutting down timber in the forest. The reason why such details are used to describe the matter is that 'an implement' means some known fact, and 'a stone' a truth of faith or in the contrary sense a falsity; and in like manner 'the iron of an axe' and 'cutting down timber' means to argue about what is good, using what one's religion teaches.

[4] Anyone may see that but for some hidden reason a killing that occurred accidentally would not have been described by the iron of an axe coming off its handle in a forest, for such an accident happens rarely, scarcely once in many years. But that accident has been described in such a way for the sake of the internal sense, which describes the harm done to a soul by another through the falsities of faith which, because his religion teaches them, he has believed to be truths. For anyone who causes harm through falsities which he believes to be truths does not do harm from set purpose or in spite of knowing better, because he acts in accord with his religious faith and therefore out of zeal. So that these things might be meant in the internal sense they are described, as has been stated, by those who kill companions accidentally, and by 'a stone', by 'cutting down wood in a forest', and by 'the iron of the axe coming off its handle onto a companion during the process'. For 'a stone' is a truth of faith in the natural man, and in the contrary sense a falsity, see 643, 1298, 3720, 6426, 8609, 8941, and so is 'iron', 425, 426. 'The iron of the axe coming away from its handle' is truth separated from good, good being meant by 'handle' or 'wood', 643, 2812, 3720, 8354; 'cutting down wood' means placing merit in works, 1110, 4943, 8740; but 'cutting down timber in a forest' means discussing these and like matters, and also calling them into question; for 'a forest' means a religious system.

[5] Like matters are meant by 'cutting down timber in a forest with axes' in Jeremiah,

The mercenaries will go with strength, and they will come to her with axes, like those who cut down timber. They will cut down her forest, said Jehovah. Jeremiah 46:22-23.

Here 'cutting down timber in a forest' stands for acting in accord with false religious practices and destroying such things as constitute the Church. For the Church is called 'a forest', 'a garden', and 'a paradise'; it is called 'a forest' by virtue of its knowledge, 'a garden' by virtue of its intelligence, and 'a paradise' by virtue of its wisdom, 3220, 'trees' being perceptions of goodness and truth, and also cognitions or knowledge of them, 103, 2163, 2722, 2972, 4552, 7690, 7692. And since 'a forest' means the Church in respect of its knowledge, thus of its external aspects, it also means religious practices.

[6] The Church in respect of its knowledge or external aspects is also meant by 'a forest', or 'a wood', in David,

The field will be exultant and everything in it; then all the trees of the wood will sing. Psalms 96:12.

In the same author,

Behold, we heard of Him in Ephrathah; we found Him in the fields of the wood. Psalms 132:6.

These words refer to the Lord. In Isaiah,

The light of Israel will be a fire, and his Holy (One a flame. It will burn the glory of his forest, and his Carmel; it will consume from the soul even to the flesh. As a consequence the remaining trees of the wood will be [so small] a number that a child may write them down. He will cut down the entangled boughs of the forest with an axe, 4 and Lebanon will fall by a majestic one. Isaiah 10:17-20, 34.

'The forest' stands for the Church in respect of its cognitions of truth, and 'Carmel' for the Church in respect of its cognitions of good, in the same way as 'Lebanon' and 'Hermon' do. 'The trees of the wood' stands, as above, for cognitions, and 'being a number that a child may write down' stands for the fewness of them, 'entangled boughs of the forest' standing for factual knowledge, 2831.

[7] In the same prophet,

You said, By the multitude of my chariots I will go up [to] the height of the mountains, the sides of Lebanon, where I will cut down the tallness of its cedars, the choice of its fir trees, After that I will come to its remotest height, 5 the forest of its Carmel. Isaiah 37:24.

In Jeremiah,

I will visit on you according to the fruit of your works, and I will kindle a fire in its forest. Jeremiah 21:14.

In Ezekiel,

Prophesy against the forest of the field towards the south, and say to the forest of the south, Behold, I will kindle in you a fire, and it will devour every tree. Ezekiel 20:46-47.

In Micah,

Guide 6 Your people with Your staff, the flock of Your inheritance inhabiting alone a forest in the midst of Carmel. Micah 7:14.

Does anyone fail to see that in these places a forest is not meant by 'a forest', nor Lebanon and Carmel, which were forests, by 'Lebanon' and 'Carmel', but that some aspect of the Church is meant? What aspect of the Church it is however has lain hidden up to now because the internal sense has lain hidden. But how astonishing that in a world so learned as Europe - more learned than all the other continents - where the Word exists, in every detail of which the internal sense is present, there is no awareness of that sense! Yet it was known to the ancients in Chaldea, Assyria, Egypt, and Arabia, and from them in Greece, in whose books, symbols, and hieroglyphics such matters are still met with. The reason why awareness of that matter has perished is lack of belief that what is spiritual has any real existence.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, word or matter

2. literally, when he was not a hater of him yesterday and three days ago

3. literally, the iron is struck off the wood and finds his companion so that he dies

4. literally, iron

5. literally, the height of its end

6. literally, Feed or Pasture

  
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