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Jeremias 50

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1 Ang salita na sinalita ng Panginoon tungkol sa Babilonia, tungkol sa lupain ng mga Caldeo, sa pamamagitan ni Jeremias na propeta.

2 Inyong ipahayag sa gitna ng mga bansa, at inyong itanyag, at mangagtaas kayo ng watawat; inyong itanyag, at huwag ninyong ikubli: inyong sabihin, Ang Babilonia ay nasakop, si Bel ay nalagay sa kahihiyan, si Merodach ay nanglulupaypay; ang kaniyang mga larawan ay nalagay sa kahihiyan, ang kaniyang mga diosdiosan ay nanganglupaypay.

3 Sapagka't mula sa hilagaan ay sumasampa ang isang bansa laban sa kaniya, na sisira ng kaniyang lupain, at walang tatahan doon: sila'y nagsitakas, sila'y nagsiyaon, ang tao at gayon din ang hayop.

4 Sa mga araw na yaon, at sa panahong yaon, sabi ng Panginoon, ang mga anak ni Israel ay magsisidating, sila, at ang mga anak ni Juda na magkakasama: sila'y magsisiyaon ng kanilang lakad na nagsisiiyak, at hahanapin nila ang Panginoon nilang Dios.

5 Kanilang ipagtatanong ang daan ng Sion, na ang kanilang mga mukha ay nakaharap sa dakong yaon, na magsasabi, Magsiparito kayo, at lumakip kayo sa Panginoon sa walang hanggang tipan na hindi malilimutan.

6 Ang aking bayan ay naging gaya ng nawalang tupa: iniligaw sila ng kanilang mga pastor; sila'y inilihis sa mga bundok; sila'y nagsiparoon sa burol mula sa bundok; kanilang nalimutan ang kanilang pahingahang dako.

7 Sinasakmal sila ng lahat na nangakakasumpong sa kanila; at sinabi ng kanilang mga kaaway, Kami ay walang kasalanan, sapagka't sila'y nangagkasala laban sa Panginoon, na tatahanan ng kahatulan, sa makatuwid baga'y sa Panginoon, na pagasa ng kanilang mga magulang.

8 Magsitakas kayo mula sa gitna ng Babilonia, at kayo'y magsilabas mula sa lupain ng mga Caldeo, at kayo'y maging gaya ng mga kambing na lalake sa harap ng mga kawan.

9 Sapagka't, narito, aking patatayuin at pasasampahin laban sa Babilonia ang isang kapulungan ng mga dakilang bansa na mula sa hilagaang lupain; at sila'y magsisihanay laban sa kaniya; mula diya'y sasakupin siya; ang kanilang mga pana ay magiging gaya sa isang magilas na makapangyarihan; walang babalik na di may kabuluhan.

10 At ang Caldea ay magiging samsam: lahat na nagsisisamsam sa kaniya ay mangabubusog, sabi ng Panginoon.

11 Sapagka't kayo ay masasaya, sapagka't kayo'y nangagagalak, Oh kayong nagsisisamsam ng aking mana, sapagka't kayo'y malilikot na parang babaing guyang baka, na yumayapak ng trigo, at humahalinghing na parang mga malakas na kabayo;

12 Ang inyong ina ay mapapahiyang lubha; siyang nanganak sa inyo ay malilito: narito, siya'y magiging pinakahuli sa mga bansa, isang gubatan, isang tuyong lupain, isang ilang.

13 Dahil sa poot ng Panginoon ay hindi tatahanan, kundi magiging lubos na sira: bawa't magdaan sa Babilonia ay matitigilan, at susutsot dahil sa kaniyang lahat na pagkasalot.

14 Magsihanay kayo laban sa Babilonia sa palibot, kayong lahat na nagsisiakma ng busog; hilagpusan ninyo siya, huwag kayong manganghinayang ng mga pana: sapagka't siya'y nagkasala laban sa Panginoon.

15 Humiyaw ka laban sa kaniya sa palibot: siya'y sumuko sa kaniyang sarili; ang kaniyang mga sanggalangang dako ay nangabuwal, ang kaniyang mga kuta ay nangabagsak: sapagka't siyang kagantihan ng Panginoon: manghiganti kayo sa kaniya; kung ano ang kaniyang ginawa, gawin ninyo sa kaniya.

16 Ihiwalay ninyo ang manghahasik sa Babilonia, at siyang pumipigil ng karit sa panahon ng pagaani: dahil sa takot sa mamimighating tabak ay babalik bawa't isa sa kaniyang bayan, at tatakas bawa't isa sa kaniyang sariling lupain.

17 Ang Israel ay parang nakalat na tupa; itinaboy siya ng mga leon: ang unang sumakmal sa kaniya ay ang hari sa Asiria; at si Nabucodonosor na hari sa Babilonia ay siyang huling bumali ng kaniyang mga buto.

18 Kaya't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, ng Dios ng Israel, Narito, aking parurusahan ang hari sa Babilonia, at ang kaniyang lupain, gaya ng aking pagkaparusa sa hari sa Asiria.

19 At aking dadalhin uli ang Israel sa kaniyang pastulan, at siya'y sasabsab sa Carmel at sa Basan, at ang kaniyang kalooban ay masisiyahan sa mga burol ng Ephraim at sa Galaad.

20 Sa mga araw na yaon, at sa panahong yaon, sabi ng Panginoon, ang kasamaan ng Israel ay mauusig, at hindi magkakaroon ng anoman; at ang mga kasalanan ng Juda, at hindi sila masusumpungan: sapagka't aking patatawarin sila na aking iniiwan na pinakalabi.

21 Sumampa ka laban sa lupain ng Merathaim, laban doon, at laban sa mga nananahan sa Pekod: pumatay ka at manglipol na lubos na manunod sa kanila, sabi ng Panginoon, at iyong gawin ang ayon sa lahat na iniutos ko sa iyo.

22 Ang hugong ng pagbabaka ay nasa lupain, at ang malaking kapahamakan.

23 Ano't naputol at nabali ang pamukpok ng buong lupa! ano't ang Babilonia ay nasira sa gitna ng mga bansa!

24 Pinaglagyan kita ng silo, at ikaw naman ay nahuli, Oh Babilonia, at hindi mo ginunita: ikaw ay nasumpungan at nahuli rin, sapagka't ikaw ay nakipagtalo laban sa Panginoon.

25 Binuksan ng Panginoon ang kaniyang lalagyan ng almas, at inilabas ang mga almas ng kaniyang pagkagalit; sapagka't ang Panginoon, ang Panginoon ng mga hukbo, ay may gawang gagawin sa lupain ng mga Caldeo.

26 Magsiparoon kayo laban sa kaniya, mula sa kahulihulihang hangganan; inyong buksan ang kaniyang mga kamalig; inyong ihagis na parang mga bunton, at siya'y inyong siraing lubos; huwag maiwanan siya ng anoman.

27 Inyong patayin ang lahat niyang mga toro; pababain sila sa patayan: sa aba nila! sapagka't ang kanilang araw ay dumating, ang araw ng pagdalaw sa kanila.

28 Inyong dinggin ang tinig nila na nagsisitakas at nagsisitahan mula sa lupain ng Babilonia, upang maghayag sa Sion ng kagantihan ng Panginoon nating Dios, ng kagantihan ng kaniyang templo.

29 Inyong pisanin ang mga mamamana laban sa Babilonia, silang lahat na nangagaakma ng busog; magsitayo kayo laban sa kaniya sa palibot; huwag bayaang mangakatanan: inyong gantihin siya ayon sa kaniyang gawa; ayon sa lahat niyang ginawa, gawin ninyo sa kaniya; sapagka't siya'y naging palalo laban sa Panginoon, laban sa Banal ng Israel.

30 Kaya't mabubuwal ang kaniyang mga binata sa kaniyang mga lansangan, at ang lahat niyang lalaking mangdidigma ay madadala sa katahimikan sa araw na yaon, sabi ng Panginoon.

31 Narito, ako'y laban sa iyo, Oh ikaw na palalo, sabi ng Panginoon, ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo; sapagka't ang iyong kaarawan ay dumating, ang panahon na dadalawin kita.

32 At ang palalo ay matitisod at mabubuwal, at walang magbabangon sa kaniya; at ako'y magpapaningas ng apoy sa kaniyang mga bayan, at pupugnawin niyaon ang lahat na nangasa palibot niya.

33 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, Ang mga anak ni Israel at ang mga anak ni Juda ay napipighating magkasama; at lahat na nagsikuhang bihag sa kanila ay hinahawakang mahigpit sila; ayaw pawalan sila.

34 Ang Manunubos sa kanila ay malakas; ang Panginoon ng mga hukbo ay siyang kaniyang pangalan: kaniyang ipakikipaglabang maigi ang kanilang usap, upang mabigyan niya ng kapahingahan ang lupa, at bagabagin ang mga nananahan sa Babilonia.

35 Ang tabak ay nasa mga Caldeo, sabi ng Panginoon, at sa mga nananahan sa Babilonia, at sa kaniyang mga prinsipe, at sa kaniyang mga pantas.

36 Ang tabak ay nasa mga hambog, at sila'y mangahahangal, ang tabak ay nasa kaniyang mga makapangyarihan, at sila'y manganglulupaypay.

37 Ang tabak ay nasa kanilang mga kabayo, at sa kanilang mga karo, at sa buong bayang halohalo na nasa gitna niya; at sila'y magiging parang mga babae; isang tabak ay nasa kaniyang mga kayamanan, at mangananakaw;

38 Ang pagkatuyo ay nasa kaniyang tubig, at mangatutuyo; sapagka't lupain ng mga larawang inanyuan, at sila'y mga ulol dahil sa mga diosdiosan.

39 Kaya't ang mga mabangis na hayop sa ilang sangpu ng mga lobo ay magsisitahan doon, at ang avestruz ay tatahan doon: at hindi na matatahanan kailan pa man; ni matatahanan sa sali't saling lahi.

40 Kung paanong sinira ng Dios ang Sodoma at Gomorra at ang mga kalapit bayan ng mga yaon, sabi ng Panginoon, gayon hindi tatahan doon ang sinoman, o tatahan man doon ang sinomang anak ng tao.

41 Narito, isang bayan ay dumarating na mula sa hilagaan; at isang malaking bansa, at maraming hari ay mangahihikayat mula sa kaduluduluhang bahagi ng lupa.

42 Kanilang iniaakma ang busog at ang sibat; sila'y mababagsik, at walang awa; ang kanilang tinig ay humuhugong na parang dagat, at sila'y nagsisisakay sa mga kabayo, bawa't isa ay humahanay na parang lalake sa pakikipagbaka, laban sa iyo, Oh anak na babae ng Babilonia.

43 Nabalitaan ng hari sa Babilonia ang kabantugan nila, at ang kaniyang mga kamay ay nanghihina: pagdadalamhati ay humawak sa kaniya, at paghihirap na gaya ng sa isang babae sa pagdaramdam.

44 Narito, ang kaaway ay sasampa na parang leon mula sa kapalaluan ng Jordan laban sa matibay na tahanan: nguni't bigla kong palalayasin sila sa kaniya; at ang mapili, siya kong ihahalal sa kaniya: sapagka't sinong gaya ko? at sinong magtatakda sa akin ng panahon? at sino ang pastor na tatayo sa harap ko?

45 Kaya't inyong dinggin ang payo ng Panginoon, na kaniyang ipinayo laban sa Babilonia; at ang kaniyang mga pasiyang ipinasiya niya, laban sa lupain ng mga Caldeo: Tunay na kanilang itataboy ang mga maliit sa kawan; tunay na kaniyang ipapahamak ang kanilang tahanan pati sila.

46 Sa ingay ng pagsakop sa Babilonia, ay nayayanig ang lupa, at ang hiyaw ay naririnig sa mga bansa.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 9057

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9057. 'Blow for blow' means if anything of affection in the understanding is wiped out or injured. This is clear from the meaning of 'blow' as the wiping out or injuring of affection in the understanding, that is, of affection for truth. 'Blow' is expressed in the original language by a word that means a bruise resulting from a gathering of blood or corrupted blood; and 'blood' in the internal sense is the truth of faith derived from the good of love and in the contrary sense truth that has been falsified and rendered profane, 4735, 6978, 7317, 7326. 'A blow' therefore is truth that has been injured or wiped out. 'Blows' or 'plagues' 1 have the same meaning in Revelation 9:20; 11:6; 13:12; 15:1, 6, 8; 16:21; 18:8; also in Jeremiah 30:12, 14, 17; Ezekiel 7:2; Zechariah 14:12-15; Psalms 38:5; and in Luke 10:30-35, where it speaks about the one who fell among thieves, who inflicted blows on him, and left him half dead, and about a Samaritan who bandaged his blows, poured in oil and wine, lifted him onto his own animal, and brought him to an inn.

[2] A person with an understanding of the internal sense of the Word can know why the Lord said that a Samaritan bandaged the victim's blows, poured in oil and wine, and set him on his own animal. In the internal sense 'a Samaritan' means someone with an affection for truth; 'bandaging blows' means healing that affection when it has been injured; 'pouring in oil and wine' means introducing the good of love and the good of faith; and 'lifting onto his animal' means supporting with his own power of understanding. Thus those words were used to describe charity towards the neighbour, in a natural way for the benefit of people in the world and in a spiritual way for the benefit of angels in heaven - in a natural way in the sense of the letter, and in a spiritual way in the internal sense. The reason why 'a Samaritan' is someone with an affection for truth is that in the Word 'Samaria' means that affection. For the meaning of 'oil' as the good of love, see 886, 3728, 4582; of 'wine' as the good of faith, 1798, 6377; of 'an animal' as the power of understanding, 2761, 2762, 2781, 3217, 5321, 5741, 6125, 6401, 6534, 7024, 8146, 8148. The Lord spoke in this manner, but few understand it; for they think that such details were mentioned by Him merely in order to make up some story that was a parable. But in that case they would not be words from God. Words from God all hold within themselves such things as tell of the Lord, of heaven, and of the Church, in every tiny detail, see above in 9049 (end).

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1. The Latin word plaga is sometimes rendered blow, at other times plague.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 4735

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4735. 'Do not shed blood' means not to do violence to what is holy. This is clear from the meaning of 'blood' as that which is holy, dealt with below, and therefore 'shedding blood' means doing violence to it. Everything holy in heaven proceeds from the Lord's Divine Human, as consequently does everything holy in the Church. For this reason to prevent people from doing violence to that which is holy the Lord instituted the Holy Supper, in which it is explicitly declared that the bread there is His flesh and the wine His blood, thus that His Divine Human is the source of that which is holy in the Holy Supper. Among the Ancients 'flesh and blood' meant the human proprium, for that which is human consists of flesh and blood. This explains what the Lord said to Simon,

Blessed are you, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. Matthew 16:17.

Therefore the flesh and blood meant in the Holy Supper by the bread and wine are the Lord's Human Proprium. The Lord's actual Proprium which He acquired to Himself by His own power is Divine. His Proprium was since His conception that which He had from Jehovah His Father and was Jehovah Himself, and therefore the Proprium which He acquired to Himself within the Human was Divine. It is this Divine Proprium within the Human that is called flesh and blood, 'flesh' being His Divine Good, 3813, 'blood' Divine Truth that goes with Divine Good.

[2] The Lord's Human, now that it has been glorified or made Divine, cannot be thought of as something merely human but as Divine Love within a human form. This is more true of Him than it is of angels, who - when they come to be seen, as I myself have seen them - are seen as forms of love and charity taking on a human appearance, the Lord enabling this to be so. For it was by Divine Love that the Lord made His Human Divine, even, as has been stated, as heavenly love serves to make someone an angel after death, so that he too is seen as a form of love and charity taking on a human appearance. From this it is evident that in the celestial sense the Lord's Divine Human means Divine Love itself, which is a love directed towards the whole human race whom He wishes to save, making them blessed and happy for ever, and to whom He wishes to impart, insofar as its members can accept it, what is His and is Divine, so that it becomes their own. This love, and man's reciprocated love to the Lord as well as his love towards the neighbour, are meant and represented in the Holy Supper, Divine celestial love by the flesh or bread in it and Divine spiritual love by the blood or wine.

[3] From all this one may now see what is meant by eating the Lord's flesh and drinking His blood in John,

I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread he will live for ever. But the bread which I shall give is My flesh. Truly, truly, I say to you, Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drank His blood you will have no life in you. He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. For My flesh is truly food, and My blood is truly drink. He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him. This is the bread which came down from heaven. John 6:50-58.

Because 'flesh' and 'blood' mean the Divine Celestial and the Divine Spiritual that proceed from the Lord's Divine Human, as has been stated, or what amounts to the same, mean Divine Good and Divine Truth that proceed from His Love, 'eating' and 'drinking' mean making these things one's own. They become one's own through the life of love and charity which is also the life of faith. For 'eating' means making good one's own, and 'drinking' making truth one's own, see 2187, 3069, 3168, 3513, 3596, 3734, 3832, 4017, 4018.

[4] Because 'blood' in the celestial sense means the Divine Spiritual or Divine Truth proceeding from the Lord's Divine Human, it therefore means that which is holy, for Divine Truth proceeding from the Lord's Divine Human is Holiness itself. There is no other Holiness, nor any other source of it.

[5] As regards 'blood' meaning that Holiness, this may be seen from many places in the Word, of which let the following be quoted here: In Ezekiel,

Son of man, thus said the Lord Jehovih, Say to every bird of the air, to every wild animal of the field, Assemble and come, gather yourselves from all around to My sacrifice which I am sacrificing for you, a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, so that you may eat flesh and drink wine. You will eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth - rams, lambs, and he-goats, all of them fatlings of Bashan. And you will eat fat till you are glutted and drink blood till you are drunk, from My sacrifice which I will sacrifice for you. You will be glutted at My table with horse and chariot, with the mighty, and with every man of war. Thus will I set My glory among the nations. Ezekiel 39:17-21.

This refers to the calling together of all people to the Lord's kingdom, and specifically to the establishment of the Church among gentiles. 'Eating flesh and drinking wine' means making Divine Good and Divine Truth one's own, and so making one's own the Holiness which proceeds from the Lord's Divine Human. Is there anyone who cannot see that here in the references to their eating the flesh of the mighty and drinking the blood of the princes of the earth, and their being glutted with horse, chariot, the mighty, and every man of war, 'flesh' is not used to mean flesh nor 'blood' to mean blood?

[6] Similarly in John,

I saw an angel standing in the sun, who called out with a loud voice, saying to all the birds flying in mid-heaven, Come, gather yourselves together to the supper of the Great God, so that you may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses and those seated on them, and the flesh of all, free men and slaves, small and great. Revelation 19:17-18.

Can anyone ever understand these things unless he knows what 'flesh' means in the internal sense, or what 'kings', 'captains', 'mighty men', 'horses', 'those seated on them', 'free men and slaves' mean?

[7] Also in Zechariah,

He will speak peace to the nations; His dominion will be from sea to sea, and from the River even to the ends of the earth As for you also, through the blood of your covenant I will let out your bound ones from the pit. Zechariah 9:10-11.

This refers to the Lord. 'The blood of the covenant' is Divine Truth proceeding from His Divine Human and is the Holiness itself which has gone out from Him since He was glorified. This Holiness is that which is also called the Holy Spirit, as is evident in John,

Jesus said, If anyone thirsts let him come to Me and drink. Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, Out of his belly will flow rivers of living water. This He said about the spirit which those believing in Him were to receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet because Jesus was not yet glorified. John 7:37-39.

As regards the holiness proceeding from the Lord being 'the spirit', see John 6:63.

[8] Further to 'blood' meaning the holiness proceeding from the Lord's Divine Human - in David,

From deceit and from violence He will redeem 1 their soul, and precious will their blood be in His eyes. Psalms 72:14.

'Precious blood' stands for the holiness which they are to receive. In John,

These are they who are coming out of the great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and have made their robes white in the blood of the Lamb. Revelation 7:14.

And in the same author,

They have conquered the dragon by the blood of the Lamb and by the Word of their testimony; and they did not love their soul even to death. Revelation 12:11.

[9] The Church at the present day knows no more than this, that 'the blood of the Lamb' here means the Lord's passion, for it believes that people are saved solely through the Lord's passion and that it was to endure this that He was sent into the world, a belief which may be enough for the simple who are incapable of grasping interior arcana. The Lord's passion was the last stage of His temptation, by which He fully glorified His Humanity, Luke 24:26; John 12:23, 27-28; 13:31-32; 17:1, 4-5. But 'the blood of the Lamb' here in Revelation is the same as the Divine Truth or that which is holy proceeding from His Divine Human, and so is the same as 'the blood of the covenant' referred to just above, and also in Moses,

[10] Moses took the book of the covenant, and read it in the ears of the people, who said, All that Jehovah has spoken we will do and hear. Then Moses took the blood and sprinkled it over the people. and said, Behold the blood of the covenant which Jehovah has made with you, upon all these words. Exodus 24:7-8.

'The book of the covenant' was Divine Truth as it existed with them at that time, which Truth was corroborated by means of the blood that bore witness to the fact that such Truth proceeded from His Divine Human.

[11] In the ritual requirements of the Jewish Church 'blood' meant nothing other than the holiness proceeding from the Lord's Divine Human. When people were being consecrated blood was therefore used to effect this, as when Aaron was consecrated along with his sons. At that time the blood was sprinkled over the horns of the altar, the residue being poured out at the base of it. Some was also put on the tip of their right ear, on their right thumb and the big toe of their right foot, and on their vestments, Exodus 29:12, 16, 20-21; Leviticus 8:15, 19, 23, 30. And when Aaron went within the veil to the mercy-seat the blood had also to be sprinkled with his finger seven times over the east side of the mercy-seat, Leviticus 16:12-15. Likewise in all other consecrations, as well as expiations and cleansings, mentioned in Exodus 12:7, 13, 22; 30:10; Leviticus 1:5, 11, 15; 3:2 , 8, 13; 4:6-7, 17-18, 25, 30, 34; 5:9; 6:27-28; 14:14-19, 25-30; 16:12-15, 18-19; Deuteronomy 12:27.

[12] As 'blood' in the genuine sense means that which is holy, so in the contrary sense 'blood' and 'bloods' mean things which bring violence to it. This is because 'shedding innocent blood' means doing violence to that which is holy. For the same reason too infamous deeds in life and profane acts of worship are called 'blood'. The fact that such things are meant by 'blood' and 'bloods' is clear from the following places: In Isaiah,

When the Lord will have washed the excrement of the daughters of Zion and washed away the blood of Jerusalem from its midst by a spirit of judgement and by a spirit of purging. Isaiah 4:4.

In the same prophet,

The waters of Dimon are full of blood. Isaiah 15:9.

In the same prophet,

Your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity. Their feet run to evil, and they hasten to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity. Isaiah 59:3, 7.

In Jeremiah,

Yes, in your skirts the blood of poor innocent souls is found. Jeremiah 2:34.

[13] In the same prophet,

For the sins of the prophets, the iniquities of the priests who shed in the midst of Jerusalem the blood of the righteous. They went astray blind in the streets, they are defiled with blood. Things which have no power they touch with their garments. Lamentations 4:13-14.

In Ezekiel,

I passed by you and saw you weltering in your blood, 2 and I said to you, Live in your blood; 2 I indeed said to you, Live in your blood'. I washed you with water and washed away your blood 2 from upon you, and anointed you with oil. Ezekiel 16:6, 9.

In the same prophet,

You, son of man, will you dispute with the city of blood? 2 Declare to her all her abominations. By your blood which you have shed you have become guilty, and by the idols which you have made you are defiled. Behold, the princes of Israel, each according to his power, 3 have been among you and have shed blood. Men of intrigue have been among you, [ready] to shed blood, and among you have eaten on the mountains. Ezekiel 22:2-4, 6, 9.

In Moses,

If anyone sacrifices anywhere else than on the altar at the tent of meeting it shall be [regarded as] blood, and as though he had shed blood. Leviticus 17:1-9.

[14] Truth that has been falsified and rendered profane is meant in the following references to 'blood': In Joel,

I will give portents in the heavens and on earth, blood and fire, and columns of smoke. The sun will be turned into thick darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of Jehovah comes. Joel 2:30-31.

In John,

The sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the full moon became like blood. Revelation 6:12.

In the same author,

The second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea, and a third part of the sea became blood. Revelation 8:8.

In the same author,

The second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it became like the blood of one dead, from which every living soul died in the sea. The third angel poured out his bowl into the rivers and into the fountains of water, and blood was made. Revelation 16:3-4.

[15] A similar meaning occurs in the turning of the rivers, pools and ponds in Egypt into blood, Exodus 7:15-22, for 'Egypt' means knowledge which enters of its own accord into heavenly arcana and as a consequence perverts Divine truths, refuses to accept them, and renders them profane, 1164, 1165, 1186. Being Divine ones, all the miracles performed in Egypt embodied the same kind of meanings. 'The rivers' which were turned into blood means the truths that go with intelligence and wisdom, 108, 109, 3051, as likewise do 'waters', 680, 2702, 3058, and 'springs', 2702, 3096, 3424. 'Seas' means factual truths taken as a single whole, 28. 'The moon', which, it is also said, is to be turned into blood, means Divine Truth, 1529-1531, 2495, 4060. From this it is evident that the turning of the moon, sea, springs, waters, and rivers into blood means Truth that has been falsified and rendered profane.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. The Latin means bring back (imperative singular), but the Hebrew means He will redeem.

2. literally, bloods

3. literally, arm

  
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