Giê-rê-mi 45
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Nầy là lời của tiên tri Giê-rê-mi nói cùng Ba-rúc, con trai Nê-ri-gia, khi người chép trong một quyển sách những lời bởi miệng Giê-rê-mi nói ra, về năm thứ tư đời Giê-hô-gia-kim, con trai Giô-si-a, vua Giu-đa:
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Hỡi Ba-rúc! Giê-hô-va, Ðức Chúa Trời của Y-sơ-ra-ên, phán cho ngươi như vầy:
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Ngươi đã nói: Khốn nạn cho ta, vì Ðức Giê-hô-va thêm sự buồn rầu cho sự đau đớn ta; ta mệt nhọc vì than thở, chẳng được nghỉ ngơi!
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Ngươi khá nói cùng nó rằng: Ðức Giê-hô-va phán như vầy: Nầy, vật ta đã dụng thì ta phá đi, vật ta đã trồng thì ta nhổ đi, sự đó khắp trong cả đất.
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Còn ngươi, ngươi còn tìm việc lớn cho mình hay sao? Chớ có tìm kiếm, vì nầy, ta sẽ giáng tai vạ cho mọi loài xác thịt; nhưng ngươi, hễ đi đến đâu, ta cũng sẽ ban mạng sống cho ngươi làm của cướp, Ðức Giê-hô-va phán vậy.
Arcana Coelestia # 10566
10566. 'And consider that this nation is Your people' means that they alone in the world are the ones with whom the Divine, the ruler over all things, resides. This is clear from the meaning of 'Jehovah's nation' as where the Divine Himself resides, and in the spiritual sense where the Lord's Church resides; for all taken together who acknowledge the Lord in faith and love are Jehovah's nation. But the children of Israel at that time had no thoughts of the Church, only of possessing the land of Canaan and of their pre-eminence over others. It was only because Moses had been told that the name of their God, which they had not known previously, was Jehovah, Exodus 3:13-14, and because they witnessed such great miracles performed by Him in Egypt, at the Sea Suph, and in the wilderness, that they acknowledged Jehovah as their God. But even so in their heart there was no belief in Him; for they believed that there were a number of gods. This may be clearly recognized from the golden calf which, while Moses delayed [to come down from the mountain], they venerated as their god, indeed as Jehovah 1 , and from the gods which after this they so often turned away to, as is evident from the historical narratives of the Word. From this evidence it becomes clear that they worshipped Jehovah solely on account of His miracles and not because He alone was God; and anyone who worships God solely on account of His miracles worships merely God's name, not God Himself, and turns away from that name as often as he does not attain his desires.
The Israelite nation worshipped Jehovah, but only His name, see 3732(end), 4299, 6877.
At heart they were idolaters, 4208, 4281, 4820, 5998, 6877, 7401, 8301, 8882.
They were the worst nation, 4314, 4316, 4317, 4444, 4503, 4570, 4751, 4815, 4820, 4832, 5057, 7248, 8819, 9320; and in addition, 10396.
From all this it now becomes clear what 'that this nation is Your people' means, namely that they alone were the ones with whom Jehovah resided, and so that they would be made pre-eminent over all other nations. But although this is what those words mean in the proximate sense, nevertheless in the internal sense they mean that the Divine, consequently the Church, would reside with them.
Poznámky pod čarou:
1. In this instance Swedenborg does not use a capital letter for the Divine name in this particular expression; i.e. he writes jehovah, not Jehovah.
