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Jeremija 31

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1 Sel ajal, ütleb Issand, olen ma kõigi Iisraeli suguvõsade Jumal ja nemad on mu rahvas.

2 Nõnda ütleb Issand: Rahvas, mõõgast pääsenud, on kõrbes leidnud armu: Iisrael läheb oma rahupaika.

3 Issand ilmutas ennast mulle kaugelt: Ma olen sind armastanud igavese armastusega, seepärast jääb mu osadus sinuga.

4 Mina ehitan sind jälle, et sa oleksid üles ehitatud, Iisraeli neitsi. Sa ehid ennast jälle trummidega ja lähed rõõmsatega tantsima.

5 Sa istutad jälle viinapuuaedu Samaaria mägedele; need, kes istutavad, saavad ka kasutada.

6 Sest tuleb päev, kui vahimehed hüüavad Efraimi mäestikus: 'Tõuske, mingem üles Siionisse Issanda, meie Jumala juurde!'

7 Sest nõnda ütleb Issand: Hõisake ilutsedes Jaakobi pärast ja tundke rõõmu rahvaste peast; kuulutage, kiitke ja öelge: 'Issand, päästa oma rahvas, Iisraeli jääk!'

8 Vaata, ma toon nad põhjamaalt ja kogun nad maa viimastest äärtest; nende hulgas on ka pimedaid ja jalutuid, rasedaid ja sünnitajaid: suure hulgana tulevad nad siia tagasi.

9 Nad tulevad nuttes ja ma toon neid anudes; ma viin nad veeojade äärde tasasel teel, kus nad ei komista; sest ma olen Iisraeli isa ja Efraim on mu esmasündinu.

10 Rahvad, kuulge Issanda sõna ja kuulutage kaugetel saartel ning öelge: 'Tema, kes pillutas Iisraeli, kogub ja hoiab teda nagu karjane oma karja!'

11 Sest Issand lunastab Jaakobi ja vabastab tema selle käest, kes on temast vägevam.

12 Ja nad tulevad ning hõiskavad Siioni kõrgendikul, nad säravad rõõmust Issanda headuse pärast, vilja ja veini ja õli pärast, noorte lammaste, kitsede ja veiste pärast; nende hing on nagu kastetud rohuaed ja nad ei närbu enam.

13 Siis neitsid rõõmutsevad tantsides ning noorukid ja raugad üheskoos; ma muudan nende leina rõõmuks, ma trööstin ja rõõmustan neid pärast kurvastust.

14 Ja ma kosutan preestrite südameid rasvaga ning mu rahvas küllastub mu headusest, ütleb Issand.

15 Nõnda ütleb Issand: Raamast kuuldakse häält, halinat, kibedat nuttu: Raahel nutab oma poegi. Ta ei lase ennast trööstida oma poegade pärast, sest neid ei ole enam.

16 Nõnda ütleb Issand: Keela oma häält nutmast ja silmi pisaraid valamast, sest su teol on tasu, ütleb Issand, ja nad tulevad tagasi vaenlase maalt.

17 Sul on lootust tulevikuks, ütleb Issand, su lapsed tulevad tagasi oma maale.

18 Ma olen küll kuulnud, et Efraim haletseb iseennast: 'Sina oled mind karistanud ja ma olen saanud karistuse nagu tõrges härjavärss. Too mind tagasi, et saaksin pöörduda, sest sina oled Issand, mu Jumal!

19 Sest pärast taganemist ma kahetsen, ja pärast mõistuseletoomist ma löön enesele vastu puusa; ma häbenen ja tunnen piinlikkust, sest ma kannan oma noorpõlve teotust.'

20 Eks ole Efraim mulle kalliks pojaks ja lemmiklapseks? Sest iga kord, kui ma räägin tema vastu, mõtlen ma ikka temale; seetõttu on mu süda tema pärast rahutu: ma tahan tõesti halastada tema peale, ütleb Issand.

21 Püstita enesele märgikivid, aseta teeviidad, pea meeles maanteed, rada, mida oled käinud! Tule tagasi, Iisraeli neitsi, tule tagasi oma linnadesse!

22 Kui kaua sa kõhkled, taganenud tütar? Sest Issand loob maal midagi uut: naine kaitseb meest.

23 Nõnda ütleb vägede Issand, Iisraeli Jumal: Veel kõneldakse Juudamaal ja selle linnades, kui ma pööran nende vangipõlve, seda sõna: 'Issand õnnistagu sind, sa õigluse eluase, sa püha mägi!'

24 Seal elavad üheskoos Juuda ja kõik ta linnad, põllumehed ja rändavad karjased.

25 Sest ma kosutan väsinud hinge ja täidan iga nälginud hinge.'

26 Seepeale ma ärkasin ja vaatasin, ja mul oli olnud magus uni.

27 'Vaata, päevad tulevad, ütleb Issand, mil ma külvan Iisraeli soole ja Juuda soole inimeste seemet ja loomade seemet.

28 Ja nõnda nagu ma valvasin neid, et kitkuda ja maha kiskuda, purustada, hävitada ja tuua õnnetust, nõnda ma valvan neid, et üles ehitada ja istutada, ütleb Issand.

29 Neil päevil ei öelda enam: 'Isad sõid tooreid viinamarju, aga laste hambad on hellad',

30 vaid igaüks sureb oma süü pärast: igal inimesel, kes sööb tooreid viinamarju, lähevad ta oma hambad hellaks.

31 Vaata, päevad tulevad, ütleb Issand, mil ma teen Iisraeli sooga ja Juuda sooga uue lepingu:

32 mitte selle lepingu sarnase, mille ma tegin nende vanematega sel päeval, kui ma võtsin nad kättpidi, et viia nad välja Egiptusemaalt - selle mu lepingu nad murdsid, kuigi ma olin nad võtnud enese omaks, ütleb Issand -,

33 vaid leping, mille ma teen Iisraeli sooga pärast neid päevi, ütleb Issand, on niisugune: ma panen nende sisse oma Seaduse ja kirjutan selle neile südamesse; siis ma olen neile Jumalaks ja nemad on mulle rahvaks.

34 Siis üks ei õpeta enam teist ega vend venda, öeldes: 'Tunne Issandat!', sest nad kõik tunnevad mind, niihästi pisikesed kui suured, ütleb Issand; sest ma annan andeks nende süü ega tuleta enam meelde nende pattu.

35 Nõnda ütleb Issand, kes on pannud päikese valguseks päeval, kuu ja tähtede korrad valguseks öösel, kes liigutab merd, paneb selle lained kohama - vägede Issand on tema nimi:

36 Kui need korrad nihkuksid mu palge eest, ütleb Issand, siis lakkaks ka Iisraeli sugu alatiseks olemast rahvas mu palge ees.

37 Nõnda ütleb Issand: Kui peaks saama mõõta taevast ülal ja uurida maa aluseid all, siis hülgaksin ka mina kogu Iisraeli soo kõige selle pärast, mis nad on teinud, ütleb Issand.

38 Vaata, päevad tulevad, ütleb Issand, mil linn Issandale üles ehitatakse Hananeli tornist Nurgaväravani.

39 Ja mõõdunöör läheb veel edasi otse üle Gaarebi künka ning käändub Goa suunas.

40 Ja kogu surnukehade ja tuha org, ja kõik põllud kuni Kidroni jõeni, Hobuvärava nurgani ida suunas, on pühendatud Issandale. Iialgi enam ei kitkuta seda välja ega kista maha.'

   

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Arcana Coelestia #7523

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7523. 'And there will be on man and on beast' means the products of interior and exterior evil. This is clear from the meaning of 'man' as the affection for good, and in the contrary sense as the desire for evil; and 'beast' is similar in meaning. But when 'man' and 'beast' are mentioned together, 'man means interior affection or desire and 'beast' exterior; regarding both, see 7424. Interior good or else interior evil, which is meant by 'man', is that connected with intentions or ends in view, for intentions or ends in view are at a person's core, whereas exterior good or else exterior evil, which is meant by 'beast', is that connected with thought and consequently, if nothing stands in the way, with action. Exterior good is meant by 'beast' because a person is in respect of his external or natural man no different from a beast; for he is endowed with similar desires and also cravings, as well as appetites and senses. And interior good is meant by 'man because it is in respect of his internal or spiritual man that a person is a human being, on which internal level he is endowed with affections for what is good and true such as exist with the angels in heaven, and because he controls his natural or animal man, which is 'a beast', by means of that internal man. Regarding the meaning of 'beast' as the affection for good and in the contrary sense the desire for evil, see 45, 46, 142, 143, 246, 714, 715, 719, 776, 2179, 2180, 3218, 3519, 5198.

[2] These things are what are meant by 'man and beast' in the following places too: In Jeremiah,

My anger and My wrath have been poured out on this place, on man and on beast. Jeremiah 7:20

In the same prophet,

I will strike the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast; they will die of a great pestilence. Jeremiah 21:6.

In the same prophet,

It will make her land a desolation, so that none may dwell in it; both man and beast have scattered themselves, they have gone away. Jeremiah 50:3.

In Ezekiel,

When a land has sinned against Me by committing great transgression, I will cut off from it man and beast. Ezekiel 14:13, 19, 21.

In the same prophet,

I will stretch out My hand over Edom, and cut off from it man and beast, and make it a waste. Ezekiel 25:13.

In Zephaniah,

I will consume man and beast, I will consume the birds of the air and the fish of the sea, and the stumbling-blocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from the surface of the earth. Zephaniah 1:3.

[3] 'Man and beast' stands for interior and exterior good in the following places: In Jeremiah,

I have made the earth, man and beast, by My great strength. Jeremiah 27:5.

In the same prophet,

Behold, the days are coming, said Jehovah, in which I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and the seed of beast. Jeremiah 31:17.

In the same prophet,

A desolation will the earth be, so that man and beast are not there. Jeremiah 32:43.

In the same prophet,

In the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that have been devastated, there is no man and inhabitant, and there is no beast. Jeremiah 33:10; 51:62.

In David,

Your righteousness is like the mountains of God, Your judgements a great deep; You preserve man and beast, O Jehovah. Psalms 36:6.

It was because 'man and beast' meant such things that the firstborn of the Egyptians died, not only of men but also of beasts, Exodus 12:29, and that the firstborn were consecrated [to Jehovah], not only of men but also of beasts, Numbers 18:15, and also that the king of Nineveh, following sacred religious practice, commanded that not only man but also beast should fast and also be clothed in sackcloth, Jonah 3:7-8.

  
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Arcana Coelestia #46

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46. That 'beasts' means affections residing with man - evil affections in evil men and good affections in good men - becomes clear from many examples in the Word, as in Ezekiel,

Behold, I am for you, and I will turn to you, so that you will be tilled and sown; and I will multiply upon you man and beast, and they will be multiplied and be fruitful, and I will resettle you 1 to be as in your ancient times. Ezekiel 36:9-11.

This refers to regeneration. In Joel,

Fear not, you beasts of My field, for the dwelling-places of the wilderness have been made green. Joel 2:22.

In David,

I was stupid, a beast 2 was I with God. Psalms 73:12.

In Jeremiah,

Behold, the days are coming when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and the seed of beast, and I will watch over them to build and to plant. Jeremiah 31:27-28.

This refers to regeneration.

[2] 'Wild animals' (fera) has a similar meaning, as 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, 3 and with the creeping things of the earth. Hosea 2:18.

In Job,

You will not fear the wild animals of the earth, for your covenant will be with the stones of the field, and the wild beasts of the field will be at peace with you. Job 5:22-23.

In Ezekiel,

I will make with them 4 a covenant of peace, and I will banish the evil wild animal from the land, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness. Ezekiel 34:25.

In Isaiah,

The wild animals of the field will honour me, for I have given water in the desert. Isaiah 43:20.

In Ezekiel,

In its branches all the birds of the air 3 made their nests and under its branches every wild animal of the field gave birth, and in its shadow dwelt all great nations. Ezekiel 31:6.

This refers to Assyria, which means the spiritual man and is compared to the Garden of Eden. In David,

Praise Jehovah, all his angels, praise Him from the earth, sea monsters, fruit trees, wild animals, and all beasts, creeping things, and flying birds! Psalms 148:2-4, 7, 9-10.

Here the list is precisely the same - sea monsters, fruit trees, wild animals, beasts, creeping things, and birds. Unless they all mean things that are alive in human beings, they cannot possibly be referred to as praising Jehovah.

[3] A careful distinction is made in the Prophets between beasts and wild animals of the earth, and between beasts and wild animals of the field. The practice of calling goods 'beasts' extends to calling people in heaven who are nearest to the Lord 'living creatures', both in Ezekiel and in John,

All the angels stood around the throne, and the elders, and the four living creatures; and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshipped God. 5 Revelation 7:11; 19:4.

The expression 'creatures' is also used of people who are to have the gospel preached to them because they are to be created anew, Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. Mark 16:15.

Fußnoten:

1. literally, I will cause you to inhabit

2. literally, beasts

3. literally, bird of the heavens (or the skies)

4. The Latin means with you; but the Hebrew means with them which Swedenborg has in other places where he quotes this verse.

5. The Latin means the Lamb; but the Greek means God which Swedenborg has in other places where he quotes this verse.

  
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