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Jeremias 34

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1 Ang salita na dumating kay Jeremias na mula sa Panginoon, nang si Nabucodonosor na hari sa Babilonia, at ang buo niyang hukbo, at ang lahat na kaharian sa lupa na nangasa ilalim ng kaniyang kapangyarihan, at ang lahat na bayan, ay nakipagbaka laban sa Jerusalem, at laban sa lahat ng mga bayan niyaon, na nagsasabi,

2 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, ng Dios ng Israel, Ikaw ay yumaon, at magsalita kay Sedechias na hari sa Juda, at iyong saysayin sa kaniya, Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, Narito, aking ibibigay ang bayang ito sa kamay ng hari sa Babilonia, at kaniyang susunugin ng apoy:

3 At ikaw ay hindi makatatanan sa kaniyang kamay, kundi tunay na mahuhuli ka, at mabibigay sa kaniyang kamay; at ang iyong mga mata ay titingin sa mga mata ng hari sa Babilonia, at siya'y makikipagsalitaan sa iyo ng bibig at ikaw ay mapaparoon sa Babilonia.

4 Gayon ma'y iyong pakinggan ang salita ng Panginoon, Oh Sedechias na hari sa Juda: ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon tungkol sa iyo, Ikaw ay hindi mamamatay sa pamamagitan ng tabak;

5 Ikaw ay mamamatay sa kapayapaan; at ayon sa pagsusunog ng kamangyan ng iyong mga magulang na mga unang hari na una sa iyo, gayon sila magsusunog para sa iyo; at kanilang tataghuyan ka, na magsasabi, Ah Panginoon! sapagka't aking sinalita ang salita, sabi ng Panginoon.

6 Nang magkagayo'y sinalita ni Jeremias na propeta ang lahat ng salitang ito kay Sedechias na hari sa Juda sa Jerusalem,

7 Nang lumaban ang hukbo ng hari sa Babilonia laban sa Jerusalem, at laban sa lahat na bayan ng Juda na nalabi, laban sa Lechis at laban sa Azeca; sapagka't ang mga ito lamang ang nalalabi na mga bayan ng Juda na mga bayang nakukutaan.

8 Ang salita na dumating kay Jeremias na mula sa Panginoon, pagkatapos na makipagtipan ang haring Sedechias, sa buong bayan na nasa Jerusalem upang magtanyag ng kalayaan sa kanila;

9 Na papaging layain ng bawa't isa ang kaniyang aliping lalake, at ng bawa't isa ang kaniyang aliping babae, na Hebreo o Hebrea; na walang paglilingkuran sila, sa makatuwid baga'y ang Judio na kaniyang kapatid.

10 At ang lahat na prinsipe at ang buong bayan ay nagsitalima, na nasok sa tipan, na bawa't isa'y palalayain ang kaniyang aliping lalake, at palalayain ng bawa't isa ang kaniyang aliping babae, na wala nang paglilingkuran pa sila; sila'y nagsitalima, at kanilang pinayaon sila:

11 Nguni't pagkatapos ay nangagbalik sila, at pinapagbalik ang mga aliping lalake at babae na kanilang pinapaging laya, at kanilang dinala sa ilalim ng pagkaaliping lalake at babae.

12 Kaya't ang salita ng Panginoon ay dumating kay Jeremias na mula sa Panginoon, na nagsasabi:

13 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, ng Dios ng Israel, Ako'y nakipagtipan sa inyong mga magulang sa araw na aking inilabas sila mula sa lupain ng Egipto, mula sa bahay ng pagkaalipin, na aking sinasabi,

14 Sa katapusan ng pitong taon ay payayaunin ng bawa't isa sa inyo ang kaniyang kapatid na Hebreo, na naipagbili sa iyo, at naglingkod sa iyo na anim na taon, at iyong palalayain sa iyo: nguni't ang iyong mga magulang ay hindi nakinig sa akin, o ikiniling man ang kanilang pakinig.

15 At ngayo'y nanumbalik kayo, at nagsigawa ng matuwid sa aking mga mata sa pagtatanyag ng kalayaan ng bawa't tao sa kaniyang kapuwa; at kayo'y nakipagtipan sa harap ko sa bahay na tinawag sa aking pangalan:

16 Nguni't kayo'y tumalikod at inyong nilapastangan ang aking pangalan, at pinabalik ng bawa't isa ang kaniyang aliping lalake, at ng bawa't isa ang kaniyang aliping babae na inyong pinapaging laya sa kanilang ikaliligaya; at inyong dinala sila sa pagkaalipin upang maging sa inyo'y mga aliping lalake at babae.

17 Kaya't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, Kayo'y hindi nangakinig sa akin, na magtanyag ng kalayaan bawa't isa sa kaniyang kapatid, at bawa't isa sa kaniyang kapuwa: narito, ako'y nagtatanyag sa inyo ng kalayaan, sabi ng Panginoon, sa tabak, sa salot, o sa kagutom; at akin kayong ihahagis na paroo't parito sa lahat ng kaharian sa lupa.

18 At aking ibibigay ang mga tao na nagsisalangsang ng aking tipan, na hindi nagsitupad ng mga salita ng tipan na kanilang ginawa sa harap ko, nang kanilang hatiin ang guya at mangagdaan sa pagitan ng mga bahagi niyaon;

19 Ang mga prinsipe sa Juda, at ang mga prinsipe sa Jerusalem, ang mga bating, at ang mga saserdote, at ang buong bayan ng lupain, na nagsidaan sa pagitan ng mga bahagi ng guya;

20 Akin ngang ibibigay sila sa kamay ng kanilang mga kaaway, at sa kamay ng nagsisiusig ng kanilang buhay, at ang kanilang mga bangkay ay magiging pinakapagkain sa mga ibon sa himpapawid, at sa mga hayop sa lupa.

21 At si Sedechias na hari sa Juda at ang kaniyang mga prinsipe ay ibibigay ko sa kamay ng kanilang mga kaaway, at sa kamay ng nagsisiusig ng kanilang buhay at sa kamay ng hukbo ng hari sa Babilonia, na umahon mula sa inyo.

22 Narito, ako'y maguutos, sabi ng Panginoon, at akin silang pababalikin sa bayang ito; at sila'y magsisilaban dito, at sasakupin, at kanilang susunugin ng apoy: at aking sisirain ang mga bayan ng Juda, na mawawalan ng mananahan.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #666

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666. 'A covenant' means nothing other than regeneration and the things that constitute regeneration. This becomes clear from many places in the Word where the Lord Himself is called 'the Covenant', for it is He alone who regenerates, to whom a regenerated person looks, and who is the All in all of love and faith. That the Lord is the Covenant itself is clear in Isaiah,

I Jehovah have called You in righteousness, taking You by the hand and keeping You, and I will give You for a Covenant of the people, a light of the nations. Isaiah 42:6.

Here 'a Covenant' stands for the Lord, and 'the light of the nations' is faith. Similarly in Isaiah 49:6, 8. In Malachi,

Behold, I am sending My angel, 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 will endure the day of His coming? Malachi 3:1-2.

Here the Lord is called 'the Angel of the Covenant'. In Exodus 31:16 the Sabbath is called an eternal covenant because it means the Lord Himself. It also means the celestial man who has been regenerated by Him.

[2] The Lord being the Covenant itself, it is clear that what constitutes the covenant is everything that joins a person to the Lord, that is to say, love and faith and the things that belong to love and faith. In fact these are the Lord's and the Lord is within them, and so the Covenant itself exists within these, where they are received. These things do not exist except with someone who has been regenerated, with whom anything at all that is the Regenerator's, or the Lord's, constitutes the covenant, or is the covenant. As in Isaiah,

My mercy will not depart from you, and the covenant of My peace will not be removed. Isaiah 54:10.

Here 'mercy and covenant of peace' means the Lord and things that are the Lord's. In the same prophet,

Incline your ear and come to Me; hear, that your soul may live, and I will make with you an eternal covenant, even the sure mercies of David. Lo, I have given Him as a witness to the peoples, a leader and lawgiver to the peoples. Isaiah 55:3-4.

Here 'David' stands for the Lord. 'The eternal covenant' exists in and acts through those qualities that are the Lord's, which are meant by 'coming to Him' and 'hearing so that your soul may live'.

[3] In Jeremiah,

I will give them one heart and one way, to fear Me all their days, for their own good and that of their sons after them. I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear into their heart. Jeremiah 31:39, 40.

This stands for those who are to be regenerated, and also for those things with someone regenerate which are 'one heart and one way', namely charity and faith, which belong to the Lord and so to the covenant. In the same prophet,

Behold, the days are coming, said Jehovah, when 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, for they rendered My covenant invalid. But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days: I will put My law in the midst of them, and will write it on their heart, and I will be their God, and they will be My people. Jeremiah 31:31-33.

This is an explicit statement of what constitutes the covenant - love and faith in the Lord, which will be present with him who is to be regenerated.

[4] In the same prophet love is called the covenant far the day, and faith the covenant for the night, Jeremiah 33:20. In Ezekiel,

I Jehovah will be their God, and my servant David will be prince in the midst of them; and I will make with them a covenant of peace, and I will banish the evil wild animal from the land, and they will dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods. Ezekiel 34:24-25.

This clearly refers to regeneration. 'David' stands for the Lord. In the same prophet,

David will be their prince for ever. I will make with them a covenant of peace, it will be an eternal covenant with them. I will set My sanctuary in their midst for evermore. Ezekiel 37:25-26.

This similarly refers to regeneration. 'David' and 'the sanctuary' stand for the Lord. In the same prophet,

I entered into a covenant with you, and you were Mine. And I washed you with water and washed away your blood from upon you, and anointed you with oil. Ezekiel 16:8-9, 11.

This clearly stands for regeneration. 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, 1 and with the creeping things of the earth. Hosea 2:18.

This stands for regeneration. 'Wild animals of the field' stands for things of the will, 'birds of the air' 1 for those of the understanding. In David,

He sent redemption to His people, He commanded His covenant for ever. Psalms 111:9.

This stands for regeneration. This is called 'a covenant' because it is something given and received.

[5] People however who have not been regenerated - or what amounts to the same, who focus worship on things that are external and who set up and worship as gods both themselves and everything they desire and think - are referred to, because they separate themselves from the Lord, as 'rendering the covenant invalid', as in Jeremiah,

They forsook the covenant of Jehovah their God, and bowed down to other gods and served them. Jeremiah 22:9.

In Moses,

He who transgressed the covenant by serving other gods, the sun, the moon, and the host of heaven, was to be stoned. Deuteronomy 17:2 and following verses.

'The sun' stands for self-love, 'the moon' for false assumptions, 'the host of heaven' for falsities themselves. From this it is now clear what 'the Ark of the covenant' is, containing the testimony or covenant, namely the Lord Himself; what 'the Book of the covenant' is, namely the Lord Himself, Exodus 24:4-7, 34:27; Deuteronomy 4:13, 23; what 'the Blood of the covenant' is, namely the Lord Himself, Exodus 24:6, 8; who alone is the Regenerator. Hence 'a covenant' is regeneration itself.

Fußnoten:

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

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.