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Hesekiel 8

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1 Und es begab sich im sechsten Jahr, am fünften Tage des Sechsten Monats, daß ich in meinem Hause und die Alten aus Juda saßen vor mir; daselbst fiel die Hand des HERRN HERRN auf mich.

2 Und siehe, ich sah, daß es von seinen Lenden herunterwärts war gleichwie Feuer; aber oben über seinen Lenden war es lichthell;

3 und er reckte aus gleichwie eine Hand und ergriff mich bei dem Haar meines Hauptes. Da führte mich ein Wind zwischen Himmel und Erde und brachte mich gen Jerusalem in einem göttlichen Gesichte zu dem Tor am inneren Vorhof, das gegen Mitternacht sieht, da stand ein Bild zu Verdruß dem HAUSHERRN.

4 Und siehe, da war die Herrlichkeit des Gottes Israels, wie ich sie zuvor gesehen hatte im Felde.

5 Und er sprach zu mir: du Menschenkind, hebe deine Augen auf gegen Mitternacht, siehe, da stand gegen Mitternacht das verdrießliche Bild am Tor des Altars, eben da man hineingeht.

6 Und er sprach zu mir: Du Menschenkind, siehst du auch, was diese tun? Große Greuel, die das Haus Israel hier tut, daß sie mich ja fern von meinem Heiligtum treiben. Aber du wirst noch mehr große Greuel sehen.

7 Und er führte mich zur Tür des Vorhofs; da sah ich, und siehe war ein Loch in der Wand.

8 Und er sprach zu mir: Du Menschenkind, grabe durch die Wand. Und da ich durch die Wand grub, siehe, da war eine Tür.

9 Und er sprach zu mir: Gehe hinein und schaue die bösen Greuel, die sie allhier tun.

10 Und da ich hineinkam und sah, siehe, da waren allerlei Bildnisse der Würmer und Tiere, eitel Scheuel, und allerlei Götzen des Hauses Israel, allenthalben umher an der Wand gemacht;

11 vor welchen standen siebzig Männer aus den Ältesten des Hauses Israel, und Jaasanja, der Sohn Saphans, stand auch unter ihnen; und ein jeglicher hatte sein Räuchfaß in der Hand, und ging ein dicker Nebel auf vom Räuchwerk.

12 Und er sprach zu mir: Du Menschenkind, siehst du, was die Ältesten des Hauses Israel tun in der Finsternis, ein jeglicher in seiner Bilderkammer? Denn sie sagen: Der HERR sieht uns nicht, sondern der HERR hat das Land verlassen.

13 Und er sprach zu mir: Du sollst noch mehr Greuel sehen, die sie tun.

14 Und er führte mich hinein zum Tor an des HERRN Hause, das gegen Mitternacht steht; und siehe, daselbst saßen Weiber, die weinten über den Thammus.

15 Und er sprach zu: Menschenkind, siehst du das? Aber du sollst noch größere Greuel sehen, denn diese sind.

16 Und er führte mich in den inneren Hof am Hause des HERRN; und siehe, vor der Tür am Tempel des HERRN, zwischen der Halle und dem Altar, da waren bei fünfundzwanzig Männer, die ihren Rücken gegen den Tempel des HERRN und ihr Angesicht gegen Morgen gekehrt hatten und beteten gegen der Sonne Aufgang.

17 Und er sprach zu mir: Menschenkind, siehst du das? Ist's dem Hause Juda zu wenig, alle solche Greuel hier zu tun, daß sie auch sonst im ganzen Lande eitel Gewalt und Unrecht treiben und reizen mich immer wieder? Und siehe, sie halten die Weinrebe an die Nase.

18 Darum will ich auch wider sie mit Grimm handeln, und mein Auge soll ihrer nicht verschonen, und ich will nicht gnädig sein; und wenn sie gleich mit lauter Stimme vor meinen Ohren schreien, will ich sie doch nicht hören.

   

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North

  

'North,' in Isaiah 14:31, signifies hell. 'The North,' as in Jeremiah 3:12, signifies people who are ignorant of truth, and yet have the life of good. 'North' signifies people in obscurity regarding truth.

(références: Arcana Coelestia 3708 [1-23])


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Arcana Coelestia #3705

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3705. 'The land on which you are lying I will give to you' means that the good on which the Natural rested was His own in origin. This is clear from the meaning of 'the land' here as the good of the natural, dealt with below; from the meaning of 'on which you are lying' as on which it rested; and from the meaning of 'giving it to you' as His own in origin, also dealt with below. The reason 'the land' means the good of the natural, which Jacob will represent from now on, is that 'the land of Canaan' means the Lord's kingdom, 1413, 1437, 1585, 1607, 1866. And since it means the Lord's kingdom it also means in the highest sense the Lord, 3038 - for the Lord is the All in all of His kingdom, and anything there which does not originate in Him and have regard to Him is not part of His kingdom. The Lord's kingdom is also meant in the Word by 'heaven and earth', 1 1733, 1850, 2117, 2118 (end), though in this case the interior of that kingdom is meant by 'heaven' and the exterior by 'earth', 82, 1411, 1733, 3355 (end). Consequently 'heaven' in the highest sense means the Lord as regards His Divine Rational and 'earth' as regards His Divine Natural. Here therefore 'the land on which you are lying' means the Good of the Natural on which the Natural, represented by 'Jacob', rested. For 'Jacob' represents the Lord's Divine Natural, as stated many times above.

[2] Furthermore the word 'land' has various meanings, see 620, 636, 1066, 2571, 3368, 3379, the reason being that Canaan, which is called the Holy Land, means the Lord's kingdom in general; and when 'heaven' is mentioned together with 'earth', 'heaven' in that case means, as has been stated, that which is interior, 'earth' that which is exterior. This being so it also means the Lord's kingdom on earth, that is, the Church; and having that meaning, it also means a person who is the Lord's kingdom or who is the Church. With that person 'heaven' accordingly means that which is interior, 'earth' that which is exterior; or what amounts to the same, 'heaven' is the rational and 'earth' the natural since the rational exists more interiorly with man and the natural more exteriorly. And since 'land' [or 'earth'] has all these meanings it also means that which a person puts into effect - namely the good of love which he receives from the Divine - so that he may become the Lord's kingdom. From this it is evident in what way the meaning of 'land' in the Word varies.

[3] 'I will give to you' means that in origin it was His own. This becomes clear from the meaning of 'giving' in the Word when used in reference to the Lord, for as shown just above, the Lord is Divine Good and also Divine Truth, the former being called 'the Father' and the latter 'the Son'. Now because Divine Good is His and consequently that which is His own, it follows that 'giving to you', when spoken by Jehovah and used in reference to the Lord, means that which was His own in origin. From this one may see what is meant in the internal sense by the Lord's frequent reference to the Father's having given to Him - that is to say, to Himself, the Lord - as in John,

Father, glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You, as You have given Him power over all flesh, in order that all You have given Him, to them He may give eternal life. I have glorified You on earth; I have accomplished the work which You gave Me to do. I have manifested Your name to the men whom You gave Me out of the world; Yours they were, and You gave them to Me. Now they know that everything which You have given Me is from You; for the words which You gave Me I have given to them. I am praying for those whom You have given Me, for they are Yours; for all things that are Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine. John 17:1-2, 4, 6-10.

Each reference here to the Father's giving means originating in the Divine Good that was His, and so in that which was His own.

[4] From this one may see how great an arcanum lies within the particular words spoken by the Lord, and also how greatly different the sense of the letter is from the internal sense, and more so from the highest sense. The Lord spoke in this fashion in order that mankind which at that time had no knowledge at all of any Divine truth might nevertheless be enabled in its own way to grasp and so accept the Word, while angels did so in theirs, for the angels knew that Jehovah and He were one and that the Father was Divine Good. For this reason also they knew that when He spoke of the Father giving to Him He would be giving to Himself and so drawing on what was His own.

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