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και ειδον και ιδου επ' αυτα νευρα και σαρκες εφυοντο και ανεβαινεν επ' αυτα δερμα επανω και πνευμα ουκ ην εν αυτοις
Ezekiel 37:8
Ezekiel 34
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και εγενετο λογος κυριου προς με λεγων
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υιε ανθρωπου προφητευσον επι τους ποιμενας του ισραηλ προφητευσον και ειπον τοις ποιμεσι ταδε λεγει κυριος κυριος ω ποιμενες ισραηλ μη βοσκουσιν ποιμενες εαυτους ου τα προβατα βοσκουσιν οι ποιμενες
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ιδου το γαλα κατεσθετε και τα ερια περιβαλλεσθε και το παχυ σφαζετε και τα προβατα μου ου βοσκετε
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το ησθενηκος ουκ ενισχυσατε και το κακως εχον ουκ εσωματοποιησατε και το συντετριμμενον ου κατεδησατε και το πλανωμενον ουκ επεστρεψατε και το απολωλος ουκ εζητησατε και το ισχυρον κατειργασασθε μοχθω
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και διεσπαρη τα προβατα μου δια το μη ειναι ποιμενας και εγενηθη εις καταβρωμα πασι τοις θηριοις του αγρου
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και διεσπαρη μου τα προβατα εν παντι ορει και επι παν βουνον υψηλον και επι προσωπου πασης της γης διεσπαρη και ουκ ην ο εκζητων ουδε ο αποστρεφων
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δια τουτο ποιμενες ακουσατε λογον κυριου
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ζω εγω λεγει κυριος κυριος ει μην αντι του γενεσθαι τα προβατα μου εις προνομην και γενεσθαι τα προβατα μου εις καταβρωμα πασι τοις θηριοις του πεδιου παρα το μη ειναι ποιμενας και ουκ εξεζητησαν οι ποιμενες τα προβατα μου και εβοσκησαν οι ποιμενες εαυτους τα δε προβατα μου ουκ εβοσκησαν
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αντι τουτου ποιμενες
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ταδε λεγει κυριος κυριος ιδου εγω επι τους ποιμενας και εκζητησω τα προβατα μου εκ των χειρων αυτων και αποστρεψω αυτους του μη ποιμαινειν τα προβατα μου και ου βοσκησουσιν ετι οι ποιμενες αυτα και εξελουμαι τα προβατα μου εκ του στοματος αυτων και ουκ εσονται αυτοις ετι εις καταβρωμα
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διοτι ταδε λεγει κυριος ιδου εγω εκζητησω τα προβατα μου και επισκεψομαι αυτα
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ωσπερ ζητει ο ποιμην το ποιμνιον αυτου εν ημερα οταν η γνοφος και νεφελη εν μεσω προβατων διακεχωρισμενων ουτως εκζητησω τα προβατα μου και απελασω αυτα απο παντος τοπου ου διεσπαρησαν εκει εν ημερα νεφελης και γνοφου
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και εξαξω αυτους εκ των εθνων και συναξω αυτους απο των χωρων και εισαξω αυτους εις την γην αυτων και βοσκησω αυτους επι τα ορη ισραηλ και εν ταις φαραγξιν και εν παση κατοικια της γης
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εν νομη αγαθη βοσκησω αυτους και εν τω ορει τω υψηλω ισραηλ εσονται αι μανδραι αυτων εκει κοιμηθησονται και εκει αναπαυσονται εν τρυφη αγαθη και εν νομη πιονι βοσκηθησονται επι των ορεων ισραηλ
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εγω βοσκησω τα προβατα μου και εγω αναπαυσω αυτα και γνωσονται οτι εγω ειμι κυριος ταδε λεγει κυριος κυριος
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το απολωλος ζητησω και το πλανωμενον επιστρεψω και το συντετριμμενον καταδησω και το εκλειπον ενισχυσω και το ισχυρον φυλαξω και βοσκησω αυτα μετα κριματος
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και υμεις προβατα ταδε λεγει κυριος κυριος ιδου εγω διακρινω ανα μεσον προβατου και προβατου κριων και τραγων
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και ουχ ικανον υμιν οτι την καλην νομην ενεμεσθε και τα καταλοιπα της νομης υμων κατεπατειτε τοις ποσιν υμων και το καθεστηκος υδωρ επινετε και το λοιπον τοις ποσιν υμων εταρασσετε
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και τα προβατα μου τα πατηματα των ποδων υμων ενεμοντο και το τεταραγμενον υδωρ υπο των ποδων υμων επινον
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δια τουτο ταδε λεγει κυριος κυριος ιδου εγω διακρινω ανα μεσον προβατου ισχυρου και ανα μεσον προβατου ασθενους
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επι ταις πλευραις και τοις ωμοις υμων διωθεισθε και τοις κερασιν υμων εκερατιζετε και παν το εκλειπον εξεθλιβετε
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και σωσω τα προβατα μου και ου μη ωσιν ετι εις προνομην και κρινω ανα μεσον κριου προς κριον
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και αναστησω επ' αυτους ποιμενα ενα και ποιμανει αυτους τον δουλον μου δαυιδ και εσται αυτων ποιμην
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και εγω κυριος εσομαι αυτοις εις θεον και δαυιδ εν μεσω αυτων αρχων εγω κυριος ελαλησα
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και διαθησομαι τω δαυιδ διαθηκην ειρηνης και αφανιω θηρια πονηρα απο της γης και κατοικησουσιν εν τη ερημω και υπνωσουσιν εν τοις δρυμοις
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και δωσω αυτους περικυκλω του ορους μου και δωσω τον υετον υμιν υετον ευλογιας
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και τα ξυλα τα εν τω πεδιω δωσει τον καρπον αυτων και η γη δωσει την ισχυν αυτης και κατοικησουσιν επι της γης αυτων εν ελπιδι ειρηνης και γνωσονται οτι εγω ειμι κυριος εν τω συντριψαι με τον ζυγον αυτων και εξελουμαι αυτους εκ χειρος των καταδουλωσαμενων αυτους
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και ουκ εσονται ετι εν προνομη τοις εθνεσιν και τα θηρια της γης ουκετι μη φαγωσιν αυτους και κατοικησουσιν εν ελπιδι και ουκ εσται ο εκφοβων αυτους
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και αναστησω αυτοις φυτον ειρηνης και ουκετι εσονται απολλυμενοι λιμω επι της γης και ου μη ενεγκωσιν ετι ονειδισμον εθνων
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και γνωσονται οτι εγω ειμι κυριος ο θεος αυτων και αυτοι λαος μου οικος ισραηλ λεγει κυριος
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προβατα μου και προβατα ποιμνιου μου εστε και εγω κυριος ο θεος υμων λεγει κυριος κυριος
Apocalypse Explained #946
946. For Thy judgments have been made manifest, signifies that Divine truths have been revealed to them. This is evident from the signification of "judgments," as being Divine truths (of which presently); also from the signification of "made manifest," as being to be revealed. That Divine truths are revealed at the end of the church, and that they have been revealed, will be shown in what follows in this chapter, because this is there treated of. "Judgments" signify Divine truths because the laws of government in the Lord's spiritual kingdom are called "judgments;" while the laws of government in His celestial kingdom are called "justice." For the laws of government in the Lord's spiritual kingdom are laws from the Divine truth; while the laws of government in the Lord's celestial kingdom are laws from the Divine good. This is why "judgment" and "justice" are mentioned in the Word, in the following passages. In Isaiah:
Of peace there shall be no end upon the throne of David, to establish it, and to uphold it in judgment and in justice from henceforth and to eternity (Isaiah 9:7).
This is said of the Lord and His kingdom. His spiritual kingdom is signified by "the throne of David;" and because this kingdom is in Divine truths from Divine good it is said, "in judgment and in justice."
In Jeremiah:
I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and He shall reign King, and He shall act intelligently, and shall do judgment and justice (Jeremiah 23:5).
This, too, is said of the Lord, and of His spiritual kingdom. And as this kingdom is in Divine truths from Divine good it is said, "He shall reign king, and shall act intelligently, and He shall do judgment and justice." The Lord is called "King," from Divine truth; and as Divine truth is also Divine intelligence it is said that "He shall act intelligently." And as the Divine truth is from the Divine good it is said that "He shall do judgment and justice."
[2] In Isaiah:
Jehovah is exalted, for He dwelleth on high, He hath filled Zion with judgment and justice (Isaiah 33:5).
"Zion" means heaven and the church, where the Lord reigns by the Divine truth; and as all the Divine truth is from the Divine good it is said, "He hath filled Zion with judgment and justice."
In Jeremiah:
I Jehovah doing judgment and justice in the earth; for in these things I am well pleased (Jeremiah 9:24).
Here, too, "judgment and justice" signify the Divine truth from the Divine good.
In Isaiah:
They ask of me the judgments of justice, they long for an approach unto God (5 Isaiah 58:2).
The "judgments of justice" are Divine truths from the Divine good, as are "judgment and justice;" for the spiritual sense conjoins things that the sense of the letter separates.
In Hosea:
I will betroth thee unto Me forever; and I will betroth thee unto Me in justice and in judgment and in mercy and in truth (Hosea 2:19, 20).
This treats of the Lord's celestial kingdom, which consists of those who are in love to the Lord; and as the Lord's conjunction with such is comparatively like the conjunction of a husband with a wife, for so does the good of love conjoin, it is said, "I will betroth thee unto Me in justice and in judgment," "justice" being put here in the first place, and "judgment" in the second, because those who are in the good of love to the Lord are also in truths; for they see truths from good. As "justice" is predicated of good, and "judgment" of truth, it is also said, "in mercy and in truth," "mercy" belonging to good, because it is of love.
[3] In David:
Jehovah is in the heavens. Thy justice is like the mountains of God, and Thy judgments are like the great deep (Psalms 36:5-6).
"Justice" is predicated of the Divine good, and is therefore compared to "the mountains of God;" for "mountains of God" signify the goods of love (See above, n. 405, 510, 850); and "judgments" are predicated of Divine truths, and are therefore compared to "the great deep;" for "the great deep" signifies the Divine truth. From this it can now be seen that "judgments" signify Divine truths.
[4] In many passages in the Word, "judgments," "commandments," and "statutes" are mentioned; and "judgments" there signify civil laws, "commandments" the laws of spiritual life, and "statutes" the laws of worship. That "judgments" signify civil laws, is evident from Exodus (21, 22, 23), where the things commanded are called "judgments" because according to them the judges gave judgments in the gates of the city; nevertheless they signify Divine truths, such as are in the Lord's spiritual kingdom in the heavens, for they contain these in the spiritual sense; as can be (Arcana Coelestia 8971-9103) seen (Arcana Coelestia 9124-9231) from (Arcana Coelestia 9247-9348) the explanation of them in the Arcana Coelestia 8971-9103, 9124-9231, 9247-9348). That the laws given to the sons of Israel were called "judgments, "commandments," and "statutes," can be seen from the following passages.
In Moses:
I will speak unto thee all the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them (Deuteronomy 5:31).
In the same:
These are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which Jehovah your God commanded to teach you (Deuteronomy 6:1).
In the same:
Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them (Deuteronomy 7:11).
In David:
If his sons forsake My law and walk not in My judgments, if they profane My statutes and keep not My commandments, then will I visit their transgression with the rod (Psalms 89:30-32).
So in many other places, as Leviticus 18:5; 19:37; 20:22; 25:18; 26:15; Deuteronomy 4:1; 5:1, 6, 7; 17:19; 26:17; Ezekiel 5:6, 7; 11:12, 20; 18:9; 20:11, 13, 25; 37:24. In these passages "commandments" mean the laws of life, especially those contained in the Decalogue, which are therefore called the Ten Commandments; while "statutes" mean the laws of worship which related especially to sacrifices and holy ministrations; and "judgments" mean civil laws; and as these laws were representative of spiritual laws, they signify such Divine truths as are in the Lord's spiritual kingdom in the heavens.
[5] It follows from this that when man shuns and turns away from evils as sins and is raised up into heaven by the Lord, he is no longer in what is his own (proprium), but in the Lord, and thus he thinks and wills goods. Again, since man acts as he thinks and wills, for every act of man proceeds from the thought of his will, it follows that when he shuns and turns away from evils, he does goods from the Lord and not from self; and this is why shunning evils is doing goods. The goods that a man then does are meant by good works; and good works in their whole complex are meant by charity. Man cannot be reformed unless he thinks, wills, and does as if from himself, since that which is done as if by the man himself is conjoined to him and remains with him, while that which is not done by the man as if from himself, not being received in any life of sense, flows through like ether; and this is why the Lord wills that man should not only shun and turn away from evils as if of himself, but should also think, will, and do as if of himself, and yet acknowledge in heart, that all these things are from the Lord. This he must acknowledge because it is the truth.
