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西番雅書 3

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1 這悖逆、污穢、欺壓的城有禍了!

2 他不聽從命令,不領受訓誨,不倚靠耶和華,不親近他的

3 他中間的首領是咆哮的獅子;他的審判官是晚上的豺,一點食物也不留到早晨

4 他的先知是虛浮詭詐的人;他的祭司褻瀆所,強解律法。

5 耶和華在他中間是公的,斷不做非的事,每早晨顯明他的公,無日不然;只是的人不知羞恥。

6 我─耶和華已經除滅列國的民;他們的城樓毀壞。我使他們的街道荒涼,以致無經過;他們的城邑毀滅,以致無,也無居民。

7 :你只要敬畏我,領受訓誨;如此,你的住處不致照我所擬定的除滅。只是你們從起來就在一切事上敗壞自己。

8 耶和華:你們要等候我,直到我興起擄掠的日子;因為我已定意招聚列國,聚集列邦,將我的惱怒─就是我的烈怒都傾在他們身上。我的忿怒如,必燒滅全

9 那時,我必使萬民用清潔的言語好求告我─耶和華的名,同心合意地事奉我。

10 祈禱我的,就是我所分散的民(原文是女子;下同),必從古實外來,給我獻供物。

11 當那日,你必不因你一切得罪我的事自覺羞愧;因為那時我必從你中間除掉矜誇高傲之輩,你也不再於我的狂傲。

12 我卻要在你中間留下困苦貧寒的民;他們必投靠我─耶和華的名。

13 以色列所剩下的人必不作罪孽,不謊言中也沒有詭詐的舌頭;而且吃喝躺臥,無人驚嚇。

14 錫安的民哪,應當歌唱!以色列啊,應當歡呼!耶路撒冷的民哪,應當滿歡喜快樂!

15 耶和華已經除去你的刑罰,趕出你的仇敵。以色列的王─耶和華在你中間;你必不再懼怕災禍。

16 當那日,必有話向耶路撒冷:不要懼!錫安哪;不要軟!

17 耶和華─你的是施行拯、大有能力的。他在你中間必因你歡欣喜樂,默然愛你,且因你喜樂而歡呼。

18 那些屬你、為無大會愁煩、因你擔當羞辱的,我必聚集他們。

19 那時,我必罰辦一切苦待你的人,又拯你瘸腿的,聚集你被趕出的。那些在全羞辱的,我必使他們得稱讚,有名聲。

20 那時,我必領你們進,聚集你們;我使你們被擄之人歸回的時候,就必使你們在上的萬民中有名聲,得稱讚。這是耶和華的。

   

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Apocalypse Explained #389

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389. Verses 9-11. And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those slain because of the Word of God, and because of the testimony that they held. And they cried out with a great voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost Thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? And there were given to every one of them white robes; and it was said unto them that they should rest yet a little time, until their fellow-servants, as well as their brethren, who were to be killed, as they also were, should be fulfilled.

9. "And when he had opened the fifth seal," signifies still further prediction (n. 390); "I saw under the altar," signifies those who were preserved under heaven n. 391; "the souls of those slain because of the Word of God, and because of the testimony that they held," signifies those who were rejected and concealed because of Divine truth and because of their confession of the Lord. n. 392).

10. "And they cried out with a great voice," signifies their grief of mind (n. 393); "saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost Thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?" signifies sighings to the Lord, who is Righteousness, respecting the judgment and removal of those who persecute and infest those who acknowledge the Lord, and are in the life of charity n. 394.

11. "And there were given to every one of them white robes," signifies Divine truth from the Lord with them, and protection n. 395; "and it was said unto them they should rest yet a little time," signifies some further continuance in that state (n. 396); "until their fellow-servants, as well as their brethren, who were to be killed, as they also were, should be fulfilled," signifies until all things were consummated n. 397.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Foundation for their permission to use this translation.

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Divine Love and Wisdom #38

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38. Divine love and Divine wisdom are meant in the Word by righteousness and judgment - Divine love being meant by righteousness, and Divine wisdom by judgment. That is why in the Word, righteousness and judgment are predicated of God. For example, in the Psalms of David:

Righteousness and judgment are the foundation of Your throne. (Psalm 89:14)

Again in the Psalms:

(Jehovah) shall bring forth...righteousness as the light,

And...Judgment as the noonday. (Psalm 37:6)

In Hosea:

I will betroth Myself to you forever...

In righteousness and judgment... (Hosea 2:19)

In Jeremiah:

...I will raise to David a righteous Branch,

(Who) will reign as a king....,

And execute judgment and righteousness in the earth. (Jeremiah 23:5)

In Isaiah:

(He will sit) upon the throne of David and over His kingdom,

To establish it...in judgment and righteousness... (Isaiah 9:7)

Again in Isaiah:

Jehovah will be exalted, for...

He has filled (the land) with judgment and righteousness. (Isaiah 33:5)

In the Psalms of David:

When I shall have learned the judgments of Your righteousness...

Seven times a day I praise You,

Because of the judgments of Your righteousness. (Psalm 119:7, 164)

The same is meant by life and light in John:

In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. (John 1:4)

By life there is meant the Lord's Divine love, and by light His Divine wisdom.

The same is also meant by life and spirit in John:

(Jesus said,) "The words that I speak to you are spirit and life." (John 6:63)

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.