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Ezekiel 14

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1 Venis al mi kelkaj el la plejagxuloj de Izrael, kaj sidigxis antaux mi.

2 Kaj aperis al mi vorto de la Eternulo, dirante:

3 Ho filo de homo! cxi tiuj homoj levis siajn idolojn en sian koron, kaj allogilon de sia malpieco ili starigis antaux sia vizagxo; cxu Mi nun respondu al ili, kiam ili Min demandas?

4 Tial parolu kun ili, kaj diru al ili:Tiele diras la Sinjoro, la Eternulo:Se iu el la domo de Izrael levis siajn idolojn en sian koron kaj starigis antaux si la allogilon de sia malpieco, kaj poste venas al la profeto, tiam Mi, la Eternulo, respondos al li tiel, kiel li meritas per sia granda idolisteco,

5 por ke la domo de Izrael estu kaptata konforme al sia koro, kiun ili defaligis de Mi per cxiuj siaj idoloj.

6 Tial diru al la domo de Izrael:Tiele diras la Sinjoro, la Eternulo:Pentu, kaj deturnu vin de viaj idoloj, kaj de cxiuj viaj abomenindajxoj deturnu vian vizagxon.

7 CXar se iu el la domo de Izrael, aux el la fremduloj, kiu logxas cxe Izrael, defalas de Mi, levas siajn idolojn en sian koron, starigas antaux sia vizagxo la allogilon de sia malpieco, kaj poste venas al la profeto, por fari per li demandojn al Mi, tiam Mi, la Eternulo, respondos al li per Mi mem;

8 Mi direktos Mian vizagxon kontraux tiun homon kaj faros lin avertilo kaj ekzemplo, kaj Mi ekstermos lin el inter Mia popolo; kaj vi ekscios, ke Mi estas la Eternulo.

9 Kaj se la profeto estos delogita kaj ion parolos, tiam Mi, la Eternulo, malsagxigis tiun profeton, kaj Mi etendos Mian manon sur lin kaj ekstermos lin el inter Mia popolo Izrael.

10 Tiamaniere ili estos punitaj pro sia malpieco:la puno de la demandanto kaj la puno de la profeto estos egalaj;

11 por ke ili ne plu forerarigu de Mi la domon de Izrael kaj ili ne plu malpurigu sin per cxiuj siaj krimoj; sed ili estu Mia popolo kaj Mi estu ilia Dio, diras la Sinjoro, la Eternulo.

12 Kaj aperis al mi vorto de la Eternulo, dirante:

13 Ho filo de homo! se lando pekos kontraux Mi, forte kulpigxante antaux Mi, tiam Mi etendos Mian manon sur gxin, kaj rompos al gxi la panan apogon, venigos sur gxin malsaton, kaj ekstermos en gxi la homojn kaj brutojn.

14 Kaj se meze de gxi trovigxus tiaj tri homoj, kiel Noa, Daniel, kaj Ijob, ili pro sia virteco savus sian vivon, diras la Sinjoro, la Eternulo.

15 Se Mi venigus en la landon sovagxajn bestojn, por gxin senhomigi, por ke gxi farigxu dezerta kaj neniu povu iri tra gxi pro la bestoj-

16 kiel Mi vivas, diras la Sinjoro, la Eternulo, ecx tiuj tri homoj en gxi ne savus la filojn nek filinojn; nur ili mem savigxus, sed la lando farigxus dezerta.

17 Aux se Mi venigus glavon sur tiun landon, kaj dirus:Glavo, trairu la landon; kaj Mi ekstermus en gxi homojn kaj brutojn-

18 kiel Mi vivas, diras la Sinjoro, la Eternulo, ecx tiuj tri homoj en gxi ne savus la filojn nek filinojn; nur ili mem savigxus.

19 Aux se Mi venigus peston sur tiun landon, kaj Mi elversxus sur gxin Mian koleron en sango, por ekstermi en gxi homojn kaj brutojn,

20 kaj Noa, Daniel, kaj Ijob estus en gxi-kiel Mi vivas, diras la Sinjoro, la Eternulo, ili ne savus filon nek filinon; nur ili pro sia virteco savus sian animon.

21 CXar tiele diras la Sinjoro, la Eternulo:Ecx se Mi venigus sur Jerusalemon la kvar malbonajn punojn, la glavon, malsaton, sovagxajn bestojn, kaj peston, por ekstermi en gxi homojn kaj brutojn-

22 tamen restos en gxi restajxo da mortevitintaj filoj kaj filinoj, kaj jen ili eliros al vi, kaj vi vidos ilian konduton kaj iliajn agojn, kaj vi konsoligxos pri la malbono, kiun Mi venigis sur Jerusalemon, pri cxio, kion Mi venigis sur gxin.

23 Kaj ili vin konsolos, kiam vi vidos ilian konduton kaj iliajn agojn, kaj ekscios, ke ne vane Mi faris cxion, kion Mi faris kontraux gxi, diras la Sinjoro, la Eternulo.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #4875

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4875. 'Your cord' means through truth, that is to say, truth accompanying the token of consent. This is clear from the meaning of 'a cord' as truth. The reason 'a cord' means truth is that it is one of the items associated with 'garments', and 'garments' in general means truths, for the reason that as garments clothe the flesh, so truths clothe good, 297, 2132, 2576, 4545, 4763. Among the ancients therefore whatever clothing they wore meant some specific or individual truth. Consequently a tunic had one meaning, a chlamys another, and a toga another; also coverings for the head, such as a turban and a mitre, had one meaning, coverings for the thighs and feet, such as breeches, stockings, and so on, had another meaning. But 'a cord' meant outermost or lowest truth, for it was made from threads twisted together, by which the final demarcation of that kind of truth was meant. This kind of truth is again meant by 'a cord' in Moses,

Every open vessel on which there is no covering [or] cord [to fasten it] is unclean. Numbers 19:15.

By this was meant that nothing should exist without having an outer limit, for that which does not have an outer limit is 'open'. Furthermore outermost truths serve as the outer limit and terminus of interior truths.

  
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Arcana Coelestia #680

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680. The fact that goods and truths are man's real food may be clear to anyone, for the person who is deprived of them has no life within himself, and is a dead man. The food on which the soul of the person feeds who is dead in this sense consists of the delights arising from evils, and of the pleasures gained from falsities. These are the food of death. These delights and pleasures also derive from bodily, worldly, and natural things, which have no life at all within them. Furthermore such a person does not know what spiritual and celestial food is. Every time 'food' or 'bread' is mentioned in the Word he assumes that food for the body is meant. In the words of the Lord's Prayer, 'Give us our daily bread', for example, he thinks purely of nourishment for the body. There are some whose ideas do extend further and who assert that this petition includes all other physical requirements, such as clothing, money, and so on. Indeed they will argue fiercely that no other kind of food is meant, even though they clearly see that the petitions coming before and after it entail purely celestial and spiritual things, and refer to the Lord's kingdom, and possibly know as well that the Lord's Word is celestial and spiritual.

[2] From this and other similar considerations it becomes sufficiently clear just how bodily-minded the man of today is, and that like the Jews, he is unwilling to accept anything stated in the Word except in a very crude and materialistic way. The Lord Himself clearly teaches what His Word means by 'food' and 'bread': He speaks of food in John as follows,

Jesus said, Do not labour for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man gives you. John 6:27.

And of bread He says in the same gospel,

Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that a man may eat of it and not die. I am the living Bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this Bread he will live for ever. John 6:49-51, 58.

Even today there are people who, like those who first heard these words, declare,

This is a hard saying; who can listen to it? And some drew back and no longer walked with Him. John 6:60, 66.

To those people the Lord said,

The words which I speak to you, they are spirit and they are life. John 6:63.

[3] It is similar with water, in that it means the spiritual things of faith: He speaks of water in John as follows,

Jesus said, Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again, but he who drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a spring of water welling up into eternal life. John 4:13-14.

Even today there are people like the woman to whom the Lord spoke at the spring, who replied,

Sir, give me this water that I may not thirst nor come here to draw. John 4:15.

[4] In the Word 'food' means nothing other than spiritual and celestial food, which is faith in the Lord and love. This is clear from many places in the Word, as in Jeremiah,

The enemy has stretched out his hand over all the desirable things of Jerusalem, because she saw the nations come into her sanctuary, concerning whom You did command, They shall not enter your congregation. All the people groan as they search for bread. They have given their desirable things for food to restore the soul. Lamentations 1:10-11.

Here no other bread or food is meant than spiritual, for the subject is the sanctuary. In the same author,

I called to my lovers, they deceived me. My priests and my elders breathed their last in the city, for they sought food for themselves to refresh their soul. Lamentations 1:19.

Here the meaning is similar. In David,

They all look to You to give them their food in due season. You givest to them - they gather it up. You openest Your hand - they are satisfied with good. Psalms 104:27-28.

This in like manner stands for spiritual and celestial food.

[5] In Isaiah,

Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters, and he who has no money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Isaiah 55:1.

Here 'wine and milk' stands for spiritual and celestial drink. In the same prophet,

A virgin is conceiving and bearing a son, and you will call His name Immanuel. Butter and honey will He eat that He may know to refuse the evil and choose the good. It will be that because of the abundance of milk they produce he will eat butter, for butter and honey will everyone eat that is left in the midst of the land. Isaiah 7:14-15, 22.

Here 'eating honey and butter' means that which is celestial-spiritual, and 'those who are left' stands for remnants, which are referred to in Malachi as well,

Bring all the tithes 1 to the storehouse that there may be food in My house. Malachi 3:10.

'Tithes' 1 stands for remnants. Further concerning the meaning of 'food', see 56-58, 276.

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