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1 Dette utsagn er Herrens ord mot Hadraks land*; også i Damaskus skal det slå sig ned - for Herren har øie med menneskene og med alle Israels stammer - / {* visstnok et lite rike i Syria.}

2 likeså i Hamat, som grenser til det, også i Tyrus og Sidon, fordi de der er så kloke.

3 Tyrus bygget sig en festning, og det dynget op sølv som støv og fint gull som skarn på gatene.

4 Se, Herren skal la fremmede få det til eie og styrte dets murer i havet, og selv skal det fortæres av ild.

5 Askalon ser det og frykter, og Gasa, som vrir sig i angst, likeså Ekron, fordi dets håp* er blitt til skamme; Gasa skal miste sin konge, og i Askalon skal ingen bo. / {* d.e. Tyrus.}

6 I Asdod skal det bare bo fremmed pakk, og jeg vil utrydde filistrenes stolthet,

7 jeg vil ta offerblodet* ut av deres munn og det vederstyggelige offerkjøtt bort fra deres tenner; og da skal det også av dem bli igjen en rest for vår Gud, og de skal være som fyrster i Juda, og Ekron skal være som en jebusitt**. / {* SLM 16, 4.} / {** d.e. innlemmes blandt Guds folk, likesom jebusittene av David blev innlemmet i det; 2SA 24, 18 fg. 1K 21, 18 fg.}

8 Og jeg vil slå leir til vern for mitt hus mot krigshærer som kommer og går, og ingen voldsherre skal mere komme over dem; for nu ser jeg med egne øine hvorledes det er.

9 Fryd dig storlig, Sions datter! op høit, Jerusalems datter! Se, din konge kommer til dig, rettferdig er han og full av frelse*, fattig og ridende på et asen, på aseninnens unge fole. / {* HEB 5, 7. 9.}

10 Og jeg vil utrydde vognene i Efra'im og hestene i Jerusalem, og alle krigsbuer skal utryddes, Og han skal tale fred til hedningene, og hans herredømme skal nå fra hav til hav og fra elven til jordens ender.

11 For ditt paktsblods skyld vil jeg også fri dine fanger ut av brønnen som det ikke er vann i.

12 Vend tilbake til festningen, I fanger som har håp! Også idag forkynner jeg at jeg vil gi eder dobbelt igjen.

13 For jeg spenner Juda som min bue og legger Efra'im på buen, og jeg egger dine sønner, Sion, mot dine sønner, Javan*, og jeg gjør dig lik en kjempes sverd. / {* d.e. Grekenland.}

14 Og Herren skal åpenbare sig over dem, og hans pil skal fare ut som lynet; Herren, Israels Gud, skal støte i basunen og fare frem i sønnenstormene.

15 Herren, hærskarenes Gud, skal verne dem, og de skal opsluke sine fiender og trå dem under føtter som slyngestener*; de skal drikke deres blod og larme som av vin, og de skal bli fulle av blodet som offerskålen, som alterets hjørner**. / {* Fienden lignes med ringe stener, motsatt kronestenene; SK 9, 16.} / {** 2MO 29, 12.}

16 Og Herren deres Gud skal frelse dem på den dag, han skal frelse sitt folk som en hjord; for de er som edelstener i en krone og stråler over hans land*; / {* 2SA 12, 30.}

17 for hvor herlig er det ikke, og hvor fagert! Av dets korn skal unge menn og av dets vin jomfruer blomstre op.

   

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6524. 'The elders of his house' means the things that would accord with good. This is clear from the meaning of 'the elders' as the chief characteristics of wisdom, thus things that accord with good, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'house' as good, dealt with in 2559, 3652, 3720, 4982. The reason why 'elders' means the chief characteristics of wisdom is that in the Word 'old people' means those who are wise, and - in a sense detached from persons - wisdom. Since 'the twelve tribes of Israel' meant all truths and forms of good in their entirety, they had princes and also elders set over them. 'Princes' meant the leading truths constituting intelligence, and 'elders' the chief characteristics of wisdom, thus those of good.

[2] For the meaning of 'princes' as the leading truths constituting intelligence, see 1482, 2089, 5044. But as regards the meaning of 'elders' as the chief characteristics of wisdom, and of 'old people' as wisdom, this is evident from the following places: In David,

They will extol Jehovah in the congregation of the people, and in the assembly of the old they will praise Him. Psalms 107:32.

'The congregation of the people' stands for those who are ruled by truths constituting intelligence, since 'congregation' is used with reference to truths, 6355, as also is 'people', 1259, 1260, 2928, 3295, 3581; 'the assembly of the old' stands for those who are ruled by good, which belongs to wisdom since wisdom is concerned with life, thus with what is good, whereas intelligence is concerned with knowing, thus with what is true, 1555. In the same author,

I am wiser than the old, because I have kept Your commands. Psalms 119:100.

'The old' plainly stands for one who is wise. Likewise in Job,

In the old there is wisdom, in length of days intelligence. Job 12:12.

In Moses,

You shall rise before grey hair and respect the face of an old person. Leviticus 19:32.

This command was given because 'old people' represented wisdom.

[3] In John,

On the thrones I saw twenty-four elders seated, clad in white garments, who had on their heads crowns of gold. Revelation 4:4.

'Elders' stands for aspects of wisdom, thus of good. That these are meant by the elders is evident from the description of the elders - they sat on thrones, were clad in white garments, and had crowns of gold on their heads. 'Thrones' are truths constituting intelligence which are derived from good belonging to wisdom, 5313. 'White garments' has a similar meaning, 'garments' being truths, 1073, 4545, 4763, 5248, 5954, and 'white' that which has reference to truth, 3301, 5319. 'Crowns of gold on their heads' are forms of the good of wisdom; for 'gold' is the good of love, 113, 1551, 1552, 5658, and 'head' is the celestial, the seat of wisdom, 4938, 4939, 5328, 6436. Those who are in the third or inmost heaven, thus who are nearest the Lord, are called the wise, whereas those in the middle or second heaven, thus who are not as near the Lord, are called intelligent.

[4] In the same book,

All the angels stood around the throne, and the elders, and the four living creatures. Revelation 7:11.

Again 'the elders' stands for aspects of wisdom, as it does in the following places: In Isaiah,

The boy will uplift himself against the old man, and the despised against the honourable. Isaiah 7:5.

In the same prophet,

Jehovah Zebaoth will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before His elders, glory. Isaiah 24:23.

In Jeremiah,

My priests and my elders breathed their last in the city, for they sought food for themselves, with which they would renew their soul. Lamentations 1:19.

In the same prophet,

Her king and her princes are among the nations; the law is no more. The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground, they become silent. Lamentations 2:9-10.

In the same prophet,

They have ravished women in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah. Princes have been hung up by their hands, the faces of the old men have not been honoured, the elders have ceased from the gate. Lamentations 5:11-12, 14.

In Ezekiel,

Misery will come upon misery, and rumour will be upon rumour. Therefore they will seek a vision from the prophet, but the law has perished from the priest, and counsel from the elders. The king will mourn, and the prince will be wrapped in stupidity. Ezekiel 7:26-27.

In Zechariah,

Old men and women will again dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and each one with his staff in his hand because of great age. 1 Zechariah 8:4.

So that 'the elders' might represent things that constitute wisdom, some of Moses' spirit was taken and imparted to them, by which they prophesied, Numbers 11:16 and following verses.

In the contrary sense 'elders' stands for the things that are the opposites of the aspects of wisdom, Ezekiel 8:11-12.

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