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Jezekilj 22

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1 Opet mi dođe reč Gospodnja govoreći:

2 A ti, sine čovečji, hoćeš li suditi, hoćeš li suditi gradu krvničkom? I hoćeš li mu pokazati sve gadove njegove?

3 Reci: Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: ide vreme gradu koji proliva krv u sebi i gradi gadne bogove sebi da se skvrni.

4 Skrivio si krvlju koju si prolio, i oskvrnio si se o gadne bogove svoje koje si načinio; i učinio si te se približiše dani tvoji, i došao si do godina svojih; zato ću učiniti od tebe rug među narodima i podsmeh po svim zemljama;

5 Koje su blizu tebe i koje su daleko podsmevaće ti se, gadni imenom, veliki smetnjom!

6 Gle, knezovi Izrailjevi u tebi dadoše se da prolivaju krv svaki svom silom svojom.

7 Oca i mater preziru u tebi, čine krivo inostrancu usred tebe, siroti i udovici čine nasilje u tebi;

8 Svete stvari moje prezireš, i subote moje skvrniš.

9 U tebi su opadači da prolivaju krv, i na gorama jedu u tebi, grdila čine usred tebe.

10 Golotinju očevu otkrivaju u tebi, ležu u tebi sa ženom za nečistote njene.

11 I jedan čini gad sa ženom bližnjeg svog; a drugi skvrni snahu svoju grdilom; a drugi siluje sestru svoju, kćer oca svog, u tebi.

12 Mito primaju u tebi da prolivaju krv; ujam i pridavak uzimaš, i tražiš dobitak od bližnjih svojih prevarom, a mene si zaboravio, govori Gospod Gospod.

13 Zato, evo, pljeskam rukama svojim radi tvog nepravednog dobitka, koji dobijaš, i radi krvi što je u tebi.

14 Hoće li se održati srce tvoje, ili ruke tvoje hoće li biti jake u one dane kad stanem raditi s tobom? Ja Gospod rekoh, i učiniću.

15 Jer ću te rasejati po narodima i razasuti po zemljama, i istrebiću nečistotu tvoju iz tebe.

16 I bićeš skvrnavan sobom pred narodima, i poznaćeš da sam ja Gospod.

17 Potom dođe mi reč Gospodnja govoreći:

18 Sine čovečji, dom Izrailjev posta mi droždina; svi su bronza i kositer i gvožđe i olovo u peći; droždina od srebra postaše.

19 Zato ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Što svi vi postaste droždina, zato, evo, ja ću vas skupiti u Jerusalim.

20 Kako se skuplja srebro i bronza i gvožđe i olovo i kositer usred peći, te se raspali oganj oko njega da se istopi, tako ću vas skupiti gnevom svojim i jarošću, i složivši rastopiću vas.

21 Da, skupiću vas, i raspaliću oko vas oganj gneva svog, i istopićete se usred njega.

22 Kako se topi srebro u peći, tako ćete se vi istopiti u njemu, i poznaćete da sam ja Gospod izlio gnev svoj na vas.

23 Opet mi dođe reč Gospodnja govoreći:

24 Sine čovečji, kaži joj: Ti si zemlja koja se nisi očistila; neće pasti na te dažd u dan gneva.

25 Proroci njeni složiše se u njoj, kao lav su, koji riče i grabi plen, žderu duše, otimaju blago i dragocene stvari, umnožavaju udovice usred nje.

26 Sveštenici njeni prestupaju zakon moj i skvrne moje svete stvari, ne razlikuju sveto od oskvrnjenog, i nečisto od čistog ne raspoznaju, kriju oči svoje od subota mojih, i bivam oskvrnjen među njima.

27 Knezovi su njeni usred nje kao vuci, koji grabe plen, prolivajući krv, gubeći duše sramotnog dobitka radi.

28 I proroci njeni mažu je nevaljalim krečem, viđaju taštinu i gataju im laž govoreći: Tako reče Gospod Gospod; a Gospod ne reče.

29 Narod zemaljski vara i otima, i siromahu i ubogome čini nasilje, i došljaku čini krivo.

30 I tražih među njima koji bi opravio ogradu i stao na prolomu preda me za tu zemlju, da je ne zatrem; ali ne nađoh nikoga.

31 Zato ću izliti na njih gnev svoj, ognjem jarosti svoje istrebiću ih, put njihov obratiću im na glavu, govori Gospod Gospod.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed #209

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209. 'Wretched and poor.' This symbolically means that they have no truths or goods.

Wretched and poor people mean, in the spiritual sense of the Word, people who lack concepts of truth and good, for they are spiritually wretched and poor. They are also meant by the people in the following passages:

I am wretched and poor, O Lord; be mindful of me. (Psalms 40:18) [NCBSP: Psalms 40:17], cf. Psalms 70:5)

Incline Your ear, O Jehovah, and answer me, for I am wretched and poor. (Psalms 86:1)

The impious bare the sword and bend their bow, to cast down the wretched and poor... (Psalms 37:14)

(The impious man) persecuted the wretched and poor man, even to slay the downcast in heart. (Psalms 109:16)

(God) will judge the wretched of the people; He will save the children of the poor... He will deliver the poor man when he cries, and the wretched man... (Psalms 72:4, 12-13)

Jehovah... delivers the wretched man from one who is too strong for him, and the poor man... from those who plunder him. (Psalms 35:10)

(The impious man) devises wicked plans to destroy the wretched with lying words, even when the poor man speaks justly. (Isaiah 37:7)

The wretched shall have their joy in Jehovah, and the poor of mankind shall exult in the Holy One of Israel. (Isaiah 29:19)

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 5:3)

See also elsewhere, as Isaiah 10:2; Jeremiah 22:16; Ezekiel 16:49; 18:12; 22:29; Amos 8:4; Psalms 9:18; 69:32-33; 74:21; 109:22; 140:12; Deuteronomy 15:11; 24:14; Luke 14:13, 21, 23.

The wretched and poor mean chiefly people who lack concepts of truth and goodness and yet desire them, since the rich mean people who possess concepts of truth and goodness (no. 206).

  
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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.

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Apocalypse Revealed #206

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206. "'Because you say, "I am rich and wealthy."'" (3:17) This symbolically means, because they believe they possess in great abundance concepts of goodness and truth having to do with the church and heaven.

To be rich and wealthy means, symbolically, nothing else here than to have full knowledge and understanding of such things as have to do with the church and heaven, things which are called spiritual and theological, because they are the subject here. Spiritual riches and wealth are nothing else.

People who base their beliefs on their own thinking, and not on the Lord through the Word, also believe that they know and understand everything. That is because their spiritual mind is closed and only their natural mind open, and without spiritual light the natural mind has no other sight.

That riches and wealth in the Word symbolize spiritual riches and wealth, which are concepts of truth and goodness, is apparent from the following passages:

By your wisdom and your intelligence you have gained riches for yourself..., gold and silver in your treasuries; by the increase of your wisdom... you have increased your riches... (Ezekiel 28:4-5)

This is said of Tyre, which symbolizes the church in respect to its concepts of truth and good. Similarly:

The daughter of Tyre (the daughter of the king) (will bring you) a gift; the rich among the people will seek to placate your face. (Psalms 45:12)

...(Jehovah) will impoverish (Tyre); He will destroy its wealth in the sea... (Zechariah 9:4)

They will plunder (O Tyre) your riches... (Ezekiel 26:12)

(Asshur said,) "By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I am intelligent...; (therefore) I... will plunder the treasures of the peoples... My hand will find... the wealth of the peoples...." (Isaiah 10:13-14)

Asshur symbolizes the rational faculty - here that it perverts the goods and truths of the church, which are the treasures and wealth of the peoples that it will plunder.

I will give you the treasures of darkness and hidden riches of secret places... (Isaiah 45:3)

Blessed is the man who fears Jehovah... Wealth and riches will be in his house, and his righteousness endures forever. (Psalms 112:1, 3)

(God) has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich He has sent away empty. (Luke 1:53)

...woe to you who are rich, for you have received your joy. Woe to you who are filled, for you shall hunger. (Luke 6:24-25)

The rich here mean people who possessed concepts of truth and good because they had the Word, namely the Jews. So, too, the "rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen" (Luke 16:19).

The rich and riches have a similar meaning elsewhere, as in Isaiah 30:6; Jeremiah 17:11; Micah 4:13; 6:12; Zechariah 14:14; Matthew 12:35; 13:44; Luke 12:21.

  
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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.