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Hesekiel 42

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1 Und er führte mich hinaus in den äußeren Vorhof, des Weges gegen Norden. Und er brachte mich zu den Zellen, welche dem abgesonderten Platze gegenüber und dem Bauwerk nach Norden gegenüber waren,

2 vor die Langseite hin von hundert Ellen, mit dem Eingang gegen Norden, und die Breite fünfzig Ellen;

3 gegenüber den zwanzig Ellen des inneren Vorhofs und gegenüber dem Pflaster des äußeren Vorhofs, Galerie gegen Galerie war im dritten Stockwerk.

4 Und vor den Zellen war ein Gang von zehn Ellen Breite: nach dem inneren Vorhof hin ein Weg von hundert Ellen. Und ihre Türen waren gegen Norden gerichtet.

5 Und weil die Galerien Raum von ihnen wegnahmen, waren die oberen Zellen schmäler als die unteren und die mittleren des Baues.

6 Denn sie waren dreistöckig, hatten aber keine Säulen wie die Säulen der Vorhöfe; darum waren sie schmäler am Boden als die unteren und die mittleren.

7 Und eine Mauer außerhalb, gleichlaufend den Zellen, nach dem äußeren Vorhof hin, war an der Vorderseite der Zellen; ihre Länge war fünfzig Ellen.

8 Denn die Länge der Zellen am äußeren Vorhof war fünfzig Ellen; und siehe, vor dem Tempel war sie hundert Ellen.

9 Und unterhalb dieser Zellen war der Zugang von Osten her, wenn man zu ihnen ging, vom äußeren Vorhof her. -

10 An der Breite der Mauer des Vorhofs gegen Süden, vor dem abgesonderten Platze und vor dem Bauwerk, waren Zellen-

11 und ein Weg vor ihnen, von gleicher Gestalt wie die Zellen, die gegen Norden waren, wie nach ihrer Länge so nach ihrer Breite, und nach allen ihren Ausgängen wie nach ihren Einrichtungen.

12 Und wie ihre Eingänge, so waren auch die Eingänge der Zellen, welche gegen Süden waren: ein Eingang am Anfang des Weges, des Weges, welcher gegenüber der entsprechenden Mauer war gegen Osten, wenn man zu ihnen kam.

13 Und er sprach zu mir: Die Zellen im Norden und die Zellen im Süden, welche vor dem abgesonderten Platze sind, sind die heiligen Zellen, wo die Priester, welche Jehova nahen, die hochheiligen Dinge essen sollen. Dahin sollen sie die hochheiligen Dinge legen, sowohl das Speisopfer als auch das Sündopfer und das Schuldopfer; denn der Ort ist heilig.

14 Wenn die Priester hineingehen, so sollen sie nicht aus dem Heiligtum in den äußeren Vorhof hinausgehen, sondern sollen dort ihre Kleider niederlegen, in welchen sie den Dienst verrichten; denn sie sind heilig; sie sollen andere Kleider anziehen und sich dem nahen, was für das Volk ist.

15 Und als er die Maße des inneren Hauses vollendet hatte, führte er mich hinaus des Weges zum Tore, das gegen Osten gerichtet war; und er maß es ringsherum.

16 Er maß die Ostseite mit der Meßrute, fünfhundert Ruten mit der Meßrute ringsum.

17 Er maß die Nordseite, fünfhundert Ruten mit der Meßrute ringsum.

18 Die Südseite maß er, fünfhundert Ruten mit der Meßrute.

19 Er wandte sich um nach der Westseite und maß fünfhundert Ruten mit der Meßrute.

20 Er maß es nach den vier Seiten. Es hatte eine Mauer ringsherum: die Länge war fünfhundert und die Breite fünfhundert, um zwischen dem Heiligen und dem Unheiligen zu scheiden.

   

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861. 20:9 And they went up over the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. This symbolically means that, being roused up by followers of the dragon, these people scorned every truth in the church and attempted to destroy everything connected with the New Church and its fundamental doctrine regarding the Lord and life.

To go up over the breadth of the earth means, symbolically, to scorn every truth in the church, because going up over symbolically means to transcend and bypass, thus to scorn. And the breadth of the earth symbolizes the truth in the church, as will be seen below. To surround the camp of the saints means, symbolically, to besiege and try to destroy everything connected with the New Church, as will be seen in the number following next. And the beloved city symbolizes the doctrine of the New Church. That a city symbolizes a church's doctrine may be seen in nos. 194, 501, 502, 712 above. The city is called beloved because its doctrine teaches about the Lord and how to live, as it is the doctrine of the New Jerusalem that is meant here.

That this is the symbolic meaning of these words, no one can see except as a consequence of the Word's spiritual sense. For it cannot possibly enter a person's thought that the breadth of the earth symbolizes the truth in a church, that the camp of the saints symbolizes everything connected with the New Church, both its truths and its goods, and that the city symbolizes its doctrine. Lest the mind remain in a state of doubt, therefore, we must demonstrate what breadth and the camp of the saints symbolize in the spiritual sense, which will make it possible for one to see afterward that the meaning of these words is as we have said.

[2] The breadth of the earth symbolizes the truth in a church because the spiritual world has in it four zones - eastern, western, southern and northern - and the eastern and western zones form its longitude or length, while the southern and northern zones form its latitude or breadth. Moreover, because the inhabitants in the eastern and western zones are ones impelled by the goodness of love, and therefore the east and west symbolize goodness, so likewise does longitude or length. And because the inhabitants in the southern and northern zones are ones impelled by truths of wisdom, and therefore the south and north symbolize truth, so likewise does latitude or breadth. But for more on this subject, see the book Heaven and Hell (London, 1758), nos. 141-153.

That breadth symbolizes truth can be seen from the following passages in the Word:

You (Jehovah) have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; You have set my feet in the broad place. (Psalms 31:8)

Out of distress I called on Yah; He answered me in the broad place. (Psalms 118:5)

(Jehovah) led me out into the broad place; He delivered me... (Psalms 18:19)

...I am raising up the Chaldeans, a bitter and impetuous nation which marches into the breadths of the earth... (Habakkuk 1:6)

(The Assyrian) will pass through Judah, He will overflow and pass over..., and the spreading of his wings will fill the breadth... (Isaiah 8:8)

...Jehovah will pasture them like a lamb in broad pasture. (Hosea 4:16)

And so on elsewhere, as in Psalms 4:1; 66:12, Deuteronomy 33:20.

[3] Nothing else is meant by the breadth of the city New Jerusalem (Revelation 21:16). For since the New Jerusalem means the New Church, its breadth and length cannot symbolically mean its breadth and length, but its truth and goodness. These, indeed, are the measures of a church.

So also in Zechariah:

I said (to the angel), "Where are you going?" He said..., "To measure Jerusalem, to see how great its width is and how great its length." (Zechariah 2:2)

So likewise the breadth and length of the new temple and new earth in Ezekiel, chapters 40-47.

So, too, the length and breadth of the altar of burnt offering, of the Tabernacle, of the table of showbread, of the altar of incense, and of the ark within. So also the length and breadth of the temple in Jerusalem, and of many other things whose dimensions are given.

  
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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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Isaiah 3

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1 For, behold, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah supply and support, the whole supply of bread, and the whole supply of water;

2 the mighty man, the man of war, the judge, the prophet, the diviner, the elder,

3 the captain of fifty, the honorable man, the counselor, the skilled craftsman, and the clever enchanter.

4 I will give boys to be their princes, and children shall rule over them.

5 The people will be oppressed, everyone by another, and everyone by his neighbor. The child will behave himself proudly against the old man, and the base against the honorable.

6 Indeed a man shall take hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying, "You have clothing, you be our ruler, and let this ruin be under your hand."

7 In that day he will cry out, saying, "I will not be a healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing. You shall not make me ruler of the people."

8 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen; because their tongue and their doings are against Yahweh, to provoke the eyes of his glory.

9 The look of their faces testify against them. They parade their sin like Sodom. They don't hide it. Woe to their soul! For they have brought disaster upon themselves.

10 Tell the righteous "Good!" For they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

11 Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them; for the deeds of his hands will be paid back to him.

12 As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. My people, those who lead you cause you to err, and destroy the way of your paths.

13 Yahweh stands up to contend, and stands to judge the peoples.

14 Yahweh will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and their leaders: "It is you who have eaten up the vineyard. The spoil of the poor is in your houses.

15 What do you mean that you crush my people, and grind the face of the poor?" says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.

16 Moreover Yahweh said, "Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with outstretched necks and flirting eyes, walking to trip as they go, jingling ornaments on their feet;

17 therefore the Lord brings sores on the crown of the head of the women of Zion, and Yahweh will make their scalps bald."

18 In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, the headbands, the crescent necklaces,

19 the earrings, the bracelets, the veils,

20 the headdresses, the ankle chains, the sashes, the perfume bottles, the charms,

21 the signet rings, the nose rings,

22 the fine robes, the capes, the cloaks, the purses,

23 the hand mirrors, the fine linen garments, the tiaras, and the shawls.

24 It shall happen that instead of sweet spices, there shall be rottenness; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of well set hair, baldness; instead of a robe, a wearing of sackcloth; and branding instead of beauty.

25 Your men shall fall by the sword, and your mighty in the war.

26 Her gates shall lament and mourn; and she shall be desolate and sit on the ground.