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Иезекииль 29

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1 В десятом году, в десятом месяце , в двенадцатый день месяца, было ко мне слово Господне:

2 сын человеческий! обрати лице твое к фараону, царю Египетскому, иизреки пророчество на него и на весь Египет.

3 Говори и скажи: так говорит Господь Бог: вот, Я – на тебя, фараон, царь Египетский, большой крокодил, который, лежа среди рек своих, говоришь: „моя река, и я создал ее для себя".

4 Но Я вложу крюк в челюсти твои и к чешуе твоей прилеплю рыб из рек твоих, и вытащу тебя из рек твоих со всею рыбою рек твоих,прилипшею к чешуе твоей;

5 и брошу тебя в пустыне, тебя и всю рыбу из рек твоих, ты упадешь на открытое поле, не уберут и не подберут тебя; отдам тебя на съедениезверям земным и птицам небесным.

6 И узнают все обитатели Египта, что Я Господь; потому что они дому Израилеву были подпорою тростниковою.

7 Когда они ухватились за тебя рукою, ты расщепился и все плечо исколол им; и когда они оперлись о тебя, ты сломился и изранил все чресла им.

8 Посему так говорит Господь Бог: вот, Я наведу на тебя меч, и истреблю у тебя людей и скот.

9 И сделается земля Египетская пустынею и степью; и узнают, что Я Господь. Так как онговорит: „моя река, и я создал ее";

10 то вот, Я – на реки твои, и сделаю землю Египетскую пустынею из пустынь от Мигдола до Сиены, до самого предела Ефиопии.

11 Не будет проходить по ней нога человеческая, и ногаскотов не будет проходить по ней, и не будут обитать на ней сорок лет.

12 И сделаю землю Египетскую пустынею среди земель опустошенных; и города ее среди опустелых городов будут пустыми сорок лет, и рассею Египтян по народам, и развею их по землям.

13 Ибо так говорит Господь Бог: по окончании сорока лет Я соберу Египтян из народов, между которыми они будут рассеяны;

14 и возвращу плен Египта, и обратно приведу их в землю Пафрос, в землю происхождения их, и там они будут царством слабым.

15 Оно будет слабее других царств, и не будет более возноситьсянад народами; Я умалю их, чтобы они не господствовали над народами.

16 И не будут впредь дому Израилеву опорою, припоминающею беззаконие их, когда они обращались к нему; и узнают, что Я Господь Бог.

17 В двадцать седьмом году, в первом месяце , в первый день месяца, было ко мне слово Господне:

18 сын человеческий! Навуходоносор, царь Вавилонский, утомил свое войско большими работами при Тире; все головы оплешивели и все плечи стерты; а ни ему, ни войску его нет вознаграждения от Тира за работы, которые он употребил против него.

19 Посему так говорит Господь Бог: вот, Я Навуходоносору, царю Вавилонскому, даю землю Египетскую, чтобы он обобрал богатство ее и произвел грабеж в ней, и ограбил награбленное ею, и это будет вознаграждением войску его.

20 В награду за дело, которое он произвел в нем, Я отдаю ему землю Египетскую, потому чтоони делали это для Меня, сказал Господь Бог.

21 В тот день возвращу рог дому Израилеву, и тебе открою уста среди них, и узнают, что Я Господь.

   

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Apocalypse Explained #268

Studere hoc loco

  
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268. Verse 3. And He that sat was in aspect like to a jasper stone and a sardius, signifies the Lord's appearance in respect to Divine truth pellucid by virtue of the Divine good of the Divine love. This is evident from the signification of "One sitting upon the throne," as being the Lord in respect to the Last Judgment (of which just above, n. 267; and from the signification of "in aspect like," as being appearance; from the signification of "jasper stone," as being the spiritual love of truth (of which in what follows); and from the signification of a "sardius stone" as being the celestial love of good; thus "a jasper stone and a sardius," which the Lord appeared like, signify Divine truth pellucid, by virtue of the Divine good of the Divine love.

[2] That a "jasper" signifies the Divine love of truth, or Divine truth proceeding, is evident from passages in the Word where it is mentioned, as Exodus 28:20; and Ezekiel 18:13; also in Revelation:

The light [luminare] of the holy Jerusalem was like unto a stone most precious, as it were a jasper stone, shining like crystal (Revelation 21:11);

"the light of the holy Jerusalem" signifies the Divine truth of the church shining, "the light" truth itself shining, and "Jerusalem" the church in respect to doctrine; this is likened to "a jasper stone," because "jasper" has a like signification.

Again:

The building of the wall [of the holy Jerusalem] was of jasper, and the city was pure gold, like unto pure glass (Revelation 21:18).

The "wall" of the holy Jerusalem is said to be "of jasper," because "wall" signifies Divine truth guarding; and because of this signification of "wall," the first stone of its foundation is said to be jasper (verse 19), "foundation" signifying the truth upon which the church is founded.

[3] The "sardius" is mentioned because that stone signifies good, here Divine good, because the Lord is described. This is the stone that is called "pyropus" [firestone], and since it shines as by fire, both names signify the translucency of truth from good. (That all precious stones signify the truths from good of heaven and of the church, see Arcana Coelestia 114, 9863, 9865, 9868, 9873; for this reason twelve precious stones were set in the breastplate of Aaron, which is called the Urim and Thummim, and by them responses were given, and this by their shining forth, and at the same time by a perception as to the thing interrogated or by a living voice, n. 9905)

  
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from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #9868

Studere hoc loco

  
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9868. 'A chrysoprase, a sapphire, and a diamond' means the celestial love of truth, from which the things that follow spring. This is clear from the meaning of these stones as the celestial love of truth, dealt with below. The reason for saying 'from which the things that follow spring' is that all the forms of good and truths that follow emanate in order from those that go before; for the existence of anything unconnected with others prior to itself is not possible. First in order is the celestial love of good; second is the celestial love of truth; third is the spiritual love of good; and fourth is the spiritual love of truth. This order is what was represented in the rows of stones in the breastplate of judgement, and it is the actual order of the forms of good and the truths in the heavens. In the inmost heaven there is the celestial love of good and the celestial love of truth, the celestial love of good constituting the internal part of that heaven, and the celestial love of truth the external part of it. But in the second heaven there is the spiritual love of good, which constitutes the internal part of it, and the spiritual love of truth, which constitutes the external part of it. Each love furthermore flows into the next in the same order, and they constitute a unified whole so to speak. From this it is evident what should be understood by 'from which the things that follow spring'.

[2] As regards the stones belonging to this row, they derive their meaning, as the previous ones and also all the others do, from their colours. For the meaning of precious stones is determined by their colours, see above in 9865; colours in heaven are modifications of the light and shade there, and so are diverse forms of intelligence and wisdom among angels, 3993, 4530, 4677, 4742, 4922, 9466, the light in heaven being Divine Truth emanating from the Lord, the source of all intelligence and wisdom. Being of different shades of red the stones belonging to the first row mean the celestial love of good; but the stones belonging to the present row are of different shades of blue that is the product of red. For there is blue which is the product of red and blue which is the product of white. Blue which is the product of red shines inwardly from a source that is flaming; this is the kind of blue by which the celestial love of truth is meant. But blue which is the product of white, such as is present in the stones belonging to the next row, which means the spiritual love of good, does not shine inwardly from a source that is flaming but from one that is clear and bright.

[3] Whether chrysoprase, the first stone belonging to this row, was of a blue colour cannot be proved from the derivation of that word in the original language. But the fact that it means the celestial love of truth is evident in Ezekiel,

Syria was your merchant because of the multitude of your handiworks; [they exchanged for your wares] chrysoprase, purple, and embroidered work. Ezekiel 27:16.

This refers to Tyre, by which wisdom and intelligence arising from cognitions or knowledge of goodness and truth are meant, 1201. Chrysoprase is linked here with purple, and since 'purple' means the celestial love of good, 9467, it follows that 'chrysoprase' means the celestial love of truth; for wherever good is spoken of in the prophetical part of the Word, truth belonging to the same class is also spoken of, on account of the heavenly marriage in every detail there, 9263, 9314. 'Syria' too, which was 'the merchant', means cognitions of good, 1232, 1234, 3249, 4112, the cognitions of good being the truths of celestial love.

[4] A sapphire, the second stone belonging to this row, is - as is well known - of a blue colour, like that of the sky; therefore it says in the Book of Exodus,

Seventy of the elders saw the God of Israel, and under His feet there was so to speak a work of sapphire, and it was like the substance of the sky for clearness. Exodus 24:10.

This stone means what is translucent with inner truths, which are the truths of celestial love, see 9407.

[5] But a diamond, the third stone belonging to this row, means the truth of celestial love, on account of its translucence that tends to have a blueness in it. Thus it is through this stone, being the last, that the colours of the stones belonging to this row and also the previous one shine, and are then brought in contact with those in the next row. The situation is similar with the goodness and truths in the inmost heaven and the goodness and truths in the heavens that come after it. The latter goodness and truths derive their life of charity and faith from the former by transmission, as if by a shining through.

  
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