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耶利米書 43

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1 耶利米向眾百姓完了耶和華─他們的一切,就是耶和華─他們差遣他去所的一切

2 何沙雅的兒子亞撒利雅和加利亞的兒子約哈難,並一切狂傲的人,就對耶利米:你謊言!耶和華─我們的並沒有差遣你來:你們不可進入埃及,在那裡寄居。

3 這是尼利亞的兒子巴錄挑唆你害我們,要將我們交在迦勒底人中,使我們有被殺的,有被擄到巴比倫去的。

4 於是加利亞的兒子約哈難和一切軍長,並眾百姓,不聽從耶和華的猶大

5 加利亞的兒子約哈難和一切軍長卻將所剩下的猶大人,就是從被趕到各國回來猶大寄居的男人、婦女、孩童,和眾公主,並護衛長尼布撒拉旦所留在沙番的孫子亞希甘的兒子基大利那裡的眾人,與先知耶利米,以及尼利亞的兒子巴錄,

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7 都帶入埃及,到了答比匿。這是因他們不聽從耶和華的話。

8 在答比匿,耶和華的臨到耶利米說:

9 你在猶人眼前要用拿幾塊石頭,藏在砌磚的灰泥中,就是在答比匿法老的那裡,

10 對他們:萬軍之耶和華以色列的如此:我必召我的僕人巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒來。在所藏的石頭上我要安置他的寶座;他必將光華的寶帳支搭在其上。

11 他要攻擊埃及,定為死亡的,必致死亡;定為擄掠的,必被擄掠;定為刀殺的,必交刀殺。

12 我要在埃及的廟中使著起,巴比倫王要將廟宇焚燒,像擄去;他要得(原文是披上)埃及,好像牧人披上外衣,從那裡安然而去。

13 他必打碎埃及伯示麥的柱像,用焚燒埃及的廟宇。

   

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耶利米書 2:16

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16 挪弗人和答比匿人也打破你的頭頂。

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Door

  
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Generally, doors in the Bible represent the initial desires for good and concepts of truth that introduce us to new levels of love and understanding, and even to the Lord Himself. Since a “house” represents a person’s desires, affections and passions, the door serves to introduce true ideas that can put those desires into action.

In John 10:7, the door signifies the Lord, who is good itself and truth itself. (Arcana Coelestia 2356[2])

In Revelation 3:8; 4:1, the door signifies admission to the arcana of heaven revealed. (Apocalypse Explained 260[2])

The meaning depends on context, of course. For example, references to doorposts and lintels are making a distinction between introductory goods and introductory truths. And, in Sodom, Lot's house had two doors -- an inner one and an outer one. When, in Genesis 19:6, Lot tried to convince the men of Sodom not to attack the angels visiting him, he went outside the inner door, but stayed inside the outer door. There, the outer door represents a desire for good that is resistant to the falsity represented by the men of Sodom; the inner door represents true ideas springing from that desire for good. Someone nurturing a desire for good could be admitted through the first door, but would have to learn the truth about how to express that desire before being admitted through the second.

(References: Genesis 19)