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Ezekijel 9

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1 Tada zagrmje na moje uši i reče: "Kazne grada! Priđite svaka sa svojim zatornim oružjem u ruci!"

2 I gle, dođoše šestorica ljudi s gornjih vrata, što su okrenuta k sjeveru, svaki sa svojim zatornim oružjem u ruci. Među njima bijaše i jedan odjeven u lan, s pisarskim priborom za pojasom. Uđoše oni i stadoše uz tučani žrtvenik.

3 A Slava Boga Izraelova vinu se s kerubina, nad kojima lebdijaše, prema pragu Doma. I pozva čovjeka odjevena u lan, koji imaše za pojasom pisarski pribor,

4 te mu reče: "Prođi gradom Jeruzalemom i znakom 'tau' obilježi čela sviju koji tuguju i plaču zbog gnusoba što se u njemu čine!"

5 A drugima reče na moje uši: "Pođite za njim gradom i ubijajte bez milosrđa. Oči vaše neka se ne sažale i nemajte smilovanja.

6 Pobijte starce, mladiće, djevojke, djecu i žene; istrijebite ih sve do posljednjega. Ali na kome bude znak 'tau', njega ne dirajte. Počnite od mojega Svetišta!" I oni počeše od starješina koji stajahu pred Domom.

7 I reče im: "Oskvrnite Dom moj i napunite mu predvorje truplima! Krenite!" I oni iziđoše te zaredaše ubijati gradom.

8 Dok su oni klali, ja ostadoh, bacih se ničice i zavapih: "Jao, Jahve Gospode! Zar ćeš zaista uništiti sve što preostade od Izraela da iskališ svoj gnjev nad Jeruzalemom?"

9 Reče mi: "Veoma je veliko bezakonje doma Izraelova i doma Judina; zemlja je puna krvi, a grad krcat zločina. Govore: 'Jahve je ostavio zemlju! Ne vidi Jahve!'

10 I zato se moje oči neće sažaliti i neću im se smilovati: djela ću im njihova oboriti na glavu!"

11 I gle, čovjek odjeven u lan, koji imaše za pojasom pisarski pribor, javi vijesti: "Učinih kako si mi zapovjedio!"

   

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Scriptural Confirmations #99

  
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99. 6. Concerning the Last Judgment (Ezekiel 7:2-12). See Desolation.

A day of tumult (Ezekiel 7:7), a day of anger (verse 19).

The visitations of the city draw near (Ezekiel 9:1).

To stand in the battle in the day of Jehovah (Ezekiel 13:5).

That Jehovah hath redeemed them, and yet they have gone astray (Hosea 7:13).

I am Jehovah thy God, thou shalt not acknowledge any god beside Me, and there is no Savior beside Me (Hosea 13:4).

I will redeem them from the hand of hell: I will free them from death; I will be thy plague, O death: O hell, I will be thy destruction (Hosea 13:14).

There shalt thou be delivered; there Jehovah shall redeem thee from the hand of thine adversaries (Micah 4:10).

I caused thee to go up out of the land of Egypt; and out of the house of bondage have I redeemed thee (Micah 6:4).

I will gather them, for I will redeem them (Zechariah 10:8).

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Foundation for their permission to use this translation.

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Ezekiel 7:2-12

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2 You, son of man, thus says the Lord Yahweh to the land of Israel, An end: the end is come on the four corners of the land.

3 Now is the end on you, and I will send my anger on you, and will judge you according to your ways; and I will bring on you all your abominations.

4 My eye shall not spare you, neither will I have pity; but I will bring your ways on you, and your abominations shall be in the midst of you: and you shall know that I am Yahweh.

5 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: An evil, an only evil; behold, it comes.

6 An end has come, the end has come; it awakes against you; behold, it comes.

7 Your doom has come to you, inhabitant of the land: the time has come, the day is near, [a day of] tumult, and not [of] joyful shouting, on the mountains.

8 Now will I shortly pour out my wrath on you, and accomplish my anger against you, and will judge you according to your ways; and I will bring on you all your abominations.

9 My eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will bring on you according to your ways; and your abominations shall be in the midst of you; and you shall know that I, Yahweh, do strike.

10 Behold, the day, behold, it comes: your doom is gone forth; the rod has blossomed, pride has budded.

11 Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness; none of them [shall remain], nor of their multitude, nor of their wealth: neither shall there be eminency among them.

12 The time is come, the day draws near: don't let the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn; for wrath is on all its multitude.