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Ezechiel 16

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1 Opět stalo se slovo Hospodinovo ke mně, řkoucí:

2 Synu člověčí, oznam Jeruzalému ohavnosti jeho,

3 A rci: Takto praví Panovník Hospodin dceři Jeruzalémské: Obcování tvé a rod tvůj jest z země Kananejské, otec tvůj jest Amorejský, a matka tvá Hetejská.

4 Narození pak tvé: V den, v němž jsi se narodila, nebyl přiřezán pupek tvůj, a vodou nebylas obmyta, abys ošetřena byla, aniž jsi byla solí posolena, ani plénkami obvinuta.

5 Neslitovalo se nad tebou oko, aťby v jednom z těch věcí posloužilo, maje lítost nad tebou, ale bylas povržena na svrchku pole, proto že jsi ošklivá byla v den, v kterémž jsi narodila se.

6 A jda mimo tebe, a vida tě ku potlačení vydanou ve krvi tvé, řekl jsem tobě: Ve krvi své živa buď. řekl jsem, pravím, tobě: Ve krvi své živa buď.

7 Rozmnožil jsem tě jako z rostliny polní, i rozmnožena jsi a zveličena, a přišlas k největší ozdobě. Prsy tvé oduly se, a vlasy tvé zrostly, ač jsi byla nahá a odkrytá.

8 Protož jda mimo tě, a vida tě, an aj, čas tvůj čas milování, vztáhl jsem křídlo své na tě, a přikryl jsem nahotu tvou, a přísahou zavázav se tobě, všel jsem v smlouvu s tebou, praví Panovník Hospodin, a tak jsi má učiněna.

9 I umyl jsem tě vodou, a splákl jsem krev tvou s tebe, a pomazal jsem tě olejem.

10 Nadto přioděl jsem tě rouchem krumpovaným, a obul jsem tě v drahé střevíce, a opásal jsem tě kmentem, a přioděl jsem tě rouchem hedbávným.

11 Ozdobil jsem tě také ozdobou, a dal jsem náramky na ruce tvé, a točenici na hrdlo tvé.

12 Dalť jsem ozdobu i na čelo tvé, a náušnice na uši tvé, a korunu krásnou na hlavu tvou.

13 A tak bylas ozdobena zlatem a stříbrem, a oděv tvůj byl kment a roucho hedbávné, a proměnných barev roucho. Běl a med a olej jídala jsi, a krásná jsi učiněna velmi velice, a šťastněť se vedlo v království,

14 Tak že se rozešla pověst o tobě mezi národy pro krásu tvou; nebo dokonalá byla, pro slávu mou, kterouž jsem byl vložil na tebe, praví Panovník Hospodin.

15 Ale úfalas v krásu svou, a smilnilas přičinou pověstí své; nebo jsi páchala smilství s každým mimo tebe jdoucím. Každý snadně užil krásy tvé.

16 A vzavši z roucha svého, nadělalas sobě výsostí rozličných barev, a páchalas smilství při nich, jemuž podobné nikdy nepřijde, aniž kdy potom bude.

17 Nad to, vzavši přípravy ozdoby své z zlata mého a stříbra mého, kteréžť jsem byl dal, nadělalas sobě obrazů pohlaví mužského, a smilnilas s nimi.

18 Vzalas také roucha svá krumpovaná, a přiodílas je, olej můj i kadidlo mé kladlas před nimi.

19 Ano i chléb můj, kterýžť jsem byl dal, běl a olej i med, jímž jsem tě krmil, kladlas před nimi u vůni příjemnou, a bylo tak, praví Panovník Hospodin.

20 Bralas i syny své a dcery své, kteréž jsi mně zplodila, a obětovalas jim k spálení. Cožť se ještě zdálo málo, taková smilství tvá,

21 Žes i syny mé zabíjela a dávalas je, aby je provodili jim?

22 K tomu ve všech ohavnostech svých a smilstvích svých nerozpomenulas se na dny mladosti své, když jsi byla nahá a odkrytá, ku potlačení vydaná ve krvi své.

23 Ale stalo se přes všecku tuto nešlechetnost tvou, (běda, běda tobě), praví Panovník Hospodin,

24 Že jsi vystavěla sobě i vysoké místo, a vzdělalas sobě výsost v každé ulici.

25 Při všelikém rozcestí udělalas výsost svou, a zohavilas krásu svou, roztahujíc nohy své každému tudy jdoucímu, a příliš jsi smilnila.

26 Nebo smilnila jsi s syny Egyptskými, sousedy svými velikého těla, a příliš jsi smilnila, abys mne k hněvu popouzela.

27 Protož aj, vztáhl jsem ruku svou na tebe, a ujal jsem vyměřeného pokrmu tvého, a vydal jsem tě k líbosti nenávidících tě dcer Filistinských, kteréžto styděly se za cestu tvou nešlechetnou.

28 Smilnilas též s syny Assyrskými, proto že jsi nemohla nasytiti se, a smilnivši s nimi, aniž jsi tak se nasytila.

29 A tak příliš jsi smilnila v zemi Kananejské s Kaldejskými, a aniž jsi tak se nasytila.

30 Jakť jest zmámeno srdce tvé, praví Panovník Hospodin, poněvadž se dopouštíš všech těchto skutků ženy nevěstky přenestydaté,

31 Stavěje sobě vysoké místo na rozcestí všeliké silnice, a výsost sobě stroje i v každé ulici. Nýbrž pohrdaje darem, nejsi ani jako nevěstka,

32 A žena cizoložná, kteráž místo muže svého povoluje cizím.

33 Všechněm nevěstkám dávají mzdu, ale ty dávalas mzdu svou všechněm frejířům svým, a darovalas je, aby vcházeli k tobě odevšad pro smilství tvá.

34 A tak jest při tobě naproti obyčeji těch žen při smilstvích tvých, poněvadž tě k smilství nehledají, nýbrž ty dáváš dary, a ne tobě dar dáván bývá. A toť jest naopak.

35 Protož ó nevěstko, slyš slovo Hospodinovo:

36 Takto praví Panovník Hospodin: Proto že vylita jest mrzkost tvá, a odkrývána byla nahota tvá při smilstvích tvých s frejíři tvými, a se všemi ukydanými bohy ohavností tvých, též pro krev synů tvých, kteréž jsi dala jim:

37 Proto aj, já shromáždím všecky frejíře tvé, s nimiž jsi obcovala, a všecky, kteréž jsi milovala, se všechněmi, jichž jsi nenáviděla, a shromáždě je proti tobě odevšad, odkryji nahotu tvou před nimi, aby viděli všecku nahotu tvou.

38 A budu tě souditi soudem cizoložnic, a těch, kteříž krev vylévají, a oddám tě k smrti, kteráž přijde na tě z prchlivosti a horlení.

39 Nebo vydám tě v ruku jejich. I rozboří vysoké místo tvé, a rozválejí výsosti tvé, a svlekouce tě z roucha tvého, poberou přípravy ozdoby tvé, a nechají tě nahé a odkryté.

40 I přivedou proti tobě shromáždění, a uházejí tě kamením, a probodnou tě meči svými.

41 Popálí také domy tvé ohněm, a vykonají na tobě pomstu před očima žen mnohých, a tak přítrž učiním tvému smilství, a aniž budeš dávati daru více.

42 A tak odpočineť sobě hněv můj na tobě, a horlení mé odejde od tebe, abych upokojil se a nehněval se více,

43 Proto žes se nerozpomenula na dny mladosti své, ale postavovalas se proti mně ve všem tom. Aj hle, já také cestu tvou na hlavu tvou obrátil jsem, praví Panovník Hospodin, tak že nebudeš páchati nešlechetnosti, ani kterých ohavností svých.

44 Aj, kdožkoli užívá přísloví, o tobě užive přísloví, řka: Jakáž matka, takáž dcera její.

45 Dcera matky své jsi, té, kteráž sobě zošklivila muže svého a dítky své, a sestra obou sestr svých jsi, kteréž zošklivily sobě muže své a dítky své. Matka vaše jest Hetejská, a otec váš Amorejský.

46 Sestra pak tvá starší, kteráž sedí po levici tvé, jest Samaří a dcery její, a Sestra tvá mladší, kteráž sedí po pravici tvé, jest Sodoma a dcery její.

47 Nýbrž aniž jsi po cestách jejich chodila, ani podlé ohavností jejich činila, zošklivivši sobě jako věc špatnou, pročež pokazilas se více než ony na všech cestách svých.

48 Živť jsem já, praví Panovník Hospodin, že Sodoma sestra tvá i dcery její nečinily, jako jsi ty činila s dcerami svými.

49 Aj, tatoť byla nepravost Sodomy sestry tvé: Pýcha, sytost chleba a hojnost pokoje. To ona majíc i dcery její, ruky však chudého a nuzného neposilňovala.

50 Ale pozdvihše se, páchaly ohavnost přede mnou; protož sklidil jsem je, jakž mi se vidělo.

51 Samaří také ani polovice hříchů tvých nenahřešila. Nebo jsi rozhojnila ohavnosti své nad ně, a tak jsi spravedlivější býti ukázala sestry své všemi ohavnostmi svými, kteréž jsi páchala.

52 Nesiž i ty také potupu svou, kterouž jsi přisoudila sestrám svým, pro hříchy své, kteréž jsi ohavně páchala více než ony. Spravedlivějšíť byly než ty. I ty, pravím, styď se, a nes potupu svou, poněvadž spravedlivější býti ukazuješ sestry své.

53 Přivedu-li zase zajaté jejich, totiž zajaté Sodomy a dcer jejich, též zajaté Samaří a dcer jejich, takéť zajetí zajatých tvých u prostřed nich,

54 Proto, abys musila nésti potupu svou a hanbiti se za všecko, což jsi páchala, jsuc jejich potěšením.

55 Jestližeť sestry tvé, Sodoma a dcery její, navrátí se k prvnímu způsobu svému, též Samaří a dcery její navrátí-li se k prvnímu způsobu svému: i ty také s dcerami svými navrátíte se k prvnímu způsobu svému.

56 Poněvadž nebyla Sodoma sestra tvá pověstí v ústech tvých v den zvýšení tvého,

57 Prvé než zjevena byla zlost tvá, jako za času útržky od dcer Syrských a všech, kteříž jsou vůkol nich, dcer Filistinských, kteréž tě hubily se všech stran:

58 Nešlechetnost svou a ohavnosti své poneseš, praví Hospodin.

59 Nebo takto praví Panovník Hospodin: Tak učiním tobě, jakž jsi učinila, když jsi pohrdla přísahou, a zrušila smlouvu.

60 A však rozpomenu se na smlouvu svou s tebou ve dnech mladosti tvé, potvrdím, pravím, tobě smlouvy věčné.

61 I rozpomeneš se na cesty své, a hanbiti se budeš, když přijmeš sestry své starší, nežli jsi ty, i mladší, nežli jsi ty, a dám je tobě za dcery, ale ne podlé smlouvy tvé.

62 A tak utvrdím smlouvu svou s tebou, i zvíš, že já jsem Hospodin,

63 Abys se rozpomenula a styděla, a nemohla více úst otevříti pro hanbu svou, když tě očistím ode všeho, což jsi činila, praví Panovník Hospodin.

   

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Apocalypse Explained #725

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725. "A son, a male" signifies the doctrine of truth for the church which is called "the New Jerusalem," because "son" signifies truth (as has been shown just above), and "a son, a male" signifies the truth of doctrine from the Word, consequently the doctrine of genuine truth which is for the church. It means the doctrine for the church which is called the New Jerusalem, because "the woman that brought forth a son, a male" means that church (as has also been shown above). The doctrine of truth which is for the church is also signified by "male" in the following passages. In Moses:

God created man into His image, into the image of God created He him. Male and female created He them (Genesis 1:27).

Male and female created He them, and blessed them, and called their name Man, in the day when they were created (Genesis 5:2).

What is involved in the things that are related in the first chapters of Genesis respecting the creation of heaven and earth, paradise, and eating from the tree of knowledge, no one can know except from the spiritual sense, for these historical things are made-up historicals, and yet they are holy, because every least particular is inwardly or in its bosom spiritual.

[2] It describes the establishment of the Most Ancient Church, which surpassed all the churches on this earth; its establishment is meant by the creation of heaven and earth, its intelligence and wisdom by the garden in Eden, and its decline and fall by eating from the tree of knowledge. From this it is clear that "Man," who is called "Adam and Eve," means that church, for it is said "male and female created He them, and called their name Man;" and as that church is meant by the two, it follows that "the male" means its truth, and "the female" its good, so too, "male" means doctrine, and "female," the life, since the doctrine of truth is also the doctrine of love and charity, thus the doctrine of life; and the life of good is also the life of love and charity, thus the life of doctrine, that is, life according to doctrine. These two are meant by "male [and female]," and these taken together and conjoined in marriage are called "Man" [Homo], and also constitute the church, which is meant by "Man," as has been said above. So, again, Adam is from a word that means ground, and ground from its reception of seeds signifies the church in respect to the truths of doctrine, for in the Word seeds signify truths; while Eve is from a word that means life, as it is said:

Because she was to be the mother of all living (Genesis 3:20).

These two, doctrine and life, when taken together and joined as it were in marriage, are called "Man," and also constitute the church, because man is man from the understanding of truth and from the will of good, consequently from the doctrine of life, since this is of the understanding, and from the life of doctrine, because this is of the will. It is similar with the church, for the church is in man, and is the man himself.

[3] That these two, which are signified by "male and female," are not to be two but one, the Lord teaches in the Gospels:

Jesus said, Have ye not read that He who made them from the beginning of creation made them male and female, and they twain shall be one flesh? Therefore they are no more twain, but one flesh (Matthew 19:4-6; Mark 10:6, 8).

This, like every particular of the Word, must be understood not only naturally, but also spiritually, and unless it is also understood spiritually no one can know what is signified by "male and female [or husband and wife] shall be no more twain but one flesh" (as it is also said in Genesis 2:24). Here, as above, "male and female" signify in the spiritual sense truth and good, consequently the doctrine of truth, which is the doctrine of life, and the life of truth, which is the life of doctrine; these must be not two but one, since truth does not become truth with man without the good of life, nor does good become good with anyone without the truth of doctrine, for good becomes spiritual good only by means of truths, and spiritual good is good, but natural good without it is not good. When these are one, then truth is of good and good is of truth, and this one is meant by "one flesh." It is similar with doctrine and life; these also constitute one man of the church when the doctrine of life and the life of doctrine are conjoined with him, for doctrine teaches how one must live and do, and life lives the doctrine and does it. From this it can also be seen that "a son, a male" signifies the doctrine of love and charity, consequently the doctrine of life.

[4] Since the truth of doctrine or the doctrine of truth is signified by the "male," the law was given:

That every male opening the womb should be holy to Jehovah (Exodus 13:12, 15; Deuteronomy 15:19; Luke 2:23).

For from the marriage of truth and good, which, as has been said above, is meant in the spiritual sense by the marriage of man and woman, truths and goods are born, consequently these are signified in that sense by "sons and daughters," truths by "sons," and goods by "daughters;" and as every man is reformed and regenerated by means of truths, for without truths man does not know what is good, or what is the nature of good, thus does not know the way to heaven, so truth, which is what is first born from the marriage of truth and good, was sanctified to Jehovah. This truth first born is also the doctrine of truth, for that which is first is the all in what follows, thus is in all truth, and all truth is doctrine. But it must be carefully noted that "the firstborn" signifies the truth that is of the good of charity, consequently it signifies the good of charity in its form and in its quality, and therefore truth. For truth is the form of good and the quality of good. This is signified by "the firstborn," because from the good of love, which is signified by the womb and the infant in it, nothing else can be born but the good of charity; and this good does not become good until it has been formed and qualified, that is, until it is in the form in which it has its quality, and its form is called truth, and yet it is good in form.

[5] From what has now been said it can be seen why it was commanded:

That every male should appear three times in the year before the face of the Lord Jehovah (Exodus 23:17; 34:23; Deuteronomy 16:16);

namely, at the three feasts, which signified everything of regeneration, from its first to its last; and as everything of regeneration is effected by the truths of doctrine that are made by the Lord to be of the life, so all males, by whom truths were signified, were to present themselves before the Lord that they might be made clean by Him and afterwards be led by Him. Moreover, "three times in the year" signifies continually, and "the face of Jehovah" the Divine love, by which man is led. And this was done because "Jerusalem" signified the church in respect to doctrine, and thence also the doctrine of the church.

[6] Because "burnt-offerings and sacrifices" signified celestial and spiritual things, "burnt-offerings" celestial things, and "sacrifices" spiritual things, the law was given:

That burnt-offerings should be of males without blemish, either from the flock or from the herd; but sacrifices might be either of males or females (Leviticus 1:2, 3; 3:1, 6).

The reasons were that celestial things are such as are of the love to the Lord, thus of the marriage of good and truth, but spiritual things are such as are of charity towards the neighbor, thus not of marriage but of the blood relationship of truth with good; and truths and goods in blood relationship are like sisters and brothers, but in marriage truths and goods are like husband and wife. This is why the burnt-offerings were "of males without blemish," which signify genuine truths from the Word, or from doctrine out of the Word, which have been conjoined to the good of love to the Lord, which good was signified by "the altar and its fire." The sacrifices were "either of males or females," because "males" signified truths, and "females" goods, conjoined not by marriage but by blood relationship; and as both of these, like brothers and sisters, are of one parent, worship was equally well pleasing from truths and from goods, that is, from males and from females.

[7] As all spiritual nourishment is from truths that are from good, the law was also given:

That the male among the priests might eat the holy things (Leviticus 6:18, 29; 7:6).

This was the law because "males" signify the truths of doctrine, which are doctrinals, as above, and "priests" the goods of love, which are the goods of life, and "their eating of the holy things" that belonged to Aaron and his sons signified spiritual nourishment.

[8] In Moses:

When thou draw near unto a city to fight against it, thou shalt invite it to peace; if it does not accept, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword, but the women, the little ones, the beasts, and the prey thou shalt take (Deuteronomy 20:10-14).

Every male in a city that did not accept peace should be smitten with the edge of the sword, but not the women, little ones, and beasts, because "city" signifies doctrine, and "a city of the nations in the land of Canaan" the doctrine of falsity, likewise the males of that city; and "not to accept peace" signifies not to agree with the truths and goods of the church, which were signified by "the sons of Israel;" "the edge of the sword," with which the males should be smitten, signifies truth destroying falsity. And because falsities alone fight against truths and goods and destroy them, but not evils without falsities, "the women, little ones, and beasts," which, with the nations, signified evils, were not smitten, since evils can be subdued, amended, and reformed by means of truths.

[9] In Jeremiah:

Cursed be the man who brought glad tidings to his father, saying, A son, a male is born to thee, in gladdening he hath made him glad; let that man be as the cities that Jehovah overthrew (Jeremiah 20:15, 16).

This is said of those who are in the devastated church, in which nothing but falsities rule and are accepted; therefore "cursed be the man who brought glad tidings to his father, saying, A male is born to thee," signifies one who acknowledges falsity and proclaims it as truth, thus the doctrine of falsity in place of the doctrine of truth; "in gladdening he hath made him glad" signifies the accepting from affection of falsity; "let that man be as the cities that Jehovah overthrew" signifies that it shall be with the doctrines that are from mere falsities, which the Lord exterminated from the church, and as with the cities of the Canaanitish nation that He destroyed; the comparison is with cities because "cities" signify doctrines.

[10] In Ezekiel:

Thou didst take the vessels of thine adorning, of My gold and of My silver which I had given to thee, and madest for thee images of a male with which thou didst commit whoredom (Ezekiel 16:17).

This is said of "the abominations of Jerusalem," which signify the falsifications and adulterations of the Word, which are made by applications to the cupidities of corporeal and earthly loves; "vessels of adorning from the gold and silver of the Lord" signify the knowledges of good and truth, which are the goods and truths of the sense of the letter of the Word; these are called "vessels" because they contain in them spiritual truths and goods, and are called "vessels of adorning" because they are the appearances and thus forms of things interior; the things that are of "gold" signify those that are from good, and those of "silver" those that are from truth; "thou madest for thee images of a male, with which thou didst commit whoredom," signifies falsities appearing as truths of doctrine, but which are falsified; "the images of a male" meaning the appearances of truth, which nevertheless are falsities, and "to commit whoredom" meaning to falsify.

[11] In Malachi:

Cursed be the defrauder in whose flock is a male and he voweth and sacrificeth to the Lord a corrupted thing (Malachi 1:14).

"A male in the flock" signifies the genuine truth of doctrine from the Word; "a corrupted thing" signifies what is falsified; and "to vow and sacrifice" signifies to worship, thus from things falsified when truth is known; that this worship being fraudulent is infernal is signified by "cursed be the defrauder." From what has now been shown from the Word respecting the signification of "male" and of "sons," it can be seen that "the son, a male that was brought forth by the woman arrayed with the sun, and upon whose head was a crown of twelve stars," signifies the doctrine of truth, thus the doctrine of love and charity for the church which is called the New Jerusalem (which is treated of in the twenty-first chapter of this book).

  
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