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Jeremias 42

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1 Så kom alle hærførerene og Johanan, Kareas søn, og Azarja, Maasejas søn, med alt Folket, store og små,

2 og sagde til Profeten Jeremias: "Måtte vor Bøn nå dit Øre, så du beder til HE EN din Gud for hele denne est, thi som du ser os her, er vi kun få tilbage af mange.

3 Måtte HE EN din Gud kundgøre os, hvilken Vej vi skal , og hvad vi skal gøre!"

4 Profeten Jeremias svarede: "Godt! Jeg vil bede til HE EN eders Gud, som I ønsker; og alt hvad HE EN svarer, vil jeg kundgøre eder uden at forholde eder et Ord."

5 De sagde da til Jeremias: "HE EN skal være et sandt og troværdigt Vidne imod os, hvis vi ikke retter os efter hvert Ord, HE EN din Gud sender os ved dig.

6 Det være godt eller ondt, vi vil adlyde HE EN vor Guds øst, til hvem vi sender dig, at det må gå os vel, når vi adlyder HE EN vor Guds øst."

7 Ti Dage efter kom HE ENs Ord til Jeremias.

8 Så sammenkaldte han Johaoan, Kareas Søn, alle Hærføreme, der var med ham, og alt Folket, store og små,

9 og sagde: Så siger HE EN, Israels Gud, til hvem I sendte mig, for at eders Bøn måtte nå ind for hans Åsyn:

10 Hvis I bliver her i Landet, vil jeg bygge eder og ikke nedbryde eder, plante eder og ikke rykke eder op, thi jeg angrer det onde, jeg har gjort eder.

11 Frygt ikke for Babels Konge, således som I gør, Frygt ikke for ham, lyder det fra HE EN, thi jeg er med eder for at frelse og redde eder af hans Hånd.

12 Jeg vil lade eder finde Barmhjertighed, og han skal forbarme sig over eder og lade eder bo i eders Land.

13 Hvis I derimod ikke hører HE EN eders Guds øst, idet I siger, at I ikke vil bo her i Landet,

14 men drage til Ægypten og bo der for ikke mere at se Krig eller høre Hornets Klang eller hungre efter Brød,

15 hør nu HE ENs Ord, Judas est. Så siger Hærskarers HE E, Israels Gud: Hvis I virkelig har i Sinde at drage til Ægypten og drager derned for at bo der som fremmede,

16 så skal Sværdet, som I frygter, nå eder der i Ægypten, og Hungeren, som I ængstes for, skal følge efter eder til Ægypten, og I skal omkomme der;

17 alle de Mænd, som har i Sinde at drage til Ægypten for at bo der som fremmede, skal ved Sværd, Hunger og Pest, og ingen af dem skal blive tilovers og undslippe fra den Ulykke, jeg sender over dem.

18 Thi så siger Hærskarers HE E, Israels Gud: Som min Vrede og Harme udgød sig over Jerusalems Indbyggere, således skal min Harme udgyde sig over eder, når I drager til Ægypten, og I skal blive et. Edens, ædselens, Forbandelsens og Spottens Tegn og ikke mere få dette Sted at se.

19 Dette er HE ENs Ord til eder. Judas est: Drag ikke til Ægypten! I skal vide, at jeg i Dag har advaret eder.

20 Thi I nedkalder ondt over eder selv, når I sender mig til HE EN eders Gud og siger: "Bed for os til HE EN vor Gud! Hvad HE EN vor Gud siger, skal du nøje kundgøre os, så vil vi gøre det,"

21 og I så alligevel ikke adlyder HE EN eders Guds øst og gør alt, hvad han sendte eder Bud om.

22 Så vid da nu, at I skal omkomme ved Sværd, Hunger og Pest på det Sted, hvor I agter at gå hen for at bo der somfremmede.

   


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52. 6. Jehovah himself - that is, the Lord - spoke the Word through prophets.

We read of the prophets that they had visions and that Jehovah talked with them. When they had visions, they were not focused on their bodies but on the spirit, in which state they saw things of a heavenly nature. When Jehovah talked with them, though, they were conscious of their bodies and heard Jehovah speaking.

We need to draw a clear distinction between these two states. In a visionary state, the eyes of their spirit were open and the eyes of their body were closed; and at such times they seemed to themselves to be taken from place to place while their bodies stayed where they were. Ezekiel, Zechariah, and Daniel were in this state at times, and so was John when he wrote the Book of Revelation. They were then said to be in a vision or in the spirit. In fact, Ezekiel says,

The spirit lifted me up and brought me back into Chaldea, to the captivity, in a vision from God, in the spirit of God. In this way the vision that I saw came over me. (Ezekiel 11:1, 24)

He says that the spirit lifted him up and that he heard an earthquake and other things behind him (Ezekiel 3:12, 14). He also said that the spirit lifted him up between earth and heaven and took him off into Jerusalem in visions from God, and he saw abominations (Ezekiel 8:3 and following).

That is why (again in a vision of God or in the spirit) Ezekiel saw the four beasts that were angel guardians (chapters 1; 10), and he saw a new earth and a new temple with the angel measuring them, as we are told in chapters 40-48. He says in chapter 40:2, that he was then in visions from God; and in chapter 43:5, he says that the spirit lifted him up at that time.

The same thing happened with Zechariah. There was an angel inwardly present with him when he saw a man riding among myrtle trees (Zechariah 1:8 and following); when he saw four horns and then a man with a measuring line in his hand (Zechariah 1:18; 2:1); when he saw Joshua the high priest (Zechariah 3:1 and following); when he saw a lampstand and two olive trees (Zechariah 4:1 and following); when he saw a flying scroll and a measuring basket (Zechariah 5:1, 6); and when he saw four chariots coming from between two mountains, along with horses (Zechariah 6:1 and following).

Daniel was in the same kind of state when he saw four beasts come up from the sea (Daniel 7:3) and when he saw battles between a ram and a goat (Daniel 8:1 and following).

We read in Daniel 7:1-2, 7, 13; 8:2; 10:1, 7-8 that he saw these things in visions. We read in Daniel 9:21 that he saw the angel Gabriel in a vision and talked with him.

Much the same happened with John when he wrote the Book of Revelation. He says that he was in the spirit on the Lord’s day (Revelation 1:10), that he was carried away in the spirit into the wilderness (17:3), to a high mountain in the spirit (21:10), that he saw horses in a vision (9:17), and elsewhere that he saw what he described, being therefore in the spirit or in a vision (1:2; 4:1; 5:1; 6:1; and in the particular chapters that follow).

  
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Jeremiah 4:17

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17 As keepers of a field, they are against her all around, because she has been rebellious against me,'" says Yahweh.