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Jeremias 46

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1 HE ENs Ord, som kom til Profeten Jeremias om folkene.

2 Til Ægypten, om Ægypterkongen Farao Nekos Hær, som stod ved Floden Eufrat i Karkemisj, og som Kong Nebukadrezar af Babel slog i Josiass Søns, Kong Jojakim af Judas, fjerde egeringsår.

3 Gør Skjold og Værge rede, kom hid til Strid!

4 Spænd Hestene for, sid op på Gangeme, stil eder op med Hjelmene på, gør Spydene blanke, tag Brynjeme på!

5 Hvorfor er de rædselsslagne, veget tilbage deres Helte knust, på vild Flugt uden at vende sig? Trindt om er ædsel, lyder det fra HE EN:

6 De rapfodede undflyr ikke, og Helten redder sig ikke. Mod Nord ved Eufrats Flod falder de og styrter.

7 Hvem stiger der som Nilen, hvis Vande svulmer som Strømme?

8 Det er Ægypten, der stiger som Nilen, og Vandene svulmer som Strømme. Det tænkte: "Jeg vil stige op og oversvømme Jorden, ødelægge dem, som bor derpå."

9 Stejl, I Heste, tag vanvittig Fart, I Vogne, lad Heltene rykke frem, Kusj, Put, som bærer Skjold, og Luderne, som spænder Bue.

10 Dette er Herrens, Hærskarers HE Es Dag, en Hævnens Dag til Hævn over hans Fjender. Sværdet æder sig mæt og svælger i deres Blod; thi Herren Hærskarers HE E har Offerslagtning i Nordens Land ved Eufrats Flod.

11 Drag op til Gilead og hent Balsam, du Jomfru, Ægyptens Datter! Forgæves bruger du Lægemidler i Mængde; der er ingen Lægedom for dig.

12 Folkene hører dit åb, dit Skrig opfylder Jorden; thi Helt snubler over Helt, sammen styrter de begge,

13 Det Ord, HE EN talede til Profeten Jeremias, om at Kong Nebukadrezar af Babel skulle komme og slå Ægypten.

14 Forkynd det i Ægypten, kundgør det i Migdol, kundgør det i Nof og Takpankes! Sig: Stil dig op og gør dig rede, thi Sværdet fortærer trindt om dig.

15 Hvorfor flyede Apis, din Tyr? Den holdt ikke Stand, fordi HE EN jog den bort.

16 Din brogede Folkesværm falder og styrter; de siger til hverandre: "Kom, lad os vende hjem til vort Folk og vort Fædreland for det hærgende Sværd!"

17 Kald Farao, Ægyptens konge: Bulderet, som lader den belejlige Tid gå forbi.

18 Så sandt jeg lever, siger Kongen, hvis Navn er Hærskarers HE E: Som Tabor mellem Bjergene, som Karmel ved Havet kommer han.

19 Skaf dig ejsetøj, du, som bor der, Ægyptens Datter! Thi Nof skal ødelægges og afbrændes, så ingen bor der.

20 En smuk kvie er Ægypten, men en Bremse fra Nord falder over det.

21 Selv dets Lejesvende, der er som Fedekalve, vender sig alle til Flugt; de holder ikke Stand, thi deres Ulykkes Dag er kommet over dem, deres Hjemsøgelses Tid.

22 Dets øst er som den hvislende Slanges; thi med Hærmagt farer de frem, og med Økser kommer de over det som Brændehuggere.

23 De fælder dets Skov, lyder det fra HE EN, fordi den ikke er til at trænge igennem. Thi de er talrigere end Græshopper, ikke til at tælle.

24 Til Skamme bliver Ægyptens Datter; hun gives i Nordfolkets Hånd.

25 siger Hærskarers HE E, Israels Gud: Se, jeg hjemsøger Amon i No og Farao og Ægypten med dets Guder og Konger, Farao og dem, der stoler på ham;

26 og jeg giver dem i deres Hånd, som står dem efter Livet, i kong Nebukadrezar af Babels og hans Tjeneres Hånd; men siden skal Landet bebos som i fordums Tid lyder det fra HE EN.

27 Frygt derfor ikke, min Tjener Jakob, vær ikke bange, Israel; thi se, jeg frelser dig fra det fjerne og dit Afkom fra deres Fangenskabs Land; og Jakob skal vende hjem og bo roligt og trygt, og ingen skal skræmme ham.

28 Frygt ikke, min Tjener Jakob, lyder det fra HE EN, thi jeg er med dig; thi jeg vil tilintetgøre alle de Folk, blandt hvilke jeg har adsplittet dig; kun dig vil jeg ikke tilintetgøre; jeg vil tugte dig med Måde, ikke lade dig helt ustraffet.

   


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Arcana Coelestia #10622

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10622. 'And He does not at all absolve' means allowing them to exist until they reach their closing stage. This is clear from the meaning of 'absolving' as forgiving sin; but when the words does or will not absolve are added 1 , allowing the thing to exist is meant. The reason why until their closing stage is meant is that the Lord allows evil to exist until it has reached its closing stage or culmination. Various places throughout the Word use the expression 'the close of the age'; and in these places evil may be spoken of as having reached or not having reached its closing stage, at which stage visitation takes place. Since this is the meaning of the words 'He does (or will) not at all absolve' a brief statement must be made showing what to understand by this. In general the closing stage or the close means the end of the Church. And it reaches its end when neither charity nor faith exist any longer, because the Church has turned itself completely away from the Lord and no good at all reigns there any longer, only evil. This is called its close, at which stage visitation takes place. When it takes place all those ruled by evil are cast away, and all those governed by good are accepted. This visitation takes place in the next life, where all who have belonged to the Church from its beginning through to its end dwell together. The casting away of the evil into hell when it takes place and the saving of the good is what is called the last judgement.

[2] In particular the closing stage takes place with every individual person in a very similar manner. When anybody enters the next life, which happens immediately after death, he is allowed to exist among those who are good; even someone bad is allowed to do so. But after a while the person's interiors are opened. If these are evil he is borne away more and more into his own evil, until his will is taken over by his evil, and his understanding by the falsity which goes with that evil. Once this has happened that evil is said to have reached the closing stage in him, and he is cast away into hell. These are the things that should be understood by 'He will not at all absolve'. The like is meant by what Jehovah said to Moses,

Now, go! lead the people to what I have spoken of to you. Behold, My angel will go before you; and on the day of My visitation I will visit their sin upon them. Exodus 32:34.

[3] The fact that the close means the end of the Church is clear from the following places: In Jeremiah,

With Israel and with Judah I will not bring about the close 2 , but I will not treat you as one who is at all innocent 3 , because there is no hope for your fracture; the wound is grievous. You have no restorative medicaments. Jeremiah 30:11-13; 46:28.

In the same prophet,

Your iniquity, O daughter of Zion, has been brought to a close. He will visit your iniquity, O daughter of Edom, He will reveal your sins. Lamentations 4:22.

In Daniel,

Seventy weeks have been decreed concerning your people, to bring transgression to a close and to seal up sins and to atone for iniquity. At length upon the bird of abominations will come desolation; and until the close ... Daniel 9:24, 27.

In Matthew,

The harvest is the close of the age. As the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so will it be at the close of the age. Matthew 13:39-40.

In the same gospel,

The disciples said to Jesus, Tell us, what will be the sign of Your coming and of the close of the age? Matthew 24:3.

In the same gospel,

Jesus said, Behold I am with you at all times 4 even to the close of the age. Matthew 28:20.

Footnotes:

1. i.e. when he does not absolve is added to absolving; literally, and absolving He does not absolve

2. i.e. He will not make an end of Israel and Judah, as He will of the nations among whom they are exiled

3. literally, nor rendering will I render you innocent

4. literally, I am with you all the days

  
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