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Ezekiel 25

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1 Kaj aperis al mi vorto de la Eternulo, dirante:

2 Ho filo de homo, turnu vian vizagxon al la Amonidoj, kaj profetu pri ili;

3 kaj diru al la Amonidoj:Auxskultu la vorton de la Sinjoro, la Eternulo:Tiele diras la Sinjoro, la Eternulo:Pro tio, ke vi diras pri Mia sanktejo:Ha, ha! gxi estas malsanktigita; kaj pri la lando de Izrael:GXi estas dezertigita; kaj pri la domo de Jehuda:Ili estas forkondukitaj en kaptitecon-

4 pro tio jen Mi transdonos vin kiel posedajxon al la filoj de la oriento, kaj ili starigos cxe vi siajn tendarojn kaj arangxos cxe vi siajn logxejojn; ili mangxos viajn fruktojn, kaj ili trinkos vian lakton.

5 Kaj Mi faros el Raba stalon por kameloj, kaj el la lando de la Amonidoj ripozejon por sxafoj; kaj vi ekscios, ke Mi estas la Eternulo.

6 CXar tiele diras la Sinjoro, la Eternulo:Pro tio, ke vi aplauxdis per la manoj kaj frapis per la piedoj kaj kun plena kora malestimo gxojis pri la lando de Izrael-

7 pro tio jen Mi etendos Mian manon kontraux vin kaj transdonos vin al la nacioj por disrabo, kaj Mi ekstermos vin el inter la popoloj, malaperigos vin el inter la landoj, kaj pereigos vin; kaj vi ekscios, ke Mi estas la Eternulo.

8 Tiele diras la Sinjoro, la Eternulo:Pro tio, ke Moab kaj Seir diras:Jen la domo de Jehuda estas kiel cxiuj nacioj-

9 pro tio Mi malfermos la flankon de Moab en la urboj, en gxiaj limaj urboj, la belan landon de Bet-Jesximot, Baal-Meon, kaj Kirjataim;

10 kaj Mi donos tion kune kun la Amonidoj al la filoj de la oriento kiel posedajxon, por ke la Amonidoj ne plu estu rememorataj inter la popoloj.

11 Kaj kontraux Moab Mi faros jugxon; kaj ili ekscios, ke Mi estas la Eternulo.

12 Tiele diras la Sinjoro, la Eternulo:Pro tio, ke Edom faris vengxon al la domo de Jehuda kaj forte kulpigxis per sia vengxo kontraux ili-

13 pro tio tiele diras la Sinjoro, la Eternulo:Mi etendos Mian manon kontraux la landon de Edom, kaj ekstermos en gxi la homojn kaj brutojn, kaj faros gxin dezerto; de Teman gxis Dedan ili falos de glavo.

14 Kaj Mi faros Mian vengxon kontraux Edom per la mano de Mia popolo Izrael; kaj ili agos kun la Edomidoj konforme al Mia kolero kaj indigno, por ke cxi tiuj ekkonu Mian vengxon, diras la Sinjoro, la Eternulo.

15 Tiele diras la Sinjoro, la Eternulo:Pro tio, ke la Filisxtoj agis vengxe kaj faris la vengxon kun plena kora malbondeziro kaj faris ekstermon laux sia eterna malamo-

16 pro tio tiele diras la Sinjoro, la Eternulo:Jen Mi etendos Mian manon kontraux la Filisxtojn, ekstermos la Keretidojn, kaj pereigos la restintojn cxe la bordo de la maro.

17 Kaj Mi faros kontraux ili grandan vengxon kun kolerega puno; kaj ili ekscios, ke Mi estas la Eternulo, kiam Mi faros Mian vengxon kontraux ili.

   

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The Lord #28

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28. The reason “the Son of Humanity” means the Lord as the Word was that the prophets were also called “children of humanity.” The reason they were called this is that they represented the Lord as the Word and therefore meant the teaching of the church drawn from the Word. That is exactly what people in heaven understand by “prophets” when they are mentioned in the Word. The spiritual meaning of “prophet” and also of “son of humanity” is the teaching of the church drawn from the Word, and when it is said of the Lord, it means the Word itself.

For the prophet Daniel being called a son of humanity, see Daniel 8:17.

For the prophet Ezekiel being called a son of humanity, see Ezekiel 2:1, 3, 6, 8; 3:1, 3-4, 10, 17, 25; 4:1, 16; 5:1; 6:2; 7:2; 8:5-6, 8, 12, 15; 11:2, 4, 15; 12:2-3, 9, 18, 27; 13:2, 17; 14:3, 13; 15:2; 16:2; 17:2; 20:3-4, 27, 46; 21:2, 6, 9, 12, 14, 19, 28; 22:18, 24; 23:2, 36; 24:2, 16, 25; 25:2; 26:2; 27:2; 28:2, 12, 21; 29:2, 18; 30:2, 21; 31:2; 32:2, 18; 33:2, 7, 10, 12, 24, 30; 34:2; 35:2; 36:1, 17; 37:3, 9, 11, 16; 38:2, 14; 39:1, 17; 40:4; 43:7, 10, 18; 44:5.

We can see from this that the Lord as the Divine-Human One is called “the Son of God, ” and as the Word is called “the Son of Humanity.”

  
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Ezekiel 8

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1 And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me.

2 Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber.

3 And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.

4 And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain.

5 Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.

6 He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations.

7 And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall.

8 Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had digged in the wall, behold a door.

9 And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here.

10 So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, pourtrayed upon the wall round about.

11 And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.

12 Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth us not; The LORD hath forsaken the earth.

13 He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations that they do.

14 Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD's house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.

15 Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these.

16 And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD's house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.

17 Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.

18 Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.