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Ezekiel 5

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1 Kaj vi, ho filo de homo, prenu al vi glavon akran, kiel razilo de barbiroj, prenu gxin al vi, kaj pasigu gxin sur via kapo kaj sur via barbo, kaj prenu al vi pesilon, kaj disdividu la harojn:

2 trionon forbruligu meze de la urbo, kiam finigxos la tagoj de la siegxado; trionon prenu, kaj dishaku gxin per la glavo en la cxirkauxajxo de la urbo; kaj trionon disblovu en la venton, kaj Mi elingigos post ili la glavon.

3 Kaj prenu el tio malgrandan kvanton, kaj ligu gxin en la randon de via vesto.

4 Kaj ankoraux iom prenu el tio, kaj jxetu en fajron, kaj forbruligu ilin per fajro; el tie eliros fajro sur la tutan domon de Izrael.

5 Tiele diras la Sinjoro, la Eternulo:Jen estas Jerusalem; Mi starigis gxin meze de la nacioj, kaj cxirkaux gxi estas diversaj landoj.

6 Sed gxi agis kontraux Miaj decidoj pli malpie, ol la nacioj, kaj kontraux Miaj legxoj pli malbone, ol la landoj, kiuj estas cxirkaux gxi; cxar ili malestimis Miajn decidojn, kaj Miajn legxojn ili ne sekvis.

7 Tial tiele diras la Sinjoro, la Eternulo:CXar via amaso estas pli malbona, ol la nacioj, kiuj estas cxirkaux vi, cxar Miajn legxojn vi ne sekvis kaj Miajn decidojn vi ne plenumis, kaj vi ne agis ecx laux la justeco de la nacioj, kiuj estas cxirkaux vi,

8 tial tiele diras la Sinjoro, la Eternulo:Jen Mi ankaux iros kontraux vin, kaj Mi faros inter vi jugxon antaux la okuloj de la nacioj.

9 Kaj Mi agos kun vi tiel, kiel Mi neniam agis kaj kiel Mi neniam plu agos simile, pro cxiuj viaj abomenindajxoj.

10 Tial gepatroj mangxos gefilojn inter vi, kaj gefiloj mangxos siajn gepatrojn; kaj Mi faros kontraux vi jugxon, kaj Mi disblovos vian tutan restajxon al cxiuj ventoj.

11 Tial, kiel Mi vivas, diras la Sinjoro, la Eternulo, pro tio, ke vi malpurigis Mian sanktejon per cxiuj viaj abomenindajxoj kaj per cxiuj viaj fiajxoj, Mi vin malgrandigos, kaj Mia okulo ne indulgos, kaj Mi ne kompatos.

12 Triono el vi mortos de pesto kaj pereos de malsato meze de vi; Triono falos de glavo en viaj cxirkauxajxoj; kaj trionon Mi dispelos al cxiuj ventoj, kaj Mi elingigos post ili la glavon.

13 Mi plene agigos Mian koleron, kaj Mi ripozigos Mian indignon sur ili, kaj Mi faros al Mi kontentecon, por ke ili eksciu, ke Mi, la Eternulo, parolis en Mia fervoro, kiam Mi konsumos Mian koleron sur ili.

14 Kaj Mi vin dezertigos kaj hontigos inter la nacioj, kiuj estas cxirkaux vi, antaux la okuloj de cxiu pasanto.

15 Kaj vi estos hontindajxo kaj mokatajxo, ekzemplo kaj teruro por la nacioj, kiuj estas cxirkaux vi, kiam Mi faros kontraux vi jugxon en kolero kaj indigno kaj kun indigna moralinstruo. Mi, la Eternulo, tion diris.

16 Kiam Mi jxetos sur ilin Miajn kruelajn sagojn de malsato, kiuj estos pereigaj kaj kiujn Mi sendos por ekstermado, tiam Mi faros cxe vi la malsaton cxiam pli granda, kaj Mi rompos cxe vi la panan apogon.

17 Mi sendos sur vin malsaton, kaj sovagxajn bestojn, kiuj faros vin seninfanaj; kaj pesto kaj sangoversxado trairos vin, kaj glavon Mi venigos sur vin. Mi, la Eternulo, tion diris.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #3702

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3702. 'And behold, Jehovah was standing above it' means the Lord at the highest point. This becomes clear from the fact that the Lord is called Jehovah so many times in the Old Testament Word, see 1736, 3023, 3035, and that in the New Testament Word He is not referred to anywhere as Jehovah but as the Lord instead, 2921. As regards the meaning of 'standing above it' as being at the highest point, this is clear without explanation. The arcanum concealed in the internal sense of these words is that every good and truth come down from the Lord and go up to Him, that is, He is the First and the Last. For the human being has been so created that Divine things that are the Lord's may come down through him even to the lowest things of the natural order, and from the lowest things of the natural order may go up to Him. Thus the human being was created to be the means through which the Divine was linked to the natural world, and the natural world was linked to the Divine, and in this way through the human being as the means linking the two together, the lowest degree of the natural order might receive life from the Divine - which would be a reality if mankind had lived in accordance with Divine order.

[2] The creation of the human being in this particular form is evident from the fact that his body is a world in miniature, because every arcanum that is part of the natural world is also stowed in the body. Each arcanum present in the ever-changing sky is also stowed in the eye; and each one in the air is also stowed in the ear. Anything floating unseen and active in the air is stowed - where it is detected - in the organ of smell, anything unseen that is present in water or any other fluid is stowed in the organ of taste. And actual changes of state likewise occur in the sense of touch throughout the body. Besides these even further arcana are stored away in the body which could be detected by a person within his interior organs if his life accorded with order. From this it is evident that a descent of the Divine through the human being into the lowest degree of the natural order would take place, and from the lowest degree of the natural order an ascent to the Divine, if only the human being with heartfelt faith, that is, with love, acknowledged the Lord as his Final and Primary end.

[3] A state such as this existed with the most ancient people, who were celestial, for whatever they discerned with any of their senses was to them a means to thought about things which are the Lord's, and so about the Lord and His kingdom. This was the source of the delight they gained from worldly and earthly things, see 1409, 2896, 2897, 2995. Furthermore whenever these people contemplated in this fashion the lower and the lowest things of the natural order, such things appeared to them to have life in them; for the life from which these came down existed in those people's internal sight and perception. The objects which they saw with their eyes were so to speak images of that life, and although those images were inanimate they were nevertheless animate to those people. This is the kind of perception that celestial angels have of every thing in the world, as I have often been allowed to perceive, and it is also the source of the kind of perception which young children have, see 2297, 2298. This shows what those people are like through whom Divine things that are the Lord's come right down to the lowest things of the natural order, and from the lowest things of the natural order rise up to Him - people that represent Divine communication and the consequent joining together, meant in the highest sense by 'the angels going up and coming down the stairway set up on the earth, and its top reaching to heaven, with Jehovah standing above it'.

  
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Arcana Coelestia #2508

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2508. 'She is my sister' means rational truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'a sister' as rational intellectual truth, dealt with in 1495. That rational truth is meant by 'a sister' cannot be seen by anyone except from the heavenly marriage; for the things that descend from that marriage have links with one another - resembling the ties of blood-relationships and relationships by marriage on earth, concerning which see 685, 917 - and in ways endlessly varying. The heavenly marriage exists solely between Divine Good and Divine Truth. Conceived from that marriage there exist with man the capacities to understand, to be rational, and to have knowledge; for without this conception from the heavenly marriage no one can possibly be endowed with understanding, reason, or knowledge, and cannot consequently be a human being. Insofar therefore as he draws from the heavenly marriage he is human. The heavenly marriage exists within the Lord Himself, so that the Lord is that marriage itself; for He is Divine Good itself and at the same time Divine Truth. The heavenly marriage exists with angels and men insofar as love to the Lord and charity towards the neighbour, and consequently insofar as faith derived from these exist with them, that is, insofar as the Lord's good and the truth derived from this do so. When this is the case with them they are called 'daughters and sons', and in relation to one another 'sisters and brothers', but with differences. The reason rational truth is called 'a sister' is that it is conceived from the influx of Divine Good into the affection for rational truths. The good conceived in this way in the rational is called 'a brother', and the truth 'a sister'. But this will be clearer from the words spoken by Abraham in verse 12 of this chapter, 'And also she is truly my sister, my father's daughter but not my mother's daughter; and she became my wife'.

  
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