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Hesekiel 5

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1 "Ja sinä, ihmislapsi, ota itsellesi terävä miekka; ota se partaveitseksesi, ja ajele sillä hiuksesi ja partasi. Ota sitten vaaka ja jaa ne.

2 Polta kolmannes tulessa keskellä kaupunkia, sittenkuin piirityspäivät ovat lopussa. Kolmannes ota ja lyö miekalla sen ympärillä. Kolmannes hajota tuuleen, ja minä ajan niitä takaa paljastetulla miekalla;

3 ota niistä sitten vähäinen määrä ja sido ne helmukseesi,

4 ja ota niistä vielä osa, viskaa ne tuleen ja polta ne tulessa. Siitä lähtee tuli koko Israelin heimoon.

5 Näin sanoo Herra, Herra: Tämä on Jerusalem; pakanain keskelle minä olen sen asettanut, ja niiden maat ovat sen ympärillä.

6 Mutta se on niskoitellut minun oikeuksiani vastaan jumalattomammin kuin pakanat ja minun käskyjäni vastaan jumalattomammin kuin maat, jotka ovat sen ympärillä; sillä minun oikeuteni he ovat pitäneet halpoina ja minun käskyjeni mukaan he eivät ole vaeltaneet.

7 Sentähden, näin sanoo Herra, Herra: Koska teidän metelinne on ollut pahempi kuin pakanain, jotka ympärillänne ovat, ja koska te ette ole vaeltaneet minun käskyjeni mukaan, ette ole noudattaneet minun oikeuksiani ettekä ole tehneet niiden pakanainkaan oikeuksien mukaan, jotka ympärillänne ovat,

8 sentähden, näin sanoo Herra, Herra: Katso, myös minä käyn sinun kimppuusi ja teen tuomiot sinun keskelläsi pakanain silmien edessä

9 ja teen sinulle kaikkien kauhistustesi tähden, mitä en ole ennen tehnyt ja minkäkaltaista en vasta ole tekevä.

10 Sentähden tulevat sinun keskelläsi isät syömään lapsiansa, ja lapset tulevat syömään isiänsä, ja minä teen sinussa tuomiot ja hajotan sinun jäännöksesi kaikkiin tuuliin.

11 Sentähden, niin totta kuin minä elän, sanoo Herra, Herra: Totisesti, koska olet saastuttanut minun pyhäkköni kaikilla iljetyksilläsi ja kaikilla kauhistuksillasi, käännyn minäkin pois, en sääli enkä armahda.

12 Kolmannes sinusta kuolee ruttoon ja nääntyy nälkään sinun keskelläsi. Kolmannes kaatuu miekkaan sinun ympärilläsi. Kolmanneksen minä hajotan kaikkiin tuuliin, ja minä ajan niitä takaa paljastetulla miekalla.

13 Ja minun vihani täyttyy, ja minä tyydytän kiivauteni heissä ja kostan. Ja he tulevat tietämään, että minä, Herra, olen puhunut kiivaudessani, kun minä panen vihani täytäntöön heissä.

14 Ja minä teen sinut raunioksi ja häväistyksi pakanain kesken, jotka sinun ympärilläsi ovat, jokaisen ohikulkijan silmäin edessä.

15 Ja se on oleva häväistys ja herjaus, varoitus ja peljätys pakanain seassa, jotka ympärilläsi ovat, kun minä teen sinussa tuomiot vihassa ja kiivaudessa ja kiivailla rangaistuksilla-minä, Herra, olen puhunut-

16 kun minä lähetän heidän kimppuunsa nälän pahat nuolet, joista tulee tuhooja ja jotka minä lähetän teitä tuhoamaan; ja minä vielä lisään teille nälkää ja murran teiltä leivän tuen.

17 Ja minä lähetän teidän kimppuunne nälän ja pahat petoeläimet, jotka riistävät sinulta lapset; rutto ja veri käyvät sinun ylitsesi, ja minä annan miekan tulla sinun ylitsesi. Minä, Herra, olen puhunut."

   

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Arcana Coelestia #8972

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8972. Verse 1 And these are the judgements which you shall set before them means those more external truths such as must exist in a civic state where the Church is representative, which flow from the internal truths belonging to order in heaven. The fact that these things are meant by 'the judgements that were to be set before the children of Israel' is clear from the meaning of 'judgements' as truths, dealt with in 2235, 6397, 7206, 8685, 8695. The reason why 'judgements' are truths is that all judgement is effected by means of truths; therefore 'executing judgement' in the Word means executing truth, that is, judging in accordance with truths. But the plural 'judgements' means civil laws, thus those more external truths such as exist in a civic state. The words 'where the Church is representative' are added because these truths contain and embody within themselves the truths that belong to order in heaven, as may be recognized from the internal sense of them.

[2] The laws which the Lord delivered to the children of Israel and commanded them to keep were divided into commandments, judgements, and statutes. The term 'commandments' was given to those which were laws of life, 'judgements' to those which were laws of the civic state, and 'statutes' to those which were laws of worship. As regards judgements specifically, they are the kinds of laws that are contained in the present chapter and also some that follow. They served as laws in a Church in which inner realities, those of heaven and of the Church, were represented by outward things; but they do not serve as laws in a Church in which inner realities are no longer represented by outward things, as in the Christian Church. The reason for this is that inner realities have been revealed to people of this Church, and therefore inner realities are the channel through which contact is made with heaven, not outward things, as had been the situation before the Christian Church. Here is the reason why members of the Christian Church are not bound to adhere to the outward requirements of the laws called judgements and statutes, only to the inward ones. Holiness still remains within them because they hold holy truths within them, as also does every single command in the Word regarding the sacrifices. Although these are no longer prescriptive laws they remain holy constituents of the Word because of the Divine realities which they hold within themselves and which they represented. For when they are read by a Christian the Divine realities which are held within them and which were represented by them are discerned in heaven. They fill the angels with holiness, and at the same time the reader too through influx from the angels, especially if the reader himself is thinking at the same time about the Divine realities within them. From this it is evident that even the Old Testament Word is extremely holy.

[3] The fact that the laws which the Lord delivered to the children of Israel and commanded them to keep were divided into commandments that were laws of life, judgements that were laws of the civic state, and statutes that were laws of worship, is evident in Moses,

Jehovah said to Moses, Go, say to them, Go back into your tents. But you, stand here with Me, that I may tell you all the commandments, and statutes, and judgements which you shall teach them, so that they may do them. Deuteronomy 5:30-31.

In the same author,

Furthermore these are the commandments, statutes, and judgements which Jehovah your God commanded to teach you. Deuteronomy 6:1.

In the same author,

Therefore you shall keep the commandments and the statutes and the judgments which I am commanding you today, to do them. Deuteronomy 7:11.

In David,

If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgements, if they profane My statutes and do not keep My commandments, I will visit their transgression with the rod. Psalms 89:30-32.

[4] Furthermore all the laws, in that they were those of a representative Church, were generally called judgements and statutes, as in Moses,

Now therefore, O Israel, hear the statutes and the judgements which I will teach you, that you may do them. What great nation [is there] that has righteous statutes and judgements, like all this law which I will set before you today? Deuteronomy 4:1, 8; 5:1.

In Ezekiel.

Jerusalem has changed My judgements into wickedness more than the nations, and My statutes more than the lands that are around her; for they have repudiated My judgements, and have not walked in My statutes. Ezekiel 5:6-7.

In the same prophet,

Let him 1 walk in My statutes and keep My judgements - to do the truth. Ezekiel 18:9.

In addition to these there are many other places, such as Leviticus 18:5; 19:37; 20:22; 25:18; 26:15; Deuteronomy 26:17; Ezekiel 11:12, 20; 20:11, 13, 25; 37:24.

Footnotes:

1. The Latin means them but the Hebrew means him

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.