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Ezékiel 26

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1 És lõn a tizenegyedik esztendõben, a hónap elsején, lõn az Úrnak beszéde hozzám, mondván:

2 Embernek fia! mivelhogy ezt mondá Tírus Jeruzsálemre: Haha! eltört a népek kapuja, felém fordulva [nyitva ]van; én megtelek, [ha] õ elpusztul;

3 Ezokáért így szól az Úr Isten: Ímé én, Tírus, te reád [megyek,] és hozok fel ellened sok nemzetet, miként a tenger fölhozza hullámit.

4 És elhányják Tírus kõfalait és lerontják tornyait, s levonszom még porát is róla, s kopasz sziklává teszem õt.

5 Hálók kivetõ helye lesz a tenger közepén, mert én szólottam, ezt mondja az Úr Isten, s legyen a nemzetek ragadománya.

6 És leányai, kik a mezõségen vannak, fegyverrel ölettessenek meg, hogy megtudják, hogy én vagyok az Úr.

7 Mert így szól az Úr Isten: Ímé, én hozom Tírus ellen Nabukodonozort, Babilon királyát északról, a királyok királyát; lovakkal, szekerekkel, lovagokkal, sereggel és sok néppel.

8 Leányaidat [ott] a mezõségen fegyverrel öli meg, és állat ellened tornyot, és tölt ellened sánczot, és emel ellened paizs-[fedelet.]

9 És faltörõ kosával ütteti kõfalaidat, s tornyaidat lerontja fegyvereivel.

10 Lovainak sokasága miatt belep téged poruk; a lovagoknak, kerekeknek és szekereknek robogása miatt megrendülnek kõfalaid, mikor bemegy kapuidon, a mint be szoktak menni a megtörött városba.

11 Lovainak körmeivel tapodja meg minden utczádat, népedet fegyverrel öli meg, s erõsséged oszlopai a földre dõlnek.

12 És prédára hányják gazdagságodat, és elragadozzák árúidat, és letörik kõfalaidat, s gyönyörûséges házaidat lerontják, és köveidet és fáidat, s [még] porodat [is] a víz közepére hányják.

13 És megszüntetem éneklésed hangosságát, és cziteráid zengése nem hallatik többé.

14 És kopasz sziklává teszlek; hálók kivetõ helye leszel, hogy többé meg ne építsenek; mert én, az Úr szóltam, ezt mondja az Úr Isten.

15 Így szól az Úr Isten Tírusnak: Bizonyára a te romlásod zuhanásától, mikor a sebesültek nyögnek, mikor a te benned valók öltön-ölettetnek, megrendülnek a szigetek!

16 És leszáll királyi székérõl a tenger minden fejedelme, és elvetik köntöseiket, s hímes ruháikat levetik: rettegésekbe öltöznek, a földön ülnek és rettegnek minden szempillantásban, s elborzadnak miattad.

17 És gyászéneket kezdenek rólad, és ezt mondják néked: Mimódon veszél el te, a kit laknak a tengerekrõl, te híres-neves város, mely hatalmas vala a tengeren, õ és lakosai, a kik félelmökre valának minden [mellettök] lakozóknak!

18 Ímé, rettegnek a szigetek zuhanásod napján, és megfélemlenek a tengerben való szigetek [ilyen] véged miatt.

19 Mert azt mondja az Úr Isten: Mikor én téged elpusztult várossá teszlek, mint a mely városokat nem laknak; mikor a mélység árját felhozom reád, hogy beborítsanak a sok vizek:

20 Akkor levonszlak téged azokkal, kik sírgödörbe szállanak, a hajdan népéhez; és lakatlak téged a mélységek országában, a hajdan pusztaságaiban, együtt azokkal, a kik sírgödörbe szálltak, hogy többé senki ne lakjék benned. És ha megmutattam dicsõségemet az élõknek földén:

21 Rémségesen cselekszem veled és nem leszel; s keresni fognak, de többé örökké meg nem találnak, ezt mondja az Úr Isten.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #9825

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9825. 'And a robe' means Divine Truth there in its inward form. This is clear from the meaning of 'a robe' as the middle of the spiritual kingdom, thus the actual truth that is there. For Aaron's garments represented the Lord's spiritual kingdom, 9814, and so represented the forms of truth present in their proper order there, 9822; and since that kingdom was divided into three degrees - the inmost, the middle, and the outermost - 'the robe' was a sign of what belongs in the middle of that kingdom. That kingdom was divided into three degrees because the inmost part there is in touch with the celestial [heaven], and the outermost with the natural; and the middle part thereby draws equally on both. Indeed for anything to be perfect it must be divided into three degrees. This is so with heaven, and it is so with the forms of good and truth there. As is well known, there are three heavens; consequently there are three degrees of good and truth there. Each heaven too is divided into three degrees. The inmost part of it must be in direct touch with what lies above, and the outermost with what lies below, and so the middle through them with what lies both above and below, all of which brings perfection to that heaven. The situation is just the same with a person's interiors. These in general have been divided into three degrees - into celestial, spiritual, and natural. And each of these has in like manner been divided into its own three degrees. For a person who has the good of faith and love to the Lord within him is heaven in the smallest form it takes, corresponding to the largest, 9279. The situation is also the same in everything belonging to the natural order. The natural level of a person too has been divided into three degrees, see 4570, as generally have all things present in him on interior and exterior levels, 4154. The reason why this should be so is that end, cause, and effect must be present everywhere. The end must be that which is inmost, the cause that which comes in the middle, and the effect that which is last, if a thing is to be perfect. This is why 'three' in the Word means what is complete from beginning to end, 2788, 4495, 7715, 9198, 9488, 9489. From all this people may know why Aaron's holy garments consisted of an ephod, a robe, and a tunic, and that the ephod represented the outermost part there, the robe the middle, and the tunic the inmost.

[2] Since the robe represented the middle in the spiritual kingdom, and the middle draws on both the other parts, this robe stood in a representative sense for that very kingdom, as in the first Book of Samuel,

Samuel turned to go away, but Saul took hold of the skirt of his robe, and it was torn away. Consequently Samuel said to him, Jehovah will tear away the kingdom of Israel from upon you this day, and He has given it to your companion, who is better than you. 1 Samuel 15:27-28.

From these words it is evident that the tearing off of the skirt of Samuel's robe was a sign of the tearing away of the kingdom of Israel from Saul; for 'the kingdom of Israel' means the Lord's spiritual kingdom, see 4286, 4598, 6426, 6637, 6862, 6868, 7035, 7062, 7198, 7201, 7215, 7223, 8805. Something similar occurs again in the same book,

David secretly cut off the skirt of Saul's robe. And when he showed it to Saul, Saul said, Now I know that you will indeed reign, and the kingdom of Israel will be firmly established in your hand. 1 Samuel 24:4-5, 11, 20.

Also, when Jonathan made a covenant with David he took off the robe from upon himself and gave it to David, [with his armour,] even to his sword, bow, and belt, 1 Samuel 18:3-4. All this represented the renunciation of the kingdom of Israel by Jonathan, who was the heir, and his passing it over to David.

[3] Since the robe represented the spiritual kingdom, it also represented the truths of that kingdom generally, the truths of that kingdom being what are called the spiritual truths that are present in the understanding part of a person's mind. These truths are meant by 'robes' in Ezekiel, All the princes of the sea will step down from upon their thrones, and will cast away their robes and will strip off their embroidered garments. Ezekiel 26:16.

This refers to Tyre, by which cognitions or knowledge of good and truth are meant, 1201; the ruination of them in the Church is described here. 'The robes' which they will cast away are truths of faith present in the understanding part of the mind; but 'the embroidered garments' are truths on the level of factual knowledge that are present in the natural, 9688. The reason why those truths are meant is that in the Lord's spiritual kingdom truth, which belongs to the understanding, holds sway, whereas in His celestial kingdom good, which belongs to the will, holds sway. In Matthew,

The scribes and Pharisees do all their works to be seen by people, and they enlarge the hems of their robes. Matthew 23:5, 6.

'Enlarging the hems of robes' stands for speaking about truths in a majestic way solely in order that they may be heard and regarded by other people. The fact that such things are meant by 'a robe' will become clearer still from the description of it further on, in verses 31-35 of this chapter.

  
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