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Ezechiele 37

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1 LA mano del Signore fu sopra me, e il Signore mi menò fuori in ispirito, e mi posò in mezzo d’una campagna, la quale era piena d’ossa.

2 E mi fece passar presso di esse, attorno attorno; ed ecco, erano in grandissimo numero sopra la campagna; ed ecco, erano molto secche.

3 E mi disse: Figliuol d’uomo, potrebbero quest’ossa rivivere? Ed io dissi: Signore Iddio, tu il sai.

4 Ed egli mi disse: Profetizza sopra queste ossa, e di’ loro: ossa secche, ascoltate la parola del Signore.

5 Così ha detto il Signore Iddio a quest’ossa: Ecco, io fo entrare in voi lo spirito, e voi riviverete;

6 e metterò sopra voi de’ nervi, e farò venir sopra voi della carne, e vi ricoprirò di pelle; poi metterò lo spirito in voi, e riviverete; e conoscerete che io sono il Signore.

7 Ed io profetizzai, come mi era stato comandato; e come io profetizzava, si fece un suono; ed ecco un tremoto; e le ossa si accostarono, ciascun osso al suo.

8 Ed io riguardai; ed ecco, sopra quelle vennero de’ nervi, e della carne, e furono ricoperte di sopra di pelle; ma non vi era ancora spirito alcuno in loro.

9 E il Signore mi disse: Profetizza allo spirito; profetizza, figliuol d’uomo, e di’ allo spirito: Così ha detto il Signore Iddio: Vieni, o spirito, da’ quattro venti, e soffia in questi uccisi, acciocchè rivivano.

10 Ed io profetizzai, come egli mi avea comandato; e lo spirito entrò in essi, e ritornarono in vita, e si rizzarono in piè, ed erano un grandissimo esercito.

11 Ed egli mi disse: Figliuol d’uomo queste ossa son tutta la casa d’Israele; ecco, essi dicono: Le nostre ossa son secche, e la nostra speranza è perita; e, quant’è a noi, siamo sterminati.

12 Perciò, profetizza, e di’ loro: Così ha detto il Signore Iddio: Ecco, io apro i vostri sepolcri, e vi trarrò fuor delle vostre sepolture, o popol mio; e vi ricondurrò nel paese d’Israele.

13 E voi conoscerete che io sono il Signore, quando avrò aperti i vostri sepolcri, e vi avrò tratti fuor delle vostre sepolture, o popol mio.

14 E metterò lo Spirito mio in voi, e voi ritornerete in vita; e vi poserò sopra la vostra terra; e voi conoscerete che io, il Signore, ho parlato, e che altresì ho messa la cosa ad effetto, dice il Signore.

15 Poi la parola del Signore mi fu indirizzata, dicendo:

16 Figliuol d’uomo, prenditi ancora un pezzo di legno, e scrivi sur esso: Per Giuda, e per li figliuoli d’Israele, suoi congiunti; poi prenditi un altro pezzo di legno, e scrivi sur esso: Per Giuseppe, il legno di Efraim, e di tutta la casa d’Israele, suoi congiunti.

17 Poi accostali l’uno all’altro, come se non fossero che un sol pezzo di legno; e sieno così congiunti nella tua mano.

18 E quando i figliuoli del tuo popolo ti diranno: Non ci dichiarerai tu che cosa vuoi dire per queste cose?

19 di’ loro: Così ha detto il Signore Iddio: Ecco, io prendo il pezzo di legno di Giuseppe, che è in mano di Efraim, e quel delle tribù d’Israele, sue congiunte; e lo metterò sopra questo, cioè, sopra il pezzo di legno di Giuda; e ne farò un medesimo pezzo di legno, e saranno una stessa cosa nella mia mano.

20 Tieni adunque que’ due pezzi di legno, sopra i quali avrai scritto, nella tua mano, nel lor cospetto;

21 e di’ loro: Così ha detto il Signore Iddio: Ecco, io ritrarrò i figliuoli d’Israele di mezzo delle genti, dove sono andati, e li raccoglierò d’ogn’intorno, e li ricondurrò nella lor terra.

22 E ne farò una medesima nazione, nella terra, nei monti d’Israele; ed un solo re sarà lor re a tutti; e non saranno più due nazioni, e non saranno più divisi in due regni.

23 E non si contamineranno più co’ loro idoli, nè con le loro abbominazioni, nè con tutti i lor misfatti; ed io li salverò di tutte le loro abitazioni, nelle quali hanno peccato; e li netterò, e mi saran popolo, ed io sarò loro Dio.

24 E il mio servitore Davide sarà re sopra loro, ed essi tutti avranno un medesimo Pastore, e cammineranno nelle mie leggi, ed osserveranno i miei statuti, e li metteranno in opera.

25 Ed abiteranno nel paese che io ho dato a Giacobbe, mio servitore; nel quale i padri vostri abitarono; ed abiteranno in quello, essi, e i lor figliuoli, e i figliuoli de’ lor figliuoli, in perpetuo; e il mio servitore Davide sarà lor principe in eterno.

26 Ed io farò con loro un patto di pace; vi sarà un patto eterno con loro; e li stanzierò, e li accrescerò, e metterò il mio santuario in mezzo di loro in perpetuo.

27 E il mio tabernacolo sarà appresso di loro; ed io sarò loro Dio, ed essi mi saran popolo.

28 E le genti conosceranno che io sono il Signore, che santifico Israele, quando il mio santuario sarà in mezzo di loro in perpetuo.

   


To many Protestant and Evangelical Italians, the Bibles translated by Giovanni Diodati are an important part of their history. Diodati’s first Italian Bible edition was printed in 1607, and his second in 1641. He died in 1649. Throughout the 1800s two editions of Diodati’s text were printed by the British Foreign Bible Society. This is the more recent 1894 edition, translated by Claudiana.

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Apocalypse Explained #946

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946. Because thy judgments have been made manifest. That this signifies that Divine truths are revealed to them, is evident from the signification of judgments, as denoting Divine truths, of which we shall speak presently; and from the signification of being manifested, as denoting to be revealed. That Divine truths are revealed at the end of the church, and that they have been revealed, will be shown in what follows in this chapter, because the subject there treated of is concerning them.

The reason why judgments signify Divine truths is, that the laws of government in the Lord's spiritual kingdom are called judgments; but the laws of government in the Lord's celestial kingdom are called justice. For the laws of government in the Lord's spiritual kingdom are laws from Divine truth, whereas the laws of government in the Lord's celestial kingdom are laws from Divine Good. This is why judgment and justice are mentioned in the following passages in the Word.

In Isaiah:

"There shall be no end to peace upon the throne of David, to establish it, and to uphold it in judgment and justice from now and for ever" (9:7).

This speaks of the Lord and His kingdom. His spiritual kingdom is signified by the throne of David; and because this kingdom is in Divine truths from the Divine Good, it is said, in "judgment and justice."

In Jeremiah:

"I will raise up to David a just shoot, and he shall reign a king, and he shall act intelligently, and shall execute judgment and justice" (23:5).

These words also are spoken of the Lord, and of His spiritual kingdom. And since this kingdom is in Divine truths from the Divine Good, it is said that He shall reign a King, and shall act intelligently, and that He shall execute judgment and justice. The Lord is called King from Divine truth. And whereas Divine truth is also Divine intelligence, it is said that He shall act intelligently. And because Divine truth is from the Divine Good, it is said that He shall execute judgment and justice.

[2] In Isaiah:

"Jehovah shall be exalted; for he dwelleth on high; he hath filled Zion with judgment and justice" (33:5).

By Zion is meant heaven and the church, where the Lord reigns by Divine truth. And because all Divine truth is from Divine Good, it is said, "He hath filled Zion with judgment and justice."

In Jeremiah:

"I Jehovah, doing justice and judgment in the earth; for in these I am well pleased" (9:24).

Here also by judgment and justice is signified Divine truth from the Divine Good.

In Isaiah:

"They shall ask of me the judgments of justice; they shall desire to draw near unto God" (58:2).

The judgments of justice are Divine truths from the Divine Good. Similarly judgment and justice; for the spiritual sense conjoins those things the sense of the letter separates.

In Hosea:

"I will betroth thee to me for ever; and I will betroth thee to me in justice and judgment, and in mercy and in truth" (2:19, 20).

The subject there treated of is the celestial kingdom of the Lord, which consists of those who are in love to the Lord. And because the Lord's conjunction with them is comparatively like the conjunction of a husband with a wife - for the good of love so conjoins - therefore it is said, I will betroth thee to me in justice and judgment. And justice is mentioned in the first place, and judgment in the second, because those who are in the good of love to the Lord are also in truths; for they see them from good. Because justice is said of good, and judgment of truth, therefore it is also said, in mercy and in truth; mercy being also said of good, because it is of love.

[3] In David:

"Jehovah is in the heavens; thy justice as the mountains of God, and thy judgments as a great abyss" (Psalm 36:5, 6).

Justice is said of Divine Good, therefore it is compared to the mountains of God; for by mountains of God are signified the goods of love; see above (n. 405, 510, 850). And judgments are said of Divine truths, therefore they are compared to a great abyss; for by a great abyss is signified Divine truth. From these things it is now evident that by judgments are signified Divine truths.

[4] In many passages in the Word, judgments, precepts, and statutes are mentioned. And by judgments are there signified civil laws; by precepts the laws of spiritual life; and by statutes the laws of worship. That by judgments are signified civil laws, is clear from Exodus (Exodus 21, 22, 23), where the things that are there commanded are called judgments; because from them judgments were given by judges in the gates of the city. But still they signify Divine truths, such as are in the Lord's spiritual kingdom in the heavens, for they contain them in the spiritual sense, as is evident from the explanation in Arcana Coelestia (n. 8971-9103, 9124-9231, 9247-9348).

That the laws with the sons of Israel were called judgments, precepts, and statutes, is clear from the following passages:-

In Moses:

"I will speak unto thee all the precepts, the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them" (Deuteronomy 5:31).

In the same:

"These are the precepts, the statutes, and the judgments, which Jehovah your God commanded to teach you" (Deuteronomy 6:1).

In the same:

"Therefore, thou shalt keep the precepts, the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them" (Deuteronomy 7:11).

In David:

"If his sons forsake my law and walk not in my judgments; if they profane my statutes, and keep not my precepts, I will visit their prevarication with a rod" (Psalm 89:30-32),

besides frequently elsewhere:

As Leviticus 18:5; 19:37; 20:22; 25:18; 26:15; Deuteronomy 4:1; 5:1, 6, 7; 17:19; 26:17; Ezekiel 5:6, 7; 11:12, 20; 18:9; 20:11, 13, 25; 37:24.

By precepts in these passages are meant the laws of life, especially those in the Decalogue, which are therefore called the Ten Precepts. But by the statutes are meant the laws of worship, which principally related to sacrifices, and the ministry of holy things. And by judgments are meant civil laws, which, because representative of spiritual laws, were therefore significative of Divine truths, such as those in the Lord's spiritual kingdom in the heavens.

Continuation:-

[5] When, therefore, a man shuns and turns away from evils as sins, and is raised into heaven by the Lord, it follows that he is no longer in his proprium, but in the Lord, and that consequently he thinks and wills goods. Now because a man thinks and wills, so also does he act; for every action of a man proceeds from the thought of his will, therefore again it follows, that when a man shuns and turns away from evils, he does goods, not from himself, but from the Lord. Therefore to shun evils is to do goods. The goods which a man then does are meant by good works; and good works in their whole extent are meant by charity.

Because a man cannot be reformed unless he thinks, wills, and acts as of himself, that which he does as of himself is conjoined to him, and remains with him. Because that which a man does as of himself receives no life, but flows through like ether, therefore the Lord wills that a man should not only shun and turn away from evils as of himself, but should also think, will, and act as of himself, yet still acknowledge in heart, that all these things are from the Lord. This he will acknowledge because it is the truth.

  
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Translation by Isaiah Tansley. Many thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.