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1 Viešpats kalbėjo:

2 “Žmogaus sūnau, taip sako Viešpats Dievas Izraelio žemei: ‘Atėjo galas visiems keturiems žemės pakraščiams.

3 Dabar atėjo galas ir tau! Aš siųsiu prieš tave savo rūstybę, teisiu tave pagal tavo kelius, atlyginsiu už bjaurius darbus.

4 Aš nepasigailėsiu tavęs, bet bausiu tave už tavo kelius ir užleisiu ant tavęs tavo bjaurystes. Tada jūs žinosite, kad Aš esu Viešpats’.

5 Viešpats Dievas sako: ‘Nelaimė ir tik nelaimė ateina!

6 Atėjo galas, jis ieško tavęs. Štai jis Atėjo.

7 Tavo eilė būti sunaikintam atėjo! Tu, kuris gyveni krašte, ne džiaugsmo, bet sunaikinimo diena atėjo.

8 Tuojau išliesiu savo rūstybę ant tavęs, teisiu tave pagal tavo kelius ir bausiu už visas tavo bjaurystes.

9 Aš nepasigailėsiu tavęs, bet bausiu tave už tavo kelius ir tavo bjaurystes užvesiu ant tavęs. Tada žinosite, kad Aš­Viešpats, kuris baudžia.

10 Štai diena atėjo, pražūtis prisiartino. Neteisybė žydi, išdidumas žaliuoja!

11 Smurtas išaugo į nedorybės lazdą, nieko neliks nei iš jų turto, nei iš garbės, nei iš didybės.

12 Metas priartėjo, diena atėjo. Tenesidžiaugia pirkėjas ir teneliūdi pardavėjas, nes ateina bausmė visiems nusikaltusiems.

13 Pardavėjas nebeatgaus parduoto daikto, nors ir gyvas tebebūtų, nes sunaikinimas laukia visų; nė vienas nusikaltęs neišliks gyvas.

14 Pūskite trimitą, pasirenkite kovai! Bet nė vienas neina į kovą, nes mano rūstybė prieš visą jų daugybę.

15 Lauke kardas! Viduje maras ir badas! Kas lauke, žus nuo kardo, kas mieste, mirs nuo bado ir maro.

16 Jei kas išsigelbės, bus kaip slėnių balandis kalnuose; jie visi dejuos dėl savo nuodėmių.

17 Visų rankos nusilps ir keliai links.

18 Jie apsisiaus ašutinėmis ir juos apims baimė. Gėda bus jų veiduose ir plikė ant galvų.

19 Jie išmes savo auksą ir sidabrą, nes auksas ir sidabras neišgelbės jų Viešpaties rūstybės dieną. Jie nepatenkins savo sielų ir nepasisotins, nes tai tapo jų suklupimo akmeniu.

20 Iš savo papuošalų, kuriais didžiavosi, jie pasidarė bjaurius atvaizdus. Todėl jų brangenybes padariau beverčiais daiktais.

21 Aš atiduosiu juos svetimšaliams kaip grobį, žemės nedorėliai išplėš juos ir suterš.

22 Aš nusigręšiu nuo jų, leisiu išniekinti savo šventyklą. Plėšikai įsilauš, išnaikins ir apiplėš ją.

23 Kraštas ir miestas yra pilni nekalto kraujo, nusikaltimų ir smurto.

24 Aš atvesiu blogiausias tautas, ir jie paveldės jų namus. Padarysiu galą stipriojo pasipūtimui, ir jų šventos vietos bus išniekintos.

25 Ateina sunaikinimas; jie ieško taikos, bet jos nebus.

26 Nelaimė seks nelaimę, gąsdinantys pranešimai bus vienas po kito. Jie veltui ieško pranašų regėjimų. Įstatymo nebebus pas kunigus ir patarimo pas vyresniuosius.

27 Karalius gedės, kunigaikščiai bus apimti siaubo, tauta palūš. Aš padarysiu jiems taip, kaip jie darė, teisiu juos taip, kaip jie teisė. Tada jie žinos, kad Aš esu Viešpats’ ”.

   

From Swedenborg's Works

 

Coronis (An Appendix to True Christian Religion) #5

  
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5. II. THERE HAVE BEEN FOUR SUCCESSIVE STATES, OR PERIODS, OF EACH CHURCH, WHICH IN THE WORD ARE MEANT BY "MORNING, "DAY," "EVENING," AND "NIGHT." That there have been four successive states, or periods, of every one of these Churches above-named, will be illustrated in the following pages, wherein each will be dealt with in its turn. They are described by those alternations of time, because every man who is born in the Church, or in whom the Church has commenced, first comes into its light such as that is in the dawn and morning; afterwards, he advances to its day, and, he who loves its truths, right on to its mid-day; if he then stops in the way, and does not advance into the heat of spring and summer, his day declines towards evening, till at length, like the light at night-time, it grows dark; and then his intelligence in the spiritual things of the Church becomes a cold light, like the light of the days in winter, when he indeed sees the trees standing beside his house, or in his gardens, but stripped of leaves and destitute of fruits-thus, like bare trunks. For, the man of the Church advances from morning to day, to the end that he may be reformed and regenerated by means of the light of reason, which only takes place by a life according to the Commandments of the Lord in the Word. If this does not take place, his light becomes darkness, and the darkness, thick darkness; that is, the truths of light with him are turned into falsities, and the falsities into unseen evils. It is otherwise with the man who suffers himself to be regenerated: night does not overtake him, for he walks in God, and hence is continually in the day; into which, also, he fully enters after death, when he is associated with angels in heaven. This is understood by the following words in the Apocalypse, concerning the New Jerusalem, which is the New Church, truly Christian:

That city shall have no need of the sun and of the moon to shine in it; for the glory of God shall lighten it, and the Lamb is the lamp thereof. And the nations which are saved shall walk in the light of it; and there shall be no night there (Rev. 21:23-24, 25; Ezek. 32:8; Amos 5:20; 8:9).

That the successive states of the Church are understood by "morning," "day," "evening," and "night," in the Word, is evident from the following passages therein:

Watch, for ye know not when the Lord of the house will come, at even, or at mid-night, or at cock-crowing, or in the morning (Mark 13:35; Matt. 25:13).

The subject there treated of is the Consummation of the Age, and the coming of the Lord at that time.

The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spake to me: He is as the morning light, a morning without clouds (2 Sam. 23:3-4).

I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright and morning Star (Rev. 22:16).

God shall help her, when the morning appeareth (Psalm 46:5).

He is calling to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night (Isa. 21:11-12).

An evil, one evil, behold, is come. The end is come [The morning is come] upon thee, O inhabitant of the land; the time is come, the day is near. Behold the day, behold, it is come; the morning hath gone forth (Ezek. 7:5, 6, 7, 10).

There shall be a day... which shall be known to Jehovah; not day nor night; for about the time of evening there shall be light (Zech. 14:7).

About the time of evening, behold, terror; before the morning, he is not (Isa. 17:14).

In the evening; weeping will endure all night, but singing in the morning (Psalm 30:5).

Even to the evening and the morning, 1 two thousand three hundred; then shall the holy place be justified:... the vision of the evening and the morning is true (Dan. 8:14, 26).

Jehovah in the morning will bring His judgment to light; He will not fail (Zeph. 3:5).

Thus said Jehovah, If ye have made void My covenant of the day and My covenant of the night, so that there be not day and night in their season, My covenant also shall be made void with David My servant (Jer. 33:20-21, 25).

Jesus said, I must work the works of God while it is day; the night cometh when no one can work (John 9:4).

In this night there shall be two men on one bed; one shall be taken, but the other shall be left (Luke 17:34).

In these passages, the Consummation of the Age and the Coming of the Lord are treated of. Hence it may be evident what is meant by there being

Time no longer (Rev. 10:6),

namely, that there would be no morning, day, or evening in the Church, but night; likewise what is meant by

Time, times, and half a time (Rev. 12:14; Dan. 12:7); as also what is meant by the

Fulness of time (Ephes. 1:10; Gal. 4:4).

Footnotes:

1. For the occurrence of the terms "evening and morning" in this verse, see R.V.; also margin of A.V.

  
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