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Jeremiah 40

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1 καὶ ἐγένετο λόγος κυρίου πρὸς ιερεμιαν δεύτερον καὶ αὐτὸς ἦν ἔτι δεδεμένος ἐν τῇ αὐλῇ τῆς φυλακῆς λέγων

2 οὕτως εἶπεν κύριος ποιῶν γῆν καὶ πλάσσων αὐτὴν τοῦ ἀνορθῶσαι αὐτήν κύριος ὄνομα αὐτῷ

3 κέκραξον πρός με καὶ ἀποκριθήσομαί σοι καὶ ἀπαγγελῶ σοι μεγάλα καὶ ἰσχυρά ἃ οὐκ ἔγνως αὐτά

4 ὅτι οὕτως εἶπεν κύριος ὁ θεὸς ισραηλ περὶ οἴκων τῆς πόλεως ταύτης καὶ περὶ οἴκων βασιλέως ιουδα τῶν καθῃρημένων εἰς χάρακας καὶ προμαχῶνας

5 τοῦ μάχεσθαι πρὸς τοὺς χαλδαίους καὶ πληρῶσαι αὐτὴν τῶν νεκρῶν τῶν ἀνθρώπων οὓς ἐπάταξα ἐν ὀργῇ μου καὶ ἐν θυμῷ μου καὶ ἀπέστρεψα τὸ πρόσωπόν μου ἀπ' αὐτῶν περὶ πασῶν τῶν πονηριῶν αὐτῶν

6 ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἀνάγω αὐτῇ συνούλωσιν καὶ ἴαμα καὶ φανερώσω αὐτοῖς εἰσακούειν καὶ ἰατρεύσω αὐτὴν καὶ ποιήσω αὐτοῖς εἰρήνην καὶ πίστιν

7 καὶ ἐπιστρέψω τὴν ἀποικίαν ιουδα καὶ τὴν ἀποικίαν ισραηλ καὶ οἰκοδομήσω αὐτοὺς καθὼς τὸ πρότερον

8 καὶ καθαριῶ αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ πασῶν τῶν ἀδικιῶν αὐτῶν ὧν ἡμάρτοσάν μοι καὶ οὐ μὴ μνησθήσομαι ἁμαρτιῶν αὐτῶν ὧν ἥμαρτόν μοι καὶ ἀπέστησαν ἀπ' ἐμοῦ

9 καὶ ἔσται εἰς εὐφροσύνην καὶ εἰς αἴνεσιν καὶ εἰς μεγαλειότητα παντὶ τῷ λαῷ τῆς γῆς οἵτινες ἀκούσονται πάντα τὰ ἀγαθά ἃ ἐγὼ ποιήσω καὶ φοβηθήσονται καὶ πικρανθήσονται περὶ πάντων τῶν ἀγαθῶν καὶ περὶ πάσης τῆς εἰρήνης ἧς ἐγὼ ποιήσω αὐτοῖς

10 οὕτως εἶπεν κύριος ἔτι ἀκουσθήσεται ἐν τῷ τόπῳ τούτῳ ᾧ ὑμεῖς λέγετε ἔρημός ἐστιν ἀπὸ ἀνθρώπων καὶ κτηνῶν ἐν πόλεσιν ιουδα καὶ ἔξωθεν ιερουσαλημ ταῖς ἠρημωμέναις παρὰ τὸ μὴ εἶναι ἄνθρωπον καὶ κτήνη

11 φωνὴ εὐφροσύνης καὶ φωνὴ χαρμοσύνης φωνὴ νυμφίου καὶ φωνὴ νύμφης φωνὴ λεγόντων ἐξομολογεῖσθε κυρίῳ παντοκράτορι ὅτι χρηστὸς κύριος ὅτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ καὶ εἰσοίσουσιν δῶρα εἰς οἶκον κυρίου ὅτι ἀποστρέψω πᾶσαν τὴν ἀποικίαν τῆς γῆς ἐκείνης κατὰ τὸ πρότερον εἶπεν κύριος

12 οὕτως εἶπεν κύριος τῶν δυνάμεων ἔτι ἔσται ἐν τῷ τόπῳ τούτῳ τῷ ἐρήμῳ παρὰ τὸ μὴ εἶναι ἄνθρωπον καὶ κτῆνος καὶ ἐν πάσαις ταῖς πόλεσιν αὐτοῦ καταλύματα ποιμένων κοιταζόντων πρόβατα

13 ἐν πόλεσιν τῆς ὀρεινῆς καὶ ἐν πόλεσιν τῆς σεφηλα καὶ ἐν πόλεσιν τῆς ναγεβ καὶ ἐν γῇ βενιαμιν καὶ ἐν ταῖς κύκλῳ ιερουσαλημ καὶ ἐν πόλεσιν ιουδα ἔτι παρελεύσεται πρόβατα ἐπὶ χεῖρα ἀριθμοῦντος εἶπεν κύριος

   

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Scriptural Confirmations #98

  
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98. 5. I will deliver thee out of the hand of the evil, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the violent (Jeremiah 15:21).

Jehovah will gather Israel, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock. For Jehovah hath redeemed Jacob, and freed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he (Jeremiah 31:10-11). Throughout the whole of this chapter, and also Chapter 33, the redemption and liberation of men of the church is treated of. But in the former chapters from the first up to this one the vastation of the church is treated of.

Behold the days come in which I will make a new covenant; not according to the covenant that I have made, for they have made void this covenant. But this shall be the covenant that I will make after those days, I will put My law in their midst, and I will write it upon their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. Nor shall they teach, a man his companion, nor a man his brother; Know Jehovah: for they shall all know Me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them (Jeremiah 31:31-34, 38). This is said of the New Church after redemption.

N. B. That is the day of the Lord Jehovih of Hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may take vengeance on His adversaries (Jeremiah 46:10).

Because the day of calamity shall come upon Egypt, the time of their visitation (Jeremiah 46:21).

Their Redeemer is strong, Jehovah of Hosts is His name (Jeremiah 50:34).

Concerning the day of the visitation upon Babylon, in which vengeance must be taken upon it (Jeremiah 50:18, 27-28, 31).

The time of the vengeance of Jehovah, and of retribution (Jeremiah 51:6).

Jehovah of Hosts is the Former of all things, and of the rod of His inheritance by which He will do judgment (Jeremiah 51:19-23).

It is also called the time of the harvest of Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel (Jeremiah 51:33).

The day of the vengeance of Jehovah, the vengeance of His temple (Jeremiah 51:11).

The days in which He will visit upon Babylon (Jeremiah 51:44, 47, 52).

It is called the day of evil (Jeremiah 51:2).

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Foundation for their permission to use this translation.