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Jezekilj 25

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1 Opet mi dođe reč Gospodnja govoreći:

2 Sine čovečji, okreni lice svoje prema sinovima Amonovim i prorokuj na njih.

3 I reci sinovima Amonovim: Čujte reč Gospoda Gospoda: Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Što si govorio: Aha! Za svetinju moju, što se oskvrni, i za zemlju Izrailjevu, što opuste, i za dom Judin, što otide u ropstvo;

4 Zato, evo, ja ću te dati u nasledstvo istočnim narodima, i pogradiće u tebi dvorove sebi, i načiniće sebi kolibe u tebi; oni će jesti plodove tvoje i piti mleko tvoje.

5 I od Rave ću načiniti obor kamilama i od zemlje sinova Amonovih tor ovčiji, i poznaćete da sam ja Gospod.

6 Jer ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Što si pljeskao rukama i lupao nogom i veselio se iz srca što si opustošio svu zemlju Izrailjevu,

7 Zato, evo, ja ću dignuti ruku svoju na te, i daću te narodima da te plene, i istrebiću te između naroda i zatrću te između zemalja, i iskoreniću te, i poznaćeš da sam ja Gospod.

8 Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Što govori Moav i Sir: Eto, dom je Judin kao svi narodi;

9 Zato, evo, ja ću otvoriti stranu Moavovu od gradova, od gradova na međi, krasnu zemlju vet-jesimotsku, valmeonsku i Kirijat-ajimsku,

10 Narodima istočnim iza zemlje sinova Amonovih, i daću im je u nasledstvo da nema spomena sinovima Amonovim među Narodima.

11 I na Moavcima ću izvršiti svoje sudove, i poznaće da sam ja Gospod.

12 Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Što se Edom osveti domu Judinom i teško skrivi osvetivši im se,

13 Zato ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Dignuću ruku svoju na edomsku i istrebiću iz nje i ljude i stoku, i obratiću je u pustoš, od Temana do Dedana pašće od mača.

14 I osvetiću se Edomcima rukom naroda svog Izrailja, i učiniće s Edomcima po gnevu mom i po jarosti mojoj, i poznaće moju osvetu, govori Gospod Gospod.

15 Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Što Filisteji radiše iz osvete, i osvetiše se radujući se iz srca i potirući iz stare mržnje,

16 Zato ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Evo ja ću dignuti ruku svoju na Filisteje, i istrebiću Hereteje, i potrću ostatak od primorja.

17 I učiniću na njima veliku osvetu karanjem gnevnim, i poznaće da sam ja Gospod kad izvršim osvetu svoju na njima.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #7523

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7523. 'And there will be on man and on beast' means the products of interior and exterior evil. This is clear from the meaning of 'man' as the affection for good, and in the contrary sense as the desire for evil; and 'beast' is similar in meaning. But when 'man' and 'beast' are mentioned together, 'man means interior affection or desire and 'beast' exterior; regarding both, see 7424. Interior good or else interior evil, which is meant by 'man', is that connected with intentions or ends in view, for intentions or ends in view are at a person's core, whereas exterior good or else exterior evil, which is meant by 'beast', is that connected with thought and consequently, if nothing stands in the way, with action. Exterior good is meant by 'beast' because a person is in respect of his external or natural man no different from a beast; for he is endowed with similar desires and also cravings, as well as appetites and senses. And interior good is meant by 'man because it is in respect of his internal or spiritual man that a person is a human being, on which internal level he is endowed with affections for what is good and true such as exist with the angels in heaven, and because he controls his natural or animal man, which is 'a beast', by means of that internal man. Regarding the meaning of 'beast' as the affection for good and in the contrary sense the desire for evil, see 45, 46, 142, 143, 246, 714, 715, 719, 776, 2179, 2180, 3218, 3519, 5198.

[2] These things are what are meant by 'man and beast' in the following places too: In Jeremiah,

My anger and My wrath have been poured out on this place, on man and on beast. Jeremiah 7:20

In the same prophet,

I will strike the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast; they will die of a great pestilence. Jeremiah 21:6.

In the same prophet,

It will make her land a desolation, so that none may dwell in it; both man and beast have scattered themselves, they have gone away. Jeremiah 50:3.

In Ezekiel,

When a land has sinned against Me by committing great transgression, I will cut off from it man and beast. Ezekiel 14:13, 19, 21.

In the same prophet,

I will stretch out My hand over Edom, and cut off from it man and beast, and make it a waste. Ezekiel 25:13.

In Zephaniah,

I will consume man and beast, I will consume the birds of the air and the fish of the sea, and the stumbling-blocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from the surface of the earth. Zephaniah 1:3.

[3] 'Man and beast' stands for interior and exterior good in the following places: In Jeremiah,

I have made the earth, man and beast, by My great strength. Jeremiah 27:5.

In the same prophet,

Behold, the days are coming, said Jehovah, in which I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and the seed of beast. Jeremiah 31:17.

In the same prophet,

A desolation will the earth be, so that man and beast are not there. Jeremiah 32:43.

In the same prophet,

In the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that have been devastated, there is no man and inhabitant, and there is no beast. Jeremiah 33:10; 51:62.

In David,

Your righteousness is like the mountains of God, Your judgements a great deep; You preserve man and beast, O Jehovah. Psalms 36:6.

It was because 'man and beast' meant such things that the firstborn of the Egyptians died, not only of men but also of beasts, Exodus 12:29, and that the firstborn were consecrated [to Jehovah], not only of men but also of beasts, Numbers 18:15, and also that the king of Nineveh, following sacred religious practice, commanded that not only man but also beast should fast and also be clothed in sackcloth, Jonah 3:7-8.

  
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