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Jezekilj 26

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1 A jedanaeste godine prvi dan meseca dođe mi reč Gospodnja govoreći:

2 Sine čovečji, što Tir govori za Jerusalim: Ha, ha! Razbiše se vrata narodima, obratiše se k meni, napuniću se kad opuste;

3 Zato ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Evo mene na te, Tire, i dovešću mnoge narode na te kao da bih doveo more s valima njegovim.

4 I oni će obaliti zidove tirske i kule u njemu raskopati, i omešću prah njegov i pretvoriću ga u go kamen.

5 I postaće mesto da se razastiru mreže usred mora, jer ja govorih, veli Gospod Gospod, i biće grabež narodima.

6 I kćeri njegove po polju izginuće od mača, i poznaće da sam ja Gospod.

7 Jer ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Evo, ja ću dovesti na Tir Navuhodonosora, cara vavilonskog sa severa, cara nad carevima, s konjima i s kolima i s konjicima i s vojskama i mnogim narodom.

8 Kćeri tvoje po polju pobiće mačem, i načiniće prema tebi kule, i iskopaće opkope prema tebi, i podignuće prema tebi štitove.

9 I namestiće ubojne sprave prema zidovima tvojim, i razvaliće kule tvoje oružjem svojim.

10 Od mnoštva konja njegovih pokriće te prah, od praske konjika i točkova i kola zatrešće se zidovi tvoji, kad stane ulaziti na tvoja vrata kao što se ulazi u grad isprovaljivan.

11 Kopitima konja svojih izgaziće sve ulice tvoje, pobiće narod tvoj mačem, i stupovi sile tvoje popadaće na zemlju.

12 I popleniće blago tvoje i razgrabiti trg tvoj, i razvaliće zidove tvoje i lepe kuće tvoje razoriti, i kamenje tvoje i drva tvoja i prah tvoj baciće u vodu.

13 I prekinuću jeku pesama tvojih, i glas kitara tvojih neće se više čuti.

14 I učiniću od tebe go kamen, bićeš mesto gde se razastiru mreže, nećeš se više sazidati; jer ja Gospod govorih, veli Gospod Gospod.

15 Ovako veli Gospod Gospod Tiru: Neće li se zadrmati ostrva od praske padanja tvog, kad zajauču ranjenici, kad pokolj bude u tebi?

16 Svi će knezovi morski sići s prestola svojih i skinuće sa sebe plašte i svući sa sebe vezene haljine, i obući će se u strah; sedeće na zemlji, i drhtaće svaki čas i čuditi se tebi.

17 I naricaće za tobom i govoriće ti: Kako propade, slavni grade! U kome življahu pomorci, koji beše jak na moru, ti i stanovnici tvoji, koji strah zadavahu svima koji življahu u tebi.

18 Sad će se uzdrhtati ostrva kad padneš, i smešće se ostrva po moru od propasti tvoje.

19 Jer ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Kad te učinim pustim gradom, kao što su gradovi u kojima se ne živi, kad pustim na te bezdanu, i velika te voda pokrije,

20 I kad te svalim s onima koji silaze u jamu k starom narodu, i namestim te na najdonjim krajevima zemlje, u pustinji staroj s onima koji silaze u jamu, da se ne živi u tebi, tada ću opet postaviti slavu u zemlji živih.

21 Učiniću da budeš strahota kad te nestane, i tražiće te i nećeš se naći do veka, govori Gospod Gospod.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #4137

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4137. 'For I might have sent you away with gladness and with songs' means the state in which - thinking from the proprium - it had believed itself to be as regards truths. This is clear from the meaning of 'I might have sent you away' as that it would have separated itself in freedom. But the fact that it had not separated itself when in that state is clear from what has been stated already in 4113. From this it is evident that these words were uttered by Laban in the state in which - thinking from the proprium - he had believed himself to be. For when a person's belief is based on his own thought it is not the truth, whereas when it is not based on his own thought but is received from the Lord it is based on the truth. The state referred to at this point is a state as regards truths, and this is meant by 'sending away with gladness and with songs', for gladness and songs have reference to truths.

[2] In the Word the expressions 'gladness' and 'joy' are used in various places, sometimes the two appearing together. But 'gladness' is used when truth or the affection for truth is the subject, and 'joy' when good or the affection for good is, as in Isaiah,

Behold, joy and gladness consist in slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine. Isaiah 22:13.

Here 'joy' has reference to good and 'gladness' to truth. In the same prophet,

There will be an outcry in the streets over [the lack of] wine, all gladness will be made desolate, and the joy of the earth 1 will be banished. Isaiah 24:11.

In the same prophet,

The ransomed of Jehovah will return, and come to Zion with song, and everlasting joy upon their heads; they will obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing will flee away. Isaiah 35:10; 51:11.

In the same prophet,

Jehovah will comfort Zion. Joy and gladness will be found in her, confession and the voice of song. Isaiah 51:3.

In Jeremiah,

I will make to cease from the cities of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, for the land will become a waste. Jeremiah 7:34; 25:10.

In the same prophet,

The voice of joy and the voice of gladness, and the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those that say, Give thanks 2 to Jehovah Zebaoth. Jeremiah 33:11.

In the same prophet,

Joy and exultation have been plucked from Carmel, and from the land of Moab. Jeremiah 48:33

In Joel,

Is not the food cut off before our eyes, gladness and exultation from the house of our God? Joel 1:16.

In Zechariah, The fast will be to the house of Judah one of joy and gladness and good feasts. Zechariah 8:19.

[3] Anyone who does not know that the heavenly marriage, that is, the marriage of good and truth, is present in every detail of the Word might suppose that these two - joy and gladness - are exactly the same as each other and that both are used merely for the sake of greater emphasis, so that one of them is superfluous. But this is not the case, for not even the smallest part of an expression is used which lacks the spiritual sense. In the places that have been quoted, and in others too, 'joy' has reference to good and 'gladness' to truth, see also 3118. The fact that 'songs' also has reference to truths is clear from many places in the Word where songs are mentioned, for example Isaiah 5:1; 24:9; 26:1; 30:29; 42:10; Ezekiel 26:13; Amos 5:23; and elsewhere.

[4] It should be recognized that everything in the Lord's kingdom has reference either to good or to truth, that is, to the things that are aspects of love or to those that are aspects of faith wedded to charity. Those which have reference to good or aspects of love are called celestial, while those which have reference to truth or aspects of faith wedded to charity are called spiritual. Since in every single detail of the Word the Lord's kingdom is the subject and in the highest sense the Lord Himself; and since the Lord's kingdom consists in a marriage of goodness and truth, or the heavenly marriage, and the Lord Himself is the one in whom the Divine marriage exists and from whom the heavenly marriage derives, that marriage is present in every single part of the Word. It stands out in particular in the Prophets where repetitions of one and the same thing occur with merely a change of words. In no case however are those repetitions pointless, for one expression means that which is celestial, that is, which has to do with love or good, and the other that which is spiritual, that is, which has to do with faith wedded to charity, or with truth. These considerations show how the heavenly marriage, that is, the Lord's kingdom, is present in every detail of the Word, and how in the highest sense the Divine marriage itself or the Lord is present there.

Footnotes:

1. The Latin means all joy, but the Hebrew means the joy of the earth, which Swedenborg has in other places where he quotes this verse.

2. literally, Confess

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.