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Jezekilj 27

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1 Opet mi dođe reč Gospodnja govoreći:

2 I ti sine čovečji, nariči za Tirom,

3 I reci Tiru, koji stoji na ulasku morskom, koji trguje s narodima na mnogim ostrvima: Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Tire, ti govoraše: Ja sam sasvim lep.

4 Međe su ti u srcu morskom; koji te zidaše, načiniše te sasvim lepim.

5 Od jela senirskih gradiše ti daske, kedre s Livana uzimaše da ti grade stupove.

6 Od hrastova vasanskih gradiše ti vesla, sedišta ti gradiše od slonove kosti i od šimšira s ostrva kitejskih.

7 Tanko platno misirsko izmetano razapinjao si da su ti jedra; porfirom i skerletom s ostrva eliskih pokrivao si se.

8 Stanovnici sidonski i arvadski behu ti veslari; mudraci tvoji, Tire, što behu u tebi, behu ti krmari.

9 Starešine i mudraci gevalski opravljahu u tebi šta bi ti se pokvarilo; sve lađe morske i lađari behu u tebi trgujući s tobom.

10 Persijanci i Ludeji i Puteji behu u vojsci tvojoj tvoji vojnici; štitove i šlemove vešahu u tebi; oni te ukrašavahu.

11 Sinovi arvadski s tvojom vojskom behu na zidovima tvojim unaokolo, i Gamadeji behu u kulama tvojim, štitove svoje vešahu na zidovima tvojim unaokolo, oni ti dovršivahu lepotu.

12 Tarsis trgovaše s tobom mnogim svakojakim blagom; sa srebrom, s gvožđem, s kositerom i s olovom dolažahu na sajmove tvoje.

13 Javan, Tuval i Meseh behu tvoji trgovci; s dušama ljudskim i sudima bronzanim dolažahu na sajmove tvoje.

14 A koji su od doma Togarminog, s konjima i konjicima i mazgama dolažahu na sajmove tvoje.

15 Sinovi Dedanovi behu trgovci tvoji, mnogih ostrva trgovina beše u tvojim rukama; kosti slonove i drvo evenovo donošahu ti u promenu.

16 Sirija trgovaše s tobom mnoštvom dela tvojih, dolažaše na sajmove tvoje sa smaragdom i porfirom i uzvodom i tankim platnom, i koralom i ahatom.

17 Juda i zemlja Izrailjeva behu tvoji trgovci, dolažahu na sajmove tvoje sa pšenicom minitskom i finičkom i medom i uljem i balsamom.

18 Damask trgovaše s tobom mnoštvom dela tvojih, mnoštvom svakog blaga, vinom helvonskim i belom vunom.

19 I Dan i Javan i Mosel dolažahu na sajmove tvoje; urađeno gvožđe i kasiju i cimet menjahu s tobom.

20 Dedan trgovaše s tobom skupocenim prostirkama za kola.

21 Arapi i svi knezovi kidarski trgovahu s tobom; s jaganjcima i ovnovima i jarcima dolažahu na sajmove tvoje.

22 Trgovci savski i ramski trgovahu s tobom; dolažahu na sajmove tvoje sa svakojakim mirisima i svakojakim dragim kamenjem i zlatom.

23 Haran i Kana i Eden, trgovci savski, Asur i Hilmad trgovahu s tobom.

24 Ti trgovahu s tobom svakojakim stvarima, porfirom i uzvodom i kovčezima bogatih nakita, koji se svezivahu užima i behu od kedra.

25 Lađe tarsiske behu prve u tvojoj trgovini, i ti beše veoma pun i veoma slavan u srcu morskom.

26 Veslari tvoji odvezoše te na pučinu; vetar istočni razbi te usred mora.

27 Blago tvoje i sajmovi tvoji, trgovina tvoja, lađari tvoji i krmari tvoji i koji opravljahu kvarne lađe tvoje, i trgovci tvoji i svi vojnici tvoji i sav narod što beše u tebi pašće u srce moru kad ti propadneš.

28 Od vike tvojih krmara uskolebaće se vali morski.

29 I izaći će iz loža svojih svi veslari, lađari, svi krmari morski, i staće na zemlju.

30 I povikaće za tobom glasno i zaridati gorko, i posuće prahom glave svoje i po pepelu će se valjati.

31 I za tobom će se načiniti ćelavi, i pripasaće kostret, i plakaće za tobom gorko iz srca, i gorko će ridati.

32 I za tobom će zapevati u žalosti svojoj i naricaće za tobom: Ko je bio kao Tir, oboreni usred mora?

33 Kad izlažahu trgovi tvoji iz mora, sitio si mnoge narode, mnoštvom svog bogatstva i trgovine svoje obogaćivao si careve zemaljske.

34 Kad te razbi more na dubokoj vodi, trgovina tvoja i sav narod tvoj u tebi pade.

35 Svi ostrvljani prepadoše se od tebe, i carevi njihovi uzdrhtaše se i prebledeše u licu.

36 Trgovci po narodima zazviždaše nad tobom: postao si strahota, i neće te biti do veka.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed #781

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781. "And merchandise of horses, and wagons, and the bodies and souls of people." This symbolically means that all of these things depend on an understanding of the Word and on doctrine drawn from it, and on the goods and truths in the Word's literal sense, which these Roman Catholics do not possess, because they have falsified and adulterated the Word by using the things in it contrary to their real meaning in order to gain dominion over heaven and the world.

The valuables here follow the preposition "of," because they involve all of the things that go before. That horses symbolize an understanding of the Word may be seen in no. 298. Chariots symbolize doctrine from the Word (no. 437); consequently so do wagons. The bodies and souls of people symbolize goods and truths in the literal sense of the Word, because they have the same symbolism as the body and blood in the Holy Supper. The body in that supper symbolizes the Lord's Divine goodness, and the blood the Lord's Divine truth; and because of this symbolism they also symbolize the Divine good and truth in the Word, because the Lord embodies the Word.

Instead of blood, however, the text here says souls. That is because the soul likewise symbolizes truth (see no. 681 above), and because blood in the Word is called the life or soul (Genesis 9:4-5). "Human lives" in Ezekiel 27:13 has a similar symbolic meaning. So does the "seed of men" in Daniel 2:43.

[2] Horses and wagons have a similar symbolic meaning in Isaiah:

Then they shall bring all your brethren... on horses and in chariots and in wagons, and on mules and on camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem... (Isaiah 66:20)

This is said of the Lord's New Church, which Jerusalem is, regarding people in it who have an understanding of the Word and doctrine derived from it, which are the horses, chariots, and wagons.

Now because these people of the Roman Catholic religion falsify and adulterate the Word by using it to gain dominion over heaven and the world, the symbolic meaning here is that they do not possess any goods and truths from the Word, and so do not have any in their doctrine either.

Regarding this Jeremiah says the following:

...the king of Babylon has devoured me, has thrown me into confusion; He has made me an empty vessel; He has swallowed me up like a whale; He has filled his stomach with my delicacies... (Jeremiah 51:34-35)

A sword is against the horses (of Babylon), against her chariots, and... against her treasures, so that they are plundered. A drought is upon her waters, so that they are dried up. For the land is one of carved images, and they boast of their dreadful deeds. (Jeremiah 50:37-38)

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.