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Jezekilj 35

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1 Opet mi dođe reč Gospodnja govoreći:

2 Sine čovečji, okreni lice svoje prema gori Siru i prorokuj protiv nje.

3 I reci: Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: evo me na tebe, goro Sire! I dignuću ruku svoju na te, i opusteću te sasvim.

4 Gradove ću tvoje opusteti, i ti ćeš biti pustoš, i poznaćeš da sam ja Gospod.

5 Što je u tebe večno neprijateljstvo, i rasipaš sinove Izrailjeve mačem u nevolji njihovoj, kad je kraj bezakonju njihovom,

6 Zato, tako ja bio živ, govori Gospod Gospod, krvi ću te predati i krv će te goniti, jer ne mrziš na krv, krv će te goniti.

7 I obratiću goru Sir sasvim u pustoš, da niko neće dolaziti ni odlaziti.

8 I napuniću gore njene pobijenih njenih; na humovima tvojim i u dolinama tvojim i po svim potocima tvojim padaće pobijeni od mača.

9 Večnu pustinju načiniću od tebe i gradovi se tvoji neće opraviti, i poznaćete da sam ja Gospod.

10 Što govoriš: Ova dva naroda i ove dve zemlje moje će biti, i nasledićemo ih, ako i jeste Gospod bio onde,

11 Zato, tako ja živ bio, govori Gospod Gospod, učiniću po gnevu tvom i po zavisti tvojoj, s kojom si postupala iz mržnje prema njima, i biću poznat među njima kad ti sudim.

12 I poznaćeš da sam ja Gospod čuo sve tvoje hule koje si govorila na gore Izrailjeve rekavši: Opusteše, nama su dane da ih jedemo.

13 I veličaste se suprot meni ustima svojim, i množiste na me reči svoje; čuo sam.

14 Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Kad se sva zemlja stane veseliti, tebe ću opusteti.

15 Kako si se ti veselila nasledstvu doma Izrailjevog što opuste, tako ću i tebe učiniti: opustećeš, goro Sire, i sva zemljo edomska; i poznaće se da sam ja Gospod.

   

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The Lord

  
The Ascension, by Benjamin West

The Bible refers to the Lord in many different ways seemingly interchangeably. Understood in the internal sense, though, there are important differences. To some degree, the meanings all start with "Jehovah," which is the Lord's actual name. It represents the perfect, eternal, infinite love which is the Lord's actual essence. As such it also represents the good will that flows from the Lord to us and His desire for us to be good. "God," meanwhile, represents the wisdom of the Lord and the true knowledge and understanding He offers to us. The term "the Lord" is very close in meaning to "Jehovah," and in many cases is interchangeable (indeed, translators have a tendency to go back and forth). When the two are used together, though, "the Lord" refers to the power of the Lord's goodness, the force it brings, whereas "Jehovah" represents the goodness itself. In the New Testament, the name "Jehovah" is never used; the term "the Lord" replaces it completely. There are two reasons for that. First, the Jews of the day considered the name "Jehovah" too holy to speak or write. Second, they would not have been able to grasp the idea that the Lord -- who was among them in human form at the time -- was in fact Jehovah Himself. This does ultimately lead to a difference in the two terms by the end of the Bible. Thought of as "Jehovah," the Lord is the ultimate human form and has the potential for assuming a physical human body; thought of as "the Lord" He actually has that human body, rendered divine by the events of his physical life.

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Ezekiel 31:17-18

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17 They also went down into Sheol with him to those who are slain by the sword; yes, those who were his arm, [that] lived under his shadow in the midst of the nations.

18 To whom are you thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet you will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the lower parts of the earth: you shall lie in the midst of the uncircumcised, with those who are slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, says the Lord Yahweh.