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Jeremija 48

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1 Za Moava ovako govori Gospod nad vojskama, Bog Izrailjev: Teško Nevonu! Jer će se opustošiti; Kirijatajim će se posramiti i uzeti; Mizgav će se posramiti i prepasti.

2 Neće se više hvaliti Moav Esevonom; jer mu zlo misle: Hodite da ga istrebimo da nije više narod. I ti, Madmane, opustećeš; mač će te goniti.

3 Čuje se vika iz Oronajima, pustošenje i satiranje veliko.

4 Moav se satre; stoji vika dece njegove.

5 Jer će se putem luitskim dizati plač bez prestanka; i kako se silazi u Oronajim, neprijatelji će čuti strašnu viku;

6 Bežite, izbavite duše svoje, i budite kao vres u pustinji.

7 Jer što se uzdaš u svoja dela i u blago svoje, zato ćeš se i ti uzeti, i Hemos će otići u ropstvo, sveštenici njegovi i knezovi njegovi skupa.

8 I doći će zatirač u svaki grad, neće se sačuvati ni jedan grad; dolina će propasti i ravnica će se opustošiti, jer Gospod reče.

9 Podajte krila Moavu, neka brzo odleti; jer će gradovi njegovi opusteti da neće niko živeti u njima.

10 Proklet bio ko nemarno radi delo Gospodnje, i proklet ko usteže mač svoj od krvi!

11 Moav je bio u miru od detinjstva svog i počivao na droždini svojoj, niti se pretakao iz suda u sud, niti je u ropstvo išao; zato mu osta kus njegov, i miris se njegov nije promenio.

12 Zato, evo, idu dani, govori Gospod, da mu pošaljem premetače, koji će ga premetnuti, i sudove njegove isprazniti i mehove njegove pokidati.

13 I Moav će se osramotiti s Hemosa, kao što se osramotio dom Izrailjev s Vetilja, gada svog.

14 Kako govorite: Jaki smo i junaci u boju?

15 Moav će se opustošiti i gradovi će njegovi propasti, i najbolji mladići njegovi sići će na zaklanje, govori car, kome je ime Gospod nad vojskama.

16 Blizu je pogibao Moavova, i zlo njegovo vrlo hiti.

17 Žalite ga svi koji ste oko njega, i koji god znate za ime njegovo, recite: Kako se slomi jaki štap, slavna palica?

18 Siđi sa slave svoje, i sedi na mesto zasušeno, kćeri, koja živiš u Devonu; jer će zatirač Moavov doći na tebe i raskopaće gradove tvoje.

19 Stani na putu, i pogledaj, koja živiš u Aroiru, upitaj onog koji beži i onu koja gleda da se izbavi, reci: Šta bi?

20 Posrami se Moav; jer se razbi; ridajte i vičite; javite u Arnon da se Moava opustoši.

21 Jer sud dođe na zemlju ravnu, na Olon i na Jasu i Mifat,

22 I na Devon i na Nevon i na Vet-Devlatajim,

23 I na Kirijatajim i na Vet-Gamul i na Vet-Meon,

24 I na Keriot i na Vosoru, i na sve gradove zemlje moavske, koji su daleko i koji su blizu.

25 Odbijen je rog Moavu, i mišica se njegova slomi, govori Gospod.

26 Opojte ga, jer se podigao na Gospoda; neka se valja Moav u bljuvotini svojoj, i bude i on podsmeh.

27 Jer, nije li tebi Izrailj bio podsmeh? Je li se zatekao među lupežima, te kad god govoriš o njemu poskakuješ?

28 Ostavite gradove i naselite se u steni, stanovnici moavski, i budite kao golubica koja se gnezdi u kraju i raselini.

29 Čusmo ponos Moavov da je veoma ponosit, oholost njegovu i ponos, razmetanje njegovo i obest njegovu.

30 Znam ja, govori Gospod, obest njegovu; ali neće biti tako; laži njegove neće učiniti ništa.

31 Zato ću ridati za Moavom, vikati za svim Moavom, uzdisaće se za onima u Kir-eresu.

32 Više nego za Jazirom plakaću za tobom, lozo sivamska; odvode tvoje pređoše more, dopreše do mora jazirskog; zatirač napade na letinu tvoju i na berbu tvoju.

33 I radost i veselje otide s rodnog polja, iz zemlje moavske, i učinih te nesta u kacama vina; niko neće gaziti pevajući; pesma neće se više pevati.

34 Od vike esevonske, koja dopre do Eleale, podigoše viku do Jase, od Sigora do Oronajima, kao junica od tri godine, jer će i voda nimrimskih nestati.

35 I učiniću, govori Gospod, da ne bude Moavu čoveka koji bi prinosio žrtvu na visini i kadio bogovima svojim.

36 Zato će srce moje pištati za Moavom kao svirala, i srce će moje pištati kao svirala za ljudima u Kir-eresu, jer će mu sva tečevina propasti.

37 Jer će sve glave biti ćelave i sve brade obrijane, i sve ruke izrezane, i oko bedara kostret.

38 Na svim krovovima Moavovim i po ulicama njegovim biće sam plač, jer ću razbiti Moava kao sud na kome nema miline, govori Gospod.

39 Ridajte: Kako je satrven! Kako Moav obrnu pleći sramotan? I posta Moav podsmeh i strahota svima koji su oko njega.

40 Jer ovako govori Gospod: Evo, kao orao doleteće i raširiće krila svoja nad Moavom.

41 Keriot je pokoren i tvrda se mesta zauzeše, i srca će u junaka Moavovih biti u onaj dan kao srce u žene koja se porađa.

42 I Moav će se istrebiti da ne bude narod, jer se podiže na Gospoda.

43 Strah i jama i zamka oko tebe je, stanovniče moavski, govori Gospod.

44 Ko uteče od straha, pašće u jamu, a ko izađe iz jame, uhvatiće se u zamku; jer ću pustiti na njega, na Moava, godinu pohođenja njihovog, govori Gospod.

45 U senu esevonskom ustaviše se koji bežahu od sile; ali će oganj izaći iz Esevona i plamen isred Siona, i opaliće kraj Moavu i teme nemirnicima.

46 Teško tebi, Moave, propade narod Hemosov, jer sinove tvoje zarobiše, i kćeri tvoje odvedoše u ropstvo.

47 Ali ću povratiti roblje Moavovo u poslednje vreme, govori Gospod. Dovde je sud Moavu.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #10184

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10184. 'Its roof' means what is inmost. This is clear from the meaning of 'the roof' as what is inmost. One reason why 'the roof' has this meaning is that it is the uppermost or highest part, and that which is uppermost or highest means what is inmost, in accord with what has been shown above in 10181; and another reason is that 'the roof' has the same meaning as the head on a person's body. For all representatives on the natural level resemble the human form and carry the same meaning as the parts of it they resemble, 9496. For the meaning of 'the head' as what is inmost, see 5328, 6436, 7859, 9656, 9913, 9914. What is inmost meant here by 'the roof of the altar of incense' is the inmost component of worship. Within worship there are levels similar to those within the person offering it, namely an inmost level, a middle level, and an outward level. The inmost is called celestial, the middle is called spiritual, and the outward is called natural, 4938, 4939, 9992, 10005, 10017, 10068. These degrees are by virtue of correspondence meant by the head, breast, and feet, and in like manner by the roof, walls, and horns of the altar of incense.

[2] Since 'the roof' means that which is celestial, which is what is inmost, it also means good, for in all places good is inmost, while truth emanates from it just as, to use a comparison, light does from a flame. This is what should be understood by 'the roof' in Matthew,

Then let him who is on the roof of the house not go down to take anything out of his house. Matthew 24:17; Mark 13:15; Luke 17:31.

This refers to the last times of the Church. 'Being on the roof' means the state of a person in whom good is present, and 'going down to take anything out of the house' means going back to a previous state, see 3652 and the places referred to in 9274. And in Jeremiah,

On all the roofs of Moab and in its streets there is mourning everywhere. Jeremiah 48:38.

'Mourning on all roofs' means the ruination of all forms of good among those meant in the representative sense by Moab, that is, those in whom natural good is present, who easily allow themselves to be led astray, 2468; and 'mourning in the streets' means the ruination of all truths, truths being meant by 'streets', see 2336.

[3] Since 'the roof' meant good the houses of the ancients had roofs on which they used to walk and on which they also used to worship, as becomes clear from 1 Samuel 9:25-26; 2 Samuel 11:2; Zephaniah 1:5. In Moses,

When you build a new house you shall make a parapet for your roof, that you may not bring blood 1 on your house if someone falls from it. You shall not sow your vineyard with mixed seed, lest the yield from the seed which you have sown and from the produce of your vineyard be forfeited 2 . You shall not plough with an ox and an ass together. You shall not wear a garment made of wool and flax mixed together 3 . Deuteronomy 22:8-11.

[4] From these quotations it is again evident that 'the roof' means the good of love, for the commands in them each embody similar meanings which only the internal sense can make evident. That is, they mean that one who is governed by good, which is the state of a person who has been regenerated, must not return to the state of truth, which was that person's previous state, or his state when being regenerated. During this state the person is led by means of truth towards good, that is, partly from self; but in the state which comes after it, that is to say, when the person has been regenerated, he is led by good, that is, by the Lord by means of good.

[5] This is the arcanum that lies within each of those commands, and so is akin to that which occurs in the Lord's words in Matthew,

Then let him who is on the housetop not come down to take anything out of his house; and let him who is in the field not turn back to take his clothes. Matthew 24:17-18.

In Mark,

Let him who is on the roof not go down into the house, nor go in to fetch anything out of his house. And let him who is in the field not turn back again to fetch his garment. Mark 13:15-16.

And in Luke,

On that day, whoever will be on the housetop with his vessels in the house, let him not come down to take them away; and whoever is in the field, let him likewise not return to the things behind him. Remember Lot's wife. Luke 17:31-32.

[6] Who can fail to see that these places contain the arcana of heaven? For if they did not contain them, what point would there be to telling people not to come down from the housetop, not to turn back from the field and return to their house, and to remember Lot's wife? Such arcana are in like manner contained in those laws in Moses which declare that they should make a parapet around their roof, so that there would be no blood 1 if they fell, and immediately after that the field should not be sown with a mixture of seed and the produce of the vineyard, that it should not be ploughed with an ox and an ass together, and that they should not wear a garment made of wool and flax mixed together. 'The roof' means good, and 'to be on the housetop' or on the roof means a person's state when that person is governed by good. 'Falling' from the roof means sinking back into the previous state, while 'blood' means the violence done then to goodness and truth, 374, 1005, 4735, 6978, 7317, 7326. 'The vineyard' means the Church among mankind; 'the produce of the vineyard' means the state of truth, 9139; and 'the seed' of wheat or barley means the state of good, 3941, 7605. 'An ox' also means good, and 'ploughing with an ox' the state of good, 2781, 9135; and 'wool' and 'wearing a garment made of wool' have the same meanings, 9470. 'An ass' means truth, 2781, 5741, and so too does 'flax' or 'linen', 7601, 9959. But for anything more about the nature of this arcanum, see the explanations in the places referred to in 9274.

Footnotes:

1. i.e. guilt on account of bloodshed or injury caused by negligence

2. literally, become holy i.e. be devoted to the sanctuary

3. literally, a garment mixed, with wool and flax together

  
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