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Jeremija 49

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1 Za sinove Amonove: Ovako veli Gospod: Zar Izrailj nema sinove? Zar nema naslednike? Zašto Malhom nasledi zemlju Gadovu? I zašto se narod njegov naseli u njegovim gradovima?

2 Zato evo idu dani, govori Gospod, kad ću učiniti da se čuje vika ubojna u Ravi sinova Amonovih, i ona da bude gomila razvalina, i sela njena popaljena ognjem; i Izrailj će ovladati onima koji behu njim ovladali, govori Gospod.

3 Ridaj Esevone, jer je Gaj opustošen, vičite sela ravska, pripašite oko sebe kostret, naričite i trčite oko plotova; jer će Malhom otići u ropstvo, sveštenici njegovi i knezovi njegovi skupa.

4 Što se hvališ dolinama? Rastopila se dolina tvoja, kćeri odmetnico! Koja se uzdaš u blago svoje: Ko bi udario na me?

5 Evo ja ću pustiti na te strah od svuda unaokolo, govori Gospod Gospod nad vojskama, i raspršaćete se svi, i neće biti nikoga da skupi bežan.

6 Ali ću posle povratiti roblje sinova Amonovih, govori Gospod.

7 Za Edoma, ovako veli Gospod nad vojskama: Zar nema više mudrosti u Temanu? Nesta li saveta razumnima? Iščile li mudrost njihova?

8 Bežite, obratite pleći, zavrite se duboko, stanovnici dedanski, jer ću pustiti na Isava pogibao njegovu u vreme kad ću ga pohoditi.

9 Da ti dođu berači, ne bi li ti ostavili pabiraka? Da dođu lupeži noću, ne bi li odneli koliko im je dosta?

10 Ali ja ogoluznih Isava, otkrih potaje njegove da se ne može sakriti; propade seme njegovo, braća njegova i susedi njegovi, niko ne osta.

11 Ostavi sirote svoje, ja ću im život sačuvati, i udovice tvoje neka se uzdaju u me.

12 Jer ovako veli Gospod: Evo, koji ne bi trebalo da piju iz čaše, doista će piti; a ti li ćeš ostati bez kara? Nećeš ostati bez kara, nego ćeš zacelo piti.

13 Jer sobom se zaklinjem, govori Gospod, da će Vosora biti pustoš, rug, čudo i prokletstvo, i svi će gradovi njeni biti pustinja večna.

14 Čuh glas od Gospoda, i glasnik bi poslan k narodima da reče: Skupite se i idite na nju, i dignite se u boj.

15 Jer gle, učiniću te da budeš mali među narodima i prezren među ljudima.

16 Obest tvoja i ponositost srca tvog prevari tebe, koji živiš u raselinama kamenim i držiš se visokih humova; da načiniš sebi gnezdo visoko kao orao, i odande ću te svaliti, govori Gospod.

17 I zemlja će edomska biti pustinja, ko prođe mimo nju, svak će se čuditi i zviždati radi svih rana njenih.

18 Kao kad se zatre Sodom i Gomor i susedstvo njihovo, veli Gospod, neće se naseliti onde niko niti će se baviti onde sin čovečji.

19 Gle, kao lav izaći će podižući se više nego Jordan na stan Silnoga; ali ću ga brzo oterati iz te zemlje, i postaviću nad njom onog ko je izabran; jer ko je kao ja? I ko će se preti sa mnom? I koji će mi pastir odoleti?

20 Zato čujte nameru Gospodnju što je naumio za Edomce i misli njegove što je smislio za stanovnike temanske: zaista najmanji iz stada razvlačiće ih, zaista će opusteti stan s njima.

21 Od praske padanja njihovog zemlja će se tresti, i vika će se njihova čuti na crvenom moru.

22 Gle, doći će i doleteće kao orao i raširiće krila svoja nad Vosorom, i biće srce u junaka edomskih kao srce u žene koja se porađa.

23 Za Damask. Posrami se Emat i Arfad, jer ču zle glase; rastopiše se, strah je na moru, ne može se umiriti.

24 Damask klonu, obrati se da beži, drhat ga poduze, tuga i bolovi osvojiše ga kao porodilju.

25 Kako se ne ostavi slavni grad? grad radosti moje?

26 Zato će popadati mladići njegovi na ulicama njegovim, i svi će vojnici njegovi izginuti u onaj dan, govori Gospod nad vojskama.

27 I raspaliću oganj u zidovima damaštanskim, i proždreće dvore Ven-Adadove.

28 Za Kidar i za carstva asorska, koja razbi Navuhodonosor car vavilonski, ovako veli Gospod: Ustanite, idite na Kidar, i zatrite sinove istočne.

29 Uzeće im šatore i stada, zavese njihove i sudove njihove i kamile njihove oteće, i vikaće na njih strašno odsvuda.

30 Bežite, selite se daleko, sakrijte se duboko, stanovnici asorski, govori Gospod, jer je Navuhodonosor car vavilonski namerio nameru protiv vas, i smislio misao protiv vas.

31 Ustanite, idite k narodu mirnom, koji živi bez straha, govori Gospod, koji nema vrata ni prevornica, žive sami.

32 I kamile će njihove biti plen, i mnoštvo stoke njihove grabež, i rasejaću ih u sve vetrove, one što se s kraja strižu, i dovešću pogibao na njih sa svih strana, govori Gospod.

33 I Asor će biti stan zmajevski, pustinja do veka: niko se neće onde naseliti, niti će se baviti u njemu sin čovečji.

34 Reč Gospodnja koja dođe Jeremiji proroku za Elam, u početku carovanja Sedekije cara Judinog, govoreći:

35 Ovako veli Gospod nad vojskama: Evo, ja ću slomiti luk Elamu, glavnu silu njegovu;

36 I dovešću na Elam četiri vetra s četiri kraja nebesa, i u sve te vetrove rasejaću ih, tako da neće biti naroda kuda neće otići prognanici elamski.

37 I uplašiću Elamce pred neprijateljima njihovim, i pred onima koji traže dušu njihovu; i pustiću zlo na njih, žestinu gneva svog, govori Gospod, i pustiću za njima mač dokle ih ne zatrem.

38 I namestiću presto svoj u Elamu, i istrebiću odande cara i knezove, govori Gospod.

39 Ali u poslednje vreme povratiću roblje elamsko, govori Gospod.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed #437

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437. And the sound of their wings was like the sound of many horse-drawn chariots rushing into battle. This symbolizes their reasonings, as though founded on doctrinal truths from the Word fully understood, which they had to ardently defend.

The sound of wings symbolizes reasonings, because to fly means, symbolically, to perceive and teach (nos. 245, 415). Chariots symbolize doctrinal teachings, as we are about to show. Horses symbolize an understanding of the Word (no. 298), and many horses a full understanding. Plainly to rush into battle symbolizes an ardor to fight.

That a chariot symbolizes doctrine is clear from the following passages:

The chariots of God are twenty thousand, thousands of peaceful ones, the Lord among them... (Psalms 68:17)

(Jehovah) makes the clouds His chariots, He walks on the wings of the wind. (Psalms 104:3)

O Jehovah..., ...You ride on Your horses, Your chariots are salvation. (Habakkuk 3:8)

...behold, Jehovah will come with fire, and like a whirlwind His chariots... (Isaiah 66:15)

You shall be filled at My table with horses and chariots... (Thus) I will set My glory among the nations. (Ezekiel 39:20-21)

I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem. (Zechariah 9:10)

I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms... I will overthrow the chariots and those who ride in them. (Haggai 2:22)

...set a watchman, let him declare what he sees. He saw therefore a chariot, a pair of horsemen..., a chariot of camels..., and... the chariot of a man... And he... said, "Babylon is fallen, is fallen!" (Isaiah 21:6-7, 9)

Since Elijah and Elisha represented the Lord in respect to the Word and thus symbolized doctrine drawn from the Word, as did all the prophets (no. 8), therefore they were called "the chariots of Israel and its horsemen;" and for the same reason Elisha saw Elijah taken up into heaven in a chariot of fire, and Elisha's servant saw chariots and horses of fire around Elisha (2 Kings 2:11-12; 6:17; 13:14).

See also elsewhere where chariots are mentioned, as in Isaiah 31:1; 37:24; 66:20; Jeremiah 17:25; 22:4; 46:2-3, 8-9; 50:37-38; 51:20-21.

  
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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.

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Apocalypse Revealed #298

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298. And I looked, and behold, a white horse. (6:2) This symbolizes an understanding of truth and goodness from the Word among those people.

A horse symbolizes an understanding of the Word, and a white horse an understanding of truth from the Word. For the color white is predicated of truths (no. 167).

That a horse symbolizes an understanding of the Word is something we showed in a separate short work titled The White Horse. But because we cited only some passages there, we will present more here by way of confirmation. The reality of it is clearly apparent from the fact that horses were seen to go forth from the book which the Lamb opened, and that the living creatures said, "Come and see." For the living creatures symbolize the Word (nos. 239, 275, 286). So, too, does the book (no. 256). And the Son of Man, who here is the Lamb, is the Lord in relation to the Word (no. 44).

It is apparent from this, first, that nothing else is meant here by the horse than an understanding of the Word. This can be still more clearly seen from this later description in the book of Revelation:

I saw heaven opened, when behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called... The Word of God... And He has on His garment and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS... And His armies in heaven... followed Him on white horses. (Revelation 19:11, 13-14, 16)

[2] That a horse symbolizes an understanding of the Word can be further seen from the following passages:

O Jehovah..., is Your wrath against the sea, that You ride on Your horses, Your chariots of salvation? ...You trampled the sea with your horses, the mud of many waters. (Habakkuk 3:8, 15)

The hooves of Jehovah's horses are regarded as rocks... (Isaiah 5:28)

On that day... I will strike every horse with stupor, and its rider with madness...; and I will strike every horse of the peoples with blindness. (Zechariah 12:4)

On that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, "Holiness to Jehovah." (Zechariah 14:20)

Because God has made her forget wisdom, and did not impart to her understanding. When she lifts herself on high, she scorns the horse and its rider. (Job 39:17-18, and following verses)

I will cut off... the horse from Jerusalem... Rather He shall speak peace to the nations. (Zechariah 9:10)

At Your rebuke, (O Jehovah,) both the chariot and horse fell asleep. (Psalms 76:6)

I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms... and I will overthrow the chariots and those who ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down... (Haggai 2:22)

With you I will disperse... kingdoms; with you I will disperse the horse and its rider. (Jeremiah 51:20-21)

Assemble yourselves... from round about to My sacrifice... You will be satisfied at My table with horses and riders... (Thus) I will set My glory among the nations. (Ezekiel 39:17, 20-21)

...gather together for the great supper of God, (and) you (will) eat... the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them... (Revelation 19:17-18)

Dan shall be... a viper by the path, that bites the horse's heels, so that its rider falls backward. I have waited for your salvation, O Jehovah! (Genesis 49:17-18)

Gird Your sword..., O Mighty One... Mount up..., ride upon the Word of truth... (Psalms 45:3-4)

Sing to God...; extol Him who rides on the clouds... (Psalms 68:4)

Behold, Jehovah is riding on a... cloud... (Isaiah 19:1)

Sing praises to the Lord..., to Him who rides on the heaven of the heaven of old...! (Psalms 68:32-33)

(God) rode upon a cherub... (Psalms 18:10)

Then you shall delight yourself in Jehovah; and I will cause you to ride on the heights of the earth... (Isaiah 58:14)

Jehovah alone led him... (And) He made him ride in the heights of the earth... (Deuteronomy 32:12-13)

I will make Ephraim ride. (Hosea 10:11)

Ephraim also symbolizes an understanding of the Word.

[3] Since Elijah and Elisha represented the Lord in relation to the Word, therefore they were called the chariot of Israel and his horsemen. Elisha said to Elijah,

"My father, my father, the chariot of Israel and its horsemen!" (2 Kings 2:12)

And Joash said to Elisha,

"O my father..., the chariot of Israel and its horsemen!" (2 Kings 13:14)

Jehovah opened the eyes of (Elisha's) servant, and he saw, and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. (2 Kings 6:17)

A chariot symbolizes doctrine from the Word, and a horseman one who is wise as a result of it.

The following have similar symbolic meanings: The four chariots coming from between the bronze mountains in Zechariah, and the four horses harnessed to them, which were red, black, white, and dappled, called also four spirits, and said to go out from their station before the Lord of all the earth (Zechariah 6:1-8, 15). Horses in these places symbolize an understanding of the Word, or an understanding of truth from the Word. So, too, in other places.

[4] This can be further seen from horses mentioned in an opposite sense, in which they symbolize an understanding of the Word or of truth falsified by reasonings, and also extinguished, and likewise a person's own intelligence, as in the following passages:

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses..., and do not look to the Holy One of Israel... Egypt is man and not God, and its horses are flesh and not spirit. (Isaiah 31:1, 3)

You shall... set a king over (Israel) whom Jehovah... chooses... Only let him not multiply horses for himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt to multiply horses. (Deuteronomy 17:15-16)

These statements are made because Egypt symbolizes knowledge and reasoning springing from a person's own intelligence, the result of which is a falsification of the Word's truth, which is the meaning of horses here.

Assyria shall not save us. We will not ride on a horse... (Hosea 14:3)

Some glory in chariots, and some in horses; but we will glory in the name of... our God. (Psalms 20:7)

A horse is a false means for safety. (Psalms 33:17)

(Jehovah) does not delight in the strength of the horse. (Psalms 147:10)

...thus says... the Holy One of Israel: ."..In... confidence shall be your strength." But... you said, "No..., ...we will flee on a horse...." And, "We will ride on a swift horse." (Isaiah 30:15-16)

...Jehovah... will make (Judah) as a glorious horse... ...the riders on horses shall be put to shame. (Zechariah 10:3, 5)

Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies... ...and the neighing horse, and the jolting chariot... The horseman causing to ascend... (Nahum 3:1-4)

...I will bring against Tyre... the king of Babylon..., with horses, with chariots, and with horsemen... Because of the abundance of his horses, their dust will cover you; your walls will shake at the noise of the horsemen... and the chariots... With the hooves of his horses he will trample all your streets. (Ezekiel 26:7-11)

Tyre symbolizes the church in respect to its concepts of truth, in this case these concepts falsified in it, which are the horses of Babylon. And so on in other places, as in Isaiah 5:28; Ezekiel 17:15; 23:6, 20; Habakkuk 1:6, 8-10; Psalms 66:12.

An understanding of the Word extinguished is symbolized also by the horses, fiery red, black and pale, in the verses that now follow.

To be shown that a horse symbolizes an understanding of truth from the Word owing to appearances in the spiritual world, see my small book titled The White Horse.

  
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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.