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Joil 1

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1 Reč Gospodnja koja dođe Joilu sinu Fatuilovom.

2 Čujte, starci; slušajte, svi stanovnici zemaljski; je li ovako šta bilo za vašeg vremena ili za vremena vaših otaca?

3 Pripovedajte to sinovima svojim, i sinovi vaši svojim sinovima, i njihovi sinovi potonjem kolenu.

4 Šta osta iza gusenice izjede skakavac, i šta osta iza skakavca izjede hrušt, i šta osta iza hrušta izjede crv.

5 Otreznite se, pijanice, i plačite; i ridajte svi koji pijete vino, za novim vinom, jer se ote iz usta vaših.

6 Jer dođe na zemlju moju silan narod i nebrojen; zubi su mu kao u lava i kutnjaci kao u lavice.

7 Potre vinovu lozu moju, i smokve moje pokida, sasvim ih oguli i pobaca, te im se grane bele.

8 Ridaj kao mladica opasana kostreću za mužem mladosti svoje.

9 Nesta dara i naliva iz doma Gospodnjeg; tuže sveštenici, sluge Gospodnje.

10 Opuste polje, tuži zemlja; jer je potrveno žito, usahlo vino, nestalo ulja.

11 Stidite se ratari, ridajte vinogradari, pšenice radi i ječma radi, jer propade žetva na njivi;

12 Loza posahnu i smokva uvenu; šipak i palma i jabuka i sva drveta poljska posahnuše, jer nesta radosti između sinova ljudskih.

13 Opašite se i plačite sveštenici; ridajte koji služite oltaru, dođite, noćujte u kostreti, sluge Boga mog; jer se unosi u dom Boga vašeg dar i naliv.

14 Naredite post, oglasite praznik, skupite starešine, sve stanovnike zemaljske, u dom Gospoda Boga svog, i vapite ka Gospodu:

15 Jaoh dana! Jer je blizu dan Gospodnji, i doći će kao pogibao od Svemogućeg.

16 Nije li nestalo hrane ispred očiju naših, radosti i veselja iz doma Boga našeg?

17 Seme istruhnu pod grudama svojim, puste su žitnice, razvaljene spreme, jer posahnu žito.

18 Kako uzdiše stoka! Kako su se smela goveda! Jer nemaju paše; i ovce ginu.

19 K Tebi, Gospode, vičem, jer oganj sažeže paše u pustinji, i plamen popali sva drveta u polju.

20 I zverje poljsko pogleda za tobom, jer usahnuše potoci vodeni i oganj sažeže paše u pustinji.

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Apocalypse Revealed #507

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507. And those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and be glad. (11:10) This symbolizes the delight of the heart and soul's affection on that account among those people in the church who were caught up in faith alone as regards their doctrine and life.

Those who dwell on the earth mean people in the church, here people in the church where the faith is faith alone. The earth symbolizes the church in which they are (no. 285). To rejoice and be glad symbolizes a delight of the heart and soul's affection. A delight of the heart's affection is a delight of the will, and a delight of the soul's affection is a delight of the intellect, for in the Word the heart and soul mean a person's will and intellect. Thus the people are said to rejoice and be glad, even though joy and gladness seem to be the same thing. Present in the two, however, is a marriage of the will and intellect, which is also a marriage of goodness and truth, a marriage that exists in each and every particular of the Word, as we showed in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem Regarding the Sacred Scripture, nos. 80-90.

That is why both terms, to rejoice and be glad, or joy and gladness, are frequently mentioned elsewhere in the Word, as in the following places:

Lo, joy and gladness, the slaying of oxen... (Isaiah 22:13)

They shall obtain joy and gladness; sorrow and sighing shall flee away. (Isaiah 35:10; 51:11)

...cut off has been... joy and gladness from the house of our God. (Joel 1:16)

(Caused to cease will be) the sound of joy and the sound of gladness... (Jeremiah 7:34, cf. 25:10)

...the fast of the tenth shall be for joy and gladness... (Zechariah 8:19)

Be glad in Jerusalem, rejoice in her... (Isaiah 66:10)

Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom... (Lamentations 4:21)

The heavens shall rejoice; be glad you lands. (Psalms 96:11)

You will make me hear joy and gladness... (Psalms 51:8)

Joy and gladness will be found in (Zion).... (Isaiah 51:3)

You will have gladness... many will rejoice at his birth. (Luke 1:14)

I will cause to cease... the sound of joy and the sound of gladness, the sound of the bridegroom and the sound of the bride. (Jeremiah 7:34; 16:9, cf. 25:10; 33:10-11)

Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad... (Psalms 40:16; 70:4)

Let the righteous be glad..., and let them rejoice in their gladness. (Psalms 68:3)

Be glad in Jerusalem...; rejoice for joy with her... (Isaiah 66:10)

  
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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.