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1 Kako sedi sam, posta kao udovica, grad koji beše pun naroda! Velik među narodima, glava među zemljama potpade pod danak!

2 Jednako plače noću, i suze su mu na obrazima, nema nikoga od svih koji ga ljubljahu da ga poteši; svi ga prijatelji njegovi izneveriše, postaše mu neprijatelji.

3 Iseli se Juda od muke i ljutog ropstva; sedi među narodima, ne nalazi mir; svi koji ga goniše stigoše ga u tesnacu.

4 Putevi sionski tuže, jer niko ne ide na praznik; sva su vrata njegova pusta, sveštenici njegovi uzdišu, devojke su njegove žalosne, i sam je jadan.

5 Protivnici njegovi postaše glava, neprijateljima je njegovim dobro; jer ga Gospod ucveli za mnoštvo bezakonja njegovog; deca njegova idu u ropstvo pred neprijateljem.

6 I otide od kćeri sionske sva slava njena; knezovi su njeni kao jeleni koji ne nalaze paše; idu nemoćni pred onim koji ih goni.

7 Opominje se Jerusalim u muci svojoj i u jadu svom svih milina što je imao od starine, kad pada narod njegov od ruke neprijateljeve, a nikoga nema da mu pomogne; neprijatelji gledaju ga i smeju se prestanku njegovom.

8 Teško sagreši Jerusalim, zato posta kao nečista žena; svi koji su ga poštovali preziru ga, jer videše golotinju njegovu; a on uzdiše, i okreće se natrag.

9 Nečistota mu beše na skutovima; nije mislio na kraj svoj; pao je za čudo, a nema nikoga da ga poteši. Pogledaj, Gospode, muku moju, jer se neprijatelj poneo.

10 Neprijatelj poseže rukom na sve drage stvari njegove, i on gleda kako narodi ulaze u svetinju njegovu, za koje si zapovedio da ne dolaze na sabor Tvoj.

11 Sav narod njegov uzdiše tražeći hleba, daju dragocene stvari svoje za jelo da okrepe dušu. Pogledaj, Gospode, i vidi kako sam poništen.

12 Zar vam nije stalo, svi koji prolazite ovuda? Pogledajte i vidite, ima li bola kakav je moj, koji je meni dopao, kojim me ucveli Gospod u dan žestokog gneva svog.

13 S visine pusti oganj u kosti moje, koji ih osvoji; razape mrežu nogama mojim, obori me nauznako, pustoši me, te po vas dan tužim.

14 Svezan je rukom njegovom jaram od greha mojih, usukani su i dođoše mi na vrat; obori silu moju; predade me Gospod u ruke, iz kojih se ne mogu podignuti.

15 Polazi Gospod sve junake moje usred mene, sazva na me sabor da potre mladiće moje; kao grožđe u kaci izgazi Gospod devojku, kćer Judinu.

16 Zato ja plačem, oči moje, oči moje liju suze, jer je daleko od mene utešitelj, koji bi ukrepio dušu moju; sinovi moji propadoše, jer nadvlada neprijatelj.

17 Sion širi ruke svoje, nema nikoga da ga teši; Gospod zapovedi za Jakova, te ga opkoliše neprijatelji; Jerusalim posta među njima kao nečista žena.

18 Pravedan je Gospod, jer se suprotih zapovesti Njegovoj; čujte, svi narodi, i vidite bol moj; devojke moje i mladići moji otidoše u ropstvo.

19 Zvah prijatelje svoje, oni me prevariše; sveštenici moji i starešine moje pomreše u gradu tražeći hrane da okrepe dušu svoju.

20 Pogledaj, Gospode, jer mi je tuga, utroba mi se uskolebala, srce se moje prevrće u meni, jer se mnogo suprotih; napolju učini me sirotim mač, a kod kuće sama smrt.

21 Čuju gde uzdišem, ali nema nikoga da me poteši; svi neprijatelji moji čuše za nesreću moju i raduju se što si to učinio; dovešćeš dan koji si oglasio, te će oni biti kao ja.

22 Neka izađe preda te sva zloća njihova, i učini kao što si učinio meni za sve grehe moje; jer je mnogo uzdaha mojih i srce je moje žalosno.

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Arcana Coelestia #9479

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9479. 'And they are to make Me a sanctuary' means a representative of the Lord, and so of heaven. This is clear from the meaning of 'a sanctuary' as the Lord and as heaven, but at this point a representative of the Lord and heaven, since it was a tabernacle made of pieces of wood and covered all over with curtains, and this could not have been a sanctuary but for its representation. For 'a sanctuary' means holiness itself; and nothing is holy except what is Divine, thus the Lord alone, 9229. The reason why heaven is a sanctuary is that heaven is heaven by virtue of what is Divine there. For the angels there, so far as they draw on what is Divine and the Lord's, constitute heaven; but so far as they draw on what is their own they do not constitute heaven. From this it is evident how the saying that the Lord is the All in all of heaven should be understood. For the Lord dwells with angels, and so in heaven, in what is His own, thus in what is Divine, see 9338 (end).

[2] The fact that 'a sanctuary' in the highest sense means the Lord, because He alone is holy and that alone is holy which emanates from Him, and also the fact that 'a sanctuary' means heaven, and the Church as well, and that sanctuaries are those realities of which the Lord is the source in heaven and the Church, is clear from places in the Word where the words 'sanctuary' and 'sanctuaries' are used, as in Ezekiel,

The Lord Jehovih has said, I will scatter them into the lands, and I will be a little sanctuary for them in the lands to which they will come. Ezekiel 11:16.

Here 'a sanctuary' stands for the Lord Himself, for 'the Lord Jehovih' and 'Jehovah' in the Word mean the Lord, 9373. In Isaiah,

Look out from the heavens, and see from the dwelling-place of your holiness and of Your glory. Isaiah 63:15.

In Jeremiah,

Like a throne of glory, a height from eternity, [is] the place of the sanctuary. Jeremiah 17:12.

In these places 'the dwelling-place of holiness' and 'the sanctuary' stand for heaven.

[3] In Isaiah,

But a little while, and they have possessed the people of Your holiness; our adversaries have trodden down Your sanctuary. Isaiah 63:18.

In Jeremiah,

The nations have come into His sanctuary. Lamentations 1:10.

In the same book,

The Lord has abandoned His altar, He has abominated His sanctuary. Lamentations 2:7.

In Ezekiel,

The Lord Jehovih has said, Behold, I am about to profane My sanctuary, the pride 1 of your strength, the desire of your eyes. Ezekiel 24:21.

In Moses,

I will make your cities a waste, and desolate your sanctuaries. Leviticus 26:31.

In these places 'the sanctuary' stands for the Church, and 'sanctuaries' for things belonging to the Church. From all this it is clear how the tabernacle comes to be called the sanctuary, namely from the fact that heaven and the Church were represented by the tabernacle, and the Divine realities of which the Lord is the source in heaven and in the Church were represented by the holy things there.

Footnotes:

1. literally, magnificence

  
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