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Jeremijine tužbalice 2

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1 Kako obastre Gospod oblakom u gnevu svom kćer sionsku! Svrže s neba na zemlju slavu Izrailjevu, i ne opomenu se podnožja nogu svojih u dan gneva svog!

2 Gospod potre nemilice sve stanove Jakovljeve, razvali u gnevu svom gradove kćeri Judine, i na zemlju obori, oskvrni carstvo i knezove njegove.

3 Odbi u žestokom gnevu sav rog Izrailju, obrati natrag desnicu svoju od neprijatelja, i raspali se na Jakova kao oganj plameni, koji proždire sve oko sebe.

4 Nateže luk svoj kao neprijatelj, podiže desnicu svoju kao protivnik, i pobi sve što beše drago očima; na šator kćeri sionske prosu kao oganj gnev svoj.

5 Gospod posta kao neprijatelj; potre Izrailja, potre sve dvore njegove, raskopa sve gradove njegove, i umnoži kćeri Judinoj žalost i jad.

6 Razvali mu ogradu kao vrtu; potre mesto sastancima njegovim; Gospod vrže u zaborav na Sionu praznike i subotu, i u žestini gneva svog odbaci cara i sveštenika.

7 Odbaci Gospod oltar svoj, omrze na svetinju svoju, predade u ruke neprijateljima zidove dvora sionskih; stade ih vika u domu Gospodnjem kao na praznik.

8 Gospod naumi da raskopa zid kćeri sionske, rasteže uže, i ne odvrati ruke svoje da ne zatre, i ojadi opkop i zid, iznemogoše skupa.

9 Utonuše u zemlju vrata njena, polomi i potre prevornice njene; car njen i knezovi njeni među narodima su; zakona nema, i proroci njeni ne dobijaju utvare od Gospoda.

10 Starešine kćeri sionske sede na zemlji i ćute, posule su prahom glavu i pripasale kostret; oborile su k zemlji glave svoje devojke jerusalimske.

11 Iščileše mi oči od suza, utroba se moja uskolebala, prosipa se na zemlju jetra moja od pogibli kćeri naroda mog, jer deca i koja sisaju obamiru na ulicama gradskim.

12 Govore materama svojim: Gde je žito i vino? Obamiru kao ranjenici na ulicama gradskim, i ispuštaju dušu svoju u naručju matera svojih.

13 Koga ću ti uzeti za svedoka? S čim ću te izjednačiti, kćeri jerusalimska? Kakvu ću ti priliku naći, da te utešim, devojko, kćeri sionska? Jer je nesreća tvoja velika kao more, ko će te isceliti?

14 Proroci tvoji prorokovaše ti laž i bezumlje, i ne otkrivaše bezakonja tvog da bi odvratili ropstvo tvoje; nego ti kazivaše utvare lažne i koje će te prognati.

15 Pljeskaju rukama nad tobom svi koji prolaze, zvižde i mašu glavom za kćerju jerusalimskom: To li je grad, za koji govorahu da je prava lepota, radost svoj zemlji?

16 Razvaljuju usta na te svi neprijatelji tvoji, zvižde i škrguću zubima govoreći: Proždresmo; ovo je doista dan koji čekasmo; dočekasmo, videsmo.

17 Učini Gospod šta naumi, ispuni reč svoju, koju kaza odavna; razori nemilice i razveseli tobom neprijatelja, podiže rog protivnicima tvojim.

18 Viče srce njihovo ka Gospodu: Zide kćeri sionske, prolivaj potokom suze dan i noć, ne daj sebi mira, i zenica oka tvog da ne staje.

19 Ustani, viči obnoć, u početku straže, prolivaj srce svoje kao vodu pred Gospodom, podiži k Njemu ruke svoje za dušu dece svoje koja obamiru od gladi na uglovima svojih ulica.

20 Pogledaj, Gospode, i vidi, kome si ovako učinio. Eda li žene jedu porod svoj, decu koju nose u naručju? Eda li se ubija u svetinji Gospodnjoj sveštenik i prorok?

21 Leže na zemlji po ulicama deca i starci, devojke moje i mladići moji padoše od mača, pobio si ih u dan gneva svog i poklao ne žaleći.

22 Sazvao si kao na praznik strahote moje od svuda, i u dan gneva Gospodnjeg niko ne uteče niti osta. Koje na ruku nosih i othranih, njih mi neprijatelj moj pobi.

   

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323 - A Way Forward, Part 2 of 7

By Jonathan S. Rose

Title: A Way Forward, Part 2

Topic: Second Coming

Summary: An important first stage in moving from hell to heaven, whether individually or as a cultrure, is to cry out to the Lord, even if we seemingly get no response. That is actually the Lord planting and building a desire in our hearts for something better than our current situation. This desire is a gift-much needed fuel for out journey.

References:
Exodus 2:23-25
2 Samuel 22:4-7
Psalms 30:1-3; 34:4-7; 107:17-22; 120:1-2; 130; 142
Lamentations 2:18-19
Jonah 2:1-2
Matthew 20:29-34
Luke 11:5-11
Revelation 1:7
Matthew 24:30
Zechariah 12:10
Daniel 7:13-15, 28
Isaiah 6:1-5
Genesis 42:6-7; 1:1-3
Hebrews 4:12-13
Matthew 5:26

This video is a part of the Spirit and Life Bible Study series, whose purpose is to look at the Bible, the whole Bible, and nothing but the Bible through a Swedenborgian lens.

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Spirit and Life Bible Study broadcast from 11/15/2017. The complete series is available at: www.spiritandlifebiblestudy.com

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Psalms 107

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1 Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.

2 Let the redeemed by Yahweh say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary,

3 And gathered out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.

4 They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way. They found no city to live in.

5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.

6 Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses,

7 he led them also by a straight way, that they might go to a city to live in.

8 Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful works to the children of men!

9 For he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good.

10 Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron,

11 because they rebelled against the words of God, and condemned the counsel of the Most High.

12 Therefore he brought down their heart with labor. They fell down, and there was none to help.

13 Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.

14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bonds in sunder.

15 Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful works to the children of men!

16 For he has broken the gates of brass, and cut through bars of iron.

17 Fools are afflicted because of their disobedience, and because of their iniquities.

18 Their soul abhors all kinds of food. They draw near to the gates of death.

19 Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, he saves them out of their distresses.

20 He sends his word, and heals them, and delivers them from their graves.

21 Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful works to the children of men!

22 Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with singing.

23 Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in great waters;

24 These see Yahweh's works, and his wonders in the deep.

25 For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up its waves.

26 They mount up to the sky; they go down again to the depths. Their soul melts away because of trouble.

27 They reel back and forth, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.

28 Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distress.

29 He makes the storm a calm, so that its waves are still.

30 Then they are glad because it is calm, so he brings them to their desired haven.

31 Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful works for the children of men!

32 Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, and praise him in the seat of the elders.

33 He turns rivers into a desert, water springs into a thirsty ground,

34 and a fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of those who dwell in it.

35 He turns a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into water springs.

36 There he makes the hungry live, that they may prepare a city to live in,

37 sow fields, plant vineyards, and reap the fruits of increase.

38 He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly. He doesn't allow their livestock to decrease.

39 Again, they are diminished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.

40 He pours contempt on princes, and causes them to wander in a trackless waste.

41 Yet he lifts the needy out of their affliction, and increases their families like a flock.

42 The upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths.

43 Whoever is wise will pay attention to these things. They will consider the loving kindnesses of Yahweh. A Song. A Psalm by David.