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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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Apocalypse Explained #305

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305. Verses 4, 5. And I wept much, that no one was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look therein. And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion which is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.

"And I wept much, that no one was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look therein," signifies, grief of heart on account of the disorder and ruin of all, if no one could know, have cognisance of, and explore all men, and all things pertaining to them.

"And one of the elders" signifies, a society of heaven which [was] in wisdom above the rest; "saith unto me, Weep not," signifies lest there be grief hence; "behold, the Lion hath prevailed," signifies, that the Lord from His own power subjugated the hells, and reduced all things in the heavens to order; "of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David," signifies, by the Divine good united to the Divine truth in His Human; "to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof," signifies that He knows and has cognisance of all men and every man, and the most secret things of every one.

  
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Translation by Isaiah Tansley. Many thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.

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Ezekiel 19

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1 Moreover, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,

2 and say, What was your mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her cubs.

3 She brought up one of her cubs: he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.

4 The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.

5 Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her cubs, and made him a young lion.

6 He went up and down among the lions; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.

7 He knew their palaces, and laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and its fullness, because of the noise of his roaring.

8 Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces; and they spread their net over him; he was taken in their pit.

9 They put him in a cage with hooks, and brought him to the king of Babylon; they brought him into strongholds, that his voice should no more be heard on the mountains of Israel.

10 Your mother was like a vine, in your blood, planted by the waters: it was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.

11 It had strong rods for the scepters of those who bore rule, and their stature was exalted among the thick boughs, and they were seen in their height with the multitude of their branches.

12 But it was plucked up in fury, it was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit: its strong rods were broken off and withered; the fire consumed them.

13 Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.

14 Fire is gone out of the rods of its branches, it has devoured its fruit, so that there is in it no strong rod to be a scepter to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.