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Ezekiel 25

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1 At ang salita ng Panginoon ay dumating sa akin, na nagsasabi,

2 Anak ng tao, ititig mo ang iyong mukha sa mga anak ni Ammon, at manghula ka laban sa kanila:

3 At sabihin mo sa mga anak ni Ammon, Inyong pakinggan ang salita ng Panginoong Dios: Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios, Sapagka't iyong sinabi, Aha, laban sa aking santuario, nang malapastangan; at laban sa lupain ng Israel, nang masira; at laban sa sangbahayan ni Juda, nang sila'y pumasok sa pagkabihag:

4 Kaya't narito, aking ibibigay ka sa mga anak ng silanganan na pinakaari, at kanilang itatayo ang kanilang mga kampamento sa iyo, at magsisigawa ng kanilang mga tahanan sa iyo; kanilang kakanin ang iyong bunga ng kahoy, at kanilang iinumin ang iyong gatas.

5 At aking gagawin ang Raba na pinaka silungan ng mga kamello, at ang mga anak ni Ammon na pinakapahingahang dako ng mga kawan; at inyong malalaman na ako ang Panginoon.

6 Sapagka't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios: Sapagka't pumakpak ka ng iyong mga kamay, at tumadyak ka ng mga paa, at nagalak ka ng buong paghamak ng iyong kalooban laban sa lupain ng Israel;

7 Kaya't narito, aking iniunat ang aking kamay sa iyo, at ibibigay kita na pinakasamsam sa mga bansa; at ihihiwalay kita sa mga bayan, at ipalilipol kita sa mga lupain: aking ibubuwal ka; at iyong malalaman na ako ang Panginoon.

8 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios: Sapagka't ang Moab at ang Seir ay nagsasabi, Narito, ang sangbahayan ni Juda ay gaya ng lahat na bansa;

9 Kaya't, narito, aking bubuksan ang tagiliran ng Moab mula sa mga bayan, mula sa kaniyang mga bayan na nangasa kaniyang mga hangganan, na kaluwalhatian ng lupain, ang Beth-jesimoth, ang Baal-meon, at ang Chiriathaim.

10 Hanggang sa mga anak ng silanganan, upang magsiparoon laban sa mga anak ni Ammon; at aking ibibigay sa kanila na pinakaari, upang ang mga anak ni Ammon ay huwag ng mangaalaala sa gitna ng mga bansa:

11 At ako'y maglalapat ng kahatulan sa Moab: at kanilang malalaman na ako ang Panginoon.

12 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios, Sapagka't ang Edom ay gumawa ng laban sa sangbahayan ni Juda sa panghihiganti, at nagalit na mainam, at nanghiganti sa kanila;

13 Kaya't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios, Aking iuunat ang aking kamay laban sa Edom, at aking ihihiwalay ang tao at hayop doon; at aking gagawing sira mula sa Teman; hanggang sa Dedan nga ay mabubuwal sila sa pamamagitan ng tabak.

14 At aking isasagawa ang aking panghihiganti sa Edom, sa pamamagitan ng kamay ng aking bayang Israel; at kanilang gagawin sa Edom ang ayon sa aking galit, at ayon sa aking kapusukan; at kanilang malalaman ang aking panghihiganti, sabi ng Panginoong Dios.

15 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios: Sapagka't ang mga Filisteo ay gumawa ng panghihiganti, at nanghiganti na may kapootan ng loob upang magpahamak ng pakikipagkaalit na magpakailan man;

16 Kaya't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios, Narito, aking iuunat ang aking kamay sa mga Filisteo, at aking ihihiwalay ang mga Ceretheo, at ipapahamak ko ang labi sa baybayin ng dagat.

17 At ako'y gagawa ng malaking panghihiganti sa kanila na may malupit na mga pagsaway; at kanilang malalaman na ako ang Panginoon, pagka aking isinagawa ang aking panghihiganti sa kanila.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #4240

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4240. 'To the land of Seir' means celestial-natural good. This is clear from the meaning of 'the land of Seir' in the highest sense as the Lord's celestial-natural good. The reason why 'the land of Seir' has this meaning is that Mount Seir formed a boundary to the land of Canaan on one side, Joshua 11:16-17, and all boundaries such as rivers, mountains, and stretches of land represented the things that came last, 1585, 1866, 4116. Indeed these boundaries acquired their individual representations from the land of Canaan contained within them, which land represented the Lord's heavenly kingdom, and in the highest sense His Divine Human, see 1607, 3038, 3481, 3705. Things that are last, existing as boundaries, are those which are called natural, for natural things are the boundaries holding spiritual and celestial realities within them. This is so in the heavens, for the inmost or third heaven is celestial because it is governed by love to the Lord; the intermediate or second heaven is spiritual because it is governed by love towards the neighbour; and the last or first heaven is celestial-natural and spiritual-natural because it is governed by simple good, which is the last degree of order there. And the same is true with the regenerate person who is a miniature heaven. From all this one may now see the origin of the meaning of 'the land of Seir' as celestial-natural good. 'Esau' too, who dwelt there, represents that good, as has been shown above, and therefore the land where he dwelt has the same meaning. For lands take on the particular representations of their inhabitants, 1675.

[2] From all this one may now see what is meant in the Word by 'Seir', as in Moses,

Jehovah came from Sinai, and dawned from Seir upon them; He shone from Mount Paran, and came out of myriads of holiness. Deuteronomy 33:2-3.

In the Song of Deborah and Barak in the Book of Judges,

O Jehovah, when You went forth from Seir, when You set out from the field of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens also dropped, the clouds indeed dropped water, the mountains flowed down, this Sinai before Jehovah God of Israel. Judges 5:4-5.

In Balaam's prophecy,

I see Him, but not now; I behold Him, but not near. A star will arise out of Jacob, and a sceptre will rise up out of Israel. And Edom will be an inheritance and Seir will be an inheritance of his enemies; and Israel is gaining strength. Numbers 24:17-18.

Anyone can see that in these places 'Seir' means some aspect of the Lord, since it is said that 'Jehovah dawned from Seir', that 'He went forth from Seir and set out from the field of Edom', and that 'Edom and Seir will be an inheritance'. But what aspect of the Lord is meant no one can know except from the internal sense of the Word. It is the Lord's Divine Human that is meant, and in particular the good of the Divine Natural within that Human, as may be seen from what has been mentioned above. 'Dawning from and going out of Seir' means that He made even the Natural Divine in order that this also might be a source of light, that is, of intelligence and wisdom, and in this way He might become Jehovah not only as regards the Human Rational but also as regards the Human Natural. This is why it is said that 'Jehovah dawned from Seir' and 'Jehovah went out of Seir' - the Lord being Jehovah, see 1343, 1736, 2004, 2005, 2018, 2025, 2156, 2329, 2921, 3023, 3035. Something similar is embodied in the prophetic utterance concerning Dumah,

One is calling to me from Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? The watchman said, Morning comes, and also the night. Isaiah 21:11-12.

[3] In the relative sense 'the land of Seir' strictly speaking means the Lord's kingdom existing with those outside the Church, that is, with gentiles when the Church is being established among them, while the previous or old Church is simultaneously falling away from charity and faith. As is clear from many places in the Word, light comes at that time to those who are in darkness. And this is strictly speaking the meaning of 'dawning from Seir', and of 'going forth from Seir and setting out from the field of Edom'. It is also the meaning of 'Seir will be an inheritance', as well as of the words in Isaiah, 'One is calling to me from Seir, Watchman, what of the night? The watchman said, Morning comes, and also the night.' 'Morning comes' means the Lord's advent, 2405, 2780, and as a consequence enlightenment coming to people who are 'in the night', that is, who dwell in ignorance; but that enlightenment is from the Lord's Divine Natural, 4211. Since most things in the Word also have a contrary sense, so too does the name 'Seir', as in Ezekiel 25:8-9; 35:2-15, and in various places in the historical parts of the Word.

  
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Ezekiel 35:2-15

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2 Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it,

3 and tell it, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I am against you, Mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against you, and I will make you a desolation and an astonishment.

4 I will lay your cities waste, and you shall be desolate; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.

5 Because you have had a perpetual enmity, and have given over the children of Israel to the power of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time of the iniquity of the end;

6 therefore, as I live, says the Lord Yahweh, I will prepare you for blood, and blood shall pursue you: since you have not hated blood, therefore blood shall pursue you.

7 Thus will I make Mount Seir an astonishment and a desolation; and I will cut off from it him who passes through and him who returns.

8 I will fill its mountains with its slain: in your hills and in your valleys and in all your watercourses shall they fall who are slain with the sword.

9 I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities shall not be inhabited; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.

10 Because you have said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas Yahweh was there:

11 therefore, as I live, says the Lord Yahweh, I will do according to your anger, and according to your envy which you have shown out of your hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I shall judge you.

12 You shall know that I, Yahweh, have heard all your insults which you have spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they have been given us to devour.

13 You have magnified yourselves against me with your mouth, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard it.

14 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: When the whole earth rejoices, I will make you desolate.

15 As you rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do to you: you shall be desolate, Mount Seir, and all Edom, even all of it; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.