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Jeremias 46

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1 Ang salita ng Panginoon na dumating kay Jeremias na propeta tungkol sa mga bansa.

2 Tungkol sa Egipto: tungkol sa hukbo ni Faraon Nechao na hari sa Egipto, na nasa tabi ng ilog ng Eufrates sa Carchemis na sinaktan ni Nabucodonosor na hari sa Babilonia nang ikaapat na taon ni Joacim na anak ni Josias, na hari sa Juda.

3 Inyong iayos ang pansalag at kalasag, at kayo'y magsilapit sa pagbabaka.

4 Singkawan ninyo ang mga kabayo, at kayo'y magsisakay, kayong mga nangangabayo, at magsitayo kayong mga turbante; pakintabin ninyo ang mga sibat, at mangagsuot kayo ng sapyaw.

5 Bakit ko nakita? sila'y nanganglulupaypay at nagsisibalik; at ang kanilang mga makapangyarihan ay buwal, at nagsisitakas na maliksi, at hindi nagsisilingon: kakilabutan ay nasa bawa't dako, sabi ng Panginoon.

6 Huwag tumakas ang maliksi, o tumanan man ang makapangyarihan; sa hilagaan sa tabi ng ilog Eufrates ay nangatisod sila at nangabuwal.

7 Sino itong bumabangon na parang Nilo na ang mga tubig ay nagiinalong parang mga ilog?

8 Ang Egipto ay bumabangong parang Nilo, at ang tubig ay nagiinalong parang mga ilog: at kaniyang sinasabi, Ako'y babangon, aking tatakpan ang lupa; aking ipapahamak ang bayan at ang mga mananahan doon.

9 Kayo'y magsisampa, kayong mga kabayo; at kayo'y magsihagibis, kayong mga karo; at magsilabas ang mga lalaking makapangyarihan: ang Cus at ang Phut, na humahawak ng kalasag; at ang mga Ludio, na nagsisihawak at nangagaakma ng busog.

10 Sapagka't ang araw na yaon ay sa Panginoon, sa Panginoon ng mga hukbo, araw ng panghihiganti, upang maipanghiganti niya siya sa kaniyang mga kaaway: at ang tabak ay lalamon at mabubusog, at magpapakalango sa dugo nila: sapagka't ang Panginoon, ang Panginoon ng mga hukbo, may hain sa lupaing hilagaan sa tabi ng ilog Eufrates.

11 Sumampa ka sa Galaad, at kumuha ka ng balsamo, Oh anak na dalaga ng Egipto: sa walang kabuluhan gumagamit ka ng maraming gamot; hindi ka na gagaling.

12 Nabalitaan ng mga bansa ang iyong kahihiyan, at ang lupa ay puno ng iyong hiyaw, sapagka't ang makapangyarihan ay natisod laban sa makapangyarihan, sila'y nangabuwal kapuwa na magkasama.

13 Ang salita na sinalita ng Panginoon kay Jeremias na propeta, kung paanong si Nabucodonosor na hari sa Babilonia ay darating, at sasaktan ang lupain ng Egipto.

14 Ipahayag ninyo sa Egipto, at inyong ihayag sa Migdol, at inyong ihayag sa Memphis, at sa Taphnes: sabihin ninyo, Tumayo ka, at humanda ka; sapagka't ang tabak ay nanakmal sa palibot mo.

15 Bakit ang iyong mga malakas ay napaalis? sila'y hindi nagsitayo, sapagka't itinaboy ng Panginoon.

16 Kaniyang itinisod ang marami, oo, sila'y nangabuwal na patongpatong, at kanilang sinabi, Bumangon ka, at magsiparoon tayo uli sa ating sariling bayan, at sa lupain na kinapanganakan sa atin, mula sa mapagpighating tabak.

17 Sila'y nagsihiyaw roon, Si Faraong hari sa Egipto ay isang hugong lamang; kaniyang pinaraan ang takdang panahon.

18 Buhay ako, sabi ng Hari, na ang pangalan ay Panginoon ng mga hukbo, tunay na kung paano ang Tabor sa gitna ng mga bundok, at kung paano ang Carmel sa tabi ng dagat, gayon siya darating.

19 Oh ikaw na anak na babae na tumatahan sa Egipto, gumayak ka sa pagpasok sa pagkabihag; sapagka't ang Memphis ay masisira, at magniningas na mawawalan ng mananahan.

20 Ang Egipto ay napakagandang dumalagang baka; nguni't pagkasirang mula sa hilagaan ay dumarating, dumarating.

21 Ang kaniya namang mga taong upahan sa gitna niya ay parang mga guya sa kulungan; sapagka't sila man ay nagsibalik, sila'y nagsitakas na magkakasama, sila'y hindi nagsitayo: sapagka't ang kaarawan ng kanilang kasakunaan ay dumating sa kanila, ang panahon ng pagdalaw sa kanila.

22 Ang hugong niyaon ay yayaong parang ahas; sapagka't sila'y magsisiyaong kasama ng hukbo, at magsisiparoong laban sa kaniya na mga may palakol, na parang mga mamumutol ng kahoy.

23 Kanilang puputulin ang kaniyang gubat, sabi ng Panginoon, bagaman mahirap pasukin; sapagka't sila'y higit kay sa mga balang, at walang bilang.

24 Ang anak na babae ng Egipto ay malalagay sa kahihiyan; siya'y mabibigay sa kamay ng bayan ng hilagaan.

25 Sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, ng Dios ng Israel, Narito, aking parurusahan si Amon na taga No, at si Faraon, at ang Egipto, sangpu ng kaniyang mga dios at ng kaniyang mga hari; maging si Faraon, at silang nagsisitiwala sa kaniya:

26 At aking ibibigay sila sa kamay ng nagsisiusig ng kanilang mga buhay, at sa kamay ni Nabucodonosor na hari sa Babilonia, at sa kamay ng kaniyang mga lingkod; at pagkatapos ay tatahanan na gaya ng mga araw nang una, sabi ng Panginoon.

27 Nguni't huwag kang matakot, Oh Jacob na aking lingkod, ni manglupaypay ka, Oh Israel: sapagka't narito, ililigtas kita mula sa malayo, at ang iyong lahi ay mula sa lupain ng kanilang pagkabihag; at ang Jacob ay babalik, at magiging tahimik at tiwasay, at walang tatakot sa kaniya.

28 Huwag kang matakot, Oh Jacob na aking lingkod, sabi ng Panginoon, sapagka't ako'y sumasaiyo: sapagka't ako'y gagawa ng lubos na kawakasan sa lahat ng bansa na aking pinagtabuyan sa iyo; nguni't hindi ako gagawa ng lubos na kawakasan sa iyo, kundi sasawayin kita ng kahatulan, at hindi kita iiwan sa anomang paraan ng walang kaparusahan.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #3024

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3024.'That you do not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites' means that the Divine Rational should not be joined to any affection incompatible with truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'taking a woman' as being joined by means of the marriage covenant; from the meaning of 'my son', namely Isaac, as the Lord's Divine Rational, dealt with in 1893, 2066, 2083, 2630; from the meaning of 'daughters' as affections, dealt with in 489-491, 568, 2362; and from the meaning of 'the Canaanites' as evil, dealt with in 1444, 1573, 1574. Consequently 'the daughters of the Canaanites' are affections incompatible with truth. The subject here is Divine truth which was to be allied to the Divine good of the Lord's Rational, as may be seen in 3013 under 'Contents'. 'A woman' who was to be associated by means of a marriage covenant is used to mean that truth itself which is summoned from the natural man in the normal manner. 'My son' is used to mean the Lord's Rational as regards the good with which it was to be allied or associated. From this one may recognize that the command not to take a wife for his son from the daughters of the Canaanites means that the Divine Rational should not be joined to any affection incompatible with truth. All joining of truth to good is effected by means of affection, for no truth ever enters the rational part of a person's mind or is joined to it except by means of affection, for affection has within it the good that flows from love, which good alone effects the joining together, 1895, as also anyone may know who stops to reflect on it.

[2] As regards 'the daughters of the Canaanites' meaning affections incompatible with truth, that is, affections for what is false, this becomes clear from the meaning of 'daughters'. For the noun 'daughters' occurs in many places in the Word, and in these anyone may see that it is not used to mean daughters. By such expressions as 'the daughter of Zion', 'the daughter of Jerusalem', 'the daughter of Tarshish', 'the daughter of My people', affections for good and truth are meant, as shown in the paragraphs referred to above. And since affections for good and truth are meant so also are Churches, for Churches are Churches by virtue of these affections. Consequently 'the daughter of Zion' means the celestial Church, and means this by virtue of the affection for good, whereas 'the daughter of Jerusalem' means the spiritual Church from the affection for truth, 2362. And it is the same with 'the daughter of My people' in Isaiah 22:4; Jeremiah 6:14, 26; 8:19, 21-22; 9:1; 14:17; Lamentations 2:11; 4:6; Ezekiel 13:17.

[3] This shows what is meant by the daughters of the nations, such as by the daughters of the Philistines, the daughters of Egypt, the daughters of Tyre and Sidon, the daughters of Edom, the daughters of Moab, the daughters of the Chaldeans and Babel, and the daughters of Sodom. They mean affections for evil and falsity, from which their varieties of religion sprang, and so mean those varieties themselves. That this is the meaning of 'daughters' becomes clear from the following places: In Ezekiel,

The daughters of the nations will lament over Egypt. Wail over the multitude of Egypt, and send her down, her and the daughters of majestic nations, to the lower earth, together with those who go down to the pit. Ezekiel 32:16, 18.

'The daughters of majestic nations' stands for affections for evil. In Samuel,

Tell it not in Gath; publish it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised exult. 2 Samuel 1:20.

In Ezekiel,

You committed whoredom with the sons of Egypt. I delivered you to those who hated you, the daughters of the Philistines. Before your badness was revealed, as at the time of the reproach of the daughters of Syria, and of all round about her, the daughters of the Philistines who despise you from round about. Ezekiel 16:26-27, 57.

Anyone may see that not daughters were meant here but the varieties of religion among such people as are meant by the Philistines - those who speak repeatedly of faith yet do not at all pursue the life taught by faith, see 1197, 1198. This also explains why they are called 'the uncircumcised', that is, devoid of charity.

[4] In Jeremiah,

Go up to Gilead and take balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt! Make for yourself vessels of migration, O inhabitant daughter of Egypt. The daughter of Egypt has been put to shame; she has been delivered into the hand of the people from the north. Jeremiah 46:11, 19, 24.

'The daughter of Egypt' stands for the affection for reasoning from facts about whether truths of faith really are true, and so stands for the variety of religion which springs from this, the nature of which is to believe nothing except that grasped by the senses, and so to believe nothing of the truth of faith, see 215, 232, 233, 1164, 1165, 1186, 1385, 2196, 2203, 2209, 2568, 2588. In Isaiah,

He said, You will no more exult, O oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon. Isaiah 23:12.

In David,

The daughter of Tyre with an offering, the rich of the people will entreat your face. Psalms 45:12.

What 'the daughter of Sidon' and 'the daughter of Tyre' mean is evident from the meaning of Sidon and Tyre, dealt with in 1201. In Jeremiah,

Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom. Your iniquity, O daughter of Zion, is at an end. He will no more cause you to migrate; your iniquity will be punished, O daughter of Edom. Lamentations 4:21-22.

In Isaiah,

Like a wandering bird, a scattered nest, will the daughters of Moab be. Isaiah 16:2.

In the same prophet,

Come down and sit on the dust, O virgin daughter of Babel; sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans. Sit quietly and go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans, for no more will they call you the mistress of kingdoms. Isaiah 47:1, 5.

In Jeremiah,

A people coming from the north, arrayed as a man for war against you, O daughter of Babel. Jeremiah 50:41-42.

In the same prophet,

The daughter of Babel is like the threshing-floor; it is time to thresh her. Jeremiah 51:33

In Zechariah,

Ho, Zion! escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babel. Zechariah 2:7.

In David,

The daughter of Babel has been laid waste. Psalms 137:8.

In Ezekiel,

Your sisters, Sodom and her daughters will return to their condition as of old, and Samaria and her daughters will return to their condition as of old. Ezekiel 16:55.

[5] Anyone may see that in these places 'daughters' is not used to mean daughters but affections incompatible with truth, and so the varieties of religion that spring from them. But which particular varieties they are is evident from the meaning of those peoples - from the meaning of Edom, Moab, the Chaldeans, Babel, Sodom, Samaria, all of which have been dealt with in various places in the explanations to previous chapters of Genesis. From this what is meant in the present chapter by 'the daughters of the Canaanites' becomes clear.

[6] This command not to contract marriages with the daughters of the Canaanites also had regard to the spiritual requirements that good should not be joined to falsity, nor evil to truth, for the result of any such joining together is profanation. The prohibition was also a representative of the matter referred to in Deuteronomy 7:3, and in Malachi,

Judah has profaned the holiness of Jehovah, in that he loved and married the daughter of a foreign god. Malachi 2:11.

  
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