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Jeremija 39

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1 Ja kui Jeruusalemm oli vallutatud - Juuda kuninga Sidkija üheksandal aastal kümnendas kuus oli Paabeli kuningas Nebukadnetsar ja kogu tema sõjavägi tulnud Jeruusalemma vastu ja oli asunud seda piirama,

2 ja oli Sidkija üheteistkümnendal aastal neljanda kuu üheksandal päeval tunginud linna sisse -,

3 siis tulid kõik Paabeli kuninga vürstid ja asusid keskmisse väravasse: Neergal Sar-Eser, Samgar-Nebo, Sar-Sekim, ülemkammerhärra, Neergal Sar-Eser, ülemmaag, ja kõik muud Paabeli kuninga vürstid.

4 Aga kui Juuda kuningas Sidkija ja kõik sõjamehed nägid neid, siis nad põgenesid ja läksid öösel linnast välja mööda kuninga rohuaia teed läbi müüridevahelise värava; ta läks välja lagendiku suunas.

5 Ent kaldealaste sõjavägi ajas neid taga ja nad said Sidkija kätte Jeeriko lagendikel; nad võtsid ta kinni ja viisid Riblasse, Hamatimaale, Paabeli kuninga Nebukadnetsari juurde, kes mõistis tema üle kohut.

6 Ja Paabeli kuningas laskis tappa Sidkija pojad Riblas tema silme ees; Paabeli kuningas tappis ka kõik Juuda suurnikud.

7 Ja ta tegi Sidkija silmad pimedaks ning aheldas ta vaskahelaisse, et viia ta Paabelisse.

8 Ja kaldealased põletasid tulega kuningakoja ja rahva kojad ning kiskusid maha Jeruusalemma müürid.

9 Ja rahva säilinud osa, kes oli linna alles jäänud, ja ülejooksikud, kes olid tema poole üle jooksnud, ja muud rahva riismed viis ihukaitsepealik Nebusaradan vangi Paabelisse.

10 Aga osa vaesemast rahvast, kellel midagi ei olnud, jättis ihukaitsepealik Nebusaradan Juudamaale ja andis neile samal ajal viinamägesid ning põlde.

11 Ja Paabeli kuningas Nebukadnetsar oli andnud ihukaitsepealikule Nebusaradanile Jeremija kohta käsu, öeldes:

12 'Võta tema ja kanna hoolt tema eest, ära tee talle midagi kurja, vaid talita temaga nõnda, nagu ta ise sulle ütleb!'

13 Siis ihukaitsepealik Nebusaradan, ülemkammerhärra Nebusasban, ülemmaag Neergal Sar-Eser ja kõik Paabeli kuninga pealikud läkitasid talle järele -

14 nad läkitasid talle järele ja lasksid tuua Jeremija vahtkonnaõuest ning andsid tema Gedalja, Saafani poja Ahikami poja hoolde, et ta viiks tema oma kotta; nõnda jäi ta rahva keskele.

15 Ja Issanda sõna oli tulnud Jeremijale, kui teda vahtkonnaõues kinni peeti; ta oli öelnud:

16 'Mine ja räägi etiooplase Ebed-Melekiga ning ütle: Nõnda ütleb vägede Issand, Iisraeli Jumal: Vaata, ma teen tõeks oma sõnad selle linna kohta, õnnetuseks, aga mitte õnneks, ja sel päeval sünnib see sinu nähes.

17 Aga sinu ma päästan sel päeval, ütleb Issand, ja sind ei anta nende meeste kätte, keda sa kardad.

18 Sest ma päästan su tõesti, nõnda et sa ei lange mõõga läbi, vaid saad enesele osaks oma hinge, sellepärast et sa oled lootnud minu peale, ütleb Issand.'

   

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Arcana Coelestia #6442

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6442. 'He will seize in the morning, he will devour the spoil' means that the deliverance takes place when the Lord is present. This is clear from the meaning of 'the morning' in the highest sense as the Lord, dealt with in 2405, 2780 - therefore 'he will seize in the morning' means that the rescue and deliverance of the good takes place when the Lord is present; and from the meaning of 'devouring the spoil' as taking to Himself those He rescued and delivered. For the meaning of 'devouring' as taking and joining to oneself, see 3168, 3513 (end), 3596, 5643; and as for the meaning of 'the spoil' as those who have been rescued and delivered, this is self-evident. Because the Lord is spoken of in the Word as One who rescues and delivers the good, the expressions to seize, prey, spoil, and plunder are also used in reference to Him. This is clear from what was stated above in verse 9 about Judah, 'A lion's cub is Judah; from the plunder you have gone up, my son', meaning that from the Lord through the celestial comes deliverance from hell, see 6368. It is also clear from other places in the Word, as in Isaiah,

Jehovah's roaring is like that of a lion, He roars like young lions, and growls, and lays hold of the plunder so that no one rescues it. Isaiah 5:29.

In the same prophet,

As a lion roars, and a young lion over his prey, so Jehovah Zebaoth will come down to fight on Mount Zion. Isaiah 31:4.

In Jeremiah,

I will rescue you on that day, I will surely rescue you; but let your life 1 be as spoil to you, for the reason that you have put your trust in Me. Jeremiah 39:17-18.

In Zephaniah,

Wait for Me, said Jehovah, until the day I rise up to the plunder. Zephaniah 3:8.

In Isaiah,

I will divide for Him among many, so that He may divide the spoil with the strong. Isaiah 53:12.

The whole chapter in which this verse appears refers to the Lord.

[2] The meaning of 'devouring the prey (or spoil)' as taking to oneself good things that have been seized by the evil is clear in Balaam's prophetic utterance in Moses,

See, a people will rise up like an old lion, and like a young lion will lift itself up. He will not rest until he has devoured the prey. Numbers 23:24.

From all these quotations it is evident that 'prey', 'spoil', and 'plunder mean the rescue and deliverance of the good by the Lord. The truth that 'Benjamin' represents is said to be what rescues and delivers, because power is an attribute of truth, 3091, 4931, though it derives such power from good, 6344, 6423.

Voetnoten:

1. literally, soul

  
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Arcana Coelestia #6368

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6368. 'From the plunder you have gone up, my son means that through the celestial the Lord accomplishes the deliverance of many from hell. This is clear from the meaning of 'going up from the plunder' as deliverance from hell, dealt with below; and from the representation of Judah, to whom 'my son' refers here, as the Divine celestial, dealt with in 6363. The reason 'going up from the plunder' means deliverance from hell is that left to himself a person is in hell, for his will and thought, when they spring wholly from himself, are nothing but evil and derivative falsity, which tie him so firmly to hell that he cannot be torn away except by force. This tearing away and deliverance is what is called 'the plunder'; and because that is effected by the power of the Lord's Divine Good, it is said that through the celestial the Lord accomplishes the deliverance of many from hell.

[2] But it should be recognized that no one can be torn away and delivered from hell unless during his lifetime spiritual good, that is, charity that comes through faith, has existed in him; for unless that good coming through faith has been present in him, there is nothing that can receive the good which flows in from the Lord. Instead that good from Him flows straight through, without being able to become fixed anywhere. Consequently those lacking spiritual good cannot be torn away and delivered from hell. For all the states that a person has attained during his lifetime remain with him in the next life and are developed more fully. Good states with the good remain and are filled out with good, and by means of them those people are raised into heaven; and evil states with the evil remain and are filled with evil, and by means of them these people sink down into hell. This is what is meant by the saying that as a person dies, so he remains. From this it is evident who those people are who can be delivered from hell by the Lord through the Divine celestial.

  
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