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Jeremia 47

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1 Das Wort Jehovas, welches zu Jeremia, dem Propheten, geschah über die Philister, ehe der Pharao Gasa schlug.

2 So spricht Jehova: Siehe, Wasser steigen herauf von Norden her und werden zu einem überschwemmenden Wildbach; und sie überschwemmen das Land und seine Fülle, die Städte und ihre Bewohner. Und es schreien die Menschen, und alle Bewohner des Landes heulen,

3 vor dem Schalle des Stampfens der Hufe seiner starken Rosse, vor dem Getöse seiner Wagen, dem Gerassel seiner Räder, Väter sehen sich nicht um nach den Söhnen vor Erschlaffung der Hände-

4 wegen des Tages, der da kommt, um alle Philister zu zerstören und für Tyrus und Zidon jeden hilfebringenden Überrest zu vertilgen. Denn Jehova zerstört die Philister, den Überrest der Insel Kaphtor.

5 Kahlheit ist über Gasa gekommen, vernichtet ist Askalon, der Überrest ihres Tales. Wie lange willst du dich ritzen? -

6 Wehe! Schwert Jehovas, wie lange willst du nicht rasten? Fahre zurück in deine Scheide, halte dich ruhig und still!

7 Wie sollte es rasten, da doch Jehova ihm geboten hat? Gegen Askalon und gegen das Gestade des Meeres, dorthin hat er es bestellt.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #583

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583. 'The Nephilim' were called 'mighty' on account of their self-love. This too is clear from many passages in the Word where such people are called 'mighty', as in Jeremiah,

The mighty ones of Babel have ceased fighting; they are seated in their strongholds; their might is deserting them, they have become like women. Jeremiah 51:30.

Here also 'the mighty ones of Babel' stands for those who are eaten up with self-love. In the same prophet,

A sword against the liars, and they will go mad. A sword against her mighty ones, and they will be thrown into confusion. Jeremiah 50:36.

In the same prophet,

I have seen it. They have been thrown into confusion and are turning backward. Their mighty ones have been crushed and have surely fled, and they have not looked back - terror all around! The swift will not flee away, nor the mighty one escape. Mount your horses, and drive your chariots madly on; let the mighty ones go forth - Cush, Put, the Ludim. Jeremiah 46:5-6, 9.

This refers to persuasion resulting from reasonings. In the same prophet,

How do you say, We are mighty, and men of strength for war? Moab has been laid waste. Jeremiah 48:14-15.

In the same prophet,

The city has been taken and its strongholds, possession has been taken of it. The heart of the mighty ones of Moab on that day will be like the heart of a woman in labour. Jeremiah 48:41.

Chapter 49:22 similarly speaks of 'the heart of the mighty ones of Edom'. In the same prophet,

Jehovah has redeemed Jacob, and has reclaimed him from the hand of one mightier than himself. Jeremiah 31:11.

Here a different [Hebrew] expression is used for 'mighty'. The fact that the Anakim, who descended from the Nephilim, were spoken of as 'mighty ones' is clear in Moses,

You are crossing the Jordan today, going to dispossess nations greater and more numerous than yourself, cities great and fortified up to heaven, a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim whom you know, and of whom you have heard it said, Who will stand before the sons of Anak? Deuteronomy 9:1-2.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.