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Yechezchial 37:25

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25 וְיָשְׁבוּ עַל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר נָתַתִּי לְעַבְדִּי לְיַעֲקֹב אֲשֶׁר יָשְׁבוּ־בָהּ אֲבֹותֵיכֶם וְיָשְׁבוּ עָלֶיהָ הֵמָּה וּבְנֵיהֶם וּבְנֵי בְנֵיהֶם עַד־עֹולָם וְדָוִד עַבְדִּי נָשִׂיא לָהֶם לְעֹולָם׃

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Scriptural Confirmations #89

  
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89. 7. From the Prophets

See also Redemption.

Thus said Jehovah, thy Maker and thy Former from the womb, For I will pour waters upon the thirsty and streams upon the dry land: I will pour out My spirit upon thy seed and My blessing upon thine offspring: and they shall spring up among the grass, and as willows by the rivers of waters (Isaiah 44:2-3, 4). I have formed thee; thus said thy Redeemer and thy Former from the womb, I am Jehovah that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; and spreadeth abroad the earth by Myself. I will blot out as a cloud, thy transgressions and as a cloud thy sins: return unto Me; for I have redeemed thee (Isaiah 44:21-24).

Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the clouds flow down with justice: let the earth open that they may bring forth salvation, and let justice spring forth together. Thus said Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, and His Former, I have made the earth, and I have created man upon it: My hands have stretched out the heavens, and all their hosts have I commanded (Isaiah 45:8, 11-12).

Jehovah said, my Former from the womb (Isaiah 49:5).

That regeneration, which will take place in the New Church, is described by dry bones (Ezekiel 37:1-15), and also by the two sticks of Judah and Joseph, which were to become one stick (verses 15-20). That this is done by the Lord, who is there meant by David (verses 24-28).

Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a steadfast spirit in the midst of me. And take not the spirit of holiness from me. Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation; and let Thy free spirit uphold me (Psalms 51:10-12).

Jehovah is nigh unto all them that call upon Him, and He will hear their cry (Psalms 145:18-19).

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Foundation for their permission to use this translation.

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Psalms 81

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1 Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.

2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.

3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.

4 For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.

5 This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.

6 I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.

7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;

9 There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.

10 I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

11 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.

12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels.

13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!

14 I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

15 The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.

16 He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.