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Ezékiel 26

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1 És lõn a tizenegyedik esztendõben, a hónap elsején, lõn az Úrnak beszéde hozzám, mondván:

2 Embernek fia! mivelhogy ezt mondá Tírus Jeruzsálemre: Haha! eltört a népek kapuja, felém fordulva [nyitva ]van; én megtelek, [ha] õ elpusztul;

3 Ezokáért így szól az Úr Isten: Ímé én, Tírus, te reád [megyek,] és hozok fel ellened sok nemzetet, miként a tenger fölhozza hullámit.

4 És elhányják Tírus kõfalait és lerontják tornyait, s levonszom még porát is róla, s kopasz sziklává teszem õt.

5 Hálók kivetõ helye lesz a tenger közepén, mert én szólottam, ezt mondja az Úr Isten, s legyen a nemzetek ragadománya.

6 És leányai, kik a mezõségen vannak, fegyverrel ölettessenek meg, hogy megtudják, hogy én vagyok az Úr.

7 Mert így szól az Úr Isten: Ímé, én hozom Tírus ellen Nabukodonozort, Babilon királyát északról, a királyok királyát; lovakkal, szekerekkel, lovagokkal, sereggel és sok néppel.

8 Leányaidat [ott] a mezõségen fegyverrel öli meg, és állat ellened tornyot, és tölt ellened sánczot, és emel ellened paizs-[fedelet.]

9 És faltörõ kosával ütteti kõfalaidat, s tornyaidat lerontja fegyvereivel.

10 Lovainak sokasága miatt belep téged poruk; a lovagoknak, kerekeknek és szekereknek robogása miatt megrendülnek kõfalaid, mikor bemegy kapuidon, a mint be szoktak menni a megtörött városba.

11 Lovainak körmeivel tapodja meg minden utczádat, népedet fegyverrel öli meg, s erõsséged oszlopai a földre dõlnek.

12 És prédára hányják gazdagságodat, és elragadozzák árúidat, és letörik kõfalaidat, s gyönyörûséges házaidat lerontják, és köveidet és fáidat, s [még] porodat [is] a víz közepére hányják.

13 És megszüntetem éneklésed hangosságát, és cziteráid zengése nem hallatik többé.

14 És kopasz sziklává teszlek; hálók kivetõ helye leszel, hogy többé meg ne építsenek; mert én, az Úr szóltam, ezt mondja az Úr Isten.

15 Így szól az Úr Isten Tírusnak: Bizonyára a te romlásod zuhanásától, mikor a sebesültek nyögnek, mikor a te benned valók öltön-ölettetnek, megrendülnek a szigetek!

16 És leszáll királyi székérõl a tenger minden fejedelme, és elvetik köntöseiket, s hímes ruháikat levetik: rettegésekbe öltöznek, a földön ülnek és rettegnek minden szempillantásban, s elborzadnak miattad.

17 És gyászéneket kezdenek rólad, és ezt mondják néked: Mimódon veszél el te, a kit laknak a tengerekrõl, te híres-neves város, mely hatalmas vala a tengeren, õ és lakosai, a kik félelmökre valának minden [mellettök] lakozóknak!

18 Ímé, rettegnek a szigetek zuhanásod napján, és megfélemlenek a tengerben való szigetek [ilyen] véged miatt.

19 Mert azt mondja az Úr Isten: Mikor én téged elpusztult várossá teszlek, mint a mely városokat nem laknak; mikor a mélység árját felhozom reád, hogy beborítsanak a sok vizek:

20 Akkor levonszlak téged azokkal, kik sírgödörbe szállanak, a hajdan népéhez; és lakatlak téged a mélységek országában, a hajdan pusztaságaiban, együtt azokkal, a kik sírgödörbe szálltak, hogy többé senki ne lakjék benned. És ha megmutattam dicsõségemet az élõknek földén:

21 Rémségesen cselekszem veled és nem leszel; s keresni fognak, de többé örökké meg nem találnak, ezt mondja az Úr Isten.

   

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2336. That 'the street' means truth becomes clear from many places in the Word, as in John where the New Jerusalem is referred to,

The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate was one pearl; and the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass. Revelation 21:21.

[2] 'The New Jerusalem' is the Lord's kingdom which because it is being described as regards good and truth is described by walls, gates, and streets. By the last of these -'the streets' - are meant all avenues of truth which lead to good, that is, all those of faith which lead to love and charity. And because truths in this way become part of good, and so are made transparent from good, it is said that 'the street was pure gold, like transparent glass'. In the same book,

Out of the middle of the street of it, and of the river, on this side and on that, was the tree of life bearing twelve fruits. Revelation 22:2.

This also refers to the New Jerusalem or the Lord's kingdom. 'The middle of the street' is the truth of faith, by means of which good comes and which after that stems from good. 'The twelve fruits' are those called the fruits of faith, for 'twelve' means all things of faith, as shown in 577, 2089, 2129, 2130.

[3] In Daniel,

Know and perceive that from the going forth of the Word to restore and to build Jerusalem until the Messiah, the Leader, there will be seven weeks - and sixty-two weeks; and it will be restored and built with street and moat. Daniel 9:25.

This refers to the Coming of the Lord, 'it will be restored with street and moat' meaning that there will be truth and good at that time. The fact that Jerusalem was not restored and built at that time is well known; and that it is not to be restored and built anew anyone may also know provided he does not fix his ideas on a worldly kingdom but on a heavenly kingdom meant in the internal sense by Jerusalem.

[4] In Luke,

The householder said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city and bring in here the poor, the maimed, the lame, and the blind. Luke 14:21.

People who confine themselves to the sense of the letter gain nothing more from this verse than the idea that the servant was to go everywhere, and that this is what is meant by 'streets and lanes', and that he was to fetch in everybody, and that this is what is meant by 'the poor, the maimed, the lame, and the blind'. But each and all of these words, being the Lord's, embody arcana within them. The command that he should go out into the streets and lanes means that he was to search everywhere for some genuine truth, that is, for truth which shines out of good, or through which good shines. The command that he should bring in the poor, the maimed, the lame, and the blind, means that such people were to be brought in as had in the Ancient Church been called the poor, maimed, lame, or blind - that is, he was to bring in those who were such as regards faith but who had led good lives, and who for this reason ought to be taught about the Lord's kingdom - thus to bring in gentiles who were as yet uninformed.

[5] Because 'streets' meant truths it was a representative custom among the Jews to teach in the streets, as is evident from Matthew 6:2, 5, and Luke 13:26-27. Wherever 'streets' are mentioned in the Prophets they mean in the internal sense either truths or things contrary to truths, as in Isaiah,

Judgement is cast away backwards, and justice stands afar off, for truth has stumbled in the street, and uprightness cannot come in. Isaiah 59:14.

In the same prophet,

Your sons fainted and lay at the head of every street. Isaiah 51:20.

In Jeremiah,

Death has come up into our windows, it has entered our palaces, cutting off the small child from the street and the young men from the lanes. Jeremiah 9:21.

[6] In Ezekiel,

By means of the hoofs of his horses Nebuchadnezzar will trample all your streets. Ezekiel 26:11.

This refers to Tyre, which means cognitions of truth, 1201. 'The hoofs of the horses' are facts which pervert the truth. In Nahum,

In the streets the chariots rage; they rush about in the lanes. Nahum 2:4.

'Chariots' stands for the doctrine of truth, which is said 'to rage in the streets' when falsity has replaced truth. In Zechariah,

Old men and old women will again dwell in the streets of Jerusalem. And the streets of the city will be full of boys and girls playing in the streets. Zechariah 8:4-5.

This refers to affections for truth, and consequent forms of joy and gladness. There are other places besides these, such as Isaiah 24:11; Jeremiah 5:1; 7:34; 49:26; Lamentations 2:11, 19; 4:8, 14; Zephaniah 3:6.

  
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