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1 Potom godine devete, desetog meseca, desetog dana, dođe mi reč Gospodnja govoreći:

2 Sine čovečji, zapiši ime ovog dana, ovog istog dana; u taj dan dođe car vavilonski na Jerusalim.

3 I kaži priču tom domu odmetničkom, i reci im: Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: pristavi lonac, pristavi, i nalij u nj vode.

4 Složi u nj delove, sve dobre delove, stegno i pleće, i napuni ga najboljih kostiju.

5 Uzmi najbolje iz stada, i naloži kosti ispod njega, i uzvari dobro da se i kosti raskuvaju u njemu.

6 Jer ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Teško gradu krvničkom, loncu, na kome stoji zagorel, s kog neće da siđe zagorel; povadi deo po deo; žreb da se ne baci za nj.

7 Jer je krv njegova usred njega; na go kamen metnu je, ne proli je na zemlju da se pokrije prahom.

8 Raspalivši gnev da učinim osvetu, metnuću krv njegovu na go kamen da se ne pokrije.

9 Zato ovako govori Gospod Gospod: Teško gradu krvničkom! I ja ću naložiti velik oganj.

10 Nanesi drva, i raspali oganj, neka se straši meso, začini korenjem, i kosti neka izgore.

11 Metni ga praznog na živo ugljevlje da se ugreje i izgori bronza njegova i da se stopi u njemu nečistota njegova i da nestane zagoreli njegove.

12 Lažima dosadio mi je; zato neće izaći iz njega mnoga zagorel njegova; u oganj će zagorel njegova.

13 U nečistoti je tvojoj grdilo tvoje; jer sam te čistio, ali se ti ne očisti; nećeš se više čistiti od nečistote svoje, dokle ne namirim gnev svoj nad tobom.

14 Ja Gospod govorih; doći će, i izvršiću; neću odustati niti ću žaliti niti ću se raskajati, po putevima tvojim i po delima tvojim sudiće ti, govori Gospod Gospod.

15 Opet mi dođe reč Gospodnja govoreći:

16 Sine čovečji, evo ja ću ti uzeti želju očiju tvojih zlom, ali ne tuži ni plači, niti suza roni.

17 Nemoj uzdisati, ne žali kako biva za mrtvim, metni kapu na glavu, i obuću svoju obuj na noge, i usta svojih nemoj pokriti i hleba ničijeg ne jedi.

18 I govorih ujutru narodu, a uveče mi umre žena; i sutradan učinih kako mi beše zapoveđeno.

19 I reče mi narod: Hoćeš li nam kazati šta nam je to što radiš?

20 I odgovorih im: Dođe mi reč Gospodnja govoreći:

21 Reci domu Izrailjevom: Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: evo, ja ću oskvrniti svetinju svoju, veličanstvo sile vaše, želju očiju vaših i šta je milo duši vašoj; i sinovi će vaši i kćeri vaše koje ostaviste pasti od mača.

22 I činićete kako ja činim: usta nećete pokriti i hleba ničijeg nećete jesti;

23 I kape će vam biti na glavama i obuća na nogama; nećete tužiti ni plakati, nego ćete sa bezakonja svojih čileti i uzdisaćete jedan s drugim.

24 I Jezekilj će vam biti znak: činićete sve što on čini; kad to dođe, poznaćete da sam ja Gospod Gospod.

25 A ti, sine čovečji, u onaj dan kad im uzmem silu njihovu, radost slave njihove, želju očiju njihovih i za čim teži duša njihova, sinove njihove i kćeri njihove,

26 U taj dan ko pobegne, neće li doći k tebi da ti donese glas?

27 U taj će se dan otvoriti usta tvoja prema onom ko pobegne, i govorićeš i nećeš više biti nem; i bićeš im znak, i oni će poznati da sam ja Gospod.

   

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643. As for the meaning itself of these expressions - that 'planks of gopher' means lusts and 'rooms' the two parts of this man - this becomes clear from the Word. Gopher is a wood full of sulphur, as is the fir and others of that group. It is on account of the sulphur in it that it is said to mean lusts, for it catches fire easily. The most ancient people compared and likened those elements that exist with man to gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, and wood, his inmost celestial to gold, the lower celestial to bronze, and the lowest or bodily descending from this to wood, while the inmost spiritual they compared and likened to silver, the lower spiritual to iron, and the lowest degree of it to stone. When those objects are mentioned in the Word these are the things meant by them in the internal sense, as in Isaiah,

Instead of bronze I will bring gold, and instead of iron I will bring silver, and instead of wood, bronze, and instead of stones, iron. And I will make peace your assessment and righteousness your tax-collectors. Isaiah 60:17.

This refers to the Lord's kingdom in which no such metals exist, but instead celestial and spiritual elements. It is quite clear that the latter are meant because of the reference to peace' and 'righteousness'. Here, gold, bronze, and wood correspond to one another and mean celestial elements or those belonging to the will, as has been stated. Silver, iron, and stone also correspond to one another, and mean spiritual elements or those belonging to the understanding.

[2] In Ezekiel,

They will spoil your riches, they will despoil your merchandise, your stones and your timbers. Ezekiel 26:12.

It is quite clear that 'riches' and 'merchandise' do not mean material riches and merchandise, but celestial and spiritual ones. So also 'stones' and 'timbers' - 'stones' being things of the understanding and 'timbers' those of the will. In Habakkuk,

The stone cries out from the wall, and the beam out of the woodwork answers back. Habakkuk 2:11.

'Stone' stands for the lowest degree of the understanding, and 'wood' for the lowest degree of the will, which answers back when anything is drawn from sensory knowledge. In the same prophet,

Woe to him who says to a piece of wood, Awake! or to a dumb stone, Arise, this will teach! Behold, this is bound in gold and silver, and there is no spirit 1 at all in the midst of it. But Jehovah is in His holy temple. Habakkuk 2:19-20.

Here also 'wood' stands for evil desire, 'stone' for the lowest degree of the understanding, and therefore 'being dumb' and 'teaching' are used in reference to that stone. 'No spirit in the midst of it' means that it represents nothing celestial or spiritual, like a temple in which there is stone and wood, overlaid with gold and silver, existing with people who give no thought to what those things represent.

[3] In Jeremiah,

Our waters we drink for silver, our timbers come for a price. Lamentations 5:4.

Here 'waters' and 'silver' mean things of the understanding, 'timbers' those of the will. In the same prophet,

Who say to wood, You are my father; and to a stone, You gave birth to us. Jeremiah 2:27.

Here 'wood' stands for desire which belongs to the will, from which there is conception, and 'stone' for sensory knowledge, from which there is birth. All through the Prophets therefore 'serving wood and stone' stands for images carved out of wood or stone, which means that people were slaves to evil desires and to delusions. The Prophets also speak of 'committing adultery with wood and stone', as in Jeremiah 3:9. In Hosea,

The people inquire of their piece of wood, and their staff makes declaration to them, for the spirit of whoredom has led them astray. Hosea 4:12.

This stands for their inquiring of a wooden image, or evil desires. In Isaiah,

The tophet has been prepared since yesterday. Its pyre is fire and much wood; the breath of Jehovah is like a stream of burning brimstone. Isaiah 30:33.

Here 'fire', brimstone', and 'wood' stand for filthy desires.

[4] In general 'wood' means those elements which constitute the lowest parts of the will. Precious kinds of wood, such as cedar and so on, mean elements that are good - for example, the cedar timbers in the Temple, or the cedarwood used in cleansing leprosy, Leviticus 14:4, 6-7, or the wood cast into the bitter waters at Marah, by which the waters were made sweet, Exodus 15:25. These in the Lord's Divine mercy will be dealt with in their proper places. Non-precious kinds of wood however, also those which were made into images, and those that were used for a pyre as well, and the like, mean evil desires, as do planks of gopher here on account of the brimstone or sulphur in them. As in Isaiah,

The day of Jehovah's vengeance - her streams will be turned into pitch, and her dust into brimstone, and her land will become burning pitch. Isaiah 34:8-9.

'Pitch' stands for dreadful delusions, 'brimstone' for filthy desires.

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