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Jeremias 43

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1 At nangyari, na nang si Jeremias ay makatapos ng pagsasalita sa buong bayan ng lahat ng mga salita ng Panginoon nilang Dios, na ipinasugo sa kaniya ng Panginoon nilang Dios sa kanila, sa makatuwid ang lahat ng mga salitang ito;

2 Nagsalita nga kay Jeremias si Azarias na anak ni Osaias, at si Johanan na anak ni Carea, at ang lahat na palalong lalake, na nangagsasabi, Ikaw ay nagsasalita ng kasinungalingan: hindi ka sinugo ng Panginoon nating Dios, na magsabi, Kayo'y huwag magsisiparoon sa Egipto na mangibang bayan doon;

3 Kundi hinikayat ka ni Baruch na anak ni Nerias laban sa amin, upang ibigay kami sa kamay ng mga Caldeo, upang maipapatay nila kami, at mangadala kaming bihag sa Babilonia.

4 Sa gayo'y si Johanan na anak ni Carea, at ang lahat na kapitan sa mga kawal, at ang buong bayan, ay hindi nagsitalima sa tinig ng Panginoon na tumahan sa lupain ng Juda.

5 Kundi kinuha ni Johanan na anak ni Carea, at ng lahat na kapitan sa mga kawal ang buong nalabi sa Juda na nagbalik na mula sa lahat ng mga bansa na pinagtabuyan nila na mangibang bayan sa lupain ng Juda;

6 Ang mga lalake, at ang mga babae, at ang mga bata, at ang mga anak na babae ng hari, at bawa't tao na naiwan ni Nabuzaradan na kapitan ng bantay na kasama ni Gedalias na anak ni Ahicam, na anak ni Saphan, at si Jeremias na propeta, at si Baruch na anak ni Nerias:

7 At sila'y nagsipasok sa lupain ng Egipto; sapagka't hindi nila tinalima ang tinig ng Panginoon: at sila'y nagsiparoon hanggang sa Taphnes.

8 Nang magkagayo'y dumating ang salita ng Panginoon kay Jeremias sa Taphnes, na nagsasabi,

9 Magtangan ka ng mga malaking bato sa iyong kamay, at iyong kublihan ng argamasa sa nalaladrillohan, na nasa pasukan ng bahay ni Faraon, sa Taphnes sa paningin ng mga tao sa Juda;

10 At iyong sabihin sa kanila, Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, ng Dios ng Israel, Narito, ako'y magsusugo at kukunin ko si Nabucodonosor na hari sa Babilonia, na aking lingkod, at aking ilalagay ang kaniyang luklukan sa mga batong ito na aking ikinubli; at kaniyang ilaladlad ang kaniyang pabillong hari sa mga yaon.

11 At siya'y paririto, at kaniyang sasaktan ang lupain ng Egipto; na yaong sa pagkamatay ay mabibigay sa kamatayan, at yaong sa pagkabihag ay sa pagkabihag, at yaong sa tabak ay sa tabak.

12 At ako'y magsisilab ng apoy sa mga bahay ng mga dios ng Egipto; at kaniyang mga susunugin, at sila'y dadalhing bihag: at kaniyang aariin ang lupain ng Egipto na parang pastor na nagaari ng kaniyang kasuutan; at siya'y lalabas na payapa mula riyan.

13 Kaniya ring babaliin ang mga haligi ng Beth-semes na nasa lupain ng Egipto; at ang mga bahay ng mga dios ng Egipto ay susunugin ng apoy.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed #457

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457. Still did not repent of the works of their hands. This symbolically means, nor did they refrain from their native proclivities, which are evils of every kind, as being sins.

The works of a person's hands symbolize a person's native proclivities, which are evils and their attendant falsities, because the hands symbolize in summary the things that emanate from a person; for the forces of the mind and consequently of the body are directed into the hands and terminate there. Consequently the hands in the Word symbolize power. For the same reason the works of a person's hands symbolize his native proclivities, which are evils and falsities of every kind. Evils are the native proclivities of his will, and the attendant falsities the native proclivities of his intellect.

We are told regarding the people who are the subject here that they did not repent, because people who make faith alone the totality of religion say to themselves, "What need do I have of repentance, when through faith alone our sins are forgiven and we are saved? What do our works contribute to this? I know that I was born in sin and that I am a sinner. If I confess this and pray that my faults not be imputed to me, then I have repented. What need do I have of anything more?"

Thus the person then gives no thought to sin, even to the point of not knowing what sins are. Consequently the delight and gratification they afford continually carry him along in them and into them, the way a favorable wind and current carry a ship onto rocks when both captain and crew are asleep.

[2] In the natural sense of the Word, the works of a person's hands mean carved images, cast images, and idols; but in its spiritual sense, they symbolize evils and falsities of every kind, which are a person's native proclivities. As, for example, in the following passages:

...do not provoke Me to anger by the work of your hands...; (if you were) to provoke Me to anger by the work of your hands to your own hurt..., I will repay them according to their work and according to the deeds of their hands. (Jeremiah 25:6-7, 14)

...the children of Israel have provoked Me... to anger by the work of their hands... (Jeremiah 32:30, cf. 44:8)

I will utter My judgments against them concerning all their wickedness, because they... bowed themselves to the works of their hands. (Jeremiah 1:16)

In that day... people's eyes will look to the Holy One of Israel, and... not to the altars, the work of their hands, and... what their fingers have made... (Isaiah 17:7-8, cf. 31:7; 37:19, Jeremiah 10:9)

[3] The work of a person's hands is his own doing, thus evil and falsity, and this can be clearly seen from the fact that it was for this reason that the Israelites were forbidden to built an altar or temple out of hewn stones, or to use an iron tool on those stones; for they symbolized the work of a person's hands:

If you make Me an altar of stones, you shall not build it of hewn stones; for if you use your chisel on it, you will profane it. (Exodus 20:25)

Joshua built... an altar of... stones, on which he did not use an iron tool. (Joshua 8:30-31)

The temple (at Jerusalem)...was built of whole stone, and no hammer or axe or any iron tool was heard... while it was being built. (1 Kings 6:7)

[4] Everything that the Lord does is likewise called the work of His hands, and these are His inherent attributes, which in themselves are goods and truths. As, for example, in the following places:

The works of (Jehovah's) hands are truth and judgment. (Psalms 111:7)

Your mercy, O Jehovah, endures forever; do not cease the works of Your hands. (Psalms 138:8)

Thus said Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: "Seek from Me signs concerning My children; concerning the work of My hands, command Me." (Isaiah 45:11)

Your people are all just..., the offshoot of My planting, the work of My hands... (Isaiah 60:21)

...O Jehovah, You are our Father, we are the clay, and You our potter, and all we the work of Your hands. (Isaiah 64:8)

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.