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Giê-rê-mi 46

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1 Có lời của Ðức Giê-hô-va phán cho tiên tri Giê-rê-mi, luận về các dân tộc.

2 Về Ê-díp-tô. Luận về đạo quân của vua Ê-díp-tô, Pha-ra-ôn-Nê-cô, bấy giờ đóng gần sông Ơ-phơ-rát, tại Cạt-kê-mít; tức đạo quân bị Nê-bu-cát-nết-sa, vua Ba-by-lôn, đánh đuổi, về năm thứ tư đời vua Giê-hô-gia-kim, con trai Giô-si-a, vua của Giu-đa.

3 Hỡi sửa soạn thuẫn lớn thuẫn nhỏ, và đi ra trận!

4 Hỡi lính kỵ, hãy thắng ngựa, cỗi lên! Khá đội mão trụ vào mặc giúp!

5 Làm sao ta đã thấy sự đó! Chúng nó bị kinh hãi, đều quay lưng lại; lính chiến vỡ tan, chạy trốn chẳng ngó lại đàng sau. Sự kinh khiếp khắp tứ bề, Ðức Giê-hô-va phán vậy.

6 Người rất lẹ cũng không thể thoát, người rất mạnh cũng không thể trốn. Về phương bắc, trên bờ sông Ơ-phơ-rát, kìa, chúng nó vấp và ngã!

7 Kìa, kẻ dấy lên như sông Ni-lơ, như sông lớn nổi sóng sôi bọt là ai?

8 Ấy là Ê-díp-tô dấy lên như sông Ni-lơ, các dòng nước nó sôi bọt như các sông. Nó nói: Ta sẽ dấy lên, bao phủ cả đất; ta sẽ hủy phá các thành và dân cư.

9 Ngựa, hãy xông tới; xe binh, hãy ruổi mau; hãy kéo tới, lính chiến kia; người Cút và người Phút đều mang thuẫn, còn nhiều Ly-đi cầm cung và giương ra.

10 Ngày đó thuộc về Chúa, là Ðức Giê-hô-va vạn quân; ấy là người báo thù, Ngài sẽ báo kẻ thù nghịch mình. Gươm nuốt mà no, uống huyết chúng nó cho đầy; vì Chúa, là Ðức Giê-hô-va vạn quân, có tế-tự trong xứ phương bắc, bên sông Ơ-phơ-rát.

11 Hỡi nữ đồng trinh, con gái của Ê-díp-tô! hãy lên Ga-la-át, mà lấy nhũ hương; ngươi dùng nhiều thứ thuốc cũng vô ích, chẳng chữa lành cho ngươi được!

12 Các nước đều nghe sự xấu hổ của ngươi, tiếng rên siếc của ngươi đầy khắp đất; vì lính chiến chạm lính chiến, cả hai cùng ngã với nhau.

13 Nầy là lời Ðức Giê-hô-va phán cho tiên tri Giê-rê-mi, về sự Nê-bu-cát-nết-sa, vua Ba-by-lôn, sẽ đến đánh đất Ê-díp-tô:

14 Hãy rao tin trong Ê-díp-tô; truyền cho Mít-đôn, báo cho Nốp và Tác-pha-nết, nói rằng: Hãy đứng sắp hàng, chực sẵn, vì gươm đã nuốt chung quanh ngươi.

15 Vì sao những người mạnh của ngươi bị cất mất? Chúng nó không đứng được, vì Ðức Giê-hô-va đuổi chúng nó.

16 Ngài làm cho nhiều người đi xiêu tó, người nầy ngã trên kẻ khác, mà rằng: Ði hè, trở về nơi dân ta, trong đất chúng ta sanh ra, xa nơi gươm dao ức hiếp!

17 Tại đó, họ kêu lên rằng: Pha-ra-ôn, vua Ê-díp-tô, bị diệt rồi; đã để dịp tiện qua đi.

18 Ðức Vua, danh Ngài là Giê-hô-va vạn quân, phán: Thật như ta sống, kẻ thù đến, như núi Tha-bô dấy lên giữa các núi khác, như Cạt-mên thò ra ngoài biển.

19 Hỡi gái đồng trinh ở Ê-díp-tô, hãy sắm đồ lề đi làm phu tù; vì Nốp sẽ trở nên hoang vu; sẽ bị đốt, không có dân ở nữa.

20 Ê-díp-tô là một con bò cái tơ đẹp đẽ, nhưng bị ong lỗ từ phương bắc đến chích nó.

21 Những quân thuê ở giữa nó cũng như bò con béo. Nhưng chúng nó cũng xây lưng lại, thảy cùng nhau trốn tránh, không đứng vững được. Vì ngày tai họa, kỳ thăm phạt, đã đến trên chúng nó rồi.

22 Tiếng nó như rắn đi; vì quân nghịch nó kéo tới mạnh lắm, cầm búa rìu đến trên nó, như thể thợ rừng.

23 Ðức Giê-hô-va phán: Quân nghịch đốn chặt rừng nó, rừng nó không thể dò xem được. Vì chúng nó đông hơn cào cào, không thể đếm được.

24 Con gái Ê-díp-tô sẽ mang xấu hổ, sẽ bị nộp trong tay dân phương bắc.

25 Ðức Giê-hô-va vạn quân, Ðức Chúa Trời của Y-sơ-ra-ên, phán rằng: Nầy, ta sẽ phạt A-môn, là thần của Nô, luôn cả Pha-ra-ôn, và Ê-díp-tô, với các thần và các vua nó: tức Pha-ra-ôn cùng những kẻ nhờ cậy người.

26 Ta sẽ phó chúng nó trong tay những kẻ đòi mạng chúng nó, tức trong tay Nê-bu-cát-nết-sa, vua Ba-by-lôn, và trong tay tôi tớ người; về sau Ê-díp-tô sẽ còn có dân ở như ngày xưa. Ðức Giê-hô-va phán vậy.

27 Hỡi tôi tớ ta là Gia-cốp, chớ sợ chi; hỡi Y-sơ-ra-ên, chớ kinh hãi! Vì ta sẽ cứu ngươi từ xứ xa, sẽ khiến dòng dõi ngươi ra từ đất mình bị làm phu tù. Gia-cốp sẽ trở về, được bình an yên ổn, chẳng ai làm cho sợ hãi.

28 Ðức Giê-hô-va phán: Hỡi Gia-cốp tôi tớ ta, ngươi chớ sợ, vì ta ở cùng ngươi. Ta sẽ diệt hết các nước mà ta đã đuổi ngươi đến; còn ngươi, thì ta không diệt hết đâu, nhưng sẽ sửa trị ngươi cách chừng mực, và không thể nào không phạt ngươi.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed #503

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503. We will now say what Egypt symbolizes in the Word: Egypt symbolizes the natural self joined to the spiritual self, and its affection for truth then and consequent knowledge and intelligence. And in an opposite sense it symbolizes the natural self divorced from the spiritual self, and its conceit in its own intelligence then and consequent irrationality in spiritual matters.

Egypt symbolizes the natural self joined to the spiritual self, and its affection for truth then and consequent knowledge and intelligence, in the following passages:

In that day there will be five cities in the land of Egypt... swearing an oath to Jehovah of Hosts... In that day there will be an altar to Jehovah in the midst of the land of Egypt... Then Jehovah will be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians will know the Lord in that day... (Isaiah 19:18-21)

In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, so that the Assyrian will come into Egypt and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians will serve with the Assyrians. In that day Israel will be one of three with Egypt and Assyria - a blessing in the midst of the land, whom Jehovah of Hosts shall bless, saying, "Blessed is My people Egypt, and Assyria the work of My hands, and Israel My inheritance." (Isaiah 19:23-25)

Egypt there is the natural component, Assyria the rational one, and Israel the spiritual one. These three form a person of the church.

That is why the king of Egypt is called "the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings," and Egypt is called "the cornerstone of (the) tribes." (Isaiah 19:11, 13) And regarding Solomon we are told that his wisdom excelled the wisdom of the Egyptians (1 Kings 4:30). We are also told that he "took Pharaoh's daughter as a wife, and brought her into the city of David" (1 Kings 3:1), and that he "built a house for Pharaoh's daughter next to the porch" (1 Kings 7:8).

[2] For this reason Joseph was carried down into Egypt and there became the ruler of the whole land (Genesis 41).

Since Egypt symbolized the natural self in respect to its affection for truth and consequent knowledge and intelligence, therefore Joseph, the husband of Mary, having been warned by an angel, went with the infant Lord into Egypt (Matthew 2:14-15), in fulfillment of the prophecy,

When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son. (Hosea 11:1)

You caused a vine to come out of Egypt; You... planted it... and caused it to send forth its roots... (Psalms 80:8-9)

For a person is born natural, becomes rational, and later spiritual. Thus is a vine from Egypt planted and caused to take root.

For the sake of this representation, moreover, Abraham sojourned in Egypt (Genesis 12:10ff.). And Jacob was commanded to go with his sons into Egypt, and they also abode there (Genesis 46ff.).

So, too, the land of Canaan, which symbolizes the church, is described to extend "even to the river of Egypt" (Genesis 15:18, 1 Kings 4:21, Micah 7:12). And Egypt is compared to the Garden of Eden, the garden of God (Ezekiel 31:2, 8, Genesis 13:10).

The knowledge of the natural self is also called "the precious things of Egypt" (Daniel 11:43), and "fine embroidered linen from Egypt" (Ezekiel 27:7).

And so on elsewhere where Egypt is spoken of affirmatively, as in Isaiah 27:12-13.

[3] On the other hand, in an opposite sense Egypt symbolizes the natural self divorced from the spiritual self, and its conceit in its own intelligence then and consequent irrationality in spiritual matters, in the following places:

Because...(Pharaoh's) heart was lifted up in its height, and it set its top among the thick boughs..., aliens... will cut him off and cast him down... In the day when he went down to hell..., I covered the deep over him...(and) you shall lie in the midst of the uncircumcised... (Ezekiel 31:10-18)

...the foundations (of Egypt) shall be overthrown... ...the pride of her power shall come down... ...and shall be laid waste... her cities... in the midst of the desolate cities... I will set fire to Egypt..., and I will disperse Egypt among the nations, and scatter them throughout the lands. (Ezekiel 30:1ff.)

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help..., and do not look to the Holy One of Israel... For the Egyptians are men, and not God, and their horses are flesh, and not spirit. (Isaiah 31:1, 3)

Egypt rises up like a flood... He says, "I will go up, I will cover the earth, (and) I will destroy... Come up, O horses, and rage, O chariots! ...The sword shall devour (you), and be... made drunk with blood...; there is no healing for you. (Jeremiah 46:2, 8-11)

How do you say to Pharaoh, "I am the son of the wise, and the son of ancient kings?" Where are your wise men now? ...let them know... The princes of Zoan have become fools...; they have led Egypt astray..., the cornerstone of (the) tribes... Neither will there be any work for Egypt, which may form the head or the tail... (Isaiah 19:1-17)

...prophesy against... Egypt..., O great whale who lie in the midst of your rivers. Because he said, "My river, and I have made myself," (therefore) I will put hooks in your jaws, and cause the fish of your rivers to stick to your scales... And I will leave you in the wilderness... Therefore... the land of Egypt shall become desolate and waste. (Ezekiel 29:1-12)

And so on elsewhere, as in Isaiah 30:1, 2, 7; 2 Kings 18:21.

[4] Since the Egyptians became of such a character, therefore they were rendered desolate as regards all the goods and truths of the church. Their desolations are described by the miracles done there, which were plagues, and these symbolized the many lusts of the natural self divorced from the spiritual self, a natural self which acts only in accordance with its own intelligence and its conceit. The plagues symbolic of its lusts were these:

That the water in the river turned to blood so that the fish died and the river stank. (Exodus 7)

That the streams and ponds brought forth frogs upon the land of Egypt. That the dust of the ground turned into lice. That a swarm of noxious flying insects was sent. (Exodus 8)

[That a pestilence occurred so that the livestock of Egypt died.] That sores were caused to break out with pustules on man and beast. That a downpour of hail mixed with fire rained down. (Exodus 9)

That locusts were sent. That darkness occurred through all the land of Egypt. (Exodus 10).

That all the firstborn in the land of Egypt died. (Exodus 11,12)

And finally, that the Egyptians were drowned in the Red Sea (Exodus 14), which symbolizes hell.

To find what all these things symbolize specifically, see Arcana Coelestia (The Secrets of Heaven), published in London, where they are explained.

It is apparent from this what is symbolically meant by the plagues and diseases of Egypt in Deuteronomy 7:15; 28:60; what is symbolically meant by drowning in the river of Egypt in Amos 8:8; 9:5; and why it is that Egypt is called a land of bondage in Micah 6:4, the land of Ham in Psalms 106:22, and an iron furnace in Deuteronomy 4:20, 1 Kings 8:51.

[5] The reason Egypt symbolizes both intelligence and irrationality in spiritual matters was that the Ancient Church, which extended through many kingdoms in Asia, existed also in Egypt, and at that time the Egyptians, more than any others, cultivated a study of the correspondences between spiritual and natural things, as is apparent from the hieroglyphs there. But when that study among them was turned into magic and became idolatrous, then their intelligence in spiritual matters became irrational. Egypt symbolizes this, therefore, in an opposite sense.

It can be seen from this what the great city means, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt.

  
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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.

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Ezekiel 27

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1 The word of Yahweh came again to me, saying,

2 You, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre;

3 and tell Tyre, you who dwell at the entry of the sea, who are the merchant of the peoples to many islands, thus says the Lord Yahweh: You, Tyre, have said, I am perfect in beauty.

4 Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders have perfected your beauty.

5 They have made all your planks of fir trees from Senir; they have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.

6 Of the oaks of Bashan have they made your oars; they have made your benches of ivory inlaid in boxwood, from the islands of Kittim.

7 Of fine linen with embroidered work from Egypt was your sail, that it might be to you for a banner; blue and purple from the islands of Elishah was your awning.

8 The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers: your wise men, Tyre, were in you, they were your pilots.

9 The old men of Gebal and the wise men of it were in you your repairers of ship seams: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in you to deal in your merchandise.

10 Persia and Lud and Put were in your army, your men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in you; they set forth your comeliness.

11 The men of Arvad with your army were on your walls all around, and valorous men were in your towers; they hanged their shields on your walls all around; they have perfected your beauty.

12 Tarshish was your merchant by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded for your wares.

13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were your traffickers; they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass for your merchandise.

14 They of the house of Togarmah traded for your wares with horses and war horses and mules.

15 The men of Dedan were your traffickers; many islands were the market of your hand: they brought you in exchange horns of ivory and ebony.

16 Syria was your merchant by reason of the multitude of your handiworks: they traded for your wares with emeralds, purple, and embroidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and rubies.

17 Judah, and the land of Israel, they were your traffickers: they traded for your merchandise wheat of Minnith, and confections, and honey, and oil, and balm.

18 Damascus was your merchant for the multitude of your handiworks, by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches, with the wine of Helbon, and white wool.

19 Vedan and Javan traded with yarn for your wares: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were among your merchandise.

20 Dedan was your trafficker in precious cloths for riding.

21 Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they were the merchants of your hand; in lambs, and rams, and goats, in these were they your merchants.

22 The traffickers of Sheba and Raamah, they were your traffickers; they traded for your wares with the chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold.

23 Haran and Canneh and Eden, the traffickers of Sheba, Asshur [and] Chilmad, were your traffickers.

24 These were your traffickers in choice wares, in wrappings of blue and embroidered work, and in chests of rich clothing, bound with cords and made of cedar, among your merchandise.

25 The ships of Tarshish were your caravans for your merchandise: and you were replenished, and made very glorious in the heart of the seas.

26 Your rowers have brought you into great waters: the east wind has broken you in the heart of the seas.

27 Your riches, and your wares, your merchandise, your mariners, and your pilots, your repairers of ship seams, and the dealers in your merchandise, and all your men of war, who are in you, with all your company which is in the midst of you, shall fall into the heart of the seas in the day of your ruin.

28 At the sound of the cry of your pilots the suburbs shall shake.

29 All who handled the oar, the mariners, [and] all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships; they shall stand on the land,

30 and shall cause their voice to be heard over you, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust on their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:

31 and they shall make themselves bald for you, and clothe them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for you in bitterness of soul with bitter mourning.

32 In their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for you, and lament over you, [saying], Who is there like Tyre, like her who is brought to silence in the midst of the sea?

33 When your wares went forth out of the seas, you filled many peoples; you did enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of your riches and of your merchandise.

34 In the time that you were broken by the seas in the depths of the waters, your merchandise and all your company did fall in the midst of you.

35 All the inhabitants of the islands are astonished at you, and their kings are horribly afraid; they are troubled in their face.

36 The merchants among the peoples hiss at you; you are become a terror, and you shall nevermore have any being.

   

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