Arcana Coelestia#10422
10422. 'They have suddenly departed from the way which I have commanded them' means that they have removed themselves from Divine Truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'departing from the way' as removing themselves from truth. 'Departing' means removing themselves, for those whose interest lies in external things separated from what is internal remove themselves; and 'the way' means truth, dealt with below. Divine Truth is what they remove themselves from because, as it says, it is the way which Jehovah has commanded them that they have departed from.
[2] The meaning of 'the way' as truth has its origin in things that appear in the spiritual world. There also ways and paths appear, and in the cities streets and lanes; and spirits do not take any except the ones leading to those whom love draws them into association with. This explains why spirits' characters as regards truth may be recognized from the way or road they go along; for all truth leads to its own love, that being called truth which lends support to what is loved. It also explains why in the everyday language people use 'the way to go' denotes that which is true; for human language derives this usage, as it does very many others, from the spiritual world.
[3] This then accounts for the meaning in the Word of 'way', 'path', 'pathway', 'track', 'street', and 'lane' as truths, and in the contrary sense falsities, as is evident from the following places: In Jeremiah,
Stand close to the ways 1 and look; ask concerning the ways of old 2 , Which way is the best? Jeremiah 6:16.
In the same prophet,
Make good your ways and your works; do not trust in lying words 3 . Jeremiah 7:3-5.
In the same prophet,
Do not learn the way of the nations 4 . Jeremiah 10:2.
In the same prophet,
I will give to each according to his ways, according to the fruit of his works. Jeremiah 17:10.
In the same prophet,
They have caused them to stumble in their ways, in the pathways of old 2 , in order that they go away [into] by-paths and not the highway. Jeremiah 18:15.
In the same prophet,
I will give them one heart and one way. Jeremiah 32:39.
In David,
Make Your ways known to me, O Jehovah, teach me Your paths; lead me in Your truth. Psalms 25:4-5.
In the Book of Judges,
In the days of Jael the ways ceased 5 . And those going along the paths went along twisting ways. Judges 5:6.
In Isaiah,
Depart from the way, cause [yourselves] to turn aside from the path. Let your ears hear the word from behind you, This is the way; go in it. Isaiah 30:11, 21.
In the same prophet,
The paths have been devastated, the wayfarer has ceased. Isaiah 33:8.
In the same prophet,
There will also be a path there and a way, which will be called the way of holiness. The unclean one will not pass through it; but it will be for them. [The one] walking in the way and fools will not go astray. Isaiah 35:8.
[4] In the same prophet,
The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of Jehovah; make level in the lonely place a path for our God. With whom did He deliberate, that He might teach Him the way of judgement, and show Him the way of intelligence? Isaiah 40:3, 14.
In the same prophet,
... to say to those who are in darkness, Reveal yourselves. They will feed along the ways. I will set all My mountains as a way; My paths will be raised up. Isaiah 49:9, 11.
In the same prophet,
The way of peace they have not known, and there is no judgement in their tracks. They have perverted their paths for themselves. He who treads that [way] will not know peace. Isaiah 59:8.
In the same prophet,
Prepare the way for the people. Level out, level out the path. Say to the daughter of Zion, Behold, your salvation comes. Isaiah 62:10-11.
In the same prophet,
I have made 6 a way in the sea, a path in the mighty waters. I will place a way in the wilderness. Isaiah 43:16, 19.
In Moses,
Cursed is the one who causes the blind to go astray in the way. Deuteronomy 27:18.
In Matthew,
Go to the ends of the ways, and whomever you find, summon to the wedding. Matthew 22:9.
In John,
Jesus said, I am the way, the truth, and the life. John 14:6.
In these places, and in very many others, 'the way' means truth and in the contrary sense falsity.
脚注:
1. i.e. the crossroads
2. literally, of an age
3. literally, the words of a lie
4. or of the gentiles
5. i.e. the roads became disused
6. literally, given
Jeremiah第18章
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The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,
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Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause you to hear my words.
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Then I went down to the potter's house, and behold, he was making a work on the wheels.
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When the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
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Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
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House of Israel, can't I do with you as this potter? says Yahweh. Behold, as the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand, House of Israel.
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At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it;
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if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do to them.
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At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;
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if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they not obey my voice, then I will repent of the good, with which I said I would benefit them.
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Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says Yahweh: Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return you now everyone from his evil way, and amend your ways and your doings.
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But they say, It is in vain; for we will walk after our own devices, and we will do everyone after the stubbornness of his evil heart.
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Therefore thus says Yahweh: Ask now among the nations, who has heard such things; the virgin of Israel has done a very horrible thing.
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Shall the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field? [or] shall the cold waters that flow down from afar be dried up?
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For my people have forgotten me, they have burned incense to false [gods]; and they have been made to stumble in their ways, in the ancient paths, to walk in byways, in a way not built up;
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to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing; everyone who passes thereby shall be astonished, and shake his head.
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I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
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Then they said, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
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Give heed to me, Yahweh, and listen to the voice of those who contend with me.
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Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.
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Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and give them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives become childless, and widows; and let their men be slain of death, [and] their young men struck of the sword in battle.
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Let a cry be heard from their houses, when you shall bring a troop suddenly on them; for they have dug a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
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Yet, Yahweh, you know all their counsel against me to kill me; don't forgive their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from your sight; but let them be overthrown before you; deal you with them in the time of your anger.
