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Hesekiel第26章

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1 Ja tapahtui ensimäisenä vuotena toistakymmentä, ensimäisenä päivänä (ensimmäisessä kuussa), että Herran sana tapahtui minulle ja sanoi:

2 Sinä ihmisen poika, että Tyro sanoo Jerusalemista: niin piti! Kansan portit ovat särjetyt: se on kääntynyt minun tyköni; minä täytetään, hän hävitetään;

3 Sentähden näin sanoo Herra, Herra: katso, minä tahdon sinun kimppuus, Tyro, ja tahdon antaa monta pakanaa tulla sinun päälles, niinkuin meri nousee aaltoinensa.

4 Niin pitää heidän kaataman muurit Tyrossa, ja kukistaman hänen torninsa, ja minä tahdon käväistä pois tomunkin siitä, ja tahdon tehdä hänestä paljaan kallion.

5 Hänen pitää tuleman luodoksi keskellä merta, jonka päälle kalaverkot hajoitetaan; sillä minä olen sen puhunut, sanoo Herra, Herra, ja hänen pitää tuleman pakanoille saaliiksi,

6 Ja hänen tyttärensä, jotka kedolla ovat, pitää miekalla tapettaman; ja hänen pitää ymmärtämän, että minä olen Herra.

7 Sillä näin sanoo Herra, Herra: katso, minä tahdon antaa tulla Tyron päälle Nebukadnetsarin, Babelin kuninkaan, pohjoisesta, kuningasten kuninkaan, hevosilla, vaunuilla, ratsasmiehillä ja suurella kansan joukolla.

8 Hänen pitää miekalla tappaman sinun tyttäres, jotka kedolla ovat; mutta sinua vastaan pitää hänen multaseinät rakentaman ja tekemän saarron, ja ylentämän kilvet sinua vastaan.

9 Hänen pitää sota-aseilla sinun muuris maahan sysäämän, ja miekoillansa kukistaman sinun tornis.

10 Hänen monien hevostensa tomun pitää sinun peittämän; niin pitää myös sinun muuris vapiseman hänen hevostensa, vaunuinsa ja ratsumiestensä töminästä, kuin hänen sinun porteistas vaeltaa sisälle, niinkuin siihen kaupunkiin mennään, joka maahan kukistettu on.

11 Hänen pitää hevostensa kavioilla tallaaman rikki kaikki sinun katus; sinun kansas hän miekalla tappaa, ja sinun vahvat patsaas maahan kaataa.

12 Heidän pitää sinun tavaras ryöstämän, ja sinun kauppas ottaman pois, sinun muuris kaataman, ja sinun kauniit huonees kukistaman; ja heittämän sinun kives, puus ja tomus veteen.

13 Niin tahdon minä lopettaa sinun laulus äänen, ettei enään kuultaman pidä sinun kantelees helinää.

14 Ja minä tahdon tehdä sinusta paljaan kallion ja luodon, jonka päälle kalaverkot hajoitetaan, ja ei sinun pidä enään rakennettaman; sillä minä Herra olen sen puhunut, sanoo Herra, Herra.

15 Näin sanoo Herra, Herra Tyroa vastaan: mitämaks että luotoin pitää vapiseman, kuin sinä niin hirmuisesti kaadut, ja sinun haavoitettus huutavat, jotka sinussa hirmuisesti tapetaan.

16 Ja kaikki ruhtinaat meren tykönä pitää astuman alas istuimiltansa, ja riisuman hameensa, ja paneman pois yltänsä neulotut vaatteet, ja pitää käymän murhevaatteissa ja istuman maahan, ja pitää hämmästymän ja tyhmistymän, sinun äkillisestä lankeemisestas.

17 Heidän pitää valittaman sinua, ja sanoman sinusta: voi, kuinka sinä olet niin peräti autioksi tullut, sinä kuuluisa kaupunki! sinä joka meren tykönä olit, joka niin voimallinen olit meren tykönä ynnä sinun asuvaistes kanssa, että kaiken maan täytyi sinua peljätä.

18 Nyt tyhmistyvät luodot sinun lankeemistas, ja luotokunnat meressä hämmästyvät sinun loppuas.

19 Sillä näin sanoo Herra, Herra: minä tahdon sinua tehdä autioksi kaupungiksi, niinkuin ne kaupungit, joissa ei kenkään asu, ja annan tulla suuren virran sinun päälles, suuret vedet sinua peittämään;

20 Ja annan sinun mennä alas niiden kanssa, jotka menevät alas hautaan, muinaisen kansan tykö, ja tahdon kukistaa sinut maan alle, ja teen sinut niinkuin ijäiseksi autioksi niiden kanssa, jotka hautaan menevät, ettei kenenkään sinussa pidä asuman; ja annan kauneuden eläväin maahan.

21 Ja teen sinun hämmästykseksi, ettei sinun enää pidä oleman; niin että kuin sinua kysytään, niin ei ikänä pidä kenenkään sinua enään löytämän, sanoo Herra, Herra.

   


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Arcana Coelestia#10643

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10643. 'And break their pillars' means that falsities of evil are to be done away with. This is clear from the meaning of 'pillars' as representative signs of worship of the Lord which springs from truths, dealt with in 4580, 4582, 9388, 9389, and in the contrary sense as representative signs of idolatrous worship arising from falsities, 3727. The reason why pillars were signs representative of worship was that among the ancients it was customary to set up pillars, anoint them with oil, and in so doing make them holy objects. The ancients performed their worship chiefly on mountains, on hills, and in groves, where they set the pillars up. The reason why they set them up on mountains was that mountains served to mean the heaven where celestial love, which is love to the Lord, reigns; the reason why they set them up on hills was that hills served to mean the heaven where spiritual love, which is love towards the neighbour, reigns; and the reason why they set them up in groves was that groves served to mean heavenly wisdom and intelligence. All these had their origin in correspondences. The pillars which were set up in those places served as signs of Divine Truth; for the pillars were pieces of stone, and 'stone' means truth. And therefore in the Word the Lord in respect of Divine Truth is called the Stone of Israel. These then are the reasons why pillars were signs of worship of the Lord springing from truths.

[2] But when the representative signs of the Church which existed among the ancients began to be converted partly into what was idolatrous and partly into that which was magical, those signs were brought to an end, especially among the Israelite nation, which was idolatrous at heart. This is why idolatrous worship arising from falsities is also meant by 'pillars'. So it is with all worship when people become interested only in what is external, as happens when they regard self and the world as the end, and Divine things of the Church as the means. For then in the case of those who still engage in acts of worship, everything belonging to worship is turned into an idol, because outward forms without their inner realities are being worshipped. Consequently the truths contained in worship and religious teachings are turned into falsities; for they are falsified by the selfish and worldly thoughts entering into them, to which very many other notions become attached that take what is God's from those truths and assign them to self and the world. All this may also be recognized in the altars of the gentile nations; although they offered sacrifices on them in a similar way to the Israelite nation, those sacrifices were nevertheless abominations.

[3] The customary existence of pillars among the ancients, serving to mean the holiness of worship, is clear from the pillar erected by Jacob, described in Genesis as follows,

And Jacob took the stone which he had placed as his headrest, and placed it as a pillar and poured oil on the top of it. And he said, If I come back in peace to my father's house, this stone which I have placed as a pillar will be God's house. Genesis 28:18, 21-22.

The same thing is clear from the twelve pillars set up by Moses at the foot of Mount Sinai, spoken of as follows in Exodus and dealt with in 9389,

Moses wrote all Jehovah's words. And he rose early in the morning, and built an altar at the foot of 1 the mountain, and twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel. Exodus 24:4.

Also in Isaiah,

On that day there will be an altar to Jehovah in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to Jehovah at its border. Isaiah 19:19.

And in Hosea,

The children of Israel will sit many days with no king, and no prince, and no sacrifice, and no pillar. Hosea 3:4.

In these places worship springing from truths is meant by 'pillars', because stone was a sign of Divine Truth, as stated above; and a pillar anointed with oil was a sign of Divine Truth emanating from Divine Good.

[4] But when those representative objects began to be worshipped in an idolatrous manner, the command came for them to be overthrown and broken, as in the present verse and also in Exodus 23:24; Deuteronomy 7:5; 12:3. And since the Israelite nation was idolatrous at heart, to prevent them from setting up pillars on mountains and hills, or in groves, and worshipping them in an idolatrous manner, they were forbidden to set up pillars or to plant groves, even though for the ancients such things had been holy objects belonging to worship. The fact that this nation was forbidden to do so is clear in Moses,

You shall not plant for yourself a grove of any kind of tree beside the altar of your God which you shall make for yourself. And you shall not erect for yourself a pillar, which Jehovah your God indeed hates. Deuteronomy 16:21-22.

And the fact that they were forbidden to do so because they worshipped those objects in an idolatrous manner is clear in the first Book of Kings,

Judah 2 did what was evil in the eyes of Jehovah; they built for themselves high places and pillars on every high hill, and under every green tree. 1 Kings 14:22-23.

The like is said about the children of Israel 3 , in 2 Kings 17:10. In Micah,

I will cut down your carved images and your pillars from the midst of you, and you will adore no more the work of your hands. And I will uproot your groves from the midst of you. Micah 5:13-14.

In Isaiah,

You inflamed yourselves among the gods under every green tree. Isaiah 57:5.

And in Ezekiel,

By means of the hoofs of his horses Nebuchadnezzar will trample all your streets, slay the people with the sword, and cause your mighty pillars 4 to come down to the ground. Ezekiel 26:11.

The same thing may in addition be seen in other places, which likewise show what is meant in the internal sense by 'pillars'.

脚注:

1. literally, an altar under

2. i.e. the people in the southern kingdom of Judah

3. i.e. the northern kingdom of Israel

4. literally, pillars of your might

  
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Arcana Coelestia#4060

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4060. Therefore the words quoted above [in 4056] mean the state of the Church at that time as regards good, that is, as regards charity towards the neighbour and love to the Lord. This is clear from the internal sense of these words, which is as follows:

But immediately after the affliction of those days means the state of the Church as regards the truth of faith, which is dealt with in the verses immediately before this. In the Word desolation of truth is called 'affliction' in various places - 'days' being states, see 23, 487, 488, 493, 893, 2788, 3462, 3785. From this it is evident that these words mean that once faith no longer exists neither will any charity exist. For faith leads to charity because it teaches what charity is, and charity acquires its particular character from the truths of faith. The truths of faith however receive their essence and life from charity, as has been shown many times in previous volumes.

[2] The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light means love to the Lord, which is 'the sun', and charity towards the neighbour, which is 'the moon'. 'Being darkened' and 'not giving light' mean that that love and charity will not be in evidence and so will disappear. For 'the sun' means the celestial kind of love and 'the moon' the spiritual kind; that is, 'the sun' means love to the Lord, and 'the moon' charity towards the neighbour which comes through faith, see 1053, 1529, 1530, 2120, 2441, 2495. The reason why the sun and the moon have these meanings is that the Lord is seen in the next life as a sun by those in heaven who are governed by love to Him and are called celestial, and as a moon by those who are governed by charity towards the neighbour and are referred to as spiritual, see 1053, 1521, 1529-1531, 3636, 3643.

[3] The sun and the moon in heaven, or the Lord, are never darkened, nor do they lose their light but are shining unceasingly. Thus in heaven there is no darkening or loss of light in the love which celestial angels have for the Lord or in the charity which spiritual angels show towards the neighbour. Nor on earth is there any in people with whom angels are present, that is, in people who are governed by love and charity. But those who are not governed by any love or charity, only by self-love and love of the world, and consequently by feelings of hatred and revenge, bring that kind of obscurity to themselves. It is like the sun of this world which is shining constantly; yet when clouds intervene the sun is not visible, see 2441.

[4] And the stars will fall from heaven means that cognitions of good and truth will perish. When mentioned in the Word 'stars' have no other meaning than those cognitions, 1808, 2849.

And the powers of the heavens will be shaken means the foundations of the Church which are said to be shaken and jolted when those cognitions perish. This is because the Church on earth is heaven's foundation; for the influx of good and truth from the Lord through the heavens culminates ultimately in the goods and truths present with the member of the Church. Consequently when the state of the member of the Church is so perverse that he no longer allows good or truth to flow into him 'the powers of the heavens' are in that case said 'to be shaken'. That being so, the Lord always provides for some vestige of the Church to be left. And when the old Church perishes a new one is established.

[5] And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven means the manifestation of Divine truth - 'sign' meaning a manifestation, 'the Son of Man' the Lord as regards Divine truth, see 2803, 2813, 3704. This manifestation, or this 'sign', is what the disciples asked for when they said to the Lord,

Tell us, when will those things take place; what especially will be the sign of Your coming and of the close of the age? Matthew 24:3.

For they knew from the Word that when the age drew to a close the Lord would come, and they knew from the Lord that He would be coming again, by which they understood the Lord's coming a second time into the world since they were not yet aware of the fact that the Lord had come as often as the Church had been brought to ruin. Not that any of these comings had been a coming in person, as was the case when, through birth in the world, He took on the Human and made this Divine. Rather, those comings had been made through appearances or manifestations of Himself, such as when He appeared in Mamre to Abraham, in the bush to Moses, on Mount Sinai to the Israelites, and to Joshua when he entered the land of Canaan. There were other comings of a less visible nature, such as those at times when inspiration was received and the Word was given by means of it, and later on through the Word itself. For the Word has the Lord present within it; every detail there comes from Him and has reference to Him, as may be recognized from what has been shown many times up to now. This is the kind of appearance that is meant here by 'the sign of the Son of Man' and is the subject in the present verse under consideration.

[6] And then all the tribes of the earth will mourn means that all in whom the good of love and the truth of faith dwell will experience grief. This is what is meant by 'mourning', see Zechariah 12:10-14; and 'the tribes' means all aspects of good and truth, that is, of love and faith, 3858, 3926, and so consequently those in whom these things dwell. The phrase 'the tribes of the earth' is used because those inside the Church are meant - 'the earth' being the Church, see 662, 1066, 1067, 1262, 1733, 1850, 2117, 2928,

[7] And they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory means that at that time a revelation of the internal sense of the Word - the sense in which the Lord is present - will take place. 'The Son of Man' means Divine truth within the Word, 2803, 2813, 3704, 'the clouds' the literal sense. 'Power' has reference to the good and 'glory' to the truth present there. For this meaning of 'seeing the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven', see Preface to Genesis 18. This is the kind of coming of the Lord that is meant here, not a literal manifestation of Him in clouds. Next follows a reference to the establishment of a new Church, which takes place once the old has been brought to ruin and cast aside.

[8] He will send out His angels with a trumpet and a loud voice means election - not by visible angels, still less by trumpets and by loud voices, but by an influx of holy good and of holy truth from the Lord through angels, so that the expression 'angels' in the Word means something essentially the Lord's, 1925, 2821, 3039. In this instance it means things which come from the Lord and have reference to the Lord. 'A trumpet and a loud voice' means the proclamation of the Gospel, as in other places in the Word.

[9] And they will gather the elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other end of them means the establishment of a new Church, 'the elect' being people in whom the good of love and faith dwell, 3755 (end), 3900, 'the four winds' from which they will be gathered being all states of good and truth, 3708, and 'one end of the heavens to the other' the internal and the external features of the Church. These are the considerations that are meant by these words spoken by the Lord.

  
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