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1 LA mano del Signore fu sopra me, e il Signore mi menò fuori in ispirito, e mi posò in mezzo d’una campagna, la quale era piena d’ossa.

2 E mi fece passar presso di esse, attorno attorno; ed ecco, erano in grandissimo numero sopra la campagna; ed ecco, erano molto secche.

3 E mi disse: Figliuol d’uomo, potrebbero quest’ossa rivivere? Ed io dissi: Signore Iddio, tu il sai.

4 Ed egli mi disse: Profetizza sopra queste ossa, e di’ loro: ossa secche, ascoltate la parola del Signore.

5 Così ha detto il Signore Iddio a quest’ossa: Ecco, io fo entrare in voi lo spirito, e voi riviverete;

6 e metterò sopra voi de’ nervi, e farò venir sopra voi della carne, e vi ricoprirò di pelle; poi metterò lo spirito in voi, e riviverete; e conoscerete che io sono il Signore.

7 Ed io profetizzai, come mi era stato comandato; e come io profetizzava, si fece un suono; ed ecco un tremoto; e le ossa si accostarono, ciascun osso al suo.

8 Ed io riguardai; ed ecco, sopra quelle vennero de’ nervi, e della carne, e furono ricoperte di sopra di pelle; ma non vi era ancora spirito alcuno in loro.

9 E il Signore mi disse: Profetizza allo spirito; profetizza, figliuol d’uomo, e di’ allo spirito: Così ha detto il Signore Iddio: Vieni, o spirito, da’ quattro venti, e soffia in questi uccisi, acciocchè rivivano.

10 Ed io profetizzai, come egli mi avea comandato; e lo spirito entrò in essi, e ritornarono in vita, e si rizzarono in piè, ed erano un grandissimo esercito.

11 Ed egli mi disse: Figliuol d’uomo queste ossa son tutta la casa d’Israele; ecco, essi dicono: Le nostre ossa son secche, e la nostra speranza è perita; e, quant’è a noi, siamo sterminati.

12 Perciò, profetizza, e di’ loro: Così ha detto il Signore Iddio: Ecco, io apro i vostri sepolcri, e vi trarrò fuor delle vostre sepolture, o popol mio; e vi ricondurrò nel paese d’Israele.

13 E voi conoscerete che io sono il Signore, quando avrò aperti i vostri sepolcri, e vi avrò tratti fuor delle vostre sepolture, o popol mio.

14 E metterò lo Spirito mio in voi, e voi ritornerete in vita; e vi poserò sopra la vostra terra; e voi conoscerete che io, il Signore, ho parlato, e che altresì ho messa la cosa ad effetto, dice il Signore.

15 Poi la parola del Signore mi fu indirizzata, dicendo:

16 Figliuol d’uomo, prenditi ancora un pezzo di legno, e scrivi sur esso: Per Giuda, e per li figliuoli d’Israele, suoi congiunti; poi prenditi un altro pezzo di legno, e scrivi sur esso: Per Giuseppe, il legno di Efraim, e di tutta la casa d’Israele, suoi congiunti.

17 Poi accostali l’uno all’altro, come se non fossero che un sol pezzo di legno; e sieno così congiunti nella tua mano.

18 E quando i figliuoli del tuo popolo ti diranno: Non ci dichiarerai tu che cosa vuoi dire per queste cose?

19 di’ loro: Così ha detto il Signore Iddio: Ecco, io prendo il pezzo di legno di Giuseppe, che è in mano di Efraim, e quel delle tribù d’Israele, sue congiunte; e lo metterò sopra questo, cioè, sopra il pezzo di legno di Giuda; e ne farò un medesimo pezzo di legno, e saranno una stessa cosa nella mia mano.

20 Tieni adunque que’ due pezzi di legno, sopra i quali avrai scritto, nella tua mano, nel lor cospetto;

21 e di’ loro: Così ha detto il Signore Iddio: Ecco, io ritrarrò i figliuoli d’Israele di mezzo delle genti, dove sono andati, e li raccoglierò d’ogn’intorno, e li ricondurrò nella lor terra.

22 E ne farò una medesima nazione, nella terra, nei monti d’Israele; ed un solo re sarà lor re a tutti; e non saranno più due nazioni, e non saranno più divisi in due regni.

23 E non si contamineranno più co’ loro idoli, nè con le loro abbominazioni, nè con tutti i lor misfatti; ed io li salverò di tutte le loro abitazioni, nelle quali hanno peccato; e li netterò, e mi saran popolo, ed io sarò loro Dio.

24 E il mio servitore Davide sarà re sopra loro, ed essi tutti avranno un medesimo Pastore, e cammineranno nelle mie leggi, ed osserveranno i miei statuti, e li metteranno in opera.

25 Ed abiteranno nel paese che io ho dato a Giacobbe, mio servitore; nel quale i padri vostri abitarono; ed abiteranno in quello, essi, e i lor figliuoli, e i figliuoli de’ lor figliuoli, in perpetuo; e il mio servitore Davide sarà lor principe in eterno.

26 Ed io farò con loro un patto di pace; vi sarà un patto eterno con loro; e li stanzierò, e li accrescerò, e metterò il mio santuario in mezzo di loro in perpetuo.

27 E il mio tabernacolo sarà appresso di loro; ed io sarò loro Dio, ed essi mi saran popolo.

28 E le genti conosceranno che io sono il Signore, che santifico Israele, quando il mio santuario sarà in mezzo di loro in perpetuo.

   

To many Protestant and Evangelical Italians, the Bibles translated by Giovanni Diodati are an important part of their history. Diodati’s first Italian Bible edition was printed in 1607, and his second in 1641. He died in 1649. Throughout the 1800s two editions of Diodati’s text were printed by the British Foreign Bible Society. This is the more recent 1894 edition, translated by Claudiana.

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205. He that hath the key of David. That this signifies who has power by means of Divine truth is evident from the signification of key, as being the power of opening and shutting, in this case heaven and hell; for it follows, he that openeth and no man shutteth, and shutteth and no one openeth. Hence by key is here meant the power of saving (as may be seen above, n. 86), because to open heaven, and to shut hell, is to save; also from the representation of David, as being the Lord as to Divine truth. The reason why by David in the Word is meant the Lord, is, that in the Word the Lord is represented as to Divine truth by kings, and by priests as to Divine good, and especially by king David, because he had much care respecting the things of the church, and also wrote the Psalms. (That by kings in the Word is signified Divine truth, and by priests Divine good, may be seen above, n. 31. And, moreover, that by all names of persons and places in the Word spiritual things are signified, which are things pertaining to the church and to heaven, see above, n. 19, 50, 102.) The reason why it is said, he that hath the key of David is, because by David, as just said, is represented the Lord as to Divine truth; and the Lord has all power in the heavens and on earth from Divine good by means of Divine truth; for, in general, good has no power without truth, neither has truth any power without good, for good acts by means of truth. This is why Divine good and Divine truth proceed unitedly from the Lord, and in proportion as they are thus received by the angels, in the same proportion have the angels power: this, therefore, is the reason why the key of David is mentioned. (That all power pertains to truth from good may be seen in the work, Heaven and Hell 228-233, where the power of the angels of heaven is treated of; and also n. 539, in the same work.)

[2] That by David in the Word is meant the Lord is clearly evident from several passages where he is named in the prophets; as in Ezekiel:

"They shall be to me for a people, and I will be to them for a God, and my servant David king over them, that they may all have one shepherd. They shall dwell upon the earth, they and their sons, and the sons of their sons even to eternity; and David my servant shall be a prince to them to eternity" (37:23-25).

Again, in Hosea:

"The sons of Israel shall return and shall seek Jehovah their God, and David their king; and with fear shall they come to Jehovah and to his goodness in the end of days" (3:5).

It is said, "they shall seek Jehovah their God, and David their king," because by Jehovah in the Word is meant the Lord as to Divine good, which is the Divine as Being (esse), and by David a king, the Lord as to Divine truth, which is the Divine Manifestation (existere). (That by Jehovah in the Word is meant the Lord as to Divine good, may be seen in Arcana Coelestia 732, 2586, 2807, 2822, 3921, 4253, 4402, 7010, 9167, 9315.)

[3] In Zechariah:

"Jehovah shall preserve the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitant of Jerusalem may not extol itself above Judah. In that day shall Jehovah protect the inhabitant of Jerusalem; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of Jehovah before them. And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitant of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace. In that day there shall be a fountain open to the house of David, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem" (12:7, 8, 10; 13:1).

The coming of the Lord is here treated of, and the salvation of those who belong to His spiritual kingdom. By the tents of Judah is meant the celestial kingdom; and by the house of David and the inhabitant of Jerusalem, the spiritual kingdom. The spiritual kingdom is formed of those in heaven and on earth who are in Divine truth, and the celestial kingdom of those who are in Divine good (as may be seen just above).

From these considerations it is plain that these words mean that those two kingdoms should act as one, nor should one exalt itself above the other (concerning these two kingdoms, see what is said in the work, Heaven and Hell 20-28). That by Judah is signified the Lord as to celestial love, and the celestial kingdom of the Lord, may be seen above (n. 119). And that by Jerusalem is signified the spiritual kingdom of the Lord, see Arcana Coelestia 402, 3654, 9166). The same is therefore signified by the house of David; therefore it is there said, "the house of David shall be as God, and as the angel of Jehovah;" by God also is meant the Lord as to Divine truth (see n. 2586, 2769, 2807, 2822, 3921, 4287, 4402, 7010, 9167); similarly by the angel of Jehovah (see above, n. 130, 200). David and his house have also a similar signification in the following passages.

[4] In Isaiah:

"Incline your ear, and come unto me; hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. Behold I have given him for a witness to the peoples, a prince and a legislator to the nations" (55:3, 4).

These things are said concerning the Lord, who is here signified by David. In David:

"In the heavens thou shalt confirm thy truth: I have made a covenant with my chosen; I have sworn to David my servant, Even to eternity will I establish thy seed, and I will build up thy throne to generation and generation; and the heavens shall confess thy wonder, O Jehovah, and thy truth in the congregation of the holy ones" (Psalms 89:2-5).

These things also are spoken of the Lord, and not of David; for it is said, "I have sworn to David my servant, even to eternity will I establish thy seed, and build up thy throne to generation and generation"; which is not applicable to David, whose seed and throne are not established to eternity, and yet Jehovah sware; and an oath from Jehovah is irrevocable confirmation by the Divine (see Arcana Coelestia 2842). By the seed of David, in the spiritual sense, are meant those who are in truths from good from the Lord, and, in an abstract sense, truths themselves which are from good (as may be seen, Arcana Coelestia, 3373, 3380, 10249, 10445), and by throne is meant the spiritual kingdom of the Lord (n. 5313, 6397, 8625). The reason why David is here called a servant, as also above in Ezekiel is, that the term servant is used in the Word of all persons and things that serve and minister (see Arcana Coelestia 3441, 7143, 8241), and the Divine truth proceeding serves and ministers to the Divine good from which it proceeds. That it is the Lord as to Divine truth, or that it is Divine truth proceeding from the Lord, which is meant by David, is clear; for it is said, "in the heavens thou shalt confirm thy truth, and the heavens shall confess thy wonder, thy truth in the congregation of the holy ones." That they are also called holy who are in Divine truths, may be seen just above.

[5] Again:

"I will not profane my covenant; and what is pronounced by my lips will I not change. Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David. His seed shall be to eternity, and his throne as the sun before me, as the moon to eternity, as a faithful witness in the clouds" (Psalms 89:34-37).

That these things are said of the Lord, is evident from the whole of the psalm; for His coming is there treated of, and afterwards the rejection of Him by the Jewish nation. That the Lord is there treated of, and that He is meant by David, is evident from these words in the same Psalm:

"I have found David my servant; with the oil of my holiness have I anointed him. I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers. He shall call me, Thou art my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation. I also will make him my first-born, higher than the kings of the earth. I will set his throne as the days of the heavens" (vers. 20, 25-27, 29).

By David, by anointed, and by king, as in other passages of the Psalms, the Lord is meant. This may be seen clearly by those who understand the Word spiritually, but obscurely by those who understand it only naturally. The same is clear in the same:

"Thy priests shall be clothed with justice, and thy saints shall sing for joy; for thy servant David's sake turn not away the face of thine anointed; there will I make the horn of David to bud: I will ordain a lamp for mine anointed, upon himself shall his crown flourish" (Psalm 132:9, 10, 17, 18).

Here also the Lord is meant by David and by anointed; for He is treated of in this Psalm; as is plain from what goes before, where it is said:

"He sware unto Jehovah, I will not give sleep to mine eyes until I find out a place for Jehovah, habitations for the mighty One of Jacob; lo, we have heard of it at Ephratah" (Bethlehem). "We will go into his habitations, we will worship at his footstool" (ver. 2, 4-7).

[6] In order that David might represent the Lord as to Divine truth, the Lord willed to be born of the house of David, and also to be called the son of Jesse; but when He put off the Human from the mother, and put on that from the Father, which is the Divine Human, He was then no longer David's son. This is meant by the words of the Lord to the Pharisees: Jesus said to the Pharisees,

"What think ye of the Christ? whose Son is he? They said unto him, David's. He saith unto them, How then doth David by the spirit call him Lord, saying, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand till I make thine enemies thy footsool? If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?" (Matthew 22:42-45; Luke 20:41-44).

That the Lord glorified His Human, that is, put off the human from the mother, and put on the Human from the Father, which is the Divine Human, may be seen in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem 293-295, 298-310.) Hence it is that He was not the son of David, just as He was not the son of Mary, whom therefore He did not call His mother, but "woman" as may be seen, Matthew 12:46-49; Mark 3:31 to the end; Luke 8:19-21; John 2:4, 19:25, 26. That the same is meant by the keys given to Peter as by the key of David - that the Lord has all power, and that He has this power by means of His Divine truth, will be seen in the article which now follows.

  
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Translation by Isaiah Tansley. Many thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.

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