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Ezekiel第29章

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1 εν τω ετει τω δεκατω εν τω δεκατω μηνι μια του μηνος εγενετο λογος κυριου προς με λεγων

2 υιε ανθρωπου στηρισον το προσωπον σου επι φαραω βασιλεα αιγυπτου και προφητευσον επ' αυτον και επ' αιγυπτον ολην

3 και ειπον ταδε λεγει κυριος ιδου εγω επι φαραω τον δρακοντα τον μεγαν τον εγκαθημενον εν μεσω ποταμων αυτου τον λεγοντα εμοι εισιν οι ποταμοι και εγω εποιησα αυτους

4 και εγω δωσω παγιδας εις τας σιαγονας σου και προσκολλησω τους ιχθυς του ποταμου σου προς τας πτερυγας σου και αναξω σε εκ μεσου του ποταμου σου και παντας τους ιχθυας του ποταμου σου

5 και καταβαλω σε εν ταχει και παντας τους ιχθυας του ποταμου σου επι προσωπον του πεδιου πεση και ου μη συναχθης και ου μη περισταλης τοις θηριοις της γης και τοις πετεινοις του ουρανου δεδωκα σε εις καταβρωμα

6 και γνωσονται παντες οι κατοικουντες αιγυπτον οτι εγω ειμι κυριος ανθ' ων εγενηθης ραβδος καλαμινη τω οικω ισραηλ

7 οτε επελαβοντο σου τη χειρι αυτων εθλασθης και οτε επεκρατησεν επ' αυτους πασα χειρ και οτε επανεπαυσαντο επι σε συνετριβης και συνεκλασας αυτων πασαν οσφυν

8 δια τουτο ταδε λεγει κυριος ιδου εγω επαγω επι σε ρομφαιαν και απολω ανθρωπους απο σου και κτηνη

9 και εσται η γη αιγυπτου απωλεια και ερημος και γνωσονται οτι εγω ειμι κυριος αντι του λεγειν σε οι ποταμοι εμοι εισιν και εγω εποιησα αυτους

10 δια τουτο ιδου εγω επι σε και επι παντας τους ποταμους σου και δωσω γην αιγυπτου εις ερημον και ρομφαιαν και απωλειαν απο μαγδωλου και συηνης και εως οριων αιθιοπων

11 ου μη διελθη εν αυτη πους ανθρωπου και πους κτηνους ου μη διελθη αυτην και ου κατοικηθησεται τεσσαρακοντα ετη

12 και δωσω την γην αυτης απωλειαν εν μεσω γης ηρημωμενης και αι πολεις αυτης εν μεσω πολεων ηρημωμενων εσονται τεσσαρακοντα ετη και διασπερω αιγυπτον εν τοις εθνεσιν και λικμησω αυτους εις τας χωρας

13 ταδε λεγει κυριος μετα τεσσαρακοντα ετη συναξω τους αιγυπτιους απο των εθνων ου διεσκορπισθησαν εκει

14 και αποστρεψω την αιχμαλωσιαν των αιγυπτιων και κατοικισω αυτους εν γη παθουρης εν τη γη οθεν ελημφθησαν και εσται αρχη ταπεινη

15 παρα πασας τας αρχας ου μη υψωθη ετι επι τα εθνη και ολιγοστους αυτους ποιησω του μη ειναι αυτους πλειονας εν τοις εθνεσιν

16 και ουκετι εσονται τω οικω ισραηλ εις ελπιδα αναμιμνησκουσαν ανομιαν εν τω αυτους ακολουθησαι οπισω αυτων και γνωσονται οτι εγω ειμι κυριος

17 και εγενετο εν τω εβδομω και εικοστω ετει μια του μηνος του πρωτου εγενετο λογος κυριου προς με λεγων

18 υιε ανθρωπου ναβουχοδονοσορ βασιλευς βαβυλωνος κατεδουλωσατο αυτου την δυναμιν δουλεια μεγαλη επι τυρου πασα κεφαλη φαλακρα και πας ωμος μαδων και μισθος ουκ εγενηθη αυτω και τη δυναμει αυτου επι τυρου και της δουλειας ης εδουλευσαν επ' αυτην

19 ταδε λεγει κυριος κυριος ιδου διδωμι τω ναβουχοδονοσορ βασιλει βαβυλωνος γην αιγυπτου και προνομευσει την προνομην αυτης και σκυλευσει τα σκυλα αυτης και εσται μισθος τη δυναμει αυτου

20 αντι της λειτουργιας αυτου ης εδουλευσεν επι τυρον δεδωκα αυτω γην αιγυπτου ταδε λεγει κυριος κυριος

21 εν τη ημερα εκεινη ανατελει κερας παντι τω οικω ισραηλ και σοι δωσω στομα ανεωγμενον εν μεσω αυτων και γνωσονται οτι εγω ειμι κυριος

   

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Sacred Scripture#35

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35. 28 shows that the Old Testament prophets represented the Lord in respect to the Word and therefore meant the teaching of the church drawn from the Word, and that because of this they were addressed as “children of humanity.” It follows from this that by the various things they suffered and endured they represented the violence done to the literal meaning of the Word by Jews. Isaiah, for example, took the sackcloth off his waist and the sandals off his feet and went naked and barefoot for three years (Isaiah 20:2-3). Similarly, Ezekiel the prophet took a barber’s razor to his head and his beard, burned a third of the hair in the middle of the city, struck a third with a sword, and scattered a third to the wind; also, he bound a few hairs in his hems and eventually threw a few into the midst of a fire and burned them (Ezekiel 5:1-4).

Since the prophets represented the Word and therefore meant the teaching of the church drawn from the Word (as just noted), and since the head means wisdom from the Word, the hair and the beard mean the outermost form of truth. It is because of this meaning that inflicting baldness on yourself was a sign of immense grief and being discovered to be bald was an immense disgrace. This and this alone is why the prophet shaved off his hair and his beard - to represent the state of the Jewish church in regard to the Word. This and this alone is why two she-bears tore apart forty-two boys who called Elisha bald (2 Kings 2:23-25)-because as just noted the prophet represented the Word, and his baldness signified the Word without an outermost meaning.

We shall see in §49 below that the Nazirites represented the Lord’s Word in its outermost forms, which is why they were commanded to let their hair grow and not to shave any of it. In Hebrew, “Nazirite” actually means “hair.” It was commanded also that the high priest was not to shave his head (Leviticus 21:10) and that the fathers of their families as well were not to do so (Leviticus 21:5).

That is why they regarded baldness as such an immense disgrace, as we can tell from the following passages:

There will be baldness upon all heads, and every beard will be cut off. (Isaiah 15:2; Jeremiah 48:37)

There will be shame upon all faces and baldness on all heads. (Ezekiel 7:18)

Every head was made bald and every shoulder hairless. (Ezekiel 29:18)

I will put sackcloth around all waists and baldness upon every head. (Amos 8:10)

Make yourself bald and cut off your hair because of your precious children; make yourself still more bald, because they have left you and gone into exile. (Micah 1:16)

Here making yourself bald and making yourself still more bald means distorting truths of the Word in its outermost forms. Once they have been distorted, as was done by Jews, the whole Word is ruined, because the outermost forms of the Word are what it rests on and what holds it up. In fact, every word in it is a base and support for the Word’s heavenly and spiritual truths.

Since a head of hair means truth in its outermost forms, in the spiritual world everyone who trivializes the Word and distorts its literal meaning looks bald; but those who respect and love it have good-looking hair. On this, see §49 below.

  
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