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Esekiel第22章

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1 Og Herrens ord kom til mig, og det lød så:

2 Og du menneskesønn! Vil du dømme, vil du dømme blodstaden? Forehold den alle dens vederstyggeligheter!

3 Og du skal si: Så sier Herren, Israels Gud: Du by som har utøst dine innbyggeres blod, forat din tid skal komme, du som har gjort dig motbydelige avguder og således er blitt uren!

4 Ved det blod som du har utøst, er du blitt skyldig, og ved de motbydelige avguder som du har gjort, er du blitt uren, og du har fått dine dager til å nærme sig og har nådd dine år; derfor gjør jeg dig til hån for folkene og til spott for alle landene.

5 De land som er nær, og de som er langt borte fra dig, skal spotte dig, du med ditt utskjemte navn og din store forvirring!

6 Se, Israels fyrster i dig brukte alle sin arm til å utøse blod.

7 Far og mor blev ringeaktet hos dig; mot den fremmede blev det brukt vold hos dig; den farløse og enken blev undertrykt hos dig.

8 Mine helligdommer foraktet du, og mine sabbater vanhelliget du.

9 Baktalere stod frem hos dig for å utøse blod, og på dine fjell blev der ett [avgudsoffer]*; skjenselsgjerninger skjedde hos dig. / {* ESK 18, 6.}

10 Farens blusel blottedes hos dig; en kvinne som var uren i sin månedlige svakhet, krenkedes hos dig.

11 En bar sig vederstyggelig at mot sin næstes hustru, og en annen vanæret sin sønnekone i skammelig utukt, atter en annen krenket sin søster, sin fars datter, hos dig.

12 Gaver tok de hos dig for å utøse blod; rente og overmål tok du, og mot din næste gjorde du urett og vold, og mig glemte du, sier Herren, Israels Gud.

13 Men se, jeg har slått mine hender sammen over den urettferdige vinning du har samlet dig, og over det blod du har utøst i din midte.

14 Skal ditt hjerte holde stand eller dine hender ha sin styrke i de dager da jeg vil ha med dig å gjøre? Jeg, Herren, har sagt det, og jeg skal gjøre det.

15 Jeg vil sprede dig iblandt folkene og strø dig omkring i landene, og jeg vil ta bort fra dig all din urenhet.

16 Du skal bli vanhelliget ved din egen skyld for folkenes øine, og du skal kjenne at jeg er Herren.

17 Og Herrens ord kom til mig, og det lød så:

18 Menneskesønn! Israels hus er blitt mig til slagg; de er alle sammen som kobber og tinn og jern og bly i en ovn; sølvslagg er de blitt.

19 Derfor sier Herren, Israels Gud, så: Fordi I alle er blitt til slagg, se, derfor vil jeg samle eder sammen i Jerusalem.

20 Likesom en samler sølv og kobber og jern og bly og tinn i en ovn og blåser ild på det for å smelte det, således vil jeg samle eder i min vrede og min harme og legge eder i ovnen og smelte eder.

21 Ja, jeg vil samle eder og blåse på eder med min vredes ild, og I skal smeltes i den;

22 som sølv smeltes i en ovn, således skal I smeltes i den, og I skal kjenne at jeg, Herren, har utøst min harme over eder.

23 Og Herrens ord kom til mig, og det lød så:

24 Menneskesønn! Si til det*: Du er et land som ikke er renset, som ikke har fått skyllregn på vredens dag. / {* Juda.}

25 De profeter det har i sin midte, er en flokk av sammensvorne; de er lik en brølende løve, som raner og røver; de fortærer menneskeliv, de tar gods og kostbarheter; de gjør mange til enker der.

26 Dets prester gjør vold på min lov og vanhelliger mine helligdommer; mellem hellig og vanhellig gjør de ingen forskjell, og de lærer ikke å skjelne mellem urent og rent; for mine sabbater lukker de sine øine, og jeg blir vanhelliget midt iblandt dem.

27 De fyrster det har i sin midte, er lik ulver, som raner og røver; de utøser blod, de ødelegger menneskeliv for å samle urettferdig vinning.

28 Dets profeter stryker over med kalk for dem; de skuer tomhet og spår dem løgn og sier: Så sier Herren, Israels Gud - enda Herren ikke har talt.

29 Folket i landet gjør voldsverk og raner og røver, og den elendige og fattige undertrykker de, og mot den fremmede gjør de voldsverk uten lov og rett.

30 Jeg søkte blandt dem efter en mann som vilde mure op en mur og stille sig i gapet for mitt åsyn til vern for landet, så jeg ikke skulde ødelegge det; men jeg fant ingen.

31 Så utøser jeg da min vrede over dem; ved min harmes ild gjør jeg ende på dem; deres gjerninger lar jeg komme over deres eget hode, sier Herren, Israels Gud.

   

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Apocalypse Explained#238

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238. And miserable and poor. That this signifies that neither do they know that these have neither knowledges of truth nor knowledges of good, is evident from the signification of misery, or miserable, as being those who are destitute of the knowledges of truth; and from the signification of poor, as being those who are without the knowledges of good. That the terms miserable and poor have such signification is evident from many passages in the Word, and moreover from this consideration, that spiritual misery and poverty are nothing else but a defect of the knowledges of truth and good, for when such defect exists, the spirit is both miserable and poor; but when these knowledges are possessed, the spirit is rich and opulent; therefore by riches and wealth in the Word are signified spiritual riches and wealth, which are the knowledges (cognitiones) of truth and good, as was shown above (n. 236).

[2] Miserable and poor are terms used in many passages in the Word; but when the spiritual sense of these terms is not known, it is believed that only those are meant who are miserable and poor as to the things of the world; when nevertheless these are not meant, but those who are not in truths and goods and in the knowledges thereof. Indeed, by the miserable are meant those who are not in truths because not in the knowledges of them, and by the poor, those who are not in goods because they are not in the knowledges thereof. Because truths and goods, are meant by these two expressions, therefore in many places both are mentioned, as in David:

"I am miserable and poor, Lord, remember me" (Psalms 40:17; 70:5).

Again:

"Incline thine ear, O Jehovah, answer; for I am miserable and poor" (Psalms 86:1).

That by the miserable and poor are not meant those who are so as to worldly riches, but as to spiritual riches, is clear, because David spoke this concerning himself; therefore he also said, "Jehovah, incline thine ear, and answer."

[3] Again:

"The wicked make bare the sword, and bend their bow, to cast down the miserable and poor" (Psalms 37:14).

That by the miserable and poor are here also meant those who are spiritually such but yet desire the knowledges of truth and good is evident, for it is said that the wicked make bare the sword, and bend their bow; the sword signifying falsity fighting against truth and endeavouring to destroy it; and the bow, the doctrine of falsity against the doctrine of truth; therefore it is said that they do this to cast down the miserable and poor. (That by sword is signified truth fighting against falsity, and, in an opposite sense, falsity fighting against truth, may be seen above, n. 131; and that by bow is signified doctrine in both senses, may be seen in Arcana Coelestia 2686, 2709.)

[4] Again:

The wicked "persecuted the miserable and poor, and the dejected in heart to slay him" (Psalms 109:16).

In Isaiah:

"The fool speaketh foolishness, and his heart doeth iniquity to practise hypocrisy and to speak error against Jehovah, to make empty the hungry soul, and to make him who thirsteth for drink to faint. He deviseth wicked devices to destroy the miserable with words of falsehood, even when the poor speaketh judgment" (32:6, 7).

In this passage, also, by the miserable and poor are meant those who are destitute of the knowledges of truth and good; therefore it is said that the wicked deviseth wicked devices to destroy the miserable with words of falsehood, even when the poor speaketh judgment; words of falsehood denote falsities, and to speak judgment denotes what is right. Because such are here treated of, it is also said that they practise hypocrisy and utter error against Jehovah, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause him that thirsteth for drink to faint. To practise hypocrisy and to utter error denotes to do evil from falsity, and to speak falsity from evil; to make empty the soul of the hungry denotes to deprive of the knowledges of good those who desire them, and to cause the thirsty to faint for drink is to deprive of the knowledges of truth those who desire them. Again:

"The miserable shall have joy in Jehovah, and the poor of men shall exult in the Holy One of Israel" (29:19).

By the miserable and poor are here also signified those with whom there is a deficiency of truth and good, and who, nevertheless, desire them; of these it is said that they "shall have joy in Jehovah, and exult in the Holy One of Israel," and not of those who are miserable and poor as to worldly wealth.

[5] From these considerations it is evident what is signified by the miserable and poor in other passages in the Word, as in the following:

"The poor shall not always be forgotten; and the hope of the miserable shall not perish for ever" (Psalms 9:18).

Again:

"God shall judge the miserable of the people, he shall keep the sons of the poor. He shall liberate the poor when he crieth; the miserable also. He shall spare the poor and the needy, and shall save the souls of the poor" (Psalms 72:4, 12, 13).

Again:

"The miserable shall see, those seeking Jehovah shall be glad, because Jehovah heareth the poor" (Psalms 69:32, 33).

Again:

"Jehovah delivereth the miserable from him that is too strong for him, and the poor from him that spoileth him?" (Psalms 35:10).

Again:

"The miserable and poor praise thy name" (74:21; 109:22).

"I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the miserable, and the judgment of the poor" (Psalms 140:12).

And also elsewhere; as in Isaiah 10:2; Jeremiah 22:16; Ezekiel 16:49; 18:12; 22:29; Amos. 8:4; Deuteronomy 15:11; 24:14. The reason why both the miserable and the poor are mentioned in the passages adduced above, is, that it is according to the style of the Word that where truth is treated of good is also treated of; and, in the opposite sense, where falsity is treated of evil is also treated of, because they form one, and are like a marriage. On this account the miserable and the poor are mentioned together; for by the miserable are meant those who are deficient in the knowledges of truth, and by the poor those who are deficient in the knowledges of good. (That there is such a marriage almost everywhere in the prophetical parts of the Word, may be seen in Arcana Coelestia 683, 793, 801, 2516, 2712, 3004, 3005, 3009, 4138, 5138, 5194, 5502, 6343, 7022, 7945, 8339, 9263, 9314.) On this account also it is said in what follows: "And blind and naked;" for by the blind are meant those who have no understanding of truth, and by the naked those who have no understanding and will of good. Also, in the verse following, it is said, "I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed;" for by gold tried in the fire is meant the good of love, and by white raiment the truths of faith. And further, it is said, "That the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eye-salve, that thou mayest see," by which is meant lest the evils and falsities should be seen. The case is the same in other passages; but that such a marriage exists in every part of the Word, none can see but those who are acquainted with its internal sense.

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