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Esekiel第32章

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1 I det tolvte år, i den tolvte måned, på den første dag i måneden, kom Herrens ord til mig, og det lød så:

2 Menneskesønn! Stem i en klagesang over Farao, Egyptens konge, og si til ham: En ung løve blandt folkene vilde du være lik, og så var du som sjøuhyret i havet, og du fór frem i dine elver og gjorde vannet grumset med dine føtter og gjorde dets strømmer mudret.

3 sier Herren, Israels Gud: Derfor vil jeg utspenne mitt garn over dig ved skarer av mange folk, og de skal dra dig op i min not.

4 Jeg vil kaste dig på land og slenge dig bort på marken, og jeg vil la alle himmelens fugler slå ned på dig og dyrene på hele jorden mette sig med dig.

5 Jeg vil kaste ditt kjøtt op på fjellene og fylle dalene med din store kropp.

6 Jeg vil vanne landet med strømmer av ditt blod helt op til fjellene, og bekkeleiene skal fylles med dig.

7 Og når jeg utslukker dig, vil jeg tildekke himmelen og klæ dens stjerner i sort; solen vil jeg tildekke med skyer, og månen skal ikke la sitt lys skinne.

8 Alle skinnende lyshimmelen vil jeg klæ i sort for din skyld, og jeg vil legge mørke over ditt land, sier Herren, Israels Gud.

9 Jeg vil vekke sorg i mange folkeslags hjerter, når jeg lar tidenden om din undergang komme ut iblandt folkene, i land som du ikke kjenner.

10 Jeg vil gjøre mange folk forferdet over dig, og deres konger skal gyse av redsel over dig, når jeg svinger mitt sverd for deres åsyn, og de skal beve hvert øieblikk, hver for sitt liv, på den dag du faller.

11 For så sier Herren, Israels Gud: Babels konges sverd skal komme over dig.

12 For kjempers sverd vil jeg la din larmende hop falle - de* er alle sammen de grusomste blandt folkene; de skal ødelegge Egyptens stolthet, og hele dets larmende hop skal tilintetgjøres. / {* kjempene.}

13 Jeg vil utrydde alt dets fe, som har beitet ved de mange vann, og ingen menneskefot skal mere gjøre dem grumset, og ingen klov skal mere gjøre dem grumset.

14 Da vil jeg la deres vann synke og deres strømmer flyte bort som olje, sier Herren, Israels Gud,

15 når jeg gjør Egyptens land til en ørken, så landet ligger øde og tomt, når jeg slår ned alle dem som bor der; og de skal kjenne at jeg er Herren.

16 Dette er en klagesang, og den skal bli sunget, folkenes døtre skal synge den; over Egypten og hele dets larmende hop skal de synge den, sier Herren, Israels Gud.

17 I det tolvte år, på den femtende dag i måneden, kom Herrens ord til mig, og det lød så:

18 Menneskesønn! Syng en gravsang over Egyptens larmende hop og la den fare ned, den og herlige folkeslags døtre, til dødsrikets land, sammen med dem som farer ned i graven!

19 Overgår du nogen i skjønnhet? Far ned og legg dig hos de uomskårne!

20 Midt iblandt dem som er drept med sverdet, skal de* falle; sverdet er gitt**. Dra avsted med det*** og med alle dets skarer! / {* egypterne.} / {** nemlig til kaldeerne, ESK 32, 11.} / {*** Egypten.}

21 Kjempenes høvdinger taler midt ut fra dødsriket om ham* og hans hjelpere: De har faret ned, de ligger der, de uomskårne, drept med sverdet. / {* Farao.}

22 Der er Assur og hele hans skare, rundt om ham er hans graver; alle sammen er drept, falt for sverdet;

23 hans graver er lagt i hulens dypeste bunn, og hans skare er rundt omkring hans grav; alle sammen er drept, falt for sverdet, de som utbredte redsel i de levendes land.

24 Der er Elam og hele hans larmende hop rundt omkring hans grav; alle sammen er drept, falt for sverdet, de som uomskårne fór ned til dødsrikets land, de som hadde utbredt redsel for sig i de levendes land og bar sin skam sammen med dem som farer ned i graven.

25 Midt iblandt drepte menn er det redet et leie for ham med hele hans larmende hop, rundt omkring ham er hans graver; alle sammen er uomskårne, drept med sverdet, fordi redsel for dem var utbredt i de levendes land, og de bar sin skam sammen med dem som farer ned i graven; midt iblandt drepte menn blev han lagt.

26 Der er Mesek-Tubal og hele hans larmende hop, rundt omkring ham er hans graver; alle sammen er uomskårne, drept med sverdet, fordi de hadde utbredt redsel for sig i de levendes land.

27 Skulde de da ikke ligge hos kjemper, hos dem som er falt blandt de uomskårne, som fór ned til dødsriket med sine krigsvåben, og hvis sverd blev lagt under deres hoder, og hvis misgjerning tynget på deres ben, fordi det hadde vært redsel for kjempene i de levendes land?

28 Og du, midt iblandt uomskårne skal du bli knust og ligge hos dem som er drept med sverdet.

29 Dit er Edom kommet, hans konger og alle hans fyrster, som tross sitt velde er lagt hos dem som er drept med sverdet; de skal ligge hos uomskårne og hos dem som farer ned i graven.

30 Dit er Nordens fyrster kommet alle sammen, og alle sidonierne, som fór ned med de drepte og blev til skamme tross den redsel folk hadde hatt for dem for deres veldes skyld, og uomskårne fikk de sitt leie hos dem som var drept med sverdet, og de bar sin skam sammen med dem som farer ned i graven.

31 Dem skal Farao se, og han skal trøste sig over hele sin larmende hop; drept med sverdet er Farao og hele hans hær, sier Herren, Israels Gud.

32 For jeg har utbredt redsel for ham i de levendes land, og han skal legges midt iblandt de uomskårne, hos dem som er drept med sverdet, Farao selv og hele hans larmende hop, sier Herren, Israels Gud.

   

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Arcana Coelestia#6015

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6015. 'In the carts which Pharaoh sent to carry him' means the matters of doctrine obtained from the Church's factual knowledge. This is clear from the meaning of 'the carts' as matters of doctrine, dealt with in 5945; and from the representation of 'Pharaoh' as the Church's factual knowledge in general. For 'Egypt' means the Church's factual knowledge, 1462, 4749, 4964, 4966, and therefore the king of that land means such knowledge in general, as he does elsewhere in the Word, though in the majority of places perverted factual knowledge is meant by Egypt and so also by Pharaoh. The representation of 'Pharaoh' as factual knowledge in general is evident in Isaiah,

The princes of Zoan are foolish, the wise counsellors of Pharaoh; counsel has become brutish. How do you say to Pharaoh, I am a son of the wise, a son of the kings of old? Isaiah 19:11.

Here 'Pharaoh' stands for the Church's factual knowledge in general, which was why he was called 'a son of the wise' and 'a son of the kings of old'. 'The wise' and 'the kings of old' stand for the truths that the Ancient Church possessed. But that factual knowledge made nonsensical is meant, for it says 'The princes of Zoan have become foolish; counsel has become brutish'.

[2] In the same prophet,

They depart to go down to Egypt but have not asked at My mouth, to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt. Therefore the strength of Pharaoh will become shame for you, and trust in the shadow of Egypt ignominy. Isaiah 30:2-3.

'Strengthening themselves in the strength of Egypt, and trusting in the shadow of Egypt' stands for relying in matters of faith on factual knowledge and having no belief in any spiritual truth unless it is what factual knowledge and sensory evidence so declare. But that is a perversion of order. The truths of faith must occupy first place, and supporting factual knowledge must take second place; for if the latter occupy first place, no belief in any truth whatever exists.

[3] In Jeremiah,

Jehovah Zebaoth, the God of Israel, said, Behold, I am making a visitation upon Amen in No, and upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt, and upon its gods, and upon its kings - especially upon Pharaoh and those trusting in him. Jeremiah 46:25.

Here also 'Pharaoh' stands for factual knowledge in general. 'Those trusting in him' stands for people who rely on factual knowledge but do not rely on the Word, that is, on the Lord in the Word. Such a reliance leads to a complete perversion in the things people are taught to believe, which in turn leads to falsity and also to the refusal to accept that what is Divine and heavenly is anything at all. These people in particular are all too ready to say, Let me see these things with my own eyes; or, Produce the facts to prove the truth of it, and then I will believe it. But even if they did see them or such proof was produced they would not believe, because an unaccepting attitude of mind governs everything.

[4] In the same prophet,

Against Pharaoh. 1 Behold, waters rising out of the north which will become a deluging stream, and they will deluge the land and all that fills it, the city and those who dwell in it, so that men cry out and every inhabitant of the land wails because of the sound of the beat of the hoofs of the horses his mighty ones and the noise of his chariot, the rumble of its wheels. Jeremiah 47:1-3.

It is plain from every detail stated here regarding Pharaoh that 'Pharaoh' is factual knowledge in general, existing in this instance in a perverted state of order, which destroys the truths of faith. 'A deluging stream' is factual knowledge destroying an understanding of truth, and so is knowledge that lays waste. 'They will deluge the land and all that fills it' is the entire Church. 'The city and those who dwell in it' is the truth the Church possesses, and the good this truth leads to. 'The beat of the hoofs of the horses' is the lowest kind of factual knowledge gained directly from sensory impressions. 'The noise of his chariot' is false teaching derived from that knowledge. 'The rumble of its wheels' is sensory impressions and the false notions going with them that advance themselves.

[5] In Ezekiel,

The Lord Jehovih said, Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster who is lying in the midst of his rivers, who has said, The river is mine and I have made myself. Therefore I will put hooks in your jaws, and cause the fish of your rivers to stick to your scales. Ezekiel 29:2-4.

Here also 'Pharaoh' stands for factual knowledge in general, which in a similar way is evident from each detail that is stated regarding him.

[6] In the same prophet,

Raise a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt. You are like monsters in the seas, and you have come forth with your rivers, and have troubled the waters with your feet; you have stirred up their rivers. When I have blotted you out, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars, I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light. All the bright lights [in the heavens] I will darken over you, and I will put darkness over your land. Ezekiel 32:1, 3, 7-8.

The details of this description, like many more in the Prophets, cannot be understood by anyone, it is evident, without the internal sense. No one can understand what is meant when it says that Pharaoh is like monsters in the seas, has come forth with 2 his rivers, and has troubled the waters with his feet. Nor can anyone know what is meant when it says that the heavens will be covered above him, the stars will be darkened, and all the bright lights will be darkened; also that the sun will be covered with a cloud, the moon will not give its light, and darkness will be put over his land. But the internal sense shows what all these details mean; it shows that factual knowledge perverts the truths of the Church if a person uses it to enter the mysteries of faith without believing anything unless factual knowledge, indeed sensory evidence, causes him to see it. This is the internal sense of this description, as the explanation of each separate detail shows.

[7] Pharaoh is called 'king of Egypt' by virtue of the truth factual knowledge holds within it. For factual knowledge is truth as it exists in the natural, and 'king' is truth, see 1672, 1728, 2015, 2069, 3009, 3670, 4575, 4581, 4966, 5044; also, much the same is meant by the king of a people as by the people themselves, 4789, so that much the same is meant by 'Pharaoh' as by 'Egypt', but the same thing in general. ('Egypt' has been shown many times to mean factual knowledge.) Pharaoh is compared to 'monsters in the seas' because 'a monster' or 'a sea monster' means general sources of facts, 42, While 'seas' means gatherings together of them, 28. Then it is said that he has come forth with his rivers because ideas displaying intelligence are meant by 'rivers', 108, 109, 2702, 3051, but here ideas displaying insanity since they flow from sensory impressions and factual knowledge, 5196. After this it is said that he troubled the waters with his feet and stirred up their rivers because 'waters' means spiritual truths, 680, 739, 2702, 3058, 3424, 4976, 5668, and 'feet' things belonging to the natural, 2162, 3147, 3761, 3986, 4280, 4938-4952, so that 'troubling the waters with one's feet' is defiling and perverting the truths of faith by means of factual knowledge which the natural possesses. And 'stirring up their rivers' is doing the same to intelligence.

[8] Finally it is said that when he is blotted out the heavens will be covered, because 'the heavens' means a person's interiors, since these are his heavens. They are 'closed' when factual knowledge holds sway over the truths of faith, that is, when the natural holds sway over the spiritual. When this is the situation the cognitions or knowledge of truth and good perish, meant by 'I will darken the stars of the heavens, and all the bright lights'; for 'the stars' are those cognitions, see 2495, 2849, 4697, and 'the lights' are forms of good and truth, 30-38. The inability of the good of love to flow in any longer at that time is meant by 'I will cover the sun with a cloud', and the inability of the good of faith to flow in by 'the moon will not give its light' - 'the sun' being the good of love, and 'the moon the good of faith, see 1519, 1530, 2120, 2495, 3636, 3643, 4060, 4696. The occupation therefore of the natural mind by falsities alone is meant by 'I will put darkness over your land' - 'darkness' being falsities, 1839, 1860, 4418, 4531, and 'Pharaoh's land' or 'the land of Egypt' being the natural mind, 5276, 5278, 5280, 5288, 5701. From all this one may now see what the meaning is within the details of this prophecy. Since 'Pharaoh' means factual knowledge in general he also means the natural in general, 5799.

脚注:

1. These verses in Jeremiah 47 refer to the Philistines, though Pharaoh is mentioned in verse 1. Chapter Jeremiah 46 deals specifically with Egypt and Pharaoh.

2. Reading cum (with) for ex (from)

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.