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Ezequiel第14章

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1 Y vinieron a mí algunos de los ancianos de Israel, y se sentaron delante de mí.

2 Y vino Palabra del SEÑOR a mí, diciendo:

3 Hijo de hombre, estos hombres han hecho subir sus inmundicias sobre su corazón, y han establecido el tropezadero de su maldad delante de su rostro; ¿cuando me preguntaren, les tengo que responder?

4 Háblales por tanto, y diles: Así dijo el Señor DIOS: Cualquier varón de la Casa de Israel que hubiere puesto sus ídolos en su corazón, y establecido el tropezadero de su maldad delante de su rostro, y viniere al profeta, yo, el Señor, responderé al que así viniere en la multitud de sus ídolos;

5 para tomar a la Casa de Israel en su corazón, que se han apartado de mí todos ellos en sus ídolos.

6 Por tanto, di a la Casa de Israel: Así dijo el Señor DIOS: Convertíos, y haced que se conviertan de vuestros ídolos, y apartad vuestro rostro de todas vuestras abominaciones.

7 Porque cualquier hombre de la Casa de Israel, y de los extranjeros que moran en Israel, que se hubiere apartado de andar en pos de mí, y hubiere puesto sus ídolos en su corazón, y establecido delante de su rostro el tropezadero de su maldad, y viniere al profeta para preguntarle por mí, yo, el SEÑOR, le responderé por mí mismo ;

8 y pondré mi rostro contra aquel varón, y le pondré por señal y por refranes, y yo lo cortaré de entre mi pueblo; y sabréis que yo soy el SEÑOR.

9 Y el profeta, cuando fuere engañado y hablare palabra, yo, el SEÑOR, engañé al tal profeta; y extenderé mi mano sobre él, y le raeré de en medio de mi pueblo de Israel.

10 Y llevarán su maldad, como la maldad del que pregunta, así será la maldad del profeta;

11 para que no yerren más los de la Casa de Israel de en pos de mí; ni más se contaminen en todas sus rebeliones; y me sean por pueblo, y yo les sea por Dios, dijo el Señor Dios.

12 Y vino Palabra del SEÑOR a mí, diciendo:

13 Hijo de hombre, cuando la tierra pecare contra mí rebelándose pérfidamente, y extendiere yo mi mano sobre ella, y le quebrantare el arrimo del pan, y enviare en ella hambre, y talare de ella hombres y bestias;

14 si estuvieren en medio de ella estos tres varones, Noé, Daniel, y Job, ellos por su justicia librarán su vida, dijo el Señor DIOS.

15 Y si hiciere pasar mala bestia por la tierra, y la asolare, y fuere desolada que no haya quien pase a causa de la bestia,

16 y estos tres varones estuvieren en medio de ella, vivo yo, dijo el Señor DIOS, ni a sus hijos ni a sus hijas librarán; ellos solos serán libres, y la tierra será asolada.

17 O si yo trajere espada sobre la tierra, y dijere: espada, pasa por la tierra; e hiciere talar de ella hombres y bestias,

18 y estos tres varones estuvieren en medio de ella, vivo yo, dijo el Señor DIOS, no librarán sus hijos ni sus hijas; ellos solos serán libres.

19 O si pestilencia enviare sobre esa tierra, y derramare mi ira sobre ella en sangre, para talar de ella hombres y bestias,

20 y estuvieren en medio de ella Noé, Daniel, y Job, vivo yo, dijo el Señor DIOS, no librarán hijo ni hija; ellos por su justicia librarán su vida.

21 Por lo cual así dijo el Señor DIOS: ¿Cuánto más, si mis cuatro malos juicios, espada, y hambre, y mala bestia, y pestilencia, enviare contra Jerusalén, para talar de ella hombres y bestias?

22 Sin embargo, he aquí quedará en ella un remanente, de los cuales serán llevados cautivos sus hijos e hijas, que serán llevados fuera; he aquí que ellos entrarán a vosotros, y veréis su camino y sus hechos; y tomaréis consolación del mal que hice venir sobre Jerusalén, de todas las cosas que traje sobre ella.

23 Y os consolarán cuando viereis su camino y sus hechos, y conoceréis que no sin causa hice todo lo que habré hecho en ella, dijo el Señor DIOS.

   

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Arcana Coelestia#7673

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7673. 'Stretch out your hand' means an exercising of power. This is clear from the meaning of 'stretching out' as that which is connected with the exercising of control, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'hand' as power, dealt with in 878, 3387, 4931-4937, 5327, 5328, 5544, 6292, 6947, 7011, 7188, 7189, 7518. The reason why 'stretching out the hand' means the exercising of power is that there is power in the hand or arm when it is stretched out. When therefore Jehovah is said to stretch out His hand or arm, boundless or infinite power in action is meant. This explains why Jehovah told Moses on so many occasions, when miracles were to be performed, to stretch out his hand or his rod; for example,

Stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, and they will be blood. Exodus 7:19.

Stretch out your hand over the rivers, and cause frogs to rise up. Exodus 8:1-2. 1

Stretch out your rod and strike the dust of the land, and it will then be lice. Exodus 8:11, 12. 2

Stretch out your hand towards heaven, and there will be hail. Exodus 9:22-23.

Such words would never have been used but for the meaning of 'stretching out the hand' in the highest sense as Jehovah's almighty power.

[2] The same thing is meant by Joshua's being told to stretch out his javelin, described in his book as follows,

Jehovah said to Joshua, Stretch out the javelin that is in your hand towards Ai. When therefore Joshua stretched out the javelin that was in his hand towards Ai, the ambush rose up quickly out of their place and ran, as soon as he stretched out his hand, and came to the city and took it. Joshua did not withdraw his hand which he had stretched out together with the javelin until all the inhabitants of Ai had been utterly destroyed. Joshua 8:18-19, 26.

Being representative of God's almighty power, this too, like all other representative actions when they were commanded in those times, had force.

[3] There are a number of other places in which almighty power is described when it says that Jehovah 'stretches out His hand', or else His 'outstretched hand' or His 'outstretched arm' is spoken of. It is described by Jehovah stretching out His hand in Isaiah,

The anger [of Jehovah] has been roused against His people, and He has stretched out His hand over them and struck them, and the mountains were shaken. Isaiah 5:25.

In Ezekiel,

I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him. Ezekiel 14:9, 13.

In the same prophet,

I will stretch out My hand against you, and give you as plunder to the nations. Ezekiel 25:7.

I will stretch out My hand over Edom, and cut off from it man and beast. I will stretch out My hand over the philistines, and cut off . . . Ezekiel 25:13, 16.

Other places like these are Ezekiel 35:3; Isaiah 31:3; Zephaniah 1:4; 2:13. The use of 'outstretched hand' to describe almighty power occurs in Isaiah,

Jehovah's outstretched hand is over all the nations; who will turn it back? Isaiah 14:26, 27.

In Jeremiah,

I will fight with you with an outstretched hand and a strong arm, and in anger and in fury. Jeremiah 21:5.

In Isaiah,

Still His hand is outstretched. Isaiah 9:12, 17; 10:4.

The use of 'outstretched arm' occurs in Jeremiah,

I have made the earth, man, and beast by My great strength and by My outstretched arm. Jeremiah 27:5.

In the same prophet,

You have made heaven and earth by Your great power and Your outstretched arm; there is no matter 3 that is too impossible for You. Jeremiah 32:17.

Here it is self-evident that 'outstretched arm' means almighty power. The same applies to many other places in which the expression 'by a strong hand and an outstretched arm' is used, such as Deuteronomy 4:34; 5:15; 7:19; 9:29; 11:2; 26:8; 1 Kings 8:42; 2 Kings 17:36; Jeremiah 32:21; Ezekiel 20:33, 34.

[4] There are places too in which Jehovah is said to 'stretch out the heavens', and in these places also 'stretching out' means almighty power; that is to say, He expands the limits of heaven and fills those who are there with life and wisdom, as in Isaiah,

Jehovah is He who stretches out the heavens like a thin veil, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in. Isaiah 40:22.

In the same prophet,

Jehovah is He who stretches out the heavens, spreads out the earth, gives breath 4 to His people upon it, and spirit to those who walk on it. Isaiah 42:5.

In Jeremiah,

. . . He who makes the earth by His power, prepares the world by His wisdom, and stretches out the heavens by His intelligence. Jeremiah 51:15.

In Zechariah,

Jehovah is He who stretches out the heavens, and founds the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him. Zechariah 12:1.

There are still more places besides these, such as Isaiah 44:24; 45:12; Psalms 104:2.

From all this one may now see why Moses was commanded to stretch out his hand and rod, that miracles were performed when he did so, and that 'stretching out the hand' for that reason means the exercising of power, and in the highest sense almighty power.

脚注:

1Exodus 8:5-6 in English Bibles

2Exodus 8:16-17 in English Bibles

3. or word

4. literally, soul

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