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Ezechiel 30

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1 Opět se stalo slovo Hospodinovo ke mně, řkoucí:

2 Synu člověčí, prorokuj a rci: Takto praví Panovník Hospodin: Kvělte: Ach, nastojte na tento den.

3 Nebo blízko jest den, blízko jest, pravím, den Hospodinův, den mrákoty, čas národů bude.

4 A přijde meč do Egypta, a bude přetěžká bolest v Mouřenínské zemi, když padati budou zbití v Egyptě, a poberou zboží jeho, a zbořeni budou základové jeho.

5 Mouřenínové a Putští i Ludští i všelijaká směsice, též Kubští i obyvatelé země smlouvy s nimi mečem padnou.

6 Takť praví Hospodin, že padnou podpůrcové Egypta, a snížena bude vyvýšenost síly jeho; od věže Sevéne mečem padati budou v ní, praví Panovník Hospodin.

7 I budou v pustinu obráceni nad jiné země pusté, a města jejich nad jiná města pustá budou.

8 I zvědí, že já jsem Hospodin, když zapálím oheň v Egyptě, a potříni budou všickni pomocníci jeho.

9 V ten den vyjdou poslové od tváři mé na lodech, aby přestrašili Mouřenínskou zemi ubezpečenou, i budou míti bolest přetěžkou, jakáž byla ve dni Egypta; nebo aj, přicházíť.

10 Takto praví panovník Hospodin: Učiním zajisté konec množství Egyptskému skrze ruku Nabuchodonozora krále Babylonského.

11 On i lid jeho s ním, nejukrutnější národové přivedeni budou, aby zkazili tu zemi; nebo vytrhnou meče své na Egypt, a naplní tu zemi zbitými.

12 A obrátě řeky v sucho, prodám tu zemi v ruku nešlechetných, a tak v pustinu uvedu zemi, i což v ní jest, skrze ruku cizozemců. Já Hospodin mluvil jsem.

13 Takto praví Panovník Hospodin: Zkazím i ukydané bohy, a konec učiním modlám v Nof, a knížete z země Egyptské nebude více, když pustím strach na zemi Egyptskou.

14 Nebo pohubím Patros, a zapálím oheň v Soan, a vykonám soudy v No.

15 Vyleji prchlivost svou i na Sin, pevnost Egyptskou, a vypléním množství No.

16 Když zapálím oheň v Egyptě, velikou bolest bude míti Sin, a No bude roztrháno, Nof pak nepřátely bude míti ve dne.

17 Mládenci On a Bubastští mečem padnou, panny pak v zajetí půjdou.

18 A v Tachpanches zatmí se den, když tam polámi závory Egypta, a přítrž se stane v něm vyvýšenosti síly jeho. Mrákota jej přikryje, dcery pak jeho v zajetí půjdou.

19 A tak vykonám soudy při Egyptu, i zvědí, že já jsem Hospodin.

20 Opět bylo jedenáctého léta, prvního měsíce, sedmého dne, že se stalo slovo Hospodinovo ke mně, řkoucí:

21 Synu člověčí, rámě Faraona krále Egyptského zlámal jsem, a aj, nebudeť uvázáno, ani přičiněno lékařství, aniž přiložen bude šat pro obvázání jeho a posilnění jeho k držení meče.

22 Protož takto praví panovník Hospodin: Aj, já jsem proti Faraonovi králi Egyptskému, a polámi ramena jeho, i sílu jeho, i budeť zlámané, a vyrazím meč z ruky jeho.

23 A rozptýlím Egyptské mezi národy, a rozženu je do zemí.

24 Posilním zajisté ramen krále Babylonského, a dám meč svůj v ruku jeho, i polámi ramena Faraonova, tak že stonati bude před ním, jakž stonává smrtelně raněný.

25 Posilním, pravím, ramen krále Babylonského, ramena pak Faraonova klesnou. I zvědí, že já jsem Hospodin, když dám meč svůj v ruku krále Babylonského, aby jej vztáhl na zemi Egyptskou.

26 A tak rozptýlím Egyptské mezi národy, a rozženu je do zemí, i zvědí, že já jsem Hospodin.

   

Okususelwe Emisebenzini kaSwedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #2049

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Yiya esigabeni / 10837  
  

2049. 'From every son who is a foreigner and not of your seed' means those outside the Church. This is clear from the meaning of 'son who is a foreigner' as those who are not born inside the Church and so are not governed by goods and truths of faith because they have no knowledge of them. 'Sons who are foreigners' also means people whose worship is external, dealt with in 1097, though in that context people inside the Church are the subject. Here however, the subject being the Lord's Church in its widest extent, 'sons who are foreigners' means those who, like gentiles, are not born inside the Church. Gentiles outside the Church can possess truths, but not the truths of faith. Their truths, like the Ten Commandments, are that parents should be honoured; that people should not murder, steal, commit adultery, or covet the things that belong to others; and also that they should worship God. Truths of faith consist however of all doctrinal teachings concerning eternal life, the Lord's kingdom, and the Lord. Such teachings cannot be known by gentiles because they do not possess the Word.

[2] These are the people who are meant by 'sons who are foreigners and not of your seed' but who are to be circumcised, that is to be purified. From this it is evident that they are just as much capable of being purified as those inside the Church, which purification was represented by being circumcised. They are purified when they cast aside filthy loves and live among one another in charity, for in their case truths have a part to play in their lives because charity and all truths go together, though such truths belong to the first of the two types mentioned above. When these truths play a part in their lives they then absorb the truths of faith with ease, if not during this life then in the next, because truths of faith are the interior truths of charity. Indeed at that point there is nothing they desire more than to be introduced into the interior truths of charity. Interior truths of charity are what constitute the Lord's kingdom. Regarding these, see 932, 1032, 1059, 1327, 1328, 1366.

[3] In the next life mere knowledge of the cognitions of faith is of no value at all, for the worst people, even those in hell, can have such knowledge, sometimes a better knowledge than others have. Leading a life in accordance with those cognitions is what matters, for all cognitions have life as their end in view. If life was not the reason for learning them they would have no use, apart from enabling people to discuss them and as a result to be considered learned in the world, to be raised to positions of importance, and to enhance reputation and wealth. From this it is clear that a life in keeping with the cognitions of faith is nothing other than the life of charity. Indeed love to the Lord and love towards the neighbour constitute the Law and the Prophets, that is, the doctrine of faith in its entirety together with all the cognitions of it, as is plain to anyone from the Lord's words in Matthew 22:35-40, and Mark 12:28-35.

[4] Matters of doctrine, or cognitions of faith, are nevertheless absolutely vital for the formation of the life of charity; it cannot be formed without them. This is the life which saves a person after death. The life of faith never exists without the life of charity, for without charity the life of faith is impossible. People in whom the life of love and charity dwells have the Lord's life within them. Nobody can be joined to Him by means of any other life. From this it is also clear that the truths of faith cannot possibly be acknowledged as truths - that is, no acknowledgement of what they are saying is possible - other than outwardly or with the lips, if they are not implanted within charity, since inwardly or at heart they are denied. For as has been stated, all truths of faith have charity as their end in view, and if charity is not present within them then inwardly they are rejected. The nature of the things that are interior is plain to see when those that are exterior are taken away, as is done in the next life, namely that they are utterly contrary to all the truths of faith. No people can possibly receive the life of charity, or mutual love, in the next life, when they have had none in this life; but their life as it has been with them in the world remains with them after death. Indeed they are averse to and hate mutual love. When merely approaching a community where the life that belongs to mutual love exists they quiver and shake, and experience torment.

[5] Although people such as these are born inside the Church, they are called 'sons who are foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in the flesh' who are not to be allowed into the sanctuary, that is, into the Lord's kingdom. They are also meant in Ezekiel,

No son who is a foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter the sanctuary. Ezekiel 44:7, 9.

And in the same prophet,

Whom have you thus become like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? You will be made to go down with the trees of Eden into the nether world; you will lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with those slain by the sword. Ezekiel 31:18.

This refers to Pharaoh who means types of knowledge in general, 1164, 1165, 1186, 1462. 'The trees of Eden' with which they were to go down into the nether world also means types of knowledge, but knowledge of the cognitions of faith. From this it is now evident what 'one uncircumcised' means in the internal sense, namely one in whom filthy loves and the life belonging to these are present.

  
Yiya esigabeni / 10837  
  

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