Kniha proroka Jeremiáša

Biblia - Sväté písmo

(CPDV - Anglický - Catholic PD)

Jer 6, 1-30

1 “O sons of Benjamin, be strengthened in the midst of Jerusalem, and sound the trumpet in Tekoa, and lift up a banner over the house of Haccherem. For an evil has been seen from the north, with great destruction. 2 I have compared the daughter of Zion to a beautiful and delicate woman. 3 The pastors will come to her with their flocks. They have pitched their tents against her all around. Each one will feed those who are under his hand. 4 ‘Sanctify a war against her! Rise up together, and let us ascend at midday.’ ‘Woe to us! For the day has declined; for the shadows of the evening have grown longer.’ 5 ‘Rise up, and let us ascend in the night, and 430 let us destroy her houses.’ ” 6 For thus says the Lord of hosts: “Cut down her trees, and build a rampart around Jerusalem. This is the city of visitation! Every kind of false claim is in her midst. 7 Just as a cistern makes its water cold, so has she made her wickedness cold. Iniquity and devastation will be heard in her; sickness and wounds will be ever before me. 8 O Jerusalem, accept instruction, lest perhaps my soul may withdraw from you; lest perhaps I may set you in a desert, in an uninhabitable land.” 9 Thus says the Lord of hosts: “They will gather the remnant of Israel, even as a single cluster of grapes is gathered from a vine. Direct your hand, as a grape-gatherer directs his hand to the basket. 10 To whom should I speak, and to whom should I testify, so as to be heard? Behold, their ears are uncircumcised, and so they are unable to hear. Behold, for them, the word of the Lord has become a disgrace. And so they will not accept it. 11 For this reason, I have been filled with the fury of the Lord. I labor to bear it. Let it be poured out upon the child outside, or upon a group of young men meeting together. For a man will be taken captive with a woman, an elder will be taken captive with one who is full of days. 12 And their houses will be given over to others, with both their lands and their wives. For I will extend my hand over the inhabitants of the earth, says the Lord. 13 Certainly, from the least of them even to the greatest, all of them practice greed. And from the prophet even to the priest, all of them act with deceit. 14 And they healed the destruction of the daughter of my people with disgrace, by saying: ‘Peace, peace.’ And there was no peace. 15 They were confounded, because they committed an abomination. Or rather, they were not confounded with shame, because they did not know how to blush. For this reason, they will fall among those who are being destroyed. In the time of their visitation, they will fall, says the Lord.” 16 Thus says the Lord: “Stand above the ways, and see and ask, about the ancient paths, as to which is the good way, and then walk in it. And you will find refreshment for your souls. But they said: ‘We will not walk.’ 17 And I appointed watchers over you, saying: ‘Listen for the sound of the trumpet.’ And they said: ‘We will not listen.’ 18 For this reason, hear, O Gentiles, and know, O congregation, how much I will do to them. 19 Hear, O earth! Behold, I will lead evils over this people, as the fruits of their own thoughts. For they have not listened to my words, and they have cast aside my law. 20 For what reason are you bringing me frankincense from Sheba, and sweet smelling reeds from a far away land? Your holocausts are not acceptable, and your sacrifices are not pleasing to me.” 21 Therefore, thus says the Lord: “Behold I will bring this people to utter ruin, and they will fall, with their fathers and sons; neighbor and relative will perish together.” 22 Thus says the Lord: “Behold, a people is coming from the land of the north, and a great nation will rise up from the ends of the earth. 23 They will take hold of arrow and shield. They are cruel, and they will not take pity. Their voice will roar like the ocean. And they will climb upon horses, for they have been prepared like men for battle, against you, O daughter of Zion. 24 ‘We have heard of their fame. Our hands have become weakened. Tribulation has overtaken us, like the pains of a woman giving birth.’ 25 Do not choose to go out into the fields, and you should not walk along the roadway. For the sword and the terror of the enemy is on every side. 26 Wrap yourself in haircloth, O daughter of my people. And sprinkle yourself with ashes. Make a mourning for yourself, as for an only son, a bitter lamentation: ‘for the destroyer will overwhelm us suddenly.’ 27 I have presented you as a strong tester among my people. And you will test and know their way. 28 All these leaders who are turning away and walking deceitfully, they are brass and iron; they have all been corrupted. 29 The bellows has failed; the lead has been consumed by fire; the molten metal was melted to no purpose. For their wickedness has not been consumed. 30 Call them: ‘Rejected silver.’ For the Lord has cast them aside.”

Verš 1

“O sons of Benjamin, be strengthened in the midst of Jerusalem, and sound the trumpet in Tekoa, and lift up a banner over the house of Haccherem. For an evil has been seen from the north, with great destruction.

Jer 1:13 - And the word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying, “What do you see?” And I said, “I see a cooking pot upon a fire, and its face is before the face of the north.”

Verš 9

Thus says the Lord of hosts: “They will gather the remnant of Israel, even as a single cluster of grapes is gathered from a vine. Direct your hand, as a grape-gatherer directs his hand to the basket.

Iz 24:13 - For so shall it be in the midst of the earth, in the midst of the people: it is as if the few remaining olives are being shaken from the olive tree, and it is like a few clusters of grapes, when the grape harvest has already ended.

Verš 10

To whom should I speak, and to whom should I testify, so as to be heard? Behold, their ears are uncircumcised, and so they are unable to hear. Behold, for them, the word of the Lord has become a disgrace. And so they will not accept it.

Jer 7:26 - But they have not listened to me, nor have they inclined their ear. Instead, they have stiffened their neck, and they have behaved worse than their fathers did.

Verš 12

And their houses will be given over to others, with both their lands and their wives. For I will extend my hand over the inhabitants of the earth, says the Lord.

Dt 28:30 - May you take a wife, though another sleeps with her. May you build a house, but not live within it. May you plant a vineyard, and not gather its vintage.

Verš 13

Certainly, from the least of them even to the greatest, all of them practice greed. And from the prophet even to the priest, all of them act with deceit.

Iz 56:11 - And these very imprudent dogs have never known satisfaction. The shepherds themselves do not know understanding. All have turned aside in their own way, each one to his own avarice, from the highest even to the least:

Jer 8:10 - Because of this, I will give their wives to outsiders and their fields to others as an inheritance. For from the least, even to the greatest, they all pursue avarice; from the prophet, even to the priest, they all act with deceit.

Verš 14

And they healed the destruction of the daughter of my people with disgrace, by saying: ‘Peace, peace.’ And there was no peace.

Jer 8:11 - And they healed the destruction of the daughter of my people with disgrace, by saying: ‘Peace, peace,’ though there was no peace.

Ez 13:10 - For they have deceived my people, saying, ‘Peace,’ and there is no peace. And they have built a wall, but they have covered it in clay without straw.

Verš 16

Thus says the Lord: “Stand above the ways, and see and ask, about the ancient paths, as to which is the good way, and then walk in it. And you will find refreshment for your souls. But they said: ‘We will not walk.’

Mt 11:29 - Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you shall find rest for your souls.

Verš 20

For what reason are you bringing me frankincense from Sheba, and sweet smelling reeds from a far away land? Your holocausts are not acceptable, and your sacrifices are not pleasing to me.”

Iz 1:11 - The 398 multitude of your sacrifices, what is that to me, says the Lord? I am full. I do not desire holocausts of rams, nor the fat of fatlings, nor the blood of calves and of lambs and of he-goats.

Iz 66:3 - Whoever immolates an ox, it is as if he slaughters a man. Whoever sacrifices a sheep, it is as if he is smashing the head of a dog. Whoever offers an oblation, it is as if he is offering swine’s blood. Whoever makes remembrance with incense, it is as if he is blessing an idol. All these things, they have chosen according to their own ways, and their soul has taken delight in their own abominations.

Am 5:21 - I hate and have rejected your feasts; and I will not accept the odor from your gatherings.

Mi 6:6 - What worthy thing might I offer to the Lord, as I bend the knee before God on high? How could I offer holocausts to him, and one year-old calves?

Verš 22

Thus says the Lord: “Behold, a people is coming from the land of the north, and a great nation will rise up from the ends of the earth.

Jer 50:41 - Behold, a people arrives from the north, and a great nation. And many kings will rise up from the ends of the earth.

Verš 24

‘We have heard of their fame. Our hands have become weakened. Tribulation has overtaken us, like the pains of a woman giving birth.’

Jer 4:31 - For I have heard a voice, like that of a woman giving birth, during the difficulties of labor. It is the voice of the daughter of Zion, dying, extending her hands: ‘Woe to me! For my soul is failing because of those who have been slain!’ ”

Jer 49:24 - Damascus has been broken. She has been turned to flight. Trembling has taken hold of her. Anguish and sorrows have seized her, like a woman giving birth.

Jer 50:43 - The king of Babylon has heard the report about them, and his hands have been weakened. Anguish has overtaken him, like the pains of a woman giving birth.

Verš 26

Wrap yourself in haircloth, O daughter of my people. And sprinkle yourself with ashes. Make a mourning for yourself, as for an only son, a bitter lamentation: ‘for the destroyer will overwhelm us suddenly.’

Jer 4:8 - Concerning this, wrap yourselves in haircloth, mourn and wail: ‘For the wrath of the fury of the Lord has not been turned away from us.’

Verš 28

All these leaders who are turning away and walking deceitfully, they are brass and iron; they have all been corrupted.

Ez 22:18 - “Son of man, the house of Israel has become like dross to me. All these are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead in the midst of the furnace; they have become like the dross of silver.

Verš 30

Call them: ‘Rejected silver.’ For the Lord has cast them aside.”

Iz 1:22 - Your silver has turned into dross. Your wine has been mixed with water.

Jer 6,1 - Opevnené hlavné mesto Jeruzalem prijalo v čase vojny aj ubehlíkov z iných miest; porov. 4,5 n. Prorok však predpovedá takú pohromu Jeruzalema, že aj vlastní obyvatelia mesta, príslušníci kmeňa Benjamínovho, budú musieť z neho ujsť. Jeruzalem patril čiastočne kmeňu Júda, čiastočne kmeňu Benjamín; hranica medzi územiami týchto dvoch kmeňov tiahla údolím Hinom (Hinnom), v južnej čiastke mesta. I túto južnú časť budú musieť vyprázdniť. Benjamínovci budú musieť utekať ďalej na juh, do Tekuy (asi 16 km južne od Jeruzalema) a Bet-Keremu, keďže nepriateľ prichádza od severu (porov. 1,13 n.; 4,6). Poloha Bet-Keremu nie je bližšie známa.

Jer 6,3 - Rozumej: Nepriateľskí vojvodcovia obkolesia mesto svojimi vojskami a znivočia ho.

Jer 6,9 - Rozumej: Nepriateľ odvedie do zajatia z Júdska aj zvyšky národa.

Jer 6,10 - Uši "neobrezané" sú tupé, rečiam Božím neprístupné.

Jer 6,11 - Prorok už bez ľútosti oznámi všetkým hrozby Pánove.

Jer 6,13 - Falošní proroci a kňazi sa starajú o blaho národa tak, že ho ubezpečujú, že sa výstrahy Jeremiášove nesplnia a že bude pokoj.

Jer 6,16 - Porov. Iz 58,1.

Jer 6,20 - Vonkajšia bohoslužba sa v chráme jeruzalemskom konala horlivo. Voňavá trsť, pozri pozn. k Iz 43,24. Lenže všetky tieto bohoslužby konali sa bez patričného ducha.

Jer 6,22-24 - Porov. s 50,41-43.

Jer 6,27-30 - Národ odporuje všetkým prorokovým námahám, nie je to šľachetný kov, len železo. Roztápač, prorok, pracuje s takou námahou, že sa od veľkého ohňa zapáli aj mech, ktorým sa oheň rozduchoval. Aby sa kov lepšie tavil, prikladali k nemu aj olovo. Toto sa v prudkom ohni nielenže roztopilo, ale sa stráca a trosku jednako nemožno vylúčiť. Ak tento ľud bol niekedy aj striebrom, je len striebrom odhodeným, pretože ho Boh zavrhol.