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1 耶和华的又临到我说:

2 人子啊,要为推罗作起哀歌

3 :你居住口,是众民的商埠;你的交易通到许多耶和华如此:推罗啊,你曾:我是全然美丽的。

4 你的境界在中,造你的使你全然美丽

5 他们用示尼珥的松树做你的一切板,用利巴嫩的香柏树做桅杆,

6 用巴珊的橡树做你的桨,用象牙镶嵌基提海的黄杨木为坐板(或译:舱板)。

7 你的篷帆是用埃及绣花细麻布做的,可以做你的大旗;你的凉棚是用以利沙蓝色紫色布做的。

8 西顿和亚发的居民作你荡桨的。推罗啊,你中间的智慧人作掌舵的。

9 迦巴勒的老者和聪明人都在你中间作补缝的;一切泛只和水手都在你中间经营交易的事。

10 波斯人、路德人、弗人在你军营中作战士;他们在你中间悬盾牌和头盔,彰显你的尊荣。

11 亚发人和你的军队都在你四围的墙上,你的望楼也有勇士;他们悬盾牌,成全你的美丽

12 他施人因你多有各类的财物,就作你的客商,拿、铅兑换你的货物。

13 雅完人、土巴人、米设人都与你交易;他们用人口和铜器兑换你的货物。

14 陀迦玛族用战马并骡兑换你的货物。

15 底但人与你交易,许多作你的码头;他们拿象牙乌木与你兑换(或译:进贡)。

16 亚兰人因你的工作很多,就作你的客商;他们用绿宝石、紫色布绣货、细麻布、珊瑚、红宝石兑换你的货物。

17 犹大以色列的人都与你交易;他们用米匿的麦子、饼、蜜、、乳香兑换你的货物。

18 大马色人因你的工作很多,又因你多有各类的财物,就拿黑本酒和白羊毛与你交易。

19 威但人和雅完人拿纺成的线、亮、桂皮、菖蒲兑换你的货物。

20 底但人用高贵的毯子、鞍、屉与你交易。

21 亚拉伯人和基达的一切首领都作你的客商,用羔、公绵、公山与你交易。

22 示巴和拉玛的商人与你交易,他们用各类上好的香料、各类的宝,和黄兑换你的货物。

23 哈兰人、干尼人、伊甸人、示巴的商人,和亚述人、基抹人与你交易。

24 这些商人以美好的货物包在绣花蓝色包袱内,又有华丽的衣服装在香柏木的箱子里,用捆着与你交易。

25 他施的只接连成帮为你运货,你便在中丰富极其荣华。

26 荡桨的已经把你荡到大水之处,东中将你打破

27 你的资财、物件、货物、水手、掌舵的、补缝的、经营交易的,并你中间的战士和人民,在你破坏的日子必都沉在中。

28 你掌舵的呼号之声一发,郊野都必震动。

29 凡荡桨的和水手,并一切泛掌舵的,都必登岸。

30 他们必为你放声痛,把尘土撒在上,在灰中打滚;

31 又为你使头上光,用麻布束腰,号啕痛哭,苦苦悲哀。

32 他们哀号的时候,为你作起哀歌哀哭,说:有何城如推罗?有何城如他在中成为寂寞的呢?

33 你由上运出货物,就使许多国民充足;你以许多资财、货物使上的君丰富。

34 你在深水中被打破的时候,你的货物和你中间的一切人民,就都沉下去了。

35 居民为你惊奇;他们的君都甚恐慌,面带愁容。

36 各国民中的客商都向你发嘶声;你令人惊恐,不再存留於世,直到永远

   

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属天的奥秘 # 4599

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4599. “在以得塔那边支搭帐棚” 表其内层事物. 这从 “支搭帐棚”, “塔那边” 和 “以得” 的含义清楚可知: “支搭帐棚” 是指在神圣之物上的发展, 在此是指朝向内层事物的发展, “帐棚” 表示神圣之物 (参看414, 1102, 2145, 2152, 3312, 4391节); “塔那边” 是指进入内层事物, 如下文所述; “以得” 是指状态的性质, 也就是说, 在神圣之物上朝向内层事物发展的性质. 自古时起, 这塔就具有这种含义, 但由于除了约书亚记 (15:21) 外, 在圣言中, 它没有在别的地方被提及, 所以这一点无法像其它名字那样从相关经文得以证实. “塔那边” 之所以表示朝向内层事物, 是因为更内层的事物由巍峨和高耸的物体来表示, 如大山, 小山, 塔, 屋顶等等. 原因在于, 从通过外在感官所感知到的尘世属世物体形成其观念的心智将内层事物看为比其它东西更高的物体 (2148节).

“塔” 表示内层事物, 这一点也可从圣言的其它经文看出来, 如以赛亚书:

我所亲爱的有葡萄园, 在肥美的山冈上. 他把它围起来, 清除石头, 栽种上等的葡萄树, 在园子当中建了一座塔. (以赛亚书 5:1-2)

“葡萄园” 表示属灵教会; “上等的葡萄树” 表示属灵良善; “在园子当中所建的塔” 表示真理的内层事物. 主在马太福音中的比喻也一样:

有一个做家主的人栽了一个葡萄园, 周围圈上篱笆, 里面挖了一个压酒池, 建了一座塔, 把它租给佃户, 就出外去了. (马太福音 21:33; 马可福音 12:1)

以西结书:

亚发人和你的军队都在你四围的墙上, 歌玛底人 (或译勇士) 在你的塔楼中, 他们把自己的盾, 挂在四周的城墙上, 成全你的美丽. (以西结书 27:11)

这论及推罗, 推罗表示对良善与真理的认知, 或那些拥有这些认知的人. “在其塔楼中的歌玛底人 (或译勇士)” 表示对内层真理的认知.

弥迦书:

耶和华要在锡安山作王治理他们, 从今直到永远; 你这羊群的塔楼, 锡安女子的山冈啊, 都必归于你了, 从前的王国, 就是耶路撒冷女子的王国必将归回. (弥迦书 4:7-8)

这描述了主的属天国度. “锡安山” 描述了它的至内在部分, 也就是对主之爱; “锡安女子的山冈” 表示它的直接衍生物, 也就是相爱, 这爱在灵义上被称为对邻之仁; “羊群的塔楼” 描述了其良善的内层真理; “耶路撒冷女子的王国” 表示一个属灵-属天国度由此而存在. 诗篇:

因你的判断, 锡安山应当欢喜, 犹大的女子应当快乐. 你们要绕着锡安山走, 数点她的塔楼. (诗篇 48:11, 12)

此处 “塔楼” 表示保卫构成爱与仁之物的内层真理.

路加福音:

凡不背着自己十字架跟从我的, 也不能作我的门徒. 你们哪一个想盖一座塔, 不先坐下算计花费, 能盖成不能呢? 或哪一个王去和别的王打仗, 岂不先坐下酌量, 能用一万兵去会那领二万兵来攻打他的吗? 这样, 你们无论什么人, 若不撇下一切所有的, 就不能作我的门徒. (路加福音 14:27-28, 31, 33)

凡不知道圣言内义的人必以为主在此通过打比方说话, “盖一座塔” 和 “打仗” 并没有别的意思. 殊不知, 在圣言中, 一切比方都具有属灵含义, 都是代表; “盖一座塔” 表示获得为人的自我获取内层真理; “打仗” 表示凭这些真理争战. 因为此处论述的主题是那些属于教会的人所经历的试探, 他们在此被称为主的 “门徒”. 他们必须背的 “十字架” 表示这些试探; “若不撇下一切所有的, 就不能作我的门徒” 表示若不靠着主, 他们凭自己, 或自己的东西绝不会得胜. 所有这些事就是这样连贯起来的; 但是, 若没有内层意义, 仅仅将涉及塔和打仗的事理解为简单的比方, 那它们就连贯不起来了. 由此可见, 是什么样的光从内义流出.

那些陷入爱自己, 爱世界之人的内层, 因而他们用来争战并巩固他们那种宗教信仰的虚假, 也以反面意义上的 “塔” 来表达, 如以赛亚书:

到那日, 人的高傲必降为卑, 惟独耶和华被尊崇; 因为万军之耶和华必有一日, 要攻击一切骄矜高傲的, 和一切自高的, 他必降为卑; 要攻击黎巴嫩所有高而昂的香柏树, 和巴珊所有的橡树, 又攻击所有的高山, 和所有耸峙的山冈, 攻击每一个高塔, 和每一道坚固的城墙. (以赛亚书 2:11-15)

此处以 “香柏树”, “橡树”, “高山”, “山冈”, “塔” 和 “城墙” 来描述这些爱的内层和外层: “塔” 描述了内层虚假; 因而又以高耸的事物来描述内层事物. 然而, 区别在于: 那些陷入邪恶与虚假的人自以为高, 在他人之上; 而那些处于良善与真理的人则自以为小, 在他人之下 (马太福音 20:26, 27; 马可福音 10:44). 尽管如此, 良善与真理仍被描述为高耸之物, 因为在天上, 它们更接近至高者, 也就是主. 在圣言中, “塔” 论及真理, 而 “山” 论及良善.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 2520

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2520. 'And he said, Lord, will You kill even a righteous nation?' means, Would the good and truth of doctrine be done away with? This is clear from the meaning of 'nation' as good, dealt with in 1259, 1260, 1416. And because the words 'a righteous nation' refer to 'the nation of Abimelech', who means the doctrine of faith, they are used here to mean both good and truth, since both are the subject matter of doctrine.

[2] The fact that these words were uttered from a zeal that went with an affection or love towards the whole human race may be evident to anyone. Such love was directing the Lord's thoughts even when He had not yet put off the human from the mother. And although He perceived from the Divine that the doctrine of faith had a wholly celestial origin, nevertheless in order that the needs of the human race, which does not receive anything of which it cannot form some idea from its own rational thought, might be met, it is therefore said, 'Will You kill even a righteous nation?' meaning, Would the good and truth of doctrine be done away with? The fact that a person does not receive anything of which he cannot form some idea from his rational thought may be seen from the ideas which a person entertains regarding Divine arcana. The latter always have some idea attached to them that is derived from worldly objects or things analogous to worldly objects by which they are retained in the memory and reproduced in thought. For without ideas derived from worldly objects a person is unable to engage in thought. If therefore truths from a Divine origin were presented naked they would never be accepted because they would go far beyond his range of understanding, and so beyond his faith as well, most of all in the case of those whose worship is external.

[3] Let the following examples illustrate this: The Divine itself cannot reside in anything except that which is Divine, and so only in the Lord's Divine Human, and with man through His Human. If the rational were consulted it would say that the Divine itself can reside in the human of anyone. Again nothing holy exists which does not proceed from the Lord, and so from the Divine, which is one. If the rational were consulted it would say that what is holy may also spring from other sources.

[4] Again, man does not live from himself, do good from himself, believe the truth from himself, or indeed think from himself. The good and truth that he does or believes come from the Lord, but the evil and falsity come from hell. And what is more, hell - that is, those who are in hell - do not think from themselves but, in the same way as man, are recipients of the Lord's good and truth. If the rational were consulted it would reject all those ideas because it would not comprehend them. It would also reject the idea that nobody is rewarded on account of the good he does and of the truth he teaches. And it would reject the idea that what is external does not accomplish anything, only what is internal, insofar as the affection for good is present in the doing of good, and insofar as from this the affection for truth is present in the teaching of truth, and insofar as the things are not done from oneself. So also with a thousand other examples that could be given.

[5] Such being the nature of the human rational, the Word therefore uses expressions that accord with man's capacity to understand, and also with his inherent disposition. And this explains why the internal sense of the Word is different from its literal sense. This becomes quite clear from the Old Testament Word where most things are stated in ways that accord with the capacity to understand and the inherent disposition of the people who lived in those times. As a consequence little, indeed scarcely anything, is mentioned there about the life after death, about eternal salvation, and about the internal man. Indeed the character of the Jewish and Israelitish people with whom the Church existed at that time was such that if these matters had been disclosed to them they would not only have failed to understand them but would also have ridiculed them. If similarly it had been disclosed to them that the Messiah or Christ was going to come and save their souls for ever, this too they would have rejected as something of no importance, as also becomes clear from the same nation today. And it is so still that if what is internal or spiritual is mentioned in their presence, and the fact that the Messiah is not going to be a very great earthly king, they laugh at it.

[6] This was the reason why the Lord sometimes spoke in the way the Prophets had spoken and expressed all else by means of parables, as He Himself states in Matthew,

Jesus said, I speak to them in parables, because those who see do not see, and those who hear do not hear, nor do they understand. Matthew 13:13.

'Those who see' and 'those who hear' are those inside the Church who, though they see and hear, nevertheless do not understand. And in John,

He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, lest they see with their eyes and understand with their heart, and are converted and I heal them. John 12:40.

Their being 'converted' and being 'healed' implies that even so they would subsequently reject and in so doing profane, which entails eternal condemnation, see 301-303, 582, 1008, 1010, 1059, 1327, 1328, 2051, 2426. Nevertheless the Lord in many places disclosed the interior things of the Word, but solely for the benefit of the wise.

  
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