Apocalypse Explained # 1006
1006. Happy is he that is awake, signifies the happy state of those who look to the Lord. This is evident from the signification of "happy," as being to be in a happy state; also from the signification of "being awake," as being to acquire for oneself spiritual life (See n. 187; and this is acquired by man's looking to the Lord, because the Lord is Life itself, and from Him alone is life eternal. When a man is in life from the Lord he is in wakefulness; but when he is in life from himself he is asleep; or what is the same, when a man is in spiritual life he is in wakefulness, but when he is in natural life separated from the spiritual he is asleep; and what a man then sees is like what he sees in a dream. To live this life is meant also by "sleeping and slumbering" in the Word (as in Matthew 13:25; 25:5, 6; Mark 4:26, 27; 13:36; Isaiah 5:27; Jeremiah 51:39, 57; Psalms 13:4; 76:7 elsewhere). This makes clear what is signified by "being awake."
(Continuation respecting the Sixth Commandment)
[2] But it is to be known that adulteries are more and less infernal and abominable. The adulteries that spring from more grievous evils and their falsities are more grievous, and those from the milder evils and their falsities are milder; for adulteries correspond to adulterations of good and consequent falsifications of truth; adulterations of good are in themselves evils, and falsifications of truth are in themselves falsities. According to correspondences with these the hells are arranged into genera and species. There are cadaverous hells for those whose delights were the violations of wives; there are excrementitious hells for those whose delights were the debauching of virgins; there are direful, slimy hells for those whose delights were varieties and changes of harlots; for others there are filthy hells. There are sodomitic hells for those who were in evils from a love of ruling over others from mere delight in ruling, and who were in no delight of use.
[3] From those who have separated faith from good works both in doctrine and in life there exhale adulteries like that of a son with a mother or a mother-in-law; from those who have studied the Word only for the sake of glory, and not for the sake of spiritual uses, there exhale adulteries like that of a father with a daughter-in-law; from those who believe that sins are remitted by the Holy Supper, and not by repentance of life, there exhale adulteries like that of a brother with a sister; from those who altogether deny the Divine, there exhale heinous things with beasts; and so on. Such hells are for them because of the correspondence with the adulterations or defilements of good and truth.
Psaumes 79
1
Psaume d'Asaph. Ô Dieu! les nations sont entrées dans ton héritage; on a profané le Temple de ta Sainteté, on a mis Jérusalem en monceaux de pierres.
2
On a donné les corps morts de tes serviteurs pour viande aux oiseaux des cieux, [et] la chair de tes bien-aimés aux bêtes de la terre.
3
On a répandu leur sang comme de l'eau à l'entour de Jérusalem, et il n'y avait personne qui les ensevelît.
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Nous avons été en opprobre à nos voisins, en moquerie et en raillerie à ceux qui habitent autour de Nous.
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Jusques à quand, ô Eternel, te courrouceras-tu à jamais? Ta jalousie s'embrasera-t-elle comme un feu?
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Répands ta fureur sur les nations qui ne te connaissent point, et sur les Royaumes qui n'invoquent point ton Nom.
7
Car on a dévoré Jacob, et on a ravagé ses demeures.
8
Ne rappelle point devant nous les iniquités commises ci-devant; [et] que tes compassions nous préviennent; car nous sommes devenus fort chétifs.
9
Ô Dieu de notre délivrance, aide-nous pour l'amour de la gloire de ton Nom, et nous délivre; et pardonne-nous nos péchés pour l'amour de ton Nom.
10
Pourquoi diraient les nations : Où est leur Dieu? Que la vengeance du sang de tes serviteurs, qui a été répandu, soit manifestée parmi les nations en notre présence.
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Que le gémissement des prisonniers vienne en ta présence, [mais] réserve, selon la grandeur de ta puissance, ceux qui sont déjà voués à la mort.
12
Et rends à nos voisins, dans leur sein, sept fois au double l'opprobre qu'ils t'ont fait, ô Eternel!
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Mais nous, ton peuple, et le troupeau de ta pâture, nous te célébrerons à toujours d'âge en âge, et nous raconterons ta louange.
