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Ο ηλιος και σεληνη θελουσι συσκοτασει και οι αστερες θελουσι συρει οπισω το φεγγος αυτων.
Joel 3:15
Παροιμίες 1
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Παροιμιαι Σολομωντος, υιου του Δαβιδ, βασιλεως του Ισραηλ,
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δια να γνωριση τις σοφιαν και παιδειαν, δια να νοηση λογους φρονησεως,
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δια να λαβη διδασκαλιαν συνεσεως, δικαιοσυνης και κρισεως και ευθυτητος,
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δια να δωση νοησιν εις τους απλους, και εις τον νεον μαθησιν και διαγνωσιν.
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Ο σοφος ακουων θελει γεινει σοφωτερος, και ο νοημων θελει αποκτησει επιστημην κυβερνησεως·
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ωστε να εννοη παροιμιαν και σκοτεινον λογον, ρησεις σοφων και αινιγματα αυτων.
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Αρχη σοφιας φοβος Κυριου· οι αφρονες καταφρονουσι την σοφιαν και την διδασκαλιαν.
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Ακουε, υιε μου, την διδασκαλιαν του πατρος σου, και μη απορριψης τον νομον της μητρος σου.
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Διοτι ταυτα θελουσιν εισθαι στεφανος χαριτων εις την κορυφην σου και περιδεραιον περι τον τραχηλον σου.
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Υιε μου, εαν θελησωσιν οι αμαρτωλοι να σε δελεασωσι, μη θελησης·
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εαν ειπωσιν, Ελθε μεθ' ημων, ας ενεδρευσωμεν δι' αιμα, ας επιβουλευθωμεν αναιτιως τον αθωον,
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Ας καταπιωμεν αυτους ζωντας, ως ο αδης, και ολοκληρους ως τους καταβαινοντας εις τον λακκον·
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θελομεν ευρει παν πολυτιμον αγαθον, θελομεν γεμισει τους οικους ημων απο λαφυρων·
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θες τον κληρον σου μεταξυ ημων, εν βαλαντιον ας ηναι εις παντας ημας·
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υιε μου, μη περιπατησης εν οδω μετ' αυτων· απεχε τον ποδα σου απο των τριβων αυτων·
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διοτι οι ποδες αυτων τρεχουσιν εις το κακον, και σπευδουσιν εις το να χυσωσιν αιμα.
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Διοτι ματαιως εξαπλονεται δικτυον εμπροσθεν των οφθαλμων παντος πτερωτου.
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Διοτι ουτοι ενεδρευουσι κατα του ιδιου αυτων αιματος, επιβουλευονται τας εαυτων ψυχας·
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Τοιαυται ειναι αι οδοι παντος πλεονεκτου· η πλεονεξια αφαιρει την ζωην των κυριευομενων υπ' αυτης.
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Η σοφια φωναζει εξω, εκπεμπει την φωνην αυτης εν ταις πλατειαις·
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Κραζει επι κεφαλης των αγορων, εν ταις εισοδοις των πυλων· απαγγελλει τους λογους αυτης δια της πολεως, λεγουσα,
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Εως ποτε, μωροι, θελετε αγαπα την μωριαν, και οι χλευασται θελουσιν ηδυνεσθαι εις τους χλευασμους αυτων, και οι αφρονες θελουσι μισει την γνωσιν;
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Επιστρεψατε προς τους ελεγχους μου· ιδου, εγω θελω εκχεει το πνευμα μου εφ' υμας, θελω σας καμει να νοησητε τους λογους μου.
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Επειδη εγω εκραζον, και σεις δεν υπηκουετε· εξετεινον την χειρα μου, και ουδεις προσειχεν·
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Αλλα κατεφρονειτε πασας τας συμβουλας μου και τους ελεγχους μου δεν εδεχεσθε·
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δια τουτο και εγω θελω επιγελασει εις τον ολεθρον σας· θελω καταχαρη, οταν επελθη ο φοβος σας.
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Οταν ο φοβος σας επελθη ως ερημωσις και η καταστροφη σας εφορμηση ως ανεμοστροβιλος, οταν η θλιψις και η στενοχωρια ελθωσιν εφ' υμας·
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τοτε θελουσι με επικαλεσθη, αλλα δεν θελω αποκριθη· επιμονως θελουσι με εκζητησει, αλλα δεν θελουσι με ευρει.
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Διοτι εμισησαν την γνωσιν και τον φοβον του Κυριου δεν εξελεξαν·
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δεν ηθελησαν τας συμβουλας μου· κατεφρονησαν παντας τους ελεγχους μου·
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δια τουτο θελουσι φαγει απο των καρπων της οδου αυτων και θελουσι χορτασθη απο των κακοβουλιων αυτων.
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Διοτι η αποστασια των μωρων θελει θανατωσει αυτους, και η αμεριμνησια των αφρονων θελει αφανισει αυτους.
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Οστις ομως ακουει εμου, θελει κατοικησει εν ασφαλεια· και θελει ησυχαζει, μη φοβουμενος κακον.
Arcana Coelestia # 4865
4865. 'And supposed that she was a prostitute' means that it supposed them to be nothing else than something false. This is clear from the meaning of 'a prostitute' as that which is false, dealt with in 2466, 2729, 3399, and so as the fact that with its semblance of religion the Jewish nation looked on the internal aspect of the Church as nothing else than something false. The reason 'a prostitute' means that which is false is that a marriage represents the heavenly marriage, which is that of good and truth. The husband represents good and the wife truth, and therefore sons represent truths and daughters forms of good, while a son-in-law and a daughter-in-law, a father-in-law and a mother-in-law, and many others as determined by their degrees of affinity, represent aspects of the heavenly marriage. Therefore, being opposites of these, acts of adultery and prostitution mean evil and falsity, and are in all reality the opposite of them, for people who spend their lives committing adultery or behaving as prostitutes have no concern at all for what is good and true. The reason for this is that genuine conjugial love comes down from the heavenly marriage, that is, from the marriage of good and truth, whereas adultery and prostitution spring from evil and falsity joined together - from hell; see 2727-2759.
[2] The fact that the Jewish nation looked, as also at the present day it looks, on the internal features of the Church as nothing else than falsities is meant by Judah's supposition that Tamar his daughter-in-law was no one else than a prostitute and by his connection with her as with a prostitute. This origin of that nation represents the origin and also the essential nature of their semblance of religion. It is plain to see that this nation looks on the internal aspect of the Church as a harlot, that is, as something false. For example, if anyone tells them it is an internal truth of the Church that the Messiah, who is foretold in the prophetical parts of the Word and whom they await, is the Lord, they completely reject this as something false. If anyone tells them it is an internal truth of the Church that the Messiah's kingdom is not a worldly and temporal but a heavenly and eternal one, they declare this too to be something false. If anyone tells them that the ritual observances of their Church represented the Messiah and His heavenly kingdom they have no idea what this is.
[3] If anyone tells them that the internal aspect of the Church is the good of charity and the truth of faith, both in doctrine and at the same time in life, they regard this as nothing else than a falsity. And so it is with every other truth told them. Indeed at the mere suggestion of an internal aspect of the Church they laugh nonsensically. The reason for this is that they are immersed solely in things of an external nature, and indeed in the lowest of these, which consist in the love of earthly things; for more than all others they are steeped in avarice, which is utterly worldly. Such people cannot possibly look on the interior features of the Church in any other way, since they are further removed than all others from the light of heaven, and so more than all others dwell in thickest darkness.
