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Eichah 3

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1 אני הגבר ראה עני בשבט עברתו׃

2 אותי נהג וילך חשך ולא־אור׃

3 אך בי ישב יהפך ידו כל־היום׃ ס

4 בלה בשרי ועורי שבר עצמותי׃

5 בנה עלי ויקף ראש ותלאה׃

6 במחשכים הושיבני כמתי עולם׃ ס

7 גדר בעדי ולא אצא הכביד נחשתי׃

8 גם כי אזעק ואשוע שתם תפלתי׃

9 גדר דרכי בגזית נתיבתי עוה׃ ס

10 דב ארב הוא לי [כ= אריה] [ק= ארי] במסתרים׃

11 דרכי סורר ויפשחני שמני שםם׃

12 דרך קשתו ויציבני כמטרא לחץ׃ ס

13 הביא בכליותי בני אשפתו׃

14 הייתי שחק* לכל־עמי נגינתם כל־היום׃

15 השביעני במרורים הרוני לענה׃ ס

16 ויגרס בחץץ שני הכפישני באפר׃

17 ותזנח משלום נפשי נשיתי טובה׃

18 ואמר אבד נצחי ותוחלתי מיהוה׃ ס

19 זכר־עניי ומרודי לענה וראש׃

20 זכור תזכור [כ= ותשיח] [ק= ותשוח] עלי נפשי׃

21 זאת אשיב אל־לבי על־כן אוחיל׃ ס

22 חסדי יהוה כי לא־תמנו כי לא־כלו רחמיו׃

23 חדשים לבקרים רבה אמונתך׃

24 חלקי יהוה אמרה נפשי על־כן אוחיל לו׃ ס

25 טוב יהוה לקווק לנפש תדרשנו׃

26 טוב ויחיל ודוםם לתשועת יהוה׃

27 טוב לגבר כי־ישא על בנעוריו׃ ס

28 ישב בדד וידם כי נטל עליו׃

29 יתן בעפר פיהו אולי יש תקוה׃

30 יתן למכהו לחי ישבע בחרפה׃ ס

31 כי לא יזנח לעולם אדני׃

32 כי אם־הוגה ורחם כרב [כ= חסדו] [ק= חסדיו]׃

33 כי לא ענה מלבו ויגה בני־איש׃ ס

34 לדכא תחת רגליו כל אסירי ארץ׃

35 להטות משפט־גבר נגד פני עליון׃

36 לעות אדם בריבו אדני לא ראה׃ ס

37 מי זה אמר ותהי אדני לא צוה׃

38 מפי עליון לא תצא הרעות והטוב׃

39 מה־יתאוןן אדם חי גבר על־[כ= חטאו] [ק= חטאיו]׃ ס

40 נחפשה דרכינו ונחקרה ונשובה עד־יהוה׃

41 נשא לבבנו אל־כפים אל־אל בשמים׃

42 נחנו פשענו ומרינו אתה לא סלחת׃ ס

43 סכתה באף ותרדפנו הרגת לא חמלת׃

44 סכותה בעןן לך מעבור תפלה׃

45 סחי ומאוס תשימנו בקרב העמים׃ ס

46 פצו עלינו פיהם כל־איבינו׃

47 פחד ופחת היה לנו השאת והשבר׃

48 פלגי־מים תרד עיני על־שבר בת־עמי׃ ס

49 עיני נגרה ולא תדמה מאין הפגות׃

50 עד־ישקיף וירא יהוה משמים׃

51 עיני עוללה לנפשי מכל בנות עירי׃ ס

52 צוד צדוני כצפור איבי חנם׃

53 צמתו בבור חיי וידו־אבן בי׃

54 צפו־מים על־ראשי אמרתי נגזרתי׃ ס

55 קראתי שמך יהוה מבור תחתיות׃

56 קולי שמעת אל־תעלם אזנך לרוחתי לשועתי׃

57 קרבת ביום אקראך אמרת אל־תירא׃ ס

58 רבת אדני ריבי נפשי גאלת חיי׃

59 ראיתה יהוה עותתי שפטה משפטי׃

60 ראיתה כל־נקמתם כל־מחשבתם לי׃ ס

61 שמעת חרפתם יהוה כל־מחשבתם עלי׃

62 שפתי קמי והגיונם עלי כל־היום׃

63 שבתם וקימתם הביטה אני מנגינתם׃ ס

64 תשיב להם גמול יהוה כמעשה ידיהם׃

65 תתן להם מגנת־לב תאלתך להם׃

66 תרדף באף ותשמידם מתחת שמי יהוה׃ ף

   

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Stones in the Bible in general represent truths, or things we know concerning the Lord and what He wants from us and for us in life. This is why the people of Israel built altars of stone, and is also why stoning was a principal form of capital punishment (using truth to destroy falsity, or in the negative sense using falsity to destroy truth). It is also why precious stones are described in such detail on Aaron's breastplate and ephod, and also in the New Jerusalem in Revelation; precious stones represent true ideas directly from the Lord with the various colors showing various forms of love. Stones are not alone in representing truth, of course -- it sometimes seems that almost everything in the Bible represents either true ideas or desires for good. But that makes sense, since our thoughts and our desires together are everything we are in life, and the interplay between them is what life is all about. The many ways they are represented in the Bible reflect the incredible variety in our feelings and thoughts, though we can only distantly understand how those representations work. In the case of stones, in their weight, strength and permanence they tend to represent true ideas that come from a desire for good, the understanding we can have if we are truly good and loving -- and in the highest sense the exalted ideas that come from the Lord's love. Those ideas are ones that are not easily moved or changed, and make wonderful foundations for the things we want to build in our spiritual lives.

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Arcana Coelestia # 4489

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4489. 'Will these not be ours?' means that these two kinds of goods and truths would be alike and take the same form. This becomes clear from the train of thought, the essence of which is that the goods and truths of the Most Ancient Church, which in some measure still remained in existence among Hamor and Shechem and their families, would accord with the goods and truths which came from the Ancient Church and existed among the descendants of Jacob. For the observances which were established among the descendants of Jacob were nothing other than external things which represented and meant the internal things of the Most Ancient Church. 'Will these not be ours?' - or, Would they not belong to them? - means that they would be alike and take the same form.

[2] But let an example illustrate this matter. The altar on which they used to offer sacrifice was the chief representative of the Lord, 921, 2777, 2811. The altar was also for that reason fundamental to the worship in the Ancient Church that was called the Hebrew Church, and therefore every single thing that went into the construction of the altar was representative, such as its dimensions - its height, breadth, and length - its stones, its network of bronze, its horns; and so was the fire which was kept burning on it perpetually; and above all the sacrifices and burnt offerings. What they represented were the truths and goods which are the Lord's and which come from the Lord. These were the internal things of worship which, because they were represented in that external object, were alike and took the same form as the truths and goods of the Most Ancient Church. Its dimensions - its height, breadth, and length - meant in general the good, the truth, and the holiness from these, see 650, 1613, 3433, 3434, 4482. 'Its stones' meant in particular those truths that are more basic, 1298, 3720. 'The bronze' from which the network around the altar was made meant natural good, 425, 1551. 'The horns' meant the power of truth that springs from good, 2832. 'The fire' on the altar meant love, 934. 'The sacrifices and burnt offerings' meant celestial and spiritual things, according to their various kinds, 922, 1823, 2180, 2805, 2807, 2830, 3519. From all this it becomes clear that internal things were to be contained within external ones, and that internally the two sets of goods and truths would be alike. The same applies to all other external aspects of worship.

[3] But those who belonged to the Most Ancient Church had no interest in those external things because they were internal people, and the Lord flowed in by an internal way existing with them and taught them what was good. To them the variations and differences of good were truths, and from this they knew what every single thing in the world represented in the Lord's kingdom; for the whole world or whole natural order is a theatre representative of the Lord's kingdom, 2758, 3483. Those however who belonged to the Ancient Church were not internal people but external, as a consequence of which the Lord was not able with them to flow in by an internal way and teach them what was good, only by an external way. At first He flowed in and taught them by means of such things as were representatives and meaningful signs, from which the representative Church arose, and later on by means of matters of doctrine concerning good and truth which were so represented and meant, from which the Christian Church arose. In essence the Christian Church is identical so far as its internal form is concerned with the representative Church, but the representatives and meaningful signs of the latter were done away with after the Lord came into the world, for the reason that every single thing represented Him Himself and as a consequence the things of His kingdom, for these are derived from Him and are so to speak the Lord Himself.

[4] But the difference between the Most Ancient Church and the Christian Church is as great as that between the bright light of the sun by day and the inferior light of the moon or stars by night. For seeing goods by the internal or earlier way is like seeing in the daytime by the bright light of the sun, whereas seeing by the external or later way is like seeing in the night by the inferior light of the moon or stars. The difference was almost the same between the Most Ancient Church and the Ancient, except that those who belonged to the Christian Church could have dwelt in fuller light if they had acknowledged internal things, that is, if they had believed and practiced the truths and goods which the Lord taught. The actual good is the same in both, but the difference between them is that one sees that good in brightness, the other in obscurity. Those who see in brightness see countless arcana almost as angels in heaven do and also feel an affection for those which they see, whereas those who see in obscurity see scarcely anything that is free from doubt, and the things they do see mingle themselves with the shades of night, that is, with falsities. Nor can they inwardly feel any affection for them. Now because the good is the same in both, so also as a consequence is the truth; and this is why the words 'will these not be ours?' mean that the two sets of goods and truths would be alike and take the same form. For as stated already, Hamor and Shechem were part of the remnants of the Most Ancient Church, while the descendants of Jacob belonged to the Ancient Church called the Hebrew Church, though they were interested only in the external things of that Church. But the fact that Hamor and Shechem his son committed an enormous sin by accepting circumcision will be seen below in 4493.

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