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예레미야서 48

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1 모압에 대한 말씀이라 만군의 여호와 이스라엘의 하나님이 이같이 말씀하시되 슬프다 느보여, 그것이 황폐되었도다 기랴다임이 수치를 당하여 점령되었고 미스갑이 수치를 당하여 파괴되었으니

2 모압의 칭송이 없어졌도다 헤스본에서 무리가 그를 모해하여 이르기를 와서 그를 끊어서 나라를 이루지 못하게 하자 하는도다 맛멘이여, 너도 적막하게 되리니 칼이 너를 따르리로다

3 호로나임에서 부르짖는 소리여, 황무와 큰 파멸이로다

4 모압이 멸망을 당하여 그 영아들의 부르짖음이 들리는도다

5 그들이 울고 울며 루힛 언덕으로 올라감이여, 호로나임 내려가는 데서 참패를 부르짖는 고통이 들리도다

6 도망하여 네 생명을 구원하여 광야의 떨기나무같이 될지어다

7 네가 네 공작과 보물을 의뢰하므로 너도 취함을 당할 것이요 그모스는 그 제사장들과 방백들과 함께 포로되어 갈 것이라

8 파멸하는 자가 각 성에 이를 것인즉 한 성도 면치 못할 것이며 골짜기는 훼파되며 평원은 파멸되어 여호와의 말씀과 같으리로다

9 모압에 날개를 주어 날아 피하게 하라 그 성읍들이 황무하여 거기 거하는 자 없으리로다

10 여호와의 일을 태만히 하는 자는 저주를 받을 것이요 자기 칼을 금하여 피를 흘리지 아니하는 자도 저주를 당할 것이로다

11 모압은 예로부터 평안하고 포로도 되지 아니하였으므로 마치 술의 그 찌끼 위에 있고 이 그릇에서, 저 그릇으로 옮기지 않음 같아서 그 맛이 남아 있고 냄새가 변치 아니하였도다

12 그러므로 나 여호와가 말하노라 날이 이르리니 내가 그 그릇을 기울일 자를 보낼 것이라 그들이 기울여서 그 그릇을 비게 하고 그 병들을 부수리니

13 이스라엘 집이 벧엘을 의뢰하므로 수치를 당한 것 같이 모압이 그모스로 인하여 수치를 당하리로다

14 너희가 어찌하여 말하기를 우리는 용사요, 전쟁의 맹사라 하느뇨

15 만군의 여호와라 일컫는 왕이 이같이 말하노라 모압이 황폐되었도다 그 성읍들은 연기가 되어 올라가고 그 택한 청년들은 내려가서 살륙을 당하니

16 모압의 재난이 가까왔고 그 고난이 속히 임하리로다

17 그의 사면에 있는 모든 자여, 그 이름을 아는 모든 자여, 그를 위하여 탄식하여 말하기를 어찌하여 강한 막대기, 아름다운 지팡이가 부러졌는고 할지니라

18 디본에 거하는 딸아 ! 네 영광 자리에서 내려 메마른데 앉으라 모압을 파멸하는 자가 올라와서 너를 쳐서 네 요새를 파하였음이로다

19 아로엘에 거하는 여인이여, 길곁에 서서 지키며 도망하는 자와 피하는 자에게 일이 어찌 되었는가 물을지어다

20 모압이 패하여 수치를 받나니 너희는 곡하며 부르짖으며 아르논가에서 이르기를 모압이 황무하였다 할지어다

21 심판이 평지에 임하였나니 곧 홀론과 야사와 메바앗과

22 디본과 느보와 벧디불라다임과

23 기랴다임과 벧가물과 벧므온과

24 그리욧과 보스라와 모압 땅 원근 모든 성에로다

25 모압의 뿔이 찍혔고 그 팔이 부러졌도다 여호와의 말이니라

26 모압으로 취하게 할지어다 이는 그가 나 여호와를 거스려 자만함이라 그가 그 토한 것에서 굴므로 조롱거리가 되리로다

27 네가 이스라엘을 조롱하지 아니하였느냐 그가 도적 중에서 발견되었느냐 네가 그를 말할 때마다 네 머리를 흔드는도다

28 모압 거민들아 ! 너희는 성읍을 떠나 바위 사이에 거할지어다 깊은 골짜기 어귀에 깃들이는 비둘기같이 할지어다

29 우리가 모압의 교만을 들었나니 심한 교만 곧 그 자고와 오만과 자긍과 그 마음의 거만이로다

30 나 여호와가 말하노라 내가 그 노함의 허탄함을 아노니 그가 자긍하여도 아무 것도 성취치 못하였도다

31 그러므로 내가 모압을 위하여 울며 온 모압을 위하여 부르짖으리니 무리가 길헤레스 사람을 위하여 슬퍼하리로다

32 십마의 포도나무여, 너의 가지가 바다를 넘어 야셀 바다까지 뻗었더니 너의 여름 실과와 포도에 파멸하는 자가 이르렀으니 내가 너를 위하여 곡하기를 야셀의 곡함보다 더하리로다

33 기쁨과 즐거움이 옥토와 모압 땅에서 빼앗겼도다 내가 포도주 틀에 포도주가 없게 하리니 외치며 밟는 자가 없을 것이라 그 외침은 즐거운 외침이 되지 못하리로다

34 헤스본에서 엘르알레를 지나 야하스까지와 소알에서 호로나임을 지나 에글랏셀리시야까지의 사람들이 소리를 발하여 부르짖음은 니므림의 물도 말랐음이로다

35 나 여호와가 말하노라 모압 산당에서 제사하며 그 신들에게 분향하는 자를 내가 그치게 하리라

36 그러므로 나의 마음이 모압을 위하여 피리같이 소리하며 나의 마음이 길헤레스 사람들을 위하여 피리같이 소리하나니 이는 그 모았던 재물이 없어졌음이니라

37 각 사람의 두발이 밀렸고 수염이 깍였으며 손이 베어졌으며 허리에 굵은 베가 둘렸고

38 모압의 모든 지붕에서와 거리 각처에서 애곡함이 있으니 내가 모압을 재미 없는 그릇같이 깨뜨렸음이니라 여호와의 말이니라

39 아하 ! 모압이 파괴되었도다 그들이 애곡하는도다 모압이 부끄러워서 등을 돌이켰도다 그런즉 모압이 그 사방 모든 자의 조롱거리와 두려움이 되리로다

40 나 여호와가 이같이 말하노라 보라, 그가 독수리같이 날아와서 모압 위에 그 날개를 펴리라

41 성읍들이 취함을 당하며 요새가 함락되는 날에 모압 용사의 마음이 구로하는 여인 같을 것이라

42 모압이 여호와를 거스려 자만하였으므로 멸망하고 다시 나라를 이루지 못하리로다

43 나 여호와가 말하노라 모압 거민아 ! 두려움과 함정과 올무가 네게 임하나니

44 두려움에서 도망하는 자는 함정에 떨어지겠고 함정에서 나오는 자는 올무에 걸리리니 이는 내가 모압의 벌 받을 해로 임하게 할 것임이니라 여호와의 말이니라

45 도망하는 자들이 기진하여 헤스본 그늘 아래 서니 이는 불이 헤스본에서 발하며 화염이 시혼의 속에서 나서 모압의 살쩍과 훤화하는 자들의 정수리를 사름이로다

46 모압이여, 네게 화 있도다 그모스 백성이 망하였도다 네 아들들은 사로 잡혀 갔고 네 딸들은 포로가 되었도다

47 그러나 내가 말일에 모압의 포로로 돌아오게 하리라 여호와의 말이니라 하시니라 모압을 심판하는 말씀이 이에 그쳤느니라

   

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De Verbo (The Word) # 10

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10. X. The ultimate sense of the Word, 1 which is the literal sense alone, corresponds to the beard and hair of the head of an angelic person.

It may seem surprising the first time it is said or we hear it said that the hair of the head and the beard correspond to the Word at its ultimate level. But this correspondence is due to the fact that everything in the Word corresponds to everything in heaven, and heaven corresponds to everything in a person. For heaven taken as a whole is like a single person in the Lord's sight; on this correspondence see Heaven and Hell [87-102, 307].

[2] I was allowed to perceive that everything in the Word corresponds to everything in heaven from the fact that each chapter in the books of the prophets corresponds to one particular community in heaven. For on reading through the prophetic parts of the word from Isaiah to Malachi, I was allowed to see that the communities of heaven were aroused one after the other, and they perceived the spiritual sense which corresponded to them. So from this and other proofs it was plain to me that the whole of heaven has, part by part, a correspondence to the Word. Now since there is such a correspondence of the Word to heaven, and heaven as a whole and in its parts corresponds to a person, this is why the ultimate level of the Word corresponds to the ultimate in a person. The ultimate level in the Word is the literal sense, and the ultimate level in a person is the hair of his head and his beard.

[3] This is why when people who have loved the Word even at its ultimate level after death become spirits, they are to be seen with a fair head of hair; and so are the angels. When these same people become angels, they also let their beards grow. On the other hand, all who have despised the literal sense of the Word, on becoming spirits after death, turn bald. This is also a sign that they are devoid of truths. So to avoid embarrassing others, they cover their heads with a head-dress.

[4] Since the hair and the beard mean the ultimate level of heaven, and so also the ultimate level of Divine Truth or the Word, the Ancient of Days is described as having the hair of his head like clean wool (Daniel 7:9). Likewise the Son of Man or the Lord as regards the Word (Revelation 1:14). For the same reason the strength of Samson lay in his hair, and he was weakened by having it cut off. The condition of a Nazarite also lay in his hair; for the Nazarite represented the Lord at His ultimate level, and so also heaven at its ultimate level. This was the reason why the forty-two children were torn in pieces by bears for calling Elisha bald (2 Kings 2:23-24).

[5] Elisha, like Elijah and the other prophets, represented the Lord as regards the Word; and the Word without its ultimate, that is, its literal sense, is no longer the Word. For the literal sense of the Word is like a bottle filled with fine wine; so if the bottle is broken, all the wine is lost. The literal sense of the Word is like the bones and skin of the human body; take them away and the whole person falls to pieces. That is why what holds the Word together and in fact gives it its power is its ultimate sense, the literal sense; for this sustains and holds together all the Divine truth it contains.

[6] Since baldness means the absence of truth, when the Jewish church, since it lacks the ultimate level, abandoned Jehovah and despised the Word, it was called bald, as in Jeremiah:

Every head is bald and every beard is shorn. Jeremiah 48:37.

In Isaiah:

Baldness on their heads, and a shorn beard. Isaiah 15:2.

In Ezekiel:

To shave his head and beard with a razor. Ezekiel 5:1.

Shame on all their faces, and baldness on all heads. Ezekiel 7:18.

Every head has been made bald. Ezekiel 29:18.

And in other places, such as Amos 8:10, Micah 1:16.

[7] But the sense of the Word known as the literal sense corresponds at its ultimate level to the hair of the head, but in other respects to various parts of the human body, as its head, chest, loins and feet. But where those correspondences occur in that sense, the Word is so to speak clothed, and so corresponds to the clothing of those parts. For in general clothes mean truths, and really correspond to them. But there are still many things in the literal sense of the Word which are bare and so to speak unclothed; and they correspond to a person's face and his hands, which are the parts left uncovered. Those parts of the Word serve for the teaching of the church, because they are in themselves spiritual-natural truths. From this it can be established that there is no obstacle to prevent a person being able to find and see bare truths there too.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. Added in the margin: 'As the result of the correspondence between natural and spiritual things the ultimate sense of the Word is to be understood by the twelve precious stones composing the foundations of the wall of the New Jerusalem'.

  
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Heaven and Hell # 307

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307. I should like to use a few passages to show how heaven is united with us through the Word. The New Jerusalem is described in the Book of Revelation as follows:

I saw a new heaven and a new earth, and the former heaven and former earth had passed away. And I saw the holy city Jerusalem coming down from God out of heaven. The city was foursquare, its length equal to its breadth. And the angel measured the city with the reed at twelve thousand stadia; the length, breadth, and height were equal; and he measured its wall, 144 cubits, the measure of a human being, which was that of the angel. The construction of the wall was jasper, but the city itself was pure gold and like pure glass; and the foundation of the wall was decorated with every precious stone. The twelve gates were twelve pearls, and the street of the city was pure gold like transparent glass. (Revelation 21:1-2, 16-18,)

People who read this understand it simply according to its literal meaning, namely that this visible sky and earth are going to perish and that a new heaven is going to be established, that on a new earth the holy city Jerusalem is going to descend, and that all its measurements will be as described. But the angels who are with us understand it very differently, understanding spiritually what we take in a natural sense.

[2] For them, the new heaven and the new earth mean a new church; the city Jerusalem descending from God out of heaven means its heavenly doctrine revealed by the Lord; its length, breadth, and height, which are equal at twelve thousand stadia, mean all the good and true elements of that doctrine grasped as a single whole; the wall means the truths that protect it; the measure of the wall being 144 cubits, which was the measure of a human being, that is, of the angel, means all those protective truths grasped as a single whole, and their quality; the twelve gates made of pearls mean introductory truths (pearls mean that kind of truth); the foundations of the wall that were of precious stones mean the acknowledgments on which that doctrine is based; and the gold like pure glass of which the city and its streets were made means the good of love that makes doctrine and its truths transparent. This is how angels understand all these things, so it is not the way we do. This is how our natural concepts are transformed into spiritual concepts among angels without their knowing anything about the literal meaning of the Word - about the new heaven and the new earth, for example, or the new city Jerusalem, its wall, the foundations of the wall, and its measurements. Still, the angels' thoughts form a unity with ours because they correspond. They form a single whole almost like the words of a speaker and the understanding of those words by a listener who is focused not on the words themselves but on understanding them. This may enable us to see how heaven is united to us through the Word.

[3] For another example from the Word,

In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and Assyria will come into Egypt and Egypt into Assyria, and the Egyptians will serve the Assyrians. In that day Israel will be a third for Egypt and Assyria, a blessing in the middle of the land, whom Jehovah of hosts will bless, saying, "Blessed is my people Egypt, and the work of my hands Assyria, and my inheritance Israel." (Isaiah 19:23-25)

We can see how people on earth think and how angels think when they read this if we look at the literal meaning of the Word and at its inner meaning. We think, on the basis of its literal meaning, that Egypt and Assyria are going to be converted to God and received, and that they will become united to the Israelite nation. The angels, though, think on the basis of its inner meaning about people of the spiritual church, who are being described here in that inner meaning. Their spiritual level is Israel, their natural level is Egypt, and their rational level, which is the intermediate level, is Assyria. 1 Still, these two meanings are one because they correspond. Consequently, when angels are thinking spiritually like this and we are thinking naturally the way we do, we are united almost like a soul and a body. The inner meaning of the Word is its soul, and the literal meaning is its body.

The Word is like this throughout; so we can see that it is a means of heaven's union with us and that the literal meaning serves as its basis and foundation.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. [Swedenborg's footnote] Egypt and Egyptian in the Word mean what is natural, and therefore what has to do with information: 4967, 5079-5080, 5095, 5460 [5160?], 5799, 6015, 6147, 6252, 7353 [7355?], 7648, 9340, 9319 [9391?]. Assyria means the rational level: 119, 1186. Israel means the spiritual level: 5414, 5801, 5803, 5806, 5812, 5817, 5819, 5826, 5833, 5879, 5951, 6426, 6637, 6862, 6868, 7035, 7062, 7198, 7201, 7215, 7223, 7956 [7957?], 8234, 8805, 9340.

  
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