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Micah 1

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1 καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S λόγος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--GSM πρός-P *μιχαιας-N1T-ASM ὁ- A--ASM ὁ- A--GSM *μωρασθι-N---GSM ἐν-P ἡμέρα-N1A-DPF *ιωαθαμ-N---GSM καί-C *αχαζ-N---GSM καί-C *εζεκιας-N1T-GSM βασιλεύς-N3V-GPM *ιουδα-N---GSM ὑπέρ-P ὅς- --GPM ὁράω-VBI-AAI3S περί-P *σαμαρεία-N1A-GSF καί-C περί-P *ἰερουσαλήμ-N---GSF

2 ἀκούω-VA--AAD2P λαός-N2--VPM λόγος-N2--APM καί-C προςἔχω-V1--PAD3S ὁ- A--NSF γῆ-N1--NSF καί-C πᾶς-A3--NPM ὁ- A--NPM ἐν-P αὐτός- D--DSF καί-C εἰμί-V9--FMI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ἐν-P σύ- P--DP εἰς-P μαρτύριον-N2N-ASN κύριος-N2--NSM ἐκ-P οἶκος-N2--GSM ἅγιος-A1A-GSM αὐτός- D--GSM

3 διότι-C ἰδού-I κύριος-N2--NSM ἐκπορεύομαι-V1--PMI3S ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSM τόπος-N2--GSM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C καταβαίνω-VF--FMI3S καί-C ἐπιβαίνω-VF--FMI3S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APN ὕψος-N3E-APN ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF

4 καί-C σαλεύω-VC--FPI3S ὁ- A--NPN ὄρος-N3E-NPN ὑποκάτωθεν-P αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ὁ- A--NPF κοιλάς-N3D-NPF τήκω-VF--FMI3P ὡς-C κηρός-N2--NSM ἀπό-P πρόσωπον-N2N-GSN πῦρ-N3--GSN καί-C ὡς-C ὕδωρ-N3--NSN καταφέρω-V1--PPPNSN ἐν-P κατάβασις-N3I-DSF

5 διά-P ἀσέβεια-N1A-ASF *ἰακώβ-N---GSM πᾶς-A3--NPN οὗτος- D--NPN καί-C διά-P ἁμαρτία-N1A-ASF οἶκος-N2--GSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM τίς- I--NSF ὁ- A--NSF ἀσέβεια-N1A-NSF ὁ- A--GSM *ἰακώβ-N---GSM οὐ-D *σαμαρεία-N1A-NSF καί-C τίς- I--NSF ὁ- A--NSF ἁμαρτία-N1A-NSF οἶκος-N2--GSM *ιουδα-N---GSM οὐ-D *ἰερουσαλήμ-N---NSF

6 καί-C τίθημι-VF--FMI1S *σαμαρεία-N1A-ASF εἰς-P ὀπωροφυλάκιον-N2N-ASN ἀγρός-N2--GSM καί-C εἰς-P φυτεία-N1A-ASF ἀμπελών-N3W-GSM καί-C κατασπάω-VF--FAI1S εἰς-P χάος-N3E-ASN ὁ- A--APM λίθος-N2--APM αὐτός- D--GSF καί-C ὁ- A--APN θεμέλιον-N2N-APN αὐτός- D--GSF ἀποκαλύπτω-VF--FAI1S

7 καί-C πᾶς-A3--APN ὁ- A--APN γλυπτός-A1--APN αὐτός- D--GSF κατακόπτω-VF--FAI3P καί-C πᾶς-A3--APN ὁ- A--APN μίσθωμα-N3M-APN αὐτός- D--GSF ἐνπίπρημι-VF--FAI3P ἐν-P πῦρ-N3--DSN καί-C πᾶς-A3--APN ὁ- A--APN εἴδωλον-N2N-APN αὐτός- D--GSF τίθημι-VF--FMI1S εἰς-P ἀφανισμός-N2--ASM διότι-C ἐκ-P μίσθωμα-N3M-GPN πορνεία-N1A-GSF συνἄγω-VBI-AAI3S καί-C ἐκ-P μίσθωμα-N3M-GPN πορνεία-N1A-GSF συνστρέφω-VAI-AAI3S

8 ἕνεκεν-P οὗτος- D--GSM κόπτω-VF--FMI3S καί-C θρηνέω-VF--FMI3S πορεύομαι-VF--FMI3S ἀνυπόδετος-A1B-NSF καί-C γυμνός-A1--NSF ποιέω-VF--FMI3S κοπετός-N2--ASM ὡς-C δράκων-N3--GPM καί-C πένθος-N3E-ASN ὡς-C θυγάτηρ-N3--GPF σειρήν-N3--GPF

9 ὅτι-C κατακρατέω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSF πληγή-N1--NSF αὐτός- D--GSF διότι-C ἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S ἕως-P *ιουδα-N---GSM καί-C ἅπτομαι-VAI-AMI3S ἕως-P πύλη-N1--GSF λαός-N2--GSM ἐγώ- P--GS ἕως-P *ἰερουσαλήμ-N---GSF

10 ὁ- A--NPM ἐν-P *γεθ-N---DS μή-D μεγαλύνω-V1--PMD2P ὁ- A--NPM ἐν-P *ακιμ-N---DS μή-D ἀναοἰκοδομέω-V2--PAD2P ἐκ-P οἶκος-N2--GSM κατά-P γέλως-N3T-ASM γῆ-N1--ASF καταπάσσω-VA--AMD2P κατά-P γέλως-N3T-ASM σύ- P--GP

11 καταοἰκέω-V2--PAPNSF καλῶς-D ὁ- A--APF πόλις-N3I-APF αὐτός- D--GSF οὐ-D ἐκἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S καταοἰκέω-V2--PAPNSF *σεννααν-N---AS κόπτω-VA--AMN οἶκος-N2--ASM ἔχω-V1--PMPASM αὐτός- D--GSF λαμβάνω-VF--FMI3S ἐκ-P σύ- P--GP πληγή-N1--ASF ὀδύνη-N1--GSF

12 τίς- I--NSM ἄρχω-VAI-AMI3S εἰς-P ἀγαθός-A1--APN καταοἰκέω-V2--PAPDSF ὀδύνη-N1--APF ὅτι-C καταβαίνω-VZI-AAI3S κακός-A1--NPN παρά-P κύριος-N2--GSM ἐπί-P πύλη-N1--APF *ἰερουσαλήμ-N---GSF

13 ψόφος-N2--NSM ἅρμα-N3M-GPN καί-C ἱππεύω-V1--PAPGPM καταοἰκέω-V2--PAPNSF *λαχις-N---AS ἀρχηγός-N2--NSM ἁμαρτία-N1A-GSF αὐτός- D--NSF εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ὁ- A--DSF θυγάτηρ-N3--DSF *σιων-N---GS ὅτι-C ἐν-P σύ- P--DS εὑρίσκω-VC--API3P ἀσέβεια-N1A-NPF ὁ- A--GSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM

14 διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN δίδωμι-VF--FAI2S ἐκ ἀποστέλλω-V1--PMPAPM ἕως-P κληρονομία-N1A-GSF *γεθ-N---GS οἶκος-N2--APM μάταιος-A1A-APM εἰς-P κενός-A1--APN γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S ὁ- A--DPM βασιλεύς-N3V-DPM ὁ- A--GSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM

15 ἕως-P ὁ- A--APM κληρονόμος-N2--APM ἄγω-VB--AAS1S σύ- P--DS καταοἰκέω-V2--PAPNSF *λαχις-N---AS κληρονομία-N1A-NSF ἕως-P *οδολλαμ-N---AS ἥκω-VF--FAI3S ὁ- A--NSF δόξα-N1S-NSF ὁ- A--GSF θυγάτηρ-N3--GSF *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM

16 ξυράω-VA--AMD2S καί-C κείρω-VA--AMD2S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APN τέκνον-N2N-APN ὁ- A--APN τρυφερός-A1A-APN σύ- P--GS ἐνπλατύνω-V1--PAPASN ὁ- A--ASF χηρεία-N1A-ASF σύ- P--GS ὡς-C ἀετός-N2--NSM ὅτι-C αἰχμαλωτεύω-VCI-API3P ἀπό-P σύ- P--GS

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Sacred Scripture # 35

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35. 28 shows that the Old Testament prophets represented the Lord in respect to the Word and therefore meant the teaching of the church drawn from the Word, and that because of this they were addressed as “children of humanity.” It follows from this that by the various things they suffered and endured they represented the violence done to the literal meaning of the Word by Jews. Isaiah, for example, took the sackcloth off his waist and the sandals off his feet and went naked and barefoot for three years (Isaiah 20:2-3). Similarly, Ezekiel the prophet took a barber’s razor to his head and his beard, burned a third of the hair in the middle of the city, struck a third with a sword, and scattered a third to the wind; also, he bound a few hairs in his hems and eventually threw a few into the midst of a fire and burned them (Ezekiel 5:1-4).

Since the prophets represented the Word and therefore meant the teaching of the church drawn from the Word (as just noted), and since the head means wisdom from the Word, the hair and the beard mean the outermost form of truth. It is because of this meaning that inflicting baldness on yourself was a sign of immense grief and being discovered to be bald was an immense disgrace. This and this alone is why the prophet shaved off his hair and his beard - to represent the state of the Jewish church in regard to the Word. This and this alone is why two she-bears tore apart forty-two boys who called Elisha bald (2 Kings 2:23-25)-because as just noted the prophet represented the Word, and his baldness signified the Word without an outermost meaning.

We shall see in §49 below that the Nazirites represented the Lord’s Word in its outermost forms, which is why they were commanded to let their hair grow and not to shave any of it. In Hebrew, “Nazirite” actually means “hair.” It was commanded also that the high priest was not to shave his head (Leviticus 21:10) and that the fathers of their families as well were not to do so (Leviticus 21:5).

That is why they regarded baldness as such an immense disgrace, as we can tell from the following passages:

There will be baldness upon all heads, and every beard will be cut off. (Isaiah 15:2; Jeremiah 48:37)

There will be shame upon all faces and baldness on all heads. (Ezekiel 7:18)

Every head was made bald and every shoulder hairless. (Ezekiel 29:18)

I will put sackcloth around all waists and baldness upon every head. (Amos 8:10)

Make yourself bald and cut off your hair because of your precious children; make yourself still more bald, because they have left you and gone into exile. (Micah 1:16)

Here making yourself bald and making yourself still more bald means distorting truths of the Word in its outermost forms. Once they have been distorted, as was done by Jews, the whole Word is ruined, because the outermost forms of the Word are what it rests on and what holds it up. In fact, every word in it is a base and support for the Word’s heavenly and spiritual truths.

Since a head of hair means truth in its outermost forms, in the spiritual world everyone who trivializes the Word and distorts its literal meaning looks bald; but those who respect and love it have good-looking hair. On this, see §49 below.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Foundation for their permission to use this translation.