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Amos 5

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1 ακουσατε τον λογον κυριου τουτον ον εγω λαμβανω εφ' υμας θρηνον οικος ισραηλ

2 επεσεν ουκετι μη προσθη του αναστηναι παρθενος του ισραηλ εσφαλεν επι της γης αυτης ουκ εστιν ο αναστησων αυτην

3 διοτι ταδε λεγει κυριος κυριος η πολις εξ ης εξεπορευοντο χιλιοι υπολειφθησονται εκατον και εξ ης εξεπορευοντο εκατον υπολειφθησονται δεκα τω οικω ισραηλ

4 διοτι ταδε λεγει κυριος προς τον οικον ισραηλ εκζητησατε με και ζησεσθε

5 και μη εκζητειτε βαιθηλ και εις γαλγαλα μη εισπορευεσθε και επι το φρεαρ του ορκου μη διαβαινετε οτι γαλγαλα αιχμαλωτευομενη αιχμαλωτευθησεται και βαιθηλ εσται ως ουχ υπαρχουσα

6 εκζητησατε τον κυριον και ζησατε οπως μη αναλαμψη ως πυρ ο οικος ιωσηφ και καταφαγεται αυτον και ουκ εσται ο σβεσων τω οικω ισραηλ

7 κυριος ο ποιων εις υψος κριμα και δικαιοσυνην εις γην εθηκεν

8 ποιων παντα και μετασκευαζων και εκτρεπων εις το πρωι σκιαν θανατου και ημεραν εις νυκτα συσκοταζων ο προσκαλουμενος το υδωρ της θαλασσης και εκχεων αυτο επι προσωπου της γης κυριος ο θεος ο παντοκρατωρ ονομα αυτω

9 ο διαιρων συντριμμον επ' ισχυν και ταλαιπωριαν επι οχυρωμα επαγων

10 εμισησαν εν πυλαις ελεγχοντα και λογον οσιον εβδελυξαντο

11 δια τουτο ανθ' ων κατεκονδυλιζετε πτωχους και δωρα εκλεκτα εδεξασθε παρ' αυτων οικους ξυστους ωκοδομησατε και ου μη κατοικησητε εν αυτοις αμπελωνας επιθυμητους εφυτευσατε και ου μη πιητε τον οινον εξ αυτων

12 οτι εγνων πολλας ασεβειας υμων και ισχυραι αι αμαρτιαι υμων καταπατουντες δικαιον λαμβανοντες αλλαγματα και πενητας εν πυλαις εκκλινοντες

13 δια τουτο ο συνιων εν τω καιρω εκεινω σιωπησεται οτι καιρος πονηρος εστιν

14 εκζητησατε το καλον και μη το πονηρον οπως ζησητε και εσται ουτως μεθ' υμων κυριος ο θεος ο παντοκρατωρ ον τροπον ειπατε

15 μεμισηκαμεν τα πονηρα και ηγαπηκαμεν τα καλα και αποκαταστησατε εν πυλαις κριμα οπως ελεηση κυριος ο θεος ο παντοκρατωρ τους περιλοιπους του ιωσηφ

16 δια τουτο ταδε λεγει κυριος ο θεος ο παντοκρατωρ εν πασαις πλατειαις κοπετος και εν πασαις οδοις ρηθησεται ουαι ουαι κληθησεται γεωργος εις πενθος και κοπετον και εις ειδοτας θρηνον

17 και εν πασαις οδοις κοπετος διοτι διελευσομαι δια μεσου σου ειπεν κυριος

18 ουαι οι επιθυμουντες την ημεραν κυριου ινα τι αυτη υμιν η ημερα του κυριου και αυτη εστιν σκοτος και ου φως

19 ον τροπον οταν φυγη ανθρωπος εκ προσωπου του λεοντος και εμπεση αυτω η αρκος και εισπηδηση εις τον οικον αυτου και απερεισηται τας χειρας αυτου επι τον τοιχον και δακη αυτον ο οφις

20 ουχι σκοτος η ημερα του κυριου και ου φως και γνοφος ουκ εχων φεγγος αυτη

21 μεμισηκα απωσμαι εορτας υμων και ου μη οσφρανθω εν ταις πανηγυρεσιν υμων

22 διοτι και εαν ενεγκητε μοι ολοκαυτωματα και θυσιας υμων ου προσδεξομαι αυτα και σωτηριου επιφανειας υμων ουκ επιβλεψομαι

23 μεταστησον απ' εμου ηχον ωδων σου και ψαλμον οργανων σου ουκ ακουσομαι

24 και κυλισθησεται ως υδωρ κριμα και δικαιοσυνη ως χειμαρρους αβατος

25 μη σφαγια και θυσιας προσηνεγκατε μοι εν τη ερημω τεσσαρακοντα ετη οικος ισραηλ

26 και ανελαβετε την σκηνην του μολοχ και το αστρον του θεου υμων ραιφαν τους τυπους αυτων ους εποιησατε εαυτοις

27 και μετοικιω υμας επεκεινα δαμασκου λεγει κυριος ο θεος ο παντοκρατωρ ονομα αυτω

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 620

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620. 14:4 These are the ones who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. This symbolically means that they did not adulterate the church's truths or defile them with the falsities of their faith, but loved the truths because they are true.

A woman symbolizes the church from an affection for truth, and so in an opposite sense the church from an affection for falsity, as may be seen in nos. 434, 533 above - here the church from an affection for truth, because we are told that they were not defiled with women. Being defiled with women has the same symbolic meaning as committing adultery and behaving licentiously. To commit adultery and behave licentiously means, symbolically, to adulterate and falsify the Word, as may be seen in no. 134 above.

For they are virgins means, symbolically, because they have loved truths because they are true, thus loving them from a spiritual affection. These are meant by virgins because a virgin symbolizes the church as a bride who desires to be conjoined with the Lord and to become a wife; and a church that desires to be conjoined with the Lord loves truths because they are true. For truths bring about conjunction when people live in accordance with them.

That is why Israel, Zion and Jerusalem are called in the Word virgins and daughters; for Israel, Zion and Jerusalem symbolize the church.

[2] People in the Lord's church who are of such a character are all meant by virgins, whether they are maidens or youths, wives or husbands, boys or old men, girls or old ladies, and this can be seen from places in the Word where virgins are mentioned, such as the virgin of Israel (Jeremiah 18:13; 31:4, 21, Amos 5:2, Joel 1:8); the virgin daughter of Judah (Lamentations 1:15); the virgin daughter of Zion (2 Kings 19:21, Isaiah 37:22, Lamentations 1:4; 2:13); the virgins of Jerusalem (Lamentations 2:10); the virgin of My people (Jeremiah 14:17).

For that reason the Lord likened the church to ten virgins (Matthew 25:1-13), and we read in Jeremiah:

...I will build you, that you may be rebuilt, O virgin of Israel! You shall again... go forth in the dances of those who rejoice. (Jeremiah 31:4, 13)

And in the book of Psalms:

They have seen Your goings, O God, the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary..., in the midst of maidens playing timbrels. (Psalms 68:24-25)

And elsewhere:

Kings' daughters are among Your precious ones; at Your right hand stands the queen in pure gold from Ophir.

Listen, O daughter, and see... The King will delight in your beauty... The daughter of Tyre also will bring a gift; the rich among the people will appease Your face.

The King's daughter is all precious within; her clothing is woven with gold. She shall be brought to the King in embroidered garments. The virgins after her, her companions, shall come... into the palace of the King. (Psalms 45:9-15)

The King there means the Lord; the queen the church as a wife; and the daughters and virgins affections for goodness and truth.

[3] Similar affections are symbolically meant by virgins elsewhere in the Word in places where young men are mentioned at the same time, because young men symbolize truths, and virgins affections for those truths. For instance, in the following places:

Behold, the days are coming... that I will send a famine on the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of Jehovah... In that day the fair virgins and young men shall faint from thirst. (Amos 8:11, 13)

Be ashamed, O Sidon; ...the sea has said..., "I have not travailed or given birth; neither have I reared young men or brought up virgins." (Isaiah 33:4)

The Lord trampled a winepress for the virgin daughter of Zion... Behold my sorrow; the virgins and the young men have gone into captivity. (Lamentations 1:4, 15, 18)

...how great is His goodness, and how great His beauty! Grain shall make the young men grow up, and new wine the young women. (Zechariah 9:17)

The streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in My streets. (Zechariah 8:5)

They sit on the ground..., the virgins of Jerusalem... To what shall I liken you..., O virgin daughter of Zion... ...They lay... in the streets..., My virgins and My young men... (Lamentations 2:10, 13, 21)

And so on elsewhere, as in Jeremiah 51:20-23, Lamentations 5:11, 13, 14, Ezekiel 9:4, 6, Psalms 78:62-64, Deuteronomy 32:25.

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.

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