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1 သက္ကရာဇ်ဆယ်တခု၊ ပဌမတရက်နေ့တွင်၊ ထာဝရဘုရား၏နှုတ်ကပတ်တော်သည် ငါ့ဆီသို့ ရောက် ာ၍၊

2 အချင်းလူသားတုရုမြို့က၊ အေ့ဟေ၊ တိုင်းနိုင်ငံ တို့၏ တံခါးဖြစ်သော ယေရုရှလင်မြို့သည် ပျက်စီးသည် ဖြစ်၍၊ ငါ့လက်သို့ ရောက်လိမ့်မည်။ ထိုမြို့ဆိတ်ညံသော ကြောင့် ငါစည်ပင်လိမ့်မည်ဟု ယေရုရှလင်မြို့တဘက်၌ ဆိုမိသောကြောင့်၊

3 အရှင်ာဝရဘုရားမိန့်တော်မူသည်ကား၊ အိုတုရုမြို့၊ သင့်တဘက်၌ ငါနေ၏။ သမုဒ္ဒရာလှိုင်းတပိုး တက်သကဲ့သို့၊ လူအမျိုးမျိုးတို့သည် သင်ကိုတက်၍ တိုက်စေမည်။

4 သူတို့သည် တုရုမြို့ရိုးကိုဖျက်၍ ပြအိုးတို့ကို ဖြိုချကြလိမ့်မည်။ မြေမှုန့်ကို ငါခြစ်ခွာ၍ ရှင်းလင်းသောကျောက် ကဲ့သို့ ဖြစ်စေမည်။

5 ပင်လယ်အလယ်၌ ပိုက်ကွန်လှန်းရာ အရပ် ဖြစ်လိမ့်မည်။ ငါပြောပြီဟု အရှင်ထာဝရဘုရားမိန့်တော် မူ၏။ လူမျိုးလုယူရာဖြစ်ရလိမ့်မည်။

6 လယ်ပြင်၌ရှိသော သမီးတို့သည် ထားဖြင့် သေ၍၊ ငါသည် ထာဝရဘုရားဖြစ်ကြောင်းကို သိရကြ လိမ့်မည်ဟု မိန့်တော်မူ၏။

7 တဖန် အရှင်ထာဝရဘုရား မိန့်တော်မူသည် ကား၊ ဘုရင်တို့၏ဘုရင်တည်းဟူသော မြောက်မျက်နှာရှင် ဘုရင်နေဗုခဒ်နေဇာကို၊ မြင်းထားရထား၊ မြင်းစီးသူရဲ၊ လူများအလုံးအရင်းနှင့်တကွ တုရုမြို့သို့ ငါဆောင်ခဲ့ မည်။

8 သူသည်လယ်ပြင်၌ရှိသော သင်၏သားသမီးတို့ကို ထားနှင့်သတ်လိမ့်မည်။ သင့်တလက်၌ ရဲတိုက်ကိုတည်၍ မြေရိုးကိုဖို့ပြီးလျှင်၊ ဒိုင်းလွှားတို့ကို ချီကာလိမ့်မည်။

9 သင်၏မြို့ရိုးတဘက်တချက်၊ ဝက်ခွတိုင်၌ တုံးတို့ကို ဆွဲထား၍ သင်၏ရဲတိုက်တို့ကို တူးရွင်းနှင့် ဖြိုချလိမ့်မည်။

10 မြင်းများသောကြောင့် မြေမှုန့်သည် သင့်ကို ဖုံးလွှမ်းလိမ့်မည်။ တိုက်ဖျက်သော မြို့ထဲသို့ဝင်တတ် သကဲ့သို့ သင်၏မြို့တံခါးသို့ ဝင်သောအခါ၊ လှည်းရထား မျိုးမြည်သံ၊ မြင်းစီးသူရဲတို့ အသံကြောင့် သင်၏မြို့ရိုး လှုပ်ရှားလိမ့်မည်။

11 မြင်းခွာတို့ဖြင့် သင်၏လမ်းရှိသမျှတို့ကို နင်း လျက်၊ သင်၏လူတို့ကို ထားနှင့်သတ်၍၊ သင်ခိုလှုံစရာ ရုပ်တုဆင်းတုတို့သည် မြေတိုင်အောင် ပြိုလဲကြလိမ့်မည်။

12 သင်၏ဥစ္စာကို လုယူ၍သင်၏ကုန်များကိုလည်း သိမ်းယူကြလိမ့်မည်။ သင်၏အုတ်ထရံတို့ကို ဖြို၍ဘုံဗိမာန် တို့ကို ဖျက်ပြီးလျှင်၊ သင်၏ ကျောက်၊ သစ်သား၊ မြေတို့ကို ရေထဲမှာ ချပစ်ကြလိမ့်မည်။

13 သင်ဆိုသောသီချင်းသံကို ငါငြိမ်းစေ၍၊ သင်တီး သော စောင်းသံကို နောက်တဖန် အဘယ်သူမျှမကြားရ။

14 သင်သည် ရှင်းလင်းသောကျောက်ကဲ့သို့ ငိုက်ကွန်လှန်ရာ အရပ်ဖြစ်ရလိမ့်မည်။ နောက်တဖန် မတည်ပြန်ရ။ ငါထာဝရဘုရားပြောပြီဟု အရှင်ထာဝရ ဘုရားမိန့်တော်မူ၏။

15 တုရုမြို့ကို ရည်မှတ်၍ အရှင်ထာဝရဘုရား မိန့်တော်မူသည်ကား၊ သင့်အလယ်၌ ကြီးစွာသော လုပ်ကြံခြင်း အမှုဖြစ်၍၊ ထိခိုက်သော သူတို့သည် အော်ဟစ်သောအခါ၊ သင်ပြိုလဲခြင်း အသံကြောင့် တကျွန်းတနိုင်ငံ အရပ်တို့သည် တုန်လှုပ်ကြလိမ့်မည်။

16 သမုဒ္ဒရာမင်းအပေါင်းတို့သည် ရာဇပလ္လင်ပေါ် က ဆင်း၍၊ အင်္ကျီတော်ကို၎င်း၊ ချယ်လှယ်သော အဝတ် တော်ကို၎င်း၊ ချွတ်ပယ်ပြီးမှ၊ တုန်လှုပ်ခြင်းအဝတ်ကို ဝတ်လျက်၊ မြေပေါ်၌ ထိုင်လျက် ခဏခဏတုန်လှုပ်၍၊ သင်၏အမှုကြောင့် မိန်းမောတွေဝေကြလိမ့်မည်။

17 သူတို့ကလည်း၊ အိုကျော်စောသောမြို့ပင်လယ် သားနေပင်လယ်၌ အားကြီးသော မြို့ပင်လယ်သား အပေါင်းတို့ ရိုသေဘွယ်သော မြို့သားနှင့် ပြည့်စုံသော မြို့၊ သင်သည် အလွန်ပျက်စီးလေပြီတကားဟု သင့်အား ဆိုလျက်၊ သင့်အတွက် မြည်တမ်းကြလိမ့်မည်။

18 သင်ပြိုလဲသောနေ့တွင် တကျွန်းတနိုင်ငံ အရပ် တို့သည် တုန်လှုပ်၍၊ သင်ကွယ်ပျောက်သောကြောင့် ပင်လယ်၌ရှိသော ကျွန်းများတို့သည် ထိတ်လန့်ကြလိမ့် မည်။

19 အရှင်ထာဝရဘုရား မိန့်တော်မူသည်ကား၊ လူမနေသောမြို့ကဲ့သို့ ငါသည် သင့်ကိုဆိတ်ညံစေလျက်၊ ပင်လယ်ကိုသင့်အပေါ်သို့ ဆောင်ခဲ့၍၊ လှိုင်းတံပိုးတို့သည် သင့်ကိုလွှမ်းမိုးသောအခါ၊

20 ရှေးလူဟောင်းတို့ နေရာမြေတွင်းထဲသို့ ဆင်း သော သူတို့နှင့်အတူ သင့်ကိုငါ နှိမ့်ချ၍၊ သင်၌လူမနေစေ ခြင်းငှါ မြေတွင်းထဲသို့ဆင်းသောသူတို့နှင့်အတူ၊ ရှေး ကာလမှစ၍ဆိတ်ညံရာအရပ်၊ မြေအောက်အရပ်တို့၌ ငါချထားမည်။ ထိုအခါ အသက်ရှင်သောသူတို့၏ နေရာ ၌ ငါ့ဘုန်းကို ငါဖွင့်မည်။

21 သင်မူကား၊ ကြောက်မက်ဘွယ်သော အရာဖြစ် ၍၊ နောက်တဖန် အဘယ်သူမျှရှာ၍ မတွေ့နိုင်အောင်၊ ပျောက်ကုန်ရာသို့ရောက်လိမ့်မည်ဟု အရှင်ထာဝရ ဘုရားမိန့်တော်မူ၏။

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 774

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774. "Every kind of thyine wood, 1 every kind of ivory vessel." This symbolically means that these Roman Catholics no longer have these because they do not have any of the natural goods and truths to which such things correspond.

This statement is similar to the ones explained in nos. 772 and 773 above, the only difference being that the valuables named first mean spiritual goods and truths (as explained in no. 772 above), and that those named second mean celestial goods and truths (as explained just above in no. 773), while those named now - thyine wood and ivory vessel - mean natural goods and truths.

[2] To explain: There are three degrees of wisdom and love, and so three degrees of truth and goodness. We call the first degree celestial, the second spiritual, and the third natural. These three degrees are present from birth in every person, and they are present in general also in heaven and in the church. Because of this there are three heavens, a highest one, an intermediate one, and a lowest one, altogether distinct from each other in accordance with these degrees. The same is true of the Lord's church on earth. But this is not the place to explain the nature of the church with people in the celestial degree, with people in the spiritual degree, and with people in the natural degree. See instead what we said about them in Angelic Wisdom Regarding Divine Love and Wisdom, Part Three, where we dealt with degrees. Here we will say only that in the case of people coming from Babylon, they have no spiritual goods and truths, no celestial goods and truths, and not even any natural goods and truths.

Spiritual goods and truths are mentioned first, because many of those coming from Babylon can be spiritual, provided they hold the Word holy at heart, as they do with the mouth. But they cannot become celestial, because they do not turn to the Lord, but turn to people living and dead and worship them. It is for this reason that celestial goods and truths are mentioned second.

[3] Thyine wood symbolizes natural good because wood in the Word symbolizes goodness, and stone truth, and thyine wood derives its name from a word meaning two, and the number two also symbolizes goodness.

The good symbolized is natural good, because wood is not a valuable material like gold, silver, precious stones, pearls, fine linen, purple, silk and scarlet. The same is true of stone. The case is similar with ivory, which symbolizes natural truth. Ivory symbolizes natural truth because it is white and can be polished, and because it protrudes from the mouth of an elephant and also constitutes its might. In order for ivory to symbolize the natural truth of the goodness symbolized by thyine wood, the text specifies a vessel of ivory, as a vessel symbolizes something that contains, here truth that contains good.

[4] That wood symbolizes goodness can be seen to some extent from the following considerations: That the bitter waters at Marah were made sweet by casting in something wooden (Exodus 15:25). That the tables of stone on which the Law was written were placed in an ark made of acacia wood (Exodus 25:10-16). That the Temple in Jerusalem was roofed with wood and paneled inside with wood (1 Kings 6:9, 15). And that the altar in the wilderness was made of wood (Exodus 27:1, 6).

It can be seen to some extent also from the following:

...the stone will cry out from the wall, and the beam from the wood answers it. (Habakkuk 2:11)

They will plunder your riches and pillage your merchandise..., and they will cast your stones and your timber... into the midst of the sea. (Ezekiel 26:12)

The prophet Ezekiel was told to take a piece of wood and write on it the names of Judah and the children of Israel, and also on another piece of wood the names of Joseph and Ephraim; and that the Lord Jehovih would make them into one piece of wood (Ezekiel 37:16, 19).

We drink our water in exchange for silver, and our wood comes at a price. (Lamentations 5:4)

If someone goes with his neighbor into a forest..., and the ax head (falls) from the wooden handle...(onto) his neighbor so that he dies, he shall flee to (a city of refuge). (Deuteronomy 19:5)

The latter is said because wood symbolizes goodness, and so because the person did not kill his neighbor out of evil or with evil intention, therefore, but by accident, being impelled by good. And so on elsewhere.

[5] In an opposite sense, however, wood symbolizes something evil or cursed. So for example, they made graven images out of wood and worshiped them (Deuteronomy 4:23-28; Isaiah 37:19; 40:20; Jeremiah 10:3, 8; Ezekiel 20:32). Also, being hanged from a tree was a curse (Deuteronomy 21:22-23).

That ivory symbolizes natural truth can be seen moreover from passages which mention ivory, such as Ezekiel 27:6, 15; Amos 3:15; 6:4; Psalms 45:8.

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1. Thyine wood has not been identified. It has been associated with citron wood, and also with scented wood in general.

  
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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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Genesis 30

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1 When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister. She said to Jacob, "Give me children, or else I will die."

2 Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, "Am I in God's place, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?"

3 She said, "Behold, my maid Bilhah. Go in to her, that she may bear on my knees, and I also may obtain children by her."

4 She gave him Bilhah her handmaid as wife, and Jacob went in to her.

5 Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.

6 Rachel said, "God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son." Therefore called she his name Dan.

7 Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid, conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son.

8 Rachel said, "With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed." She named him Naphtali.

9 When Leah saw that she had finished bearing, she took Zilpah, her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob as a wife.

10 Zilpah, Leah's handmaid, bore Jacob a son.

11 Leah said, "How fortunate!" She named him Gad.

12 Zilpah, Leah's handmaid, bore Jacob a second son.

13 Leah said, "Happy am I, for the daughters will call me Happy." She named him Asher.

14 Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother, Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, "Please give me some of your son's mandrakes."

15 She said to her, "Is it a small matter that you have taken away my husband? Would you take away my son's mandrakes, also?" Rachel said, "Therefore he will lie with you tonight for your son's mandrakes."

16 Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, "You must come in to me; for I have surely hired you with my son's mandrakes." He lay with her that night.

17 God listened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.

18 Leah said, "God has given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband." She named him Issachar.

19 Leah conceived again, and bore a sixth son to Jacob.

20 Leah said, "God has endowed me with a good dowry. Now my husband will live with me, because I have borne him six sons." She named him Zebulun.

21 Afterwards, she bore a daughter, and named her Dinah.

22 God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and opened her womb.

23 She conceived, bore a son, and said, "God has taken away my reproach."

24 She named him Joseph, saying, "May Yahweh add another son to me."

25 It happened, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, "Send me away, that I may go to my own place, and to my country.

26 Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, and let me go; for you know my service with which I have served you."

27 Laban said to him, "If now I have found favor in your eyes, stay here, for I have divined that Yahweh has blessed me for your sake."

28 He said, "Appoint me your wages, and I will give it."

29 He said to him, "You know how I have served you, and how your livestock have fared with me.

30 For it was little which you had before I came, and it has increased to a multitude. Yahweh has blessed you wherever I turned. Now when will I provide for my own house also?"

31 He said, "What shall I give you?" Jacob said, "You shall not give me anything. If you will do this thing for me, I will again feed your flock and keep it.

32 I will pass through all your flock today, removing from there every speckled and spotted one, and every black one among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats. This will be my hire.

33 So my righteousness will answer for me hereafter, when you come concerning my hire that is before you. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and black among the sheep, that might be with me, will be counted stolen."

34 Laban said, "Behold, let it be according to your word."

35 That day, he removed the male goats that were streaked and spotted, and all the female goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and all the black ones among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.

36 He set three days' journey between himself and Jacob, and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.

37 Jacob took to himself rods of fresh poplar, almond, plane tree, peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.

38 He set the rods which he had peeled opposite the flocks in the gutters in the watering-troughs where the flocks came to drink. They conceived when they came to drink.

39 The flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks brought forth streaked, speckled, and spotted.

40 Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the streaked and all the black in the flock of Laban: and he put his own droves apart, and didn't put them into Laban's flock.

41 It happened, whenever the stronger of the flock conceived, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods;

42 but when the flock were feeble, he didn't put them in. So the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.

43 The man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, female servants and male servants, and camels and donkeys.