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1 Opet dvanaeste godine, dvanaestog meseca, prvog dana, dođe mi reč Gospodnja govoreći:

2 Sine čovečji, nariči za Faraonom carem misirskim, i reci mu: Ti si kao lavićmeđu narodima i kao zmaj u moru, i prolaziš reke svoje i mutiš vodu nogama svojim i gaziš po rekama njenim.

3 Ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Razapeću ti mrežu svoju sa zborom mnogih naroda, i izvući će te u mojoj mreži.

4 I ostaviću te na zemlji, i baciću te u polje, i pustiću sve ptice nebeske da sedaju na te, i nasitiću tobom zveri sa sve zemlje.

5 I razmetnuću meso tvoje po gorama i napuniću doline gomilama od tebe.

6 I zemlju gde plivaš napojiću krvlju tvojom do vrh gora, i potoci će biti puni tebe.

7 I kad te ugasim, zastreću nebo, i zvezde na njemu pomračiti, sunce ću zakloniti oblakom, i mesec neće svetliti svetlošću svojom.

8 Sva ću svetla videla na nebu pomračiti za tobom, i pustiću tamu na tvoju zemlju, govori Gospod Gospod.

9 I ustrašiću srce mnogih naroda kad objavim propast tvoju među narodima, po zemljama kojih ne znaš.

10 I udiviću tobom mnoge narode, i carevi će se njihovi zgroziti od tebe, kad mahnem mačem svojim pred njima, i drhtaće svaki čas svaki za dušu svoju u dan kad padneš.

11 Jer ovako veli Gospod Gospod: Mač cara vavilonskog doći će na te.

12 Mačevima junačkim povaljaću mnoštvo tvoje, mačevima najljućih između naroda; one će razoriti ponos Misiru, i sve će se mnoštvo njegovo potrti.

13 I potrću svu stoku njegovu pokraj velikih voda, te ih neće više mutiti noga čovečija niti će ih papak od kakve životinje mutiti.

14 Tada ću stišati vodu njihovu, i učiniću da potoci njihovi teku kao ulje, govori Gospod Gospod.

15 Kad opustim zemlju misirsku i ona bude bez svega što je u njoj, i pobijem sve koji žive u njoj, tada će poznati da sam ja Gospod.

16 Ovo je naricanje što će se naricati; tako će naricati kćeri narodne, za Misirom i za svim mnoštvom njegovim naricaće, govori Gospod Gospod.

17 Po tom dvanaeste godine, petnaesti dan istog meseca, dođe mi reč Gospodnja govoreći:

18 Sine čovečji, nariči za mnoštvom misirskim, i svali njih i kćeri jakih naroda u najdonji kraj zemlje s onima koji silaze u jamu.

19 Od koga si lepši? Siđi i lezi s neobrezanima.

20 Pašće posred pobijenih mačem, mač je dat, vucite ga i sve mnoštvo njegovo.

21 Govoriće mu najhrabriji junaci isred groba s pomoćnicima njegovim, koji siđoše i leže neobrezani, pobijeni mačem.

22 Onde je Asirac i sav zbor njegov, grobovi su mu oko njega, svi su pobijeni, pali od mača.

23 Grobovi su mu u dnu jame, a zbor mu je oko njegovog groba; svi su pobijeni, pali od mača, koji zadavahu strah zemlji živih.

24 Onde je Elam i sve mnoštvo njegovo oko njegovog groba; svi su pobijeni, pali od mača, koji siđoše neobrezani na najdonji kraj zemlje, koji zadavahu strah zemlji živih; i nose sramotu svoju s onima koji silaze u jamu.

25 Među pobijenima namestiše postelju njemu i svemu mnoštvu njegovom, grobovi su mu oko njega, svi su neobrezani pobijeni mačem, koji zadavahu strah zemlji živih; i nose sramotu svoju s onima koji silaze u jamu, metnuti su među pobijene.

26 Onde je Meseh, Tuval i sve mnoštvo njegovo, grobovi su mu oko njega, svi su neobrezani pobijeni mačem, koji zadavahu strah zemlji živih.

27 Ali ne leže među junacima koji padoše između neobrezanih, koji siđoše u grob s oružjem svojim, i metnuše mačeve pod glave svoje, i bezakonje njihovo leži na kostima njihovim, ako i behu junaci strašni na zemlji živih.

28 I ti ćeš se satrti među neobrezanima, i ležaćeš kod pobijenih mačem.

29 Onde je Edom, carevi njegovi i svi knezovi njegovi, koji su sa silom svojom metnuti među pobijene mačem; leže među neobrezanima i s onima koji siđoše u jamu.

30 Onde su svi knezovi severni i svi Sidonci, koji siđoše k pobijenima sa strahom svojim, stideći se sile svoje; i leže neobrezani s onima koji su pobijeni mačem, i nose sramotu svoju s onima koji siđoše u jamu.

31 Njih će videti Faraon, i utešiće se za svim mnoštvom svojim, Faraon i sva vojska njegova, pobijeni mačem, govori Gospod Gospod.

32 Jer zadadoh svoj strah zemlji živih, i Faraon će i sve mnoštvo njegovo ležati među neobrezanima s onima koji su pobijeni mačem, govori Gospod Gospod.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 413

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413. And a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, and a third of them was darkened. This symbolically means that because of their evils springing from falsities and their falsities springing from evils, they did not know what love is, or what faith is, or any truth.

A third means, symbolically, all (no. 400). The sun symbolizes love (no. 53). The moon symbolizes intelligence and faith (no. 332). The stars symbolize concepts of truth and goodness from the Word (no. 51). To be darkened means, symbolically, to be unseen and unknown because of evils springing from falsities and falsities springing from evils.

Evils springing from falsities are found in people who adopt falsities having to do with religion and defend them to the point that they appear to be true. Then, when they live in accordance with them, they do evils as a result of the falsities, or the evils of falsity.

On the other hand, falsities springing from evils are found in people who do not regard evils as being sins, and still more in people who employ reasonings issuing from their natural self, and moreover from the Word, to establish in themselves that evils are not sins. Their very arguments are falsities springing from evils, and what we call the falsities of evil.

[2] Darkness symbolizes these falsities because light symbolizes truth, and when the light has been extinguished, darkness is left.

To confirm this we will first cite passages where things similar to those here in the book of Revelation are said regarding the sun, moon and stars, and darkness ensuing upon their being extinguished:

The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the coming of the great and terrible day of Jehovah. (Joel 2:31)

...the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light; the sun will be darkened in its rising, and the moon will not cause its light to shine. (Isaiah 13:10, cf. 24:21, 24:23)

When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens..., I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light. All the luminaries of light in the heavens I will make dark over you, and bring darkness upon your land... (Ezekiel 32:7-8)

...the day of Jehovah... is at hand... The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars diminish their brightness. (Joel 2:1, 10)

Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven... (Matthew 24:29, cf. Mark 13:24-25)

Who, if he elevates his mind, cannot see that in these places it is not the world's sun, moon and stars that are meant.

[3] That darkness symbolizes falsities of various kinds is clear from these passages:

Woe to you who desire the day of Jehovah! ...It will be one of darkness, and not light... Is not the day of Jehovah darkness and not light? Very dark, without any brightness? (Amos 5:18, 20)

(The day of Jehovah will be) a day of darkness and thick darkness, a day of clouds and overcast... (Zephaniah 1:15)

In that day... it will look to the land, which, behold, will be darkness...; and the light will grow dark in its ruins. (Isaiah 5:30, cf. 8:22)

...behold, the darkness covers the earth, and thick darkness the peoples. (Isaiah 60:2)

Give glory to Jehovah... before He causes darkness...; you look for light, but He turns it into thick darkness. (Jeremiah 13:16)

We look for light, but there is darkness and no brightness; we walk in thick darkness... We stumble at noonday as at twilight; among the living we are as dead men. (Isaiah 59:9-10)

Woe to those... who put darkness for light, and light for darkness. (Isaiah 5:20)

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. (Isaiah 9:2, cf. Matthew 4:16)

...the rising sun from on high (has appeared) to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death... (Luke 1:78-79)

If you give your soul to the hungry..., your light shall rise in the darkness, and your thick darkness shall be as the noonday. (Isaiah 58:10)

In that day... the eyes of the blind who are in thick darkness and gloom shall see. (Isaiah 29:18, cf. 42:16; 49:9)

(Jesus said,) "I am the light of the world; he who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life." (John 8:12)

Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you... I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness. (John 12:35, 46)

When I sit in darkness, Jehovah is a light to me. (Micah 7:8)

This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness more than light... (John 3:19, cf. 1:4-5)

If... the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness! (Matthew 6:23, cf. Luke 11:34-36)

...this is your hour, and the power of darkness. (Luke 22:53)

Darkness in these places symbolizes falsity arising either from ignorance of truth or from some false tenet of religion, or from a life of evil.

Regarding people caught up in falsities having to do with religion, who are therefore caught up in evils in life, the Lord says that they should be "cast out into outer darkness" (Matthew 8:12, cf. 22:13; 25:30).

  
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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.