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1 Kako sedi sam, posta kao udovica, grad koji beše pun naroda! Velik među narodima, glava među zemljama potpade pod danak!

2 Jednako plače noću, i suze su mu na obrazima, nema nikoga od svih koji ga ljubljahu da ga poteši; svi ga prijatelji njegovi izneveriše, postaše mu neprijatelji.

3 Iseli se Juda od muke i ljutog ropstva; sedi među narodima, ne nalazi mir; svi koji ga goniše stigoše ga u tesnacu.

4 Putevi sionski tuže, jer niko ne ide na praznik; sva su vrata njegova pusta, sveštenici njegovi uzdišu, devojke su njegove žalosne, i sam je jadan.

5 Protivnici njegovi postaše glava, neprijateljima je njegovim dobro; jer ga Gospod ucveli za mnoštvo bezakonja njegovog; deca njegova idu u ropstvo pred neprijateljem.

6 I otide od kćeri sionske sva slava njena; knezovi su njeni kao jeleni koji ne nalaze paše; idu nemoćni pred onim koji ih goni.

7 Opominje se Jerusalim u muci svojoj i u jadu svom svih milina što je imao od starine, kad pada narod njegov od ruke neprijateljeve, a nikoga nema da mu pomogne; neprijatelji gledaju ga i smeju se prestanku njegovom.

8 Teško sagreši Jerusalim, zato posta kao nečista žena; svi koji su ga poštovali preziru ga, jer videše golotinju njegovu; a on uzdiše, i okreće se natrag.

9 Nečistota mu beše na skutovima; nije mislio na kraj svoj; pao je za čudo, a nema nikoga da ga poteši. Pogledaj, Gospode, muku moju, jer se neprijatelj poneo.

10 Neprijatelj poseže rukom na sve drage stvari njegove, i on gleda kako narodi ulaze u svetinju njegovu, za koje si zapovedio da ne dolaze na sabor Tvoj.

11 Sav narod njegov uzdiše tražeći hleba, daju dragocene stvari svoje za jelo da okrepe dušu. Pogledaj, Gospode, i vidi kako sam poništen.

12 Zar vam nije stalo, svi koji prolazite ovuda? Pogledajte i vidite, ima li bola kakav je moj, koji je meni dopao, kojim me ucveli Gospod u dan žestokog gneva svog.

13 S visine pusti oganj u kosti moje, koji ih osvoji; razape mrežu nogama mojim, obori me nauznako, pustoši me, te po vas dan tužim.

14 Svezan je rukom njegovom jaram od greha mojih, usukani su i dođoše mi na vrat; obori silu moju; predade me Gospod u ruke, iz kojih se ne mogu podignuti.

15 Polazi Gospod sve junake moje usred mene, sazva na me sabor da potre mladiće moje; kao grožđe u kaci izgazi Gospod devojku, kćer Judinu.

16 Zato ja plačem, oči moje, oči moje liju suze, jer je daleko od mene utešitelj, koji bi ukrepio dušu moju; sinovi moji propadoše, jer nadvlada neprijatelj.

17 Sion širi ruke svoje, nema nikoga da ga teši; Gospod zapovedi za Jakova, te ga opkoliše neprijatelji; Jerusalim posta među njima kao nečista žena.

18 Pravedan je Gospod, jer se suprotih zapovesti Njegovoj; čujte, svi narodi, i vidite bol moj; devojke moje i mladići moji otidoše u ropstvo.

19 Zvah prijatelje svoje, oni me prevariše; sveštenici moji i starešine moje pomreše u gradu tražeći hrane da okrepe dušu svoju.

20 Pogledaj, Gospode, jer mi je tuga, utroba mi se uskolebala, srce se moje prevrće u meni, jer se mnogo suprotih; napolju učini me sirotim mač, a kod kuće sama smrt.

21 Čuju gde uzdišem, ali nema nikoga da me poteši; svi neprijatelji moji čuše za nesreću moju i raduju se što si to učinio; dovešćeš dan koji si oglasio, te će oni biti kao ja.

22 Neka izađe preda te sva zloća njihova, i učini kao što si učinio meni za sve grehe moje; jer je mnogo uzdaha mojih i srce je moje žalosno.

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Apocalypse Revealed # 213

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213. "'That the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed.'" This symbolically means, so as not to profane and adulterate the goodness of heavenly love.

No one can know the symbolic meaning of the shame of nakedness unless he knows that the reproductive organs in both sexes, called also the genitalia, correspond to celestial love.

To be shown that the human body and all its constituents have a correspondence with the heavens, see the book Heaven and Hell, published in London in , nos. 87-102. And to be shown that the reproductive organs correspond to celestial love, see Arcana Coelestia (The Secrets of Heaven), also published in London, nos. 5050-5062.

Now because these organs correspond to celestial love, which is the love found in the third or inmost heaven, and because a person is born of his parents into loves contrary to that love, it is apparent that if he does not acquire for himself the goodness of love and the truth of wisdom from the Lord, which are symbolically meant by gold refined in fire and white garments, he will be seen to be impelled by a contrary love, which in itself is profane.

[2] This latter circumstance is symbolically meant by uncovering nakedness and manifesting the shame of it, in the following places:

Blessed is he who watches and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and his private parts be seen. (Revelation 16:15)

...daughter of Babylon (and of the Chaldeans), sit on the ground... Uncover your hair..., uncover the thigh, pass through the rivers. Let your nakedness be uncovered; yes, let your shame be seen. (Isaiah 47:1-3)

Woe to the bloody city! ...Because of the multitude of (her) harlotries... I will uncover your skirts in front of you, and I will show the nations your nakedness, and the kingdoms your disgrace. (Nahum 3:1, 4-5)

Contend with your mother... lest I strip her naked... (Hosea 2:2-4)

When I passed by you... I covered your nakedness... Then I washed you... and... I clothed you... But you... played the harlot... not remembering your youth, when you were naked and bare... (Therefore) your nakedness was uncovered... (Ezekiel 16:6ff.)

Jerusalem has sinned gravely; therefore... all... despise her, because they have seen her nakedness. (Lamentations 1:8)

Jerusalem, of which these things were said, means the church; and to play the harlot means, symbolically, to adulterate and falsify the Word (no. 134).

Woe to him who makes his neighbor drink..., making him drunk, that you may look on his nakedness! ...Drink, you too, that your uncircumcised foreskin may be exposed! (Habakkuk 2:15-16)

[3] Someone who knows what nakedness symbolizes can understand what is symbolically meant by the statement that when Noah was drunk from drinking wine he lay uncovered inside his tent, and Ham saw and laughed at his nakedness, but Shem and Japheth covered his nakedness, turning their faces away so as not to see it (Genesis 9:21-23). He can understand also why it was decreed that Aaron and his sons should not go up by steps to the altar, that their nakedness might not be exposed (Exodus 20:26). And so, too, why it was decreed that they should make for them linen trousers to cover their naked flesh, that they should have these on when they came near the altar, and that otherwise they would bear their iniquity and die (Exodus 28:42-43).

Nakedness in these places symbolizes the evils into which a person is born, which, because they are contrary to the goodness of celestial love, are in themselves profane and are removed only by truths and by living in accordance with those truths. Linen also symbolizes truth (no. 671[1-2]).

[4] Nakedness in addition symbolizes innocence, and also ignorance of goodness and truth. Innocence is symbolized by the statement, "they were both naked, the man and his wife, and they had no cause for shame" (Genesis 2:25). Ignorance of goodness and truth is symbolized by the following:

...this... fast that I choose: ...to break bread with the hungry..., and... when you see the naked man, to cover him. (Isaiah 58:6-7)

He gives his bread to the hungry man, and covers the naked one with clothing. (Ezekiel 18:7)

...I was hungry and you gave Me food...; I was naked and you clothed Me. (Matthew 25:35-36)

  
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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.