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Amos 9

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1 Aking nakita ang Panginoon na nakatayo sa tabi ng dambana: at kaniyang sinabi, Hampasin mo ang mga kapitel, upang ang mga tungtungan ay mauga; at mangagkaputolputol sa ulo nilang lahat; at aking papatayin ng tabak ang huli sa kanila: walang makatatakas sinoman sa kanila, at walang makatatanang sinoman sa kanila.

2 Bagaman sila'y humukay hanggang sa Sheol, mula roo'y kukunin sila ng aking kamay; at bagaman sila'y sumampa hanggang sa langit, mula roo'y ibababa ko sila.

3 At bagaman sila'y magsipagtago sa taluktok ng Carmelo, aking hahanapin at kukunin sila mula roon; at bagaman sila'y magsikubli sa aking paningin sa gitna ng dagat, mula roo'y uutusan ko ang ahas, at tutukain niyaon sila.

4 At bagaman sila'y magsipasok sa pagkabihag sa harap ng kanilang mga kaaway, mula roon ay aking uutusan ang tabak, at papatayin niyaon sila: at aking itititig ang aking mga mata sa kanila sa ikasasama, at hindi sa ikabubuti.

5 Sapagka't ang Panginoon, ang Dios ng mga hukbo, ay siyang humihipo ng lupain at natutunaw, at lahat na nagsisitahan doon ay magsisitangis; at babangong samasama na gaya ng Ilog, at lulubog uli, na gaya ng Ilog ng Egipto;

6 Siya na gumawa ng kaniyang mga silid sa langit, at kumatha ng kaniyang balantok sa lupa; siya na tumatawag ng tubig sa dagat at ibinubugso sa ibabaw ng lupa; Panginoon ang kaniyang pangalan.

7 Di baga kayo'y parang mga anak ng mga taga Etiopia sa akin, Oh mga anak ni Israel? sabi ng Panginoon. Hindi ko baga pinasampa ang Israel mula sa lupain ng Egipto, at ang mga Filisteo, ay mula sa Caphtor, at ang mga taga Siria ay sa Chir?

8 Narito, ang mga mata ng Panginoong Dios ay nasa makasalanang kaharian, at aking ipapahamak mula sa ibabaw ng lupa; liban na hindi ko lubos na ipapahamak ang sangbahayan ni Jacob, sabi ng Panginoon.

9 Sapagka't, narito, ako'y maguutos, at aking sasalain ang sangbahayan ni Israel sa gitna ng lahat na bansa, gaya ng trigo na nabithay sa isang bithay, gayon ma'y hindi malalaglag sa lupa ang pinakamaliit na butil.

10 Lahat na makasalanan sa aking bayan ay mangamamatay sa pamamagitan ng tabak, na nangagsasabi, Ang kasamaan ay hindi aabot sa atin o mauuna man sa atin.

11 Sa araw na yaon ay ibabangon ko ang tabernakulo ni David na buwal, at tatakpan ko ang mga sira niyaon; at ibabangon ko ang mga guho niyaon, at aking itatayo na gaya ng mga araw ng una;

12 Upang kanilang ariin ang nalabi sa Edom, at ang lahat na bansa na mga tinatawag sa aking pangalan, sabi ng Panginoon na gumagawa nito,

13 Narito, ang mga kaarawan ay dumarating, sabi ng Panginoon, na aabutan ng mangaararo ang mangaani, at ng mamimisa ng ubas ang magtatanim ng binhi; at ang mga bundok ay papatak ng matamis na alak, at lahat na burol ay mangatutunaw.

14 At akin uling ibabalik ang nangabihag sa aking bayang Israel, at kanilang itatayo ang mga wasak na bayan, at tatahanan nila; at sila'y mangaguubasan, at magsisiinom ng alak niyaon; magsisigawa rin sila ng mga halamanan, at magsisikain ng bunga ng mga yaon.

15 At aking itatatag sila sa kanilang lupain; at hindi na sila mabubunot pa sa kanilang lupain, na aking ibinigay sa kanila, sabi ng Panginoon mong Dios.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 4391

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4391. 'And made booths for his cattle' means a similar increase in good and truth at that time. This is clear from the meaning of 'cattle' as goods and truths in general, and from the meaning of 'making booths', which are tents, as something similar to what is meant by 'building a house', namely receiving an increase of good from truth. The two phrases differ in that 'building a house' means that which is less general, and so rather more internal, while 'making booths', or tents, means that which is more general, and so rather more external. The house was intended for themselves, that is to say, for Jacob, his womenfolk and children, the booths for the servants, flocks and herds. In the Word 'booths' or tents, strictly speaking, means the holiness of truth, and they are distinguished from tabernacles, which too are called tents, by the fact that the latter mean the holiness of good, 414, 1102, 2145, 2152, 4128. The word in the original language for booths is 'succoth', whereas that for tabernacles is 'ohalim'. The holiness of truth is the good which springs from truth.

[2] This meaning carried by the booths or tents called 'succoth' is further evident from the following places in the Word: In David,

Jehovah God rode on a cherub, and flew, and was borne on the wings of the wind. He made darkness His hiding-place, and His surroundings His tent - darkness of waters, clouds of the heavens. Psalms 18:10-11.

And elsewhere,

He bowed the heavens when He came down, and thick darkness was under His feet. And He rode on a cherub, and new, and was borne on the wings of the wind. And He made tents of darkness around Him, clusters of water, clouds of the heavens. 2 Samuel 22:10-12.

This refers to Divine revelation, or the Word. 'Bowing the heavens when He came down' stands for hiding the interior truths of the Word. 'Thick darkness under His feet' stands for the fact that compared with interior truths, those visible to man are like darkness, the literal sense of the Word being of such a nature. 'Riding on a cherub' stands for the fact that it was provided in this way. 'Making tents of the darkness around Him' or 'making His surroundings His tent' stands for the holiness of truth concealed in its hiding-place, that is to say, inwardly - within the literal sense. 'Clusters of waters and clouds of the heavens' means the Word in the letter. Regarding 'clouds of the heavens' meaning the Word in the letter, see Preface to Chapter 18 of Genesis, and 4060.

[3] The same is meant by the following in Isaiah,

Jehovah will create over every habitation of mount Zion, and over her assemblies, a cloud by day, and smoke and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory there will be a covering. And there will be a tent for shade by day, and for a refuge and hiding-place from deluge and rain. Isaiah 4:5-6.

Here again 'cloud' means the literal sense of the Word and 'the glory' the internal sense, as they do in Matthew 24:30; Mark 13:26; Luke 21:27. Again also 'a tent' stands for the holiness of truth. Interior truths are said to be in a hiding-place for the reason that if they had been revealed they would have been made profane, see 3398, 3399, 4289, a point that is also expressed in the following words in David,

In the hiding-place of Your face You conceal them from the treacherous plans of man; You hide them in a tent from the strife of tongues. Psalms 31:20.

[4] The fact that 'a tent' means the holiness of truth is also evident in Amos,

On that day I will raise up the tent of David that is fallen down, and I will close up the breaches, and I will raise up its destroyed places, and I will build it as in the days of old. Amos 9:11.

'Raising up the tent of David that is fallen down' stands for reestablishing the holiness of truth after it has perished. 'David' stands for the Lord as regards Divine Truth, 1888, since 'a king' means Divine Truth, 2015, 2069, 3009. Because 'tent' meant the holiness of truth and 'dwelling in tents' means worship that was the product of this, the feast of tents, called the feast of tabernacles, was established in the Jewish and Israelitish Church, Leviticus 23:34, 42-43; Deuteronomy 16:13, 16, where also that feast is called the feast of succoth, or of tents.

  
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