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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 # 9125

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9125. 'If a thief is caught digging through' means if it is not apparent that good or truth is being taken away. This is clear from the meaning of 'digging through' as perpetrating evil in concealment, and - when said of a thief - as taking away good or truth by means of falsity arising from evil so as not to be seen, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'a thief' as one who takes away good and truth, dealt with in 5135, 8906, 9018, 9020, and in the abstract sense as truth or good that has been taken away. The term 'abstract sense' is used because angels, who see the internal sense of the Word, think in abstraction from persons, 5225, 5287, 5434, 8343, 8985, 9007. The Word too in its internal sense has spiritual realities instead of worldly objects, without any narrowing down to persons or places.

[2] As regards the meaning of 'digging through' as perpetrating evil in concealment, and - when said of a thief - as taking away good or truth by means of falsity arising from evil so as not to be seen, all this is evident from the consideration that a distinction is drawn here between a theft committed by digging through and a theft committed when the sun has risen, spoken of in the next verse. That 'digging through' has this meaning is also clear from places in the Word in which the expression occurs, as in Jeremiah,

Yes, in your skirts the blood of poor innocent souls is found. I have found those things not by digging through but on them all. Jeremiah 2:34.

This refers to foul kinds of love and the evils resulting from them. 'I have found those things not by digging through' stands for not discovering them by investigating secretly. Therefore it says those things are 'on them all', that is, they are visible everywhere. In Ezekiel,

He brought me to the door of the court, where I looked, and behold, a hole in the wall. He said to me, Dig, now, through the wall. I therefore dug through the wall, and behold, a door. Ezekiel 8:7-8.

This refers to the abominations of the house of Israel which they performed secretly. 'Digging through the wall' means going in secretly and seeing what they do. In Amos,

If they dig through into hell, from there My hand will take them. Or if they mount up into heaven, from there I will throw them down. Amos 9:2.

'Digging through into hell' means hiding oneself there, and so among falsities arising from evil. Hell consists in falsity arising from evil, since that falsity reigns there. The falsities there are called darkness, within which they hide away from the light of heaven; for they flee from the light of heaven, which is Divine Truth from the Lord. In Job,

The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight, saying, No eye will see me. And he will put on a covering for his face. He digs through 1 houses in the darkness. In the daytime they mark [them] for themselves; they do not acknowledge the light. For the morning is the same to them as the shadow of death, since they acknowledge the terrors of the shadow of death. Job 24:15-17.

Here 'digging through houses' plainly stands for secretly plundering another's goods. For it says that 'he digs through houses in the darkness'; that he watches for twilight, so that no eye may see him; that he puts a covering on his face; they do not acknowledge the light; also that the morning is the shadow of death to them.

[3] The use of 'digging through a house' to mean secretly taking away another's good has its origin in representatives in the next life. There when angels are talking about falsity secretly destroying good, this destruction appears as the digging through of a wall when it is represented on a lower level, where the things angels talk about are manifested in visual images. On the other hand, when angels are talking about truth approaching good and linking itself to it, that approach is represented as an open door through which people enter. This is why the Lord, who spoke in accordance with representatives in heaven and in accordance with correspondences, says in John,

Truly, truly, I say to you, He who does not enter by the door into the sheepfold but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. John 10:1-2.

And in Luke,

Know this, that if the householder had known at what hour the thief was coming he would certainly have been awake and would not have permitted his house to be dug through. 2 Luke 12:39.

Here also 'the thief' is one who destroys forms of the good of faith by means of falsities. 'Digging through a house' means carrying out such destruction secretly, since it is done when the householder is not awake. So it is also that coming like a thief means coming without being recognized, because he does not come through the door but by some other way. In John,

If you are not awake I will come upon you like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come upon you. Revelation 3:3.

And in the same book,

Behold, I am coming like a thief; blessed is he who is awake. Revelation 16:15.

'Coming like a thief' means coming without being recognized and unexpectedly.

The Lord is spoken of in such a way because the meaning is that the door in a person is closed by falsity arising from evil.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. or He breaks into

2. or to be broken into

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.