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Ezekiel 29

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1 Nang ikasangpung taon, nang ikasangpung buwan, nang ikalabing dalawang araw ng buwan, ang salita ng Panginoon ay dumating sa akin, na nagsasabi,

2 Anak ng tao, ititig mo ang iyong mukha laban kay Faraon na hari sa Egipto, at manghula ka laban sa kaniya, at laban sa buong Egipto;

3 Iyong salitain, at iyong sabihin, Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios: Narito, ako'y lalaban sa iyo, Faraong hari sa Egipto, na malaking buwaya na nahihiga sa gitna ng kaniyang mga ilog, na nagsabi: Ang ilog ko ay aking sarili, at aking ginawa sa ganang aking sarili.

4 At kakawitan kita ng mga pangbingwit sa iyong mga panga, at aking padidikitin ang isda ng iyong mga ilog sa iyong mga kaliskis; at isasampa kita mula sa gitna ng iyong mga ilog, na kasama ng lahat na isda ng iyong mga ilog na magsisidikit sa iyong mga kaliskis.

5 At ikaw ay aking iiwan tapon sa ilang, ikaw at ang lahat na isda ng iyong mga ilog: ikaw ay mabubuwal sa luwal na parang; ikaw ay hindi pipisanin, o pupulutin man; aking ibinigay kang pagkain sa mga hayop sa lupa, at sa mga ibon sa himpapawid.

6 At lahat ng nananahan sa Egipto ay makakaalam na ako ang Panginoon, sapagka't sila'y naging tukod na tambo sa sangbahayan ni Israel.

7 Nang kanilang pigilan ka sa iyong kamay, iyong binali, at iyong nilabnot ang kanilang mga balikat; at nang sila'y sumandal sa iyo, iyong binalian, at iyong pinapanghina ang kanilang mga balakang.

8 Kaya't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios: Narito, pagdadalhan kita ng tabak sa iyo, at aking ihihiwalay sa iyo ang tao at hayop.

9 At ang lupain ng Egipto ay magiging giba at sira; at kanilang malalaman na ako ang Panginoon. Sapagka't kaniyang sinabi, Ang ilog ay akin, at aking ginawa;

10 Kaya't, narito, ako'y laban sa iyo, at laban sa iyong mga ilog, at aking lubos na gigibain at sisirain ang lupain ng Egipto, mula sa moog ng Seveneh hanggang sa hangganan ng Etiopia.

11 Walang paa ng tao na daraan doon, o paa man ng hayop ay daraan doon, o tatahanan man siyang apat na pung taon.

12 At aking gagawing sira ang lupain ng Egipto sa gitna ng mga lupain na sira; at ang kaniyang mga bayan sa gitna ng mga bayang giba ay magiging sira na apat na pung taon; at aking pangangalatin ang mga taga Egipto sa gitna ng mga bansa, at aking pananabugin sila sa mga lupain.

13 Sapagka't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios: Sa katapusan ng apat na pung taon ay aking pipisanin ang mga taga Egipto, mula sa mga bayan na kanilang pinangalatan;

14 At aking ibabalik uli ang mga bihag sa Egipto, at aking pababalikin sila sa lupain ng Patros, na lupain na kinapanganakan sa kanila; at sila'y magiging doo'y isang mababang kaharian.

15 Siyang magiging pinakamababa sa mga kaharian; at hindi na matataas pa man ng higit kay sa mga bansa: at aking babawasan sila, upang huwag na silang magpuno sa mga bansa.

16 At hindi na magiging pagasa pa ng sangbahayan ni Israel, na nagpapaalaala ng kasamaan, pagka kanilang lilingunin sila: at kanilang malalaman na ako ang Panginoong Dios.

17 At nangyari, nang ikadalawang pu't pitong taon, nang unang buwan, nang unang araw ng buwan, ang salita ng Panginoon ay dumating sa akin, na nagsasabi:

18 Anak ng tao, pinapaglilingkod ng mabigat ni Nabucodonosor na hari sa Babilonia ang kaniyang kawal laban sa Tiro: lahat ng ulo ay nakalbo, at lahat ng balikat ay nalabnot; gayon ma'y wala siyang kaupahan, o ang kaniyang hukbo man, mula sa Tiro, sa paglilingkod na kaniyang ipinaglingkod laban doon.

19 Kaya't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios: Narito, aking ibibigay ang lupain ng Egipto kay Nabucodonosor na hari sa Babilonia; at dadalhin niya ang kaniyang karamihan, at kukunin ang samsam sa kaniya, at kukunin ang huli sa kaniya; at magiging kaupahan para sa kaniyang hukbo.

20 Ibinigay ko sa kaniya ang lupain ng Egipto na pinakaganti sa kaniya dahil sa kaniyang ipinaglingkod, sapagka't sila'y nagsipagpagal ng dahil sa akin, sabi ng Panginoong Dios.

21 Sa araw na yao'y aking palilitawin ang isang sungay upang tumulong sa sangbahayan ni Israel, at aking papangyayarihin ang iyong salita sa gitna nila: at kanilang malalaman na ako ang Panginoon.

   

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Doctrine of the Sacred Scripture # 35

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35. As we showed in no. 28, the prophets of the Old Testament represented the Lord in relation to the Word, and consequently represented the doctrine of the church drawn from the Word, and for that reason they were called sons of man. It follows from this that by the various hardships they suffered and bore, they represented the violence done by the Jews to the Word’s literal sense.

For instance, the prophet Isaiah put off the sackcloth from his loins and put off the sandals from his feet, and went naked and barefoot for three years (Isaiah 20:2-3).

The prophet Ezekiel likewise drew a barber’s razor over his head and beard, burned a third part of the hair in the midst of the city, struck another third part with a sword, scattered the remaining third part into the wind, bound a few of the hairs in the edges of his garment, and finally threw them into the midst of the fire and burned them (Ezekiel 5:1-4).

[2] Because, as we said above, the prophets represented the Word and so symbolized the doctrine of the church drawn from the Word, and because the head symbolizes wisdom from the Word, therefore the hair of the head and a beard symbolized the outmost expression of truth.

Because this is what they symbolized, therefore it was a sign of great mourning and also a great disgrace to make oneself bald or to be seen bald. It was for this reason and no other that the prophet shaved off the hair of his head and his beard, in order for him to represent by it the state of the Jewish church in relation to the Word. It was for this reason and no other that the forty-two she-bears tore apart the boys who called Elisha bald (2 Kings 2:23-24), inasmuch as the prophet represented the Word, as we said before, and baldness symbolized the Word without its outmost sense.

[3] Nazirites represented the Lord in relation to the Word in its outmost expressions, as will be seen in no. 49 in the next section. Therefore they were required to let their hair grow and not to shave any of it off. The word “Nazirite” in the Hebrew also means the hair.

The high priest, too, was required not to shave his head (Leviticus 21:10). Likewise those who were heads of families (Leviticus 21:5).

So it was that baldness was, for the people then, a great disgrace, as can be seen from the following:

On all their heads baldness, and every beard shaved. (Isaiah 15:2, cf. Jeremiah 48:37)

Shame on every face, and baldness on all their heads. (Ezekiel 7:18)

Every head made bald, and every shoulder shaved. (Ezekiel 29:18)

I will cause sackcloth to ascend upon all loins, and baldness on every head. (Amos 8:10)

Put on baldness and shave yourself for your precious children, and expand your baldness..., for they shall go from you.... (Micah 1:16)

To put on baldness here and expand it means, symbolically, to falsify the Word’s truths in its outmost expressions. When these are falsified, as they were by the Jews, the whole Word is destroyed. For the outmost expressions of the Word are its supports and underpinnings. Indeed, every single word supports and underpins its celestial and spiritual truths.

[4] Because the hair of the head symbolizes truth in outmost expressions, therefore all those in the spiritual world who scorn the Word and falsify its literal sense appear bald, whereas those who honor and love it appear to have attractive hair.

On this subject, see also no. 49 below.

  
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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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Jeremiah 48

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1 Of Moab. Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Woe to Nebo! for it is laid waste; Kiriathaim is disappointed, it is taken; Misgab is put to shame and broken down.

2 The praise of Moab is no more; in Heshbon they have devised evil against her: Come, and let us cut her off from being a nation. You also, Madmen, shall be brought to silence: the sword shall pursue you.

3 The sound of a cry from Horonaim, desolation and great destruction!

4 Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.

5 For by the ascent of Luhith with continual weeping shall they go up; for at the descent of Horonaim they have heard the distress of the cry of destruction.

6 Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.

7 For, because you have trusted in your works and in your treasures, you also shall be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity, his priests and his princes together.

8 The destroyer shall come on every city, and no city shall escape; the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed; as Yahweh has spoken.

9 Give wings to Moab, that she may fly and get her away: and her cities shall become a desolation, without any to dwell therein.

10 Cursed is he who does the work of Yahweh negligently; and cursed is he who keeps back his sword from blood.

11 Moab has been at ease from his youth, and he has settled on his lees, and has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither has he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remains in him, and his scent is not changed.

12 Therefore, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will send to him those who pour off, and they shall pour him off; and they shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles in pieces.

13 Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence.

14 How do you say, We are mighty men, and valiant men for the war?

15 Moab is laid waste, and they are gone up into his cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, says the King, whose name is Yahweh of Armies.

16 The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hurries fast.

17 All you who are around him, bemoan him, and all you who know his name; say, How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod!

18 You daughter who dwells in Dibon, come down from your glory, and sit in thirst; for the destroyer of Moab has come up against you, he has destroyed your strongholds.

19 Inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and watch: ask him who flees, and her who escapes; say, What has been done?

20 Moab is disappointed; for it is broken down: wail and cry; tell it by the Arnon, that Moab is laid waste.

21 Judgment is come on the plain country, on Holon, and on Jahzah, and on Mephaath,

22 and on Dibon, and on Nebo, and on Beth Diblathaim,

23 and on Kiriathaim, and on Beth Gamul, and on Beth Meon,

24 and on Kerioth, and on Bozrah, and on all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.

25 The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, says Yahweh.

26 Make him drunken; for he magnified himself against Yahweh: and Moab shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.

27 For wasn't Israel a derision to you? was he found among thieves? for as often as you speak of him, you shake your head.

28 You inhabitants of Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock; and be like the dove that makes her nest over the mouth of the abyss.

29 We have heard of the pride of Moab, [that] he is very proud; his loftiness, and his pride, and his arrogance, and the haughtiness of his heart.

30 I know his wrath, says Yahweh, that it is nothing; his boastings have worked nothing.

31 Therefore will I wail for Moab; yes, I will cry out for all Moab: for the men of Kir Heres shall they mourn.

32 With more than the weeping of Jazer will I weep for you, vine of Sibmah: your branches passed over the sea, they reached even to the sea of Jazer: on your summer fruits and on your vintage the destroyer is fallen.

33 Gladness and joy is taken away from the fruitful field and from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to cease from the wine presses: none shall tread with shouting; the shouting shall be no shouting.

34 From the cry of Heshbon even to Elealeh, even to Jahaz have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even to Horonaim, to Eglath Shelishiyah: for the waters of Nimrim also shall become desolate.

35 Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, says Yahweh, him who offers in the high place, and him who burns incense to his gods.

36 Therefore my heart sounds for Moab like pipes, and my heart sounds like pipes for the men of Kir Heres: therefore the abundance that he has gotten is perished.

37 For every head is bald, and every beard clipped: on all the hands are cuttings, and on the waist sackcloth.

38 On all the housetops of Moab and in its streets there is lamentation every where; for I have broken Moab like a vessel in which none delights, says Yahweh.

39 How is it broken down! [how] do they wail! how has Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab become a derision and a terror to all who are around him.

40 For thus says Yahweh: Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread out his wings against Moab.

41 Kerioth is taken, and the strongholds are seized, and the heart of the mighty men of Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

42 Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he has magnified himself against Yahweh.

43 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are on you, inhabitant of Moab, says Yahweh.

44 He who flees from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he who gets up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring on him, even on Moab, the year of their visitation, says Yahweh.

45 Those who fled stand without strength under the shadow of Heshbon; for a fire is gone forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and has devoured the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.

46 Woe to you, O Moab! the people of Chemosh is undone; for your sons are taken away captive, and your daughters into captivity.

47 Yet will I bring back the captivity of Moab in the latter days, says Yahweh. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.