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Ezekiel 5

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1 At ikaw, anak ng tao, magdala ka ng matalas na tabak; na parang pangahit ng manggugupit ang iyong dadalhin, at iyong pararaanin sa iyong ulo at sa iyong balbas: kung magkagayo'y kumuha ka ng timbangang panimbang, at bahagihin mo ang buhok.

2 Ang ikatlong bahagi ay iyong susunugin sa apoy sa gitna ng bayan, pagka ang mga araw ng pagkubkob ay naganap; at iyong kukunin ang ikatlong bahagi, at susugatan mo ng tabak sa palibot; at ang ikatlong bahagi ay iyong pangangalatin sa hangin, at ako'y magbubunot ng tabak sa likuran nila.

3 At kukuha ka sa mga yaon ng kaunti sa bilang, at ipagtatali mo sa iyong mga tunika.

4 At sa mga ito'y kukuha ka uli, at ihahagis mo sa gitna ng apoy, at susunugin mo sa apoy; siyang panggagalingan ng apoy sa buong sangbahayan ni Israel.

5 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios, Ito ay Jerusalem; inilagay ko siya sa gitna ng mga bansa, at mga lupain ay nangasa palibot niya.

6 At siya'y nanghimagsik laban sa aking mga kahatulan sa paggawa ng kasamaan na higit kay sa ginawa ng mga bansa, at laban sa aking mga palatuntunan na higit kay sa mga lupain na nangasa palibot niya; sapagka't kanilang itinakuwil ang aking mga kahatulan, at tungkol sa aking mga palatuntunan, hindi nila nilakaran.

7 Kaya't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios, Sapagka't kayo'y manggugulo na higit kay sa mga bansa na nangasa palibot ninyo, at hindi nagsilakad sa aking mga palatuntunan, o iningatan man ang aking mga kahatulan, o nagsigawa man ng ayon sa mga ayos sa mga bansa na nangasa palibot ninyo;

8 Kaya't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios: Narito, ako, sa makatuwid baga'y ako, ay laban sa iyo; at ako'y maglalapat ng mga kahatulan sa gitna mo sa paningin ng mga bansa.

9 At aking gagawin sa iyo ang hindi ko ginawa, at hindi ko na gagawin pa ang kaparis, dahil sa iyong lahat na kasuklamsuklam.

10 Kaya't kakanin ng mga magulang ang mga anak sa gitna mo, at kakanin ng mga anak ang kanilang mga magulang; at ako'y maglalapat ng mga kahatulan sa iyo; at ang buong nalabi sa iyo ay aking pangangalatin sa lahat ng dako.

11 Kaya't buhay ako, sabi ng Panginoong Dios, walang pagsala, na sapagka't iyong nilapastangan ang aking santuario ng lahat mong kasuklamsuklam na bagay, at ng lahat mong karumaldumal, kaya't akin namang babawasan ka; ni hindi magpapatawad ang aking mata, at ako nama'y hindi mahahabag.

12 Ang ikatlong bahagi mo ay mamamatay sa pamamagitan ng salot, at sa pamamagitan ng kagutom ay mauubos sila sa gitna mo; at ang isang ikatlong bahagi ay mabubuwal sa pamamagitan ng tabak sa palibot mo; at ang ikatlong bahagi ay aking pangangalatin sa lahat ng dako, at magbubunot ako ng tabak sa likuran.

13 Ganito magaganap ang aking galit, at aking lulubusin ang aking kapusukan sa kanila, at ako'y maaaliw: at kanilang malalaman na akong Panginoon ay nagsalita sa aking pagsisikap, pagka aking naganap ang aking kapusukan sa kanila.

14 Bukod dito'y gagawin kitang kasiraan at kapulaan, sa gitna ng mga bansa na nangasa palibot mo, sa paningin ng lahat na nagsisidaan.

15 Sa gayo'y magiging kadustaan at kapulaan, aral at katigilan sa mga bansang nangasa palibot mo, pagka ako'y maglalapat ng mga kahatulan sa iyo sa galit at sa kapusukan, at sa mababagsik na pagsaway (akong Panginoon ang nagsalita);

16 Pagka ako'y magpapasapit sa kanila ng mga masamang pana ng kagutom na ikasisira nila, na siyang aking pasasapitin upang sirain kayo. At aking palalalain ang kagutom sa inyo, at aking babaliin ang inyong tungkod ng tinapay;

17 At ako'y magpapasapit sa inyo ng kagutom at mga masamang hayop, at kanilang aalisan ka ng anak; at salot at dugo ay daraan sa iyo; at aking pararatingin ang tabak sa iyo; ako ang Panginoon na nagsalita.

   

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De Verbo (The Word) # 10

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10. X. The ultimate sense of the Word, 1 which is the literal sense alone, corresponds to the beard and hair of the head of an angelic person.

It may seem surprising the first time it is said or we hear it said that the hair of the head and the beard correspond to the Word at its ultimate level. But this correspondence is due to the fact that everything in the Word corresponds to everything in heaven, and heaven corresponds to everything in a person. For heaven taken as a whole is like a single person in the Lord's sight; on this correspondence see Heaven and Hell [87-102, 307].

[2] I was allowed to perceive that everything in the Word corresponds to everything in heaven from the fact that each chapter in the books of the prophets corresponds to one particular community in heaven. For on reading through the prophetic parts of the word from Isaiah to Malachi, I was allowed to see that the communities of heaven were aroused one after the other, and they perceived the spiritual sense which corresponded to them. So from this and other proofs it was plain to me that the whole of heaven has, part by part, a correspondence to the Word. Now since there is such a correspondence of the Word to heaven, and heaven as a whole and in its parts corresponds to a person, this is why the ultimate level of the Word corresponds to the ultimate in a person. The ultimate level in the Word is the literal sense, and the ultimate level in a person is the hair of his head and his beard.

[3] This is why when people who have loved the Word even at its ultimate level after death become spirits, they are to be seen with a fair head of hair; and so are the angels. When these same people become angels, they also let their beards grow. On the other hand, all who have despised the literal sense of the Word, on becoming spirits after death, turn bald. This is also a sign that they are devoid of truths. So to avoid embarrassing others, they cover their heads with a head-dress.

[4] Since the hair and the beard mean the ultimate level of heaven, and so also the ultimate level of Divine Truth or the Word, the Ancient of Days is described as having the hair of his head like clean wool (Daniel 7:9). Likewise the Son of Man or the Lord as regards the Word (Revelation 1:14). For the same reason the strength of Samson lay in his hair, and he was weakened by having it cut off. The condition of a Nazarite also lay in his hair; for the Nazarite represented the Lord at His ultimate level, and so also heaven at its ultimate level. This was the reason why the forty-two children were torn in pieces by bears for calling Elisha bald (2 Kings 2:23-24).

[5] Elisha, like Elijah and the other prophets, represented the Lord as regards the Word; and the Word without its ultimate, that is, its literal sense, is no longer the Word. For the literal sense of the Word is like a bottle filled with fine wine; so if the bottle is broken, all the wine is lost. The literal sense of the Word is like the bones and skin of the human body; take them away and the whole person falls to pieces. That is why what holds the Word together and in fact gives it its power is its ultimate sense, the literal sense; for this sustains and holds together all the Divine truth it contains.

[6] Since baldness means the absence of truth, when the Jewish church, since it lacks the ultimate level, abandoned Jehovah and despised the Word, it was called bald, as in Jeremiah:

Every head is bald and every beard is shorn. Jeremiah 48:37.

In Isaiah:

Baldness on their heads, and a shorn beard. Isaiah 15:2.

In Ezekiel:

To shave his head and beard with a razor. Ezekiel 5:1.

Shame on all their faces, and baldness on all heads. Ezekiel 7:18.

Every head has been made bald. Ezekiel 29:18.

And in other places, such as Amos 8:10, Micah 1:16.

[7] But the sense of the Word known as the literal sense corresponds at its ultimate level to the hair of the head, but in other respects to various parts of the human body, as its head, chest, loins and feet. But where those correspondences occur in that sense, the Word is so to speak clothed, and so corresponds to the clothing of those parts. For in general clothes mean truths, and really correspond to them. But there are still many things in the literal sense of the Word which are bare and so to speak unclothed; and they correspond to a person's face and his hands, which are the parts left uncovered. Those parts of the Word serve for the teaching of the church, because they are in themselves spiritual-natural truths. From this it can be established that there is no obstacle to prevent a person being able to find and see bare truths there too.

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1. Added in the margin: 'As the result of the correspondence between natural and spiritual things the ultimate sense of the Word is to be understood by the twelve precious stones composing the foundations of the wall of the New Jerusalem'.

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