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Ezekiel 6

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1 At ang salita ng Panginoon ay dumating sa akin, na nagsasabi,

2 Anak ng tao, itingin mo ang iyong mukha sa mga bundok ng Israel, at ikaw ay manghula tungkol sa mga yaon.

3 At magsabi, Kayong mga bundok ng Israel, pakinggan ang salita ng Panginoong Dios. Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios sa mga bundok at sa mga burol, sa mga batis at sa mga libis: Narito, ako sa makatuwid baga'y ako, magpaparating ng tabak sa inyo, at aking sisirain ang inyong mga mataas na dako.

4 At ang inyong mga dambana ay masisira, at ang inyong mga larawang araw ay mababasag; at aking ibubulagta ang inyong mga patay na tao sa harap ng inyong mga diosdiosan.

5 At aking ilalapag ang mga bangkay ng mga anak ni Israel sa harap ng kanilang mga diosdiosan; at aking ikakalat ang inyong mga buto sa palibot ng inyong mga dambana.

6 Sa lahat ng inyong mga tahanang dako ay mawawasak ang mga bayan, at ang mga mataas na dako ay mangasisira; upang ang inyong mga dambana ay mangawasak at mangagiba, at ang inyong mga diosdiosan ay mangabasag at mangaglikat, at ang inyong mga larawang araw ay mangabagsak, at ang inyong mga gawa ay mangawawala.

7 At ang mga patay ay mangabubuwal sa gitna ninyo, at inyong malalaman na ako ang Panginoon.

8 Gayon ma'y magiiwan ako ng nalabi, upang magkaroon sa inyo ng ilan na nakatanan sa tabak sa gitna ng mga bansa, pagka kayo'y mangangalat sa mga lupain.

9 At silang nangakatanan sa inyo ay aalalahanin ako sa gitna ng mga bansa na pagdadalhan sa kanilang bihag, kung paanong ako'y nakipagkasira sa kanilang masamang kalooban na humiwalay sa akin, at sa kanilang mga mata, na yumaong sumamba sa kanilang mga diosdiosan; at sila'y magiging kasuklamsuklam sa kanilang sariling paningin dahil sa mga kasamaan na kanilang nagawa sa lahat nilang kasuklamsuklam.

10 At kanilang malalaman na ako ang Panginoon: hindi ako nagsalita ng walang kabuluhan na aking gagawin ang kasamaang ito sa kanila.

11 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios, Saktan mo ng iyong kamay, at sikaran mo ng iyong paa, at iyong sabihin, Sa aba nila! dahil sa lahat na masamang kasuklamsuklam ng sangbahayan ni Israel; sapagka't sila'y mangabubuwal sa pamamagitan ng tabak, ng kagutom, at ng salot.

12 Ang malayo ay mamamatay sa salot; at ang malapit ay mabubuwal sa pamamagitan ng tabak; at ang malabi at makubkob ay mamamatay sa pamamagitan ng kagutom: ganito ko gaganapin ang aking kapusukan sa kanila.

13 At inyong malalaman na ako ang Panginoon, pagka ang kanilang mga patay na tao ay mangalalagay sa gitna ng kanilang mga diosdiosan sa palibot ng kanilang mga dambana, sa ibabaw ng bawa't mataas na burol, sa lahat na taluktok ng mga bundok, at sa ilalim ng bawa't sariwang punong kahoy, at sa ilalim ng bawa't mayabong na encina, na kanilang pinaghandugan ng masarap na amoy sa lahat nilang diosdiosan.

14 At aking iuunat ang kamay ko laban sa kanila, at gagawin kong sira at giba ang lupa, mula sa ilang hanggang sa Diblah, sa lahat nilang tahanan; at kanilang malalaman na ako ang Panginoon.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 52

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52. And issuing from His mouth a sharp two-edged sword. This symbolizes a dispersion of falsities by the Lord by means of the Word and doctrine drawn from it.

Swords are often mentioned in the Word, and they symbolize nothing else than truth combating falsities and destroying them. In an opposite sense they also symbolize falsity combating truths. For wars in the Word symbolize spiritual wars, which are those of truth against falsity, and of falsity against truth. Therefore the weapons of war symbolize the means by which the combat is carried on in these wars.

It is apparent that the sword here means a dispersion of falsities by the Lord, because it was seen to issue from His mouth, and to issue from the Lord's mouth is to do so from the Word, for the Lord spoke it with His mouth. Furthermore, because the Word is understood by means of doctrine drawn from it, this too is symbolically meant.

It is called a sharp two-edged sword because it pierces the heart and soul.

[2] To show that the sword here means a dispersion of falsities by the Lord by means of the Word, we will cite some passages which mention a sword, from which the reality of this can be seen. Namely:

A sword against... Babylon, ...her princes and her wise men! A sword against the liars, that they may become fools! A sword against her mighty men, that they may be dismayed! A sword against her horses and her chariots...! A sword against her treasures, that they may be plundered! A drought upon her waters, that they may be dried up! (Jeremiah 50:35-38)

The subject here is Babylon, and by it are meant people who falsify and adulterate the Word. Consequently the liars who are to become fools, the horses and chariots with a sword upon them, and the treasures that will be plundered symbolize their doctrinal falsities. The waters that will have a drought upon them that they may be dried up symbolize truths, as may be seen just above in no. 50.

[3] ...prophesy and say..., "A sword... is sharpened and also polished! Sharpened to make a great slaughter... Let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain, a sword for a great slaughter, piercing the innermost recesses, that... stumbling blocks may be multiplied." (Ezekiel 21:9-15, 19-20)

A sword here means also the laying waste of truth in the church.

Jehovah will contend... with His sword against all flesh, and the slain by Jehovah shall be multiplied. (Isaiah 66:16)

Here and elsewhere in the Word, the slain by Jehovah are what people are called who perish as a result of falsities.

On all the desolate heights in the wilderness the plunderers have come, ...the sword of Jehovah devouring from one end of the land to the other. (Jeremiah 12:12)

At the peril of our lives we bring in our bread, because of the sword in the wilderness. (Lamentations 5:9)

Woe to the worthless shepherd who deserts the flock! A sword shall be against his arm and against his right eye. (Zechariah 11:17)

The sword against the shepherd's right eye is falsity in his intellect.

...the sons of men are set on fire..., their tongue a sharp sword. (Psalms 57:4)

Behold, they belch with their mouth; a sword is in their lips. (Psalms 59:7)

(The workers of iniquity) sharpen their tongue like a sword... (Psalms 64:3)

A sword has similar symbolic meanings elsewhere, as in Isaiah 13:15; 21:14-15; 37:6-7, 38; 31:7-8, Jeremiah 2:30; 5:12; 11:22; 14:13-18, Ezekiel 7:15; 32:10-12.

[4] It can be seen from this what the Lord meant by a sword in the following places:

(Jesus said that He did not come) to bring peace on the earth... but a sword. (Matthew 10:34)

(Jesus said,) ."..he who does (not) have a purse... and... knapsack..., let him sell his garments and buy (a sword)...." (The disciples) said, "Lord, look, here are two swords." And He said..., "It is enough." (Luke 22:36, 38)

...all who take the sword will perish by the sword. (Matthew 26:51-52)

Regarding the end of the age, Jesus says,

They will fall by the edge of the sword, and be taken captive among all the nations. And (finally) Jerusalem will be trampled... (Luke 21:24)

The end of the age is the final period of the church. The sword is falsity destroying truth. The nations are evils. The Jerusalem which will be trampled is the church.

[5] It is apparent from this, now, that a sharp sword issuing from the mouth of the Son of Man symbolizes a dispersion of falsities by the Lord by means of the Word.

So, too, in the following places in the book of Revelation:

...to the one who sat on (the fiery red horse)...there was given... a great sword. (Revelation 6:4)

From the mouth (of Him who sat on the white horse) came a sharp sword, that with it He might strike the nations... ...the rest were killed with the sword... of Him who sat on the horse. (Revelation 19:15, 21)

He who sat on the white horse means the Lord in relation to the Word, something that is openly stated there in verses 13 and 16.

The like is meant in the book of Psalms:

Gird Your sword upon Your thigh, O Mighty One... ride upon the word of truth... Your arrows are sharp... (Psalms 45:3-5)

The subject is the Lord. Moreover, elsewhere:

Let the saints exult... and let a two-edged sword be in their hand. (Psalms 149:5-6)

And in Isaiah:

(Jehovah) has made My mouth like a sharp sword. (Isaiah 49:2)

  
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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.