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Ezekiel 7

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1 Bukod dito'y ang salita ng Panginoon ay dumating sa akin, na nagsasabi,

2 At ikaw, anak ng tao, ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios sa lupain ng Israel, May wakas: ang wakas ay dumating sa apat na sulok ng lupain.

3 Ngayon ang wakas ay sumasaiyo at aking pararatingin ang aking galit sa iyo, at hahatulan ka ayon sa iyong mga lakad; at ipadadanas ko sa iyo ang lahat ng iyong kasuklamsuklam.

4 At hindi ka patatawarin ng aking mata, o kahahabagan man kita; kundi aking parurusahan ang iyong mga lakad, at ang iyong mga kasuklamsuklam na gawa ay malilitaw; at inyong malalaman na ako ang Panginoon.

5 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios, Ang kasamaan, ang tanging kasamaan; narito, dumarating.

6 Ang wakas ay dumating, ang wakas ay dumating; ito'y gumigising laban sa iyo; narito, dumarating.

7 Ang parusa sa iyo ay dumarating, Oh mananahan sa lupain: ang panahon ay dumarating, ang kaarawan ay malapit na, kaarawan ng pagkakagulo, at hindi ng kagalakang may hiyawan, sa ibabaw ng mga bundok.

8 Bigla ko ngang ibubugso sa iyo ang aking kapusukan, at aking gaganapin ang aking galit laban sa iyo, at hahatulan kita ayon sa iyong mga lakad; at ipadadanas ko sa iyo ang lahat ng iyong kasuklamsuklam.

9 At ang aking mata ay hindi magpapatawad, o mahahabag man ako: padadatnin ko sa iyo ang ayon sa iyong mga lakad; at ang iyong mga kasuklamsuklam ay dadanasin mo; at inyong malalaman na ako ang Panginoon na nananakit.

10 Narito, ang kaarawan, narito, dumarating; ang hatol sa iyo ay ipinasiya; ang tungkod ay namulaklak, ang kapalaluan ay namuko.

11 Pangdadahas ay bumangon na naging pamalo ng kasamaan; walang malalabi sa kanila, o sa kanilang karamihan man, o sa kanilang kayamanan man: at hindi magkakaroon ng kahit karangalan sa kanila.

12 Ang panahon ay dumarating, ang kaarawan ay nalalapit: huwag magalak ang mamimili, o tumangis man ang manininda: sapagka't ang poot ay nasa lahat ng karamihan niyaon.

13 Sapagka't hindi na pagbabalikan ng manininda ang ipinagbili, bagaman sila'y buhay pa: sapagka't ang pangitain ay tungkol sa buong karamihan niyaon, walang babalik; at sinoman ay hindi magpapakalakas pa sa kasamaan ng kaniyang buhay.

14 Nagsihihip sila ng pakakak, at nagsihanda; nguni't walang naparoroon sa pagbabaka; sapagka't ang aking poot ay nasa buong karamihan niyaon.

15 Ang tabak ay nasa labas, at ang salot at ang kagutom ay nasa loob: siyang nasa parang ay mamamatay sa tabak; at siyang nasa bayan, kagutom at salot ay lalamon sa kaniya.

16 Nguni't silang nagsisitanan sa mga yaon ay tatanan, at mangapapasa mga bundok, na parang mga kalapati sa mga libis, silang lahat ay nagsisitangis, bawa't isa'y dahil sa kaniyang kasamaan.

17 Lahat ng kamay ay manghihina, at lahat ng tuhod ay manglalata na gaya ng tubig.

18 Sila'y mangagbibigkis din naman ng kayong magaspang, at pangingilabot ay sasa kanila; at kahihiyan ay sasa lahat ng mukha, at pagkakalbo sa lahat nilang ulo.

19 Kanilang ihahagis ang kanilang pilak sa mga lansangan, at ang kanilang ginto ay magiging parang isang maruming bagay; ang kanilang pilak at ang kanilang ginto ay hindi makapagliligtas sa kanila sa kaarawan ng poot ng Panginoon: hindi nila maaaliw ang kanilang mga kaluluwa, o mabubusog man ang kanilang mga tiyan; sapagka't naging katitisuran ng kanilang kasamaan.

20 Tungkol sa ganda ng kaniyang gayak, inilagay niya sa kamahalan; nguni't kanilang ginawang mga larawan ang kanilang mga kasuklamsuklam at karumaldumal na mga bagay: kaya't ginawa ko sa kanila na parang maruming bagay.

21 At aking ibibigay sa mga kamay ng mga taga ibang lupa na pinakahuli, at sa mga masama sa lupa na pinakasamsam; at kanilang lalapastanganin.

22 Ang aking mukha ay aking itatalikod naman sa kanila, at kanilang lalapastanganin ang aking lihim na dako: at mga magnanakaw ay magsisipasok doon, at lalapastangan.

23 Gumawa ka ng tanikala; sapagka't ang lupain ay puno ng mga sala sa pagbububo ng dugo, at ang bayan ay puno ng pangdadahas.

24 Kaya't aking dadalhin ang mga pinakamasama ng mga bansa, at aariin nila ang kanilang mga bahay: akin namang patitigilin ang kapalaluan ng malakas, at ang kanilang mga dakong banal ay lalapastanganin.

25 Kagibaan ay dumarating; at sila'y magsisihanap ng kapayapaan, at wala doon.

26 Kapanglawan at kapanglawan ay darating, at balita at balita ay darating; at sila'y magsisihanap ng pangitain ng propeta; nguni't ang kautusa'y mawawala sa saserdote, at ang payo'y mawawala sa mga matanda.

27 Ang hari ay tatangis, at ang prinsipe ay mananamit ng kapahamakan, at ang mga kamay ng mga tao ng lupain ay mababagbag: aking gagawin sa kanila ang ayon sa kanilang lakad, at ayon sa kanilang kaugalian ay hahatulan ko sila; 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.