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Ezekiel 8

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1 At nangyari nang ikaanim na taon, nang ikaanim na buwan, nang ikalima ng buwan, ako'y nakaupo sa aking bahay, at ang mga matanda sa Juda ay nangakaupo sa harap ko, na ang kamay ng Panginoong Dios ay dumating sa akin doon.

2 Nang magkagayo'y tumingin ako, at, narito, may isang anyo na parang apoy; mula sa anyo ng kaniyang mga balakang at paibaba, ay apoy; at mula sa kaniyang mga balakang at paitaas, parang anyo ng kinang, na parang metal na nagbabaga.

3 At kaniyang inilabas ang anyo ng isang kamay, at hinawakan ako sa buhok ng aking ulo; at itinaas ako ng Espiritu sa pagitan ng lupa at ng langit, at dinala ako sa pangitain na mula sa Dios sa Jerusalem, sa pintuan ng pintuang-daan ng pinakaloob na looban na nakaharap sa dakong hilagaan; na kinaroroonan ng upuan ng larawan ng panibugho, na namumungkahi sa paninibugho.

4 At, narito, ang kaluwalhatian ng Dios ng Israel ay nandoon, gaya ng anyo na aking nakita sa kapatagan.

5 Nang magkagayo'y sinabi niya sa akin, Anak ng tao, itingin mo ang iyong mga mata ngayon sa daan na dakong hilagaan. Sa gayo'y itiningin ko ang aking mga mata sa daan na dakong hilagaan, at narito, nasa dakong hilagaan ng pintuang-daan ng dambana ang larawang ito ng panibugho sa pasukan.

6 At sinabi niya sa akin, Anak ng tao, nakikita mo baga ang kanilang ginagawa? ang malaking kasuklamsuklam na ginagawa ng sangbahayan ni Israel dito, upang ako'y lumayo sa aking santuario? Nguni't iyo muling makikita pa ang ibang mga malalaking kasuklamsuklam.

7 At dinala niya ako sa pintuan ng looban; at nang ako'y tumingin, narito, ang isang butas sa pader.

8 Nang magkagayo'y sinabi niya sa akin, Anak ng tao, humukay ka ngayon sa pader: at nang ako'y humukay sa pader, narito, ang isang pintuan.

9 At sinabi niya sa akin, Ikaw ay pumasok, at tingnan mo ang mga masamang kasuklamsuklam na kanilang ginagawa rito.

10 Sa gayo'y pumasok ako at nakita ko; at narito, ang bawa't anyo ng nagsisiusad na mga bagay, at kasuklamsuklam na mga hayop, at lahat ng mga diosdiosan ng sangbahayan ni Israel, na nakaguhit sa pader sa palibot.

11 At nagsitayo sa harap nila ang pitong pung lalake sa mga matanda ng sangbahayan ni Israel; at sa gitna nila ay tumayo si Jaazanias na anak ni Saphan, bawa't lalake ay may kaniyang pangsuub sa kaniyang kamay; at ang amoy ng usok ng kamangyan ay napailanglang.

12 Nang magkagayo'y sinabi niya sa akin, Anak ng tao, nakikita mo baga kung anong ginagawa ng mga matanda ng sangbahayan ni Israel sa kadiliman, bawa't isa'y sa kaniyang mga silid na nilarawanan? sapagka't kanilang sinasabi, Hindi tayo nakikita ng Panginoon; pinabayaan ng Panginoon ang lupa.

13 Sinabi rin niya sa akin, Iyong muling makikita pa ang mga ibang malaking kasuklamsuklam na kanilang ginagawa.

14 Nang magkagayo'y dinala niya ako sa pintuan ng pintuang-daan ng bahay ng Panginoon na nasa dakong hilagaan; at, narito, doo'y nangaupo ang mga babae na iniiyakan si Tammuz.

15 Nang magkagayo'y sinabi niya sa akin, Nakita mo baga ito, Oh anak ng tao? iyo pa muling makikita ang lalong malaking mga kasuklamsuklam kay sa mga ito.

16 At dinala niya ako sa pinakaloob na looban ng bahay ng Panginoon, at, narito, sa pintuan ng templo ng Panginoon sa pagitan ng malaking pintuan at ng dambana, ay may dalawang pu't limang lalake, na sila'y nakatalikod sa dako ng templo ng Panginoon, at nakaharap sa dakong silanganan; at kanilang sinasamba ang araw sa dakong silanganan.

17 Nang magkagayo'y sinabi niya sa akin, Nakita mo baga ito, Oh anak ng tao? Magaan bagang bagay sa sangbahayan ni Juda, na sila'y nagsisigawa ng mga kasuklamsuklam na kanilang ginagawa dito? sapagka't kanilang pinuno ng karahasan ang lupa, at sila'y nangagbalik uli upang mungkahiin ako sa galit: at, narito, kanilang inilalagay ang sanga sa kanilang ilong.

18 Kaya't akin namang gagawin sa kapusukan; ang aking mata ay hindi magpapatawad, o mahahabag man ako: at bagaman sila'y nagsisidaing sa aking pakinig ng malakas na tinig, gayon ma'y hindi ko sila didinggin.

   

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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.

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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.