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Jeremias 48

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1 Tungkol sa Moab. Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, ng Dios ng Israel, Sa aba ng Nebo! sapagka't nalagay na sira; Chiriathaim ay nalagay sa kahihiyan, nasakop; ang Misgab ay nalagay sa kahihiyan at nabagsak.

2 Ang kapurihan ng Moab ay nawala; sa Hesbon ay nagsisikatha sila ng kasamaan laban sa kaniya: Magsiparito kayo, at ihiwalay natin siya sa pagkabansa. Ikaw, naman, Oh Madmena, madadala sa katahimikan; hahabulin ka ng tabak.

3 Ang hugong ng hiyaw mula sa Horonaim, pananamsam at malaking kapahamakan!

4 Ang Moab ay sira; ang kaniyang mga bata ay nagpadinig ng kanilang hibik.

5 Sapagka't sa ahunan sa Luhith ay magsisiahon sila na may laging pagiyak; sapagka't kanilang narinig sa lusungan sa Horonaim ang kapanglawan ng hiyaw ng pagkapahamak.

6 Magsitakas kayo, inyong iligtas ang inyong mga buhay, at kayo'y maging parang kugon sa ilang.

7 Sapagka't yamang ikaw ay tumiwala sa iyong mga gawa at sa iyong mga kayamanan, ikaw man ay makukuha: at si Chemos ay papasok sa pagkabihag, ang kaniyang mga saserdote at ang kaniyang mga prinsipe na magkakasama.

8 At ang manglilipol ay darating sa bawa't bayan, at walang bayan na makatatanan; ang libis naman ay nawawala, at ang kapatagan ay masisira; gaya ng sinalita ng Panginoon.

9 Mangagbigay kayo ng mga pakpak sa Moab, upang siya'y makalipad makalabas: at ang kaniyang mga bayan ay masisira, na walang sinomang tatahan doon.

10 Sumpain nawa siya na gumagawa na walang bahala sa gawain ng Panginoon; at sumpain siya na naguurong ng kaniyang tabak sa dugo.

11 Ang Moab na tiwasay mula sa kaniyang kabataan, at siya'y nagpahinga sa kaniyang mga latak, at hindi napagsalinsalin sa sisidlan at sisidlan, o pumasok man siya sa pagkabihag: kaya't ang kaniyang lasa ay nananatili sa kaniya, at ang kaniyang bango ay hindi nababago.

12 Kaya't narito, ang mga kaarawan ay dumarating, sabi ng Panginoon, na aking susuguin sa kanila ang mga mangbubuhos, at siya'y ibubuhos nila; at kanilang tutuyuin ang kaniyang mga sisidlan, at babasagin ang kanilang mga sisidlang lupa.

13 At ang Moab ay mapapahiya dahil kay Chemos, gaya ng sangbahayan ni Israel na napahiya dahil sa Beth-el na kanilang tiwala.

14 Bakit ninyo sinasabi, Kami ay mga makapangyarihang lalake, at mga matapang na lalake na mangdidigma?

15 Ang Moab ay nalalagay na sira, at ang kaniyang mga bayan ay mga sinampa, at ang kaniyang mga piling binata ay nagsibaba sa patayan, sabi ng Hari, na ang pangalan ay Panginoon ng mga hukbo.

16 Ang kasakunaan ng Moab ay malapit nang darating, at ang kaniyang pagdadalamhati ay nagmamadali.

17 Kayong lahat na nangasa palibot niya, panaghuyan ninyo siya, at ninyong lahat na nangakakakilala ng kaniyang pangalan; inyong sabihin, Bakit ang matibay na tukod ay nabali, ang magandang tungkod!

18 Oh ikaw na anak na babae na tumatahan sa Dibon, bumaba ka na mula sa inyong kaluwalhatian, at umupo kang uhaw; sapagka't ang manglilipol ng Moab ay sumampa laban sa iyo, kaniyang giniba ang iyong mga katibayan.

19 Oh nananahan sa Aroer, tumayo ka sa tabi ng daan, at manubok ka: itanong mo sa kaniya na tumatakas, at sa kaniya na tumatanan; iyong sabihin; Ano ang nangyari?

20 Ang Moab ay nalagay sa kahihiyan; sapagka't nagiba: kayo ay magsitangis at magsihiyaw; saysayin ninyo sa Arnon, na ang Moab ay nasira.

21 At ang kahatulan ay dumating sa lupaing patag, sa Holon, at sa Jahzah, at sa Mephaath,

22 At sa Dibon, at sa Nebo, at sa Beth-diblathaim,

23 At sa Chiriathaim, at sa Beth-gamul, at sa Beth-meon;

24 At sa Cherioth, at sa Bosra, at sa lahat ng bayan ng lupain ng Moab, malayo o malapit.

25 Ang sungay ng Moab ay nahiwalay, at ang kaniyang bisig ay nabali, sabi ng Panginoon.

26 Languhin ninyo siya; sapagka't siya'y nagmalaki laban sa Panginoon: at ang Moab ay gugumon sa kaniyang suka, at siya man ay magiging kakutyaan.

27 Sapagka't hindi baga naging kakutyaan ang Israel sa iyo? hindi baga siya nasumpungan sa gitna ng mga magnanakaw? sapagka't kung paanong kadalas sinasalita mo siya, gayon naguuga ka ng ulo.

28 Oh kayong mga nananahan sa Moab, inyong iwan ang mga bayan, at kayo'y magsitahan sa malaking bato; at maging gaya ng kalapati na nagpupugad sa mga tabi ng bunganga ng guwang.

29 Aming nabalitaan ang kapalaluan ng Moab, na siya'y totoong palalo; ang kaniyang pagmamataas, at ang kaniyang pagpapalalo, at ang kaniyang kahambugan, at ang pagmamatigas ng kaniyang puso.

30 Talastas ko ang kaniyang poot ay walang mangyayari; sabi ng Panginoon, ang kaniyang paghahambog ay walang nangyari.

31 Kaya't aking tatangisan ang Moab; oo, ako'y hihiyaw dahil sa buong Moab: dahil sa mga tao ng Kir-heres ay magsisitangis sila.

32 Tatangis ako ng higit kay sa pagtangis ng Jazer dahil sa iyo, Oh puno ng ubas ng Sibma: ang iyong mga sanga ay nagsisidaan ng dagat, nagsisiabot hanggang sa dagat ng Jazer: sa iyong mga bungang taginit at sa iyong ani ay dumaluhong ang manglilipol.

33 At ang kasayahan at kagalakan ay naalis, sa mainam na bukid at sa lupain ng Moab; at aking pinatigil ang alak sa mga alilisan: walang yayapak na may hiyawan; ang paghihiyawan ay hindi magiging paghihiyawan.

34 Mula sa hiniyawan ng Hesbon hanggang sa Eleale, hanggang sa Jajaz ay naglakas sila ng kanilang tinig, mula sa Zoar hanggang sa Horonaim, sa Eglat-selisiya: sapagka't ang tubig ng Nimrim man ay masisira.

35 Bukod dito ay aking papaglilikatin sa Moab, sabi ng Panginoon, ang naghahandog sa mataas na dako, at nagsusunog ng kamangyan sa kaniyang mga dios.

36 Kaya't ang aking puso ay tumutunog na gaya ng plauta dahil sa Moab, at ang aking puso ay tumutunog na gaya ng plauta dahil sa mga lalake sa Kir-heres: kaya't ang kasaganaan na kaniyang tinangkilik ay napawi.

37 Sapagka't bawa't ulo ay kalbo, at bawa't balbas ay ginupit: sa lahat ng mga kamay ay may mga kudlit, at sa mga baywang ay may kayong magaspang.

38 Sa lahat ng mga bubungan ng Moab at sa mga lansangan niyaon ay may panaghoy saa't saan man; sapagka't aking binasag ang Moab na parang sisidlan na di kinalulugdan, sabi ng Panginoon.

39 Ano't nabagsak! ano't tumatangis! ano't ang Moab ay tumalikod na may kahihiyan! gayon magiging kakutyaan at kapanglupaypayan ang Moab sa lahat na nangasa palibot niya.

40 Sapagka't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon: Narito, siya'y lilipad na parang aguila, at magbubuka ng kaniyang mga pakpak laban sa Moab.

41 Ang Cherioth ay nasakop, at ang mga katibayan ay nasamsam, at ang puso ng mga makapangyarihang tao ng Moab sa araw na yaon ay magiging parang puso ng babae sa kaniyang pagdaramdam.

42 Ang Moab ay masisira sa pagiging bayan, sapagka't siya'y nagmalaki laban sa Panginoon.

43 Pagkatakot, at hukay, at silo, ay sasa iyo, Oh nananahan sa Moab, sabi ng Panginoon.

44 Siyang tumatakas sa pagkatakot ay mahuhulog sa hukay; at siyang umahon sa hukay ay mahuhuli ng silo: sapagka't dadalhin ko sa kaniya, sa Moab, ang taon ng pagdalaw sa kaniya, sabi ng Panginoon.

45 Silang nagsisitakas ay nagsisitayong walang lakas sa ilalim ng Hesbon; sapagka't ang apoy ay lumabas sa Hesbon, at ang alab mula sa gitna ng Sihon, at pinugnaw ang tagiliran ng Moab, at ang bao ng ulo ng mga manggugulo.

46 Sa aba mo, Oh Moab! ang bayan ni Chemos ay nawala; sapagka't ang iyong mga anak na lalake ay nadalang bihag, at ang iyong mga anak na babae ay nasok sa pagkabihag.

47 Gayon ma'y ibabalik ko uli ang Moab na mula sa pagkabihag sa mga huling araw, sabi ng Panginoon. Hanggang dito ang kahatulan sa Moab.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 3021

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3021. 'Put now your hand under my thigh' means being bound, as regards its power, to the good of conjugial love. This is clear from the meaning of 'the hand' as power, dealt with in 878, and from the meaning of 'the thigh' as the good of conjugial love, dealt with in what follows. A binding of this good to that power is indeed the meaning, as is clear from the consideration that those who were bound by an obligation to carry out some matter connected with conjugial love put their hand, according to ancient custom, under the thigh of the one to whom they were so bound, and in so doing swore by him. This was done because 'the thigh' meant conjugial love, and 'the hand' power, or the full extent of whatever one's capability might be. For all parts of the human body correspond to spiritual and celestial things in the Grand Man, which is heaven, as shown in 2996, 2998, and will in the Lord's Divine mercy be shown more extensively later on. The thighs themselves, together with the loins, correspond to conjugial love. Those things were well known to the most ancient people, and for that reason so many customs came down from them, including that of putting their hands under the thigh when being bound by an obligation to carry out something connected with the good of conjugial love. Their knowledge of such things, which was valued most highly by the ancients, and belonged among the chief things that constituted their knowledge and intelligence, is totally lost today, so much so that not even the existence of any such correspondence is known, and for this reason people will probably be astounded that such things are meant by that custom. Here, because the subject is the betrothal of Isaac his son to another member of Abraham's family, and the oldest servant was called on to perform that task, this custom was therefore followed.

[2] It has been stated that 'the thigh', because of its correspondence, means conjugial love, and this may also be seen from other places in the Word, for example, from the procedure to be followed when a woman was accused by her husband of adultery, in Moses,

The priest shall make the woman take the oath of a curse, and the priest shall say to the woman, Jehovah will make you a curse and an oath in the midst of your people, when Jehovah makes your thigh fall away and your belly swell. When he has made her drink the water, then it will happen, if she has defiled herself and committed a trespass against her husband, that the water causing the curse will enter into her and become bitter, and her belly will swell, and her thigh will fall away; and the woman will be a curse in the midst of her people. Numbers 5:21, 27.

'The falling away of the thigh' means the evil of conjugial love, which is adultery. Every other detail in the same procedure had some specific meaning, so that not even the smallest detail fails to embody something, though anyone reading the Word who has no concept of its sacredness will wonder why such things are included there. It is because 'the thigh' means the good of conjugial love that the expression 'those coming out of the thigh' is used frequently, as in a reference to Jacob,

Be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations will be from you, and kings will go out from your thighs. Genesis 35:11.

And elsewhere in the same author,

Every soul coming with Jacob to Egypt, who came out of his thigh. Genesis 46:26; Exodus 1:5.

And in a reference to Gideon, Gideon had seventy sons, who came out of his thigh. Judges 8:30.

[3] Since 'the thigh' and 'the loins' mean the things that belong to conjugial love they also mean those that belong to love and charity, the reason being that conjugial love underlies every other kind of love, see 686, 2733, 2737-2739. These all have the same source - the heavenly marriage - which is a marriage of good and truth, regarding which see 2727-2759. For 'the thigh' means the good of celestial love and the good of spiritual love, as may be seen from the following places: In John,

He who sat on the white horse had on His robe and on His thigh the name written, King of kings, and Lord of lords. Revelation 19:16.

'He who sat on the white horse' is the Word, and so the Lord, who is the Word, see 2760-2762. 'Robe' means Divine Truth, 2576, and for that reason He is called 'King of kings', 3009. From this it is evident what 'the thigh' means, namely the Divine Good which flows from His love, on account of which He is also named 'Lord of lords', 3004-3011. And this being the Lord's essential nature, it is said that He had a name written on His robe and on His thigh, for 'name' means essential nature, 1896, 2009, 2724, 3006.

[4] In David,

Gird Your sword on Your thigh, O Mighty One, in Your glory and honour! Psalms 45:3.

This refers to the Lord. 'Sword' stands for truth engaged in conflict, 2799, 'thigh' for the good of love. 'Girding the sword on the thigh' means that the truth which He was to use in the fight was allied to the good of love. In Isaiah,

Righteousness will be the girdle of His loins, and truth the girdle of His thighs. Isaiah 11:5.

This too refers to the Lord. Because 'righteousness' has reference to the good that flows from love, 2235, it is called 'the girdle of His loins', while 'truth' because it comes from good, is called 'the girdle of His thighs'. Thus 'loins' is used in reference to the love within good, and 'thighs' to the love within truth.

[5] In the same prophet'

None will be weary, and none will stumble in Him. He will not slumber nor sleep. Nor has the girdle of His thighs been loosed, nor the thong of His shoes torn away. Isaiah 5:27.

This refers to the Lord. 'The girdle of His thighs' stands, as above, for the love within truth. In Jeremiah Jehovah told the prophet to buy a linen girdle and put it over his loins but not dip it in water. He was then told to go away to the Euphrates and hide it in a cleft of the rock. When he went back at a later time to retrieve it from that place it was spoiled, Jeremiah 13:1-7. 'A linen girdle' stands for truth, but the placing of it over his loins was representative of the fact that truth was the outward expression of good. Anyone may see that these actions are representative. Their meaning however cannot be known except from correspondences, which will in the Lord's Divine mercy be dealt with at the ends of certain chapters further on.

[6] It is similar with the meaning of the things seen by Ezekiel, Daniel, and Nebuchadnezzar: Ezekiel saw,

Above the firmament that was above the heads of the cherubim, in appearance like a sapphire stone, there was the likeness of a throne, and above the likeness of a throne, there was a likeness, as the appearance of a Man (Homo) upon it above. And I saw as it were the shape of fiery coals, as the shape of fire, within it round about. From the appearance of His loins and upwards, and from the appearance of His loins and downwards, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, whose brightness was round about it like the appearance of the rainbow which is in the cloud on the day of rain; so was the appearance of the brightness round about, thus was the appearance of the likeness of the Glory of Jehovah. Ezekiel 1:26-28.

This scene was clearly representative of the Lord and His kingdom. 'The appearance of His loins upwards and the appearance, of His loins downwards' is descriptive of His love, as is evident from the meaning of 'fire' as love, 934, and from the meaning of 'brightness' and of 'the rainbow' as wisdom and intelligence from that love, 1042, 1043, 1053.

[7] Daniel saw,

A man clothed in linen whose loins were girded with gold of Uphaz, and whose body was like tarshish, 1 and whose face was like the appearance of lightning and whose eyes were like fiery torches, and whose arms and feet were like the shine of burnished bronze. Daniel 10:5-6.

What each of these expressions means - the loins, the body, the face, the eyes, the arms, and the feet - does not become clear to anyone except from representations and correspondences involved in these. From these it is evident that in what Daniel saw the Lord's heavenly kingdom was represented, in which Divine Love constitutes the loins, and 'the gold of Uphaz' with which He was girded, the good resulting from wisdom that is grounded in love, 113, 1551, 1552.

[8] In Daniel: Nebuchadnezzar saw a statue whose head was fine gold, breast and arms silver, belly and thighs bronze, feet partly iron, partly clay, Daniel 2:32-33. This statue represented consecutive states of the Church. The head of gold represented the first state, which was celestial because it was a state of love to the Lord; the breast and arms of silver represented the second state, which was spiritual because it was a state of charity towards the neighbour; the belly and thighs of bronze represented the third state, which was a state of natural good meant by 'bronze', 425, 1551 - natural good being love or charity towards the neighbour as this exists on a lower level than spiritual good - while the feet of iron and clay were the fourth state, which was a state of natural truth meant by 'iron', 425, 426, and also a state involving complete lack of cohesion with good, which is meant by 'clay'.

From all this one may see what is meant by the thighs and loins, namely conjugial love primarily, and from this love every genuine kind of love, as is evident from the places quoted and also from Genesis 32:25, 31-32; Isaiah 20:2-4; Nahum 2:1; Psalms 69:23; Exodus 12:11; Luke 12:35-36. The thighs and loins also mean in the contrary sense those loves that are the reverse of conjugial love and all genuine loves, namely self-love and love of the world, 1 Kings 2:5-6; Isaiah 32:10-11; Jeremiah 30:6; 48:37; Ezekiel 29:7; Amos 8:10.

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1. A Hebrew word for a particular kind of precious stone, possibly a beryl.

  
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