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Joel 3

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1 Sapagka't, narito, sa mga kaarawang yaon, at sa panahong yaon, pagka aking ibabalik ang mangabihag sa Juda at Jerusalem.

2 Aking pipisanin ang lahat na bansa, at aking ibababa sila sa libis ni Josaphat; at ako'y makikipagtanggol sa kanila roon dahil sa aking bayan at dahil sa aking manang Israel, na kanilang pinangalat sa mga bansa, at binahagi ang aking lupain,

3 At kanilang pinagsapalaran ang aking bayan, at kanilang ibinigay ang isang batang lalake dahil sa isang patutot, at ipinagbili ang isang batang babae dahil sa alak, upang sila'y mangakainom.

4 Oo, at ano kayo sa akin. Oh Tiro, at Sidon, at buong lupain ng Filistia? gagantihin baga ninyo ako? at kung ako'y inyong gantihin, maliksi at madali na aking ibabalik ang inyong kagantihan sa inyong sariling ulo.

5 Yamang inyong kinuha ang aking pilak at aking ginto, at inyong dinala sa inyong mga templo ang aking mainam at maligayang mga bagay,

6 At ipinagbili ang mga anak ng Juda at ang mga anak ng Jerusalem ay inyong ipinagbili sa mga anak ng mga taga Grecia, upang inyong mailayo sa kanilang hangganan;

7 Narito, aking pasisiglahin sila sa dako na inyong pinagbilhan sa kanila, at aking ibabalik ang inyong kagantihan sa inyong sariling ulo;

8 At aking ipagbibili ang inyong mga anak na lalake at babae sa kamay ng mga anak ni Juda, at ipagbibili nila sila sa mga tao sa Seba, sa isang bansang malayo: sapagka't sinalita ng Panginoon.

9 Itanyag ninyo ito sa mga bansa: mangaghanda kayo ng digma; pasiglahin ninyo ang mga malakas na lalake; magsilapit ang lahat na lalaking mangdidigma, sila'y magsisampa.

10 Gawin ninyong mga tabak ang inyong mga sudsod, at mga sibat ang inyong mga karit: magsabi ang mahina, Ako'y malakas.

11 Mangagmadali kayo, at magsiparito kayong lahat na bansa sa palibot, at magpipisan kayo: iyong pababain doon ang iyong mga makapangyarihan, Oh Panginoon.

12 Magpakasigla ang mga bansa, at magsisampa sa libis ni Josaphat; sapagka't doo'y uupo ako upang hatulan ang lahat na bansa sa palibot.

13 Gamitin ninyo ang karit; sapagka't ang aanihin ay hinog na: kayo'y magsiparito, at magsiyapak; sapagka't ang alilisan ng alak ay puno, ang kamalig ng alak ay inaapawan; sapagka't ang kanilang kasamaan ay malaki.

14 Mga karamihan, mga karamihan sa libis ng pasiya! sapagka't ang kaarawan ng Panginoon ay malapit na sa libis ng pasiya.

15 Ang araw at ang buwan ay nagdidilim, at pinipigil ng mga bituin ang kanilang kislap.

16 At ang Panginoo'y aangal mula sa Sion, at palalakasin ang kaniyang tinig mula sa Jerusalem; at ang langit at ang lupa ay mangayayanig: nguni't ang Panginoon ay magiging kanlungan sa kaniyang bayan, at katibayan sa mga anak ni Israel.

17 Sa gayo'y inyong malalaman na ako ang Panginoon ninyong Dios, na tumatahan sa Sion, na aking banal na bundok: kung magkagayo'y magiging banal ang Jerusalem, at hindi na daraan pa sa kaniya ang mga taga ibang lupa.

18 At mangyayari sa araw na yaon, na ang mga bundok ay tutuluan ng matamis na alak, at ang mga burol ay aagusan ng gatas, at ang lahat na batis ng Juda ay aagusan ng mga tubig; at isang bukal ay babalong sa bahay ng Panginoon, at didiligin ang libis ng Sittim.

19 Ang Egipto ay masisira, at ang Edom ay magiging ilang na sira, dahil sa karahasang ginawa sa mga anak ni Juda, sapagka't sila'y nagbubo ng walang salang dugo sa kanilang lupain.

20 Nguni't ang Juda'y tatahan magpakailan man, at ang Jerusalem ay sa sali't saling lahi.

21 At aking lilinisin ang kanilang dugo na hindi ko nilinis: sapagka't ang Panginoon ay tumatahan sa Sion.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 336

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336. And every mountain and island was moved out of its place. This symbolically means that all goodness of love and truth of faith vanished.

No one can see that this is the symbolic meaning except by recourse to the spiritual sense. It is the symbolic meaning because mountains mean people who possess the goodness of love, inasmuch as angels dwell upon mountains - those motivated by love toward the Lord on loftier mountains, and those motivated by love for the neighbor on less lofty ones. Consequently "every mountain" symbolizes all goodness of love. Islands mean people relatively removed from the worship of God, as may be seen in no. 34 above - here people who are impelled by faith, and not so much by the goodness of love. Therefore in an abstract sense "every island" means, symbolically, all truth of faith. To be moved out of their places means, symbolically, to go away.

It derives from the abodes of angels on mountains and hills, therefore, that mountains and hills in the Word symbolize heaven and the church where love toward the Lord and love for the neighbor are found, and in an opposite sense, hell where self-love and love of the world are found.

[2] It is apparent from the following passages that mountains and hills symbolize heaven and the church where love toward the Lord and love for the neighbor are found, thus where the Lord is present:

Lift up your eyes to the mountains, whence comes your help. (Psalms 121:1)

Behold, on the mountains the feet of him who proclaims... peace! (Nahum 1:15, cf. Isaiah 52:7)

Praise Jehovah..., you mountains and... hills...! (Psalms 148:7, 9)

A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan; a mountain of hills is the mountain of Bashan. Why do you leap, you mountains, you hills of the mountain? Jehovah has desired to inhabit them; (Jehovah) also will inhabit them forever. (Psalms 68:15-16)

The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like the young of the flock... You travail, O earth, at the presence of the Lord... (Psalms 114:4-7)

I will bring forth a seed from Jacob, and from Judah an heir of My mountains, that My elect may inherit them, and My servants dwell there. (Isaiah 65:9)

(In the consummation of the age:) then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. (Matthew 24:16)

(O Jehovah,) Your righteousness is as the mountains of God. (Psalms 36:6)

Jehovah will go forth and fight... In that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, opposite Jerusalem on the east. (Zechariah 14:3-4)

[3] Since the Mount of Olives symbolized Divine love, therefore during the days the Lord preached in the Temple, but during the nights He went out and spent the night on the Mount of Olives (Luke 21:37; 22:39, John 8:1). And therefore the Lord spoke upon that mountain with His disciples regarding His coming and the end of the age (Matthew 24:3, Mark 13:3-4).

Since a mountain symbolized heaven and love, therefore Jehovah came down upon the top of Mount Sinai and proclaimed the Law (Exodus 19:20; 24:17). And therefore the Lord was transfigured before Peter, James and John on a high mountain (Matthew 17:1). Therefore Zion also was located on a mountain, and so, too, Jerusalem, and the two were called the mountain of Jehovah and the mountain of holiness in many places in the Word.

Mountains and hills have similar symbolic meanings elsewhere, as in Isaiah 7:25; 30:25; 40:9; 44:23; 49:11, 13; 55:12; Jeremiah 16:15-16; Psalms 65:6; 80:10; 104:5-10, 13.

[4] That mountains and hills symbolize these loves can be seen still more clearly from their opposite meaning, in which they symbolize hellish loves, namely, self-love and a love of the world, as is apparent from the following passages:

...the day of Jehovah... shall come... upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up... (Isaiah 2:12, 14)

Every valley shall be exalted and every mountain and hill brought low. (Isaiah 40:4)

The mountains shall be overthrown, and its ascents shall fall... (Ezekiel 38:20-21)

Behold, I am against you, O... mountain, that destroys all the earth... ...I will make you a burnt mountain. (Jeremiah 51:25)

I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they are shaken, and all the hills are overthrown. (Jeremiah 4:23-25)

...a fire is kindled in my anger..., and it will set on fire the foundations of the mountains. (Deuteronomy 32:22)

I will lay waste the mountains and hills... (Isaiah 42:15)

Behold, (O Jacob,) I will make you like a threshing sledge... that you may thresh the mountains and crush them, and make the hills like chaff..., that the wind may carry them away. (Isaiah 41:15-16)

Give glory to Jehovah... before your feet stumble on the dark mountains... (Jeremiah 13:16)

Nor is anything else meant by the seven mountains on which the woman - namely Babylon - sat (Revelation 17:9). And so also elsewhere, as in Isaiah 14:13; Jeremiah 50:6; 9:10; Ezekiel 6:2-3; 34:6.

It can now be seen from this what is meant by the statement that "every mountain and island was moved out of its place," and later by the statement that "every island fled away, and the mountains were not found" (Revelation 16:20, no. 714).

  
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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.