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Panaghoy 4

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1 Ano't ang ginto ay naging malabo! Ano't ang pinakadalisay na ginto ay nagbago! Ang mga bato ng santuario ay natapon sa dulo ng lahat na lansangan.

2 Ang mga mahalagang anak ng Sion, na katulad ng dalisay na ginto, ano't pinahahalagahan na waring mga sisidlang lupa, na gawa ng mga kamay ng magpapalyok!

3 Maging ang mga chakal ay naglalabas ng suso, nangagpapasuso sa kanilang mga anak: ang anak na babae ng aking bayan ay naging mabagsik, parang mga avestruz sa ilang.

4 Ang dila ng sumususong bata ay nadidikit sa ngalangala ng kaniyang bibig dahil sa uhaw: ang mga munting bata ay nagsisihingi ng tinapay, at walang taong magpuputol nito sa kanila.

5 Silang nagsisikaing mainam ay nangahandusay sa mga lansangan: silang nagsilaki sa matingkad na pula ay nagsisihiga sa mga tapunan ng dumi.

6 Sapagka't ang kasamaan ng anak na babae ng aking bayan ay lalong malaki kay sa kasalanan ng Sodoma, na nagiba sa isang sangdali, at walang mga kamay na humawak sa kaniya.

7 Ang kaniyang mga mahal na tao ay lalong malinis kay sa nieve, mga lalong maputi kay sa gatas; sila'y lalong mapula sa katawan kay sa mga rubi, ang kanilang kinis ay parang zafiro.

8 Ang kanilang anyo ay lalong maitim kay sa uling; sila'y hindi makilala sa mga lansangan: ang kanilang balat ay naninikit sa kanilang mga buto; natutuyo, nagiging parang tungkod.

9 Silang napatay ng tabak ay maigi kay sa kanila na napatay ng gutom; sapagka't ang mga ito ay nagsisihapay, na napalagpasan, dahil sa pangangailangan ng mga bunga sa parang.

10 Ang mga kamay ng mga mahabaging babae ay nangagluto ng kanilang sariling mga anak; mga naging kanilang pagkain sa pagkapahamak ng anak na babae ng aking bayan.

11 Ginanap ng Panginoon ang kaniyang kapusukan, kaniyang ibinugso ang kaniyang mabangis na galit; at siya'y nagpaalab ng apoy sa Sion, na pumugnaw ng mga patibayan niyaon.

12 Ang mga hari sa lupa ay hindi nanganiwala, o ang lahat mang nananahan sa sanglibutan, na ang kaaway at kalaban ay papasok sa mga pintuang-bayan ng Jerusalem.

13 Dahil nga sa mga kasalanan ng kaniyang mga propeta, at sa mga kasamaan ng kaniyang mga saserdote, na nagbubo ng dugo ng mga ganap sa gitna niya.

14 Sila'y nagsisikapa sa mga lansangan na parang mga bulag, sila'y nangadudumhan ng dugo, na anopa't hindi mahipo ng mga tao ang kanilang mga suot.

15 Magsihiwalay kayo, sila'y nagsisihiyaw sa kanila, Marurumi! magsihiwalay kayo, magsihiwalay kayo, huwag ninyong hipuin: nang sila'y magsitakas at magsilaboy ay sinabi ng mga tao sa gitna ng mga bansa, Hindi na sila nangingibang bayan pa rito.

16 Pinangalat sila ng galit ng Panginoon; sila'y hindi na niya lilingapin pa. Hindi nila iginagalang ang mga pagkatao ng mga saserdote, hindi nila pinakukundanganan ang mga matanda.

17 Ang aming mga mata ay nangangalumata dahil sa aming paghihintay ng walang kabuluhang tulong: sa aming paghihintay ay nangaghihintay kami sa isang bansa na hindi makapagligtas.

18 Kanilang inaabangan ang aming mga hakbang, upang huwag kaming makayaon sa aming mga lansangan: ang aming wakas ay malapit na, ang aming mga kaarawan ay nangaganap; sapagka't ang aming wakas ay dumating.

19 Ang mga manghahabol sa amin ay lalong maliliksi kay sa mga aguila sa himpapawid: kanilang hinabol kami sa mga bundok, kanilang binakayan kami sa ilang.

20 Ang hinga ng aming mga butas ng ilong, ang pinahiran ng Panginoon ay nahuli sa kanilang mga hukay; na siya naming pinagsasabihan, sa kaniyang mga lilim ay mabubuhay kami sa mga bansa.

21 Ikaw ay magalak at matuwa Oh anak na babae ng Edom, na tumatahan sa lupain ng Uz: ang saro ay darating din sa iyo; ikaw ay malalango, at magpapakahubad.

22 Ang parusa sa iyong kasamaan ay naganap, Oh anak na babae ng Sion, hindi ka na niya dadalhin pa sa pagkabihag: kaniyang dadalawin ang iyong kasamaan, Oh anak na babae ng Edom; kaniyang ililitaw ang iyong mga kasalanan.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 312

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312. So I looked, and behold, a black horse. This symbolizes an understanding of the Word among them extinguished as to truth, thus extinguished as regards their doctrine.

We showed above that a horse symbolizes an understanding of the Word. Blackness symbolizes a lack of truth, thus falsity, because blackness is the opposite of whiteness, and whiteness is predicated of truth (nos. 167, 231, 232). Whiteness is also the result of light, while blackness results from darkness, thus from the absence of light, and light means truth.

In the spiritual world, however, blackness has a double origin, one resulting from the absence of a flaming light, the light possessed by inhabitants of the Lord's celestial kingdom, and the other resulting from the absence of a bright white light, the light possessed by inhabitants of the Lord's spiritual kingdom. The first kind of blackness has the same symbolism as a thick darkness, the second the same as a gloomy darkness. The two kinds differ from each other. One is dreadful, the other not so dreadful. It is the same with the falsities that they symbolize. The spirits who appear in a terrible darkness are called devils. They also abhor truth as owls do the light of the sun. In contrast, the spirits who appear in a darkness that is not so dreadful are called satanic spirits. They do not abhor truth, though they are still averse to it, and therefore they may be likened to barn owls, but the first to eagle owls.

The fact that blackness in the Word is predicated of falsity can be seen from the following passages:

Her Nazirites were brighter than snow... Darkened more than blackness is their form. (Lamentations 4:7-8)

...on the prophets... the day shall grow black. (Micah 3:6)

On the day that you go down to hell..., I will make Lebanon dark over you... (Ezekiel 31:15)

...the sun became as black as sackcloth of goat's hair... (Revelation 6:12)

The sun, moon and stars are darkened in Jeremiah 4:27-28, Ezekiel 32:7, Joel 2:10; 3:15, and elsewhere.

It was the third living creature that displayed the black horse because it had a face like a human being, which symbolized the Divine truth of the Word in respect to its wisdom (no. 243). Consequently it was this living creature that displayed the fact that there was no longer any truth of wisdom in the people who were third in order.

  
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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.

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Lamentations 4

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1 How is the gold become dim! [how] is the most pure gold changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street.

2 The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, How are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!

3 Even the jackals draw out the breast, they nurse their young ones: The daughter of my people has become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.

4 The tongue of the nursing child clings to the roof of his mouth for thirst: The young children ask bread, and no man breaks it to them.

5 Those who did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: Those who were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.

6 For the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom, That was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands were laid on her.

7 Her nobles were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk; They were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was as of sapphire.

8 Their appearance is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: Their skin clings to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.

9 Those who are killed with the sword are better than those who are killed with hunger; For these pine away, stricken through, for want of the fruits of the field.

10 The hands of the pitiful women have boiled their own children; They were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

11 Yahweh has accomplished his wrath, he has poured out his fierce anger; He has kindled a fire in Zion, which has devoured its foundations.

12 The kings of the earth didn't believe, neither all the inhabitants of the world, That the adversary and the enemy would enter into the gates of Jerusalem.

13 [It is] because of the sins of her prophets, [and] the iniquities of her priests, That have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her.

14 They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, So that men can't touch their garments.

15 Depart! they cried to them, Unclean! depart, depart, don't touch! When they fled away and wandered, men said among the nations, They shall no more live [here].

16 The anger of Yahweh has scattered them; he will no more regard them: They didn't respect the persons of the priests, they didn't favor the elders.

17 Our eyes do yet fail [in looking] for our vain help: In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.

18 They hunt our steps, so that we can't go in our streets: Our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.

19 Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky: They chased us on the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.

20 The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of Yahweh, was taken in their pits; Of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the nations.

21 Rejoice and be glad, daughter of Edom, that dwell in the land of Uz: The cup shall pass through to you also; you shall be drunken, and shall make yourself naked.

22 The punishment of your iniquity is accomplished, daughter of Zion; he will no more carry you away into captivity: He will visit your iniquity, daughter of Edom; he will uncover your sins.