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1 耶和華的又臨到我說:

2 人子啊,要為推羅作起哀歌

3 :你居住口,是眾民的商埠;你的交易通到許多耶和華如此:推羅啊,你曾:我是全然美麗的。

4 你的境界在中,造你的使你全然美麗

5 他們用示尼珥的松樹做你的一切板,用利巴嫩的香柏樹做桅杆,

6 用巴珊的橡樹做你的槳,用象牙鑲嵌基提海的黃楊木為坐板(或譯:艙板)。

7 你的篷帆是用埃及繡花細麻布做的,可以做你的大旗;你的涼棚是用以利沙藍色紫色布做的。

8 西頓和亞發的居民作你盪槳的。推羅啊,你中間的智慧人作掌舵的。

9 迦巴勒的老者和聰明人都在你中間作補縫的;一切泛隻和水手都在你中間經營交易的事。

10 波斯人、路德人、弗人在你軍營中作戰士;他們在你中間懸盾牌和頭盔,彰顯你的尊榮。

11 亞發人和你的軍隊都在你四圍的牆上,你的望樓也有勇士;他們懸盾牌,成全你的美麗

12 他施人因你多有各類的財物,就作你的客商,拿、鉛兌換你的貨物。

13 雅完人、土巴人、米設人都與你交易;他們用人口和銅器兌換你的貨物。

14 陀迦瑪族用戰馬並騾兌換你的貨物。

15 底但人與你交易,許多作你的碼頭;他們拿象牙烏木與你兌換(或譯:進貢)。

16 亞蘭人因你的工作很多,就作你的客商;他們用綠寶石、紫色布繡貨、細麻布、珊瑚、紅寶石兌換你的貨物。

17 猶大以色列的人都與你交易;他們用米匿的麥子、餅、蜜、、乳香兌換你的貨物。

18 大馬色人因你的工作很多,又因你多有各類的財物,就拿黑本酒和白羊毛與你交易。

19 威但人和雅完人拿紡成的線、亮、桂皮、菖蒲兌換你的貨物。

20 底但人用高貴的毯子、鞍、屜與你交易。

21 亞拉伯人和基達的一切首領都作你的客商,用羔、公綿、公山與你交易。

22 示巴和拉瑪的商人與你交易,他們用各類上好的香料、各類的寶,和黃兌換你的貨物。

23 哈蘭人、干尼人、伊甸人、示巴的商人,和亞述人、基抹人與你交易。

24 這些商人以美好的貨物包在繡花藍色包袱內,又有華麗的衣服裝在香柏木的箱子裡,用捆著與你交易。

25 他施的隻接連成幫為你運貨,你便在中豐富極其榮華。

26 盪槳的已經把你盪到大水之處,東中將你打破

27 你的資財、物件、貨物、水手、掌舵的、補縫的、經營交易的,並你中間的戰士和人民,在你破壞的日子必都沉在中。

28 你掌舵的呼號之聲一發,郊野都必震動。

29 凡盪槳的和水手,並一切泛掌舵的,都必登岸。

30 他們必為你放聲痛,把塵土撒在上,在灰中打滾;

31 又為你使頭上光禿,用麻布束腰,號咷痛哭,苦苦悲哀。

32 他們哀號的時候,為你作起哀歌哀哭,說:有何城如推羅﹖有何城如他在中成為寂寞的呢﹖

33 你由上運出貨物,就使許多國民充足;你以許多資財、貨物使上的君豐富。

34 你在深水中被打破的時候,你的貨物和你中間的一切人民,就都沉下去了。

35 居民為你驚奇;他們的君都甚恐慌,面帶愁容。

36 各國民中的客商都向你發嘶聲;你令人驚恐,不再存留於世,直到永遠

   

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属天的奥秘 #7418

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7418. “击打地上的尘土” 表他要移除属世层中那些被诅咒的事物. 这从 “击打”, “尘土” 和 “地” 的含义清楚可知: “击打” 是指移除; “尘土” 是指被诅咒的事物, 如下文所述; “地”, 此处即埃及, 是指属世心智 (7409节). “尘土” 之所以表示被诅咒的事物, 是因为恶灵所在的地方, 在脚底之下的边缘, 看似一块地; 事实上, 看似一块未耕种的干旱之地; 确切地说, 它们下面有一些地狱. 这地被称为 “诅咒之地”, 那里的尘土表示被诅咒之物. 有时我蒙恩得以看见当恶灵想给某人诅咒时, 就在那里跺下脚上的尘土. 我看见他们在朝向术士或巫师地狱的边缘处, 在我前面稍右的一个位置做这一切; 在那里, 那些活在世上时拥有信的知识, 然而却过着一种邪恶生活的灵人被投入地狱. 这就是为何 “尘土” 表示被诅咒之物, “跺下尘土” 表示诅咒.

由于它具有这种含义, 所以主吩咐祂的门徒们, 他们若不受接待, 就将脚上的尘土跺下去, 正如马太福音所说的:

凡不接待你们, 不听你们话的人, 你们离开那家或是那城的时候, 就把脚上的尘土跺下去. 我实在告诉你们: 当审判的日子, 所多玛和蛾摩拉那地所受的, 比那城还容易受呢! (马太福音 10:14-15; 马可福音 6:11; 路加福音 9:5; 10:10-12)

“门徒” 在此不是指门徒, 而是指教会的一切事物, 因而是指信与仁的一切事物 (2089, 2129, 2130末尾, 3354, 3858, 3913, 6397节); “不接受, 不听” 表示弃绝信之真理和仁之良善; “把脚上的尘土跺下去” 表示诅咒. 之所以 “所多玛和蛾摩拉所受的, 比那城还容易受呢”, 是因为 “所多玛和蛾摩拉” 表示那些过着邪恶生活, 但对主和圣言一无所知, 因而不能接待的人. 由此可见, 所指的不是不接待门徒的一家或一城, 而是指那些在教会中没有过着信之生活的人. 谁都能看出, 一整座城不可能因他们不接待门徒, 并立刻接受门徒所传讲的新教义, 就都受到诅咒.

在以前的时代, 人们在悲伤或悔罪时扬在头上的 “尘土” 也表示受到诅咒, 如这些经文:

锡安女子的长老, 坐在地上默默无声, 他们扬起尘土落在头上, 腰束麻布; 耶路撒冷的处女, 垂头至地. (耶利米哀歌 2:10)

以西结书:

他们必放声痛哭, 把尘土撒在头上, 在灰中打滚. (以西结书 27:30)

弥迦书:

不要在亚弗拉家里哭泣; 滚于灰尘之中. (弥迦书 1:10)

启示录:

他们又把尘土撒在头上, 哭泣悲哀, 喊着说. (启示录 18:19)

这些行为在圣言的历史部分处处提及. 把尘土撒在头上, 以及身体和头垂至地面, 在地上滚于灰尘之中代表谦卑; 真正的谦卑是这样: 此人会承认并发觉自己受到了诅咒, 然而又被主从诅咒中救了出来 (2327, 3994, 4347, 5420, 5957节).

“尘土”

他们在旷野中所祷的金牛犊被捣碎磨成的 “灰尘” 也表示被诅咒之物, 对此我们在摩西五经中如此读到:

我把那叫你们犯罪所铸的牛犊用火焚烧, 又捣碎磨得很细, 以致细如灰尘, 我就把这灰尘撒在从山上流下来的溪水中. (申命记 9:21)

在以下经文中, “灰尘” 也表示被诅咒之物:

耶和华神对蛇说, 你必用肚子行走, 尽你一生的日子吃土. (创世记 3:14)

弥迦书:

在往古之日牧放你的民, 列族看见, 就必为自己的势力惭愧. 他们必舔土如蛇. (弥迦书 7:14, 16-17)

以赛亚书:

尘土必作蛇的食物. (以赛亚书 65:25)

又:

巴比伦的处女啊, 下来坐在尘埃. (以赛亚书 47:1)

诗篇:

我们的灵魂伏于尘土; 我们的肚腹紧贴在地. (诗篇 44:25)

又:

我的灵魂紧贴着尘土, 求你将我救活. (诗篇 119:25)

在圣言中, “尘土” 也表示坟墓, 同样表示低级之物和众多之物.

  
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Arcana Coelestia #9548

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9548. 'And you shall make a lampstand' means the spiritual heaven. This is clear from the meaning of 'a lampstand' as the Divine Spiritual from the Lord in heaven and in the Church. The reason why 'a lampstand' means the Divine Spiritual is that 'the table' on which the loaves of the Presence were laid means the Divine Celestial, as has been shown in what has gone before. The Divine Celestial is the good of love, and the Divine Spiritual the truth of faith derived from that good; and both of these emanate from the Lord, 9227. The lampstand is the Divine Spiritual on account of the light it sheds; for Divine Truth which emanates from the Lord's Divine Good is what shines in heaven. There is no other source from which angels receive light. This is why in the Word the Lord is called the Light, and why 'light' means faith, also an intelligent understanding of truth and a wise discernment of good, which come from the Lord alone, see 1053, 1521-1533, 1619-1632, 2776, 3094, 3138, 3167, 3190, 3195, 3222, 3223, 3337, 3339, 3341, 3636, 3643, 3862, 3993, 4060, 4180, 4302, 4408, 4414, 4415, 4419, 4527, 4598, 5400, 6032, 6313, 6315, 6608, 6907, 7174, 8644, 8707, 8861, 9399, 9407.

[2] 'A lampstand' means the spiritual heaven by virtue of Divine Truth which is present there from the Lord, and therefore also means the Church; and 'a lamp' means faith, also an intelligent understanding of truth and a wise discernment of good, which come from the Lord alone. This is clear from places in the Word where 'lampstand' and 'lamp' are mentioned, as in John,

I saw seven golden lampstands, and in the midst of the seven lampstands one like the Son of Man. The seven lampstands are the seven Churches. Revelation 1:12-13, 20.

And in the same book,

I will remove your lampstand from its place if you do not repent. Revelation 2:5.

A Church is called 'a lampstand' in these places by virtue of Divine Truth which is present there from the Lord. The fact that 'a lampstand' means a Church is self-evident, for it says, 'The seven lampstands are the seven Churches'. The fact that a Church is called such on account of Divine Truth is evident from the statement, 'I will remove your lampstand if you do not repent'. And the fact that this Truth comes from the Lord [is also self-evident], for it says, 'In the midst of the lampstands one like the Son of Man'; and the Lord is called the Son of Man by virtue of His Divine Truth, see 2803, 2813, 3704.

[3] In the same book,

I will grant My two witnesses to prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days. These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands standing before the God of the earth. Revelation 11:3-10.

'The two witnesses' are the Word in both Testaments, in that they bear witness to the Lord. It is called 'an olive tree' by virtue of the Divine Good and 'a lampstand' by virtue of the Divine Truth which come from the Lord.

[4] In Zechariah, when the angel who was speaking said to the prophet,

What do you see? I said to him, I see, and behold, a lampstand all of gold; its bowl is on top of it, 1 and its seven lamps are on it with seven pipes to the lamps. Two olive trees are beside it, one on the right of the bowl and one on the left of it. Zechariah 4:2-3.

This refers to Zerubbabel, who was about to lay a foundation for God's house and bring it to completion. He represents the Lord, in that He was about to come and to re-establish the spiritual heaven and the Church, these being what is meant by 'a lampstand', and the holy truths there what is meant by 'seven lamps'.

[5] The fact that 'a lamp' means faith, also an intelligent understanding of truth and a wise discernment of good, which come from the Lord alone, is clear in John,

The holy Jerusalem has no need of the sun or of the moon to shed light in it. The glory of God will give it light, and its lamp is the Lamb. The nations that are saved will walk in His light. Revelation 21:23-24.

And further on,

There will be no night there, nor do they need a lamp or light of the sun, for the Lord God gives them light. Revelation 22:5.

'Lamp' in the first quotation stands for Divine Truth that comes from the Lord, and 'light' for faith, and so also for intelligence and wisdom. In the same book,

The light of a lamp will not shine in you any more, and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride will not be heard in you any more. Revelation 18:23.

[6] And in Jeremiah,

I will take away the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of mills, and the light of the lamp, that the whole land may be a desolation and devastation. Jeremiah 25:10-11.

This refers to the elimination of faith and consequently of intelligence in spiritual matters meant here by the lamp which will no longer be there and by 'the light of the lamp' which will be taken away.

[7] The like occurs in Job,

How often is the lamp of the wicked put out and [how often] does destruction come upon them? Job 21:17.

In David,

You light my lamp; Jehovah my God makes my darkness bright. Psalms 18:28; 2 Samuel 22:29.

In the same author,

By Your commands I have been made intelligent. Your Word is a lamp to my foot, and a light to my path. Psalms 119:104-105.

In Job,

When God causes a lamp to shine over my head I would walk in darkness towards His light. Job 29:3.

In Matthew,

The lamp of the body is the eye. If your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light; but if your eye is evil your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness! Matthew 6:22-23; Luke 8:16; 11:33-36.

'The eye' is used here to mean faith and consequent intelligence - the fact that these are meant in the internal sense by 'the eye', see 4403-4421, 4523-4534, 9051. And from this the meaning of the words, 'If your eye is good your whole body will be full of light; but if your eye is evil your whole body will be full of darkness' is self-evident. Since faith and consequent intelligence and wisdom is meant by 'a lamp' the kings of Judah are called lamps to David, 1 Kings 11:36; 15:4; 2 Kings 8:19; and David himself is called the lamp of Israel, 2 Samuel 21:16-17. Not that the kings of Judah were lamps; nor was David. Rather they were called such because 'a king' means Divine Truth that comes from the Lord, 6148, and 'David' the Lord in respect of Divine Truth, the source of faith, intelligence, and wisdom, 1888.

Notes de bas de page:

1. literally, over its head

  
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