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1 Πως ημαυρωθη το χρυσιον, ηλλοιωθη το χρυσιον το καθαρωτατον, οι λιθοι του αγιαστηριου διεσπαρησαν εις τα ακρα πασων των οδων.

2 Οι ενδοξοι υιοι της Σιων, οι εκτιμωμενοι ως το καθαρον χρυσιον, πως ελογισθησαν ως αγγεια πηλινα, εργον χειρος κεραμεως.

3 Ετι και τα κητη προσφερουσι μαστους και θηλαζουσι τα τεκνα αυτων· η δε θυγατηρ του λαου μου εσκληρυνθη ως αι στρουθοκαμηλοι εν ερημω.

4 Η γλωσσα του θηλαζοντος εκολληθη εις τον ουρανισκον αυτου υπο της διψης· τα παιδια εζητησαν αρτον και δεν υπαρχει ο κοπτων εις αυτα.

5 Οι τρωγοντες φαγητα τρυφερα κοιτονται εν ταις οδοις ηφανισμενοι· οι ανατεθραμμενοι εν πορφυρα ενηγκαλισθησαν την κοπριαν.

6 Και η ποινη της ανομιας της θυγατρος του λαου μου εγεινε μεγαλητερα παρα την ποινην της αμαρτιας των Σοδομων, τα οποια κατεστραφησαν ως εν ριπη, και δεν ενηργησαν επ' αυτων χειρες.

7 Οι Ναζηραιοι αυτης ησαν καθαρωτεροι χιονος, λευκοτεροι γαλακτος, ερυθροτεροι την οψιν υπερ τους πολυτιμους λιθους, στιλπνοι ως ο σαπφειρος·

8 Η οψις αυτων κατημαυρωθη υπερ την ασβολην· δεν εγνωριζοντο εν ταις οδοις· το δερμα αυτων εκολληθη επι των οστεων αυτων· εξηρανθη, εγεινεν ως ξυλον.

9 Ευτυχεστεροι εσταθησαν οι θανατωθεντες υπο της ρομφαιας, παρα οι θανατωθεντες υπο της πεινης· διοτι ουτοι κατατηκονται, τετραυματισμενοι δι' ελλειψιν γεννηματων του αγρου.

10 Αι χειρες των ευσπλαγχνων γυναικων εψησαν τα τεκνα αυτων· εγειναν εις αυτας τροφη εν τω συντριμμω της θυγατρος του λαου μου.

11 Ο Κυριος συνετελεσε τον θυμον αυτου, εξεχεε την φλογα της οργης αυτου, και εξηψε πυρ εν Σιων, το οποιον κατεφαγε τα θεμελια αυτης.

12 Δεν επιστευον οι βασιλεις της γης και παντες οι κατοικουντες την οικουμενην, οτι ηθελεν εισελθει εχθρος και πολεμιος εις τας πυλας της Ιερουσαλημ.

13 Τουτο εγεινε δια τας αμαρτιας των προφητων αυτης και τας ανομιας των ιερεων αυτης, οιτινες εχυνον το αιμα των δικαιων εν μεσω αυτης.

14 Περιεπλανηθησαν ως τυφλοι εν ταις οδοις, εμολυνθησαν εν τω αιματι, ωστε οι ανθρωποι δεν ηδυναντο να εγγισωσι τα ενδυματα αυτων.

15 Αποστητε, ακαθαρτοι, εκραζον προς αυτους· αποστητε, αποστητε, μη εγγισητε· ενω εφευγον και περιεπλανωντο, ελεγετο μεταξυ των εθνων, Δεν θελουσι παροικει πλεον μεθ' ημων.

16 Το προσωπον του Κυριου διεμερισεν αυτους, δεν θελει πλεον επιβλεπει επ' αυτους· προσωπον ιερεων δεν εσεβασθησαν, γεροντας δεν ηλεησαν.

17 Ενω ετι υπηρχομεν, οι οφθαλμοι ημων απεκαμον, προσμενοντες την ματαιαν βοηθειαν ημων· απεβλεψαμεν κεχηνοτες προς εθνος μη δυναμενον να σωζη.

18 Παραμονευουσι τα ιχνη ημων, δια να μη περιπατωμεν εν ταις πλατειαις ημων· επλησιασε το τελος ημων, αι ημεραι ημων επληρωθησαν, διοτι ηλθε το τελος ημων.

19 Οι καταδιωκοντες ημας εγειναν ελαφροτεροι των αετων του ουρανου· εκυνηγησαν ημας επι τα ορη, ενηδρευσαν ημας εν τη ερημω.

20 Η πνοη των μυκτηρων ημων, ο χριστος του Κυριου, επιασθη εν ταις παγισιν αυτων, υπο την σκιαν του οποιου, ελεγομεν, θελομεν ζη μεταξυ των εθνων.

21 Χαιρε και ευφραινου, θυγατηρ Εδωμ, η κατοικουσα εν γη Ουζ· ετι και προς σε θελει περασει το ποτηριον· θελεις μεθυσθη και θελεις γυμνωθη.

22 Ετελειωσεν η ποινη της ανομιας σου, θυγατηρ Σιων· δεν θελει σε φερει πλεον εις αιχμαλωσιαν· θελει επισκεφθη την ανομιαν σου, θυγατηρ Εδωμ· θελει αποκαλυψει τα αμαρτηματα σου.

   

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The Inner Meaning of the Prophets and Psalms #122

  
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122. Internal Meaning of Lamentations, Chapter 4

1-3 Holy truths and goods turned into falsities, (3, 4)

4 so that there is a lack of all of them. (3)

5-8 Their spiritual things have become infernal. (3)

9-10 Affections of truth have become cupidities of falsity. (3)

11 They were against the Lord. (3, 4)

12-14 They falsified the truths of the Word. (3)

15 It was impure. (3)

16-17 The Word was rejected owing to their own intelligence. (3, 11)

18-19 Nothing of the church was left, and therefore came their destruction. (3)

20 The Lord was rejected. (9)

21-22 The external of the church was also vastated. (3)

  
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The Inner Meaning of the Prophets and Psalms #0

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Table of Subjects 1

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1. The Lord's advent.

2. The successive vastation of the church.

3. The church totally devastated, and its rejection.

4. The rejection of the Lord by the church.

5. Temptations of the Lord in general.

6. Temptation even to despair.

7. The combats of the Lord with the hells.

8. Victory over them, or their subjugation.

9. The passion of the cross.

10. The glorification of the Human of the Lord, or its union with the Divine.

11. A new church in place of the former.

12. A new church together with a new heaven.

13. The state of humiliation before the Father.

14. 2

15. A last judgment by the Lord.

16. Celebration and worship of the Lord.

17. Redemption and salvation by the Lord.

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Editor's Introduction: In this work, Emanuel Swedenborg outlined the internal meaning of all the Prophetical Books, from Isaiah to Malachi, and the Psalms, and then the first 16 chapters of Genesis. It provides a survey of the inner meaning of a substantial portion of the Old Testament, in one place.

This work was written by Swedenborg in Latin, in 1761. It was translated from Latin into English by Rev. J. E. Schreck, and this translation was published by the Swedenborg Foundation, in New York, in 1900. This modified version of Schreck's 1900 translation does not update the text; instead just modifying numbering and formatting for clarity of use online.

Each chapter of each book of the Prophets has one corresponding numbered section in Swedenborg's explanation of its inner meaning, or internal sense. Swedenborg listed the verses that relate to each outlined point. We have added hyperlinks to the verse references, shown to the left of each outlined point. The Psalms and initial chapters of Genesis are treated in a similar fashion.

This work was not published by Swedenborg, but it is consistent with other more detailed treatments made in his published works. For example, Swedenborg refers to this work in Doctrine of the Lord 37.

Readers may also find these comparisons useful:

- No. 124 of this work, explaining Ezekiel 1, with The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem Regarding the Sacred Scripture 97,

- Nos. 161, 162, explaining Ezekiel 38, and 39, with Apocalypse Revealed 859,

- No. 236, explaining Zechariah 4, with Apocalypse Revealed 43, and

- Nos. 244-246 of this work, explaining Zechariah 12, 13, 14, with Apocalypse Revealed 707.

In the manuscript, at the beginning, Swedenborg wrote out a list of works that he intended to write and publish. While it's clearly related to the project of outlining the internal meaning of the Prophets, Psalms, and historical parts of the Word, it seems to be an independent list. We reproduce Rev. Schreck's translation of that list here:

"To Be Published:

1. Concerning the Lord.

2. Concerning the Sacred Scripture or concerning the Word of the Lord.

3. All things of religion and of the worship of God in one complex in the Decalogue.

4. Concerning Faith.

5. Angelic wisdom concerning the Divine Providence.

6. Angelic wisdom concerning the Divine omnipotence and omniscience, and concerning infinity and eternity.

7. Angelic wisdom concerning life.

8. Angelic wisdom concerning the Divine love and Divine wisdom."

Bilješke:

1. In the original Latin manuscript, Swedenborg cross-referred the outlined internal sense to a more general Table of Subjects, shown above. In the following passages, those references are shown in parentheses, e.g. (3) would refer to subject number 3 above. We received the Latin text for this "front matter" from the Heavenly Doctrines Publishing Foundation.

2. Editor's Note (Schreck): No. 14 is crossed out by Swedenborg in his MS., and is never referred to in the text. It reads, "The state of unition with His Divine," which is the same as No. 10.

Doctrine of the Lord 3 for an outline of a similar set of themes that form the internal sense of the prophetical books.

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