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Jeremias 51

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1 Assim diz o Senhor: Eis que levantarei um vento destruidor contra Babilônia, e contra os que habitam na Caldéia.

2 E enviarei padejadores contra Babilônia, que a padejarão, e esvaziarão a sua terra, quando vierem contra ela em redor no dia da calamidade.

3 Não arme o flecheiro o seu arco, nem se levante o que estiver armado da sua couraça; não perdoeis aos seus jovens; destruí completamente todo o seu exército.

4 Cairão mortos na terra dos caldeus, e feridos nas ruas dela.

5 Pois Israel e Judá não foram abandonados do seu Deus, o Senhor dos exércitos, ainda que a terra deles esteja cheia de culpas contra o Santo de Israel.

6 Fugi do meio de Babilônia, e livre cada um a sua vida; não sejais exterminados na sua punição; pois este é o tempo da vingança do Senhor; ele lhe dará o pago.

7 Na mão do Senhor a Babilônia era um copo de ouro, o qual embriagava a toda a terra; do seu vinho beberam as nações; por isso as nações estão fora de si.

8 Repentinamente caiu Babilônia, e ficou arruinada; uivai sobre ela; tomai bálsamo para a sua dor, talvez sare.

9 Queríamos sarar Babilônia, ela, porém, não sarou; abandonai- a, e vamo-nos, cada qual para a sua terra; pois o seu julgamento chega até o céu, e se eleva até as mais altas nuvens.

10 O Senhor trouxe à luz a nossa justiça; vinde e anunciemos em Sião a obra do Senhor nosso Deus.

11 Aguçai as flechas, preperai os escudos; o Senhor despertou o espírito dos reis dos medos; porque o seu intento contra Babilônia é para a destruir; pois esta é a vingança do Senhor, a vingança do seu templo.

12 Arvorai um estandarte sobre os muros de Babilônia, reforçai a guarda, colocai sentinelas, preparai as emboscadas; porque o Senhor tanto intentou como efetuou o que tinha dito acerca dos moradores de Babilônia.

13 ç tu, que habitas sobre muitas águas, rica de tesouros! é chegado o teu fim, a medida da tua ganância.

14 Jurou o Senhor dos exércitos por si mesmo, dizendo: Certamente te encherei de homens, como de locustas; e eles levantarão o grito de vitória sobre ti.

15 É ele quem fez a terra com o seu poder, estabeleceu o mundo com a sua sabedoria, e estendeu os céus com o seu entendimento.

16 Â sua voz, há grande tumulto de águas nas céus, e ele faz subir os vapores desde as extremidades da terra; faz os relâmpagos para a chuva, e tira o vento dos seus tesouros.

17 Embruteceu-se todo homem, de modo que não tem conhecimento; todo ourives é envergonhado pelas suas imagens esculpidas; pois as suas imagens de fundição são mentira, e não há espírito em nenhuma delas.

18 Vaidade são, obra de enganos; no tempo em que eu as visitar perecerão.

19 Não é semelhante a estes a porção de Jacó; porque ele é o que forma todas as coisas; e Israel é a tribo da sua herança; o Senhor dos exércitos é o seu nome.

20 Tu me serves de martelo e de armas de guerra; contigo despedaçarei nações, e contigo destruirei os reis;

21 contigo despedaçarei o cavalo e o seu cavaleiro; contigo despedaçarei e carro e o que nele vai;

22 contigo despedaçarei o homem e a mulher; contigo despedaçarei o velho e o moço; contigo despedaçarei o mancebo e a donzela;

23 contigo despedaçarei o pastor e o seu rebanho; contigo despedaçarei o lavrador e a sua junta de bois; e contigo despedaçarei governadores e magistrados.

24 Ante os vossos olhos pagarei a Babilônia, e a todos os moradores da Caldéia, toda a sua maldade que fizeram em Sião, diz o Senhor.

25 Eis-me aqui contra ti, ó monte destruidor, diz o Senhor, que destróis toda a terra; estenderei a minha mão contra ti, e te revolverei dos penhascos abaixo, e farei de ti um monte incendiado.

26 E não tomarão de ti pedra para esquina, nem pedra para fundamentos; mas desolada ficarás perpetuamente, diz o Senhor.

27 Arvorai um estandarte na terra, tocai a trombeta entre as nações, preparai as nações contra ela, convocai contra ela os reinos de Arará, Mini, e Asquenaz; ponde sobre ela um capitão, fazei subir cavalos, como locustas eriçadas.

28 Preparai contra ela as nações, os reis dos medos, os seus governadores e magistrados, e toda a terra do seu domínio.

29 E a terra estremece e está angustiada; porque os desígnios do Senhor estão firmes contra Babilônia, para fazer da terra de Babilônia uma desolação, sem habitantes.

30 Os valentes de Babilônia cessaram de pelejar, ficam nas fortalezas, desfaleceu a sua força, tornaram-se como mulheres; incendiadas são as suas moradas, quebrados os seus ferrolhos.

31 Um correio corre ao encontro de outro correio, e um mensageiro ao encontro de outro mensageiro, para anunciar ao rei de Babilônia que a sua cidade está tomada de todos os lados.

32 E os vaus estão ocupados, os canaviais queimados a fogo, e os homens de guerra assombrados.

33 Pois assim diz o Senhor dos exércitos, o Deus de Israel: A filha de Babilônia é como a eira no tempo da debulha; ainda um pouco, e o tempo da sega lhe virá.

34 Nabucodonozor, rei de Babilônia, devorou-me, esmagou-me, fez de mim um vaso vazio, qual monstro tragou-me, encheu o seu ventre do que eu tinha de delicioso; lançou-me fora.

35 A violência que se me fez a mim e à minha carne venha sobre Babilônia, diga a moradora de Sião. O meu sangue caia sobre os moradores de Caldéia, diga Jerusalém.

36 Pelo que assim diz o Senhor: Eis que defenderei a tua causa, e te vingarei; e secarei o seu mar, e farei que se esgote a sua fonte:

37 E Babilônia se tornará em montões, morada de chacais, objeto de espanto e assobio, sem habitante.

38 Juntos rugirão como leões novos, bramarão como cachorros de leões.

39 Estando eles excitados, preparar-lhes-ei um banquete, e os embriagarei, para que se regozijem, e durmam um perpétuo sono, e não despertem, diz o Senhor.

40 Fá-los-ei descer como cordeiros ao matadouro, como carneiros e bodes.

41 Como foi tomada Sesaque, e apanhada de surpresa a glória de toda a terra! como se tornou Babilônia um espetáculo horrendo entre as nações!

42 O mar subiu sobre Babilônia; coberta está com a multidão das suas ondas.

43 Tornaram-se as suas cidades em ruínas, terra seca e deserta, terra em que ninguém habita, nem passa por ela filho de homem.

44 E castigarei a Bel em Babilônia, e tirarei da sua boca o que ele tragou; e nunca mais concorrerão a ele as nações; o muro de Babilônia está caído.

45 Saí do meio dela, ó povo meu, e salve cada um a sua vida do ardor da ira do Senhor.

46 Não desfaleça o vosso coração, nem temais pelo rumor que se ouvir na terra; pois virá num ano um rumor, e depois noutro ano outro rumor; e haverá violência na terra, dominador contra dominador.

47 Portanto eis que vêm os dias em que executarei juízo sobre as imagens esculpidas de Babilônia; e toda a sua terra ficará envergonhada; e todos os seus traspassados cairão no meio dela.

48 Então o céu e a terra, com tudo quanto neles há, jubilarão sobre Babilônia; pois do norte lhe virão os destruidores, diz o Senhor.

49 Babilônia há de cair pelos mortos de Israel, assim como por Babilônia têm caído os mortos de toda a terra.

50 Vós, que escapastes da espada, ide-vos, não pareis; desde terras longínquas lembrai-vos do Senhor, e suba Jerusalém à vossa mente.

51 Envergonhados estamos, porque ouvimos opróbrio; a confusão nos cobriu o rosto; pois entraram estrangeiros nos santuários da casa do Senhor.

52 Portanto, eis que vêm os dias, diz o Senhor, em que executarei juízo sobre as suas imagens esculpidas; e em toda a sua terra gemerão os feridos.

53 Ainda que Babilônia subisse ao céu, e ainda que fortificasse a altura da sua fortaleza, contudo de mim viriam destruidores sobre ela, diz o Senhor.

54 Eis um clamor de Babilônia! de grande destruição da terra dos caldeus!

55 Pois o Senhor está despojando a Babilônia, e emudecendo a sua poderosa voz. Bramam as ondas do inimigo como muitas águas; ouve-se o arruído da sua voz.

56 Porque o destruidor veio sobre ela, sobre Babilônia, e os seus valentes estão presos; já estão despedaçados os seus arcos; pois o Senhor é Deus das recompensas, ele certamente retribuirá.

57 Embriagarei os seus príncipes e os seus sábios, os seus governadores, os seus magistrados, e os seus valentes; e dormirão um sono perpétuo, e jamais acordarão, diz o Rei, cujo nome é o Senhor dos exércitos.

58 Assim diz o Senhor dos exércitos: O largo muro de Babilônia será de todo derribado, e as suas portas altas serão abrasadas pelo fogo; e trabalharão os povos em vão, e as nações se cansarão só para o fogo.

59 A palavra que Jeremias, o profeta, mandou a Seraías, filho de Nerias, filho de Maséias, quando ia com Zedequias, rei de Judá, a Babilônia, no quarto ano do seu reinado. Ora, Seraías era o camareiro-mor.

60 Escreveu, pois, Jeremias num livro todo o mal que havia de vir sobre Babilônia, a saber, todas estas palavras que estão escritas acerca de Babilônia.

61 E disse Jeremias a Seraías: Quando chegares a Babilônia, que leias todas estas palavras;

62 e dirás: Tu, Senhor, falaste a respeito deste lugar, que o havias de desarraigar, até não ficar nele morador algum, nem homem nem animal, mas que se tornaria em perpétua desolação.

63 E acabando tu de ler este livro, atar-lhe-ás uma pedra e o lançarás no meio do Eufrates;

64 e dirás: Assim será submergida Babilônia, e não se levantará, por causa do mal que vou trazer sobre ela; e eles se cansarão.

   

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705. APOCALYPSE. CHAPTER 12.

1. And a great sign was seen in heaven; a woman arrayed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars.

2. And being with child she cried out, travailing, and pained to bring forth.

3. And there was seen another sign in heaven; and behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads, and ten horns, and upon his heads seven diadems.

4. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and cast them unto the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to bring forth, that when she brought forth he might devour her offspring.

5. And she brought forth a son, a male who is to tend all the nations with an iron rod; and her offspring was caught up unto God and His throne.

6. And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared by God, that there they may nourish her a thousand two hundred and sixty days.

7. And there was war in heaven, Michael and his angels fought with the dragon, and the dragon fought and his angels.

8. And they prevailed not; and their place was not found anymore in heaven.

9. And that great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the devil and Satan, that seduceth the whole world; he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

10. And I heard a great voice in heaven, saying, Now is come the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ; for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, that accuseth them before our God day and night.

11. And they overcame him through the blood of the Lamb, and through the word of their testimony: and they loved not their soul even unto death.

12. For this rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to those that inhabit the earth and the sea, for the devil is come down unto you, having great anger, knowing that he hath but a short time.

13. And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman that brought forth the son.

14. And there were given to the woman two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness into her place, where she is nourished a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.

15. And the serpent cast out after the woman out of his mouth water as a river, that he might cause her to be swallowed up by the river.

16. And the earth helped the woman; and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the river, which the dragon cast out of his mouth.

17. And the dragon was angry against the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her seed, who keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

18. 1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea.

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1. English Bible, Revelation 13:1

EXPOSITION.

Verses 1, 2. And a great sign was seen in heaven; a woman arrayed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars. And being with child she cried out, travailing, and pained to bring forth.

1. "And a great sign was seen in heaven," signifies Divine attestation respecting the coming church and the reception of its doctrine, and by whom it will be assaulted n. 706; "a woman arrayed with the sun," signifies the church with those who are in love to the Lord, and thence in love towards the neighbor (n. 707); "and the moon under her feet," signifies faith with those who are 1 in charity n. 708; "and upon her head a crown of twelve stars," signifies the wisdom and intelligence of those who are of that church through doctrinals and the knowledges of all things of truth and good from the Word (n. 709).

2. "And being with child," signifies the nascent doctrine from the good of celestial love n. 710; "and 2 she cried out, travailing, and pained to bring forth," signifies non-reception by those who are in the church, and the resistance of those who are in faith separated from charity (n. 711).

1. In No. 705 the words "who are natural and" are crossed out, but they are found in No. 708.

2. The photolithograph has "and," which is not in the Greek.

  
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175. I will give him power over the nations, signifies over the evils within him, which will then be scattered by the Lord. This is evident from the signification of "nations," as being evils (of which presently); and from the signification of "giving power over them," as being that these (the evils) will then be dispersed by the Lord. "To have power," in reference to "over the nations," means to scatter in reference to evils; thus there is an adaptation of words to their subjects. It is said that evils will be scattered by the Lord, for the Lord scatters evils by means of truths. He first discovers them to man by means of truths, and when man acknowledges the evils, the Lord scatters them. (That the Lord alone does this, see The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem 200.) "Nations and peoples" are often mentioned in the Word, and those who know nothing of the spiritual or internal sense of the Word, believe that peoples and nations are to be understood. But "peoples" mean those who are in truths, or in the contrary sense those who are in falsities, and "nations" those who are in goods, or in the contrary sense, those who are in evils. And as such are meant by "peoples" and by "nations," so abstractly from persons "peoples" mean truths or falsities, and "nations" goods and evils; for the true spiritual sense is abstracted from persons, spaces, times, and like things, that are proper to nature.

[2] With these the natural sense of the Word, which is the sense of its letter, is at one; and the sense that is at one with these serves as a basis to the sense that is apart from them. For all things that are in nature are ultimates of Divine order, and the Divine does not rest in the middle, but flows down even to its ultimates, and there subsists. From this it is that the Word in the letter is such as it is, and unless it were such it would not serve as a basis for the wisdom of angels who are spiritual. It can be seen from this how mistaken those are who despise the Word on account of its style. "Nations" signify those who are in good, and in the abstract, goods, because men who lived in ancient times were divided into nations, families, and houses; and they then loved each other mutually; and the father of a nation loved the whole nation which was from him; thus the good of love reigned among them. For this reason "nations" signified goods. But when men came into the opposite state, which took place in the following ages when empires were established, then "nations" signified evils. (See further on this subject in the small work on The Earths in the Universe 49, 90, 173, 174.)

[3] That "nations" in the Word signify either goods or evils, and "people" either truths or falsities, can be seen from the following passages. In Isaiah:

Nations shall walk to Thy light, and kings to the brightness of Thy rising. Then shalt Thou see and flow together, and Thine heart shall be enlarged, because the multitude of the sea is converted unto Thee, the army of the nations come unto Thee; Thy gates shall be opened continually, they shall not be shut by day and by night, that men may bring unto Thee the army of the nations, and their kings shall be brought; for the nation or kingdom that will not serve Thee shall perish; and the nations by wasting shall be wasted. Thou shalt suck the milk of nations, even the breasts of kings shalt Thou suck. The little one shall become a thousand, and the few a numerous nation (Isaiah 60:3, 5, 11-12, 16, 22).

Here the Lord is treated of; and by "nations" all who are in the good of love to Him are meant, and by "kings" all who are in the truths of faith in Him. From this it is manifest who are meant by the "nations" that "shall walk to Thy light;" and by "the army of the nations that shall be brought;" also, who are meant by "the kings" that "shall walk to the brightness of Thy rising;" and by "the kings of the nations" that "shall be brought;" also, what is meant by "Thou shalt suck the milk of nations and the breasts of kings" ("milk" is the delight of the good of love, likewise "breasts," for milk is from them). The multiplication of truth and the fructification of good are described by the "little one shall become a thousand, and the few a numerous nation." But by "the nations that shall be wasted" are meant all that are in evils, and also the evils themselves.

[4] In the same:

Behold I will lift up My hand towards the nations, and set up Mine ensign towards the peoples, that they may bring thy sons in the bosom, and carry thy daughters upon the shoulder; and kings shall be thy nourishers and the chief women thy sucklers; with the face to the earth shall they bow down to thee (Isaiah 49:22, 23).

Here also the Lord is treated of, and those who shall worship and adore Him. To "lift up His hand towards the nations, and His ensign towards the peoples, " 1 is to join to Himself all who are in the goods of love and in truths therefrom; of these it is said that "they shall bring thy sons in the bosom, and carry thy daughters upon the shoulder;" "sons" are the affections of truth, and "daughters" the affections of good (See above, n. 166). And of these it is said that their "kings shall be thy nourishers, and the chief women thy sucklers." "Kings" are truths themselves, "chief women" are the goods thereof; and as man is regenerated by both of these, and also nourished, it is said that they shall be "nourishers" and "sucklers." (That man is regenerated by means of truths and a life according to them, see in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem 23, 24, 27, 186.) This is the internal sense of these words; without that sense who could understand them?

[5] In the same:

Jehovah said, Behold I spread out upon Jerusalem peace as a river, and as a torrent the glory of the nations, that ye may suck. He will come to gather all nations and tongues, that they may come and see My glory. They shall declare My glory among the nations; then shall they bring your brethren out of all nations, as a gift to Jehovah, upon horses and upon the chariot, to the mountain of My holiness (Isaiah 66:12, 18-20).

Here "Jerusalem" is the Lord's church in the heavens and on the earth; it is said the church in the heavens, for the church is there also (See in the work on Heaven and Hell 221-227). By "nations and tongues" all who are in the goods of love and in truths therefrom are meant. It is said that "they shall bring out of all nations a gift to Jehovah, upon horses and upon the chariot;" "a gift to Jehovah" is worship from the good of love; "horses and chariots" are intellectuals and doctrinals, for these are the source and foundation of worship. (That this is what "horses and chariots" signify, see The White Horse 1-5.)

[6] In the same:

It shall be in that day that a Root of Jesse, which shall stand for a sign of the people, the nations shall seek (Isaiah 11:10). "The root of Jesse" is the Lord; "to stand for a sign of the people" means that it may be seen by those who are in truths; "the nations which shall seek," are those who are in the good of love. It is believed that "nations" here mean the nations that are to approach and acknowledge the Lord, from which is to be the church that is called the church of the Gentiles; but these are not meant by "nation" but all who are in love to the Lord and faith in Him, whether within the church or out of it (See in the work on Heaven and Hell 308, 318-328).

[7] In the same:

A strong people shall honor Thee, the city of the powerful nations shall fear thee (Isaiah 25:3).

In the same:

Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation may enter in. Thou hast increased the nation, O Jehovah, Thou hast increased the nation, Thou art glorified (Isaiah 26:2, 15).

In the same:

Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye peoples (Isaiah 34:1).

In the same:

I, Jehovah, have called thee in righteousness, for a covenant to the people, for a light of the nations (Isaiah 42:6).

In Jeremiah:

The nations shall bless themselves in Him, and in Him shall they glory (Jeremiah 4:2).

In the same:

Who will not fear Thee, O king of nations? and in all their kingdom there is none like unto Thee (Jeremiah 10:7).

In Daniel:

I was seeing in the night visions, and behold with the clouds of heaven One like the Son of man. And there was given Him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom; and all peoples, nations, and tongues shall worship Him (Daniel 7:13, 14).

In David:

The peoples shall give thanks unto Thee, O God; all the peoples shall give thanks unto Thee. Let the nations be glad and sing for joy; for Thou shalt judge the peoples with equity, and shalt lead the nations upon the earth (Psalms 67:3, 4).

In the same:

That I may see the good of Thy chosen, and be glad in the joy of Thy nations (Psalms 106:5).

In Revelation:

The glory and honor of the nations shall be brought into the New Jerusalem (Revelation 21:26).

In Isaiah:

Ye shall be called priests of Jehovah; ministers of your 2 God, it shall be said to you. Ye shall eat the wealth of the nations, and in their glory shall ye glory (Isaiah 61:6).

In the Lamentations:

The breath of our nostrils, the Anointed of Jehovah, was taken in their pits; of whom we had said, In His shadow we shall live among the nations (Lamentations 4:20).

In these passages, by "nations" all who are in love to the Lord, whether within the church where the Word is or outside it, are meant.

[8] That by "nations" in a contrary sense those who are in evils are meant, and in the abstract, evils themselves, can be seen from the following passages. In Jeremiah:

I will bring a nation upon you from far, it is a mighty nation; it is a nation of an age, a nation whose tongue thou shalt not know. It shall eat up thy harvest and thy bread; it shall eat up thy sons and thy daughters; it shall eat up thy vine and thy fig-tree; it shall impoverish the cities with the sword (Jeremiah 5:15, 17).

The vastation of the church is here treated of; and by "nation" is meant the evil that will consummate it; it is therefore said, that "it shall eat up the harvest and the bread," "the sons and daughters," "the vine and the fig-tree," and "shall impoverish the cities with the sword;" by which all the goods of love and the truths of faith are signified; by "harvest" a state of the reception of truth from good (See Arcana Coelestia 9295); by "bread" the good of love (See in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem 218); by "sons and daughters" the affections of truth and good (See above, n. 166); by "vine" the internal church, thus the internal things of the church (See Arcana Coelestia 1069, 5113, 6376, 9277); by "fig-tree" the external church, thus the external things of the church (Arcana Coelestia 5113); by "cities" doctrines (Arcana Coelestia 402, 2449, 2712, 2943, 3216, 4492, 4493); by "sword" falsity destroying (See above, n. 73, 131). From this it can be seen that by "nations" is signified the evil that destroys all these.

[9] In the same:

Behold I lay stumbling-blocks before this people, that they may stumble upon them, the fathers and the sons together. Behold, a people cometh from the land of the north, and a great nation from the sides of the earth. They have no compassion, their voice roareth like the sea, and they ride upon horses (Jeremiah 6:21-23).

Here also "nation" means evil, and "peoples" falsities, "the stumbling-blocks upon which the fathers and the sons stumble" are the perversions of good and truth ("fathers" are goods, and "sons" truths therefrom). It is said, "a people from the land of the north, and a nation from the sides of the earth," for the "north" signifies falsity from evil, and "the sides of the earth" signify what is outside of the church, thus evils remote from the goods of the church. "To roar like the sea, and to ride upon horses," is to persuade by fallacies of the senses, and by reasonings therefrom.

[10] In Ezekiel:

The land is full of the judgment of bloods, and the city is full of violence, wherefore I will bring the worst of the nations, that they may occupy their houses; the king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with stupor (Ezekiel 7:23-24, 27).

The "land" is the church; "full of the judgment of bloods" is to be in falsities that destroy goods; "city" is doctrine; "full of violence" is to use force against the good of charity; "the worst of the nations" are direful falsities from evil; "to occupy their houses" is to possess their minds; "the king who shall mourn" is the truth of the church; "the prince who shall be clothed with stupor," is subservient truth. (That the "land" is the church, see Arcana Coelestia 662, 1066, 1068, 1262, 1413, 1607, 2928, 3355, 4447, 4535, 5577, 8011, 9325, 9643; that "bloods" are falsities destroying good, n. 374, 1005, 4735, 5476, 9127; that "city" is doctrine, n. 2268, 2449, 2451, 2712, 2943, 3216, 4492, 4493; that "violence" is using force against the good of charity, n. 6353; that "houses" are the things of man that belong to his mind, n. 710, 2231, 2233, 2559, 3128, 3538, 4973, 5023, 6690, 7353, 7848, 7910, 7929, 9150; that "the king who shall mourn" is the truth of the church, see above n. 31.)

[11] In David:

Jehovah bringeth the counsel of the nations to naught, He overthroweth the thoughts of the peoples (Psalms 33:10).

"Nations" mean those who are in evils, and "peoples" those who are in falsities; and because both are signified, it is said that "Jehovah bringeth the counsel of the nations to naught, and overthroweth the thoughts of the peoples," which are two expressions, as it were, of one thing, yet they are distinct in the internal sense, in which "nations" signify one thing, and "peoples" another.

[12] In Luke:

Then they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led captive among all nations, and at length Jerusalem shall be trodden down by the nations, until the time of the nations be fulfilled. Then there shall be signs in sun, moon, and stars, and upon the earth anguish of nations, the sea and the waves roaring (Luke 21:24-25).

The consummation of the age is here treated of, which is the last time of the church, when there is no longer any faith because there is no charity, or no truth because there is no good. This is here described by correspondences: "to fall by the edge of the sword" is to be destroyed by falsities; "to be led captive among all nations" is to be possessed by evils of every kind; "Jerusalem, which shall be trodden down," is the church; the "sun" is love to the Lord; the "moon" faith in Him; the "stars" the knowledges of good and truth; the "signs" in them mean that these are to perish; "the sea and the waves that shall roar" are fallacies and reasonings therefrom.

[13] In Matthew:

Nation shall rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. And they shall deliver you unto affliction, and ye shall be hated of all the nations for My name's sake (Matthew 24:7, 9; Luke 21:10, 11).

These things also were said by the Lord respecting the last time of the church; and by "nation shall rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom" is signified that there will be conflicts of evils and falsities among themselves; by "famines and pestilences" are signified the failure and wasting of truths; by "earthquakes" the perversion of the church; by "being hated of all nations" is signified to be hated by all who are in evil; "the name of the Lord," for the sake of which they shall be hated, signifies all things of love and faith whereby the Lord is worshiped (See above, n. 102, 135).

[14] In Ezekiel:

Behold Asshur a cedar in Lebanon. He has become high, and his branches have been multiplied. In his branches have all the fowl of the heavens built their nests, and under his branches all the beasts of the field have brought forth, and in his shade have dwelt all great nations. But his heart is lifted up in his height; therefore I will give him into the hand of the strong one of the nations, strangers shall cut him off, the violent of the nations, and they shall cast him down; whence all peoples of the earth have gone down from his shadow, and have abandoned him (Ezekiel 31:3, 5, 6, 10-12).

These things no one can understand unless he has a knowledge of the spiritual or internal sense of the Word. He will believe them to be mere comparisons, in which there is no spiritual signification; when yet all the particulars therein signify things of heaven and the church; therefore they shall be explained briefly. "Asshur" is the rational of the man of the church which is illustrated; this is called "a cedar in Lebanon," because a "cedar" has the same signification as "Asshur," specifically truth from good in the rational; and "Lebanon" is the mind where the rational resides, because there were cedars in Lebanon.

By "his branches that were multiplied" are meant truths therefrom; "the fowl of the heavens that built their nests in his branches" are the affections of truth; and "the beasts of the field that brought forth under his branches" are the affections of good; the "great nations that dwelt in his shade" are the goods of love; "his heart lifted up in his height" is the love of self; "to be given into the hands of the strong one of the nations," and "to be cast down by the violent of the nations," means that evils from that love will destroy goods and truths; "the peoples of the earth that went down from his shadow and abandoned him" are all truths of the church. From this it is manifest that "nations" signify goods, and in the contrary sense evils; by "the nations that dwelt in his shade," goods; and by "the nations that cut him off, and cast him down," evils. (See, moreover, what is said and shown about nations and their signification in Arcana Coelestia, namely, that by "nations" in the Word are meant those who are in good, and consequently goods themselves, n. 1059, 1159, 1258, 1260, 1416, 1849, 6005; "the assembly of the nations," truths and goods, n. 4574, 7830; "the holy nation," the spiritual kingdom, n. 9255, 9256; when it is said "nation and people," by "nation" those who are in celestial good are meant, and by "people" those who are in spiritual good, n. 10288. That by "nations," especially the nations of the land of Canaan, evils and falsities of every kind are meant, n. 1059, 1205, 1868, 6306, 8054, 8317, 9320, 9327).

각주:

1. The Latin has "kings" for "peoples," but see text as quoted just before.

2. Hebrew: "our," as also found in Apocalypse Explained 155, 1115, Arcana Coelestia 9809; but in Apocalypse Revealed 128 we find "your."

  
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