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1 Πως εκαθησε μονη η πολις η πεπληθυμμενη λαων. Κατεστη ως χηρα η πεπληθυμμενη εν εθνεσιν, η αρχουσα εν ταις επαρχιαις· εγεινεν υποτελης.

2 Ακαταπαυστως κλαιει την νυκτα και τα δακρυα αυτης καταρρεουσιν επι τας σιαγονας αυτης· εκ παντων των αγαπωντων αυτην δεν υπαρχει ο παρηγορων αυτην· παντες οι φιλοι αυτης εφερθησαν προς αυτην απιστως· εχθροι εγειναν εις αυτην.

3 Ηχμαλωτισθη ο Ιουδας υπο θλιψεως και υπο βαρειας δουλειας· καθηται εν τοις εθνεσι· δεν ευρισκει αναπαυσιν· παντες οι διωκται αυτου κατελαβον αυτον εν μεσω των στενων.

4 Αι οδοι της Σιων πενθουσι, διοτι ουδεις ερχεται εις τας εορτας· πασαι αι πυλαι αυτης ειναι ερημοι οι ιερεις αυτης αναστεναζουσιν· αι παρθενοι αυτης ειναι περιλυποι και αυτη πληρης πικριας.

5 Οι εναντιοι αυτης εγειναν κεφαλη, οι εχθροι αυτης ευημερουσι· διοτι ο Κυριος κατεθλιψεν αυτην δια το πληθος των ανομιων αυτης· τα νηπια αυτης επορευθησαν εις αιχμαλωσιαν εμπροσθεν του εχθρου.

6 Και εφυγεν απο της θυγατρος Σιων πασα η δοξα αυτης· οι αρχοντες αυτης εγειναν ως ελαφοι μη ευρισκουσαι βοσκην, και εβαδιζον χωρις δυναμεως εμπροσθεν του διωκοντος.

7 Ενεθυμηθη η Ιερουσαλημ εν ταις ημεραις της θλιψεως αυτης και της εξωσεως αυτης παντα τα επιθυμητα αυτης, τα οποια ειχεν απο χρονων αρχαιων, οτε επεσεν ο λαος αυτης εις την χειρα του εχθρου και δεν υπηρχεν ο βοηθων αυτην· ειδον αυτην οι εχθροι, εγελασαν επι τη καταπαυσει αυτης.

8 Αμαρτιαν ημαρτησεν η Ιερουσαλημ· δια τουτο εγεινεν ως ακαθαρτος· παντες οι δοξαζοντες αυτην κατεφρονησαν αυτην, διοτι ειδον την ασχημοσυνην αυτης· αυτη δε ανεστεναζε και απεστραφη εις τα οπισω.

9 Η ακαθαρσια αυτης ητο εις τα κρασπεδα αυτης· δεν ενεθυμηθη τα τελη αυτης· οθεν εταπεινωθη εξαισιως· δεν υπηρχεν ο παρηγορων αυτην. Ιδε, Κυριε, την θλιψιν μου, διοτι εμεγαλυνθη ο εχθρος.

10 Ο εχθρος εξηπλωσε την χειρα αυτου επι παντα τα επιθυμητα αυτης· διοτι αυτη ειδε τα εθνη εισερχομενα εις το αγιαστηριον αυτης, τα οποια προσεταξας να μη εισελθωσιν εις την συναγωγην σου.

11 Πας ο λαος αυτης καταστεναζει, ζητων αρτον· εδωκαν τα επιθυμητα αυτων αντι τροφης, δια να επανελθη η ψυχη αυτων. Ιδε, Κυριε, και επιβλεψον· διοτι εγεινα εξουθενημενη.

12 Ω, προς υμας, παντες οι διαβαινοντες την οδον· επιβλεψατε και ιδετε, αν ηναι πονος κατα τον πονον μου, οστις εγεινεν εις εμε, με τον οποιον με εθλιψεν ο Κυριος εν τη ημερα της οργης του θυμου αυτου.

13 Εξαπεστειλεν εξ υψους πυρ επι τα οστα μου και κατεκρατησεν αυτα· ηπλωσε δικτυον εις τους ποδας μου· με εστρεψεν εις τα οπισω· με κατεστησεν ηφανισμενην, ολην την ημεραν οδυνωμενην.

14 Ο ζυγος των ασεβηματων μου συνεσφιγχθη δια της χειρος αυτου· περιεπλεχθησαν, ανεβησαν επι τον τραχηλον μου, κατελυσε την δυναμιν μου· ο Κυριος με παρεδωκεν εις χειρας, εξ ων δεν δυναμαι να εγερθω.

15 Ο Κυριος κατεστρωσε παντας τους δυνατους μου εν τω μεσω μου· εκαλεσεν επ' εμε ωρισμενον καιρον δια να συντριψη τους εκλεκτους μου· ο Κυριος επατησεν εν ληνω την παρθενον, την θυγατερα Ιουδα.

16 Δια ταυτα εγω θρηνω· οι οφθαλμοι μου, οι οφθαλμοι μου καταρρεουσιν υδατα· διοτι απεμακρυνθη απ' εμου ο παρηγορητης ο αναζωοποιων την ψυχην μου· οι υιοι μου ηφανισθησαν, διοτι υπερισχυσεν ο εχθρος.

17 Η Σιων εκτεινει τας χειρας αυτης, δεν υπαρχει ο παρηγορων αυτην· ο Κυριος προσεταξε περι του Ιακωβ· οι εχθροι αυτου περιεκυκλωσαν αυτον· η Ιερουσαλημ εγεινε μεταξυ αυτων ως ακαθαρτος.

18 Δικαιος ειναι ο Κυριος διοτι απεστατησα απο του λογου αυτου. Ακουσατε, παρακαλω, παντες οι λαοι, και ιδετε τον πονον μου· αι παρθενοι μου και οι νεανισκοι μου επορευθησαν εις αιχμαλωσιαν.

19 Εκαλεσα τους αγαπωντας με, αλλ' αυτοι με ηπατησαν· οι ιερεις μου και οι πρεσβυτεροι μου εξεπνευσαν εν τη πολει, διοτι εζητησαν τροφην υπερ εαυτων δια να επανελθη η ψυχη αυτων.

20 Ιδε, Κυριε, διοτι θλιβομαι· τα εντοσθια μου ταραττονται, η καρδια μου αναστρεφεται εντος μου, διοτι μεγαλως απεστατησα· εξωθεν ητεκνωσεν η μαχαιρα· εν τω οικω ο θανατος.

21 Ηκουσαν, διοτι στεναζω· δεν υπαρχει ο παρηγορων με· παντες οι εχθροι μου ηκουσαν την συμφοραν μου· εχαρησαν οτι συ εκαμες τουτο · οταν φερης την ημεραν, την οποιαν εκαλεσας, αυτοι θελουσι γεινει ως εγω.

22 Ας ελθη ενωπιον σου πασα η κακια αυτων· και καμε εις αυτους ως εκαμες εις εμε δια παντα τα αμαρτηματα μου· διοτι πολλοι ειναι οι στεναγμοι μου και η καρδια μου εξελιπε.

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #9479

Studere hoc loco

  
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9479. 'And they are to make Me a sanctuary' means a representative of the Lord, and so of heaven. This is clear from the meaning of 'a sanctuary' as the Lord and as heaven, but at this point a representative of the Lord and heaven, since it was a tabernacle made of pieces of wood and covered all over with curtains, and this could not have been a sanctuary but for its representation. For 'a sanctuary' means holiness itself; and nothing is holy except what is Divine, thus the Lord alone, 9229. The reason why heaven is a sanctuary is that heaven is heaven by virtue of what is Divine there. For the angels there, so far as they draw on what is Divine and the Lord's, constitute heaven; but so far as they draw on what is their own they do not constitute heaven. From this it is evident how the saying that the Lord is the All in all of heaven should be understood. For the Lord dwells with angels, and so in heaven, in what is His own, thus in what is Divine, see 9338 (end).

[2] The fact that 'a sanctuary' in the highest sense means the Lord, because He alone is holy and that alone is holy which emanates from Him, and also the fact that 'a sanctuary' means heaven, and the Church as well, and that sanctuaries are those realities of which the Lord is the source in heaven and the Church, is clear from places in the Word where the words 'sanctuary' and 'sanctuaries' are used, as in Ezekiel,

The Lord Jehovih has said, I will scatter them into the lands, and I will be a little sanctuary for them in the lands to which they will come. Ezekiel 11:16.

Here 'a sanctuary' stands for the Lord Himself, for 'the Lord Jehovih' and 'Jehovah' in the Word mean the Lord, 9373. In Isaiah,

Look out from the heavens, and see from the dwelling-place of your holiness and of Your glory. Isaiah 63:15.

In Jeremiah,

Like a throne of glory, a height from eternity, [is] the place of the sanctuary. Jeremiah 17:12.

In these places 'the dwelling-place of holiness' and 'the sanctuary' stand for heaven.

[3] In Isaiah,

But a little while, and they have possessed the people of Your holiness; our adversaries have trodden down Your sanctuary. Isaiah 63:18.

In Jeremiah,

The nations have come into His sanctuary. Lamentations 1:10.

In the same book,

The Lord has abandoned His altar, He has abominated His sanctuary. Lamentations 2:7.

In Ezekiel,

The Lord Jehovih has said, Behold, I am about to profane My sanctuary, the pride 1 of your strength, the desire of your eyes. Ezekiel 24:21.

In Moses,

I will make your cities a waste, and desolate your sanctuaries. Leviticus 26:31.

In these places 'the sanctuary' stands for the Church, and 'sanctuaries' for things belonging to the Church. From all this it is clear how the tabernacle comes to be called the sanctuary, namely from the fact that heaven and the Church were represented by the tabernacle, and the Divine realities of which the Lord is the source in heaven and in the Church were represented by the holy things there.

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1. literally, magnificence

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.

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Exodus 25

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1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

2 "Speak to the children of Israel, that they take an offering for me. From everyone whose heart makes him willing you shall take my offering.

3 This is the offering which you shall take from them: gold, silver, brass,

4 blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats' hair,

5 rams' skins dyed red, sea cow hides, acacia wood,

6 oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense,

7 onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod and for the breastplate.

8 Let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them.

9 According to all that I show you, the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all of its furniture, even so you shall make it.

10 "They shall make an ark of acacia wood. Its length shall be two and a half cubits, its breadth a cubit and a half, and a cubit and a half its height.

11 You shall overlay it with pure gold. You shall overlay it inside and outside, and you shall make a gold molding around it.

12 You shall cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in its four feet. Two rings shall be on the one side of it, and Two rings on the other side of it.

13 You shall make poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.

14 You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark.

15 The poles shall be in the rings of the ark. They shall not be taken from it.

16 You shall put the testimony which I shall give you into the ark.

17 You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold. Two and a half cubits shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth.

18 You shall make two cherubim of hammered gold. You shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat.

19 Make one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end. You shall make the cherubim on its two ends of one piece with the mercy seat.

20 The cherubim shall spread out their wings upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another. The faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat.

21 You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I will give you.

22 There I will meet with you, and I will tell you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the testimony, all that I command you for the children of Israel.

23 "You shall make a table of acacia wood. Two cubits shall be its length, and a cubit its breadth, and one and a half cubits its height.

24 You shall overlay it with pure gold, and make a gold molding around it.

25 You shall make a rim of a handbreadth around it. You shall make a golden molding on its rim around it.

26 You shall make four rings of gold for it, and put the rings in the four corners that are on its four feet.

27 the rings shall be close to the rim, for places for the poles to carry the table.

28 You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be carried with them.

29 You shall make its dishes, its spoons, its ladles, and its bowls to pour out offerings with. You shall make them of pure gold.

30 You shall set bread of the presence on the table before me always.

31 "You shall make a lampstand of pure gold. Of hammered work shall the lampstand be made, even its base, its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its flowers, shall be of one piece with it.

32 There shall be six branches going out of its sides: three branches of the lampstand out of its one side, and three branches of the lampstand out of its other side;

33 three cups made like almond blossoms in one branch, a bud and a flower; and three cups made like almond blossoms in the other branch, a bud and a flower, so for the six branches going out of the lampstand;

34 and in the lampstand four cups made like almond blossoms, its buds and its flowers;

35 and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of the lampstand.

36 Their buds and their branches shall be of one piece with it, all of it one beaten work of pure gold.

37 You shall make its lamps seven, and they shall light its lamps to give light to the space in front of it.

38 Its snuffers and its snuff dishes shall be of pure gold.

39 It shall be made of a talent of pure gold, with all these accessories.

40 See that you make them after their pattern, which has been shown to you on the mountain.

   

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