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1 И сказалъ Іегова Моисею: поди къ Фараону и скажи ему: такъ говоритъ Іегова, Богъ Евреевъ: отпусти народъ Мой, дабы онъ совершилъ Мнј служеніе.

2 А если ты не хочешь отпустить, и еще будешь удерживать его:

3 то вотъ, рука Іеговы будетъ на скотј твоемъ, который въ полј, на коняхъ, на ослахъ, на верблюдахъ, на волахъ, и на овцахъ; будетъ язва весьма тяжкая.

4 И положитъ Іегова раздјленіе между скотомъ Израильскимъ и между скотомъ Египетскимъ, и изъ всего принадлежащаго сынамъ Израилевымъ не умретъ ничего.

5 И назначилъ Іегова время, сказавъ: завтра сдјлаетъ сіе Іегова въ землј сей.

6 И сдјлалъ сіе Іегова на другой день, и вымеръ весь скотъ Египетскій; изъ скота же сыновъ Израилевыхъ не умерло ничего.

7 Фараонъ послалъ узнать и воть, изъ скота Израильскаго не умерло даже ничего. Но сердце Фараоново отягчилось, и онъ не отпустилъ народа.

8 И сказалъ Іегова Моисею и Аарону: возмите полную горстъ сажи изъ печи, и пусть броситъ ее Моисей къ небу въ глазахъ Фараона.

9 И сдјлается пыль по всей землј Египетской; и будетъ на людяхъ и на скотј воспаленіе, соединенное съ нарывами, во всей землј Египетской.

10 Они взяли сажи изъ печи, и явились предъ лице Фараона. Моисей бросилъ ее къ небу, и сдјлалось воспаленіе, соединенное съ нарывами, на людяхъ и на скотј.

11 И не могли тайновјдцы стоять предъ Моисеемъ по причинј воспаленія, потому что воспаленіе было на тайновјдцахъ и на всјхъ Египтянахъ.

12 Но Іегова ожесточилъ сердце Фараона, и онъ не послушалъ ихъ, такъ какъ и говорилъ Іегова Моисею.

13 И сказалъ Іегова Моисею: завтра встань рано, и явись предъ лице Фараона, и скажи ему: такъ говоритъ Іегова, Богъ Евреевъ: отпусти народъ Мой, дабы онъ совершилъ Мнј служеніе.

14 Ибо теперь Я пошлю всј язвы Мои въ сердце твое, и на рабовъ твоихъ, и на народъ твой, дабы ты узналъ, что нјтъ подобнаго Мнј на всей землј.

15 Поелику Я уже простеръ руку Мою, то поразилъ бы тебя и народъ твой язвою, и ты истребленъ бы былъ съ земли:

16 но для того сохранилъ тебя, чтобы показать тебј силу Мою, и чтобы проповјдано было имя Мое по всей землј.

17 Еще ли ты будешь противостоять народу Моему, не отпуская его?

18 Вотъ Я пошлю завтра въ сіе самое время градъ весьма сильный, коему подобнаго не было въ Египтј, со времени основанія его, даже до нынј.

19 Итакъ пошли собрать стада твои, и все, что есть у тебя въ полј; на всјхъ людей и скотъ, которые останутся въ полј, и не соберутся въ домы, падетъ градъ, и они умрутъ.

20 Тј изъ рабовъ Фараоновыхъ, которые убоялись слова Іеговы, поспјщно собрали рабовъ своихъ и стада свои въ домы;

21 а кто не обратилъ сердца своего къ слову Іеговы, тотъ оставилъ рабовъ своихъ и стада свои въ полј.

22 И сказалъ Іегова Моисею: простри руку твою къ небу, и падетъ градъ на всю землю Египетскую, на людей, и на скотъ, и на всю траву полевую въ землј Египетской.

23 Моисей простеръ посохъ свой къ небу; и Іегова произвелъ громъ и градъ, и огонь разливался по землј, и послалъ Іегова градъ на землю Египетскую.

24 И былъ градъ, и огонь между градомъ; градъ весьма сильный, какого не было во всей землј Египетской со времени населенія оной.

25 И побилъ градъ по всей землј Египетской все, что ни было въ полј, отъ человјка до скота; и всю траву полевую побилъ градъ, и поломалъ всј деревья въ полј.

26 Только въ землј Гесемъ, гдј жили сыны Израилевы, не было града.

27 Фараонъ послалъ, призвалъ Моисея и Аарона, и сказалъ имъ: теперь я согрјшилъ; Іегова праведенъ, а я и народъ мой виновны,

28 Помолитесь Іеговј; пусть перестанутъ громы Божіи и градъ, и отпущу васъ, и вы уже не будете удержаны.

29 Моисей сказалъ ему: какъ скоро я выйду изъ города, простру руки мои къ Іеговј, громы перестанутъ, и града болје не будетъ, дабы ты узналъ, что земля Іеговы.

30 Но я знаю, что ты и рабы твои еще не убоитесь Іеговы Бога.

31 Тогда и ленъ и ячмень были побиты, потому что ячмень колосился, а ленъ далъ головки.

32 А пшеница и полба не были побиты, потому что онј были позднія.

33 И вышелъ Моисей отъ Фараона изъ города, и простеръ руки свои къ Іеговј; и прекратились громъ и градъ, и дождь пересталъ литься на землю.

34 Фараонъ увидјлъ, что пересталъ дождь и градъ, и громъ, и продолжалъ согрјшать, и отягчилъ сердце свое, самъ и рабы его.

35 И ожесточилось сердце Фараона, и онъ не отпустилъ сыновъ Израилевыхъ, какъ и говорилъ Іегова чрезъ Моисея.

   

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657. Seven angels having the seven last plagues. This symbolizes the evils and falsities that exist in the church in its last state exposed in their entirety by the Lord.

Seven angels symbolize the whole of heaven. However, because heaven is heaven owing not to the angels' own inherent qualities, but to the Lord, therefore the seven angels symbolize the Lord. Moreover, only the Lord can expose the evils and falsities that are present in the church. That angels symbolize heaven, and in the highest sense the Lord, may be seen in nos. 5, 258, 344, 465, 644, 647, 648 above.

Plagues symbolize evils and falsities - evils that are matters of love, and falsities that are matters of faith. For these are what are described in the following chapter, symbolized by the foul and noxious sore; by the blood as though of someone dead, causing every living creature to die; by the blood into which the waters of the rivers and springs were turned; by the heat of the fire that scorched people; by the unclean spirits looking like frogs, which were demons; and by the great hail.

The evils and falsities symbolized by all of these are the plagues here. Last plagues symbolize evils and falsities in the church's last state. Seven means, symbolically, all (nos. 10, 390). However, because the evils symbolized by the plagues in the following chapter are not all evils in particular, but all evils in general, seven here symbolically means all universally; for a universal entity embraces all of its constituents in particular.

It is apparent from this that John's seeing seven angels having the seven last plagues means symbolically that the evils and falsities that exist in the church and their character in its last state were exposed in their entirety by the Lord.

[2] That plagues symbolize spiritual plagues, which afflict people with respect to their souls and destroy them, and that these plagues or afflictions are evils and falsities, can be seen from the following passages:

From the sole of the foot even to the head, there is no soundness..., but a fresh wound not lanced; neither has it been bound up or softened... (Isaiah 1:6)

(Jehovah) is striking the peoples wrathfully with an incurable plague... (Isaiah 14:6)

(Jehovah,) remove Your plague from me; I am consumed by the blow of Your hand. (Psalms 39:10)

Your fracture is beyond hope...; for I have struck you with the affliction of an enemy... for the multitude of your iniquities; your sins have become many... But I will... heal you of your afflictions... (Jeremiah 30:12, 14, 17)

If you do not carefully keep all the words of (the Law)..., Jehovah will bring upon you... extraordinary plagues - great and prolonged plagues - (and) every plague... which is not written in this book of the Law... until you are destroyed. (Deuteronomy 28:58-59, 61)

No evil shall befall you, nor shall any plague come near your tent. (Psalms 91:10)

Edom shall become a desolation. Everyone who goes by... will hiss at all its plagues. (Jeremiah 49:17)

...she shall be a desolation. Everyone who passes by Babylon shall be dumbfounded, and hiss over all her plagues. (Jeremiah 50:13)

...plagues will come (upon Babylon) in one day... (Revelation 18:8)

(The two witnesses will) strike the earth with every plague... (Revelation 11:6)

The plagues in Egypt, which were in part like the plagues described in the following chapter, symbolized nothing else but evils and falsities. You may find the plagues in Egypt enumerated in no. 503 1 above. They are also called plagues in Exodus 9:14; 11:1.

It is apparent from this that plagues and afflictions mean, symbolically, nothing other than spiritual plagues and afflictions, which afflict people with respect to their souls and destroy them. So also in Isaiah 30:26; Zechariah 14:12, 15; Psalms 38:5, 11; Revelation 9:20; 16:21; Exodus 12:13; 30:12; Numbers 11:33; Luke 7:21; and elsewhere.

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1. No. 503:4.

  
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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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1 A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, "Rise, and measure God's temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it.

2 Leave out the court which is outside of the temple, and don't measure it, for it has been given to the nations. They will tread the holy city under foot for forty-two months.

3 I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred sixty days, clothed in sackcloth."

4 These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands, standing before the Lord of the earth.

5 If anyone desires to harm them, fire proceeds out of their mouth and devours their enemies. If anyone desires to harm them, he must be killed in this way.

6 These have the power to shut up the sky, that it may not rain during the days of their prophecy. They have power over the waters, to turn them into blood, and to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they desire.

7 When they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war with them, and overcome them, and kill them.

8 Their dead bodies will be in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.

9 From among the peoples, tribes, languages, and nations people will look at their dead bodies for three and a half days, and will not allow their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb.

10 Those who dwell on the earth rejoice over them, and they will be glad. They will give gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.

11 After the three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered into them, and they stood on their feet. Great fear fell on those who saw them.

12 I heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, "Come up here!" They went up into heaven in the cloud, and their enemies saw them.

13 In that day there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified, and gave glory to the God of heaven.

14 The second woe is past. Behold, the third woe comes quickly.

15 The seventh angel sounded, and great voices in heaven followed, saying, "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ. He will reign forever and ever!"

16 The twenty-four elders, who sit on their thrones before God's throne, fell on their faces and worshiped God,

17 saying: "We give you thanks, Lord God, the Almighty, the one who is and who was; because you have taken your great power, and reigned.

18 The nations were angry, and your wrath came, as did the time for the dead to be judged, and to give your bondservants the prophets, their reward, as well as to the saints, and those who fear your name, to the small and the great; and to destroy those who destroy the earth."

19 God's temple that is in heaven was opened, and the ark of the Lord's covenant was seen in his temple. Lightnings, sounds, thunders, an earthquake, and great hail followed.