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Amos 3

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1 Auxskultu cxi tiun vorton, kiun la Eternulo eldiris pri vi, ho Izraelidoj, pri la tuta gento, kiun Mi elkondukis el la lando Egipta:

2 nur vin Mi distingis el cxiuj gentoj de la tero, tial Mi punos vin pro cxiuj viaj malbonagoj.

3 CXu iras du kune, se ili ne interkonsentis?

4 CXu leono krias en la arbaro, se gxi ne havas dissxirotajxon? cxu leonido auxdigas sian vocxon el sia kaverno, se gxi nenion kaptis?

5 CXu birdo falas en kaptilon sur la tero, se ne ekzistas birdokaptisto? cxu kaptilo levigxas de la tero, se nenio kaptigxis per gxi?

6 CXu oni blovas per korno en urbo, kaj la popolo ne ektimas? cxu okazas malfelicxo en urbo, se tion ne faris la Eternulo?

7 La Sinjoro, la Eternulo, faras nenion, ne malkasxinte Sian sekreton al Siaj servantoj, la profetoj.

8 Kiam leono ekkriis, kiu ne ektimos? kiam la Sinjoro, la Eternulo, parolis, kiu tiam ne profetos?

9 Auxdigu en la palacoj de Asxdod kaj en la palacoj de la lando Egipta, kaj diru:Kolektigxu sur la montoj de Samario, kaj rigardu, kia granda tumulto estas en gxi kaj kia granda rabado estas farata meze de gxi.

10 Ili ne povoscias agi juste, diras la Eternulo; trezoroj, akiritaj per rabado kaj perfortado, estas en iliaj palacoj.

11 Tial tiele diras la Sinjoro, la Eternulo:Malamiko aperos kaj cxirkauxos la landon, kaj li desxiros de vi vian forton, kaj viaj palacoj estos prirabitaj.

12 Tiele diras la Eternulo:Kiel pasxtisto savas el la busxo de leono du krurojn aux parton de orelo, tiel savigxos la Izraelidoj, kiuj sidos en Samario sur la rando de lito kaj en Damasko sur kusxejo.

13 Auxskultu, kaj atestu kontraux la domo de Jakob, diras la Sinjoro, la Eternulo, Dio Cebaot.

14 CXar en la tago, kiam Mi punos Izraelon pro liaj krimoj, Mi punos ankaux la altarojn en Bet-El, kaj dehakitaj estos la kornoj de la altaro kaj falos sur la teron.

15 Kaj Mi frapos la vintran domon kune kun la somera domo; kaj malaperos la domoj eburaj, kaj multe da domoj malaperos, diras la Eternulo.

   

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Apocalypse Explained #164

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164. And them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation. That this signifies grievous temptations to those who give themselves up to their falsities is evident from the signification of committing adultery, as being to falsify truths (concerning which see above, 141); hence to commit adultery with Jezebel is to give themselves up to the falsities of those signified by Jezebel; and from the signification of tribulation as being infestation of truth by falsities (concerning which also see above, n. 47), in this case temptation, inasmuch as temptation is nothing else but infestation of truth by falsities with man (as may be seen in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem 188, 196, 197). Therefore by casting those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, is signified the grievous temptations of those who give themselves up to their falsities. The subject here treated of is those with whom the spiritual or internal man is not so much closed, because they are in some spiritual affection for truth, and yet suffer themselves to be led astray by those who are in the doctrine of falsities (as may be seen above, n. 162). Because these receive falsities into the memory of their natural man, with which the spiritual internal man cannot agree - for this receives nothing but truths - therefore a combat commences between the spiritual and the natural man: this combat is temptation, which is signified by great tribulation. (That temptation is a combat between the spiritual and natural man, may be seen in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem 190, 194, 197, 199.)

  
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Translation by Isaiah Tansley. Many thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.

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Arcana Coelestia #489

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489. 'Sons and daughters' means the truths and goods which they perceived, 'sons to be exact meaning the truths and 'daughters' the goods. This becomes clear from very many places in the Prophets. For in the Word, as happened in earliest times, conceptions and births of the Church are called 'sons and daughters', as in Isaiah,

Nations will walk to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising. Lift up your eyes round about and see; they all gather and they come towards you. Your sons will come from far, and your daughters will be nursed at your side. Then you will see and abound, and your heart will be astounded and enlarged. Isaiah 60:3-5.

Here 'sons' stands for truths and 'daughters' for goods.

In David,

Rescue me and snatch me from the hand of sons of the foreigner, whose mouths speak lies. Our sons are like plants made large in their youth, our daughters like corner-pillars cut in the form of the temple. Psalms 144:11-12.

'Sons of the foreigner' stands for spurious truths, which are falsities, 'our sons' for matters of doctrine concerning truth, and 'daughters' for matters of doctrine concerning good.

In Isaiah,

I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Do not withhold. Bring My sons from afar and My daughters from the end of the earth. Bring forth the blind people, and they will have eyes, and the deaf, who will have ears. Isaiah 43:6, 8.

Here 'sons' stands for truths, 'daughters' for goods, 'the blind' for people who will see truths, and 'the deaf' for those who comply with them.

In Jeremiah,

From our youth shame is devouring the work of our fathers - their flocks, their herds, their sons, and their daughters. Jeremiah 3:24.

Here 'sons and daughters' stands for truths and goods.

[2] 'Male children' and 'sons' stand for truths in the following in Isaiah,

Jacob will no more be ashamed, and no more will his face grow pale. For when he sees his male children, the work of My hands, in his midst they will sanctify My name, and they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob and stand in awe of the God of Israel. Those who err in spirit will know understanding Isaiah 29:12-24.

'The Holy One of Jacob, the God of Israel' stands for the Lord, 'male children' for regenerate people who have an understanding of good and truth, as is also explicitly stated.

In the same prophet,

Sing, O barren one, who did not bear, for the sons of her that is desolate are more than the sons of her that is married. Isaiah 54:1

'The sons of her that is desolate' stands for truths of the Primitive Church, or Church among gentiles, while 'the sons of her that is married' stands for truths of the Jewish Church.

In Jeremiah,

My tent has been laid waste, and all My cords torn away; My sons have gone away from Me, and they are not. Jeremiah 10:20.

'Sons' stands for truths.

In the same prophet,

Their sons will be as they were of old, and their congregation will be established before Me. Jeremiah 30:10

Here 'sons' stands for the truths of the Ancient Church.

In Zechariah,

I will rouse your sons, O Zion, together with your sons, O Jehovah, and I will set you as the sword of one who is powerful. Zechariah 9:13.

Here 'sons' stands for truths of faith inherent in love.

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