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Amos 4

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1 Auxskultu cxi tiun vorton, vi grasaj bovinoj, kiuj estas sur la monto de Samario, kiuj turmentas senhavulojn, premas malricxulojn, kaj kiuj diras al siaj mastroj:Venu, ni drinku.

2 La Sinjoro, la Eternulo, jxuris per Sia sankteco, ke jen venos sur vin tagoj, kiam oni forportos vin per hokoj kaj viajn idojn per fisxhokoj.

3 Kaj tra brecxoj vi eliros, cxiu aparte, kaj estos jxetitaj sur Harmonon, diras la Eternulo.

4 Iru en Bet-Elon, por peki, en Gilgalon, por multe krimi; alportu viajn oferojn cxiumatene kaj vian dekonajxon en cxiu tria tago.

5 Incensu lauxdoferon el fermentajxo, kriu pri memvolaj oferoj, auxdigu pri ili; cxar tion vi amas, ho Izraelidoj, diras la Sinjoro, la Eternulo.

6 Tial Mi donis al vi purecon de la dentoj en cxiuj viaj urboj kaj mankon de pano en cxiuj viaj lokoj; vi tamen ne revenis al Mi, diras la Eternulo.

7 Mi ankaux rifuzis al vi la pluvon, kiam estis ankoraux tri monatoj antaux la rikolto; Mi donis pluvon super unu urbo, kaj super alia Mi ne donis pluvon; unu kampo estis pripluvata, kaj alia, ne pripluvita, elsekigxis.

8 Kaj du, tri urboj iris al unu urbo, pro trinki akvon, kaj ne povis trinki suficxe; vi tamen ne revenis al Mi, diras la Eternulo.

9 Mi frapis vin per brulsekigxo kaj velkigxo de la greno; viajn multajn gxardenojn, vinbergxardenojn, figarbojn, kaj olivarbojn formangxis rauxpoj; vi tamen ne revenis al Mi, diras la Eternulo.

10 Mi sendis sur vin peston sur la vojo al Egiptujo, Mi mortigis per glavo viajn junulojn kaj forkondukis viajn cxevalojn, kaj Mi levis la malbonodoron de via tendaro en viajn nazotruojn; vi tamen ne revenis al Mi, diras la Eternulo.

11 Mi faris inter vi renverson, kiel Dio renversis Sodomon kaj Gomoran, kaj vi farigxis kiel brulanta sxtipo, savita el brulo; vi tamen ne revenis al Mi, diras la Eternulo.

12 Tial tiele Mi agos kun vi plue, ho Izrael; kaj cxar Mi tiele agos kun vi, tial pretigu vin renkonte al via Dio, ho Izrael.

13 CXar Li estas Tiu, kiu faras montojn, kreas venton, diras al la homo, kion cxi tiu intencas; Li faras la cxielrugxon kaj la nebulon; Li iras sur la altajxoj de la tero; Lia nomo estas Eternulo, Dio Cebaot.

   

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Apocalypse Explained #533

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533. CHAPTER 9.

1. AND the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from heaven fallen unto the earth; and to him was given the key of the well of the abyss.

2. And he opened the well of the abyss; and there arose a smoke out of the well, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the well.

3. And out of the smoke came forth locusts upon the earth; and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.

4. And it was said to them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but those men only who have not the seal of God in their foreheads.

5. And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should torment them five months; and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion when it striketh a man.

6. And in those days men shall seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.

7. And the likenesses of the locusts were like unto horses prepared for war; and on their heads as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.

8. And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.

9. And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron and the voice of their wings was as the voice of chariots of many horses running to battle.

10. And they had tails like unto scorpions; and there were stings in their tails; and their power was to hurt men five months.

11. And they had a king over them, the angel of the abyss; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he hath the name Apollyon.

12. One woe is past; behold there come yet two woes after these.

13. And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard one voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,

14. Saying to the sixth angel, who had the trumpet, Loose the four angels that are bound at the great river Euphrates.

15. And the four angels were loosed, who were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, that they should slay the third part of men.

16. And the number of the armies of the horsemen was two myriads of myriads; and I heard the number of them.

17. And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them having breastplates fiery, and purple, and sulphurous; and the heads of the horses as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths went forth fire, smoke, and brimstone.

18. By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which went forth out of their mouths.

19. For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails; for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt.

20. And the rest of men who were not killed in these plagues, yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not adore demons, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and wood, which can neither see, hear, nor walk.

21. And they repented not of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornications, nor of their thefts.

EXPLANATION.

Verses 1, 2. AND the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from heaven fallen unto the earth; and to him was given the key of the well of the abyss. And he opened the well of the abyss; and there arose a smoke out of the well, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the well.- "And the fifth angel sounded," signifies influx out of heaven manifesting that the state of the church was altogether changed; "and I saw a star from heaven fallen unto the earth," signifies the cognitions of truth falsified, and thus turned into falsities; "and to him was given the key of the well of the abyss," signifies communication and conjunction with the hells; "and he opened the well of the abyss," signifies communication and conjunction with the hells, where and whence such falsities are; "and there arose a smoke out of the well, as the smoke of a great furnace," signifies dense falsities thence from the evils of earthly and corporeal loves; "and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the well," signifies that the light of truth from the Lord became thick darkness by means of infernal falsities.

  
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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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Leviticus 7:18

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18 If any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings is eaten on the third day, it will not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed to him who offers it. It will be an abomination, and the soul who eats any of it will bear his iniquity.