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Lamentadoj 5

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1 Rememoru, ho Eternulo, kio farigxis al ni; Rigardu kaj vidu nian malhonoron!

2 Nia heredajxo transiris al fremduloj, Niaj domoj al aligentuloj.

3 Ni farigxis orfoj senpatraj, Niaj patrinoj estas kiel vidvinoj.

4 Nian akvon ni trinkas pro mono; Nian lignon ni ricevas nur pro pago.

5 Oni pelas nin je nia kolo; Ni lacigxis, sed oni ne permesas al Ni ripozi.

6 Al Egiptujo ni etendis la manon, Al Asirio, por satigxi per pano.

7 Niaj patroj pekis, sed ili jam ne ekzistas; Kaj ni devas suferi pro iliaj malbonagoj.

8 Sklavoj regas super ni; Kaj neniu liberigas nin el iliaj manoj.

9 Kun dangxero por nia vivo ni akiras nian panon, Pro la glavo en la dezerto.

10 Nia hauxto varmegigxis kiel forno, Por la kruela malsato.

11 La virinojn en Cion ili senhonorigis, La virgulinojn en la urboj de Judujo.

12 La princoj estas pendigitaj je siaj manoj; La maljunulojn oni ne respektis.

13 La junuloj devas porti muelsxtonojn; La knaboj falas sub la lignosxargxoj.

14 La maljunuloj jam ne sidas cxe la pordegoj, La junuloj jam ne kantas.

15 Malaperis la gajeco de nia koro; Niaj dancrondoj aliformigxis en funebron.

16 Defalis la krono de nia kapo; Ho ve al ni, ke ni pekis!

17 Pro tio senfortigxis nia koro, Pro tio senlumigxis niaj okuloj:

18 Pro la monto Cion, ke gxi farigxis dezerta, Ke vulpoj vagas sur gxi.

19 Sed Vi, ho Eternulo, kiu restas eterne Kaj kies trono staras de generacio al generacio,

20 Kial Vi forgesis nin kvazaux por eterne, Forlasis nin por longa tempo?

21 Reirigu nin, ho Eternulo, al Vi, ke ni revenu; Renovigu niajn tagojn kiel en la tempo antauxa.

22 CXar cxu Vi nin tute forpusxis? Vi tre forte ekkoleris kontraux ni.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed #189

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189. "'That no one may take your crown.'" This symbolically means, lest they lose the wisdom from which comes eternal happiness.

A person acquires wisdom from no other source than goodness gained through truths from the Lord. A person acquires wisdom through these truths because they are the means by which the Lord conjoins Himself with the person and the person with Himself, and the Lord is wisdom itself. Wisdom consequently perishes in a person when he stops putting truths into practice, that is, when he stops living in accordance with them. He also then ceases to love wisdom, and accordingly ceases to love the Lord.

By wisdom we mean wisdom in spiritual matters. From this as a wellspring flows wisdom in all else, which we call intelligence, and through this knowledge, which results from an affection for knowing truths.

A crown symbolizes wisdom, because wisdom occupies the highest place in a person and so crowns him. Nor is anything else symbolized by the crown of a king, for a king in the Word's spiritual sense is Divine truth (no. 20), and from Divine truth comes all wisdom.

[2] Wisdom is symbolically meant by a crown also in the following passages:

...I will make the horn of David grow..., and upon Him His crown shall flourish. (Psalms 132:17-18)

(Jehovah) put... earrings in your ears, and an ornate crown on your head. (Ezekiel 16:12)

This is said of Jerusalem, which symbolizes the church in respect to doctrine, and therefore the ornate crown is wisdom originating from Divine truth or the Word.

In that day Jehovah of Hosts will be for an ornate crown and a beautiful turban to the remnants of His people. (Isaiah 28:5)

This is said of the Lord, because it says "in that day." The ornate crown for which He will be is wisdom, and the beautiful turban is intelligence. The remnants of the people are people among whom the church will be.

[3] The crown and turban in Isaiah 62:1, 3 have the same symbolic meaning. So, too, does the plate upon the turban of Aaron in Exodus 28:36-37, which is also called a miter.

Furthermore, in the following:

Say to the king and his lady, "Lower yourselves, sit down, for the ornament of your head has come down, the crown of your beauty." (Jeremiah 13:18)

The joy of our heart has ceased... The crown has fallen from our head. (Lamentations 5:15-16)

He has stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head. (Job 19:9)

You have profaned [by casting it] to the ground the crown (of Your anointed). (Psalms 89:39)

The crown in these places symbolizes wisdom.

  
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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.