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1 Και εν τω δωδεκατω ετει, τω δωδεκατω μηνι, τη πρωτη του μηνος, εγεινε λογος Κυριου προς εμε, λεγων,

2 Υιε ανθρωπου, αναλαβε θρηνον επι τον Φαραω βασιλεα της Αιγυπτου και ειπε προς αυτον, Ωμοιωθης με σκυμνον λεοντος μεταξυ των εθνων και εισαι ως δρακων εν ταις θαλασσαις· και εφωρμησας εις τους ποταμους σου και εταραττες τα υδατα με τους ποδας σου και κατεπατεις τους ποταμους αυτων.

3 Ουτω λεγει Κυριος ο Θεος· δια τουτο θελω εξαπλωσει το δικτυον μου επι σε με αθροισμα πολλων λαων, και θελουσι σε ανασυρει εν τη σαγηνη μου.

4 Και θελω σε εγκαταλειψει εν τη γη, θελω σε εκριψει επι το προσωπον της πεδιαδος, και θελω επικαθισει επι σε παντα τα πετεινα του ουρανου και χορτασει απο σου τα θηρια πασης της γης.

5 Και θελω εκθεσει τας σαρκας σου επι τα ορη, και εμπλησει τας κοιλαδας απο των σωρων του πτωματος σου.

6 Και την γην, οπου πλεεις, θελω ποτισει με το αιμα σου εως των ορεων· και οι ποταμοι θελουσιν εμπλησθη απο σου.

7 Και οταν σε αποσβεσω, θελω περικαλυψει τον ουρανον και συσκοτασει τους αστερας αυτου· θελω περικαλυψει εν νεφελη τον ηλιον και σεληνη δεν θελει φεγγει το φως αυτης.

8 Παντας τους λαμπρους φωστηρας του ουρανου θελω συσκοτασει επι σε, και θελω επιβαλει σκοτος επι την γην σου, λεγει Κυριος ο Θεος.

9 Και θελω καμει να φριξη η καρδια πολλων λαων, οταν φερω τον συντριμμον σου μεταξυ των εθνων, εις τοπους τους οποιους δεν εγνωρισας.

10 Και θελω καμει πολλους λαους να εκπλαγωσι δια σε και οι βασιλεις αυτων θελουσι φριξει σφοδρα δια σε, οταν διασεισω την ρομφαιαν μου ενωπιον αυτων· και θελουσι τρεμει κατα πασαν στιγμην, εκαστος δια την ζωην αυτου, εν τη ημερα της πτωσεως σου.

11 Διοτι ουτω λεγει Κυριος ο Θεος· Η ρομφαια του βασιλεως της Βαβυλωνος θελει ελθει επι σε.

12 Εν μαχαιραις ισχυρων θελω καταβαλει το πληθος σου· παντες ουτοι ειναι οι τρομερωτεροι των εθνων· και θελουσι πορθησει την επαρσιν της Αιγυπτου και απαν το πληθος αυτης θελει καταστραφη.

13 Και θελω εξαφανισει παντα τα κτηνη αυτης απο πλησιον υδατων πολλων, και δεν θελει πλεον ταραξει αυτα πους ανθρωπου και ιχνος κτηνους δεν θελει ταραξει αυτα.

14 Τοτε θελω ησυχασει τα υδατα αυτων και καμει τους ποταμους αυτων να ρεωσιν ως ελαιον, λεγει Κυριος ο Θεος.

15 Οταν καμω την γην της Αιγυπτου θαμβος, και ερημωθη η γη απο του πληρωματος αυτης, οταν παταξω παντας τους κατοικουντας εν αυτη, τοτε θελουσι γνωρισει οτι εγω ειμαι ο Κυριος.

16 Ουτος ειναι ο θρηνος, με τον οποιον θελουσι θρηνησει αυτην· αι θυγατερες των εθνων θελουσι θρηνησει αυτην· θελουσι θρηνησει δια την Αιγυπτον και δι' απαν το πληθος αυτης, λεγει Κυριος ο Θεος.

17 Και εν τω δωδεκατω ετει τη δεκατη πεμπτη του μηνος, εγεινε λογος Κυριου προς εμε, λεγων,

18 Υιε ανθρωπου, θρηνησον δια το πληθος της Αιγυπτου και καταβιβασον αυτους, αυτην και τας θυγατερας των ισχυρων εθνων, εις τα κατωτατα της γης, μετα των καταβαινοντων εις λακκον.

19 Τινος εισαι ωραιοτερα; καταβηθι και κοιτου μετα των απεριτμητων.

20 Θελουσι πεσει εν μεσω των τεθανατωμενων εν μαχαιρα· εις την μαχαιραν παρεδοθη αυτη· συρετε αυτην και παντα τα πληθη αυτης.

21 Οι ισχυροτεροι μεταξυ των δυνατων θελουσι λαλησει προς αυτον εκ μεσου του αδου μετα των βοηθουντων αυτον· κατεβησαν, κοιτονται απεριτμητοι, τεθανατωμενοι εν μαχαιρα.

22 Εκει ειναι ο Ασσουρ και απαν το αθροισμα αυτου· οι ταφοι αυτου ειναι κυκλω αυτου· παντες ουτοι τεθανατωμενοι, πεπτωκοτες εν μαχαιρα.

23 Διοτι οι ταφοι αυτου ειναι τεθειμενοι εις τα βαθη του λακκου και το αθροισμα αυτου κυκλω του ταφου αυτου· παντες ουτοι τεθανατωμενοι, πεπτωκοτες εν μαχαιρα, οιτινες διεδιδον τρομον εις την γην των ζωντων.

24 Εκει ειναι ο Ελαμ και απαν το πληθος αυτου κυκλω του ταφου αυτου· παντες ουτοι τεθανατωμενοι, πεπτωκοτες εν μαχαιρα, καταβαντες απεριτμητοι εις τα κατωτατα της γης, οιτινες διεδιδον τον τρομον αυτων εις την γην των ζωντων· και ελαβον την καταισχυνην αυτων μετα των καταβαινοντων εις λακκον.

25 Εθεσαν εις αυτον κλινην μετα παντος του πληθους αυτου εν μεσω των τεθανατωμενων· οι ταφοι αυτου ειναι κυκλω αυτου· παντες ουτοι απεριτμητοι, τεθανατωμενοι εν μαχαιρα, αν και διεδοθη ο τρομος αυτων εις την γην των ζωντων· και ελαβον την καταισχυνην αυτων μετα των καταβαινοντων εις λακκον· ετεθη εν μεσω των τεθανατωμενων.

26 Εκει ειναι ο Μεσεχ, ο Θουβαλ και απαν το πληθος αυτου· οι ταφοι αυτου ειναι κυκλω αυτου· παντες ουτοι απεριτμητοι, τεθανατωμενοι εν μαχαιρα, αν και διεδωκαν τον τρομον αυτων εις την γην των ζωντων.

27 Πλην δεν κοιτονται μετα των πεσοντων ισχυρων εκ των απεριτμητων, οιτινες κατεβησαν εις τον αδην μετα των πολεμικων αυτων οπλων· και εθεσαν τας μαχαιρας αυτων υπο τας κεφαλας αυτων· αλλ' αι ανομιαι αυτων θελουσιν εισθαι επι τα οστα αυτων, αν και ησαν τρομος των ισχυρων εν τη γη των ζωντων.

28 Ναι, συ θελεις συντριφθη εν μεσω των απεριτμητων, και θελεις κοιτεσθαι μετα των τεθανατωμενων εν μαχαιρα.

29 Εκει ειναι ο Εδωμ, οι βασιλεις αυτου και παντες οι ηγεμονες αυτου, οιτινες μετα της δυναμεως αυτων ετεθησαν μεταξυ των τεθανατωμενων εν μαχαιρα· ουτοι θελουσι κοιτεσθαι μετα των απεριτμητων και μετα των καταβαινοντων εις λακκον.

30 Εκει ειναι οι ηγεμονες του βορρα, παντες ουτοι, και παντες οι Σιδωνιοι, οιτινες κατεβησαν μετα των τεθανατωμενων, εν τω τρομω αυτων, κατησχυμμενοι εν τη δυναμει αυτων· και κοιτονται απεριτμητοι μετα των τεθανατωμενων εν μαχαιρα, και ελαβον την καταισχυνην αυτων μετα των καταβαινοντων εις λακκον.

31 Ο Φαραω θελει ιδει αυτους και παρηγορηθη δι' απαν το πληθος αυτου, ο Φαραω και απαν το στρατευμα αυτου, οι τεθανατωμενοι εν μαχαιρα, λεγει Κυριος ο Θεος.

32 Διοτι εδωκα τον τρομον μου εις την γην των ζωντων· και θελει κοιτεσθαι εν μεσω των απεριτμητων μετα των τεθανατωμενων εν μαχαιρα· ο Φαραω και απαν το πληθος αυτου, λεγει Κυριος ο Θεος.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #9408

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9408. 'And it was like the substance of the sky for clearness' means the translucence of the angelic heaven. This is clear from the meaning of 'the sky (or heaven)' as the angelic heaven, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'clearness' or purity of substance, when said of the sky, as translucence. What the translucence of the angelic heaven is when the Word is the subject must be stated briefly. The angelic heaven is said to be translucent when God's truth shines through; for the whole of heaven is nothing other than a receptacle of God's truth. Each angel is an individual recipient of it, so that all the angels or heaven as a whole is a general recipient. This explains why heaven is called 'God's dwelling-place' and also 'God's throne'. For 'dwelling-place' means God's truth emanating from the Lord and received in the inmost heaven, which in comparison is good, 8269, 8309; and 'throne' means God's truth emanating from the Lord and received in the middle heaven, 5313, 6397, 8625, 9039. Since that which shines through, out of the sense of the letter of the Word, is God's truth as it exists in the heavens, it is the angelic heaven that shines through. For the Word is Divine Truth adjusted to all the heavens, and as a consequence of this it joins the heavens to the world, that is, angels to men, 2143, 7153, 7381, 8920, 9094 (end), 9212 (end), 9216 (end), 9357, 9396. From all this it is evident what the words 'the translucence of the angelic heaven' are used to mean.

[2] The reasons why in the internal sense 'the sky (or heaven)' means the angelic heaven lie with correspondence and also with the appearance. So it is that where the words 'heavens' and 'heavens of heavens' occur in the Word the angelic heavens are meant in the internal sense. For the ancients had no other idea of the visible sky than this, that the inhabitants of heaven lived there and that the stars were their dwelling-places. At the present day too, simple people - especially young children - have the same idea. So it is also that people look upwards to the sky or heaven when they worship God. This action too arises from correspondence; for a sky with stars appears in the next life, but this is not the sky seen by people in the world. Instead it is a sky that takes on an appearance which accords with the spirits and angels' state of intelligence and wisdom. The stars in it are cognitions or knowledge of goodness and truth, and the clouds which are sometimes seen in the sky vary in meaning according to their colours, translucence, and movements, the blue of the sky being truth transparent with good. All this goes to prove that by 'heavens' the angelic heavens are meant. But by the angelic heavens God's truths are meant, because angels are recipients of God's truth emanating from the Lord.

[3] Similar things are meant by 'heavens' in David,

Praise Jehovah, heavens of heavens, and waters that are above the heavens! Psalms 148:4.

In the same author,

Make melody to the Lord who rides above the heaven of the heaven of old. Psalms 68:33.

In the same author,

By the Word of Jehovah were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the spirit 1 of His mouth. Psalms 33:6.

In the same prophet,

The heavens recount His glory, and the firmament declares the works of His hands. Psalms 19:1.

In the Book of Judges,

O Jehovah, when You went forth from Seir, the earth trembled, the heavens also dropped, the clouds indeed dropped water. Judges 5:4.

In Daniel,

The horn of the he-goat grew right on towards the host of the heavens, and cast down to the earth some of the host, and of the stars, and trampled on them. Daniel 8:10.

In Amos,

The Lord Jehovih, who builds His steps in the heavens ... Amos 9:6.

In Malachi,

If there is food in My house I will open the windows of heaven and pour out a blessing for you. Malachi 3:10.

In Isaiah,

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

In Moses,

Blessed by Jehovah is the land of Joseph, in regard to the precious things of heaven, to the dew. Deuteronomy 33:13.

In Matthew,

Jesus said, You shall not swear by heaven, for it is God's throne. He who swears by heaven swears by God's throne and by Him who sits on it. Matthew 5:32; 23:22.

[4] In these and very many other places 'heavens' means the angelic heavens. And since the Lord's heaven on earth is the Church, the Church too is meant by 'heaven', as in the following places: In John,

I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the former heaven and the former earth had passed away. Revelation 21:1.

In Isaiah,

Behold, I am creating new heavens and a new earth; therefore the former things will not be remembered or come to mind. 2 Isaiah 65:17.

In the same prophet,

The heavens will vanish away like smoke, and the earth will grow old like a garment. Isaiah 51:6.

In the same prophet,

I clothe heaven with darkness, and I make sackcloth its covering. Isaiah 50:3.

In Ezekiel,

I will cover the heavens, and darken their stars; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light. And all the bright lights in heaven I will make dark, and I will put darkness over the land. Ezekiel 32:7-8.

In Matthew,

After the affliction of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Matthew 24:29.

What the meaning is of 'sun', 'moon', 'stars', and 'in the heavens', see 4056-4060.

In Isaiah,

O Jehovah God of Israel, You are God alone over all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth. Isaiah 37:16.

In the same prophet,

[I am] Jehovah who makes all things, who spreads out the heavens Alone, who stretches out the earth by Myself. Isaiah 44:24.

In the same prophet,

Jehovah who created the heavens, who formed the earth, and made it, and prepared it, did not create it an emptiness. Isaiah 45:18.

[5] In the internal sense 'heaven and earth' in these and other places means the Church, the internal Church being meant by 'heaven' and the external Church by 'earth', see 1733, 1850, 2117, 2118 (end), 3355 (end), 4535. From all this it is evident that by creation in the earliest chapters of Genesis, where it says, In the beginning God created heaven and earth, Genesis 1:1, And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them, Genesis 2:1, a new Church is meant. For creation there describes regeneration, which is also called the new creation, as has been shown and may be seen in the explanations of those chapters.

  
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