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Θλίψεις 2

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1 Πως περιεκαλυψεν ο Κυριος με νεφος την θυγατερα Σιων εν τη οργη αυτου, κατερριψεν απο του ουρανου εις την γην την δοξαν του Ισραηλ, και δεν ενεθυμηθη εν τη ημερα της οργης αυτου το υποποδιον των ποδων αυτου

2 Ο Κυριος κατεποντισε πασας τας κατοικιας του Ιακωβ και δεν εφεισθη· κατεστρεψεν εν τω θυμω αυτου τα οχυρωματα της θυγατρος Ιουδα· κατηδαφισεν αυτα· εβεβηλωσε το βασιλειον και τους αρχοντας αυτου.

3 Συνεθλασεν εν τη εξαψει του θυμου αυτου παν το κερας του Ισραηλ· εστρεψεν οπισω την δεξιαν αυτου απ' εμπροσθεν του εχθρου· και εξηφθη κατα του Ιακωβ ως πυρ φλογερον, κατατρωγον τα περιξ.

4 Ενετεινε το τοξον αυτου ως εχθρος, εστησε την δεξιαν αυτου ως υπεναντιος, και εφονευσε παν το αρεστον εις τους οφθαλμους εν τη σκηνη της θυγατρος Σιων· εξεχεεν ως πυρ τον θυμον αυτου.

5 Ο Κυριος εγεινεν ως εχθρος, κατεποντισε τον Ισραηλ· κατεποντισε παντα τα παλατια αυτου· ηφανισε τα οχυρωματα αυτου· και επληθυνεν εις την θυγατερα Ιουδα το πενθος και την θλιψιν.

6 Και εξεσπασε την σκηνην αυτου ως καλυβην κηπου· κατηφανισε τον τοπον των συναξεων αυτου· ο Κυριος εκαμε να λησμονηθη εν Σιων η εορτη και το σαββατον, και εν τη αγανακτησει της οργης αυτου απερριψε βασιλεα και ιερεα.

7 Ο Κυριος απεβαλε το θυσιαστηριον αυτου, εβδελυχθη το αγιαστηριον αυτου· συνεκλεισεν εν τη χειρι των εχθρων τα τειχη των παλατιων αυτης· ηλαλαξαν εν τω οικω του Κυριου ως εν ημερα εορτης.

8 Ο Κυριος εβουλευθη να αφανιση το τειχος της θυγατρος Σιων· εξετεινε την σταθμην, δεν απεστρεψε την χειρα αυτου απο του να καταποντιζη, και εκαμε να πενθηση το περιτειχισμα και το τειχος· τα παντα ητονησαν ομου.

9 Αι πυλαι αυτης ενεπηχθησαν εις την γην· ηφανισε και κατεσυντριψε τους μοχλους αυτης· ο βασιλευς αυτης και οι αρχοντες αυτης ειναι εν τοις εθνεσι· νομος δεν υπαρχει· ουδε οι προφηται αυτης ευρισκουσιν ορασιν παρα Κυριου.

10 Οι πρεσβυτεροι της θυγατρος Σιων, καθηνται κατα γης, σιωπωντες· ανεβιβασαν χωμα επι την κεφαλην αυτων, εζωσθησαν σακκους· αι παρθενοι της Ιερουσαλημ κατεβιβασαν τας κεφαλας αυτων προς την γην.

11 Οι οφθαλμοι μου εμαρανθησαν υπο των δακρυων, τα εντοσθια μου ταραττονται, η χολη μου εξεχυθη εις την γην, δια τον συντριμμον της θυγατρος του λαου μου, επειδη τα νηπια και τα θηλαζοντα ελιποψυχουν εν ταις πλατειαις της πολεως.

12 Ειπον προς τας μητερας αυτων, Που ειναι σιτος και οινος; Οποτε ελιποθυμουν εν ταις πλατειαις της πολεως ως ο τραυματιας, οποτε η ψυχη αυτων εξεχεετο εις τον κολπον των μητερων αυτων.

13 Τινα να λαβω μαρτυρα εις σε; με τι να σε συγκρινω, θυγατηρ της Ιερουσαλημ; Με ποιον να σε εξομοιωσω δια να σε παρηγορησω, παρθενε, θυγατηρ Σιων; Διοτι ο συντριμμος σου ειναι μεγας ως η θαλασσα· τις δυναται να σε ιατρευση;

14 Οι προφηται σου ειδον περι σου ματαια και αφροσυνην, και δεν εφανερωσαν την ανομιαν σου, δια να αποστρεψωσι την αιχμαλωσιαν σου· αλλ' ειδον περι σου φορτια ματαια και προξενα εξωσεως.

15 Παντες οι διαβαινοντες την οδον εκροτησαν επι σε χειρας· εσυριξαν και εσεισαν τας κεφαλας αυτων εις την θυγατερα της Ιερουσαλημ, λεγοντες, Αυτη ειναι η πολις, περι της οποιας ελεγετο, Η εντελεια της ωραιοτητος, η χαρα πασης της γης;

16 Παντες οι εχθροι σου ηνοιξαν επι σε το στομα αυτων· εσυριξαν και ετριξαν τους οδοντας λεγοντες, Κατεπιομεν αυτην· αυτη τωοντι ειναι η ημερα, την οποιαν περιεμενομεν· ευρομεν, ειδομεν.

17 Ο Κυριος εκαμεν ο, τι εβουλευθη· εξεπληρωσε τον λογον αυτου, τον οποιον διωρισεν απο ημερων αρχαιων· Κατεστρεψε και δεν εφεισθη, και ευφρανεν επι σε τον εχθρον· υψωσε το κερας των εναντιων σου.

18 Η καρδια αυτων εβοησε προς τον Κυριον, Τειχος της θυγατρος Σιων, καταβιβαζε ως χειμαρρον δακρυα ημεραν και νυκτα· μη δωσης παυσιν εις σεαυτον· ας μη σιωπηση η κορη των οφθαλμων σου.

19 Σηκωθητι, βοησον την νυκτα, οταν αρχιζωσιν αι φυλακαι· εκχεον την καρδιαν σου ως υδωρ εμπροσθεν του προσωπου του Κυριου· υψωσον προς αυτον τας χειρας σου, δια την ζωην των νηπιων σου, τα οποια λιποθυμουσιν απο της πεινης επι των ακρων πασων των οδων.

20 Ιδε, Κυριε, και επιβλεψον, εις τινα ποτε εκαμες ουτω; Να φαγωσιν αι γυναικες τον καρπον της κοιλιας αυτων, τα νηπια εν τοις σπαργανοις αυτων; Να φονευθωσιν εν τω αγιαστηριω του Κυριου ιερευς και προφητης;

21 Το παιδιον και ο γερων κοιτονται κατα γης εν ταις οδοις· αι παρθενοι μου και οι νεανισκοι μου επεσον εν μαχαιρα· εφονευσας εν τη ημερα της οργης σου, κατεσφαξας, δεν εφεισθης.

22 Προσεκαλεσας πανταχοθεν, ως εν ημερα πανηγυρεως, τους τρομους μου, και ουδεις εσωθη ουδε υπελειφθη εν τη ημερα της οργης του Κυριου· εκεινους, τους οποιους εσπαργανωσα και ηυξησα, ο εχθρος μου συνετελεσεν αυτους.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #9479

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9479. 'And they are to make Me a sanctuary' means a representative of the Lord, and so of heaven. This is clear from the meaning of 'a sanctuary' as the Lord and as heaven, but at this point a representative of the Lord and heaven, since it was a tabernacle made of pieces of wood and covered all over with curtains, and this could not have been a sanctuary but for its representation. For 'a sanctuary' means holiness itself; and nothing is holy except what is Divine, thus the Lord alone, 9229. The reason why heaven is a sanctuary is that heaven is heaven by virtue of what is Divine there. For the angels there, so far as they draw on what is Divine and the Lord's, constitute heaven; but so far as they draw on what is their own they do not constitute heaven. From this it is evident how the saying that the Lord is the All in all of heaven should be understood. For the Lord dwells with angels, and so in heaven, in what is His own, thus in what is Divine, see 9338 (end).

[2] The fact that 'a sanctuary' in the highest sense means the Lord, because He alone is holy and that alone is holy which emanates from Him, and also the fact that 'a sanctuary' means heaven, and the Church as well, and that sanctuaries are those realities of which the Lord is the source in heaven and the Church, is clear from places in the Word where the words 'sanctuary' and 'sanctuaries' are used, as in Ezekiel,

The Lord Jehovih has said, I will scatter them into the lands, and I will be a little sanctuary for them in the lands to which they will come. Ezekiel 11:16.

Here 'a sanctuary' stands for the Lord Himself, for 'the Lord Jehovih' and 'Jehovah' in the Word mean the Lord, 9373. In Isaiah,

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

In Jeremiah,

Like a throne of glory, a height from eternity, [is] the place of the sanctuary. Jeremiah 17:12.

In these places 'the dwelling-place of holiness' and 'the sanctuary' stand for heaven.

[3] In Isaiah,

But a little while, and they have possessed the people of Your holiness; our adversaries have trodden down Your sanctuary. Isaiah 63:18.

In Jeremiah,

The nations have come into His sanctuary. Lamentations 1:10.

In the same book,

The Lord has abandoned His altar, He has abominated His sanctuary. Lamentations 2:7.

In Ezekiel,

The Lord Jehovih has said, Behold, I am about to profane My sanctuary, the pride 1 of your strength, the desire of your eyes. Ezekiel 24:21.

In Moses,

I will make your cities a waste, and desolate your sanctuaries. Leviticus 26:31.

In these places 'the sanctuary' stands for the Church, and 'sanctuaries' for things belonging to the Church. From all this it is clear how the tabernacle comes to be called the sanctuary, namely from the fact that heaven and the Church were represented by the tabernacle, and the Divine realities of which the Lord is the source in heaven and in the Church were represented by the holy things there.

Footnotes:

1. literally, magnificence

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

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Exodus 25

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1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

2 "Speak to the children of Israel, that they take an offering for me. From everyone whose heart makes him willing you shall take my offering.

3 This is the offering which you shall take from them: gold, silver, brass,

4 blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats' hair,

5 rams' skins dyed red, sea cow hides, acacia wood,

6 oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense,

7 onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod and for the breastplate.

8 Let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them.

9 According to all that I show you, the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all of its furniture, even so you shall make it.

10 "They shall make an ark of acacia wood. Its length shall be two and a half cubits, its breadth a cubit and a half, and a cubit and a half its height.

11 You shall overlay it with pure gold. You shall overlay it inside and outside, and you shall make a gold molding around it.

12 You shall cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in its four feet. Two rings shall be on the one side of it, and Two rings on the other side of it.

13 You shall make poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.

14 You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark.

15 The poles shall be in the rings of the ark. They shall not be taken from it.

16 You shall put the testimony which I shall give you into the ark.

17 You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold. Two and a half cubits shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth.

18 You shall make two cherubim of hammered gold. You shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat.

19 Make one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end. You shall make the cherubim on its two ends of one piece with the mercy seat.

20 The cherubim shall spread out their wings upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another. The faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat.

21 You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I will give you.

22 There I will meet with you, and I will tell you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the testimony, all that I command you for the children of Israel.

23 "You shall make a table of acacia wood. Two cubits shall be its length, and a cubit its breadth, and one and a half cubits its height.

24 You shall overlay it with pure gold, and make a gold molding around it.

25 You shall make a rim of a handbreadth around it. You shall make a golden molding on its rim around it.

26 You shall make four rings of gold for it, and put the rings in the four corners that are on its four feet.

27 the rings shall be close to the rim, for places for the poles to carry the table.

28 You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be carried with them.

29 You shall make its dishes, its spoons, its ladles, and its bowls to pour out offerings with. You shall make them of pure gold.

30 You shall set bread of the presence on the table before me always.

31 "You shall make a lampstand of pure gold. Of hammered work shall the lampstand be made, even its base, its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its flowers, shall be of one piece with it.

32 There shall be six branches going out of its sides: three branches of the lampstand out of its one side, and three branches of the lampstand out of its other side;

33 three cups made like almond blossoms in one branch, a bud and a flower; and three cups made like almond blossoms in the other branch, a bud and a flower, so for the six branches going out of the lampstand;

34 and in the lampstand four cups made like almond blossoms, its buds and its flowers;

35 and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, and a bud under two branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of the lampstand.

36 Their buds and their branches shall be of one piece with it, all of it one beaten work of pure gold.

37 You shall make its lamps seven, and they shall light its lamps to give light to the space in front of it.

38 Its snuffers and its snuff dishes shall be of pure gold.

39 It shall be made of a talent of pure gold, with all these accessories.

40 See that you make them after their pattern, which has been shown to you on the mountain.