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Ámos 8

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1 Ily dolgot láttatott velem az Úr Isten: Ímé, egy kosár érett gyümölcs.

2 És mondá: Mit látsz Ámós? És mondám: Egy kosár érett gyümölcsöt. És mondá az Úr nékem: Eljött vége az én népemnek, az Izráelnek; nem bocsátok meg néki többé!

3 Azon a napon jajjá változnak a templomi énekek, így szól az Úr Isten, és temérdek lesz a hulla; szó nélkül hányák mindenüvé.

4 Halljátok meg ezt ti, kik a szegényre törtök, és e föld szegényeinek kipusztítására.

5 Mondván: Mikor múlik el az újhold, hogy gabonát árulhassunk? és a szombat, hogy megnyithassuk a gabonás [házat?] hogy megkisebbítsük a vékát, és megnagyobbítsuk az árát, és hamis mértékkel csalhassunk?!

6 Hogy megvegyük a szegényeket pénzen, és a szûkölködõt egy öltõ saruért, és eladhassuk a gabona hulladékát?!

7 Megesküdt az Úr a Jákób büszkeségére: Soha el nem felejtem semmi cselekedetöket!

8 Ne rendüljön-é meg e miatt a föld? És ne búsuljon-é annak minden lakosa?! Bizony felindul egészen, mint a folyam, és dagad és apad, mint Égyiptom folyója.

9 És lészen azon a napon, azt mondja az Úr Isten: Lenyugtatom a napot délben, és besötétítem a földet fényes nappal.

10 Ünnepeiteket búra változtatom; és minden dalotokat szomorú énekké! Gyászruhát borítok minden derékra, és kopaszságot minden fejre, és olyanná teszem, mint a ki egyetlen fiát siratja; a vége pedig, mint a keserûség napja!

11 Ímé, napok jõnek, azt mondja az Úr Isten, és éhséget bocsátok e földre; nem kenyér után való éhséget, sem víz után való szomjúságot, hanem az Úr beszédének hallgatása után.

12 És vándorolni fognak tengertõl tengerig és északtól fogva napkeletig. Futkosnak, hogy keressék az Úrnak beszédét, de nem találják meg.

13 Azon a napon elepednek a deli szûzek, meg az ifjak is, a szomjúság miatt!

14 A kik Samaria bûnére esküsznek, és ezt mondják: Él a te istened, oh Dán: és él a te útad, oh Beérseba! Bizony elhullanak és nem kelnek fel többé!

   

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Apocalypse Revealed #621

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621. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. This symbolically means that they are conjoined with the Lord through love and through faith in Him, because they lived in accordance with His commandments.

That this is the symbolic meaning is apparent from these words of the Lord:

He who... keeps (My commandments), it is he who loves Me. And... I will love him and... I will come to him and make My abode in him. (John 14:20-23)

And elsewhere:

When (the shepherd of the sheep) brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice... My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. (John 10:4-5, 27)

  
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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.

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Revelation 14

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1 I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him a number, one hundred forty-four thousand, having his name, and the name of his Father, written on their foreheads.

2 I heard a sound from heaven, like the sound of many waters, and like the sound of a great thunder. The sound which I heard was like that of harpists playing on their harps.

3 They sing a new song before the throne, and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the one hundred forty-four thousand, those who had been redeemed out of the earth.

4 These are those who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are those who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed by Jesus from among men, the first fruits to God and to the Lamb.

5 In their mouth was found no lie, for they are blameless.

6 I saw an angel flying in mid heaven, having an eternal Good News to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth, and to every nation, tribe, language, and people.

7 He said with a loud voice, "Fear the Lord, and give him glory; for the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and the springs of waters!"

8 Another, a second angel, followed, saying, "Babylon the great has fallen, which has made all the nations to drink of the wine of the wrath of her sexual immorality."

9 Another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a great voice, "If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives a mark on his forehead, or on his hand,

10 he also will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is prepared unmixed in the cup of his anger. He will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb.

11 The smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever. They have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.

12 Here is the patience of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus."

13 I heard the voice from heaven saying, "Write, 'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.'" "Yes," says the Spirit, "that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them."

14 I looked, and behold, a white cloud; and on the cloud one sitting like a son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.

15 Another angel came out from the temple, crying with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, "Send forth your sickle, and reap; for the hour to reap has come; for the harvest of the earth is ripe!"

16 He who sat on the cloud thrust his sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped.

17 Another angel came out from the temple which is in heaven. He also had a sharp sickle.

18 Another angel came out from the altar, he who has power over fire, and he called with a great voice to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, "Send forth your sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for the earth's grapes are fully ripe!"

19 The angel thrust his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vintage of the earth, and threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.

20 The winepress was trodden outside of the city, and blood came out from the winepress, even to the bridles of the horses, as far as one thousand six hundred stadia.