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Jeremiah 48

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1 καὶ ἐγένετο τῷ μηνὶ τῷ ἑβδόμῳ ἦλθεν ισμαηλ υἱὸς ναθανιου υἱοῦ ελασα ἀπὸ γένους τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ δέκα ἄνδρες μετ' αὐτοῦ πρὸς γοδολιαν εἰς μασσηφα καὶ ἔφαγον ἐκεῖ ἄρτον ἅμα

2 καὶ ἀνέστη ισμαηλ καὶ οἱ δέκα ἄνδρες οἳ ἦσαν μετ' αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπάταξαν τὸν γοδολιαν ὃν κατέστησεν βασιλεὺς βαβυλῶνος ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς

3 καὶ πάντας τοὺς ιουδαίους τοὺς ὄντας μετ' αὐτοῦ ἐν μασσηφα καὶ πάντας τοὺς χαλδαίους τοὺς εὑρεθέντας ἐκεῖ

4 καὶ ἐγένετο τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ δευτέρᾳ πατάξαντος αὐτοῦ τὸν γοδολιαν καὶ ἄνθρωπος οὐκ ἔγνω

5 καὶ ἤλθοσαν ἄνδρες ἀπὸ συχεμ καὶ ἀπὸ σαλημ καὶ ἀπὸ σαμαρείας ὀγδοήκοντα ἄνδρες ἐξυρημένοι πώγωνας καὶ διερρηγμένοι τὰ ἱμάτια καὶ κοπτόμενοι καὶ μαναα καὶ λίβανος ἐν χερσὶν αὐτῶν τοῦ εἰσενεγκεῖν εἰς οἶκον κυρίου

6 καὶ ἐξῆλθεν εἰς ἀπάντησιν αὐτοῖς ισμαηλ αὐτοὶ ἐπορεύοντο καὶ ἔκλαιον καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς εἰσέλθετε πρὸς γοδολιαν

7 καὶ ἐγένετο εἰσελθόντων αὐτῶν εἰς τὸ μέσον τῆς πόλεως ἔσφαξεν αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸ φρέαρ

8 καὶ δέκα ἄνδρες εὑρέθησαν ἐκεῖ καὶ εἶπαν τῷ ισμαηλ μὴ ἀνέλῃς ἡμᾶς ὅτι εἰσὶν ἡμῖν θησαυροὶ ἐν ἀγρῷ πυροὶ καὶ κριθαί μέλι καὶ ἔλαιον καὶ παρῆλθεν καὶ οὐκ ἀνεῖλεν αὐτοὺς ἐν μέσῳ τῶν ἀδελφῶν αὐτῶν

9 καὶ τὸ φρέαρ εἰς ὃ ἔρριψεν ἐκεῖ ισμαηλ πάντας οὓς ἐπάταξεν φρέαρ μέγα τοῦτό ἐστιν ὃ ἐποίησεν ὁ βασιλεὺς ασα ἀπὸ προσώπου βαασα βασιλέως ισραηλ τοῦτο ἐνέπλησεν ισμαηλ τραυματιῶν

10 καὶ ἀπέστρεψεν ισμαηλ πάντα τὸν λαὸν τὸν καταλειφθέντα εἰς μασσηφα καὶ τὰς θυγατέρας τοῦ βασιλέως ἃς παρεκατέθετο ὁ ἀρχιμάγειρος τῷ γοδολια υἱῷ αχικαμ καὶ ὤ|χετο εἰς τὸ πέραν υἱῶν αμμων

11 καὶ ἤκουσεν ιωαναν υἱὸς καρηε καὶ πάντες οἱ ἡγεμόνες τῆς δυνάμεως οἱ μετ' αὐτοῦ πάντα τὰ κακά ἃ ἐποίησεν ισμαηλ

12 καὶ ἤγαγον ἅπαν τὸ στρατόπεδον αὐτῶν καὶ ὤ|χοντο πολεμεῖν αὐτὸν καὶ εὗρον αὐτὸν ἐπὶ ὕδατος πολλοῦ ἐν γαβαων

13 καὶ ἐγένετο ὅτε εἶδον πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ὁ μετὰ ισμαηλ τὸν ιωαναν καὶ τοὺς ἡγεμόνας τῆς δυνάμεως τῆς μετ' αὐτοῦ

14 καὶ ἀνέστρεψαν πρὸς ιωαναν

15 καὶ ισμαηλ ἐσώθη σὺν ὀκτὼ ἀνθρώποις καὶ ὤ|χετο πρὸς τοὺς υἱοὺς αμμων

16 καὶ ἔλαβεν ιωαναν καὶ πάντες οἱ ἡγεμόνες τῆς δυνάμεως οἱ μετ' αὐτοῦ πάντας τοὺς καταλοίπους τοῦ λαοῦ οὕς ἀπέστρεψεν ἀπὸ ισμαηλ δυνατοὺς ἄνδρας ἐν πολέμῳ καὶ τὰς γυναῖκας καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ καὶ τοὺς εὐνούχους οὓς ἀπέστρεψεν ἀπὸ γαβαων

17 καὶ ὤ|χοντο καὶ ἐκάθισαν ἐν γαβηρωθ-χαμααμ τὴν πρὸς βηθλεεμ τοῦ πορευθῆναι εἰσελθεῖν εἰς αἴγυπτον

18 ἀπὸ προσώπου τῶν χαλδαίων ὅτι ἐφοβήθησαν ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτῶν ὅτι ἐπάταξεν ισμαηλ τὸν γοδολιαν ὃν κατέστησεν βασιλεὺς βαβυλῶνος ἐν τῇ γῇ

   

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Apocalypse Explained #1028

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1028. For the plague thereof was exceeding great. That this signifies the total destruction of genuine truth, is evident from the signification of the plague of the hail, as denoting the falsification of the Word, according to what was said above. Hence by the plague thereof being exceeding great is signified a more grievous falsification, which is, that the Word is falsified, even to the destruction of all genuine truth. How the Word is falsified even to the destruction of genuine truth, and heaven thereby closed against man, may be seen (n. 719, 778, 888, 914, 916, 950).

Concerning the Precepts of the Decalogue in general:-

[2] It is said by some, that he who sins against one precept of the Decalogue sins also against the rest, thus that he who is guilty of one is guilty of all. But how this agrees with the truth shall be explained. He who transgresses one precept, by assuring himself that it is not a sin, and thus commits it without fear of God, rejects the fear of God, because he is not afraid to transgress the rest of the precepts, although he may not do so in act.

[3] As, for example, whoever does not account frauds and illicit gains, which in themselves are thefts, as sins, neither regards as sins the committing of adultery with the wife of another, the hating of a man even to murder, the lying against him, the coveting his house, and other things belonging to him. For he denies that anything is a sin, when in one precept he casts out the fear of God from his heart. Hence he is in communion with those who similarly transgress the rest of the precepts. He is as an infernal spirit who is in the hell of thieves; and although he is not an adulterer, a murderer, or a false witness, yet he is in communion with such, and may be persuaded by them to believe that such things are not evils, and may also be led to commit them. For he who becomes an infernal spirit by the transgression of one precept, no longer believes it to be a sin to do anything against God, or anything against his neighbour.

[4] But the contrary is the case with those who abstain from the evil of one precept, and shun, and afterwards turn away from it, as a sin against God. Because such fear God, they come into communion with the angels of heaven, and are led by the Lord to abstain from the evils of the other precepts, and to shun them, and at length to turn away from them as sins. And if they happen to have sinned against them, still they repent, and thus by degrees are withdrawn from them.

  
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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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Psalms 137:1

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1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down. Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

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