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1 καὶ ᾖσαν δεββωρα καὶ βαρακ υἱὸς αβινεεμ ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ λέγοντες

2 ἀπεκαλύφθη ἀποκάλυμμα ἐν ισραηλ ἐν τῷ ἑκουσιασθῆναι λαὸν εὐλογεῖτε κύριον

3 ἀκούσατε βασιλεῖς καὶ ἐνωτίσασθε σατράπαι ἐγώ εἰμι τῷ κυρίῳ ἐγώ εἰμι ᾄσομαι ψαλῶ τῷ κυρίῳ τῷ θεῷ ισραηλ

4 κύριε ἐν τῇ ἐξόδῳ σου ἐν σηιρ ἐν τῷ ἀπαίρειν σε ἐξ ἀγροῦ εδωμ γῆ ἐσείσθη καὶ ὁ οὐρανὸς ἔσταξεν δρόσους καὶ αἱ νεφέλαι ἔσταξαν ὕδωρ

5 ὄρη ἐσαλεύθησαν ἀπὸ προσώπου κυρίου ελωι τοῦτο σινα ἀπὸ προσώπου κυρίου θεοῦ ισραηλ

6 ἐν ἡμέραις σαμεγαρ υἱοῦ αναθ ἐν ἡμέραις ιαηλ ἐξέλιπον ὁδοὺς καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν ἀτραπούς ἐπορεύθησαν ὁδοὺς διεστραμμένας

7 ἐξέλιπον δυνατοὶ ἐν ισραηλ ἐξέλιπον ἕως οὗ ἀναστῇ δεββωρα ἕως οὗ ἀναστῇ μήτηρ ἐν ισραηλ

8 ἐξελέξαντο θεοὺς καινούς τότε ἐπολέμησαν πόλεις ἀρχόντων θυρεὸς ἐὰν ὀφθῇ καὶ λόγχη ἐν τεσσαράκοντα χιλιάσιν ἐν ισραηλ

9 ἡ καρδία μου εἰς τὰ διατεταγμένα τῷ ισραηλ οἱ ἑκουσιαζόμενοι ἐν λαῷ εὐλογεῖτε κύριον

10 ἐπιβεβηκότες ἐπὶ ὄνου θηλείας μεσημβρίας καθήμενοι ἐπὶ κριτηρίου καὶ πορευόμενοι ἐπὶ ὁδοὺς συνέδρων ἐφ' ὁδῷ

11 διηγεῖσθε ἀπὸ φωνῆς ἀνακρουομένων ἀνὰ μέσον ὑδρευομένων ἐκεῖ δώσουσιν δικαιοσύνας κυρίῳ δικαιοσύνας αὔξησον ἐν ισραηλ τότε κατέβη εἰς τὰς πόλεις λαὸς κυρίου

12 ἐξεγείρου ἐξεγείρου δεββωρα ἐξεγείρου ἐξεγείρου λάλησον ᾠδήν ἀνάστα βαρακ καὶ αἰχμαλώτισον αἰχμαλωσίαν σου υἱὸς αβινεεμ

13 τότε κατέβη κατάλειμμα τοῖς ἰσχυροῖς λαὸς κυρίου κατέβη αὐτῷ ἐν τοῖς κραταιοῖς

14 ἐξ ἐμοῦ εφραιμ ἐξερρίζωσεν αὐτοὺς ἐν τῷ αμαληκ ὀπίσω σου βενιαμιν ἐν τοῖς λαοῖς σου ἐν ἐμοὶ μαχιρ κατέβησαν ἐξερευνῶντες καὶ ἀπὸ ζαβουλων ἕλκοντες ἐν ῥάβδῳ διηγήσεως γραμματέως

15 καὶ ἀρχηγοὶ ἐν ισσαχαρ μετὰ δεββωρας καὶ βαρακ οὕτως βαρακ ἐν κοιλάσιν ἀπέστειλεν ἐν ποσὶν αὐτοῦ εἰς τὰς μερίδας ρουβην μεγάλοι ἐξικνούμενοι καρδίαν

16 εἰς τί ἐκάθισαν ἀνὰ μέσον τῆς διγομίας τοῦ ἀκοῦσαι συρισμοῦ ἀγγέλων εἰς διαιρέσεις ρουβην μεγάλοι ἐξετασμοὶ καρδίας

17 γαλααδ ἐν τῷ πέραν τοῦ ιορδάνου ἐσκήνωσεν καὶ δαν εἰς τί παροικεῖ πλοίοις ασηρ ἐκάθισεν παραλίαν θαλασσῶν καὶ ἐπὶ διεξόδοις αὐτοῦ σκηνώσει

18 ζαβουλων λαὸς ὠνείδισεν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ εἰς θάνατον καὶ νεφθαλι ἐπὶ ὕψη ἀγροῦ

19 ἦλθον αὐτῶν βασιλεῖς παρετάξαντο τότε ἐπολέμησαν βασιλεῖς χανααν ἐν θανααχ ἐπὶ ὕδατι μεγεδδω δῶρον ἀργυρίου οὐκ ἔλαβον

20 ἐξ οὐρανοῦ παρετάξαντο οἱ ἀστέρες ἐκ τρίβων αὐτῶν παρετάξαντο μετὰ σισαρα

21 χειμάρρους κισων ἐξέσυρεν αὐτούς χειμάρρους ἀρχαίων χειμάρρους κισων καταπατήσει αὐτὸν ψυχή μου δυνατή

22 τότε ἐνεποδίσθησαν πτέρναι ἵππου σπουδῇ ἔσπευσαν ἰσχυροὶ αὐτοῦ

23 καταρᾶσθε μηρωζ εἶπεν ἄγγελος κυρίου καταρᾶσθε ἐπικατάρατος πᾶς ὁ κατοικῶν αὐτήν ὅτι οὐκ ἤλθοσαν εἰς βοήθειαν κυρίου εἰς βοήθειαν ἐν δυνατοῖς

24 εὐλογηθείη ἐν γυναιξὶν ιαηλ γυνὴ χαβερ τοῦ κιναίου ἀπὸ γυναικῶν ἐν σκηναῖς εὐλογηθείη

25 ὕδωρ ᾔτησεν γάλα ἔδωκεν ἐν λεκάνῃ ὑπερεχόντων προσήνεγκεν βούτυρον

26 χεῖρα αὐτῆς ἀριστερὰν εἰς πάσσαλον ἐξέτεινεν καὶ δεξιὰν αὐτῆς εἰς σφῦραν κοπιώντων καὶ ἐσφυροκόπησεν σισαρα διήλωσεν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπάταξεν διήλωσεν κρόταφον αὐτοῦ

27 ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν ποδῶν αὐτῆς κατεκυλίσθη ἔπεσεν καὶ ἐκοιμήθη ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν ποδῶν αὐτῆς κατακλιθεὶς ἔπεσεν καθὼς κατεκλίθη ἐκεῖ ἔπεσεν ἐξοδευθείς

28 διὰ τῆς θυρίδος παρέκυψεν μήτηρ σισαρα ἐκτὸς τοῦ τοξικοῦ διότι ᾐσχύνθη ἅρμα αὐτοῦ διότι ἐχρόνισαν πόδες ἁρμάτων αὐτοῦ

29 αἱ σοφαὶ ἄρχουσαι αὐτῆς ἀπεκρίθησαν πρὸς αὐτήν καὶ αὐτὴ ἀπέστρεψεν λόγους αὐτῆς ἑαυτῇ

30 οὐχ εὑρήσουσιν αὐτὸν διαμερίζοντα σκῦλα οἰκτίρμων οἰκτιρήσει εἰς κεφαλὴν ἀνδρός σκῦλα βαμμάτων τῷ σισαρα σκῦλα βαμμάτων ποικιλίας βάμματα ποικιλτῶν αὐτά τῷ τραχήλῳ αὐτοῦ σκῦλα

31 οὕτως ἀπόλοιντο πάντες οἱ ἐχθροί σου κύριε καὶ οἱ ἀγαπῶντες αὐτὸν ὡς ἔξοδος ἡλίου ἐν δυνάμει αὐτοῦ καὶ ἡσύχασεν ἡ γῆ τεσσαράκοντα ἔτη

   

From Swedenborg's Works

 

Apocalypse Explained #90

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90. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches. That this signifies those who receive goods and truths from the Lord, is evident from the signification of the seven stars, as denoting all goods and truths from the Lord (concerning which, see above, n. 72); and from the signification of angels, as being those in the heavens who are in similar correspondent good and truth with those who are in the church on earth, concerning which more will be said in what follows; and from the signification of seven churches, as denoting all who are in truths from good, or in faith from charity, thus all who belong to the church (concerning which, see above, n. 20). From these considerations taken together, it follows as a conclusion, that these words, "the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches," signify all those who receive goods and truths from the Lord. The reason why by angels are here signified those who are in similar correspondent good and truth in heaven with those who are in the church on earth, is, that the whole of heaven is distinguished into societies, and the societies are arranged in order according to the affections of good and truth, in general and in particular. These societies correspond to those on earth that are in similar affections of good and truth; these societies collectively are called angels, and each one is called an angel; a society also, when it is seen from afar, and when it is presented so as to be seen as one, is seen as one angel (as may be seen in the work, Heaven and Hell 62, 68-72).

Moreover there is a universal correspondence of heaven with the church, or of the angels of heaven with the men of the church; by this correspondence heaven makes one with the church. From these considerations it is clear what is here signified by the angels of the seven churches, and in the following chapter by the angel of each church, where it is said, Write to the angel of the church of Ephesus, to the angel of the church of Smyrna, to the angel of the church of Pergamos, to the angel of the church of Thyatira, to the angel of the church in Sardis, to the angel of the church in Philadelphia, and to the angel of the church in Laodicea.

It is quite clear that the command was not to write to angels, but to churches, thus to those who are in such good and truth from the Lord, who are described by each church, concerning whom we shall treat in the following pages. (That by an angel in the Word nothing else is meant but good and truth which are from the Lord with angels and men, will be more fully shown in the following pages; in the mean time the reader may consult what is said and shown concerning the heavens and the angelic societies, in the work, Heaven and Hell, since without some knowledge thence concerning those things, what is said in the following pages respecting angels can be but little understood; for knowledge must precede, in order that the understanding may be enlightened.

  
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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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