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Ezekiel 12

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1 καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S λόγος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--GSM πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS λέγω-V1--PAPNSM

2 υἱός-N2--VSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM ἐν-P μέσος-A1--DSN ὁ- A--GPF ἀδικία-N1A-GPF αὐτός- D--GPM σύ- P--NS καταοἰκέω-V2--PAI2S ὅς- --NPM ἔχω-V1--PAI3P ὀφθαλμός-N2--APM ὁ- A--GSN βλέπω-V1--PAN καί-C οὐ-D βλέπω-V1--PAI3P καί-C οὖς-N3T-APN ἔχω-V1--PAI3P ὁ- A--GSN ἀκούω-V1--PAN καί-C οὐ-D ἀκούω-V1--PAI3P διότι-C οἶκος-N2--NSM παραπικραίνω-V1--PAPNSM εἰμί-V9--PAI3S

3 καί-C σύ- P--NS υἱός-N2--VSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM ποιέω-VA--AAD2S σεαυτοῦ- D--DSM σκεῦος-N3E-APN αἰχμαλωσία-N1A-GSF ἡμέρα-N1A-GSF ἐνώπιον-P αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C αἰχμαλωτεύω-VC--FPI2S ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSM τόπος-N2--GSM σύ- P--GS εἰς-P ἕτερος-A1A-ASM τόπος-N2--ASM ἐνώπιον-P αὐτός- D--GPM ὅπως-C ὁράω-VB--AAS3P διότι-C οἶκος-N2--NSM παραπικραίνω-V1--PAPNSM εἰμί-V9--PAI3S

4 καί-C ἐκφέρω-VF--FAI2S ὁ- A--APN σκεῦος-N3E-APN σύ- P--GS ὡς-C σκεῦος-N3E-APN αἰχμαλωσία-N1A-GSF ἡμέρα-N1A-GSF κατά-P ὀφθαλμός-N2--APM αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C σύ- P--NS ἐκἔρχομαι-VF--FMI2S ἑσπέρα-N1A-GSF ὡς-C ἐκπορεύομαι-V1--PMI3S αἰχμάλωτος-A1B-NSM

5 ἐνώπιον-P αὐτός- D--GPM διαὀρύσσω-VA--AAD2S σεαυτοῦ- D--DSM εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM τοῖχος-N2--ASM καί-C δια ἐκἔρχομαι-VF--FMI2S διά-P αὐτός- D--GSM

6 ἐνώπιον-P αὐτός- D--GPM ἐπί-P ὦμος-N2--GPM ἀναλαμβάνω-VC--FPI2S καί-C κρύπτω-VP--XPPNSM ἐκἔρχομαι-VF--FMI2S ὁ- A--NSN πρόσωπον-N2N-NSN σύ- P--GS συνκαλύπτω-VF--FAI2S καί-C οὐ-D μή-D ὁράω-VB--AAS2S ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF διότι-C τέρας-N3T-ASN δίδωμι-VX--XAI1S σύ- P--AS ὁ- A--DSM οἶκος-N2--DSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM

7 καί-C ποιέω-VAI-AAI1S οὕτως-D κατά-P πᾶς-A3--APN ὅσος-A1--APN ἐντέλλομαι-VAI-AMI3S ἐγώ- P--DS καί-C σκεῦος-N3E-APN ἐκφέρω-VAI-AAI1S ὡς-C σκεῦος-N3E-APN αἰχμαλωσία-N1A-GSF ἡμέρα-N1A-GSF καί-C ἑσπέρα-N1A-GSF διαὀρύσσω-VAI-AAI1S ἐμαυτοῦ- D--DSM ὁ- A--ASM τοῖχος-N2--ASM καί-C κρύπτω-VP--XPPNSM ἐκἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI1S ἐπί-P ὦμος-N2--GPM ἀναλαμβάνω-VVI-API1S ἐνώπιον-P αὐτός- D--GPM

8 καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S λόγος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--GSM πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS ὁ- A--ASN πρωΐ-D λέγω-V1--PAPNSM

9 υἱός-N2--VSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM οὐ-D εἶπον-VAI-AAI3P πρός-P σύ- P--AS ὁ- A--NSM οἶκος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM οἶκος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM παραπικραίνω-V1--PAPNSM τίς- I--ASN σύ- P--NS ποιέω-V2--PAI2S

10 εἶπον-VB--AAD2S πρός-P αὐτός- D--APM ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM ἄρχων-N3--NSM καί-C ὁ- A--NSM ἀποἡγέομαι-V2--PMPNSM ἐν-P *ἰερουσαλήμ-N---DSF καί-C πᾶς-A3--DSM οἶκος-N2--DSM *ἰσραήλ-N---DSM ὅς- --NPM εἰμί-V9--PAI3P ἐν-P μέσος-A1--DSN αὐτός- D--GPM

11 εἶπον-VB--AAD2S ὅτι-C ἐγώ- P--NS τέρας-N3T-ASN ποιέω-V2--PAI1S ἐν-P μέσος-A1--DSN αὐτός- D--GSF ὅς- --ASM τρόπος-N2--ASM ποιέω-VX--XAI1S οὕτως-D εἰμί-VF--FMI3S αὐτός- D--DPM ἐν-P μετοικεσία-N1A-DSF καί-C ἐν-P αἰχμαλωσία-N1A-DSF πορεύομαι-VF--FMI3P

12 καί-C ὁ- A--NSM ἄρχων-N3--NSM ἐν-P μέσος-A1--DSN αὐτός- D--GPM ἐπί-P ὦμος-N2--GPM αἴρω-VC--FPI3S καί-C κρύπτω-VP--XPPNSM ἐκἔρχομαι-VF--FMI3S διά-P ὁ- A--GSM τοῖχος-N2--GSM καί-C διαὀρύσσω-VF--FAI3S ὁ- A--GSN ἐκἔρχομαι-VB--AAN αὐτός- D--ASM διά-P αὐτός- D--GSM ὁ- A--ASN πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM συνκαλύπτω-VF--FAI3S ὅπως-C μή-D ὁράω-VC--APS3S ὀφθαλμός-N2--DSM καί-C αὐτός- D--NSM ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF οὐ-D ὁράω-VF--FMI3S

13 καί-C ἐκπεταννύω-VF2-FAI1S ὁ- A--ASN δίκτυον-N2N-ASN ἐγώ- P--GS ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--ASM καί-C συνλαμβάνω-VV--FPI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF περιοχή-N1--DSF ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ἄγω-VF--FAI1S αὐτός- D--ASM εἰς-P *βαβυλών-N3W-ASF εἰς-P γῆ-N1--ASF *χαλδαῖος-N2--GPM καί-C αὐτός- D--ASF οὐ-D ὁράω-VF--FMI3S καί-C ἐκεῖ-D τελευτάω-VF--FAI3S

14 καί-C πᾶς-A3--APM ὁ- A--APM κύκλος-N2--DSM αὐτός- D--GSM ὁ- A--APM βοηθός-N2--APM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C πᾶς-A3--APM ὁ- A--APM ἀντιλαμβάνω-V1--PMPAPM αὐτός- D--GSM διασπείρω-VF2-FAI1S εἰς-P πᾶς-A3--ASM ἄνεμος-N2--ASM καί-C ῥομφαία-N1A-ASF ἐκκενόω-VF--FAI1S ὀπίσω-P αὐτός- D--GPM

15 καί-C γιγνώσκω-VF--FMI3P διότι-C ἐγώ- P--NS κύριος-N2--NSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN διασκορπίζω-VA--AAN ἐγώ- P--AS αὐτός- D--APM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPN ἔθνος-N3E-DPN καί-C διασπείρω-VF2-FAI1S αὐτός- D--APM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF χώρα-N1A-DPF

16 καί-C ὑπολείπω-VF--FMI1S ἐκ-P αὐτός- D--GPM ἀνήρ-N3--APM ἀριθμός-N2--DSM ἐκ-P ῥομφαία-N1A-GSF καί-C ἐκ-P λιμός-N2--GSM καί-C ἐκ-P θάνατος-N2--GSM ὅπως-C ἐκ διαἡγέομαι-V2--PMS3P πᾶς-A1S-APF ὁ- A--APF ἀνομία-N1A-APF αὐτός- D--GPM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPN ἔθνος-N3E-DPN ὅς- --GSM εἰςἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3P ἐκεῖ-D καί-C γιγνώσκω-VF--FMI3P ὅτι-C ἐγώ- P--NS κύριος-N2--NSM

17 καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S λόγος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--GSM πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS λέγω-V1--PAPNSM

18 υἱός-N2--VSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM ὁ- A--ASM ἄρτος-N2--ASM σύ- P--GS μετά-P ὀδύνη-N1--GSF ἐσθίω-VF--FMI2S καί-C ὁ- A--ASN ὕδωρ-N3--ASN σύ- P--GS μετά-P βάσανος-N2--GSF καί-C θλῖψις-N3I-GSF πίνω-VF--FMI2S

19 καί-C εἶπον-VF2-FAI2S πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--DPM καταοἰκέω-V2--PAPDPM *ἰερουσαλήμ-N---ASF ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF ὁ- A--GSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ὁ- A--APM ἄρτος-N2--APM αὐτός- D--GPM μετά-P ἔνδεια-N1A-GSF ἐσθίω-VF--FMI3P καί-C ὁ- A--ASN ὕδωρ-N3--ASN αὐτός- D--GPM μετά-P ἀφανισμός-N2--GSM πίνω-VF--FMI3P ὅπως-C ἀπο ἀναἵζω-VS--APS3S ὁ- A--NSF γῆ-N1--NSF σύν-P πλήρωμα-N3M-DSN αὐτός- D--GSF ἐν-P ἀσέβεια-N1A-DSF γάρ-X πᾶς-A3--NPM ὁ- A--NPM καταοἰκέω-V2--PAPNPM ἐν-P αὐτός- D--DSF

20 καί-C ὁ- A--NPF πόλις-N3I-NPF αὐτός- D--GPM ὁ- A--NPF καταοἰκέω-V2--PMPNPF ἐκἐρημόω-VC--FPI3P καί-C ὁ- A--NSF γῆ-N1--NSF εἰς-P ἀφανισμός-N2--ASM εἰμί-VF--FMI3S καί-C ἐπιγιγνώσκω-VF--FMI2P διότι-C ἐγώ- P--NS κύριος-N2--NSM

21 καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S λόγος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--GSM πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS λέγω-V1--PAPNSM

22 υἱός-N2--VSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM τίς- I--NSM σύ- P--DP ὁ- A--NSF παραβολή-N1--NSF οὗτος- D--NSF ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF ὁ- A--GSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM λέγω-V1--PAPNPM μακράν-D ὁ- A--NPF ἡμέρα-N1A-NPF ἀποὀλλύω-VX--XAI3S ὅρασις-N3I-NSF

23 διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN εἶπον-VB--AAD2S πρός-P αὐτός- D--APM ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ἀποστρέφω-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--ASF παραβολή-N1--ASF οὗτος- D--ASF καί-C οὐκέτι-D μή-D εἶπον-VB--AAS3P ὁ- A--ASF παραβολή-N1--ASF οὗτος- D--ASF οἶκος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ὅτι-C λαλέω-VF--FAI2S πρός-P αὐτός- D--APM ἐγγίζω-VX--XAI3P ὁ- A--NPF ἡμέρα-N1A-NPF καί-C λόγος-N2--NSM πᾶς-A1S-GSF ὅρασις-N3I-GSF

24 ὅτι-C οὐ-D εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ἔτι-D πᾶς-A1S-NSF ὅρασις-N3I-NSF ψευδής-A3H-NSF καί-C μαντεύομαι-V1--PMPNSM ὁ- A--APN πρός-P χάρις-N3--ASF ἐν-P μέσος-A1--DSN ὁ- A--GPM υἱός-N2--GPM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM

25 διότι-C ἐγώ- P--NS κύριος-N2--NSM λαλέω-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--APM λόγος-N2--APM ἐγώ- P--GS λαλέω-VF--FAI1S καί-C ποιέω-VF--FAI1S καί-C οὐ-D μή-D μηκύνω-V1--PAI1S ἔτι-D ὅτι-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF ἡμέρα-N1A-DPF σύ- P--GP οἶκος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM παραπικραίνω-V1--PAPNSM λαλέω-VF--FAI1S λόγος-N2--ASM καί-C ποιέω-VF--FAI1S λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM

26 καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S λόγος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--GSM πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS λέγω-V1--PAPNSM

27 υἱός-N2--VSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM ἰδού-I οἶκος-N2--NSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ὁ- A--NSM παραπικραίνω-V1--PAPNSM λέγω-V1--PAPNPM λέγω-V1--PAI3P ὁ- A--NSF ὅρασις-N3I-NSF ὅς- --ASF οὗτος- D--NSM ὁράω-V3--PAI3S εἰς-P ἡμέρα-N1A-APF πολύς-A1--APF καί-C εἰς-P καιρός-N2--APM μακρός-A1A-APM οὗτος- D--NSM προφητεύω-V1--PAI3S

28 διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN εἶπον-VB--AAD2S πρός-P αὐτός- D--APM ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM οὐ-D μή-D μηκύνω-V1--PAS3P οὐκέτι-D πᾶς-A3--NPM ὁ- A--NPM λόγος-N2--NPM ἐγώ- P--GS ὅς- --APM ἄν-X λαλέω-VF--FAI1S λαλέω-VF--FAI1S καί-C ποιέω-VF--FAI1S λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM

   

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The Lord #16

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16. The state of the church in relation to the Word, as represented by the prophets, was the meaning of their “carrying the iniquities and sins of the people.” This we can see from what is said about the prophet Isaiah, that he went naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and a wonder (Isaiah 20:3). It says of Ezekiel that he was to take out his belongings to go into exile and cover his face so that he could not see the ground, and that this was to be a sign to the house of Israel; and he was also to say, “I am a sign for you” (Ezekiel 12:6, 11).

[2] It is abundantly clear from Ezekiel that this was carrying the people’s iniquities, when Ezekiel was commanded to lie on his left side for three hundred ninety days and on his right side for forty days against Jerusalem and to eat a cake of barley baked over cow dung. We read there,

Lie on your left side and place the iniquity of the house of Israel on it. According to the number of days that you lie on it you will carry their iniquity. I will give you years of their iniquity matching the number of days, three hundred ninety days, so that you carry the iniquity of the house of Israel. When you have finished them, you will lie a second time, but on your right side for forty days to carry the iniquity of the house of Judah. (Ezekiel 4:4-6)

[3] By carrying the iniquities of the house of Israel and the house of Judah in this way, the prophet did not take them away and thus atone for them, but simply represented them and made them clear. This we can see from what follows:

Thus says Jehovah: “The children of Israel will eat their bread defiled among the nations where I am going to send them. Behold, I am breaking the staff of bread in Jerusalem so that they will lack bread and water. They will all become desolate and waste away because of their iniquity.” (Ezekiel 4:13, 16-17)

[4] Similarly, when Ezekiel appeared in public and said, “Behold, I am a sign for you, ” he also said, “What I have done, [your leaders] will do” (Ezekiel 12:6, 11).

Much the same is meant, then, when it says of the Lord, “He bore our diseases and carried our sorrows. Jehovah made the iniquities of us all fall upon him. By means of his knowledge he justified many, because he himself carried their iniquities.” This is from Isaiah 53:4, 6, 11], where the whole chapter is about the Lord’s suffering.

[5] We can see from the details of the narrative of his suffering that he, as the greatest prophet, represented the state of the church in its relationship to the Word. For example, he was betrayed by Judas; he was seized and condemned by the chief priests and elders; they struck him with their fists; they struck his head with a stick; they put a crown of thorns on him; they divided his garments and cast lots on his tunic; they crucified him; they gave him vinegar to drink; they pierced his side; he was entombed; and on the third day he rose again [Matthew 26:14-16, 47-68; 27:1-61; 28:1-10; Mark 14:43-65; 15:15-37; 16:1-8; Luke 22:47-71; 23:26-56; 24:1-35; John 18:1-14; 19:1-30; 20:1-18].

[6] His being betrayed by Judas meant that this was being done by the Jewish people, who at that time were custodians of the Word, since Judas represented them. His being seized and condemned by the chief priests and elders meant that this was being done by the whole church. Their whipping him, spitting in his face, striking him with their fists, and striking his head with a stick meant that they were doing this kind of thing to the Word in regard to its divine truths, all of which are about the Lord. Their putting a crown of thorns on him meant that they falsified and contaminated these truths. Their dividing his garments and casting lots on his tunic meant that they destroyed the connectedness of all the truths of the Word-though not its spiritual meaning, which is symbolized by the tunic. Their crucifying him meant that they destroyed and profaned the whole Word. Their giving him vinegar to drink meant offering nothing but things that were distorted and false, which is why he did not drink it and then said, “It is finished.” Their piercing his side meant that they completely stifled everything true in the Word and everything good in it. His entombment meant his putting off any residual human nature from his mother. His rising again on the third day meant his glorification. Much the same is meant by the passages in the prophets and David where these events were foretold.

[7] That is why, after he had been whipped and led out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe the soldiers had put on him, he said, “Here is the one [the human]” (John 19:1-5). This was said because “a human being” means a church, since “the Son of Humanity” means what is true in the church, therefore the Word.

We can see from all this that his “carrying iniquities” means that he represented and offered an image of the sins that were being committed against the divine truths of the Word. And we will see in the following pages that the Lord endured and suffered these torments as the Son of Humanity and not as the Son of God. “The Son of Humanity” means the Lord as the Word.

  
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