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Ezekiel 39

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1 καί-C σύ- P--NS υἱός-N2--VSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM προφητεύω-VA--AAD2S ἐπί-P *γωγ-N---ASM καί-C εἶπον-VB--AAD2S ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ἰδού-I ἐγώ- P--NS ἐπί-P σύ- P--AS *γωγ-N---ASM ἄρχων-N3--ASM *ρως-N---GS *μοσοχ-N---GS καί-C *θοβελ-N---GS

2 καί-C συνἄγω-VF--FAI1S σύ- P--AS καί-C καταὁδηγέω-VF--FAI1S σύ- P--AS καί-C ἀναβιβάζω-VF2-FAI1S σύ- P--AS ἀπό-P ἔσχατος-A1--GSM ὁ- A--GSM βορέας-N1T-GSM καί-C ἀναἄγω-VF--FAI1S σύ- P--AS ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APN ὄρος-N3E-APN ὁ- A--GSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM

3 καί-C ἀποὀλλύω-VF2-FAI1S ὁ- A--ASN τόξον-N2N-ASN σύ- P--GS ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSF χείρ-N3--GSF σύ- P--GS ὁ- A--GSF ἀριστερός-A1A-GSF καί-C ὁ- A--APN τόξευμα-N3M-APN σύ- P--GS ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSF χείρ-N3--GSF σύ- P--GS ὁ- A--GSF δεξιός-A1A-GSF καί-C καταβάλλω-VF2-FAI1S σύ- P--AS

4 ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APN ὄρος-N3E-APN *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM καί-C πίπτω-VF2-FMI2S σύ- P--NS καί-C πᾶς-A3--NPM ὁ- A--NPM περί-P σύ- P--AS καί-C ὁ- A--NPN ἔθνος-N3E-NPN ὁ- A--NPN μετά-P σύ- P--GS δίδωμι-VC--FPI3P εἰς-P πλῆθος-N3E-APN ὄρνις-N3I-GPM πᾶς-A3--DSN πετεινόν-N2N-DSN καί-C πᾶς-A3--DPN ὁ- A--DPN θηρίον-N2N-DPN ὁ- A--GSN πεδίον-N2N-GSN δίδωμι-VX--XAI1S σύ- P--AS καταβιβρώσκω-VC--APN

5 ἐπί-P πρόσωπον-N2N-GSN ὁ- A--GSN πεδίον-N2N-GSN πίπτω-VF2-FMI2S ὅτι-C ἐγώ- P--NS λαλέω-VAI-AAI1S λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM

6 καί-C ἀποστέλλω-VF2-FAI1S πῦρ-N3--ASN ἐπί-P *γωγ-N---ASM καί-C καταοἰκέω-VC--FPI3P ὁ- A--NPF νήσος-N2--NPF ἐπί-P εἰρήνη-N1--GSF καί-C γιγνώσκω-VF--FMI3P ὅτι-C ἐγώ- P--NS εἰμί-V9--PAI1S κύριος-N2--NSM

7 καί-C ὁ- A--NSN ὄνομα-N3M-NSN ἐγώ- P--GS ὁ- A--NSN ἅγιος-A1A-NSN γιγνώσκω-VS--FPI3S ἐν-P μέσος-A1--DSM λαός-N2--GSM ἐγώ- P--GS *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM καί-C οὐ-D βεβηλόω-VC--FPI3S ὁ- A--NSN ὄνομα-N3M-NSN ἐγώ- P--GS ὁ- A--NSN ἅγιος-A1A-NSN οὐκέτι-D καί-C γιγνώσκω-VF--FMI3P ὁ- A--NPN ἔθνος-N3E-NPN ὅτι-C ἐγώ- P--NS εἰμί-V9--PAI1S κύριος-N2--NSM ἅγιος-A1A-NSM ἐν-P *ἰσραήλ-N---DSM

8 ἰδού-I ἥκω-V1--PAI3S καί-C γιγνώσκω-VF--FMI2S ὅτι-C εἰμί-VF--FMI3S λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--NSM οὗτος- D--NSF εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ὁ- A--NSF ἡμέρα-N1A-NSF ἐν-P ὅς- --DSF λαλέω-VAI-AAI1S

9 καί-C ἐκἔρχομαι-VF--FMI3P ὁ- A--NPM καταοἰκέω-V2--PAPNPM ὁ- A--APF πόλις-N3I-APF *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM καί-C καίω-VF--FAI3P ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPN ὅπλον-N2N-DPN πέλτη-N1--DPF καί-C κοντός-N2--DPM καί-C τόξον-N2N-DPN καί-C τόξευμα-N3M-DPM καί-C ῥάβδος-N2--DPF χείρ-N3--GPF καί-C λόγχη-N1--DPF καί-C καίω-VF--FAI3P ἐν-P αὐτός- D--DPM πῦρ-N3--ASN ἑπτά-M ἔτος-N3E-APN

10 καί-C οὐ-D μή-D λαμβάνω-VB--AAS3P ξύλον-N2N-APN ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSN πεδίον-N2N-GSN οὐδέ-C μή-D κόπτω-VA--AAS3P ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GPM δρυμός-N2--GPM ἀλλά-C ἤ-C ὁ- A--APN ὅπλον-N2N-APN κατακαίω-VF--FAI3P πῦρ-N3--DSN καί-C προνομεύω-VF--FAI3P ὁ- A--APM προνομεύω-VA--AAPAPM αὐτός- D--APM καί-C σκυλεύω-VF--FAI3P ὁ- A--APM σκυλεύω-VA--AAPAPM αὐτός- D--APM λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM

11 καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF ἐκεῖνος- D--DSF δίδωμι-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--DSM *γωγ-N---DSM τόπος-N2--ASM ὀνομαστός-A1--ASM μνημεῖον-N2N-ASN ἐν-P *ἰσραήλ-N---DSM ὁ- A--ASN πολυάνδριον-N2N-ASN ὁ- A--GPM ἐπιἔρχομαι-VB--AAPGPM πρός-P ὁ- A--DSF θάλασσα-N1S-DSF καί-C περιοἰκοδομέω-VF--FAI3P ὁ- A--ASN περιστόμιον-N2N-ASN ὁ- A--GSF φάραγξ-N3G-GSF καί-C καταὀρύσσω-VF--FAI3P ἐκεῖ-D ὁ- A--ASM *γωγ-N---ASM καί-C πᾶς-A3--ASN ὁ- A--ASN πλῆθος-N3E-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C καλέω-VC--FPI3S ὁ- A--NSN γαι-N---NSN ὁ- A--NSN πολυάνδριον-A---NSN ὁ- A--GSM *γωγ-N---GSM

12 καί-C καταὀρύσσω-VF--FAI3P αὐτός- D--APM οἶκος-N2--NSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ἵνα-C καθαρίζω-VS--APS3S ὁ- A--NSF γῆ-N1--NSF ἐν-P ἑπτάμηνος-N2--DSF

13 καί-C καταὀρύσσω-VF--FAI3P αὐτός- D--APM πᾶς-A3--NSM ὁ- A--NSM λαός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI3S αὐτός- D--DPM εἰς-P ὀνομαστός-A1--ASN ὅς- --DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF δοξάζω-VSI-API1S λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM

14 καί-C ἀνήρ-N3--APM διά-P πᾶς-A3--GSM διαστέλλω-VF2-FAI3P ἐπιπορεύομαι-V1--PMPAPM ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF θάπτω-VA--AAN ὁ- A--APM καταλείπω-VP--XMPAPM ἐπί-P πρόσωπον-N2N-GSN ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF καθαρίζω-VA--AAN αὐτός- D--ASF μετά-P ὁ- A--ASF ἑπτάμηνος-N2--ASF καί-C ἐκζητέω-VF--FAI3P

15 καί-C πᾶς-A3--NSM ὁ- A--NSM διαπορεύομαι-V1--PMPNSM ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF καί-C ὁράω-VB--AAPNSM ὀστέον-N2N-ASN ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM οἰκοδομέω-VF--FAI3S παρά-P αὐτός- D--ASN σημεῖον-N2N-ASN ἕως-P ὅστις- X--GSN θάπτω-VA--AAS3P αὐτός- D--ASN ὁ- A--NPM θάπτω-V1--PAPNPM εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASN γαι-N---ASN ὁ- A--ASN πολυάνδριον-N2N-ASN ὁ- A--GSM *γωγ-N---GSM

16 καί-C γάρ-X ὁ- A--NSN ὄνομα-N3M-NSN ὁ- A--GSF πόλις-N3I-GSF *πολυάνδριον-N2N-NSN καί-C καθαρίζω-VS--FPI3S ὁ- A--NSF γῆ-N1--NSF

17 καί-C σύ- P--NS υἱός-N2--VSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM εἶπον-VB--AAD2S ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM εἶπον-VB--AAD2S πᾶς-A3--DSN ὄρνεον-N2N-DSN πετεινόν-N2N-DSN καί-C πρός-P πᾶς-A3--APN ὁ- A--APN θηρίον-N2N-APN ὁ- A--GSN πεδίον-N2N-GSN συνἄγω-VQ--APD2P καί-C ἔρχομαι-V1--PMD2P συνἄγω-VQ--APD2P ἀπό-P πᾶς-A3--GPM ὁ- A--GPM περικύκλῳ-D ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF θυσία-N1A-ASF ἐγώ- P--GS ὅς- --ASF θύω-VX--XAI1S σύ- P--DP θυσία-N1A-ASF μέγας-A1--ASF ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APN ὄρος-N3E-APN *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM καί-C ἐσθίω-VF--FMI2P κρέας-N3--APN καί-C πίνω-VF--FMI2P αἷμα-N3M-ASN

18 κρέας-N3--APN γίγας-N3--GPM ἐσθίω-VF--FMI2P καί-C αἷμα-N3M-ASN ἄρχων-N3--GPM ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF πίνω-VF--FMI2P κριός-N2--APM καί-C μόσχος-N2--APM καί-C τράγος-N2--APM καί-C ὁ- A--NPM μόσχος-N2--NPM στεατόομαι-VM--XPPNPM πᾶς-A3--NPM

19 καί-C ἐσθίω-VF--FMI2P στέαρ-N3--ASN εἰς-P πλησμονή-N1--ASF καί-C πίνω-VF--FMI2P αἷμα-N3M-ASN εἰς-P μέθη-N1--ASF ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSF θυσία-N1A-GSF ἐγώ- P--GS ὅς- --GSF θύω-VAI-AAI1S σύ- P--DP

20 καί-C ἐνπίμπλημι-VS--FPI2P ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF τράπεζα-N1S-GSF ἐγώ- P--GS ἵππος-N2--ASM καί-C ἀναβάτης-N1M-ASM γίγας-N3--ASM καί-C πᾶς-A3--ASM ἀνήρ-N3--ASM πολεμιστής-N1--ASM λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM

21 καί-C δίδωμι-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--ASF δόξα-N1S-ASF ἐγώ- P--GS ἐν-P σύ- P--DP καί-C ὁράω-VF--FMI3P πᾶς-A3--APN ὁ- A--APN ἔθνος-N3E-APN ὁ- A--ASF κρίσις-N3I-ASF ἐγώ- P--GS ὅς- --ASF ποιέω-VAI-AAI1S καί-C ὁ- A--ASF χείρ-N3--ASF ἐγώ- P--GS ὅς- --ASF ἐπιἄγω-VBI-AAI3P ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--APM

22 καί-C γιγνώσκω-VF--FMI3P οἶκος-N2--NSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ὅτι-C ἐγώ- P--NS εἰμί-V9--PAI1S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM αὐτός- D--GPM ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSF ἡμέρα-N1A-GSF οὗτος- D--GSF καί-C ἐπέκεινα-D

23 καί-C γιγνώσκω-VF--FMI3P πᾶς-A3--NPN ὁ- A--NPN ἔθνος-N3E-NPN ὅτι-C διά-P ὁ- A--APF ἁμαρτία-N1A-APF αὐτός- D--GPN αἰχμαλωτεύω-VCI-API3P οἶκος-N2--NSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ἀντί-P ὅς- --GPM ἀθετέω-VAI-AAI3P εἰς-P ἐγώ- P--AS καί-C ἀποστρέφω-VAI-AAI1S ὁ- A--ASN πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN ἐγώ- P--GS ἀπό-P αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C παραδίδωμι-VAI-AAI1S αὐτός- D--APM εἰς-P χείρ-N3--APF ὁ- A--GPM ἐχθρός-N2--GPM αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C πίπτω-VAI-AAI3P πᾶς-A3--NPM μάχαιρα-N1A-DSF

24 κατά-P ὁ- A--APF ἀκαθαρσία-N1A-APF αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C κατά-P ὁ- A--APN ἀνόμημα-N3M-APN αὐτός- D--GPM ποιέω-VAI-AAI1S αὐτός- D--DPM καί-C ἀποστρέφω-VAI-AAI1S ὁ- A--ASN πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN ἐγώ- P--GS ἀπό-P αὐτός- D--GPM

25 διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--NSM νῦν-D ἀποστρέφω-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--ASF αἰχμαλωσία-N1A-ASF *ἰακώβ-N---GSM καί-C ἐλεέω-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--ASM οἶκος-N2--ASM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM καί-C ζηλόω-VF--FAI1S διά-P ὁ- A--ASN ὄνομα-N3M-ASN ὁ- A--ASN ἅγιος-A1A-ASN ἐγώ- P--GS

26 καί-C λαμβάνω-VF--FMI3P ὁ- A--ASF ἀτιμία-N1A-ASF ἑαυτοῦ- D--GPM καί-C ὁ- A--ASF ἀδικία-N1A-ASF ὅς- --ASF ἀδικέω-VAI-AAI3P ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN καταοἰκίζω-VS--APN αὐτός- D--APM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF αὐτός- D--GPM ἐπί-P εἰρήνη-N1--GSF καί-C οὐ-D εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--NSM ἐκφοβέω-V2--PAPNSM

27 ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN ἀποστρέφω-VA--AAN ἐγώ- P--AS αὐτός- D--APM ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GPN ἔθνος-N3E-GPN καί-C συνἄγω-VB--AAN ἐγώ- P--AS αὐτός- D--APM ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GPF χώρα-N1A-GPF ὁ- A--GPN ἔθνος-N3E-GPN καί-C ἁγιάζω-VS--FPI1S ἐν-P αὐτός- D--DPM ἐνώπιον-P ὁ- A--GPN ἔθνος-N3E-GPN

28 καί-C γιγνώσκω-VF--FMI3P ὅτι-C ἐγώ- P--NS εἰμί-V9--PAI1S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM αὐτός- D--GPM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN ἐπιφαίνω-VD--APN ἐγώ- P--AS αὐτός- D--DPM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPN ἔθνος-N3E-DPN

29 καί-C οὐ-D ἀποστρέφω-VF--FAI1S οὐκέτι-D ὁ- A--ASN πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN ἐγώ- P--GS ἀπό-P αὐτός- D--GPM ἀντί-P ὅς- --GSM ἐκχέω-VAI-AAI1S ὁ- A--ASM θυμός-N2--ASM ἐγώ- P--GS ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASM οἶκος-N2--ASM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--NSM

   

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Apocalypse Revealed #782

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782. 18:14 "The fruits that your soul longed for have gone from you, and all things rich and splendid have gone from you, and you shall find them no more at all." This symbolically means that all the blessings and felicities of heaven, including the external ones they wish for, will altogether fly away and be seen no longer, because these Roman Catholics do not have in them any celestial or spiritual affections for goodness and truth.

Fruits that the soul longs for symbolize nothing else than the blessings and felicities of heaven, because those are the fruits of everything having to do with the doctrine and worship that are the subject here, and because they are what people desire when they are dying, and also what they continue to desire when they first come into the spiritual world.

Things rich and splendid symbolize celestial and spiritual affections for goodness and truth - rich things affections for goodness, as we will show below, and splendid things affections for truth, which are called splendid because they develop in response to the light of heaven and its splendor in human minds, giving rise to an understanding of goodness and truth and so to wisdom.

To go and not be found anymore means symbolically that the blessings and felicities of heaven will fly away and be seen no longer, because the people here do not have any celestial or spiritual goodness and truth. Moreover, the blessings and felicities that they long for are called external, because the only blessings and felicities and affections that they long for are carnal and worldly ones, and consequently they are incapable of knowing the nature and character of the blessings and felicities that are called celestial and spiritual.

[2] But we will illustrate this by disclosing the lot of those people after death. When people impelled by a love of dominion from a love of self and so by a love of the world come from that religion into the spiritual world, as they do immediately after death, they all yearn for nothing else than dominion and the pleasures of the heart resulting from that dominion, and the pleasures of the body resulting from wealth. For a person's reigning love with its affections or lusts and desires awaits everyone after death. However, because a love of exercising dominion, springing from a love of self, over the sanctities of the church and heaven, all of which are Divine and the Lord's, is diabolical, therefore after a period of time these people are separated from their companions and cast down into various hells.

But even so, because in consequence of their religion they have participated in an external worship of God, they are first taught the nature and character of heaven, and the nature and character of the happiness of eternal life, that its blessings are pure blessings flowing in from the Lord into everyone in heaven in accordance with the character of the heavenly affection for goodness and truth in them. Yet because they have not turned to the Lord and so have not been conjoined with Him, and also lack any such affection for goodness and truth, they reject that instruction and turn away, and long for the pleasures of the love of self and the world then, which are merely natural and carnal. But because it is inherent in those pleasures to do evil, especially to people who worship the Lord, thus to angels in heaven, therefore they are deprived of those pleasures also and are thrust among their comrades in infernal workhouses in a contemptible and wretched state.

Still, these events befall them to the degree of their love of dominion over things that are Divine and the Lord's, which is the degree to which they rejected the Lord.

[3] It can now be seen from this that "the fruits that your soul longed for have gone from you, and all things rich and splendid have gone from you, and you shall find them no more at all," symbolically means that all the blessings and felicities of heaven, including the external ones they wish for, will altogether fly away and be seen no longer, because these Roman Catholics do not have in them any affections for goodness and truth.

That rich things 1 symbolize heavenly goods, and also affections for those goods and the delights of those affections, can be seen from the following passages:

Listen... to Me, eat what is good, that your soul may delight itself in richness. (Isaiah 55:2)

I will fill the soul of the priests with richness, and My people shall be satisfied with... goodness... (Jeremiah 31:14)

My soul shall be satisfied... with fatness and richness, and my mouth shall praise with singing lips. (Psalms 63:5)

They are filled with the richness of Your house, and You give them drink from the river of Your delights. (Psalms 36:8)

On this mountain Jehovah... will make for all people a feast of rich food..., of rich food full of marrow... (Isaiah 25:6)

They shall still have produce in old age; they shall be rich and green, to declare that Jehovah is upright. (Psalms 92:14-15)

(In the feast that Jehovah will make) you shall eat rich food till you are full, and drink blood till you are drunk... (Ezekiel 39:19)

(Jehovah) will regard your burnt offering as rich. (Psalms 20:3)

Because richness of fat symbolizes heavenly goodness, it was therefore a statute in Israel that all the fat of sacrificial animals should be burnt on the altar (Exodus 29:13, 22; Leviticus 1:8; 3:3-16; 4:8-35; 7:3-4, 30-31; 17:6).

In an opposite sense, the richness of fat symbolizes people who are nauseated at goodness, and who, because it is just too much, scorn it and reject it (Deuteronomy 32:15; Jeremiah 5:28; 50:11; Psalms 17:10; 20:3; 78:31; 119:70; and elsewhere).

Footnotes:

1. Literally, "fat things." The original words in Hebrew and Greek, translated here as "rich" or "richness," mean literally "fat" or "fatness," but metaphorically "rich" or "richness."

  
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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.