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Ezekiel 46

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1 ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM θεός-N2--NSM πύλη-N1--NSF ὁ- A--NSF ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF αὐλή-N1--DSF ὁ- A--DSF ἐσώτερος-A1A-DSF ὁ- A--NSF βλέπω-V1--PAPNSF πρός-P ἀνατολή-N1--APF εἰμί-VF--FMI3S κλείω-VT--XPPNSF ἕξ-M ἡμέρα-N1A-APF ὁ- A--APF ἐνεργός-A1B-APF ἐν-P δέ-X ὁ- A--DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF ὁ- A--GPN σάββατον-N2N-GPN ἀναοἴγω-VQ--FPI3S καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF ὁ- A--GSF νεομηνία-N1A-GSF ἀναοἴγω-VQ--FPI3S

2 καί-C εἰςἔρχομαι-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--NSM ἀποἡγέομαι-V2--PMPNSM κατά-P ὁ- A--ASF ὁδός-N2--ASF ὁ- A--GSN αιλαμ-N---GSN ὁ- A--GSF πύλη-N1--GSF ὁ- A--GSF ἔξωθεν-D καί-C ἵστημι-VF--FMI3S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APN πρόθυρον-N2N-APN ὁ- A--GSF πύλη-N1--GSF καί-C ποιέω-VF--FAI3P ὁ- A--NPM ἱερεύς-N3V-NPM ὁ- A--APN ὁλοκαύτωμα-N3M-APN αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ὁ- A--APN ὁ- A--GSN σωτήριον-N2N-GSN αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C προςκυνέω-VF--FAI3S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSN πρόθυρον-N2N-GSN ὁ- A--GSF πύλη-N1--GSF καί-C ἐκἔρχομαι-VF--FMI3S καί-C ὁ- A--NSF πύλη-N1--NSF οὐ-D μή-D κλείω-VC--APS3S ἕως-P ἑσπέρα-N1A-GSF

3 καί-C προςκυνέω-VF--FAI3S ὁ- A--NSM λαός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF κατά-P ὁ- A--APN πρόθυρον-N2N-APN ὁ- A--GSF πύλη-N1--GSF ἐκεῖνος- D--GSF ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPN σάββατον-N2N-DPN καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF νεομηνία-N1A-DPF ἐναντίον-P κύριος-N2--GSM

4 καί-C ὁ- A--APN ὁλοκαύτωμα-N3M-APN προςφέρω-VF--FAI3S ὁ- A--NSM ἀποἡγέομαι-V2--PMPNSM ὁ- A--DSM κύριος-N2--DSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF ὁ- A--GPN σάββατον-N2N-GPN ἕξ-M ἀμνός-N2--APM ἄμωμος-A1B-APM καί-C κριός-N2--ASM ἄμωμος-A1B-ASM

5 καί-C μαναα-N---ASN πέμμα-N3M-ASN ὁ- A--DSM κριός-N2--DSM καί-C ὁ- A--DPM ἀμνός-N2--DPM θυσία-N1A-ASF δόμα-N3M-ASN χείρ-N3--GSF αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ἔλαιον-N2N-GSN ὁ- A--ASN ιν-N---ASN ὁ- A--DSN πέμμα-N3M-DSN

6 καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF ὁ- A--GSF νεομηνία-N1A-GSF μόσχος-N2--ASM ἄμωμος-A1B-ASM καί-C ἕξ-M ἀμνός-N2--APM καί-C κριός-N2--NSM ἄμωμος-A1B-NSM εἰμί-VF--FMI3S

7 καί-C πέμμα-N3M-NSN ὁ- A--DSM κριός-N2--DSM καί-C πέμμα-N3M-NSN ὁ- A--DSM μόσχος-N2--DSM εἰμί-VF--FMI3S μαναα-N---NSN καί-C ὁ- A--DPM ἀμνός-N2--DPM καθώς-D ἐάν-C ἐκποιέω-V2--PAS3S ὁ- A--NSF χείρ-N3--NSF αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ἔλαιον-N2N-GSN ὁ- A--ASN ιν-N---ASN ὁ- A--DSN πέμμα-N3M-DSN

8 καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN εἰςπορεύομαι-V1--PMN ὁ- A--ASM ἀποἡγέομαι-V2--PMPASM κατά-P ὁ- A--ASF ὁδός-N2--ASF ὁ- A--GSN αιλαμ-N---GSN ὁ- A--GSF πύλη-N1--GSF εἰςἔρχομαι-VF--FMI3S καί-C κατά-P ὁ- A--ASF ὁδός-N2--ASF ὁ- A--GSF πύλη-N1--GSF ἐκἔρχομαι-VF--FMI3S

9 καί-C ὅταν-D εἰςπορεύομαι-V1--PMS3S ὁ- A--NSM λαός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF ἐναντίον-P κύριος-N2--GSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF ἑορτή-N1--DPF ὁ- A--NSM εἰςπορεύομαι-V1--PMPNSM κατά-P ὁ- A--ASF ὁδός-N2--ASF ὁ- A--GSF πύλη-N1--GSF ὁ- A--GSF πρός-P βορέας-N1T-ASM προςκυνέω-V2--PAN ἐκἔρχομαι-VF--FMI3S κατά-P ὁ- A--ASF ὁδός-N2--ASF ὁ- A--GSF πύλη-N1--GSF ὁ- A--GSF πρός-P νότος-N2--ASM καί-C ὁ- A--NSM εἰςπορεύομαι-V1--PMPNSM κατά-P ὁ- A--ASF ὁδός-N2--ASF ὁ- A--GSF πύλη-N1--GSF ὁ- A--GSF πρός-P νότος-N2--ASM ἐκἔρχομαι-VF--FMI3S κατά-P ὁ- A--ASF ὁδός-N2--ASF ὁ- A--GSF πύλη-N1--GSF ὁ- A--GSF πρός-P βορέας-N1T-ASM οὐ-D ἀναστρέφω-VF--FAI3S κατά-P ὁ- A--ASF πύλη-N1--ASF ὅς- --ASF εἰςἔρχομαι-VX--XAI3S ἀλλά-C ἤ-C κατά-P εὐθύς-A3U-ASN αὐτός- D--GSF ἐκἔρχομαι-VF--FMI3S

10 καί-C ὁ- A--NSM ἀποἡγέομαι-V2--PMPNSM ἐν-P μέσος-A1--DSM αὐτός- D--GPM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN εἰςπορεύομαι-V1--PMN αὐτός- D--APM εἰςἔρχομαι-VF--FMI3S μετά-P αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN ἐκπορεύομαι-V1--PMN αὐτός- D--APM ἐκἔρχομαι-VF--FMI3S

11 καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF ἑορτή-N1--DPF καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF πανήγυρις-N3I-DPF εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--ASN μαναα-N---ASN πέμμα-N3M-ASN ὁ- A--DSM μόσχος-N2--DSM καί-C πέμμα-N3M-ASN ὁ- A--DSM κριός-N2--DSM καί-C ὁ- A--DPM ἀμνός-N2--DPM καθώς-D ἄν-X ἐκποιέω-V2--PAS3S ὁ- A--NSF χείρ-N3--NSF αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ἔλαιον-N2N-GSN ὁ- A--ASN ιν-N---ASN ὁ- A--DSN πέμμα-N3M-DSN

12 ἐάν-C δέ-X ποιέω-VA--AAS3S ὁ- A--NSM ἀποἡγέομαι-V2--PMPNSM ὁμολογία-N1A-ASF ὁλοκαύτωμα-N3M-ASN σωτήριον-N2N-GSN ὁ- A--DSM κύριος-N2--DSM καί-C ἀναοἴγω-VF--FAI3S ἑαυτοῦ- D--DSM ὁ- A--ASF πύλη-N1--ASF ὁ- A--ASF βλέπω-V1--PAPASF κατά-P ἀνατολή-N1--APF καί-C ποιέω-VF--FAI3S ὁ- A--ASN ὁλοκαύτωμα-N3M-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ὁ- A--APN ὁ- A--GSN σωτήριον-N2N-GSN αὐτός- D--GSM ὅς- --ASM τρόπος-N2--ASM ποιέω-V2--PAI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF ὁ- A--GPN σάββατον-N2N-GPN καί-C ἐκἔρχομαι-VF--FMI3S καί-C κλείω-VF--FAI3S ὁ- A--APF θύρα-N1A-APF μετά-P ὁ- A--ASN ἐκἔρχομαι-VB--AAN αὐτός- D--ASM

13 καί-C ἀμνός-N2--ASM ἐνιαύσιος-A1A-ASM ἄμωμος-A1B-ASM ποιέω-VF--FAI3S εἰς-P ὁλοκαύτωμα-N3M-ASN κατά-P ἡμέρα-N1A-ASF ὁ- A--DSM κύριος-N2--DSM πρωΐ-D ποιέω-VF--FAI3S αὐτός- D--ASM

14 καί-C μαναα-N---ASN ποιέω-VF--FAI3S ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--DSM ὁ- A--ASN πρωΐ-D ἕκτος-A1--ASN ὁ- A--GSN μέτρον-N2N-GSN καί-C ἔλαιον-N2N-GSN ὁ- A--ASN τρίτος-A1--ASN ὁ- A--GSN ιν-N---GSN ὁ- A--GSN ἀναμίγνυμι-VA--AAN ὁ- A--ASF σεμίδαλις-N3I-ASF μαναα-N---GSN ὁ- A--DSM κύριος-N2--DSM πρόσταγμα-N3M-ASN διά-P πᾶς-A3--GSM

15 ποιέω-VF--FAI2P ὁ- A--ASM ἀμνός-N2--ASM καί-C ὁ- A--ASN μαναα-N---ASN καί-C ὁ- A--ASN ἔλαιον-N2N-ASN ποιέω-VF--FAI2P ὁ- A--ASN πρωΐ-D ὁλοκαύτωμα-N3M-ASN διά-P πᾶς-A3--GSM

16 ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ἐάν-C δίδωμι-VO--AAS3S ὁ- A--NSM ἀποἡγέομαι-V2--PMPNSM δόμα-N3M-ASN εἷς-A3--DSM ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GPM υἱός-N2--GPM αὐτός- D--GSM ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSF κληρονομία-N1A-GSF αὐτός- D--GSM οὗτος- D--NSN ὁ- A--DPM υἱός-N2--DPM αὐτός- D--GSM εἰμί-VF--FMI3S κατάσχεσις-N3I-NSF ἐν-P κληρονομία-N1A-DSF

17 ἐάν-C δέ-X δίδωμι-VO--AAS3S δόμα-N3M-ASN εἷς-A3--DSM ὁ- A--GPM παῖς-N3D-GPM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI3S αὐτός- D--DSM ἕως-P ὁ- A--GSN ἔτος-N3E-GSN ὁ- A--GSF ἄφεσις-N3I-GSF καί-C ἀποδίδωμι-VF--FAI3S ὁ- A--DSM ἀποἡγέομαι-V2--PMPDSM πλήν-D ὁ- A--GSF κληρονομία-N1A-GSF ὁ- A--GPM υἱός-N2--GPM αὐτός- D--GSM αὐτός- D--DPM εἰμί-VF--FMI3S

18 καί-C οὐ-D μή-D λαμβάνω-VB--AAS3S ὁ- A--NSM ἀποἡγέομαι-V2--PMPNSM ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSF κληρονομία-N1A-GSF ὁ- A--GSM λαός-N2--GSM καταδυναστεύω-VA--AAN αὐτός- D--APM ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSF κατάσχεσις-N3I-GSF αὐτός- D--GSM κατακληρονομέω-VF--FAI3S ὁ- A--DPM υἱός-N2--DPM αὐτός- D--GSM ὅπως-C μή-D διασκορπίζω-V1--PPS3S ὁ- A--NSM λαός-N2--NSM ἐγώ- P--GS ἕκαστος-A1--NSM ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSF κατάσχεσις-N3I-GSF αὐτός- D--GSM

19 καί-C εἰςἄγω-VBI-AAI3S ἐγώ- P--AS εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF εἴσοδος-N2--ASF ὁ- A--GSF κατά-P νῶτον-N2N-GSN ὁ- A--GSF πύλη-N1--GSF εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF ἐξέδρα-N1--ASF ὁ- A--GPN ἅγιος-A1A-GPN ὁ- A--GPM ἱερεύς-N3V-GPM ὁ- A--ASF βλέπω-V1--PAPASF πρός-P βορέας-N1T-ASM καί-C ἰδού-I τόπος-N2--NSM ἐκεῖ-D χωρίζω-VT--XMPNSM

20 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS οὗτος- D--NSM ὁ- A--NSM τόπος-N2--NSM εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ὅς- --GSM ἕψω-VF--FAI3P ἐκεῖ-D ὁ- A--NPM ἱερεύς-N3V-NPM ὁ- A--APN ὑπέρ-P ἄγνοια-N1A-APF καί-C ὁ- A--APN ὑπέρ-P ἁμαρτία-N1A-APF καί-C ἐκεῖ-D πέσσω-VF--FAI3P ὁ- A--ASN μαναα-N---ASN ὁ- A--ASN παράπαν-D ὁ- A--GSN μή-D ἐκφέρω-V1--PAN εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF αὐλή-N1--ASF ὁ- A--ASF ἐξώτερος-A1A-ASF ὁ- A--GSN ἁγιάζω-V1--PAN ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM

21 καί-C ἐκἄγω-VBI-AAI3S ἐγώ- P--AS εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF αὐλή-N1--ASF ὁ- A--ASF ἐξώτερος-A1A-ASF καί-C περιἄγω-VBI-AAI3S ἐγώ- P--AS ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APN τέσσαρες-A3--APN μέρος-N3E-APN ὁ- A--GSF αὐλή-N1--GSF καί-C ἰδού-I αὐλή-N1--NSF κατά-P ὁ- A--ASN κλίτος-N3E-ASN ὁ- A--GSF αὐλή-N1--GSF αὐλή-N1--NSF κατά-P ὁ- A--ASN κλίτος-N3E-ASN ὁ- A--GSF αὐλή-N1--GSF

22 ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APN τέσσαρες-A3--APN κλίτος-N3E-APN ὁ- A--GSF αὐλή-N1--GSF αὐλή-N1--NSF μικρός-A1A-NSF μῆκος-N3E-ASN πηχύς-N3V-DPM τεσσαράκοντα-M καί-C εὖρος-N3E-ASN πηχύς-N3V-DPM τριάκοντα-M μέτρον-N2N-ASN εἷς-A3--ASN ὁ- A--DPF τέσσαρες-A3--DPF

23 καί-C ἐξέδρα-N1--NPF κύκλος-N2--DSM ἐν-P αὐτός- D--DPF κύκλος-N2--DSM ὁ- A--DPF τέσσαρες-A3--DPF καί-C μαγειρεῖον-N2N-NPN γίγνομαι-VX--XAPNPN ὑποκάτω-P ὁ- A--GPF ἐξέδρα-N1--GPF κύκλος-N2--DSM

24 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS οὗτος- D--NPM ὁ- A--NPM οἶκος-N2--NPM ὁ- A--GPM μαγειρεῖον-N2N-GPN ὅς- --GSM ἕψω-VF--FAI3P ἐκεῖ-D ὁ- A--NPM λειτουργέω-V2--PAPNPM ὁ- A--DSM οἶκος-N2--DSM ὁ- A--APN θῦμα-N3M-APN ὁ- A--GSM λαός-N2--GSM

   

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The Lord #52

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52. 6. Jehovah himself - that is, the Lord - spoke the Word through prophets.

We read of the prophets that they had visions and that Jehovah talked with them. When they had visions, they were not focused on their bodies but on the spirit, in which state they saw things of a heavenly nature. When Jehovah talked with them, though, they were conscious of their bodies and heard Jehovah speaking.

We need to draw a clear distinction between these two states. In a visionary state, the eyes of their spirit were open and the eyes of their body were closed; and at such times they seemed to themselves to be taken from place to place while their bodies stayed where they were. Ezekiel, Zechariah, and Daniel were in this state at times, and so was John when he wrote the Book of Revelation. They were then said to be in a vision or in the spirit. In fact, Ezekiel says,

The spirit lifted me up and brought me back into Chaldea, to the captivity, in a vision from God, in the spirit of God. In this way the vision that I saw came over me. (Ezekiel 11:1, 24)

He says that the spirit lifted him up and that he heard an earthquake and other things behind him (Ezekiel 3:12, 14). He also said that the spirit lifted him up between earth and heaven and took him off into Jerusalem in visions from God, and he saw abominations (Ezekiel 8:3 and following).

That is why (again in a vision of God or in the spirit) Ezekiel saw the four beasts that were angel guardians (chapters 1; 10), and he saw a new earth and a new temple with the angel measuring them, as we are told in chapters 40-48. He says in chapter 40:2, that he was then in visions from God; and in chapter 43:5, he says that the spirit lifted him up at that time.

The same thing happened with Zechariah. There was an angel inwardly present with him when he saw a man riding among myrtle trees (Zechariah 1:8 and following); when he saw four horns and then a man with a measuring line in his hand (Zechariah 1:18; 2:1); when he saw Joshua the high priest (Zechariah 3:1 and following); when he saw a lampstand and two olive trees (Zechariah 4:1 and following); when he saw a flying scroll and a measuring basket (Zechariah 5:1, 6); and when he saw four chariots coming from between two mountains, along with horses (Zechariah 6:1 and following).

Daniel was in the same kind of state when he saw four beasts come up from the sea (Daniel 7:3) and when he saw battles between a ram and a goat (Daniel 8:1 and following).

We read in Daniel 7:1-2, 7, 13; 8:2; 10:1, 7-8 that he saw these things in visions. We read in Daniel 9:21 that he saw the angel Gabriel in a vision and talked with him.

Much the same happened with John when he wrote the Book of Revelation. He says that he was in the spirit on the Lord’s day (Revelation 1:10), that he was carried away in the spirit into the wilderness (17:3), to a high mountain in the spirit (21:10), that he saw horses in a vision (9:17), and elsewhere that he saw what he described, being therefore in the spirit or in a vision (1:2; 4:1; 5:1; 6:1; and in the particular chapters that follow).

  
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