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Ezekiel 8

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1 καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN ἕκτος-A1--DSN ἔτος-N3E-DSN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM πέμπτος-A1--DSM μήν-N3--DSM πέμπτος-A1--DSF ὁ- A--GSM μήν-N3--GSM ἐγώ- P--NS καταἧμαι-V1I-IMI1S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM οἶκος-N2--DSM καί-C ὁ- A--NPM πρεσβύτερος-A1A-NPMC *ιουδα-N---GSM καταἧμαι-V1I-IMI3P ἐνώπιον-P ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S ἐπί-P ἐγώ- P--AS χείρ-N3--NSF κύριος-N2--GSM

2 καί-C ὁράω-VBI-AAI1S καί-C ἰδού-I ὁμοίωμα-N3M-NSN ἀνήρ-N3--GSM ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSF ὀσφύς-N3U-GSF αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ἕως-D κάτω-D πῦρ-N3--ASN καί-C ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSF ὀσφύς-N3U-GSF αὐτός- D--GSM ὑπεράνω-D ὡς-C ὅρασις-N3I-NSF ἠλέκτρον-N2N-GSN

3 καί-C ἐκτείνω-VAI-AAI3S ὁμοίωμα-N3M-NSN χείρ-N3--GSF καί-C ἀναλαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3S ἐγώ- P--AS ὁ- A--GSF κορυφή-N1--GSF ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ἀναλαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3S ἐγώ- P--AS πνεῦμα-N3M-NSN ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASN ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF καί-C ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASN ὁ- A--GSM οὐρανός-N2--GSM καί-C ἄγω-VBI-AAI3S ἐγώ- P--AS εἰς-P *ἰερουσαλήμ-N---ASF ἐν-P ὅρασις-N3I-DSF θεός-N2--GSM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APN πρόθυρον-N2N-APN ὁ- A--GSF πύλη-N1--GSF ὁ- A--GSF ἐσώτερος-A1A-GSF ὁ- A--GSF βλέπω-V1--PAPGSF πρός-P βορέας-N1T-ASM ὅς- --GSM εἰμί-V9--IAI3S ὁ- A--NSF στήλη-N1--NSF ὁ- A--GSM κτάομαι-V3--PMPGSM

4 καί-C ἰδού-I ἐκεῖ-D εἰμί-V9--IAI3S δόξα-N1S-NSF κύριος-N2--GSM θεός-N2--GSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM κατά-P ὁ- A--ASF ὅρασις-N3I-ASF ὅς- --ASF ὁράω-VBI-AAI1S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN πεδίον-N2N-DSN

5 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS υἱός-N2--VSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM ἀναβλέπω-VA--AAD2S ὁ- A--DPM ὀφθαλμός-N2--DPM σύ- P--GS πρός-P βορέας-N1T-ASM καί-C ἀναβλέπω-VAI-AAI1S ὁ- A--DPM ὀφθαλμός-N2--DPM ἐγώ- P--GS πρός-P βορέας-N1T-ASM καί-C ἰδού-I ἀπό-P βορέας-N1T-GSM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF πύλη-N1--ASF ὁ- A--ASF πρός-P ἀνατολή-N1--APF

6 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS υἱός-N2--VSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM ὁράω-VX--XAI2S τίς- I--ASN οὗτος- D--NPM ποιέω-V2--PAI3P ἀνομία-N1A-APF μέγας-A1--APF ποιέω-V2--PAI3P ὧδε-D ὁ- A--GSN ἀποἔχω-V1--PMN ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GPM ἅγιος-A1A-GPM ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ἔτι-D ὁράω-VF--FMI2S ἀνομία-N1A-APF μέγας-A3C-APF

7 καί-C εἰςἄγω-VBI-AAI3S ἐγώ- P--AS ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APN πρόθυρον-N2N-APN ὁ- A--GSF αὐλή-N1--GSF

8 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS υἱός-N2--VSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM ὀρύσσω-VA--AAD2S καί-C ὀρύσσω-VAI-AAI1S καί-C ἰδού-I θύρα-N1A-NSF εἷς-A1A-NSF

9 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS εἰςἔρχομαι-VB--AAD2S καί-C ὁράω-VB--AAD2S ὁ- A--APF ἀνομία-N1A-APF ὅς- --APF οὗτος- D--NPM ποιέω-V2--PAI3P ὧδε-D

10 καί-C εἰςἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI1S καί-C ὁράω-VBI-AAI1S καί-C ἰδού-I μάταιος-A1A-NPN βδέλυγμα-N3M-NPN καί-C πᾶς-A3--NPN ὁ- A--NPN εἴδωλον-N2N-NPN οἶκος-N2--GSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM διαγράφω-VP--XPPNPN ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--GSM κύκλος-N2--DSM

11 καί-C ἑβδομήκοντα-M ἀνήρ-N3--NPM ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GPM πρεσβύτερος-A1A-GPMC οἶκος-N2--GSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM καί-C *ιεζονιας-N1T-NSM ὁ- A--NSM ὁ- A--GSM *σαφαν-N---GSM ἐν-P μέσος-A1--DSN αὐτός- D--GPM ἵστημι-VXI-YAI3S πρό-P πρόσωπον-N2N-GSN αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C ἕκαστος-A1--NSM θυμιατήριον-N2N-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM ἔχω-V1I-IAI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF χείρ-N3--DSF καί-C ὁ- A--NSF ἀτμίς-N3D-NSF ὁ- A--GSN θυμίαμα-N3M-GSN ἀναβαίνω-V1I-IAI3S

12 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS υἱός-N2--VSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM ὁράω-VX--XAI2S ὅς- --APN ὁ- A--NPM πρεσβύτερος-A1A-NPMC ὁ- A--GSM οἶκος-N2--GSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ποιέω-V2--PAI3P ἕκαστος-A1--NSM αὐτός- D--GPM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM κοιτών-N3W-DSM ὁ- A--DSM κρυπτός-A1--DSM αὐτός- D--GPM διότι-C εἶπον-VAI-AAI3P οὐ-D ὁράω-V3--PAI3S ὁ- A--NSM κύριος-N2--NSM ἐν καταλείπω-VX--XAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF

13 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS ἔτι-D ὁράω-VF--FMI2S ἀνομία-N1A-APF μέγας-A3C-APF ὅς- --APF οὗτος- D--NPM ποιέω-V2--PAI3P

14 καί-C εἰςἄγω-VBI-AAI3S ἐγώ- P--AS ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APN πρόθυρον-N2N-APN ὁ- A--GSF πύλη-N1--GSF οἶκος-N2--GSM κύριος-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSF βλέπω-V1--PAPGSF πρός-P βορέας-N1T-ASM καί-C ἰδού-I ἐκεῖ-D γυνή-N3K-NPF καταἧμαι-V5--PMPNPF θρηνέω-V2--PAPNPF ὁ- A--ASM *θαμμουζ-N---ASM

15 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS υἱός-N2--VSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM ὁράω-VX--XAI2S καί-C ἔτι-D ὁράω-VF--FMI2S ἐπιτήδευμα-N3M-APN μέγας-A3C-APN οὗτος- D--GPM

16 καί-C εἰςἄγω-VBI-AAI3S ἐγώ- P--AS εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF αὐλή-N1--ASF οἶκος-N2--GSM κύριος-N2--GSM ὁ- A--ASF ἐσώτερος-A1A-ASF καί-C ἰδού-I ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GPN πρόθυρον-N2N-GPN ὁ- A--GSM ναός-N2--GSM κύριος-N2--GSM ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASN ὁ- A--GPM αιλαμ-N---GPN καί-C ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASN ὁ- A--GSN θυσιαστήριον-N2N-GSN ὡς-C εἴκοσι-M ἀνήρ-N3--NPM ὁ- A--NPN ὀπίσθιος-A1A-NPN αὐτός- D--GPM πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM ναός-N2--ASM ὁ- A--GSM κύριος-N2--GSM καί-C ὁ- A--NPN πρόσωπον-N2N-NPN αὐτός- D--GPM ἀπέναντι-D καί-C οὗτος- D--NPM προςκυνέω-V2--PAI3P ὁ- A--DSM ἥλιος-N2--DSM

17 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS ὁράω-VX--XAI2S υἱός-N2--VSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM μή-D μικρός-A1A-APN ὁ- A--DSM οἶκος-N2--DSM *ιουδα-N---GSM ὁ- A--GSN ποιέω-V2--PAN ὁ- A--APF ἀνομία-N1A-APF ὅς- --APF ποιέω-VX--XAI3P ὧδε-D διότι-C πίμπλημι-VAI-AAI3P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF ἀνομία-N1A-APF καί-C ἰδού-I αὐτός- D--NPM ὡς-C μυκτηρίζω-V1--PPPNPM

18 καί-C ἐγώ- P--NS ποιέω-VF--FAI1S αὐτός- D--DPM μετά-P θυμός-N2--GSM οὐ-D φείδομαι-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--NSM ὀφθαλμός-N2--NSM ἐγώ- P--GS οὐδέ-C μή-D ἐλεέω-VF--FAI1S

   

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Apocalypse Revealed #919

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919. 21:23 The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it, and the Lamb is its lamp. This symbolically means that people of the New Church will not be caught up in self-love and their own intelligence and so possess a natural sight only, but from the Word's Divine truth will possess a spiritual light from the Lord alone.

The sun here symbolizes natural love divorced from spiritual love, which is self-love. And the moon symbolizes a natural intelligence and faith divorced from a spiritual intelligence and faith, which is one's native intelligence and a self-made faith. This is the love and the intelligence and faith symbolized by the sun and moon here, which people of the Lord's New Church will have no need of to light their sight.

The glory of God which illumines the city symbolizes the Word's Divine truth (no. 629), and because that illumination or enlightenment comes from the Lord, we are told as well that the Lamb is its lamp.

The symbolism here is similar to that found in the following verses in Isaiah:

You shall call your walls salvation, and your gates praise. The sun shall no longer be your light by day, nor for brightness shall the moon give light to you; but Jehovah will be to you an everlasting light, and your God your glory. Your sun shall no longer go down, nor shall your moon wane; for Jehovah will be your everlasting light... Your people shall all be righteous. (Isaiah 60:18-21)

The sun and moon that will no longer give light mean self-love and one's native intelligence. And the sun and moon that will no longer go down mean love from the Lord for the Lord, and an intelligence and faith from Him. That Jehovah will be an everlasting light has the same symbolic meaning as what is said here, that the glory of God will illumine the city and the Lamb be its lamp.

That the sun symbolizes love for the Lord, and in an opposite sense self-love, may be seen in nos. 53 and 414 above. And that the moon symbolizes intelligence from the Lord and faith from Him, in nos. 332, 413, 414. Thus the moon in an opposite sense symbolizes one's native intelligence and a self-made faith.

Since the sun in an opposite sense symbolizes self-love, and the moon one's native intelligence and a self-made faith, therefore it was an abomination to worship the sun, moon and stars, as may be seen in Jeremiah 8:1-2.

  
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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.