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Hosea 2

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1 καί-C εἰμί-V9--IAI3S ὁ- A--NSM ἀριθμός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GPM υἱός-N2--GPM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ὡς-C ὁ- A--NSF ἄμμος-N2--NSF ὁ- A--GSF θάλασσα-N1S-GSF ὅς- --NSF οὐ-D ἐκμετρέω-VC--FPI3S οὐδέ-C ἐκἀριθμέω-VC--FPI3S καί-C εἰμί-V9--FMI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM τόπος-N2--DSM οὗ-D εἶπον-VCI-API3S αὐτός- D--DPM οὐ-D λαός-N2--NSM ἐγώ- P--GS σύ- P--NP ἐκεῖ-D καλέω-VC--FPI3P υἱός-N2--NPM θεός-N2--GSM ζάω-V3--PAPGSM

2 καί-C συνἄγω-VQ--FPI3P ὁ- A--NPM υἱός-N2--NPM *ιουδα-N---GSM καί-C ὁ- A--NPM υἱός-N2--NPM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASN αὐτός- D--ASN καί-C τίθημι-VF--FMI3P ἑαυτοῦ- D--DPM ἀρχή-N1--ASF εἷς-A1A-ASF καί-C ἀναβαίνω-VF--FMI3P ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF ὅτι-C μέγας-A1--NSF ὁ- A--NSF ἡμέρα-N1A-NSF ὁ- A--GSM *ιεζραελ-N---GSM

3 εἶπον-VAI-AAD2P ὁ- A--DSM ἀδελφός-N2--DSM σύ- P--GP *λαόσ+ἐγώ-N---NSM καί-C ὁ- A--DSF ἀδελφή-N1--DSF σύ- P--GP *ἐλεέω-VMI-XPPNSF

4 κρίνω-VC--APD2P πρός-P ὁ- A--ASF μήτηρ-N3--ASF σύ- P--GP κρίνω-VC--APD2P ὅτι-C αὐτός- D--NSF οὐ-D γυνή-N3K-NSF ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ἐγώ- P--NS οὐ-D ἀνήρ-N3--NSM αὐτός- D--GSF καί-C ἐκαἴρω-VF2-FAI1S ὁ- A--ASF πορνεία-N1A-ASF αὐτός- D--GSF ἐκ-P πρόσωπον-N2N-GSN ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--ASF μοιχεία-N1A-ASF αὐτός- D--GSF ἐκ-P μέσος-A1--GSM μαστός-N2--GPM αὐτός- D--GSF

5 ὅπως-C ἄν-X ἐκδύω-VF--FAI1S αὐτός- D--ASF γυμνός-A1--ASF καί-C ἀπο καταἵστημι-VF--FAI1S αὐτός- D--ASF καθώς-D ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF γένεσις-N3I-GSF αὐτός- D--GSF καί-C τίθημι-VF--FMI1S αὐτός- D--ASF ὡς-C ἔρημος-N2--ASF καί-C τάσσω-VF--FAI1S αὐτός- D--ASF ὡς-C γῆ-N1--ASF ἄνυδρος-A1B-ASF καί-C ἀποκτείνω-VF2-FAI1S αὐτός- D--ASF ἐν-P δίψος-N3E-DSN

6 καί-C ὁ- A--APN τέκνον-N2N-APN αὐτός- D--GSF οὐ-D μή-D ἐλεέω-VF--FAI1S ὅτι-C τέκνον-N2N-NPN πορνεία-N1A-GSF εἰμί-V9--PAI3S

7 ὅτι-C ἐκπορνεύω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSF μήτηρ-N3--NSF αὐτός- D--GPM κατααἰσχύνω-V1I-IAI3S ὁ- A--NSF τίκτω-VB--AAPNSF αὐτός- D--APN εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S γάρ-X ἀκολουθέω-VF--FAI1S ὀπίσω-P ὁ- A--GPM ἐραστής-N1M-GPM ἐγώ- P--GS ὁ- A--GPM δίδωμι-V8--PAPGPM ἐγώ- P--DS ὁ- A--APM ἄρτος-N2--APM ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--ASN ὕδωρ-N3--ASN ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--APN ἱμάτιον-N2N-APN ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--APN ὀθόνιον-N2N-APN ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--ASN ἔλαιον-N2N-ASN ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C πᾶς-A3--APN ὅσος-A1--APN ἐγώ- P--DS καταἥκω-V1--PAI3S

8 διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN ἰδού-I ἐγώ- P--NS φράσσω-V1--PAI1S ὁ- A--ASF ὁδός-N2--ASF αὐτός- D--GSF ἐν-P σκόλοψ-N3P-DPM καί-C ἀναοἰκοδομέω-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--APF ὁδός-N2--APF αὐτός- D--GSF καί-C ὁ- A--ASF τρίβος-N2--ASF αὐτός- D--GSF οὐ-D μή-D εὑρίσκω-VB--AAS3S

9 καί-C καταδιώκω-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--APM ἐραστής-N1M-APM αὐτός- D--GSF καί-C οὐ-D μή-D καταλαμβάνω-VB--AAS3S αὐτός- D--APM καί-C ζητέω-VF--FAI3S αὐτός- D--APM καί-C οὐ-D μή-D εὑρίσκω-VB--AAS3S αὐτός- D--APM καί-C εἶπον-VF2-FAI3S πορεύομαι-VF--FMI1S καί-C ἐπιστρέφω-VF--FAI1S πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM ἀνήρ-N3--ASM ἐγώ- P--GS ὁ- A--ASM πρότερος-A1--ASM ὅτι-C καλῶς-D ἐγώ- P--DS εἰμί-V9--IAI3S τότε-D ἤ-C νῦν-D

10 καί-C αὐτός- D--NSF οὐ-D γιγνώσκω-VZI-AAI3S ὅτι-C ἐγώ- P--NS δίδωμι-VX--XAI1S αὐτός- D--DSF ὁ- A--ASM σῖτος-N2--ASM καί-C ὁ- A--ASM οἶνος-N2--ASM καί-C ὁ- A--ASN ἔλαιον-N2N-ASN καί-C ἀργύριον-N2N-ASN πληθύνω-VAI-AAI1S αὐτός- D--DSF αὐτός- D--NSF δέ-X ἀργυροῦς-A1A-APN καί-C χρυσοῦς-A1C-APN ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--DSF *βααλ-N---DSF

11 διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN ἐπιστρέφω-VF--FAI1S καί-C κομίζω-VF2-FMI1S ὁ- A--ASM σῖτος-N2--ASM ἐγώ- P--GS κατά-P ὥρα-N1A-ASF αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ὁ- A--ASM οἶνος-N2--ASM ἐγώ- P--GS ἐν-P καιρός-N2--DSM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ἀποαἱρέω-VF2-FMI1S ὁ- A--APN ἱμάτιον-N2N-APN ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--APN ὀθόνιον-N2N-APN ἐγώ- P--GS ὁ- A--GSN μή-D καλύπτω-V1--PAN ὁ- A--ASF ἀσχημοσύνη-N1--ASF αὐτός- D--GSF

12 καί-C νῦν-D ἀποκαλύπτω-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--ASF ἀκαθαρσία-N1A-ASF αὐτός- D--GSF ἐνώπιον-P ὁ- A--GPM ἐραστής-N1M-GPM αὐτός- D--GSF καί-C οὐδείς-A3--NSM οὐ-D μή-D ἐκαἱρέω-VB--AMS3S αὐτός- D--ASF ἐκ-P χείρ-N3--GSF ἐγώ- P--GS

13 καί-C ἀποστρέφω-VF--FAI1S πᾶς-A1S-APF ὁ- A--APF εὐφροσύνη-N1--APF αὐτός- D--GSF ἑορτή-N1--APF αὐτός- D--GSF καί-C ὁ- A--APF νεομηνία-N1A-APF αὐτός- D--GSF καί-C ὁ- A--APN σάββατον-N2N-APN αὐτός- D--GSF καί-C πᾶς-A1S-APF ὁ- A--APF πανήγυρις-N3I-APF αὐτός- D--GSF

14 καί-C ἀπο ἀναἵζω-VF2-FAI1S ἄμπελος-N2--ASF αὐτός- D--GSF καί-C ὁ- A--APF συκῆ-N1--APF αὐτός- D--GSF ὅσος-A1--APN εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S μίσθωμα-N3M-NPN ἐγώ- P--GS οὗτος- D--NPN εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ὅς- --APN δίδωμι-VAI-AAI3P ἐγώ- P--DS ὁ- A--NPM ἐραστής-N1M-NPM ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C τίθημι-VF--FMI1S αὐτός- D--APN εἰς-P μαρτύριον-N2N-ASN καί-C καταἐσθίω-VF--FMI3S αὐτός- D--APN ὁ- A--NPN θηρίον-N2N-NPN ὁ- A--GSM ἀγρός-N2--GSM καί-C ὁ- A--NPN πετεινόν-N2N-NPN ὁ- A--GSM οὐρανός-N2--GSM καί-C ὁ- A--NPN ἑρπετόν-N2N-NPN ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF

15 καί-C ἐκδικέω-VF--FAI1S ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--ASF ὁ- A--APF ἡμέρα-N1A-APF ὁ- A--GPM *βααλιμ-N---GP ἐν-P ὅς- --DPF ἐπιθύω-V1I-IAI3S αὐτός- D--DPM καί-C περιτίθημι-V7I-IMI3S ὁ- A--APN ἐνώτιον-N2N-APN αὐτός- D--GSF καί-C ὁ- A--APN καθόρμιον-N2N-APN αὐτός- D--GSF καί-C πορεύομαι-V1I-IMI3S ὀπίσω-P ὁ- A--GPM ἐραστής-N1M-GPM αὐτός- D--GSF ἐγώ- P--GS δέ-X ἐπιλανθάνω-VBI-AMI3S λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM

16 διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN ἰδού-I ἐγώ- P--NS πλανάω-VF2-FAI1S αὐτός- D--ASF καί-C τάσσω-VF--FAI1S αὐτός- D--ASF εἰς-P ἔρημος-N2--ASF καί-C λαλέω-VF--FAI1S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF καρδία-N1A-ASF αὐτός- D--GSF

17 καί-C δίδωμι-VF--FAI1S αὐτός- D--DSF ὁ- A--APN κτῆμα-N3M-APN αὐτός- D--GSF ἐκεῖθεν-D καί-C ὁ- A--ASF κοιλάς-N3D-ASF *αχωρ-N---GS δια ἀναοἴγω-VA--AAN σύνεσις-N3I-ASF αὐτός- D--GSF καί-C ταπεινόω-VC--FPI3S ἐκεῖ-D κατά-P ὁ- A--APF ἡμέρα-N1A-APF νηπιότης-N3T-GSF αὐτός- D--GSF καί-C κατά-P ὁ- A--APF ἡμέρα-N1A-APF ἀνάβασις-N3I-GSF αὐτός- D--GSF ἐκ-P γῆ-N1--GSF *αἴγυπτος-N2--GSF

18 καί-C εἰμί-V9--FMI3S ἐν-P ἐκεῖνος- D--DSF ὁ- A--DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM καλέω-VF--FAI3S ἐγώ- P--AS ὁ- A--NSM ἀνήρ-N3--NSM ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C οὐ-D καλέω-VF--FAI3S ἐγώ- P--AS ἔτι-D *βααλιμ-N---NP

19 καί-C ἐκαἴρω-VF2-FAI1S ὁ- A--APN ὄνομα-N3M-APN ὁ- A--GPM *βααλιμ-N---GP ἐκ-P στόμα-N3M-GSN αὐτός- D--GSF καί-C οὐ-D μή-D μιμνήσκω-VS--APS3P οὐκέτι-D ὁ- A--APN ὄνομα-N3M-APN αὐτός- D--GPM

20 καί-C διατίθημι-VF--FMI1S αὐτός- D--DPM ἐν-P ἐκεῖνος- D--DSF ὁ- A--DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF διαθήκη-N1--ASF μετά-P ὁ- A--GPN θηρίον-N2N-GPN ὁ- A--GSM ἀγρός-N2--GSM καί-C μετά-P ὁ- A--GPN πετεινόν-N2N-GPN ὁ- A--GSM οὐρανός-N2--GSM καί-C μετά-P ὁ- A--GPN ἑρπετόν-N2N-GPN ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF καί-C τόξον-N2N-ASN καί-C ῥομφαία-N1A-ASF καί-C πόλεμος-N2--ASM συντρίβω-VF--FAI1S ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF καί-C καταοἰκίζω-VF2-FAI1S σύ- P--AS ἐπί-P ἐλπίς-N3D-DSF

21 καί-C μνηστεύομαι-VF--FMI1S σύ- P--AS ἐμαυτοῦ- D--DSM εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM αἰών-N3W-ASM καί-C μνηστεύομαι-VF--FMI1S σύ- P--AS ἐμαυτοῦ- D--DSM ἐν-P δικαιοσύνη-N1--DSF καί-C ἐν-P κρίμα-N3M-DSN καί-C ἐν-P ἔλεος-N3E-DSN καί-C ἐν-P οἰκτιρμός-N2--DPM

22 καί-C μνηστεύομαι-VF--FMI1S σύ- P--AS ἐμαυτοῦ- D--DSM ἐν-P πίστις-N3I-DSF καί-C ἐπιγιγνώσκω-VF--FMI2S ὁ- A--ASM κύριος-N2--ASM

23 καί-C εἰμί-V9--FMI3S ἐν-P ἐκεῖνος- D--DSF ὁ- A--DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ἐπιἀκούω-VF--FMI1S ὁ- A--DSM οὐρανός-N2--DSM καί-C ὁ- A--NSM οὐρανός-N2--NSM ἐπιἀκούω-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--DSF γῆ-N1--DSF

24 καί-C ὁ- A--NSF γῆ-N1--NSF ἐπιἀκούω-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--ASM σῖτος-N2--ASM καί-C ὁ- A--ASM οἶνος-N2--ASM καί-C ὁ- A--ASN ἔλαιον-N2N-ASN καί-C αὐτός- D--NPN ἐπιἀκούω-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--DSM *ιεζραελ-N---DSM

25 καί-C σπείρω-VF2-FAI1S αὐτός- D--ASF ἐμαυτοῦ- D--DSM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF καί-C ἐλεέω-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--ASF *οὐ+ἐλεέω-N---ASF καί-C εἶπον-VF2-FAI1S ὁ- A--DSM *οὐ+λαόσ+ἐγώ-N---DSM λαός-N2--NSM ἐγώ- P--GS εἰμί-V9--PAI2S σύ- P--NS καί-C αὐτός- D--NSM εἶπον-VF2-FAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ἐγώ- P--GS εἰμί-V9--PAI2S σύ- P--NS

   

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Apocalypse Revealed #500

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500. The beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit will make war against them, overcome them, and kill them. This symbolically means that those people who are caught up in the interior tenets of the doctrine regarding faith alone will oppose these two essential elements of the New Church, attack them, and reject them, in themselves and, as far as they are able, in others.

The beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit means the people who ascended out of the bottomless pit having the appearance of locusts in Revelation 9:1-12. That they were people caught up in the interior tenets of the doctrine regarding faith alone may be seen in the exposition there. To make war means, symbolically, to oppose and attack these two essential elements of the church, as we shall see next. To overcome them and kill them means, symbolically, to reject them and root them out, in themselves and, as far as they are able, in others.

[2] People caught up in the interior tenets of the doctrine regarding faith alone will attack and reject these two essential elements because they have established in themselves two ideas contrary to them, first, that it is not the Lord but God the Father to whom they should turn; and secondly, that a life in accordance with the Ten Commandments is not a spiritual life, but simply a moral and civic life, and they maintain this to keep anyone from believing that he is saved by works rather than by their faith alone.

All those people who in schools and universities have deeply impressed these dogmas on their minds do not afterward turn away from them. There are three reasons for this, hitherto unknown. First, they have introduced themselves as to their spirit into association with people in the spiritual world like themselves, where there are many satanic spirits who find delight only in falsities, and from these spirits they cannot possibly be set free unless they reject those falsities. Nor can they do that unless they turn to God the Savior directly and begin to live a Christian life in accordance with the Ten Commandments.

[3] The second reason is their belief that they are granted instant forgiveness for their sins and thus salvation in the act of faith, and afterward in the state or progression of it through the same act continued, preserved and retained by the Holy Spirit, apart from any exercises of charity. After that, then, once people have imbibed these ideas, they regard their sins as of no account in the sight of God, and so continue in their impure lives.

Moreover, because they know how to cleverly defend such ideas with falsifications of the Word in the presence of uneducated listeners, and with fallacious arguments in the presence of learned ones, we are told here that the beast from the bottomless pit overcame and killed the two witnesses. But this is the case only with people who love to live self-indulgently and are carried away by the delights of their appetites. Whenever these people think about salvation, they harbor at heart their lusts, and with both hands embrace that faith of theirs, because then they can be saved by uttering certain words in a confident tone and do not have to attend to anything having to do with their life for God's sake, but only for the sake of the world.

[4] The third reason is that people who in their youth have imbibed the interior tenets of that faith, called the mysteries of justification, when afterward promoted to a respectable ministry, do not think to themselves about God and heaven, but about themselves and the world, retaining the mysteries of their faith only for the sake of their reputation so as to be respected as wise, and because of their wisdom, accounted worthy to be rewarded with riches.

Such is the case as a result of that faith because it has nothing of religion in it. The reality of this may be seen in the third narrative account above, in no. 484.

[5] That wars in the Word symbolize spiritual wars, which are attacks on truth and are waged by reasonings based on falsities, is clear from the following passages:

...spirits of demons... go out... to gather them for war on the great day of God Almighty. (Revelation 16:14)

...the dragon was angry with the woman, and it went away to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. (Revelation 12:17)

It was granted to (the dragon's beast) to make war with the saints... (Revelation 13:7)

Prepare holy war against (the daughter of Zion)..., and let us go up at noon. (Jeremiah 6:4)

You have not gone up into the breaches... to stand in battle on the day of Jehovah. (Ezekiel 13:5)

In Salem is (God's) tabernacle, and His dwelling place in Zion, where He broke the flaming arrows, the bow... and... war. (Psalms 76:2-3)

Jehovah shall go forth like a mighty man; He shall stir up zeal like a man of war. (Isaiah 42:13, cf. Psalms 24:8)

In that day Jehovah... will be... for a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, ...to those who turn back the battle at the gate. (Isaiah 28:5-6)

Deliver me... from the evil man; preserve me from the violent man... All day they gather for war. They sharpen their tongues like serpents. (Psalms 140:1-3)

...many will come in My name, saying, "I am the Christ," and will lead many astray. And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled. (Matthew 24:5-7, cf. Mark 13:6-8, Luke 21:8-10)

The wars of the kings of the north and south and other wars in Daniel 10, 11, and 12 symbolize no other than spiritual wars. And so, too, the wars in other places, as in Isaiah 2:3-5, 13:4, 21:14-15, 31:4; Jeremiah 49:25-26; Hosea 2:18; Zechariah 10:5, 14:3; Psalm 18:35 1 , 46:8-9.

[6] As wars in the Word symbolize spiritual wars, therefore the ministry of the Levites was called military service, as is apparent from the following, that the command was given for the Levites to be numbered, to "perform military service, to do the work in the tabernacle of meeting" (Numbers 4:23, 35, 39, 43, 47).

This is the service of the Levites: ...to perform military service in the ministry of the tabernacle of meeting; but at the age of fifty years he must cease the military service, and shall minister no more. (Numbers 8:24-25)

See also no. 447 above, where we established from the Word that armies symbolize the church's goods and truths, and in an opposite sense, its evils and falsities.

Footnotes:

1. The citation in the first edition is in error. Either this or Psalms 27:3 was perhaps intended.

  
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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.