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Jeremiah 49

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1 καί-C προςἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3P πᾶς-A3--NPM ὁ- A--NPM ἡγεμών-N3N-NPM ὁ- A--GSF δύναμις-N3I-GSF καί-C *ιωαναν-N---NSM καί-C *αζαριας-N1T-NSM υἱός-N2--NSM *μαασαιας-N1T-GSM καί-C πᾶς-A3--NSM ὁ- A--NSM λαός-N2--NSM ἀπό-P μικρός-A1A-GSM ἕως-P μέγας-A1--GSM

2 πρός-P *ἰερεμίας-N1T-ASM ὁ- A--ASM προφήτης-N1M-ASM καί-C εἶπον-VAI-AAI3P αὐτός- D--DSM πίπτω-VB--AAD3S δή-X ὁ- A--ASN ἔλεος-N3E-ASN ἐγώ- P--GP κατά-P πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN σύ- P--GS καί-C προςεὔχομαι-VA--AAN πρός-P κύριος-N2--ASM ὁ- A--ASM θεός-N2--ASM σύ- P--GS περί-P ὁ- A--GPM κατάλοιπος-A1B-GPM οὗτος- D--GPM ὅτι-C καταλείπω-VVI-API1P ὀλίγος-A1--NPM ἀπό-P πολύς-A1--GPM καθώς-D ὁ- A--NPM ὀφθαλμός-N2--NPM σύ- P--GS βλέπω-V1--PAI3P

3 καί-C ἀναἀγγέλλω-VA--AAD3S ἐγώ- P--DP κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM σύ- P--GS ὁ- A--ASF ὁδός-N2--ASF ὅς- --DSF πορεύομαι-VF--FMI1P ἐν-P αὐτός- D--DSF καί-C λόγος-N2--ASM ὅς- --ASM ποιέω-VF--FAI1P

4 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DPM *ἰερεμίας-N1T-NSM ἀκούω-VAI-AAI1S ἰδού-I ἐγώ- P--NS προςεὔχομαι-VF--FMI1S πρός-P κύριος-N2--ASM ὁ- A--ASM θεός-N2--ASM ἐγώ- P--GP κατά-P ὁ- A--APM λόγος-N2--APM σύ- P--GP καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--NSM λόγος-N2--NSM ὅς- --ASM ἄν-X ἀποκρίνω-VC--FPI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ἀναἀγγέλλω-VF2-FAI1S σύ- P--DP οὐ-D μή-D κρύπτω-VA--AAS1S ἀπό-P σύ- P--GP ῥῆμα-N3M-ASN

5 καί-C αὐτός- D--NPM εἶπον-VAI-AAI3P ὁ- A--DSM *ἰερεμίας-N1T-DSM εἰμί-V9--PAD3S κύριος-N2--NSM ἐν-P ἐγώ- P--DP εἰς-P μάρτυς-N3--ASM δίκαιος-A1A-ASM καί-C πιστός-A1--ASM εἰ-C μή-D κατά-P πᾶς-A3--ASM ὁ- A--ASM λόγος-N2--ASM ὅς- --ASM ἄν-X ἀποστέλλω-VA--AAS3S σύ- P--AS κύριος-N2--NSM πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AP οὕτως-D ποιέω-VF--FAI1P

6 καί-C ἐάν-C ἀγαθός-A1--ASM καί-C ἐάν-C κακός-A1--ASM ὁ- A--ASF φωνή-N1--ASF κύριος-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSM θεός-N2--GSM ἐγώ- P--GP ὅς- --GSM ἐγώ- P--NP ἀποστέλλω-V1--PAI1P σύ- P--AS πρός-P αὐτός- D--ASM ἀκούω-VF--FMI1P ἵνα-C βελτίων-A3C-NSN ἐγώ- P--DP γίγνομαι-VB--AMS3S ὅτι-C ἀκούω-VF--FMI1P ὁ- A--GSF φωνή-N1--GSF κύριος-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSM θεός-N2--GSM ἐγώ- P--GP

7 καί-C γίγνομαι-VCI-API3S μετά-P δέκα-M ἡμέρα-N1A-APF γίγνομαι-VCI-API3S λόγος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--GSM πρός-P *ἰερεμίας-N1T-ASM

8 καί-C καλέω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASM *ιωαναν-N---ASM καί-C ὁ- A--APM ἡγεμών-N3N-APM ὁ- A--GSF δύναμις-N3I-GSF καί-C πᾶς-A3--ASM ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM ἀπό-P μικρός-A1A-GSM ἕως-P μέγας-A1--GSM

9 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DPM οὕτως-D εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM

10 ἐάν-C καταἵζω-VA--AAPNPM καταἵζω-VA--AAS2P ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF γῆ-N1--DSF οὗτος- D--DSF οἰκοδομέω-VF--FAI1S σύ- P--AP καί-C οὐ-D μή-D κατααἱρέω-VB--AAS1S καί-C φυτεύω-VA--AAS1S σύ- P--AP καί-C οὐ-D μή-D ἐκτίλλω-V1--PAI1S ὅτι-C ἀναπαύω-VM--XMI1S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--DPM κακός-A1--DPM ὅς- --DPM ποιέω-VAI-AAI1S σύ- P--DP

11 μή-D φοβέω-VC--APS2P ἀπό-P πρόσωπον-N2N-GSN βασιλεύς-N3V-GSM *βαβυλών-N3W-GSF ὅς- --GSM σύ- P--NP φοβέω-V2--PMI2P ἀπό-P πρόσωπον-N2N-GSN αὐτός- D--GSM μή-D φοβέω-VC--APS2P φημί-V6--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὅτι-C μετά-P σύ- P--GP ἐγώ- P--NS εἰμί-V9--PAI1S ὁ- A--GSN ἐκαἱρέω-V2--PMN σύ- P--AP καί-C σώζω-V1--PAN σύ- P--AP ἐκ-P χείρ-N3--GSF αὐτός- D--GSM

12 καί-C δίδωμι-VF--FAI1S σύ- P--DP ἔλεος-N3E-ASN καί-C ἐλεέω-VF--FAI1S σύ- P--AP καί-C ἐπιστρέφω-VF--FAI1S σύ- P--AP εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF σύ- P--GP

13 καί-C εἰ-C λέγω-V1--PAI2P σύ- P--NP οὐ-D μή-D καταἵζω-VA--AAS1P ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF γῆ-N1--DSF οὗτος- D--DSF πρός-P ὁ- A--ASN μή-D ἀκούω-VA--AAN φωνή-N1--GSF κύριος-N2--GSM

14 ὅτι-C εἰς-P γῆ-N1--ASF *αἴγυπτος-N2--GSF εἰςἔρχομαι-VF--FMI1P καί-C οὐ-D μή-D ὁράω-VB--AAS1P πόλεμος-N2--ASM καί-C φωνή-N1--ASF σάλπιγξ-N3G-GSF οὐ-D μή-D ἀκούω-VA--AAS1P καί-C ἐν-P ἄρτος-N2--DPM οὐ-D μή-D πεινάω-VA--AAS1P καί-C ἐκεῖ-D οἰκέω-VF--FAI1P

15 διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN ἀκούω-VA--AAD2P λόγος-N2--ASM κύριος-N2--GSM οὕτως-D εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ἐάν-C σύ- P--NP δίδωμι-VO--AAS2P ὁ- A--ASN πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN σύ- P--GP εἰς-P *αἴγυπτος-N2--ASF καί-C εἰςἔρχομαι-VB--AAS2P ἐκεῖ-D καταοἰκέω-V2--PAN

16 καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--NSF ῥομφαία-N1A-NSF ὅς- --ASF σύ- P--NP φοβέω-V2--PMI2P ἀπό-P πρόσωπον-N2N-GSN αὐτός- D--GSF εὑρίσκω-VF--FAI3S σύ- P--AP ἐν-P γῆ-N1--DSF *αἴγυπτος-N2--GSF καί-C ὁ- A--NSM λιμός-N2--NSM ὅς- --GSM σύ- P--NP λόγος-N2--ASM ἔχω-V1--PAI2P ἀπό-P πρόσωπον-N2N-GSN αὐτός- D--GSM καταλαμβάνω-VF--FMI3S σύ- P--AP ὀπίσω-D σύ- P--GP ἐν-P *αἴγυπτος-N2--DSF καί-C ἐκεῖ-D ἀποθνήσκω-VF2-FMI2P

17 καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI3P πᾶς-A3--NPM ὁ- A--NPM ἄνθρωπος-N2--NPM καί-C πᾶς-A3--NPM ὁ- A--NPM ἀλλογενής-A3H-NPM ὁ- A--NPM τίθημι-VE--AAPNPM ὁ- A--ASN πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN αὐτός- D--GPM εἰς-P γῆ-N1--ASF *αἴγυπτος-N2--GSF ἐνοἰκέω-V2--PAN ἐκεῖ-D ἐκλείπω-VF--FAI3P ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF ῥομφαία-N1A-DSF καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM λιμός-N2--DSM καί-C οὐ-D εἰμί-VF--FMI3S αὐτός- D--GPM οὐδείς-A3--NSM σώζω-V1--PMPNSM ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GPN κακός-A1--GPN ὅς- --GPN ἐγώ- P--NS ἐπιἄγω-V1--PAI1S ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--APM

18 ὅτι-C οὕτως-D εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM καθώς-D στάζω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM θυμός-N2--NSM ἐγώ- P--GS ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APM καταοἰκέω-V2--PAPAPM *ἰερουσαλήμ-N---ASF οὕτως-D στάζω-VF--FAI3S ὁ- A--NSM θυμός-N2--NSM ἐγώ- P--GS ἐπί-P σύ- P--AP εἰςἔρχομαι-VB--AAPGPM σύ- P--GP εἰς-P *αἴγυπτος-N2--ASF καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI2P εἰς-P ἄβατος-A1B-ASM καί-C ὑποχείριος-A1A-NPM καί-D εἰς-P ἀρά-N1A-ASF καί-C εἰς-P ὀνειδισμός-N2--ASM καί-C οὐ-D μή-D ὁράω-VB--AAS2P οὐκέτι-D ὁ- A--ASM τόπος-N2--ASM οὗτος- D--ASM

19 ὅς- --APN λαλέω-VAI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ἐπί-P σύ- P--AP ὁ- A--APM κατάλοιπος-A1B-APM *ιουδα-N---GSM μή-D εἰςἔρχομαι-VB--AAS2P εἰς-P *αἴγυπτος-N2--ASF καί-C νῦν-D γιγνώσκω-VZ--AAPNPM γιγνώσκω-VF--FMI2P

20 ὅτι-C πονηρεύω-VAI-AMI2P ἐν-P ψυχή-N1--DPF σύ- P--GP ἀποστέλλω-VA--AAPNPM ἐγώ- P--AS λέγω-V1--PAPNPM προςεὔχομαι-VA--AMD2S περί-P ἐγώ- P--GP πρός-P κύριος-N2--ASM καί-C κατά-P πᾶς-A3--APN ὅς- --APN ἐάν-C λαλέω-VF--FMI2S σύ- P--DS κύριος-N2--NSM ποιέω-VF--FAI1P

21 καί-C οὐ-D ἀκούω-VAI-AAI2P ὁ- A--GSF φωνή-N1--GSF κύριος-N2--GSM ὅς- --GSF ἀποστέλλω-VAI-AAI3S ἐγώ- P--AS πρός-P σύ- P--AP

22 καί-C νῦν-D ἐν-P ῥομφαία-N1A-DSF καί-C ἐν-P λιμός-N2--DSM ἐκλείπω-VF--FAI2P ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM τόπος-N2--DSM ὅς- --GSM σύ- P--NP βούλομαι-V1--PMI2P εἰςἔρχομαι-VB--AAN καταοἰκέω-V2--PAN ἐκεῖ-D

   

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Apocalypse Revealed #323

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323. With sword, with famine, with death, and by the beasts of the earth. This symbolically means, by doctrinal falsities, by evil practices, by self-love, and by lusts.

To be shown that a sword symbolizes truths fighting against evils and falsities and destroying them, and in an opposite sense, falsity fighting against goods and truths and destroying them, see nos. 52, 108, 117 above. Accordingly, because the subject is the destruction of all good in the church, a sword here symbolizes doctrinal falsities.

That a famine symbolizes evil practices - this we will confirm below.

Death symbolizes a person's self-love because death symbolizes the extinction of spiritual life, and thus natural life divorced from any spiritual life, as shown in no. 321 above, and this life is the life of a person's self-love; for this life causes a person to love nothing but himself and the world, and so to love also evils of every kind, evils which, because of that life's love, are delightful to him.

That beasts of the earth symbolize lusts arising from the love will be seen in no. 567 below.

Here we will say something about the symbolic meaning of famine. A famine symbolizes the privation and rejection of concepts of truth and goodness, springing from evil practices. It symbolizes as well an ignorance of concepts of truth and goodness, owing to an absence of these in the church. And it symbolizes also a desire to know and understand them.

[2] I. That a famine symbolizes the privation and rejection of concepts of truth and goodness, springing from evil practices, and thus symbolizes evil practices, can be seen from the following passages:

They shall be consumed by the sword and by famine, so that their corpses become food for the birds of heaven and for the beasts of the earth. (Jeremiah 16:4)

These two things shall befall you...: devastation and ruin, and famine and sword... (Isaiah 51:19)

Behold, I am visiting punishment upon them. The young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine. (Jeremiah 11:22)

...deliver up her children to famine, and cause them to flow down upon the hands of the sword..., that their men may be put to death... (Jeremiah 18:21)

...I will send on them the sword, famine, and pestilence, and will make them like rough figs that cannot be eaten, they are so bad. And I will pursue them with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence. (Jeremiah 29:17-18)

I will send upon them the sword, famine, and pestilence, till they are consumed from the land... (Jeremiah 24:10)

...I proclaim liberty to you..., to the sword, to pestilence, and famine! And I will deliver you for turmoil to all nations. (Jeremiah 34:17)

...because you have defiled My sanctuary..., a third of you shall die of pestilence and be consumed with famine...; and a third shall fall by the sword... When I send against them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for destruction... (Ezekiel 5:11-12, 16-17)

The sword is outside, and the pestilence and famine within. (Ezekiel 7:15)

...for all the evil abominations... they shall fall by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence. (Ezekiel 6:11-12)

...I will send My four evil judgments on Jerusalem - the sword, famine and wild beast, and pestilence - to cut off man and beast from it. (Ezekiel 14:13, 15, 21)

And so, too, elsewhere, as in Jeremiah 14:12-13, 15-16; 42:13-14, 16-18, 22; 44:12-13, 27, Mark 13:8, Luke 21:11. Sword, famine, pestilence and beasts in these places have similar symbolic meanings to those of the sword, famine, death, and beasts of the earth in the present verse. For the Word has a spiritual meaning in it in every single constituent, in which a sword means the destruction of spiritual life by falsities, in which famine means the destruction of spiritual life by evils, in which a beast of the earth means the destruction of spiritual life by the lusts accompanying falsity and evil, and in which pestilence and death means a complete destruction and thus damnation.

[3] II. That famine, or hunger, symbolizes an ignorance of concepts of truth and goodness, owing to an absence of these in the church, is clear as well from various passages in the Word, as in Isaiah 5:13; 8:19-22, Lamentations 2:19; 5:8-10, Amos 8:11-14, Job 5:17, 20, and elsewhere.

III. That famine or hunger symbolizes a desire to know and understand the church's truths and goods is apparent from the following: Isaiah 8:21; 32:6; 49:10; 58:6-7; Matthew 5:6; 25:35, 37, 44; Luke 1:53; John 6:35; and elsewhere.

  
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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.