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Joel 4

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1 διότι-C ἰδού-I ἐγώ- P--NS ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF ἡμέρα-N1A-DPF ἐκεῖνος- D--DPF καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM καιρός-N2--DSM ἐκεῖνος- D--DSM ὅταν-D ἐπιστρέφω-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--ASF αἰχμαλωσία-N1A-ASF *ιουδα-N---GSM καί-C *ἰερουσαλήμ-N---GSF

2 καί-C συνἄγω-VF--FAI1S πᾶς-A3--APN ὁ- A--APN ἔθνος-N3E-APN καί-C καταἄγω-VF--FAI1S αὐτός- D--APN εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF κοιλάς-N3D-ASF *ιωσαφατ-N---GSM καί-C διακρίνω-VC--FPI1S πρός-P αὐτός- D--APM ἐκεῖ-D ὑπέρ-P ὁ- A--GSM λαός-N2--GSM ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--GSF κληρονομία-N1A-GSF ἐγώ- P--GS *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ὅς- --NPM διασπείρω-VDI-API3P ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPN ἔθνος-N3E-DPN καί-C ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF ἐγώ- P--GS κατα διααἱρέω-VBI-AMI3P

3 καί-C ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM ἐγώ- P--GS βάλλω-VBI-AAI3P κλῆρος-N2--APM καί-C δίδωμι-VAI-AAI3P ὁ- A--APN παιδάριον-N2N-APN πόρνη-N1--DPF καί-C ὁ- A--APN κοράσιον-N2N-APN πωλέω-V2I-IAI3P ἀντί-P οἶνος-N2--GSM καί-C πίνω-V1I-IAI3P

4 καί-C τίς- I--ASN καί-C σύ- P--NP ἐγώ- P--DS *τύρος-N---NSF καί-C *σιδών-N---NS καί-C πᾶς-A1S-NSF *γαλιλαία-N1A-NSF ἀλλόφυλος-A1B-GPM μή-D ἀνταπόδομα-N3M-ASN σύ- P--NP ἀντι ἀποδίδωμι-V8--PAI2P ἐγώ- P--DS ἤ-C μνησικακέω-V2--PAI2P σύ- P--NP ἐπί-P ἐγώ- P--DS ὀξέως-D καί-C ταχέως-D ἀντι ἀποδίδωμι-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--ASN ἀνταπόδομα-N3M-ASN σύ- P--GP εἰς-P κεφαλή-N1--APF σύ- P--GP

5 ἀντί-P ὅς- --GPM ὁ- A--ASN ἀργύριον-N2N-ASN ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--ASN χρυσίον-N2N-ASN ἐγώ- P--GS λαμβάνω-VBI-AAI2P καί-C ὁ- A--APN ἐπίλεκτος-A1B-APN ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--APN καλός-A1--APN εἰςφέρω-VAI-AAI2P εἰς-P ὁ- A--APM ναός-N2--APM σύ- P--GP

6 καί-C ὁ- A--APM υἱός-N2--APM *ιουδα-N---GSM καί-C ὁ- A--APM υἱός-N2--APM *ἰερουσαλήμ-N---GSF ἀποδίδωμι-VOI-AMI2P ὁ- A--DPM υἱός-N2--DPM ὁ- A--GPF *ἕλλην-N1--GPF ὅπως-C ἐκὠθέω-VA--AAS2P αὐτός- D--APM ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GPN ὅριον-N2N-GPN αὐτός- D--GPM

7 ἰδού-I ἐγώ- P--NS ἐκἐγείρω-V1--PAI1S αὐτός- D--APM ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSM τόπος-N2--GSM ὅς- --GSM ἀποδίδωμι-VOI-AMI2P αὐτός- D--APM ἐκεῖ-D καί-C ἀντι ἀποδίδωμι-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--ASN ἀνταπόδομα-N3M-ASN σύ- P--GP εἰς-P κεφαλή-N1--APF σύ- P--GP

8 καί-C ἀποδίδωμι-VF--FMI1S ὁ- A--APM υἱός-N2--APM σύ- P--GP καί-C ὁ- A--APF θυγάτηρ-N3--APF σύ- P--GP εἰς-P χείρ-N3--APF υἱός-N2--GPM *ιουδα-N---GSM καί-C ἀποδίδωμι-VF--FMI3P αὐτός- D--APM εἰς-P αἰχμαλωσία-N1A-ASF εἰς-P ἔθνος-N3E-ASN μακράν-D ἀποἔχω-V1--PAPASN ὅτι-C κύριος-N2--NSM λαλέω-VAI-AAI3S

9 κηρύσσω-VA--AAD2P οὗτος- D--APN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPN ἔθνος-N3E-DPN ἁγιάζω-VA--AAD2P πόλεμος-N2--ASM ἐκἐγείρω-VA--AAD2P ὁ- A--APM μαχητής-N1M-APM προςἄγω-VB--AAD2P καί-C ἀναβαίνω-V1--PAD2P πᾶς-A3--NPM ἀνήρ-N3--NPM πολεμιστής-N1--NPM

10 συνκόπτω-VA--AAD2P ὁ- A--APN ἄροτρον-N2N-APN σύ- P--GP εἰς-P ῥομφαία-N1A-APF καί-C ὁ- A--APN δρέπανον-N2N-APN σύ- P--GP εἰς-P σειρομάστης-N1M-APM ὁ- A--NSM ἀδύνατος-A1B-NSM λέγω-V1--PAD3S ὅτι-C ἰσχύω-V1--PAI3S ἐγώ- P--NS

11 συνἀθροίζω-V1--PMD2P καί-C εἰςπορεύομαι-V1--PMD2P πᾶς-A3--ASN ὁ- A--APN ἔθνος-N3E-APN κυκλόθεν-D καί-C συνἄγω-VQ--APD2P ἐκεῖ-D ὁ- A--NSM πραΰς-N3--NSM εἰμί-V9--PAD3S μαχητής-N1M-NSM

12 ἐκἐγείρω-V1--PMD3P καί-C ἀναβαίνω-V1--PAD3P πᾶς-A3--NPN ὁ- A--NPN ἔθνος-N3E-NPN εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF κοιλάς-N3D-ASF *ιωσαφατ-N---DSM διότι-C ἐκεῖ-D καταἵζω-VF2-FAI1S ὁ- A--GSN διακρίνω-VA--AAN πᾶς-A3--APN ὁ- A--APN ἔθνος-N3E-APN κυκλόθεν-D

13 ἐκ ἀποστέλλω-VA--AAD2P δρέπανον-N2N-APN ὅτι-C παραἵστημι-VXI-XAI3S τρύγητος-N2--NSM εἰςπορεύομαι-V1--PMD2P πατέω-V2--PAD2P διότι-C πλήρης-A3H-NSF ὁ- A--NSF ληνός-N2--NSF ὑπερ ἐκχέω-V2--PMI3S ὁ- A--NPN ὑπολήνιον-N2N-NPN ὅτι-C πληθύνω-VM--XMI3P ὁ- A--NPN κακός-A1--NPN αὐτός- D--GPM

14 ἦχος-N2--NPM ἐκἠχέω-VAI-AAI3P ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF κοιλάς-N3D-DSF ὁ- A--GSF δίκη-N1--GSF ὅτι-C ἐγγύς-D ἡμέρα-N1A-NSF κύριος-N2--GSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF κοιλάς-N3D-DSF ὁ- A--GSF δίκη-N1--GSF

15 ὁ- A--NSM ἥλιος-N2--NSM καί-C ὁ- A--NSF σελήνη-N1--NSF συνσκοτάζω-VF--FAI3P καί-C ὁ- A--NPM ἀστήρ-N3--NPM δύω-VF--FAI3P φέγγος-N3E-ASN αὐτός- D--GPM

16 ὁ- A--NSM δέ-X κύριος-N2--NSM ἐκ-P *σιων-N---GSM ἀνακράζω-VFX-FMI3S καί-C ἐκ-P *ἰερουσαλήμ-N---GSF δίδωμι-VF--FAI3S φωνή-N1--ASF αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C σείω-VC--FPI3S ὁ- A--NSM οὐρανός-N2--NSM καί-C ὁ- A--NSF γῆ-N1--NSF ὁ- A--NSM δέ-X κύριος-N2--NSM φείδομαι-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--GSM λαός-N2--GSM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ἐνἰσχύω-VF--FAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--APM υἱός-N2--APM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM

17 καί-C ἐπιγιγνώσκω-VF--FMI2P διότι-C ἐγώ- P--NS κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM σύ- P--GP ὁ- A--NSM κατασκηνόω-V4--PAPNSM ἐν-P *σιων-N---DSM ἐν-P ὄρος-N3E-DSN ἅγιος-A1A-DSN ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C εἰμί-V9--FMI3S *ἰερουσαλήμ-N---NSF πόλις-N3I-NSF ἅγιος-A1A-NSF καί-C ἀλλογενής-A3H-NPM οὐ-D διαἔρχομαι-VF--FMI3P διά-P αὐτός- D--GSF οὐκέτι-D

18 καί-C εἰμί-V9--FMI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF ἐκεῖνος- D--DSF ἀποσταλάσσω-VF--FAI3S ὁ- A--NPN ὄρος-N3E-NPN γλυκασμός-N2--ASM καί-C ὁ- A--NPM βουνός-N2--NPM ῥέω-VF--FMI3P γάλα-N3--ASN καί-C πᾶς-A1S-NPF ὁ- A--NPF ἄφεσις-N3I-NPF *ιουδα-N---GSM ῥέω-VF--FMI3P ὕδωρ-N3T-APN καί-C πηγή-N1--NSF ἐκ-P οἶκος-N2--GSM κύριος-N2--GSM ἐκἔρχομαι-VF--FMI3S καί-C ποτίζω-VF2-FAI3S ὁ- A--ASM χειμάρρους-A1C-ASM ὁ- A--GPM σχοίνος-N2--GPM

19 *αἴγυπτος-N2--NSF εἰς-P ἀφανισμός-N2--ASM εἰμί-V9--FMI3S καί-C ὁ- A--NSF *ιδουμαία-N1A-NSF εἰς-P πεδίον-N2N-ASN ἀφανισμός-N2--GSM εἰμί-V9--FMI3S ἐκ-P ἀδικία-N1A-GPF υἱός-N2--GPM *ιουδα-N---GSM ἀντί-P ὅς- --GPM ἐκχέω-VAI-AAI3P αἷμα-N3M-ASN δίκαιος-A1A-ASN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF γῆ-N1--DSF αὐτός- D--GPM

20 ὁ- A--NSF δέ-X *ἰουδαία-N1A-NSF εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM αἰών-N3W-ASM καταοἰκέω-VC--FPI3S καί-C *ἰερουσαλήμ-N---NSF εἰς-P γενεά-N1A-APF γενεά-N1A-GPF

21 καί-C ἐκδικέω-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--ASN αἷμα-N3M-ASN αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C οὐ-D μή-D ἀθῳόω-VF--FAI1S καί-C κύριος-N2--NSM κατασκηνόω-VF--FAI3S ἐν-P *σιων-N---DSM

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Apocalypse Revealed #645

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645. Crying with a loud voice to Him who sat on the cloud, "Thrust in Your sickle and reap, for the hour has come for You to reap, for the harvest of the earth has dried." This symbolizes a supplication by angels in heaven to the Lord to bring things to an end and execute judgment, because the church had now reached its last state.

To cry with a loud voice to Him who sat on the cloud symbolizes a supplication by angels in heaven to the Lord, because they lacked anything corresponding to them on earth. For the church on earth is to the angelic heaven like the foundation on which a house rests, or like the feet on which a person stands and which he uses to walk. When the church on earth has been destroyed, therefore, the angels lament and supplicate the Lord. Their supplication is that He may bring the church to an end and raise up a new one. The angel's crying with a loud voice to Him who sat on the cloud accordingly symbolizes a supplication by angels in heaven to the Lord.

That He who sat on the cloud symbolizes the Lord in relation to the Word may be seen just above in no. 642. That to thrust in a sickle and reap means, symbolically, to put an end to something and execute judgment - this, too, may be seen in nos. 642, 643 above. For the hour has come to reap means symbolically that the church is at an end. For the harvest has dried means symbolically that the church has reached its last state. A harvest symbolizes the state of the church with respect to Divine truth. The reason is that a harvest yields the grain used to make bread, and grain and bread symbolize the church's goodness, which is achieved through truths.

[2] That this is the symbolic meaning of these words can be more clearly seen from passages in the Word where a harvest, reaping, or sickle are mentioned, as in the following:

...I will sit to judge all the... nations. Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe... For their wickedness is great. (Joel 3:12-13)

Cut off the sower..., and him who handles the sickle at harvest time. (Jeremiah 50:16)

The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor...; a little while yet till the time of her harvest comes. (Jeremiah 51:33)

It shall be when the standing grain of the harvest is gathered, and his arm reaps the ears... ...in the morning your seed flourishes..., the harvest a heap in the day of your possession and desperate sorrow. (Isaiah 17:5-6, 11)

Be ashamed, you farmers..., because the harvest of the field has perished. (Joel 1:11)

(Jesus said to His disciples:) "There are still four months until the harvest comes. ...lift up your eyes and behold the fields, that they are already white for harvest! ...I sent you to reap...." (John 4:35-38)

(Jesus) said to His disciples, "The harvest... is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Pray... the Lord of the harvest to send laborers into His harvest." (Matthew 9:37-38, Luke 10:2)

In these places, and also in Isaiah 16:9, Jeremiah 5:17; 8:20, the harvest symbolizes the church with respect to Divine truth.

[3] Everything contained in these verses in the present chapter, however, and also in the following two chapters, was foretold by the Lord in the parable of a sower and his gathering in of the harvest, and because it shows and illustrates what the symbolism is, we will quote it here:

(Jesus said:) "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field; but... his enemy came and sowed tares... ...when the plants sprouted..., ...the tares also appeared....

"The servants said..., 'Do you want us to... gather them up?'

"But he said, 'No, lest while you gather up the tares you also uproot the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, "First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn...." ' "

And His disciples came to (Jesus), saying, "Explain to us the parable...."

(Jesus) said...: "He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man (or the Lord). The field is the world (the church), the... seeds are the sons of the kingdom (the church's truths), the tares are the sons of the evil one (falsities from hell), the enemy who sowed them is the devil, the harvest is the culmination of the age (the end of the church), the reapers are the angels (Divine truths). Therefore as the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at the culmination of this age (at then end of the church)." (Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43)

  
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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.