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Amos 4

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1 ακουω-VA--AAD2P ο- A--ASM λογος-N2--ASM ουτος- D--ASM δαμαλις-N3I-VPF ο- A--GSF *βασανιτις-N3D-GSF ο- A--NPF εν-P ο- A--DSN ορος-N3E-DSN ο- A--GSF *σαμαρεια-N1A-GSF ο- A--NPF καταδυναστευω-V1--PAPNPF πτωχος-N2--APM και-C καταπατεω-V2--PAPNPF πενης-N3T-APM ο- A--NPF λεγω-V1--PAPNPF ο- A--DPM κυριος-N2--DPM αυτος- D--GPM επιδιδωμι-VO--AAD2P εγω- P--DP οπως-C πινω-VB--AAS1P

2 ομνυμι-V5--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM κατα-P ο- A--GPM αγιος-A1A-GPM αυτος- D--GSM διοτι-C ιδου-I ημερα-N1A-NPF ερχομαι-V1--PMI3P επι-P συ- P--AP και-C λαμβανω-VF--FMI3P συ- P--AP εν-P οπλον-N2N-DPN και-C ο- A--APM μετα-P συ- P--GP εις-P λεβης-N3T-APM υποκαιω-V1--PMPAPM ενβαλλω-VF2-FAI3P εμπυρος-A1B-NPM λοιμος-N2--NPM

3 και-C εκφερω-VQ--FPI2P γυμνος-A1--NPF κατεναντι-D αλληλω- D--GPM και-C αποριπτω-VD--FPI2P εις-P ο- A--ASN ορος-N3E-ASN ο- A--ASN *ρεμμαν-N---ASN λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM

4 ειςερχομαι-VBI-AAI2P εις-P *βαιθηλ-N---ASF και-C ανομεω-VAI-AAI2P και-C εις-P *γαλγαλα-N---ASF πληθυνω-VAI-AAI2P ο- A--GSN ασεβεω-VA--AAN και-C φερω-VAI-AAI2P εις-P ο- A--ASN πρωι-D θυσια-N1A-APF συ- P--GP εις-P ο- A--ASF τριημερια-N1A-ASF ο- A--APN επιδεκατος-A1--APN συ- P--GP

5 και-C αναγιγνωσκω-VZI-AAI3P εξω-D νομος-N2--ASM και-C επικαλεω-VAI-AMI3P ομολογια-N1A-APF αποαγγελλω-VA--AAD2P οτι-C ουτος- D--APN αγαπαω-VAI-AAI3P ο- A--NPM υιος-N2--NPM *ισραηλ-N---GSM λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM

6 και-C εγω- P--NS διδωμι-VF--FAI1S συ- P--DP γομφιασμος-N2--ASM οδους-N3--GPM εν-P πας-A1S-DPF ο- A--DPF πολις-N3I-DPF συ- P--GP και-C ενδεια-N1A-ASF αρτος-N2--GPM εν-P πας-A3--DPM ο- A--DPM τοπος-N2--DPM συ- P--GP και-C ου-D επιστρεφω-VAI-AAI2P προς-P εγω- P--AS λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM

7 και-C εγω- P--NS αναεχω-VBI-AAI1S εκ-P συ- P--GP ο- A--ASM υετος-N2--ASM προ-P τρεις-A3--GPM μην-N3--GPM ο- A--GSM τρυγητος-N2--GSM και-C βρεχω-VF--FAI1S επι-P πολις-N3I-ASF εις-A1A-ASF επι-P δε-X πολις-N3I-ASF εις-A1A-ASF ου-D βρεχω-VF--FAI1S μερις-N3D-NSF εις-A1A-NSF βρεχω-VD--FPI3S και-C μερις-N3D-NSF επι-P ος- --ASF ου-D βρεχω-VF--FAI1S επι-P αυτος- D--ASF ξηραινω-VC--FPI3S

8 και-C συναθροιζω-VS--FPI3P δυο-M και-C τρεις-A3--NPF πολις-N3I-NPF εις-P πολις-N3I-ASF εις-A1A-ASF ο- A--GSN πινω-VB--AAN υδωρ-N3--ASN και-C ου-D μη-D ενπιμπλημι-VS--APS3P και-C ου-D επιστρεφω-VAI-AAI2P προς-P εγω- P--AS λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM

9 πατασσω-VAI-AAI1S συ- P--AP εν-P πυρωσις-N3I-DPF και-C εν-P ικτερος-N2--DSM πληθυνω-VAI-AAI2P κηπος-N2--APM συ- P--GP αμπελων-N3W-APM συ- P--GP και-C συκων-N3W-APM συ- P--GP και-C ελαιων-N3W-APM συ- P--GP καταεσθιω-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--NSF καμπη-N1--NSF και-C ουδε-C ως-C επιστρεφω-VAI-AAI2P προς-P εγω- P--AS λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM

10 εκ αποστελλω-VAI-AAI1S εις-P συ- P--AP θανατος-N2--ASM εν-P οδος-N2--DSF *αιγυπτος-N2--GSF και-C αποκτεινω-VAI-AAI1S εν-P ρομφαια-N1A-DSF ο- A--APM νεανισκος-N2--APM συ- P--GP μετα-P αιχμαλωσια-N1A-GSF ιππος-N2--GPM συ- P--GS και-C ανααγω-VBI-AAI1S εν-P πυρ-N3--DSN ο- A--APF παρεμβολη-N1--APF συ- P--GP εν-P ο- A--DSF οργη-N1--DSF εγω- P--GS και-C ουδε-C ως-C επιστρεφω-VAI-AAI2P προς-P εγω- P--AS λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM

11 καταστρεφω-VAI-AAI1S συ- P--AP καθως-D καταστρεφω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM *σοδομα-N---AS και-C *γομορρα-N---AS και-C γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI2P ως-C δαλος-N2--NSM εκσπαω-VM--XMPNSM εκ-P πυρ-N3--GSN και-C ουδε-C ως-C επιστρεφω-VAI-AAI2P προς-P εγω- P--AS λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM

12 δια-P ουτος- D--ASN ουτως-D ποιεω-VF--FAI1S συ- P--DS *ισραηλ-N---VSM πλην-D οτι-C ουτως-D ποιεω-VF--FAI1S συ- P--DS ετοιμαζω-V1--PMD2S ο- A--GSN επικαλεω-V2--PMN ο- A--ASM θεος-N2--ASM συ- P--GS *ισραηλ-N---VSM

13 διοτι-C ιδου-I εγω- P--NS στερεοω-V4--PAPNSM βροντη-N1--ASF και-C κτιζω-V1--PAPNSM πνευμα-N3M-ASN και-C αποαγγελλω-V1--PAPNSM εις-P ανθρωπος-N2--APM ο- A--ASM χριστος-A1--ASM αυτος- D--GSM ποιεω-V2--PAPNSM ορθρος-N2--ASM και-C ομιχλη-N1--ASF και-C επιβαινω-V1--PAPNSM επι-P ο- A--APN υψος-N3E-APN ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM παντοκρατωρ-N3 -NSM ονομα-N3M-NSN αυτος- D--DSM

   

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Apocalypse Revealed #439

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439. And there were stings in their tails, and their power was to hurt men five months. This symbolizes their clever falsifications of the Word, by which for a short time they darkened and enchanted the intellect, and so deceived and captivated it.

Stings in the tails symbolize clever falsifications of the Word - stings symbolizing cunning and guile, and tails the Word's truths falsified (no. 438). Their power to hurt means, symbolically, that they could induce a mental numbness, or in other words, that they could darken and enchant the intellect and so deceive and captivate it. For their tails were like scorpions, and scorpions have this symbolism (no. 425). Five months means, symbolically, for a short time, as in no. 427 above.

Such is the case when people like this take some things from the Word and apply them. For the Word was written in terms of things that correspond, and the correspondent expressions are partly apparent truths, which conceal genuine truths within them. If these genuine truths are unknown in the church, it is possible for people to take from the Word many things which at first appear to support heresy. But when genuine truths are known in the church, then the apparent truths are laid bare, and the genuine truths come into view. Before this comes about, however, a heretic may use various things from the Word to draw a veil over the intellect and enchant it, and so to deceive and captivate it.

This is what those people do who assert that a person's sins are forgiven him so that he is justified, by an act of faith of which no one is at all aware, and this in a moment - if not before, then in the last hour of dying. This also can be illustrated by examples, but here is not the place for it.

Stings symbolize falsities arising from evil and doing harm also in Amos:

Behold, the days shall come upon you when they will take you away with stings... (Amos 4:2)

And in the book of Numbers, that the people should drive out the inhabitants of the land, lest they be thorns in their eyes and stings in their sides (Numbers 33:55).

Thorns, briers, nettles, and thistles also symbolize falsities accompanying evil because of their stings.

  
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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.