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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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Arcana Coelestia #7668

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7668. 'Go now, you young men, and serve Jehovah' means that those guided by truths that have been corroborated will be left alone, in order that they may worship the Lord. This is clear from the meaning of the command 'go' as the intimation that they will be left alone, as above in 7658; from the meaning of 'young men' as corroborated truths, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'serving Jehovah' as worshipping the Lord, as above in 7654, 7664. The reason why 'young men' means those guided by truths that have been corroborated is that by sons, boys, young men, men, and old men' are meant aspects of intelligence and wisdom in their true order. Such aspects instead of those male persons are understood in heaven; for those in heaven possess spiritual ideas which are such that images from the purely natural order or the world cannot enter them without being instantly sloughed off and transformed into the kinds of images that are more in keeping with the wisdom of heaven and with angelic thought. This is why 'sons, boys, young men, men, and old men' cannot in the spiritual sense mean those male persons, only corresponding spiritual realities, which are aspects of intelligence and wisdom. The fact that these are meant is plainly evident from the internal sense of the places in the Word where they are mentioned.

[2] In the Word 'young men' is used to mean those who have intelligence, or - on the level of abstract ideas on which angels think - intelligence itself. And since intelligence is meant by them, so is firmly established truth since this belongs to intelligence. Also the expression which is used here in the original language to denote young men is derived from strength and power, which truth receives from good, and so which firmly established truth receives. And this name is therefore applied to the Lord in Zechariah,

O sword, rise up against My shepherd, and against the (young) man, My neighbour. Strike the shepherd, and the sheep are scattered. Zechariah 13:7.

These words were spoken in reference to the Lord, see Matthew 26:31. And also in Jeremiah,

How long do you wander around, O estranged daughter? Jehovah has created a new thing on the earth, a woman has surrounded a (young) man. Jeremiah 31:22.

[3] Another word for 'young men in the original language stands for intelligence, and so for the truth that belongs to it, in Amos,

I have sent the pestilence upon you in the way of Egypt, I have killed your young men with the sword, along with captured horses. 1 Amos 4:10.

'The way of Egypt' stands for perverted factual knowledge, young men who have been killed' for truths which have as a result been destroyed, and 'captured horses' for an understanding that has been led into error.

[4] In the same prophet,

They will wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east; they will run to and fro to seek the Word of Jehovah, and will not find it. On that day the beautiful virgins and the young men will faint from thirst. Amos 8:12-13.

'The beautiful virgins' stands for the affection for truth, 'the young men' for intelligence, and 'fainting from thirst' for being deprived of truth; and this is why it says 'they will run to and fro to seek the Word of Jehovah, and will not find it'. The fact that neither beautiful virgins, nor young men, nor fainting because of thirst are meant here is self-evident.

In Jeremiah,

Death has come up through our windows, it has entered our palaces, cutting off the young child from the street, young men from the lanes. Jeremiah 9:11.

In the same prophet,

How is the city of glory not forsaken, the city of My joy? Therefore her young men will fall in her streets. Jeremiah 49:25-26; 50:30.

In the same prophet,

Hear now, all peoples, see my sorrow; my virgins and my young men have gone into captivity. Lamentations 1:18.

In these places 'young men' stands for the truths that belong to intelligence.

Footnotes:

1. literally, the captivity of horses

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.