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Amos 6

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1 ουαι-I ο- A--DPM εκουθενοω-V4--PAPDPM *σιων-N---AS και-C ο- A--DPM πειθω-VX--XAPDPM επι-P ο- A--ASN ορος-N3E-ASN *σαμαρεια-N1A-GSF αποτρυγαω-VAI-AAI3P αρχη-N1--APF εθνος-N3E-GPN και-C ειςερχομαι-VBI-AAI3P αυτος- D--NPM οικος-N2--NSM ο- A--GSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM

2 διαβαινω-VZ--AAD2P πας-A3--NPM και-C οραω-VB--AAD2P και-C διαερχομαι-VB--AAD2P εκειθεν-D εις-P *εμαθ-N---AS *ραββα-N---AS και-C καταβαινω-VZ--AAD2P εκειθεν-D εις-P *γεθ-N---AS αλλοφυλος-A1B-GPM ο- A--APF κρεισσων-A1--APFS εκ-P πας-A1S-GPF ο- A--GPF βασιλεια-N1A-GPF ουτος- D--GPF ει-C πολυς-A3C-NPN ο- A--NPN οριον-N2N-NPN αυτος- D--GPM ειμι-V9--PAI3S ο- A--GPN υμετερος-A1A-GPN οριον-N2N-GPN

3 ο- A--NPM ερχομαι-V1--PMPNPM εις-P ημερα-N1A-ASF κακος-A1--ASF ο- A--NPM εγγιζω-V1--PAPNPM και-C επιαπτω-V1--PMPNPM σαββατον-N2N-GPN ψευδης-A3H-GPN

4 ο- A--NPM καταευδω-V1--PAPNPM επι-P κλινη-N1--GPF ελεφαντινος-A1--GPF και-C κατασπαταλαω-V3--PAPNPM επι-P ο- A--DPF στρωμνη-N1--DPF αυτος- D--GPM και-C εσθιω-V1--PAPNPM εριφος-N2--APM εκ-P ποιμνιον-N2N-GPN και-C μοσχαριον-N2N-APN εκ-P μεσος-A1--GSN βουλολιον-N2--GPN γαλαθηνος-A1B-APN

5 ο- A--NPM επικροτεω-V2--PAPNPM προς-P ο- A--ASF φωνη-N1--ASF ο- A--GPN οργανον-N2N-GPN ως-C ιστημι-VXI-XAPASM λογιζομαι-VAI-AMI3P και-C ου-D ως-C φευγω-V1--PAPASM

6 ο- A--NPM πινω-V1--PAPNPM ο- A--ASM διαυλιζω-VA--APPASM οινος-N2--ASM και-C ο- A--APN πρωτος-A1--APN μυρον-N2N-APN χριω-V1--PMPNPM και-C ου-D πασχω-V1I-IAI3P ουδεις-A3--ASN επι-P ο- A--DSF συντριβη-N1--DSF *ιωσηφ-N---GSM

7 δια-P ουτος- D--ASN νυν-D αιχμαλωτος-A1B-NPM ειμι-VF--FMI3P απο-P αρχη-N1--GSF δυναστης-N1M-GPM και-C εκαιρω-VC--FPI3S χρεμετισμος-N2--NSM ιππος-N2--GPM εκ-P *εφραιμ-N---GSM

8 οτι-C ομνυμι-VAI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM κατα-P εαυτου- D--GSM διοτι-C βδελυσσω-V1--PMI1S εγω- P--NS πας-A1S-ASF ο- A--ASF υβρις-N3I-ASF *ιακωβ-N---GSM και-C ο- A--APF χωρα-N1A-APF αυτος- D--GSM μισεω-VX--XAI1S και-C εκαιρω-VF2-FAI1S πολις-N3I-ASF συν-P πας-A3--DPM ο- A--DPM καταοικεω-V2--PAPDPM αυτος- D--ASF

9 και-C ειμι-V9--FMI3S εαν-C υπολειπω-VV--APS3P δεκα-M ανηρ-N3--NPM εν-P οικια-N1A-DSF εις-A1A-DSF και-C αποθνησκω-VF2-FMI3P και-C υπολειπω-VV--FPI3P ο- A--NPM καταλοιπος-A1B-NPM

10 και-C λαμβανω-VF--FMI3P ο- A--NPM οικειος-A1A-NPM αυτος- D--GPM και-C παραβιοω-V4--PMS3P ο- A--GSN εκφερω-VA--AAN ο- A--APN οστεον-N2N-APN αυτος- D--GPM εκ-P ο- A--GSM οικος-N2--GSM και-C ειπον-VF2-FAI3S ο- A--DPM προιστημι-VXI-XAPDPM ο- A--GSF οικια-N1A-GSF ει-C ετι-D υποαρχω-V1--PAI3S παρα-P συ- P--DS και-C ειπον-VF2-FAI3S ουκετι-D και-C ειπον-VF2-FAI3S σιγαω-V3--PAD2S ενεκα-P ο- A--GSN μη-D ονομαζω-VA--AAN ο- A--ASN ονομα-N3M-ASN κυριος-N2--GSM

11 διοτι-C ιδου-I κυριος-N2--NSM εντελλομαι-V1--PMI3S και-C πατασσω-VF--FAI3S ο- A--ASM οικος-N2--ASM ο- A--ASM μεγας-A1P-ASM θλασμα-N3M-DPN και-C ο- A--ASM οικος-N2--ASM ο- A--ASM μικρος-A1A-ASM ραγμα-N3M-DPN

12 ει-C διωκω-VF--FMI3P εν-P πετρα-N1A-DPF ιππος-N2--NPM ει-C παρασιωπαω-VF--FMI3P εν-P θηλυς-A3U-DPF οτι-C συ- P--NP εκστρεφω-VAI-AAI2P εις-P θυμος-N2--ASM κριμα-N3M-ASN και-C καρπος-N2--ASM δικαιοσυνη-N1--GSF εις-P πικρια-N1A-ASF

13 ο- A--NPM ευφραινω-V1--PMPNPM επι-P ουδεις-A3--DSM λογος-N2--DSM ο- A--NPM λεγω-V1--PAPNPM ου-D εν-P ο- A--DSF ισχυς-N3U-DSF εγω- P--GP εχω-VBI-AAI1P κερας-N3T-APN

14 διοτι-C ιδου-I εγω- P--NS επιεγειρω-V1--PAI1S επι-P συ- P--AP οικος-N2--NSM ο- A--GSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM εθνος-N3E-ASN και-C εκθλιβω-VF--FAI3P συ- P--AP ο- A--GSN μη-D ειςερχομαι-VB--AAN εις-P *εμαθ-N---AS και-C εως-P ο- A--GSM χειμαρρους-N2--GSM ο- A--GPF δυσμη-N1--GPF

   

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Apocalypse Revealed #410

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410. The name of the star is Wormwood, and a third of the waters became wormwood. (8:11) This symbolizes hellish falsity, the origin of their personal intelligence, by which they had falsified all the Word's truths.

The star symbolizes their personal intelligence owing to a conceit arising from a hellish love (no. 408). The name symbolizes its character (nos. 81, 122, 165). Wormwood symbolizes hellish falsity, which we will consider next. Waters symbolize truths (no. 50), here the Word's truths, because the subject is faith. A third means, symbolically, all, as said before. Gathering these into a single meaning yields the meaning presented above.

As for wormwood, it symbolizes hellish falsity because of its extreme bitterness, which renders foods and beverages unpalatable. Wormwood symbolizes such falsity, therefore, in the following places:

Behold, I feed... this people with wormwood, and will give them water of gall to drink. (Jeremiah 9:14-15)

...thus says Jehovah... against the prophets: Behold, I feed them with wormwood, and will make them drink water of gall; for from the prophets of Jerusalem hypocrisy has gone out into all the land. (Jeremiah 23:15)

...you turn justice into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood. (Amos 6:12, cf. 5:7)

...that there may not be among you a root bearing gall or wormwood. (Deuteronomy 29:18)

Since the Jewish Church falsified all the Word's truths, like the church which is the subject here, and the Lord represented it by all the events of His suffering, by permitting the Jews to treat Him as they had the Word, because He embodied the Word, therefore "they gave Him vinegar mingled with gall," which is like wormwood, "but when He had tasted it, He would not drink" (Matthew 27:34, Mark 15:23, cf. Psalms 69:21).

As that was the character of the Jewish Church, it is therefore described in this way:

He has filled me with bitterness, (and) He has made me drunk on wormwood. (Lamentations 3:15, 19)

  
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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.