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Ezekiel 39

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1 και-C συ- P--NS υιος-N2--VSM ανθρωπος-N2--GSM προφητευω-VA--AAD2S επι-P *γωγ-N---ASM και-C ειπον-VB--AAD2S οδε- D--APN λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM ιδου-I εγω- P--NS επι-P συ- P--AS *γωγ-N---ASM αρχων-N3--ASM *ρως-N---GS *μοσοχ-N---GS και-C *θοβελ-N---GS

2 και-C συναγω-VF--FAI1S συ- P--AS και-C καταοδηγεω-VF--FAI1S συ- P--AS και-C αναβιβαζω-VF2-FAI1S συ- P--AS απο-P εσχατος-A1--GSM ο- A--GSM βορεας-N1T-GSM και-C ανααγω-VF--FAI1S συ- P--AS επι-P ο- A--APN ορος-N3E-APN ο- A--GSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM

3 και-C αποολλυω-VF2-FAI1S ο- A--ASN τοξον-N2N-ASN συ- P--GS απο-P ο- A--GSF χειρ-N3--GSF συ- P--GS ο- A--GSF αριστερος-A1A-GSF και-C ο- A--APN τοξευμα-N3M-APN συ- P--GS απο-P ο- A--GSF χειρ-N3--GSF συ- P--GS ο- A--GSF δεξιος-A1A-GSF και-C καταβαλλω-VF2-FAI1S συ- P--AS

4 επι-P ο- A--APN ορος-N3E-APN *ισραηλ-N---GSM και-C πιπτω-VF2-FMI2S συ- P--NS και-C πας-A3--NPM ο- A--NPM περι-P συ- P--AS και-C ο- A--NPN εθνος-N3E-NPN ο- A--NPN μετα-P συ- P--GS διδωμι-VC--FPI3P εις-P πληθος-N3E-APN ορνις-N3I-GPM πας-A3--DSN πετεινον-N2N-DSN και-C πας-A3--DPN ο- A--DPN θηριον-N2N-DPN ο- A--GSN πεδιον-N2N-GSN διδωμι-VX--XAI1S συ- P--AS καταβιβρωσκω-VC--APN

5 επι-P προσωπον-N2N-GSN ο- A--GSN πεδιον-N2N-GSN πιπτω-VF2-FMI2S οτι-C εγω- P--NS λαλεω-VAI-AAI1S λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM

6 και-C αποστελλω-VF2-FAI1S πυρ-N3--ASN επι-P *γωγ-N---ASM και-C καταοικεω-VC--FPI3P ο- A--NPF νησος-N2--NPF επι-P ειρηνη-N1--GSF και-C γιγνωσκω-VF--FMI3P οτι-C εγω- P--NS ειμι-V9--PAI1S κυριος-N2--NSM

7 και-C ο- A--NSN ονομα-N3M-NSN εγω- P--GS ο- A--NSN αγιος-A1A-NSN γιγνωσκω-VS--FPI3S εν-P μεσος-A1--DSM λαος-N2--GSM εγω- P--GS *ισραηλ-N---GSM και-C ου-D βεβηλοω-VC--FPI3S ο- A--NSN ονομα-N3M-NSN εγω- P--GS ο- A--NSN αγιος-A1A-NSN ουκετι-D και-C γιγνωσκω-VF--FMI3P ο- A--NPN εθνος-N3E-NPN οτι-C εγω- P--NS ειμι-V9--PAI1S κυριος-N2--NSM αγιος-A1A-NSM εν-P *ισραηλ-N---DSM

8 ιδου-I ηκω-V1--PAI3S και-C γιγνωσκω-VF--FMI2S οτι-C ειμι-VF--FMI3S λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM κυριος-N2--NSM ουτος- D--NSF ειμι-V9--PAI3S ο- A--NSF ημερα-N1A-NSF εν-P ος- --DSF λαλεω-VAI-AAI1S

9 και-C εκερχομαι-VF--FMI3P ο- A--NPM καταοικεω-V2--PAPNPM ο- A--APF πολις-N3I-APF *ισραηλ-N---GSM και-C καιω-VF--FAI3P εν-P ο- A--DPN οπλον-N2N-DPN πελτη-N1--DPF και-C κοντος-N2--DPM και-C τοξον-N2N-DPN και-C τοξευμα-N3M-DPM και-C ραβδος-N2--DPF χειρ-N3--GPF και-C λογχη-N1--DPF και-C καιω-VF--FAI3P εν-P αυτος- D--DPM πυρ-N3--ASN επτα-M ετος-N3E-APN

10 και-C ου-D μη-D λαμβανω-VB--AAS3P ξυλον-N2N-APN εκ-P ο- A--GSN πεδιον-N2N-GSN ουδε-C μη-D κοπτω-VA--AAS3P εκ-P ο- A--GPM δρυμος-N2--GPM αλλα-C η-C ο- A--APN οπλον-N2N-APN κατακαιω-VF--FAI3P πυρ-N3--DSN και-C προνομευω-VF--FAI3P ο- A--APM προνομευω-VA--AAPAPM αυτος- D--APM και-C σκυλευω-VF--FAI3P ο- A--APM σκυλευω-VA--AAPAPM αυτος- D--APM λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM

11 και-C ειμι-VF--FMI3S εν-P ο- A--DSF ημερα-N1A-DSF εκεινος- D--DSF διδωμι-VF--FAI1S ο- A--DSM *γωγ-N---DSM τοπος-N2--ASM ονομαστος-A1--ASM μνημειον-N2N-ASN εν-P *ισραηλ-N---DSM ο- A--ASN πολυανδριον-N2N-ASN ο- A--GPM επιερχομαι-VB--AAPGPM προς-P ο- A--DSF θαλασσα-N1S-DSF και-C περιοικοδομεω-VF--FAI3P ο- A--ASN περιστομιον-N2N-ASN ο- A--GSF φαραγξ-N3G-GSF και-C καταορυσσω-VF--FAI3P εκει-D ο- A--ASM *γωγ-N---ASM και-C πας-A3--ASN ο- A--ASN πληθος-N3E-ASN αυτος- D--GSM και-C καλεω-VC--FPI3S ο- A--NSN γαι-N---NSN ο- A--NSN πολυανδριον-A---NSN ο- A--GSM *γωγ-N---GSM

12 και-C καταορυσσω-VF--FAI3P αυτος- D--APM οικος-N2--NSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM ινα-C καθαριζω-VS--APS3S ο- A--NSF γη-N1--NSF εν-P επταμηνος-N2--DSF

13 και-C καταορυσσω-VF--FAI3P αυτος- D--APM πας-A3--NSM ο- A--NSM λαος-N2--NSM ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF και-C ειμι-VF--FMI3S αυτος- D--DPM εις-P ονομαστος-A1--ASN ος- --DSF ημερα-N1A-DSF δοξαζω-VSI-API1S λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM

14 και-C ανηρ-N3--APM δια-P πας-A3--GSM διαστελλω-VF2-FAI3P επιπορευομαι-V1--PMPAPM ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF θαπτω-VA--AAN ο- A--APM καταλειπω-VP--XMPAPM επι-P προσωπον-N2N-GSN ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF καθαριζω-VA--AAN αυτος- D--ASF μετα-P ο- A--ASF επταμηνος-N2--ASF και-C εκζητεω-VF--FAI3P

15 και-C πας-A3--NSM ο- A--NSM διαπορευομαι-V1--PMPNSM ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF και-C οραω-VB--AAPNSM οστεον-N2N-ASN ανθρωπος-N2--GSM οικοδομεω-VF--FAI3S παρα-P αυτος- D--ASN σημειον-N2N-ASN εως-P οστις- X--GSN θαπτω-VA--AAS3P αυτος- D--ASN ο- A--NPM θαπτω-V1--PAPNPM εις-P ο- A--ASN γαι-N---ASN ο- A--ASN πολυανδριον-N2N-ASN ο- A--GSM *γωγ-N---GSM

16 και-C γαρ-X ο- A--NSN ονομα-N3M-NSN ο- A--GSF πολις-N3I-GSF *πολυανδριον-N2N-NSN και-C καθαριζω-VS--FPI3S ο- A--NSF γη-N1--NSF

17 και-C συ- P--NS υιος-N2--VSM ανθρωπος-N2--GSM ειπον-VB--AAD2S οδε- D--APN λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM ειπον-VB--AAD2S πας-A3--DSN ορνεον-N2N-DSN πετεινον-N2N-DSN και-C προς-P πας-A3--APN ο- A--APN θηριον-N2N-APN ο- A--GSN πεδιον-N2N-GSN συναγω-VQ--APD2P και-C ερχομαι-V1--PMD2P συναγω-VQ--APD2P απο-P πας-A3--GPM ο- A--GPM περικυκλω-D επι-P ο- A--ASF θυσια-N1A-ASF εγω- P--GS ος- --ASF θυω-VX--XAI1S συ- P--DP θυσια-N1A-ASF μεγας-A1--ASF επι-P ο- A--APN ορος-N3E-APN *ισραηλ-N---GSM και-C εσθιω-VF--FMI2P κρεας-N3--APN και-C πινω-VF--FMI2P αιμα-N3M-ASN

18 κρεας-N3--APN γιγας-N3--GPM εσθιω-VF--FMI2P και-C αιμα-N3M-ASN αρχων-N3--GPM ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF πινω-VF--FMI2P κριος-N2--APM και-C μοσχος-N2--APM και-C τραγος-N2--APM και-C ο- A--NPM μοσχος-N2--NPM στεατοομαι-VM--XPPNPM πας-A3--NPM

19 και-C εσθιω-VF--FMI2P στεαρ-N3--ASN εις-P πλησμονη-N1--ASF και-C πινω-VF--FMI2P αιμα-N3M-ASN εις-P μεθη-N1--ASF απο-P ο- A--GSF θυσια-N1A-GSF εγω- P--GS ος- --GSF θυω-VAI-AAI1S συ- P--DP

20 και-C ενπιμπλημι-VS--FPI2P επι-P ο- A--GSF τραπεζα-N1S-GSF εγω- P--GS ιππος-N2--ASM και-C αναβατης-N1M-ASM γιγας-N3--ASM και-C πας-A3--ASM ανηρ-N3--ASM πολεμιστης-N1--ASM λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM

21 και-C διδωμι-VF--FAI1S ο- A--ASF δοξα-N1S-ASF εγω- P--GS εν-P συ- P--DP και-C οραω-VF--FMI3P πας-A3--APN ο- A--APN εθνος-N3E-APN ο- A--ASF κρισις-N3I-ASF εγω- P--GS ος- --ASF ποιεω-VAI-AAI1S και-C ο- A--ASF χειρ-N3--ASF εγω- P--GS ος- --ASF επιαγω-VBI-AAI3P επι-P αυτος- D--APM

22 και-C γιγνωσκω-VF--FMI3P οικος-N2--NSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM οτι-C εγω- P--NS ειμι-V9--PAI1S κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM αυτος- D--GPM απο-P ο- A--GSF ημερα-N1A-GSF ουτος- D--GSF και-C επεκεινα-D

23 και-C γιγνωσκω-VF--FMI3P πας-A3--NPN ο- A--NPN εθνος-N3E-NPN οτι-C δια-P ο- A--APF αμαρτια-N1A-APF αυτος- D--GPN αιχμαλωτευω-VCI-API3P οικος-N2--NSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM αντι-P ος- --GPM αθετεω-VAI-AAI3P εις-P εγω- P--AS και-C αποστρεφω-VAI-AAI1S ο- A--ASN προσωπον-N2N-ASN εγω- P--GS απο-P αυτος- D--GPM και-C παραδιδωμι-VAI-AAI1S αυτος- D--APM εις-P χειρ-N3--APF ο- A--GPM εχθρος-N2--GPM αυτος- D--GPM και-C πιπτω-VAI-AAI3P πας-A3--NPM μαχαιρα-N1A-DSF

24 κατα-P ο- A--APF ακαθαρσια-N1A-APF αυτος- D--GPM και-C κατα-P ο- A--APN ανομημα-N3M-APN αυτος- D--GPM ποιεω-VAI-AAI1S αυτος- D--DPM και-C αποστρεφω-VAI-AAI1S ο- A--ASN προσωπον-N2N-ASN εγω- P--GS απο-P αυτος- D--GPM

25 δια-P ουτος- D--ASN οδε- D--APN λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM κυριος-N2--NSM νυν-D αποστρεφω-VF--FAI1S ο- A--ASF αιχμαλωσια-N1A-ASF *ιακωβ-N---GSM και-C ελεεω-VF--FAI1S ο- A--ASM οικος-N2--ASM *ισραηλ-N---GSM και-C ζηλοω-VF--FAI1S δια-P ο- A--ASN ονομα-N3M-ASN ο- A--ASN αγιος-A1A-ASN εγω- P--GS

26 και-C λαμβανω-VF--FMI3P ο- A--ASF ατιμια-N1A-ASF εαυτου- D--GPM και-C ο- A--ASF αδικια-N1A-ASF ος- --ASF αδικεω-VAI-AAI3P εν-P ο- A--DSN καταοικιζω-VS--APN αυτος- D--APM επι-P ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF αυτος- D--GPM επι-P ειρηνη-N1--GSF και-C ου-D ειμι-VF--FMI3S ο- A--NSM εκφοβεω-V2--PAPNSM

27 εν-P ο- A--DSN αποστρεφω-VA--AAN εγω- P--AS αυτος- D--APM εκ-P ο- A--GPN εθνος-N3E-GPN και-C συναγω-VB--AAN εγω- P--AS αυτος- D--APM εκ-P ο- A--GPF χωρα-N1A-GPF ο- A--GPN εθνος-N3E-GPN και-C αγιαζω-VS--FPI1S εν-P αυτος- D--DPM ενωπιον-P ο- A--GPN εθνος-N3E-GPN

28 και-C γιγνωσκω-VF--FMI3P οτι-C εγω- P--NS ειμι-V9--PAI1S κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM αυτος- D--GPM εν-P ο- A--DSN επιφαινω-VD--APN εγω- P--AS αυτος- D--DPM εν-P ο- A--DPN εθνος-N3E-DPN

29 και-C ου-D αποστρεφω-VF--FAI1S ουκετι-D ο- A--ASN προσωπον-N2N-ASN εγω- P--GS απο-P αυτος- D--GPM αντι-P ος- --GSM εκχεω-VAI-AAI1S ο- A--ASM θυμος-N2--ASM εγω- P--GS επι-P ο- A--ASM οικος-N2--ASM *ισραηλ-N---GSM λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM κυριος-N2--NSM

   

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Apocalypse Revealed #939

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939. The fact that seeing the Lord's face does not mean seeing His face, but knowing and acknowledging Him as He is in respect to His Divine attributes, of which there are many, and that people conjoined with Him by love know Him and in that way see His face, can be seen from the following passages:

To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to Me... ...When you come to see the face of Jehovah... (Isaiah 1:11-12)

My heart said..., "Seek my face. Your face, Jehovah, I am seeking." (Psalms 27:8)

We will shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before His face with confession. (Psalms 95:1-2)

My soul thirsts... for the living God. When shall I come to see the face of God? ...yet shall I confess to Him the salvation of His countenance. (Psalms 42:2, 5)

They shall not see My face empty-handed. (Exodus 23:15)

...to come... to placate the face of Jehovah. (Zechariah 8:21-22, cf. Malachi 1:9)

Make Your face shine upon Your servant. (Psalms 31:16)

Who will show us any good? Lift up the light of Your countenance upon us, Jehovah. (Psalms 4:6)

They shall walk, O Jehovah, in the light of Your countenance. (Psalms 89:15)

...O God, cause Your face to shine, that we may be saved! (Psalms 80:3, 7, 19)

God be merciful to us and bless us. May He cause His face to shine upon us. (Psalms 67:1)

Jehovah bless you and keep you; Jehovah make His face shine upon you and be merciful to you; Jehovah lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. (Numbers 6:24-26)

You hide them in the secret place of Your countenance... (Psalms 31:20)

You have set... our hidden secret in the light of Your countenance. (Psalms 90:8)

(Jehovah) said (to Moses), "My countenance will go... (Moses) said..., "If Your countenance does not go..., do not bring us down from here." (Exodus 33:14-15)

The bread on the table in the Tabernacle was called [literally] "the bread of faces" (Exodus 25:30, Numbers 4:7).

[2] We are often told, too, that Jehovah hid His face or turned His face away, as in the following:

...for (their) wickedness I have hidden My face from (them). (Jeremiah 33:5, cf. Ezekiel 7:22)

Your sins have hidden (God's) face from you... (Isaiah 59:2)

The face of Jehovah... will no longer regard them. (Lamentations 4:16)

(Jehovah) will hide His face from them..., according as they have made their works evil. (Micah 3:4)

You hid Your face... (Psalms 30:7, cf. 44:24; 104:29)

I will forsake them, and I will hide My face from them... I will surely hide My face... because of all the evil which they have done... (Deuteronomy 31:17-18)

And so on elsewhere, as in Isaiah 8:17; Ezekiel 39:23, 28-29; Deuteronomy 32:20.

[3] In an opposite sense, the face of Jehovah symbolizes anger and aversion, because an evil person turns away from the Lord, and when he turns away, it seems to him as though the Lord had turned away and was angry, as is clear from the following passages:

...I have set My face against this city for its evil... (Jeremiah 21:10, cf. 44:11)

I will set My face against that man and... devastate him... (Ezekiel 14:7-8)

I will set My face against them... and... fire shall devour them..., when I set My face against them. (Ezekiel 15:7)

...(he) who eats any blood, I will set My face against that soul... (Leviticus 17:10)

At the rebuke of Your countenance they perished. (Psalms 80:16)

The face of Jehovah is against those who do evil... (Psalms 34:16)

...I send an angel before you... Beware of his face..., for he will not endure your transgression. (Exodus 23:20-21)

Let Your enemies be scattered, and let those who hate You flee from Your countenance. (Numbers 10:35)

(I saw one sitting on the throne) from whose face the earth and heaven fled away. (Revelation 20:11)

That no one can see the Lord as He is in Himself, as we said above, is apparent from the following:

(Jehovah said to Moses,) "You cannot see My face; for no man shall see Me, and live." (Exodus 33:18-23)

That people nevertheless saw the Lord and lived, because He appeared by means of an angel, is apparent from Genesis 32:30, 1 Judges 13:22-23, 2 and elsewhere.

Footnotes:

1. Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: "For I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved."

2. Manoah said to his wife, "We shall surely die, because we have seen God!" But his wife said to him, "If Jehovah had desired to kill us, He would not have accepted a burnt offering and a grain offering from our hands, nor would He have shown us all these things, nor would He have told us such things as these at this time."

  
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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.