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Ezequiel 26

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1 Y aconteció en el undécimo año, en el primero del mes, que vino Palabra del SEÑOR a mí, diciendo:

2 Hijo de hombre, por cuanto dijo Tiro sobre Jerusalén: Ea, bien ; quebrantado es el puerto de los pueblos; a mí se volvió; seré llena; y ella desierta;

3 por tanto, así dijo el Señor DIOS: He aquí estoy contra ti, oh Tiro, y haré subir contra ti muchas naciones, como el mar hace subir sus ondas.

4 Y demolerán los muros de Tiro, y destruirán sus torres; y sacaré de ella su tierra, y la dejaré como una piedra lisa.

5 Tendedero de redes será en medio del mar, porque yo he hablado, dijo el Señor DIOS: y será saqueada por los gentiles.

6 Y sus hijas que están en el campo, serán muertas a cuchillo; y sabrán que yo soy el SEÑOR.

7 Porque así dijo el Señor DIOS: He aquí que del aquilón traigo yo contra Tiro a Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, rey de reyes, con caballos, y carros, y caballeros, y compañías, y mucho pueblo.

8 A tus hijas que están en el campo matará a cuchillo; y pondrá contra ti ingenios, y fundará contra ti baluarte, y afirmará contra ti escudo.

9 Y pondrá contra ella arietes, contra tus muros, y tus torres destruirá con sus martillos.

10 Con la multitud de sus caballos te cubrirá el polvo de ellos; con el estruendo de los caballeros, y de las ruedas, y de los carros, temblarán tus muros, cuando entrare por tus puertas como por portillos de ciudad destruida.

11 Con los cascos de sus caballos hollará todas tus plazas; a tu pueblo matará a cuchillo, y las estatuas de tu fortaleza caerán a tierra.

12 Y robarán tus riquezas, y saquearán tus mercaderías; y arruinarán tus muros, y tus casas preciosas destruirán; y pondrán tus piedras y tu madera y tu tierra en medio de las aguas.

13 Y haré cesar el estrépito de tus canciones, y no se oirá más el son de tus vihuelas.

14 Y te pondré como una piedra lisa; tendedero de redes serás; ni nunca más serás edificada; porque yo, el SEÑOR, he hablado, dijo el SEÑOR DIOS.

15 Así dijo el Señor DIOS a Tiro: Ciertamente del estruendo de tu caída, cuando gritarán los heridos, cuando se hará la matanza en medio de ti, las islas temblarán.

16 Entonces todos los príncipes del mar descenderán de sus tronos, y se quitarán sus mantos, y desnudarán sus bordadas ropas; de espanto se vestirán, se sentarán sobre la tierra, y temblarán a cada momento, y estarán atónitos sobre ti.

17 Y levantarán sobre ti endechas, y te dirán: ¿Cómo pereciste tú, poblada en los mares? Ciudad que fue alabada, que fue fuerte en el mar, ella y sus habitantes, que ponían su espanto a todos sus moradores.

18 Ahora se estremecerán las islas en el día de tu caída, sí, las islas que están en el mar se espantarán de tu fin.

19 Porque así dijo el Señor DIOS: Yo te tornaré ciudad asolada, como las ciudades que no se habitan; haré subir sobre ti el abismo, y las muchas aguas te cubrirán.

20 Y te haré descender con los que descienden al sepulcro, con el pueblo del siglo; y te pondré en lo más bajo de la tierra, como los desiertos antiguos, con los que descienden al sepulcro, para que nunca más seas poblada; y yo daré gloria en la tierra de los vivientes.

21 Yo te tornaré en nada, y no serás; y serás buscada, y nunca más serás hallada, dijo el Señor DIOS.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #5377

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5377. CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE GRAND MAN - continued. IN THIS SECTION, TOO, THE CORRESPONDENCE OF THE INTERNAL ORGANS WITH IT

The subject at the end of the previous chapter was the correspondence of certain internal organs of the body with the Grand Man, that is to say, the correspondence of the liver, pancreas, stomach, and certain other organs with it. In this present section the same subject moves on to the correspondence of the peritoneum, kidneys, ureters, bladder, and also the intestines with it. Whatever exists in the human being, both in the external man and in the internal man, has a correspondence with the Grand Man. Without that correspondence with the Grand Man - that is, with heaven, or what amounts to the same, with the spiritual world - nothing can ever come into being and remain in being. This is because it does not have a connection with anything prior to itself or consequently with Him who is the First, that is, with the Lord. Nothing that lacks such a connection, thus that is independent, can remain in being for even a single instant. For everything that remains in being does so entirely by virtue of its connection with and dependence on what brings it into being; for remaining in being consists in a constant coming into being.

[2] From this it follows that not only all the individual parts of the human being correspond to the Grand Man but also every single thing in the universe. The sun has a correspondence, and so does the moon; for in heaven the Lord is the Sun, and the Moon too. The fire and heat of the sun, as well as its light, have a correspondence, for it is the Lord's love towards the whole human race that its fire and heat correspond to, and His Divine truth that its light corresponds to. The stars too have a correspondence, the communities of heaven and their dwelling-places being what the stars correspond to. Not that the heavenly communities dwell in the stars, but that they have been set in order in the same kind of way as the stars. Everything under the sun has a correspondence - every single thing beneath it in the animal kingdom and every single thing beneath it in the vegetable kingdom. And unless the spiritual world were flowing into them all, every one, they would instantly break down and fall to pieces.

[3] Considerable experience too has made me aware of all this, for I have been shown what very many things in the animal kingdom, and still more in the vegetable kingdom, correspond to in the spiritual world, as well as the fact that without the inflow of the spiritual world into them they cannot by any means at all remain in being. For once what is prior has been taken away what is posterior of necessity perishes, and likewise once what is prior has been severed from what is posterior. Since correspondence is primarily the correspondence of the human being with heaven, and through heaven with the Lord, the specific nature of each person's correspondence therefore determines what he looks like in the next life in the light of heaven. This explains why angels have an indescribably bright and beautiful appearance, whereas those in hell have an unspeakably dark and ugly one.

  
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Isaiah 24

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1 Behold, Yahweh makes the earth empty, makes it waste, turns it upside down, and scatters its inhabitants.

2 It will be as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the creditor, so with the debtor; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest.

3 The earth will be utterly emptied and utterly laid waste; for Yahweh has spoken this word.

4 The earth mourns and fades away. The world languishes and fades away. The lofty people of the earth languish.

5 The earth also is polluted under its inhabitants, because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, and broken the everlasting covenant.

6 Therefore the curse has devoured the earth, and those who dwell therein are found guilty. Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.

7 The new wine mourns. The vine languishes. All the merry-hearted sigh.

8 The mirth of tambourines ceases. The sound of those who rejoice ends. The joy of the harp ceases.

9 They will not drink wine with a song. Strong drink will be bitter to those who drink it.

10 The confused city is broken down. Every house is shut up, that no man may come in.

11 There is a crying in the streets because of the wine. All joy is darkened. The mirth of the land is gone.

12 The city is left in desolation, and the gate is struck with destruction.

13 For it will be so in the midst of the earth among the peoples, as the shaking of an olive tree, as the gleanings when the vintage is done.

14 These shall lift up their voice. They will shout for the majesty of Yahweh. They cry aloud from the sea.

15 Therefore glorify Yahweh in the east, even the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea!

16 From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs. Glory to the righteous! But I said, "I pine away! I pine away! woe is me!" The treacherous have dealt treacherously. Yes, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.

17 Fear, the pit, and the snare, are on you who inhabitant the earth.

18 It will happen that he who flees from the noise of the fear will fall into the pit; and he who comes up out of the midst of the pit will be taken in the snare; for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.

19 The earth is utterly broken. The earth is torn apart. The earth is shaken violently.

20 The earth will stagger like a drunken man, and will sway back and forth like a hammock. Its disobedience will be heavy on it, and it will fall and not rise again.

21 It shall happen in that day that Yahweh will punish the army of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth on the earth.

22 They shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison; and after many days shall they be visited.

23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Yahweh of Armies will reign on Mount Zion, and in Jerusalem; and before his elders will be glory.