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Amos 8

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1 Ganito nagpakita ang Panginoong Dios sa akin: at, narito, ang isang bakol ng bunga ng taginit.

2 At kaniyang sinabi, Amos, anong iyong nakikita? At aking sinabi, Isang bakol ng bunga ng taginit. Nang magkagayo'y sinabi ng Panginoon sa akin, Ang wakas ay dumating sa aking bayang Israel; hindi na ako daraan pa uli sa kanila.

3 At ang mga awit sa templo ay magiging mga pananambitan sa araw na yaon, sabi ng Panginoong Dios: ang mga bangkay ay magiging marami; sa bawa't dako ay tahimik silang itatapon.

4 Pakinggan ninyo ito, Oh kayong nananakmal ng mapagkailangan, at inyong pinagkukulang ang dukha sa lupain,

5 Na sinasabi, Kailan daraan ang bagong buwan, upang tayo'y makapagbili ng gugulayin at ang sabbath, upang ating mailabas ang trigo? na gawing munti ang efa, at malaki ang siklo, at gumawa ng karayaan sa magdarayang timbangan;

6 Upang ating mabili ng pilak ang dukha, at ng dalawang paang panyapak ang mapagkailangan, at maipagbili ang pinagbithayan sa trigo.

7 Ang Panginoon ay sumumpa alangalang sa karilagan ng Jacob, Tunay na hindi ko kalilimutan kailan man ang alin man sa kanilang mga gawa.

8 Hindi baga manginginig ang lupain dahil dito, at mananaghoy ang bawa't tumatahan doon? oo, sasampang buo na gaya ng Ilog; at mababagabag at lulubog uli, gaya ng Ilog ng Egipto.

9 At mangyayari sa araw na yaon, sabi ng Panginoong Dios, na aking palulubugin ang araw sa katanghaliang tapat, at aking padidilimin ang lupa sa maliwanag na araw.

10 At aking papalitan ng panaghoy ang inyong mga kapistahan, at taghoy ang lahat ninyong awit; at ako'y maglalagay ng kayong magaspang sa lahat na balakang, at kakalbuhan sa bawa't ulo; at aking gagawing gaya ng pagtaghoy sa isang bugtong na anak, at ang wakas niyaon ay gaya ng mapanglaw na araw.

11 Narito, ang mga araw ay dumarating, sabi ng Panginoong Dios, na ako'y magpapasapit ng kagutom sa lupain, hindi kagutom sa tinapay, o kauhawan man dahil sa tubig, kundi sa pagkarinig ng mga salita ng Panginoon.

12 At sila'y magsisilaboy sa dagat at dagat, at mula sa hilagaan hanggang sa silanganan; sila'y magsisitakbo ng paroo't parito upang hanapin ang salita ng Panginoon, at hindi masusumpungan.

13 Sa araw na yaon ay manglulupaypay sa uhaw ang mga magandang dalaga at ang mga binata.

14 Silang nagsisisumpa sa pamamagitan ng kasalanan ng Samaria, at nagsasabi, Buhay ang Dios mo, Oh Dan; at, Buhay ang daan ng Beer-seba; sila'y mangabubuwal, at kailan may hindi na mangakababangon.

   

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Apocalypse Explained #862

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862. (Verse 4) These are they which were not defiled with women. That this signifies, who have not falsified the truths of the Word, is evident from the signification of being defiled and contaminated with women, as denoting to falsify the truths of the Word. For the signification, here, is the same as that of committing whoredom and playing the harlot. That by whoredoms, harlotries, and adulteries, so often mentioned in the prophetical parts of the Word, are signified the falsifications and adulterations of the truth and good of doctrine pertaining to the church, and consequently to the Word, may be seen above (n. 141, 161, 511, 695, 803). Hence it is the words "for they are virgins" follow, which signify that they are in the affection or love of truth for the sake of truth.

The reason why it is said of those hundred and forty and four thousand that they are not defiled with women, because they are virgins, is, that by those hundred and forty and four thousand are meant all those who are in truths from good; and those who are in truths from good cannot falsify truths. For good opens the spiritual mind which receives light from heaven, and enlightens the natural mind. Therefore when truths appear, they are acknowledged and received, and falsities rejected. It is quite different with those who are in truths without good. Although these believe themselves to be in truths, they are yet in falsities. For truths without good have neither light nor life; therefore they are inwardly black and dead, as it were; and, consequently, when interiorly regarded by them, they are either falsified or separated as if they had no existence. Such are the truths of the Word with those who are in faith separated from charity. When such persons speak from the literal sense of the Word, they cannot but speak truths, because all things of the Word are truths. But those that stand out in the literal sense are appearances of truth; being for the simple-minded and for children, and thence adapted to their apprehension. But when any one of those who are in faith separated from charity interiorly examines them, and wishes to bring out their genuine sense or the genuine truth, he falls into falsities, by means of which he destroys the very truths of heaven, and consequently closes heaven against himself. It is otherwise with those who are in truths from good; for such persons are continually enlightened by the Lord; for the Lord flows into good, and by means of good into truths with man; but not into truths without good, and, consequently, not into faith without charity.

  
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Translation by Isaiah Tansley. Many thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.

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Ezekiel 23:8

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8 Neither has she left her prostitution since [the days of] Egypt; for in her youth they lay with her, and they handled the bosom of her virginity; and they poured out their prostitution on her.