The Bible

 

Ezekiel 26

Study

   

1 At nangyari, nang ikalabing isang taon, nang unang araw ng buwan, na ang salita ng Panginoon ay dumating sa akin, na nagsasabi,

2 Anak ng tao, sapagka't ang Tiro ay nagsabi laban sa Jerusalem, Aha, siya na naging pintuan ng mga bayan ay sira; siya'y nabalik sa akin: ako'y mapupuno ngayong siya'y sira:

3 Kaya't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios, Narito, ako'y laban sa iyo, Oh Tiro, at aking pasasampahin ang maraming bansa laban sa iyo, gaya ng pagpapasampa ng dagat ng kaniyang mga alon.

4 At kanilang gigibain ang mga kuta ng Tiro, at ibabagsak ang kaniyang mga moog: akin din namang papalisin sa kaniya ang kaniyang alabok, at gagawin ko siyang hubad na bato.

5 Siya'y magiging dakong ladlaran ng mga lambat sa gitna ng dagat: sapagka't ako ang nagsalita sabi ng Panginoong Dios; at siya'y magiging samsam sa mga bansa.

6 At ang kaniyang mga anak na babae na nangasa parang ay papatayin ng tabak: at kanilang malalaman na ako ang Panginoon.

7 Sapagka't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios, Narito, aking dadalhin sa Tiro si Nabucodonosor na hari sa Babilonia, na hari ng mga hari, mula sa hilagaan, na may mga kabayo, at may mga karo, at may mga nangangabayo, at isang pulutong, at maraming tao.

8 Kaniyang papatayin ng tabak ang iyong mga anak na babae sa parang; at siya'y gagawa ng mga katibayan laban sa iyo, at magtitindig ng isang bunton laban sa iyo, at magtataas ng longki laban sa iyo.

9 At kaniyang ilalagay ang kaniyang mga pangsaksak laban sa iyong mga kuta, at sa pamamagitan ng kaniyang mga palakol ay kaniyang ibabagsak ang iyong mga moog.

10 Dahil sa kasaganaan ng kaniyang mga kabayo, tatakpan ka ng kaniyang alabok: ang iyong mga kuta ay uuga sa hugong ng mga mangangabayo, at ng mga kariton, at ng mga karo, pagka siya'y papasok sa iyong mga pintuang-bayan, na gaya ng pagpasok ng tao sa isang bayan na pinamutasan.

11 Tutungtungan ng mga paa ng kaniyang mga kabayo ang lahat mong mga lansangan; papatayin niya ng tabak ang iyong bayan; at ang mga haligi ng iyong lakas ay mabubuwal sa lupa.

12 At sila'y magsisisamsam ng iyong mga kayamanan, at lolooban ang iyong kalakal; at kanilang ibabagsak ang iyong mga kuta, at gigibain ang iyong mga masayang bahay; at ilalagay ang iyong mga bato, at ang iyong kahoy at ang iyong alabok sa gitna ng tubig.

13 At aking patitigilin ang tinig ng iyong mga awit; at ang tunog ng iyong mga alpa ay hindi na maririnig.

14 At gagawin kitang hubad na bato: ikaw ay magiging dakong ladlaran ng mga lambat; ikaw ay hindi na matatayo; sapagka't akong Panginoon ang nagsalita, sabi ng Panginoong Dios.

15 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios sa Tiro; Hindi baga mayayanig ang mga pulo sa tunog ng iyong pagbagsak, pagka ang nasugatan ay dumadaing, pagka may patayan sa gitna mo?

16 Kung magkagayo'y lahat na prinsipe sa dagat ay magsisibaba mula sa kanilang mga luklukan, at aalisin ang kanilang mga balabal, at huhubuin ang kanilang mga damit na may burda: sila'y dadatnan ng panginginig; sila'y magsisiupo sa lupa, at manginginig sa tuwituwina, at mangatitigilan sa iyo.

17 At pananaghuyan ka nila, at magsasabi sa iyo, Ano't nagiba ka, na tinatahanan ng mga taong dagat, na bantog na bayan na malakas sa dagat, siya at ang mga mananahan sa kaniya, na nagpapangilabot sa lahat na nagsisitahan sa kaniya!

18 Ang mga pulo nga ay mayayanig sa kaarawan ng iyong pagbagsak; oo, ang mga pulo na nangasa dagat ay manganglulupaypay sa iyong pagyaon.

19 Sapagka't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios: Pagka ikaw ay aking gagawing sirang bayan, na parang mga bayan na hindi tinatahanan, pagka tatabunan kita ng kalaliman, at tatakpan ka ng maraming tubig;

20 Ibababa nga kita na kasama nila na bumababa sa hukay, sa mga tao nang una, at patatahanin kita sa mga malalim na bahagi ng lupa, sa mga dakong sira nang una, na kasama ng nagsibaba sa hukay, upang ikaw ay huwag tahanan; at ako'y maglalagay ng kaluwalhatian sa lupain ng buhay.

21 Gagawin kitang kakilakilabot, at hindi ka na mabubuhay: bagaman ikaw ay hanapin ay hindi ka na masusumpungan pa uli, sabi ng Panginoong Dios.

   

From Swedenborg's Works

 

Arcana Coelestia #9825

Study this Passage

  
/ 10837  
  

9825. 'And a robe' means Divine Truth there in its inward form. This is clear from the meaning of 'a robe' as the middle of the spiritual kingdom, thus the actual truth that is there. For Aaron's garments represented the Lord's spiritual kingdom, 9814, and so represented the forms of truth present in their proper order there, 9822; and since that kingdom was divided into three degrees - the inmost, the middle, and the outermost - 'the robe' was a sign of what belongs in the middle of that kingdom. That kingdom was divided into three degrees because the inmost part there is in touch with the celestial [heaven], and the outermost with the natural; and the middle part thereby draws equally on both. Indeed for anything to be perfect it must be divided into three degrees. This is so with heaven, and it is so with the forms of good and truth there. As is well known, there are three heavens; consequently there are three degrees of good and truth there. Each heaven too is divided into three degrees. The inmost part of it must be in direct touch with what lies above, and the outermost with what lies below, and so the middle through them with what lies both above and below, all of which brings perfection to that heaven. The situation is just the same with a person's interiors. These in general have been divided into three degrees - into celestial, spiritual, and natural. And each of these has in like manner been divided into its own three degrees. For a person who has the good of faith and love to the Lord within him is heaven in the smallest form it takes, corresponding to the largest, 9279. The situation is also the same in everything belonging to the natural order. The natural level of a person too has been divided into three degrees, see 4570, as generally have all things present in him on interior and exterior levels, 4154. The reason why this should be so is that end, cause, and effect must be present everywhere. The end must be that which is inmost, the cause that which comes in the middle, and the effect that which is last, if a thing is to be perfect. This is why 'three' in the Word means what is complete from beginning to end, 2788, 4495, 7715, 9198, 9488, 9489. From all this people may know why Aaron's holy garments consisted of an ephod, a robe, and a tunic, and that the ephod represented the outermost part there, the robe the middle, and the tunic the inmost.

[2] Since the robe represented the middle in the spiritual kingdom, and the middle draws on both the other parts, this robe stood in a representative sense for that very kingdom, as in the first Book of Samuel,

Samuel turned to go away, but Saul took hold of the skirt of his robe, and it was torn away. Consequently Samuel said to him, Jehovah will tear away the kingdom of Israel from upon you this day, and He has given it to your companion, who is better than you. 1 Samuel 15:27-28.

From these words it is evident that the tearing off of the skirt of Samuel's robe was a sign of the tearing away of the kingdom of Israel from Saul; for 'the kingdom of Israel' means the Lord's spiritual kingdom, see 4286, 4598, 6426, 6637, 6862, 6868, 7035, 7062, 7198, 7201, 7215, 7223, 8805. Something similar occurs again in the same book,

David secretly cut off the skirt of Saul's robe. And when he showed it to Saul, Saul said, Now I know that you will indeed reign, and the kingdom of Israel will be firmly established in your hand. 1 Samuel 24:4-5, 11, 20.

Also, when Jonathan made a covenant with David he took off the robe from upon himself and gave it to David, [with his armour,] even to his sword, bow, and belt, 1 Samuel 18:3-4. All this represented the renunciation of the kingdom of Israel by Jonathan, who was the heir, and his passing it over to David.

[3] Since the robe represented the spiritual kingdom, it also represented the truths of that kingdom generally, the truths of that kingdom being what are called the spiritual truths that are present in the understanding part of a person's mind. These truths are meant by 'robes' in Ezekiel, All the princes of the sea will step down from upon their thrones, and will cast away their robes and will strip off their embroidered garments. Ezekiel 26:16.

This refers to Tyre, by which cognitions or knowledge of good and truth are meant, 1201; the ruination of them in the Church is described here. 'The robes' which they will cast away are truths of faith present in the understanding part of the mind; but 'the embroidered garments' are truths on the level of factual knowledge that are present in the natural, 9688. The reason why those truths are meant is that in the Lord's spiritual kingdom truth, which belongs to the understanding, holds sway, whereas in His celestial kingdom good, which belongs to the will, holds sway. In Matthew,

The scribes and Pharisees do all their works to be seen by people, and they enlarge the hems of their robes. Matthew 23:5, 6.

'Enlarging the hems of robes' stands for speaking about truths in a majestic way solely in order that they may be heard and regarded by other people. The fact that such things are meant by 'a robe' will become clearer still from the description of it further on, in verses 31-35 of this chapter.

  
/ 10837  
  

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