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Jeremias 49

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1 Tungkol sa mga anak ni Ammon. Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon. Wala bagang mga anak ang Israel? wala ba siyang tagapagmana? bakit nga minamana ni Malcam ang Gad, at tumatahan ang kaniyang bayan sa mga bayan niyaon?

2 Kaya't, narito, ang mga kaarawan ay dumarating, sabi ng Panginoon, na aking iparirinig ang kaingay ng digmaan laban sa Rabba ng mga anak ng Ammon; at magiging isang gibang bunton, at ang kaniyang mga anak na babae ay masusunog ng apoy: kung magkagayo'y mga aariin ng Israel ang nagari sa kaniya, sabi ng Panginoon.

3 Tumangis ka, Oh Hesbon, sapagka't ang Hai ay nasamsaman; magsiiyak kayo, kayong mga anak na babae ng Rabba, kayo'y mangagbigkis ng kayong magaspang: kayo'y magsitaghoy, at magsitakbong paroo't parito sa gitna ng mga bakuran; sapagka't si Malcam ay papasok sa pagkabihag, ang kaniyang mga saserdote at ang kaniyang mga prinsipe na magkakasama.

4 Bakit ka nagpapakaluwalhati sa mga libis, ikaw na mainam na libis, Oh tumatalikod na anak na babae? na tumiwala sa kaniyang mga kayamanan, na kaniyang sinasabi, Sinong paririto sa akin?

5 Narito, sisidlan kita ng takot, sabi ng Panginoon, ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, mula sa lahat na nangasa buong palibot mo; at kayo'y mangatataboy bawa't isa na patuloy, at walang magiipon sa kanila na nagsisitakas.

6 Nguni't pagkatapos ay aking ibabalik na muli ang mga anak ni Ammon mula sa pagkabihag, sabi ng Panginoon.

7 Tungkol sa Edom. Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo: Wala na baga ang karunungan sa Teman? nawala baga ang payo sa mabait? nawala baga ang kanilang karunungan?

8 Magsitakas kayo, magsibalik kayo, kayo'y magsitahan sa kalaliman, Oh mga nananahan sa Dedan; sapagka't aking dadalhin ang kapahamakan ng Esau sa kaniya, sa panahon na aking dadalawin siya.

9 Kung ang mga mangaani ng ubas ay magsidating sa iyo, hindi baga sila mangagiiwan ng mapupulot na mga ubas? kung mga magnanakaw sa gabi, hindi baga sila magsisigiba ng hanggang magkaroon ng kahustuhan?

10 Nguni't aking hinubdan ang Esau, aking inilitaw ang kaniyang mga kublihan, at siya'y hindi makapagkukubli: ang kaniyang mga binhi ay nasira, at ang kaniyang mga kapatid, at ang kaniyang mga kalapit, at siya'y wala na rin.

11 Iwan mo ang iyong mga ulilang anak, aking iingatan silang buhay: at magsitiwala sa akin ang iyong mga babaing bao.

12 Sapagka't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, Narito, silang hindi nangauukol magsiinom sa saro ay walang pagsalang magsisiinom; at ikaw baga'y yayaong lubos na walang parusa? ikaw ay hindi yayaon na walang parusa, kundi walang pagsalang iinom ka.

13 Sapagka't ako'y sumumpa sa pamamagitan ng aking sarili, sabi ng Panginoon, na ang Bosra ay magiging katigilan, kakutyaan, kasiraan, at kasumpaan; at ang lahat ng mga bayan niyaon ay magiging walang hanggang pagkasira.

14 Ako'y nakarinig ng mga balita na mula sa Panginoon, at isang sugo ay sinugo sa gitna ng mga bansa, na sinasabi, Kayo'y magpipisan, at magsiparoon laban sa kaniya, at magsibangon sa pakikipagbaka.

15 Sapagka't, narito, ginawa kitang maliit sa gitna ng mga bansa, at hinamak kita sa gitna ng mga tao.

16 Tungkol sa iyong mga kakilabutan, dinaya ka ng kapalaluan ng iyong puso, Oh ikaw na tumatahan sa mga bitak ng bato, na humahawak sa kaitaasan ng burol: bagaman iyong pataasin ang iyong pugad na kasingtaas ng aguila, aking ibababa ka mula roon, sabi ng Panginoon.

17 At ang Edom ay magiging katigilan: bawa't nagdaraan ay matitigilan, at susutsot dahil sa lahat ng salot doon.

18 Kung paano ang nangyari sa Sodoma at Gomorra, at sa mga kalapit bayan niyaon, sabi ng Panginoon, gayon walang lalake na tatahan doon, ni sinomang anak ng tao ay mangingibang bayan doon.

19 Narito, siya'y sasampa na parang leon mula sa kapalaluan ng Jordan laban sa matibay na tahanan: sapagka't bigla kong patatakbuhin siya mula roon; at ang mapili siya kong ihahalal sa kaniya: sapagka't sino ang gaya ko? at sinong nagtatakda sa akin ng panahon? at sino ang pastor na makatatayo sa harap ko?

20 Kaya't inyong dinggin ang payo ng Panginoon, na kaniyang ipinasiya laban sa Edom; at ang kaniyang mga panukala na kaniyang pinanukala laban sa mga nananahan sa Teman: Tunay na itataboy sila, sa makatuwid baga'y ang mga maliit ng kawan; tunay na kaniyang ipapahamak ang kanilang tahanan kalakip nila.

21 Ang lupa ay nayayanig sa hugong ng kanilang pagkabuwal; may hiyawan, na ang ingay ay naririnig sa Dagat na Mapula.

22 Narito, siya'y sasampa at parang aguila na lilipad, at magbubuka ng kaniyang mga pakpak laban sa Bosra: at ang puso ng mga makapangyarihang lalake ng Edom sa araw na yaon ay magiging parang puso ng babae sa kaniyang pagdaramdam.

23 Tungkol sa Damasco. Ang Hamath ay napahiya, at ang Arphad; sapagka't sila'y nangakarinig ng mga masamang balita, sila'y nanganglulupaypay: may kapanglawan sa dagat; hindi maaaring tumahimik.

24 Ang Damasco ay humihina, siya'y tumatalikod upang tumakas, at panginginig ay humahawak sa kaniya: kalungkutan at mga kapanglawan ay sumapit sa kaniya na gaya sa babae sa pagdaramdam.

25 Ano't hindi pinabayaan ang bayan na kapurihan, ang bayan na aking kagalakan?

26 Kaya't ang kaniyang mga binata ay mangabubuwal sa kaniyang mga lansangan, at lahat ng lalake na mangdidigma ay mangadadala sa katahimikan sa araw na yaon, sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo.

27 At ako'y magsusulsol ng apoy sa kuta ng Damasco, at pupugnawin niyaon ang mga palacio ni Benhadad.

28 Tungkol sa Cedar, at sa mga kaharian ng Hasor na sinaktan ni Nabucodonosor na hari sa Babilonia. Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, Magsibangon kayo, magsisampa kayo sa Cedar, at inyong lipulin ang mga anak ng silanganan.

29 Ang kanilang mga tolda at ang kanilang mga kawan ay kanilang kukunin; kanilang kukunin para sa kanilang sarili ang kanilang mga tabing, at lahat nilang sisidlan, at ang kanilang mga kamelyo: at hihiyawan nila sila: Kakilabutan sa lahat ng dako!

30 Magsitakas kayo, gumala kayo ng malayo, magsitahan kayo sa kalaliman, Oh kayong mga nananahan sa Hasor, sabi ng Panginoon; sapagka't kumuhang payo si Nabucodonosor na hari sa Babilonia laban sa inyo, at may ipinasiya laban sa inyo.

31 Magsibangon kayo, inyong sampahin ang bansang tiwasay, na tumatahang walang bahala, sabi ng Panginoon; na wala kahit pintuangbayan o mga halang man, na tumatahang magisa.

32 At ang kanilang mga kamelyo ay magiging samsam, at ang karamihan ng kanilang kawan ay samsam: at aking pangangalatin sa lahat ng hangin ang mga may gupit sa dulo ng kanilang buhok; at aking dadalhin ang kanilang kasakunaan na mula sa lahat nilang dako, sabi ng Panginoon.

33 At ang Hasor ay magiging tahanang dako ng mga chakal, sira magpakailan man: walang taong tatahan doon, ni sinomang anak ng tao ay mangingibang bayan doon.

34 Ang salita ng Panginoon na dumating kay Jeremias na propeta tungkol sa Elam sa pagpapasimula ng paghahari ni Sedechias na hari sa Juda, na nagsasabi,

35 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon ng mga hukbo, Narito, aking babaliin ang busog ng Elam, ang pinakapangulo ng kaniyang kapangyarihan.

36 At sa Elam ay dadalhin ko ang apat na hangin na mula sa apat na sulok ng langit, at aking pangangalatin sila sa lahat ng hanging yaon; at walang bansang hindi kararatingan ng mga tapon na mula sa Elam.

37 At aking panglulupaypayin ang Elam sa harap ng kanilang mga kaaway, at sa harap ng nagsisiusig ng kanilang buhay; at ako'y magdadala ng kasamaan sa kanila, sa makatuwid baga'y ang aking mabangis na galit, sabi ng Panginoon; at aking ipahahabol sila sa tabak, hanggang sa malipol ko sila.

38 At aking ilalagay ang aking luklukan sa Elam, at aking lilipulin mula roon ang hari at mga prinsipe, sabi ng Panginoon.

39 At mangyayari sa mga huling araw, na aking ibabalik ang pagkabihag ng Elam, sabi ng Panginoon.

   

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In Genesis 43:12, this signifies an unfriendly act. (Arcana Coelestia 5625)

In Psalm 95:10, this signifies the vastation of the church. (Apocalypse Explained 633[7])

In Isaiah 28:7, this signifies to fail in understanding. (Apocalypse Explained 260)

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Apocalypse Explained #633

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633. Forty-two months, signifies even to the end of the old church and the beginning of the new. This is evident from the signification of "months," as being states, here the states of the church; for "times," whether hours or days or months or years or ages, signify states, and such states are designated by the numbers by which such times are determined, as here by the number "forty-two" (that this is so, see above, n. 571, 610). This is evident also from the signification of "forty-two" as being the end of the former church and the beginning of the new; this is the signification of that number, because it means six weeks, and "six weeks" has a similar signification as the "six days" of one week, namely, a state of combat and labor, and thus the end when the church is altogether vastated, or when evil is consummated; and "the seventh week" which then follows signifies the beginning of a new church; for the number "forty-two" arises from the multiplication of six into seven, six times seven making forty-two, therefore "forty-two" has a similar signification as "six weeks," and "six weeks" something similar to the "six days" of one week, namely, a state of combat and labor, as was said, and also a full state, here the full consummation of good and truth, that is, the full vastation of the church.

[2] In the Word mention is sometimes made of "forty," sometimes days, sometimes months, sometimes years, and that number signifies either the full vastation of the church, or a complete temptation. That this state is signified by the numbers "forty" and "forty-two," can be seen from the following passages. In Ezekiel:

Egypt shall not be inhabited forty years; I will make Egypt a solitude in the midst of the lands that are desolate, and her cities in the midst of the cities that are laid waste, they shall be a solitude forty years; and I will scatter Egypt among the nations, and will disperse them into the lands. At the end of forty years I will bring together Egypt from the peoples, whither they were scattered, and will bring back the captivity of Egypt (Ezekiel 29:11-14).

"Egypt" signifies the church in respect to true knowledges [scientifica], upon which doctrine is based. True knowledges at that time were the knowledges of correspondences and representations, upon which the doctrine of their church was based. But because the Egyptians turned these knowledges into magic, and thus perverted the church, its vastation is described, which is meant by "forty years;" this, therefore, is the signification of "Egypt shall not be inhabited forty years, and her cities shall be a solitude forty years." That "Egypt must be scattered among the nations and dispersed into the lands" signifies that evils and falsities will altogether occupy that church and pervert all its knowledges [scientifica]. This makes clear that "forty years" signifies a state of full vastation of the church, or even to its end, when there will be no more good or truth remaining. But the beginning of a new church, which is signified by "the end of forty years," is meant by these words, "at the end of forty years I will bring together Egypt from the peoples whither they were scattered, and will bring back the captivity of Egypt."

[3] In the same prophecy:

That the prophet should lie on his right side forty days, and lay siege to Jerusalem, which shall want bread and water, and be desolated, a man and his brother, and pine away for its iniquity (Ezekiel 4:6, 7, 17);

has a similar signification. The full vastation of the church is also here signified by that number; "Jerusalem" signifies the church; "to lay siege to it" signifies to distress the church by evils and falsities; "to want bread and water" signifies to be vastated in respect to the good of love and the truth of doctrine; "to be desolated, a man and his brother, and to pine away for iniquity," has a similar signification, for "man and his brother" mean truth and charity, and "to pine away" means to die out.

[4] The "forty days" of the flood have a similar signification in Genesis:

For yet seven days I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights, and I will destroy all substance that I have made from upon the faces of the earth. And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights, then after seven days he sent forth a dove, which did not return unto him (Genesis 7:4, 12; 8:6, 12).

The "flood" signifies the devastation of the old or Most Ancient Church, likewise the Last Judgment upon those who were of that church; "the rain of forty days" signifies the ruin of that church by the falsities of evil; but the beginning of a new church is signified by the drying up of the earth after those forty days, and by its sprouting up anew; the "dove" that he sent out signifies the good of charity, which was the essential of that church. (But respecting these things see Arcana Coelestia, where they are explained.)

[5] The law in Moses:

That the wicked man might be smitten with forty stripes, and no more lest thy brother seem vile in thine eyes (Deuteronomy 25:3);

originated in this signification of the number "forty." Full punishment as well as vastation is described by "forty," since punishment is equally the consummation of evil; and as reformation follows after punishment, it is said that he should not be smitten with more stripes, "lest thy brother seem vile in thine eyes;" for "forty" signifies the end of evil, and also the beginning of good, therefore if he were smitten with more than forty stripes the beginning of good, or reformation, would not be signified.

[6] The vastation of the church with the sons of Jacob by a servitude of four hundred years in Egypt is signified by the words of Jehovah to Abraham:

Know that thy seed shall be a sojourner in a land not theirs, where they shall subject them to servitude four hundred years (Genesis 15:13).

"Four hundred" has a similar signification as "forty," just as one "thousand" has a similar signification as one "hundred," and one "hundred" as "ten. "

[7] The vastation of the church and also full temptation are signified by the tarrying of the sons of Israel forty years in the wilderness, which is thus spoken of in the following passages:

Your sons shall be shepherds in the wilderness forty years, and shall bear your whoredoms even till your carcasses are consumed 1 in the wilderness (Numbers 14:33, 34).

He made them to wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation that had done evil in the eyes of Jehovah was consumed (Numbers 32:13).

Jehovah hath known thy walking through the great wilderness these forty years, Jehovah thy God hath been with thee that thou lackedst nothing (Deuteronomy 2:7).

Thou shalt remember all the way which Jehovah thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, that He might afflict thee and tempt thee; He fed thee with manna; to afflict thee, to tempt thee, and to do thee good at the last (Deuteronomy 8:2, 3, 15, 16).

Your fathers tempted Me, they proved Me; forty years I loathed this generation, and I said, It is a people that do err in heart, and they have not known My ways (Psalms 95:9, 10).

I have made you to come up out of the land of Egypt, and I have led you in the wilderness forty years to possess the land of the Amorites (Amos 2:10).

From what has been cited it is clear that "forty years" signifies not only the vastation of the church with the sons of Israel, but also full temptation; also "the end of those years" signifies the beginning of a new church. The vastation of the church is described by these words, that "they should be shepherds in the wilderness forty years, and should bear whoredoms, even till their carcasses should be consumed; also by these, "until all this generation that had done evil in the eyes of Jehovah was consumed;" also by these, "I loathed this generation, and I said, It is a people that do err in heart, and they have not known My ways." But the temptation that is also signified by "forty years" is described by these words, "Jehovah thy God hath been with thee these forty years, that thou lackedst nothing;" also by these, "Jehovah led thee forty years in the wilderness, that He might afflict thee and tempt thee; and He fed thee with manna;" also by these, "He led thee in the wilderness to tempt thee, and to do thee good at the last." The beginning of a new church, after the end of the forty years, is described by their introduction into the land of Canaan, which took place after these forty years; and this is also meant by these words, "to do thee good at the last;" so also by these, "I have led you in the wilderness forty years to possess the land of the Amorites."

[8] Full temptation is signified also by:

Moses was upon Mount Sinai forty days and forty nights, during which he ate no bread and drank no water (Exodus 24:18; 34:28; Deuteronomy 9:9, 11, 18, 25).

In like manner that Jesus was in the wilderness, tempted by the devil, and fasted there forty days (Matthew 4:1, 2; Mark 1:13; Luke 4:1).

From this it can be seen that the number "forty" in the Word signifies full vastation and consummation, that is, when all the good of the church is vastated and the evil is consummated; also that the same number signifies full temptation, and also the establishment of the church anew, or reformation. From this it can be known what is signified by "the forty-two months during which the nations trampled down the holy city," likewise by the following in Revelation:

That there was given to the beast coming up out of the sea a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and there was given to him authority forty-two months (Revelation 13:1, 5).

Let no one, therefore, believe that "forty-two months" mean months, or that any time designated by numbers is meant here and in what follows.

Footnotes:

1. The Latin has "consummantur;" Arcana Coelestia 9437 has "consumta fuerit."

  
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