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1 Ano't tinakpan ng Panginoon ang anak na babae ng Sion ng alapaap sa kaniyang galit! Kaniyang inihagis mula sa langit hanggang sa lupa ang kagandahan ng Israel, at hindi inalaala ang kaniyang tungtungan ng paa sa kaarawan ng kaniyang galit.

2 Nilamon ng Panginoon ang lahat na tahanan ng Jacob, at siya'y hindi naawa: Kanyang ibinagsak sa kaniyang poot ang mga katibayan ng anak na babae ng Juda; kaniyang inilugmok ang mga yaon sa lupa: kaniyang ipinahamak ang kaharian at ang mga prinsipe niyaon.

3 Kaniyang inihiwalay sa pamamagitan ng mabangis na galit ang buong sungay ng Israel; kaniyang iniurong ang kaniyang kanang kamay sa harap ng kaaway: at kaniyang sinilaban ang Jacob na parang maalab na apoy, na namumugnaw sa palibot.

4 Kaniyang iniakma ang kaniyang busog na parang kaaway, kaniyang iniyamba ang kaniyang kanan na parang kalaban, at pinatay ang lahat na maligaya sa mata: sa tolda ng anak na babae ng Sion ay kaniyang ibinuhos ang kaniyang kapusukan na parang apoy.

5 Ang Panginoon ay naging parang kaaway, kaniyang nilamon ang Israel; kaniyang nilamon ang lahat niyang palacio, kaniyang iginiba ang kaniyang mga katibayan; at kaniyang pinarami sa anak na babae ng Juda ang panangis at panaghoy.

6 At kaniyang inalis na may karahasan ang tabernakulo niya na gaya ng nasa halamanan; kaniyang sinira ang kaniyang mga dako ng kapulungan: ipinalimot ng Panginoon ang takdang kapulungan at sabbath sa Sion, at hinamak sa pagiinit ng kaniyang galit ang hari at ang saserdote.

7 Iniwasak ng Panginoon ang kaniyang dambana, kaniyang kinayamutan ang kaniyang santuario; kaniyang ibinigay sa kamay ng kaaway ang mga pader ng kaniyang mga palacio: sila'y nangagingay sa bahay ng Panginoon, na parang kaarawan ng takdang kapulungan.

8 Ipinasiya ng Panginoon na gibain ang kuta ng anak na babae ng Sion; kaniyang iniladlad ang lubid, hindi niya iniurong ang kaniyang kamay sa paggiba: at kaniyang pinapanaghoy ang moog at ang kuta; nanganglulupaypay kapuwa.

9 Ang kaniyang mga pintuang-bayan ay nangabaon sa lupa; kaniyang giniba at nasira ang kaniyang mga halang: ang kaniyang hari at ang kaniyang mga prinsipe ay nangasa gitna ng mga bansa na hindi kinaroroonan ng kautusan; Oo, ang kaniyang mga propeta ay hindi nangakakasumpong ng pangitaing mula sa Panginoon.

10 Ang mga matanda ng anak na babae ng Sion ay nangauupo sa lupa, sila'y nagsisitahimik; sila'y nangagsabog ng alabok sa kanilang mga ulo; sila'y nangagbigkis ng kayong magaspang: itinungo ng mga dalaga sa Jerusalem ang kanilang mga ulo sa lupa.

11 Pinangangalumata ng mga luha ang aking mga mata, namamanglaw ang aking puso, ako'y lubhang nahahapis, dahil sa pagkapahamak ng anak na babae ng aking bayan, dahil sa ang mga bata at ang mga pasusuhin ay nanganglulupaypay sa mga lansangan ng bayan.

12 Kanilang sinasabi sa kanilang mga ina, saan nandoon ang trigo at alak? Pagka sila'y nanganglulupaypay na parang sugatan sa mga lansangan sa bayan, pagka ang kanilang kaluluwa ay nanglulupaypay sa kandungan ng kanilang mga ina.

13 Ano ang aking patototohanan sa iyo? sa ano kita iwawangis, Oh anak na babae ng Jerusalem? Ano ang ihahalintulad ko sa iyo, upang maaliw kita, Oh anak na dalaga ng Sion? Sapagka't ang iyong sira ay malaking parang dagat: sinong makapagpapagaling sa iyo?

14 Ang iyong mga propeta ay nakakita para sa iyo ng mga pangitain na walang kabuluhan at kamangmangan; at hindi nila inilitaw ang iyong kasamaan, upang bawiin ang iyong pagkabihag, kundi nakarinig para sa iyo ng mga hulang walang kabuluhan at mga kadahilanan ng pagkatapon.

15 Lahat na nangagdaraan ay ipinapakpak ang kanilang kamay sa iyo; sila'y nagsisisutsot at iginagalaw ang kanilang ulo sa anak na babae ng Jerusalem, na sinasabi, Ito baga ang bayan na tinatawag ng mga tao Ang kasakdalan ng kagandahan, Ang kagalakan ng buong lupa?

16 Ibinukang maluwang ng lahat mong kaaway ang kanilang bibig laban sa iyo: sila'y nagsisisutsot at nagsisipagngalit ng ngipin; kanilang sinasabi, Aming nilamon siya; tunay na ito ang kaarawan na aming hinihintay; aming nasumpungan, aming nakita.

17 Ginawa ng Panginoon ang kaniyang ipinasiya; kaniyang tinupad ang kaniyang salita na kaniyang iniutos nang mga kaarawan nang una; kaniyang ibinagsak, at hindi naawa: at kaniyang pinapagkatuwa sa iyo ang kaaway; kaniyang pinataas ang sungay ng iyong mga kalaban.

18 Ang kanilang puso ay nagsisidaing sa Panginoon: Oh kuta ng anak na babae ng Sion, dumaloy ang mga luha na parang ilog araw at gabi; huwag kang magpahinga; huwag maglikat ang itim ng iyong mata.

19 Bumangon ka, humiyaw ka sa gabi, sa pasimula ng mga pagpupuyat; ibuhos mo ang iyong puso na parang tubig sa harap ng mukha ng Panginoon: igawad mo ang iyong mga kamay sa kaniya dahil sa buhay ng iyong mga batang anak, na nanglulupaypay sa gutom sa dulo ng lahat na lansangan.

20 Tingnan mo, Oh Panginoon, at masdan mo, kung kanino mo ginawa ang ganito! Kakanin baga ng mga babae ang kanilang ipinanganak, ang mga anak na kinakalong sa mga kamay? Papatayin baga ang saserdote at ang propeta sa santuario ng Panginoon?

21 Ang binata at ang matanda ay humihiga sa lupa sa mga lansangan; ang aking mga dalaga at ang aking mga binata ay nangabuwal sa tabak: iyong pinatay sila sa kaarawan ng iyong galit; iyong pinatay at hindi ka naawa.

22 Tinawag mo, gaya ng sa kaarawan ng takdang kapulungan, ang aking mga kakilabutan ay sa bawa't dako; at walang nakatanan, o nalabi sa kaarawan ng galit ng Panginoon: yaong aking mga kinalong at pinalaki ay nilipol ng aking kaaway.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #1071

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1071. That 'he drank wine' means that he wished to probe into matters of faith is clear from the meaning of 'wine'. 'A vineyard' or 'a vine', as has been shown, is the spiritual Church, or member of the spiritual Church. The grape, clusters, and bunches are its fruit, and these mean charity and what belongs to charity. Wine however means faith deriving from charity, and all things that belong to faith. Thus 'grape means the celestial aspect of that Church, and 'wine' the spiritual. The celestial, as often stated already, comprises the will, while the spiritual comprises the understanding. That 'he drank of the wine' means that he wished to probe into matters of faith, and to do so indeed by means of reasonings, is clear from the reason given why 'he was drunk', that is, sank into errors. Indeed the member of this Church did not possess any perception at all as the member of the Most Ancient Church had done. Instead he had to acquire knowledge of what good and truth were by learning about them from doctrinal matters concerning faith which had been gathered together and preserved from the perception that had existed in the Most Ancient Church. And these matters of doctrine constituted the Word of the Ancient Church. As with the Word, doctrinal matters concerning faith were in many instances such that, without perception, they could not be believed; for spiritual and celestial things infinitely transcend human comprehension, and this is why reasoning enters in. But the person who refuses to believe those things until he comprehends them is never able to believe, as often shown already. See what appears in 128, 130, 195, 196, 215, 232, 233.

[2] That 'grapes in the Word means charity and what belongs to charity, and that 'wine' means both faith deriving from charity and also matters of faith, becomes clear from the following places: In Isaiah,

My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill. 1 He looked for it to yield grapes, and it yielded wild grapes. Isaiah 5:1-2, 4.

Here 'grapes' stands for charity and the fruits of charity. In Jeremiah,

I will surely gather them, says Jehovah; there will be no grapes on the vine nor figs on the fig tree. Jer, 8:13.

'Vine' stands for the spiritual Church, 'grapes' for charity. In Hosea,

Like grapes in the wilderness I found Israel, like the first fruit on the fig tree, in the beginning, I saw your fathers. Hosea 9:10.

'Israel' stands for the Ancient Church, 'grape' for the fact that they were endowed with charity. These words are used in the contrary sense when 'Israel' stands for the sons of Jacob. In Micah,

There was no cluster to eat; my soul desired the first fruit. The holy man has perished from the earth, and there is none upright among men. Micah 7:1-2.

'Cluster' stands for charity or that which is holy, 'first fruit' for faith or that which is upright.

[3] In Isaiah,

Thus said Jehovah, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one says, Do not destroy it, for there is a blessing in it. Isaiah 65:8.

'Cluster' stands for charity, 'new wine' for goods that stem from charity, and truths deriving from these. In Moses,

He washes his clothing in wine, and His garment in the blood of grapes. Genesis 49:11.

This is a prophecy concerning the Lord. 'Wine' stands for that which is spiritual deriving from what is celestial, 'blood of grapes' for the celestial in respect to spiritual Churches. So 'grapes' stands for charity itself, 'wine' for faith itself. In John,

The angel said, Put in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of the earth, for its grapes have ripened. Revelation 14:18.

This refers to the last times when there is no faith, that is, when there is no charity. For no faith exists other than that which inheres in charity, and in essence is charity itself. Consequently when it is said that there is no longer any faith, as in the last times, it means that there is no charity.

[4] As 'grapes' means charity, so 'wine' means faith deriving from charity, for wine is obtained from grapes. In addition to these and previous quotations concerning the vineyard and the vine, the following also make the point clear: In Isaiah,

Gladness and exaltation have been taken away from Carmel, and in the vineyards there is no singing, no joyful noise. No treader treads out wine in the presses; I have made the hedad 2 to cease. Isaiah 16:10.

This stands for the fact that the spiritual Church, meant by 'Carmel', has been vastated, 'none treading wine in the presses' for the fact that no longer are there any people who possess faith. In the same prophet,

The inhabitants of the earth will be scorched and few men left. The new wine will mourn, the vine will languish; they will not drink wine with singing, strong drink will be bitter to those drinking it; there will be an outcry in the streets over wine. Isaiah 24:6-7, 9, 11.

The vastated spiritual Church being the subject, 'wine' stands for truths of faith that are considered valueless. In Jeremiah,

They will say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they faint like one who has been run through in the streets of the city. Lamentations 2:12.

'Where is corn and wine?' means, Where is love and faith? 'Streets of the city' means truths here, as elsewhere in the Word. 'Those who have been run through in them' means that they do not know what the truths of faith are.

[5] In Amos,

I will bring again the captivity of My people Israel, and they will build the ruined cities and inhabit them. And they will plant vineyards and drink their wine. Amos 9:14.

This refers to the spiritual Church, meant by Israel, to which 'planting vineyards and drinking wine' is attributed when it becomes a Church such as derives faith from charity. In Zephaniah,

They will build houses but not inhabit them, and they will plant vineyards but not drink their wine. Zephaniah 1:13; Amos 5:11.

Here 'vineyard' and 'wine' stand for the contrary situation when the spiritual Church has been vastated. In Zechariah,

They will be like a mighty man of Ephraim, and their heart will rejoice as from wine, and their sons will see it and rejoice. Zechariah 10:7.

This refers to the house of Judah, that it would be such by virtue of the goods and truths of faith. In John the command not to do harm to oil and wine, Revelation 6:6, stands for doing no harm to what is celestial and spiritual, that is, to things of love and faith.

[6] In the Jewish Church, since 'wine' meant faith in the Lord, the libation of wine in the sacrifices also represented faith, as in Numbers 15:1-15; 28:11-15, 18-end; Numbers 29:7-end; Leviticus 23:12-13; Exodus 29:40. Hence the following is said in Hosea,

Threshing-floor and winepress will not feed them, and new wine will be deceptive in her. They will not dwell in Jehovah's land, but Ephraim will return to Egypt, and in Assyria they will eat what is unclean: They will not pour libations of wine to Jehovah, they will not be pleasing to Him. Hosea 9:1-4.

This refers to Israel, or the spiritual Church, and to those people in it who pervert and defile holy things and the truths of faith by wishing to probe into them by means of knowledge and reasonings. 'Egypt' is knowledge, 'Assyria' reasoning, and 'Ephraim' one who engages in reasoning.

Footnotes:

1. literally, on a horn of a son of oil

2. A Hebrew word which is a shout of exaltation.

  
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