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Lamentações 3

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1 Eu sou o homem que viu a aflição causada pela vara do seu furor.

2 Ele me guiou e me fez andar em trevas e não na luz.

3 Deveras fez virar e revirar a sua mão contra mim o dia todo.

4 Fez envelhecer a minha carne e a minha pele; quebrou-me os ossos.

5 Levantou trincheiras contra mim, e me cercou de fel e trabalho.

6 Fez-me habitar em lugares tenebrosos, como os que estavam mortos há muito.

7 Cercou-me de uma sebe de modo que não posso sair; agravou os meus grilhões.

8 Ainda quando grito e clamo por socorro, ele exclui a minha oração.

9 Fechou os meus caminhos com pedras lavradas, fez tortuosas as minhas veredas.

10 Fez-se-me como urso de emboscada, um leão em esconderijos.

11 Desviou os meus caminhos, e fez-me em pedaços; deixou-me desolado.

12 Armou o seu arco, e me pôs como alvo à flecha.

13 Fez entrar nos meus rins as flechas da sua aljava.

14 Fui feito um objeto de escárnio para todo o meu povo, e a sua canção o dia todo.

15 Encheu-me de amarguras, fartou-me de absinto.

16 Quebrou com pedrinhas de areia os meus dentes, cobriu-me de cinza.

17 Alongaste da paz a minha alma; esqueci-me do que seja a felicidade.

18 Digo, pois: Já pereceu a minha força, como também a minha esperança no Senhor.

19 Lembra-te da minha aflição e amargura, do absinto e do fel.

20 Minha alma ainda os conserva na memória, e se abate dentro de mim.

21 Torno a trazer isso à mente, portanto tenho esperança.

22 A benignidade do Senhor jamais acaba, as suas misericórdias não têm fim;

23 renovam-se cada manhã. Grande é a tua fidelidade.

24 A minha porção é o Senhor, diz a minha alma; portanto esperarei nele.

25 Bom é o Senhor para os que esperam por ele, para a alma que o busca.

26 Bom é ter esperança, e aguardar em silêncio a salvação do Senhor.

27 Bom é para o homem suportar o jugo na sua mocidade.

28 Que se assente ele, sozinho, e fique calado, porquanto Deus o pôs sobre ele.

29 Ponha a sua boca no pó; talvez ainda haja esperança.

30 Dê a sua face ao que o fere; farte-se de afronta.

31 Pois o Senhor não rejeitará para sempre.

32 Embora entristeça a alguém, contudo terá compaixão segundo a grandeza da sua misericordia.

33 Porque não aflige nem entristece de bom grado os filhos dos homens.

34 Pisar debaixo dos pés a todos os presos da terra,

35 perverter o direito do homem perante a face do Altíssimo,

36 subverter o homem no seu pleito, não são do agrado do senhor.

37 Quem é aquele que manda, e assim acontece, sem que o Senhor o tenha ordenado?

38 Não sai da boca do Altíssimo tanto o mal como o bem?

39 Por que se queixaria o homem vivente, o varão por causa do castigo dos seus pecados?

40 Esquadrinhemos os nossos caminhos, provemo-los, e voltemos para o Senhor.

41 Levantemos os nossos corações com as mãos para Deus no céu dizendo;

42 Nós transgredimos, e fomos rebeldes, e não perdoaste,

43 Cobriste-te de ira, e nos perseguiste; mataste, não te apiedaste.

44 Cobriste-te de nuvens, para que não passe a nossa oração.

45 Como escória e refugo nos puseste no meio dos povos.

46 Todos os nossos inimigos abriram contra nós a sua boca.

47 Temor e cova vieram sobre nós, assolação e destruição.

48 Torrentes de águas correm dos meus olhos, por causa da destruição da filha do meu povo.

49 Os meus olhos derramam lágrimas, e não cessam, sem haver intermissão,

50 até que o Senhor atente e veja desde o céu.

51 Os meus olhos me afligem, por causa de todas as filhas da minha cidade.

52 Como ave me caçaram os que, sem causa, são meus inimigos.

53 Atiraram-me vivo na masmorra, e lançaram pedras sobre mim.

54 Águas correram sobre a minha cabeça; eu disse: Estou cortado.

55 Invoquei o teu nome, Senhor, desde a profundeza da masmorra.

56 Ouviste a minha voz; não escondas o teu ouvido ao meu suspiro, ao meu clamor.

57 Tu te aproximaste no dia em que te invoquei; disseste: Não temas.

58 Pleiteaste, Senhor, a minha causa; remiste a minha vida.

59 Viste, Senhor, a injustiça que sofri; julga tu a minha causa.

60 Viste toda a sua vingança, todos os seus desígnios contra mim.

61 Ouviste as suas afrontas, Senhor, todos os seus desígnios contra mim,

62 os lábios e os pensamentos dos que se levantam contra mim o dia todo.

63 Observa-os ao assentarem-se e ao levantarem-se; eu sou a sua canção.

64 Tu lhes darás a recompensa, Senhor, conforme a obra das suas mãos.

65 Tu lhes darás dureza de coração, maldição tua sobre eles.

66 Na tua ira os perseguirás, e os destruirás de debaixo dos teus céus, ó Senhor.

   

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The Lord, in the simplest terms, is love itself expressed as wisdom itself. In philosophic terms, love is the Lord's substance and wisdom is His form. Of course, we feel the Lord's love and hear His wisdom in many different ways, depending on our state in life and how receptive we are. That's why the Lord has so many different names in the Bible, and is referred to in so many different ways.

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Apocalypse Explained #69

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69. Verse 15. And His feet like unto burnished brass, as if glowing in a furnace, signifies the ultimate of Divine order, which is the natural, full of Divine love. This is evident from the signification of "feet," as being the natural (See Arcana Coelestia 2162, 3147, 3761, 3986, 4280, 4938-4952); therefore, in reference to the Lord, as meaning the ultimate of Divine order, because that is the natural; also from the signification of "burnished brass," or brass polished, as being natural good (of which presently); and from the signification of "glowing," as being, in reference to the Lord, what is from Divine love (See n. 10055). It is said, "as if glowing in a furnace," in order that the Divine love in the greatest degree and in its fullness may be represented, for the Divine is in its fullness when it is in its ultimate, and the ultimate is the natural (See above, n. 66).

From this it is clear that by "His feet like unto burnished brass, as if glowing in a furnace," is signified the ultimate of Divine order, which is the natural, full of Divine love. These things, as well as the preceding, are described by comparisons; as that "His head and His hairs were white as white wool, as snow," and that "His feet were like unto burnished brass, as if glowing in a furnace;" but it is to be noted, that all comparisons in the Word are significative, for they are from correspondences in like manner as the things themselves (See Arcana Coelestia 3579, 4599, 8989).

[2] In reference to the Lord, "feet" signify the ultimate of Divine order, and this is the natural, because heaven is heaven from the Lord's Divine Human, and from this it is that heaven in the whole complex represents one man; and as there are three heavens, that the highest heaven represents the head, the middle heaven the body, and the lowest heaven the feet. The Divine that makes the highest heaven is called the celestial Divine, but the Divine that makes the middle heaven is called the spiritual Divine, and the Divine that makes the lowest heaven is called the natural Divine from the spiritual and celestial. This makes it evident why the Lord is here described in respect to His Divine Human, which is the Son of man seen in the midst of the lampstands, not only as regards His garments, but also as to His head, breast, and feet. (That the Son of man is the Lord as to His Divine Human, see above, n. 63; and that the "lampstands" are heaven, see n. 62, 63. But since these things are arcana hitherto unknown in the world, and yet must be understood in order that the internal sense of this and the following parts of this prophetical book may be comprehended, the particulars have been explained specifically in the work on Heaven and Hell; as

That the Divine Human of the Lord makes Heaven, n. 7-12, 78-86, seq.;

That on this account Heaven in the whole Complex represents one Man, n. 59-77;

That there are Three Heavens, and that the highest refers to the head, the middle to the body, and the lowest to the feet, n. Heaven and Hell 29-40.)

When this is understood it can be seen what is signified in the Word by "the feet of Jehovah" or "of the Lord," namely, the ultimate of Divine order, or the natural; and since the external of the church, of worship, and of the Word is the ultimate of Divine order in the church, and is the natural, this is specifically signified by "the feet of Jehovah" or "of the Lord."

[3] Because of this signification of "the feet of Jehovah" or "of the Lord," therefore when the Lord was seen as an Angel by the prophets elsewhere, He appeared in like manner.

Thus by Daniel:

I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with gold of Uphaz; His body was like the tarshish stone, and His eyes as lamps of fire, and His arms and His feet like the brightness of polished brass (Daniel 10:5-6).

In like manner the cherubs, by which is meant the Lord in respect to providence and protection (See Arcana Coelestia 9277, 9509, 9673), were seen by Ezekiel:

Their feet sparkled like the brightness of polished brass (Ezekiel 1:7).

The Lord was seen in like manner as an Angel as described further on in Revelation:

I saw an Angel coming down out of heaven, arrayed with a cloud, and a rainbow was about His head, and His face was as the sun, and His feet as pillars of fire (Revelation 10:1).

As the Lord appeared in this manner as to His feet, therefore under His feet there was seen by some of the sons of Israel:

As it were a work of sapphire stone, and as it were the substance of heaven for clearness (Exodus 24:10).

Their vision of the Lord was not as to the feet, but "under the feet," because they were not in, but under, the external of the church, of worship, and of the Word (See The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem 248).

[4] Since "the feet of Jehovah" or "of the Lord" signify the ultimate of Divine order, and this specifically is the external of the church, of worship, and of the Word, therefore this external is called in the Word "His footstool," as in Isaiah:

The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, to beautify the place of My sanctuary; I will make the place of My feet honorable. And they shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet (Isaiah 60:13-14).

In the same:

Heaven is My throne, and the earth is My footstool (Isaiah 66:1).

In Jeremiah:

God doth not remember His footstool in the day of anger (Lamentations 2:1).

In David:

Worship Jehovah at His footstool (Psalms 99:5).

We will go into His tabernacles; we will worship at His footstool (Psalms 132:7).

In Nahum:

Of Jehovah, the clouds are the dust of His feet (Nahum 1:3).

"Cloud" is the external of the Word, or the Word in respect to the letter (See above, n. 36). Because "cloud" is the external of the Word, it is also the external of the church and of worship; for the church and worship are from the Word. "Clouds" are called "dust of His feet," because those things that are in the sense of the letter of the Word, which is natural, appear scattered.

  
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