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Ezekiel 20

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1 At nangyari nang ikapitong taon, nang ikalimang buwan, nang ikasangpu ng buwan, na ang ilan sa mga matanda ng Israel ay nagsiparoon na sumangguni sa Panginoon, at nagsiupo sa harap ko.

2 At ang salita ng Panginoon ay dumating sa akin, na nagsasabi,

3 Anak ng tao, salitain mo sa mga matanda ng Israel, at sabihin mo sa kanila, Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios: Kayo baga'y naparito upang sumangguni sa akin? Buhay ako, sabi ng Panginoong Dios, hindi ako mapagsasanggunian ninyo.

4 Hahatulan mo baga sila, anak ng tao, hahatulan mo baga sila? Ipakilala mo sa kanila ang mga kasuklamsuklam ng kanilang mga magulang;

5 At sabihin mo sa kanila; Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios: Nang araw na aking piliin ang Israel, at itaas ko ang aking kamay sa lahi ng sangbahayan ni Jacob, at pakilala ako sa kanila sa lupain ng Egipto, na iginawad ko ang aking kamay sa kanila na sinabi, Ako ang Panginoon ninyong Dios;

6 Nang araw na yaon ay iginawad ko ang aking kamay sa kanila, upang ilabas ko sila sa lupain ng Egipto, na dalhin sa lupain na aking itinaan sa kanila na binubukalan ng gatas at pulot, na siyang pinakamainam kay sa lahat ng lupain.

7 At sinabi ko sa kanila, Itakuwil ng bawa't isa sa inyo ang mga bagay na kasuklamsuklam sa kaniyang mga mata, at huwag kayong mangahawa sa mga diosdiosan ng Egipto; ako ang Panginoon ninyong Dios.

8 Nguni't sila'y nanghimagsik laban sa akin, at hindi nakinig sa akin; hindi itinakuwil ng bawa't isa sa kanila ang mga kasuklamsuklam ng kanilang mga mata, o nilimot man nila ang mga diosdiosan sa Egipto. Nang magkagayo'y sinabi kong aking ibubuhos sa kanila ang aking kapusukan, upang ganapin ko ang aking galit laban sa kanila, sa gitna ng lupain ng Egipto.

9 Nguni't ako'y gumawa alangalang sa aking pangalan, upang huwag malapastangan sa paningin ng mga bansa, na kinaroroonan nila, na sa mga paningin nila ay napakilala ako sa kanila, sa paglalabas ko sa kanila sa lupain ng Egipto.

10 Sa gayo'y pinalabas ko sila mula sa lupain ng Egipto, at dinala ko sila sa ilang.

11 At ibinigay ko sa kanila ang aking mga palatuntunan, at itinuro ko sa kanila ang aking mga kahatulan, na kung isagawa ng tao ay mabubuhay sa mga yaon.

12 Bukod dito'y ibinigay ko rin naman sa kanila ang aking mga sabbath, upang maging tanda sa akin at sa kanila, upang kanilang makilala na ako ang Panginoon na nagpapaging banal sa kanila.

13 Nguni't ang sangbahayan ni Israel ay nanghimagsik laban sa akin sa ilang: sila'y hindi nagsilakad ng ayon sa aking mga palatuntunan, at kanilang itinakuwil ang aking mga kahatulan, na kung gawin ng tao, ay mabubuhay sa mga yaon; at ang aking mga sabbath ay kanilang nilapastangang mainam. Nang magkagayo'y sinabi ko na aking ibubuhos ang aking kapusukan sa kanila sa ilang, upang lipulin sila.

14 Nguni't ako'y gumawa alangalang sa aking pangalan, upang huwag malapastangan sa paningin ng mga bansa, na sa paningin ng mga yaon ay aking inilabas sila.

15 Bukod dito'y iginawad ko naman ang aking kamay sa kanila sa ilang, upang huwag ko silang dalhin sa lupain na aking ibinigay sa kanila, na binubukalan ng gatas at pulot, na siyang pinakamainam kay sa lahat ng lupain;

16 Sapagka't kanilang itinakuwil ang aking mga kahatulan, at hindi nagsilakad ng gayon sa aking mga palatuntunan, at nilapastangan ang aking mga sabbath: sapagka't ang kanilang puso ay nagsisunod sa kanilang mga diosdiosan.

17 Gayon ma'y ang aking mata ay nagpatawad sa kanila at hindi ko sila nilipol, o ginawan ko man sila ng lubos na kawakasan sa ilang.

18 At sinabi ko sa kanilang mga anak sa ilang, Huwag kayong magsilakad ng ayon sa mga palatuntunan ng inyong mga magulang, o ingatan man ang kanilang mga kahatulan, o magpakahawa man sa kanilang mga diosdiosan:

19 Ako ang Panginoon ninyong Dios: magsilakad kayo ng ayon sa aking mga palatuntunan, at ingatan ninyo ang aking mga kahatulan, at inyong isagawa;

20 At inyong ipangilin ang aking mga sabbath; at mga magiging tanda sa akin at sa inyo, upang inyong maalaman na ako ang Panginoon ninyong Dios.

21 Nguni't ang mga anak ay nanganghimagsik laban sa akin; sila'y hindi nagsilakad ng ayon sa aking mga palatuntunan, o nangagingat man ng aking mga kahatulan upang isagawa, na kung gawin ng tao ay mabubuhay sa mga yaon: kanilang nilapastangan ang aking mga sabbath. Nang magkagayo'y sinabi ko na aking ibubuhos ang aking kapusukan sa kanila, upang ganapin ang aking galit sa kanila sa ilang.

22 Gayon ma'y iniurong ko ang aking kamay, gumawa ako alang-alang sa aking pangalan, upang huwag malapastangan sa paningin ng mga bansa, na sa paningin ng mga yaon ay inilabas ko sila.

23 Bukod dito'y itinaas ko ang aking kamay sa kanila sa ilang, upang pangalatin ko sila sa gitna ng mga bansa, at panabugin sila sa mga lupain;

24 Sapagka't hindi nila isinagawa ang aking mga kahatulan, kundi itinakuwil ang aking mga palatuntunan, at nilapastangan ang aking mga sabbath, at ang kanilang mga mata'y nakasunod sa mga diosdiosan ng kanilang mga magulang.

25 Bukod dito'y binigyan ko sila ng mga palatuntunan na hindi mabuti, at ng mga kahatulan na hindi nila kabubuhayan;

26 At ipinariwara ko sila sa kanilang sariling mga kaloob, sa kanilang pagpaparaan sa apoy ng lahat na nangagbubukas ng bahay-bata, upang aking ipahamak sila, upang kanilang maalaman na ako ang Panginoon.

27 Kaya't, anak ng tao, salitain mo sa sangbahayan ni Israel, at sabihin mo sa kanila, Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios: Sa ganito ma'y nilapastangan ako ng inyong mga magulang, sa kanilang pagsalangsang laban sa akin.

28 Sapagka't nang dalhin ko sila sa lupain, na aking pinaggawaran ng aking kamay upang ibigay ko sa kanila, kanila ngang nakita ang lahat na mataas na burol, at lahat na mayabong na punong kahoy, at inihandog nila roon ang kanilang mga hain, at doo'y kanilang iniharap ang nakagagalit nilang handog; nagsuob rin sila roon ng kanilang pabango, at ibinuhos nila roon ang kanilang mga inuming handog.

29 Nang magkagayo'y sinabi ko sa kanila, Anong kahulugan ng mataas na dako na inyong pinaroroonan? Sa gayo'y ang pangalan niyaon ay tinawag na Bama hanggang sa araw na ito.

30 Kaya't sabihin mo sa sangbahayan ni Israel, Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios: Nangagpakarumi baga kayo ng ayon sa paraan ng inyong mga magulang? at kayo baga'y nagpatutot ng ayon sa kanilang mga kasuklamsuklam?

31 At pagka inyong inihahandog ang inyong mga kaloob, pagka, inyong pinararaan sa apoy ang inyong mga anak, nangagpapakarumi baga kayo sa lahat ninyong diosdiosan hanggang sa araw na ito? at ako baga'y mapagsasanggunian ninyo, Oh sangbahayan ni Israel? Buhay ako, sabi ng Panginoong Dios, hindi ninyo ako mapagsasanggunian;

32 At ang nagmumula sa inyong pagiisip ay hindi mangyayari sa anomang paraan, sa inyong sinasabi, Kami ay magiging gaya ng mga bansa; na gaya ng mga angkan ng mga lupain upang mangaglingkod sa kahoy at bato.

33 Buhay ako, sabi ng Panginoong Dios, walang pagsalang sa pamamagitan ng makapangyarihang kamay, at ng unat na bisig, at ng kapusukan na ibinubugso, ay maghahari ako sa inyo.

34 At ilalabas ko kayo na mula sa mga bayan, at pipisanin ko kayo na mula sa mga lupain, na inyong pinangalatan, sa pamamagitan ng makapangyarihang kamay, at ng unat na bisig, at ng kapusukan na ibinubuhos;

35 At aking dadalhin kayo sa ilang ng mga bayan, at doo'y makikipagkatuwiranan ako sa inyo ng harapan.

36 Kung paanong ako'y nakipagkatuwiranan sa inyong mga magulang sa ilang ng lupain ng Egipto, gayon ako makikipagkatuwiranan sa inyo, sabi ng Panginoong Dios.

37 At pararaanin ko kayo sa ilalim ng tungkod, at dadalhin ko kayo sa pakikipagkasundo ng tipan;

38 At aking lilinisin sa gitna ninyo ang mga mapanghimagsik, at ang mga nagsisisalangsang laban sa akin; aking ilalabas sila sa lupaing kanilang pinangingibahang bayan, nguni't hindi sila magsisipasok sa lupain ng Israel: at inyong malalaman na ako ang Panginoon.

39 Tungkol sa inyo, Oh sangbahayan ni Israel, ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios; magsiyaon kayo, maglingkod bawa't isa sa kaniyang mga diosdiosan, at sa haharapin man, kung hindi ninyo ako didinggin; nguni't ang aking banal na pangalan ay hindi na ninyo lalapastanganin ng inyong mga kaloob, at ng inyong mga diosdiosan.

40 Sapagka't sa aking banal na bundok, sa bundok na kaitaasan ng Israel, sabi ng Panginoong Dios, doon ako paglilingkuran sa lupain ng buong sangbahayan ni Israel, nilang lahat: doo'y tatanggapin ko sila, at doon ko hihingin ang inyong mga handog, at ang mga unang bunga na inyong mga alay, sangpu ng lahat ninyong banal na bagay.

41 Parang masarap na amoy na tatanggapin ko kayo, pagka kayo'y aking naihiwalay sa mga bayan, at napisan ko kayo mula sa mga lupain na inyong pinangalatan; at ako'y ipaari ninyong banal sa paningin ng mga bansa.

42 At inyong malalaman na ako ang Panginoon, pagka kayo'y aking ipapasok sa lupain ng Israel, sa lupain na aking pinagtaasan ng aking kamay upang ibigay sa inyong mga magulang.

43 At doo'y maaalaala ninyo ang inyong mga lakad, at lahat ng inyong gawa, na inyong pinagpakadumhan; at inyong kayayamutan ang inyong sarili sa inyong sariling paningin dahil sa lahat ninyong kasamaan na inyong ginawa.

44 At inyong malalaman na ako ang Panginoon, pagka ako'y nakagawa na sa inyo alangalang sa aking pangalan, hindi ayon sa inyong mga masamang lakad, o ayon sa inyong mga masamang gawa man, Oh ninyong sangbahayan ni Israel, sabi ng Panginoong Dios.

45 At ang salita ng Panginoon ay dumating sa akin, na nagsasabi,

46 Anak ng tao, itingin mo ang iyong mukha sa dakong timugan, at magbadya ka ng iyong salita sa dakong timugan, at manghula ka laban sa gubat ng parang sa Timugan;

47 At sabihin mo sa gubat ng Timugan, Iyong pakinggan ang salita ng Panginoon: Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios, Narito, aking papagniningasin ang isang apoy sa iyo, at susupukin ang bawa't sariwang punong kahoy sa iyo, at ang bawa't tuyong punong kahoy: ang maalab na liyab at hindi mapapatay, at ang lahat na mukha na mula sa timugan hanggang sa hilagaan ay masusunog sa liyab.

48 At malalaman ng lahat ng tao na akong Panginoon ang nagpaalab niyaon; hindi mapapatay.

49 Nang magkagayo'y sinabi ko: Ah Panginoong Dios! sinasabi nila sa akin, Hindi baga siya'y mapagsalita ng mga talinghaga?

   

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Apocalypse Explained #323

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323. Having every one harps, signifies confession from spiritual truths. This is evident from the signification of a "harp," as being confession from spiritual truths. This is signified by "harps," because the harp was a stringed instrument, and by such instruments spiritual things, or those that are of truth, are signified, while wind instruments signify celestial things, or those that are of good. Such things are signified by musical instruments because of their sounds, for sound corresponds to the affections; moreover in heaven affections are perceived by sounds; and because there are various affections, and various sounds are produced by musical instruments, therefore these instruments, by correspondence and consequent agreement, signify affections. In general, stringed instruments signify such things as belong to the affections of truth, and wind instruments such as belong to the affections of good; or, what is the same, some instruments belong to the spiritual class, and some to the celestial class. That sounds correspond to the affections has been made evident to me by much experience, so also musical tones; also that angels are affected in accordance with sounds and their variations; but to recite all such experience would occupy too much space. I will mention only, what is a matter of general observation, that discrete sounds excite the affections of truth, that is, those are affected by them who are in the affections of truth; while continuous sounds excite the affections of good, that is, those are affected by them who are in the affections of good. Whether you say the affections of truth or things spiritual, it is the same, or whether you say the affections of good or things celestial, it is the same. (But these things can be better comprehended from what has been related from experience respecting sounds and their correspondence with affections, in the work on Heaven and Hell 241.)

From this it can now be seen why in the Word, and especially in David, so many kinds of musical instruments are mentioned, as psalteries, harps, flutes, cymbals, timbrels, horns, organs, and others, namely, that it is because of their correspondence with the affections, and at the same time with articulations that are expressions containing things, and flowing from them.

[2] That harps especially signify the affections of truth because they excite such affections, consequently that they also signify confession made from spiritual truths with a cheerful heart, can be seen from the following passages. In Isaiah:

The new wine shall mourn, the vine shall languish, all the glad of heart shall sigh. The joy of timbrels shall cease, the noise of the merry shall leave off; the joy of the harp shall cease. They shall not drink wine with a song (Isaiah 24:7-9).

This treats of the vastation of the spiritual church, that is, of the good and truth thereof. Spiritual good, which is about to cease, is signified by "the new wine shall mourn," and "the joy of timbrels shall cease;" and that its truth is about to cease is signified by "the vine shall languish," and "the joy of the harp shall cease;" for "new wine" signifies spiritual good, and its joy is signified by the "timbrel;" and the "vine" signifies spiritual truth, and its joy is signified by the "harp." Since it is the affection of these that is about to cease, it is said, "all the glad of heart shall sigh," and "the noise of the merry shall leave off;" "gladness" and "mirth" in the Word signifying spiritual gladness and mirth, all of which are from the affections of truth and good. It is added, "they shall not drink wine with a song," because "song" signifies the testification of gladness from the affection of truth, and "wine" signifies truth.

[3] In David:

Confess unto Jehovah with the harp; sing psalms unto Him with the psaltery of ten strings. Sing unto Him a new song; play well with a loud noise. For the word of Jehovah is right; and His work is done in truth (Psalms 33:2-4).

As a "harp" signifies confession from spiritual truths, it is said, "confess unto Jehovah with the harp;" "a psaltery of ten strings" signifies the corresponding spiritual good; therefore it is said, "sing psalms unto Him upon a psaltery of ten strings;" and for the same reason also it is said, "for the word of Jehovah is right, and all His work is done in truth;" "the word of Jehovah is right" signifying the truth of good; "His work is done in truth" signifying the good of truth; the truth of good is the truth that proceeds from good, and the good of truth is the good which is produced by truth.

[4] In the same:

Send Thy light and Thy truth, let them lead me; let them bring me unto the mountain of holiness, and to Thy tabernacles, that I may confess unto Thee upon the harp, O God, my God (Psalms 43:3-4);

the "harp" evidently signifying confession from spiritual truths, for it is said "I will confess unto Thee with the harp, O God, my God;" and it is also said before, "send Thy light and Thy truth; let them lead me."

[5] In the same:

I will confess unto Thee with the instrument of psaltery, even Thy truth, O my God; unto Thee will I sing with the harp, O Holy One of Israel (Psalms 71:22).

As the "psaltery" signifies spiritual good, that is, the good of truth, and the "harp" spiritual truth, that is, the truth of good, and confession is made from each, it is said, "I will confess unto Thee with the instrument of psaltery; unto Thee will I sing with the harp."

[6] In the same:

I will sing, and I will sing psalms. Arouse me, 1 my glory, arouse me, psaltery and harp. I will confess unto Thee, O Lord, among the nations, I will sing psalms unto Thee among the peoples (Psalms 57:7-9; 108:1-3).

Confession and glorification from the good of truth or from spiritual good, and from truth of good or from spiritual truth, are expressed in these several things, the good of truth by "singing," "being aroused by the psaltery," and "confessing among the nations;" and the truth of good by "singing psalms," "being aroused by the harp," and "singing psalms among the peoples;" for "nations" in the Word mean those who are in good, and "peoples" those who are in truth; here those in spiritual truth. It is so said because where good is spoken of, in the Word, truth also is spoken of, and this because of the marriage of these in every particular of the Word (See above, n. 238 end, 288).

[7] In the same:

Answer unto Jehovah by confession; sing psalms with the harp unto our God (Psalms 147:7).

Here also confession from spiritual good and from spiritual truth is expressed by "answer unto Jehovah by confession," and "sing psalms with the harp unto our God;" from spiritual good by "answer unto Jehovah;" and from spiritual truth by "sing psalms with the harp unto God;" "Jehovah" being used where good is treated of, and "God" where truth is treated of (See Arcana Coelestia n. 709, 732, 2586, 2769, 2807, 2822, 3921, 4287, 4402, 7010, 9167).

[8] In Ezekiel:

I will cause the noise of the songs to cease; and the voice of thy harps shall be no more heard; I will give thee to the parchedness of the cliff (Ezekiel 26:13-14).

This is said of Tyre, which signifies the church in respect to the knowledges of good and truth. Its vastation is described by these words; the vastation in respect to the knowledges of good by "I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease;" and the vastation in respect to the knowledges of truth by "the voice of harps shall be no more heard;" desolation of all truth by "I will give thee to the parchedness of the cliff;" "cliff" signifying truth, and its "parchedness" desolation.

[9] In David:

Make a loud noise unto Jehovah, all the earth; break forth, shout for joy, and sing psalms. Sing psalms unto Jehovah with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm. With trumpets and the sound of a cornet, make a loud noise before the King, Jehovah (Psalms 98:4-6).

The various kinds of affections from which the Lord is confessed and glorified are here expressed by various kinds of sounds and instruments; the various kinds of sounds in "making a loud noise," "breaking forth," "shouting for joy," and "singing psalms," and the various kinds of instruments, by "harps," "trumpets," and "cornets;" but to explain the signification of the particulars is not in place here, but only what relates to the harp. "To sing unto Jehovah with the harp, with the harp and the voice of a psalm," signifies confession from the affection of spiritual good and truth; for every affection, since it is from love, when it falls into sound, produces a sound in accord with itself; consequently from the sound that is in the speech, and in which, as it were, the expressions of speech flow, the affection of the other is heard, and thus becomes known to his companion; this is manifestly so in the spiritual world, where all sounds of speech make manifest the affections.

[10] So elsewhere in David, as the following:

Shout for joy unto God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob. Lift up the psalm and strike the timbrel, the pleasant harp, with the psaltery. Blow the cornet at the new moon (Psalms 81:1-3).

It is good to confess unto Jehovah, and to sing psalms unto Thy name, O Most High; with an instrument of ten strings, and with the psaltery; and with resounding music on the harp (Psalms 92:1-3).

Let the sons of Zion exult in their King; let them praise His name in the dance; let them sing psalms unto Him with the timbrel and harp (Psalms 149:2-3).

Praise God with the sound of the cornet; praise Him with the psaltery and harp; praise Him with the timbrel and dance; praise Him with stringed instruments and organ. Praise Him with cymbals of soft sound; praise Him with cymbals of loud sound (Psalms 150:3-5).

[11] Because musical instruments and also dances signify varieties of joy and gladness that spring from the affections, as well as the affections themselves of the mind which their sounds excite, both singly and in combination, therefore:

David and the whole house of Israel played before Jehovah upon wooden instruments of every kind, and upon harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels; and on sistra, and on cymbals (2 Samuel 6:5).

[12] Because the "harp" signifies confession from spiritual truths, and spiritual truths are those by which angels who are in the Lord's spiritual kingdom are affected, and which disperse the falsities of evil, and with these the spirits themselves who are in them, so:

When the evil spirit was upon Saul, David took a harp and played with his hand; and so rest was given to Saul, and the evil spirit departed from him (1 Samuel 16:23).

This was done because kings represented the Lord in respect to the spiritual kingdom, and therefore signified spiritual truths (See above, n. 31); but Saul then represented the falsities that are opposed to these truths; and these were dispersed by the sound of the harp, because the "harp" signified the spiritual affection of truth. This then took place because with the sons of Israel all things were representative and thus significative; it is otherwise at this day. From the passages here quoted it can be seen what the "harp" signifies, also in other places (as Isaiah 30:31, 32; Psalms 49:3, 4; 137:1, 2; 1 Samuel 10:5; Revelation 14:2; 18:22; Job 30:31).

[13] As most things in the Word have also a contrary meaning, so do musical instruments, in which sense they signify varieties of gladness and joy that spring from the affections of falsity and evil; thus the "harp" signifies the confession of falsity and the consequent exultation over the destruction of truth. As in Isaiah:

At the end of seventy years the song of Tyre shall be even as the song of a harlot; take a harp, walk in the city, thou harlot delivered over to forgetfulness; play elegantly, multiply the song (Isaiah 23:15-16).

"Tyre" signifies the church in respect to the knowledges of spiritual truth and good (as was said above), here the church in which these are falsified; "harlot" signifies the falsification of truth (See above, n. 141); and "to take a harp, walk in the city," "play elegantly, and multiply the song," signifies the exultation and boasting of falsity over the destruction of truth.

[14] In the same:

Woe to them that rise early in the morning that they may follow strong drink; to them that tarry until twilight till the wine inflame them. And the harp and the psaltery and the timbrel and the pipe and wine are at their feasts; but they do not look upon the work of Jehovah, and they see not the working of His hands (Isaiah 5:11-12).

Here "harp," "psaltery," "timbrel," "pipe," and also "wine," have the contrary meaning, in which they signify exultation and boastings from the falsities of evil. Such is evidently the meaning, for it is said, "Woe to them; they do not look upon the work of Jehovah, and they see not the working of His hands."

Voetnoten:

1. Photoliograph has "me," so also AR 276, but AE 326 has "te," "thee."

  
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Leviticus 8:28

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28 Moses took them from their hands, and burned them on the altar on the burnt offering. They were a consecration for a pleasant aroma. It was an offering made by fire to Yahweh.