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Klagesangene 3

Estude

   

1 Jeg er den, der så nød ved hans vredes ris,

2 mig har han ført og ledt i det tykkeste Mulm,

3 ja, Hånden vender han mod mig Dagen lang.

4 Mit Bød og min Hud har han opslidt, brudt mine Ben,

5 han mured mig inde, omgav mig med Galde og Møje,

6 lod mig bo i Mørke som de, der for længst er døde.

7 Han har spærret mig inde og lagt mig i tunge Lænker.

8 Om jeg end råber og skriger, min Bøn er stængt ude.

9 Han spærred mine Veje med Kvader, gjorde Stierne kroge.

10 Han blev mig en lurende Bjørn, en Løve i Baghold;

11 han ledte mig vild, rev mig sønder og lagde mig øde;

12 han spændte sin Bue; lod mig være Skive for Pilen.

13 Han sendte sit Koggers Sønner i Nyrerne på mig;

14 hvert Folk lo mig ud og smæded mig Dagen lang,

15 med bittert mætted han mig, gav mig Malurt at drikke.

16 Mine Tænder lod han bide i Flint, han trådte mig i Støvet;

17 han skilte min Sjæl fra Freden, jeg glemte Lykken

18 og sagde: "Min Livskraft, mit Håb til HE EN er ude."

19 At mindes min Vånde og Flakken er Malurt og Galde;

20 min Sjæl, den mindes det grant den grubler betynget.

21 Det lægger jeg mig på Sinde, derfor vil jeg håbe:

22 HE ENs Miskundhed er ikke til Ende, ikke brugt op,

23 hans Nåde er ny hver Morgen, hans Trofasthed stor.

24 Min Del er HE EN, (siger min Sjæl,) derfor håber jeg på ham.

25 Dem, der bier på HE EN, er han god, den Sjæl, der ham søger;

26 det er godt at håbe i Stilhed på HE ENs Frelse,

27 godt for en Mand, at han bærer Åg i sin Ungdom.

28 Han sidde ensom og tavs, når han lægger det på ham;

29 han trykke sin Mund mod Støvet, måske er der Håb.

30 ække Kind til den, der slår ham, mættes med Hån.

31 Thi Herren bortstøder ikke for evigt,

32 har han voldt Kvide, så ynkes han, stor er hans Nåde;

33 ej af Hjertet plager og piner han Menneskens Børn.

34 Når Landets Fanger til Hobe trædes under Fod,

35 når Mandens et for den Højestes Åsyn bøjes,

36 når en Mand lider Uret i sin Sag mon Herren ej ser det?

37 Hvo taler vel, så det sker, om ej Herren byder?

38 Kommer ikke både ondt og godt fra den Højestes Mund?

39 Over hvad skal den levende sukke? Hver over sin Synd!

40 Lad os ransage, granske vore Veje og vende os til HE EN,

41 løfte Hænder og Hjerte til Gud i Himlen;

42 vi syndede og stod imod, du tilgav ikke,

43 men hylled dig i Vrede, forfulgte os, dræbte uden Skånsel,

44 hylled dig i Skyer, så Bønnen ej nåed frem;

45 til Skarn og til Udskud har du gjort os midt iblandt Folkene.

46 De opspærred Munden imod os, alle vore Fjender.

47 Vor Lod blev Gru og Grav og Sammenbruds Øde;

48 Vandstrømme græder mit Øje, mit Folk brød sammen.

49 Hvileløst strømmer mit Øje, det kender ej o,

50 før HE EN skuer ned fra Himlen, før han ser til.

51 Synet af Byens Døtre piner min Sjæl.

52 Jeg joges som en Fugl af Fjender, hvis Had var grundløst,

53 de spærred mig inde i en Grube, de stenede mig;

54 Vand strømmed over mit Hoved, jeg tænkte: "Fortabt!"

55 Dit Navn påkaldte jeg, HE E, fra Grubens Dyb;

56 du hørte min øst: "O, gør dig ej døv for mit Skrig!"

57 Nær var du den Dag jeg kaldte, du sagde: "Frygt ikke!"

58 Du førte min Sag, o Herre, genløste mit Liv;

59 HE E, du ser, jeg lider Uret. skaf mig min et!

60 Al deres Hævnlyst ser du, alle deres ænker,

61 du hører deres Smædeord HE E, deres ænker imod mig,

62 mine Fjenders Tale og Tanker imod mig bestandig.

63 Se dem, når de sidder eller står, deres Nidvise er jeg.

64 Dem vil du gengælde, HE E, deres Hænders Gerning,

65 gør deres Hjerte forhærdet din Forbandelse over dem!

66 forfølg dem i Vrede, udryd dem under din Himmel.

   


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Das Obras de Swedenborg

 

Apocalypse Revealed # 672

Estudar Esta Passagem

  
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672. 15:7 Then one of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls. This symbolizes the truths and goods by which evils and falsities in the church are exposed, drawn from the literal sense of the Word.

The four living creatures, being cherubim, symbolize the Word in its outmost expressions, and protections to keep its genuine truths and goods from being violated, as may be seen in no. 239 above. And because the interior truths and goods in the Word are protected by its literal meaning, therefore that meaning of the Word is symbolized by one of the four living creatures.

The seven bowls have the same symbolic meaning as the seven plagues, for the bowls are vessels, and vessels in the Word have the same symbolic meaning as their contents. So for example, a cup has the same symbolic meaning as the wine in it, and a dish the same symbolic meaning as the food. That cups, goblets, bowls, plates and saucers have the same symbolic meaning as their contents may be seen from the passages that follow after this.

We have already said what the seven angels symbolize above.

The angels were given the bowls because the subject is the influx of truth and goodness into the church in order to expose its evils and falsities, and naked goods and truths cannot flow in, as they are not accepted, but truths clothed can, such as are found in the literal sense of the Word. Moreover, the Lord also operates always from inmost elements through outmost ones, or in fullness. This is the reason the angels were given bowls, which symbolize containing truths and goods such as constitute the Word's literal sense, by which falsities and evils are exposed.

That the literal sense of the Word is a containing vessel may be seen in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem Regarding the Sacred Scripture, 27-36nos. and 37-49.

[2] That bowls, saucers, cups and goblets, and also wineskins, have the same symbolic meaning as the things they contain can be seen from the following passages:

(Jehovah said,) "Take this... cup of wrath from My hand, and cause all the nations... to drink... ...when they refuse to take the cup..., then you shall say to them, '...You shall surely drink!'" (Jeremiah 25:15-16, 28)

Babylon was a golden cup in Jehovah's hand, that made all the earth drunk. (Jeremiah 51:7)

...I will put (your sister's) cup in your hand... You will be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of... devastation, the cup of your sister Samaria. (Ezekiel 23:31-34)

The cup of... Jehovah will come around to you, that there may be vomit on your glory. (Habakkuk 2:16)

...O daughter of Edom...; the cup shall also pass over to you; you shall be drunk and laid bare. (Lamentations 4:21)

Upon the wicked (Jehovah) will rain... stormy winds, the portion of their cup. (Psalms 11:6)

...in the hand of Jehovah there is a cup, and He has mixed it with wine; He has filled it with the mixed wine and poured it out; ...all the wicked of the earth shall drink... (Psalms 75:8)

(Those who worship the beast) shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is mixed with pure wine in the cup of His indignation. (Revelation 14:10)

Awake...! Arise, O Jerusalem, who have drunk from the hand of Jehovah the cup of His wrath; You have drunk the dregs of the cup of trembling... (Isaiah 51:17)

The woman... having in her hand a golden chalice full of abominations and the filthiness of her licentiousness. (Revelation 17:4)

...repay her double...; in the cup in which she has mixed, mix double for her. (Revelation 18:6)

...I am making Jerusalem a cup of trembling to all the surrounding peoples... (Zechariah 12:2)

Blind Pharisee, first cleanse the inside of the cup..., that the outside of them may be clean also. (Matthew 23:25-26, cf. Luke 11:39)

Jesus... said (to the sons of Zebedee), ."..Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink....?" (Matthew 20:22-23)

...Jesus said to Peter, ."..Shall I not drink the cup which My Father has given Me?" (John 18:11)

(In Gethsemane Jesus said,) ."..if it be possible, let this cup pass from me." (Matthew 26:39, 42, 44)

(Jesus) taking the cup, ...gave it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you. This is My blood, the blood of the new covenant...." (Matthew 26:27-28, Luke 22:17)

O Jehovah, You are... my cup, You uphold my lot. (Psalms 16:5)

You will prepare a table before me...; my cup shall overflow. (Psalms 23:5)

What shall I render to Jehovah...? I will take the cup of salvation... (Psalms 116:12-13)

...the cup of consolation to drink... (Jeremiah 16:7)

A bowl has the same symbolic meaning as a cup or chalice, and so also does a wineskin (Matthew 9:17; Luke 5:37-38; Jeremiah 13:12; 48:12; Habakkuk 2:15).

Bowls, censers and thuribles containing incense have the same symbolic meaning as incense. Vessels of every kind in general have the same symbolic meaning as the things they contain.

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.