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Exodus第9章

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1 ειπον-VBI-AAI3S δε-X κυριος-N2--NSM προς-P *μωυσης-N1M-ASM ειςερχομαι-VB--AAD2S προς-P *φαραω-N---ASM και-C ειπον-VF2-FAI2S αυτος- D--DSM οδε- D--APN λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM ο- A--GPM *εβραιος-N2--GPM εκ αποστελλω-VA--AAD2S ο- A--ASM λαος-N2--ASM εγω- P--GS ινα-C εγω- P--DS λατρευω-VA--AAS3P

2 ει-C μεν-X ουν-X μη-D βουλομαι-V1--PMI2S εκ αποστελλω-VA--AAN ο- A--ASM λαος-N2--ASM εγω- P--GS αλλα-C ετι-D ενκρατεω-V2--PAI2S αυτος- D--GSM

3 ιδου-I χειρ-N3--NSF κυριος-N2--GSM επιειμι-VF--FMI3S εν-P ο- A--DPN κτηνος-N3E-DPN συ- P--GS ο- A--DPN εν-P ο- A--DPN πεδιον-N2N-DPN εν-P τε-X ο- A--DPM ιππος-N2--DPM και-C εν-P ο- A--DPN υποζυγιον-N2N-DPN και-C ο- A--DPF καμηλος-N2--DPF και-C βους-N3--DPM και-C προβατον-N2N-DPN θανατος-N2--NSM μεγας-A1P-NSM σφοδρα-D

4 και-C παραδοξαζω-VF--FAI1S εγω- P--NS εν-P ο- A--DSM καιρος-N2--DSM εκεινος- D--DSM ανα-P μεσος-A1--ASN ο- A--GPN κτηνος-N3E-GPN ο- A--GPM *αιγυπτιος-N2--GPM και-C ανα-P μεσος-A1--ASN ο- A--GPN κτηνος-N3E-GPN ο- A--GPM υιος-N2--GPM *ισραηλ-N---GSM ου-D τελευταω-VF--FAI3S απο-P πας-A3--GPM ο- A--GPM ο- A--GSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM υιος-N2--GPM ρητος-A1--ASM

5 και-C διδωμι-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM ορος-N2--ASM λεγω-V1--PAPNSM εν-P ο- A--DSF αυριον-D ποιεω-VF--FAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--ASN ρημα-N3M-ASN ουτος- D--ASN επι-P ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF

6 και-C ποιεω-VAI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--ASN ρημα-N3M-ASN ουτος- D--ASN ο- A--DSF επαυριον-D και-C τελευταω-VAI-AAI3S πας-A3--NPN ο- A--NPN κτηνος-N3E-NPN ο- A--GPM *αιγυπτιος-N2--GPM απο-P δε-X ο- A--GPN κτηνος-N3E-GPN ο- A--GPM υιος-N2--GPM *ισραηλ-N---GSM ου-D τελευταω-VAI-AAI3S ουδεις-A3--ASN

7 οραω-VB--AAPNSM δε-X *φαραω-N---NSM οτι-C ου-D τελευταω-VAI-AAI3S απο-P πας-A3--GPN ο- A--GPN κτηνος-N3E-GPN ο- A--GPM υιος-N2--GPM *ισραηλ-N---GSM ουδεις-A3--ASN βαρυνω-VCI-API3S ο- A--NSF καρδια-N1A-NSF *φαραω-N---GSM και-C ου-D εκ αποστελλω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--ASM λαος-N2--ASM

8 ειπον-VBI-AAI3S δε-X κυριος-N2--NSM προς-P *μωυσης-N1M-ASM και-C *ααρων-N---ASM λεγω-V1--PAPNSM λαμβανω-VB--AAD2P συ- P--NP πληρης-A3H-APF ο- A--APF χειρ-N3--APF αιθαλη-N1--GSF καμιναια-N1A-GSF και-C πασσω-VA--AAD3S *μωυσης-N1M-NSM εις-P ο- A--ASM ουρανος-N2--ASM εναντιον-P *φαραω-N---GSM και-C εναντιον-P ο- A--GPM θεραπων-N3--GPM αυτος- D--GSM

9 και-C γιγνομαι-VC--APD3S κονιορτος-N2--NSM επι-P πας-A1S-ASF ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF *αιγυπτος-N2--GSF και-C ειμι-VF--FMI3S επι-P ο- A--APM ανθρωπος-N2--APM και-C επι-P ο- A--APN τετραποδος-A1B-APN ελκος-N3E-NPN φλυκτις-N3D-NPF αναζεω-V2--PAPNPF εν-P τε-X ο- A--DPM ανθρωπος-N2--DPM και-C εν-P ο- A--DPN τετραπους-A3--DPN και-C εν-P πας-A1S-DSF γη-N1--DSF *αιγυπτος-N2--GSF

10 και-C λαμβανω-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--ASF αιθαλη-N1--ASF ο- A--GSF καμιναια-N1A-GSF εναντιον-P *φαραω-N---GSM και-C πασσω-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--ASF *μωυσης-N1M-NSM εις-P ο- A--ASM ουρανος-N2--ASM και-C γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S ελκος-N3E-NPN φλυκτις-N3D-NPF αναζεω-V2--PAPNPF εν-P ο- A--DPM ανθρωπος-N2--DPM και-C εν-P ο- A--DPN τετραπους-A3--DPN

11 και-C ου-D δυναμαι-V6I-IMI3P ο- A--NPM φαρμακος-N2--NPM ιστημι-VH--AAN εναντιον-P *μωυσης-N1M-GSM δια-P ο- A--APN ελκος-N3E-APN γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S γαρ-X ο- A--NPN ελκος-N3E-NPN εν-P ο- A--DPM φαρμακος-N2--DPM και-C εν-P πας-A1S-DSF γη-N1--DSF *αιγυπτος-N2--GSF

12 σκληρυνω-VAI-AAI3S δε-X κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--ASF καρδια-N1A-ASF *φαραω-N---GSM και-C ου-D ειςακουω-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--GPM καθα-D συντασσω-VAI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM

13 ειπον-VBI-AAI3S δε-X κυριος-N2--NSM προς-P *μωυσης-N1M-ASM ορθριζω-VA--AAD2S ο- A--ASN πρωι-D και-C ιστημι-VH--AAD2S εναντιον-P *φαραω-N---GSM και-C ειπον-VF2-FAI2S προς-P αυτος- D--ASM οδε- D--APN λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM ο- A--GPM *εβραιος-N2--GPM εκ αποστελλω-VA--AAD2S ο- A--ASM λαος-N2--ASM εγω- P--GS ινα-C λατρευω-VA--AAS3P εγω- P--DS

14 εν-P ο- A--DSM γαρ-X νυν-D καιρος-N2--DSM εγω- P--NS εκ αποστελλω-V1--PAI1S πας-A3--APN ο- A--APN συναντημα-N3--APN εγω- P--GS εις-P ο- A--ASF καρδια-N1A-ASF συ- P--GS και-C ο- A--GPM θεραπων-N3--GPM συ- P--GS και-C ο- A--GSM λαος-N2--GSM συ- P--GS ινα-C οιδα-VX--XAS2S οτι-C ου-D ειμι-V9--PAI3S ως-C εγω- P--NS αλλος- D--NSM εν-P πας-A1S-DSF ο- A--DSF γη-N1--DSF

15 νυν-D γαρ-X αποστελλω-VA--AAPNSM ο- A--ASF χειρ-N3--ASF πατασσω-VF--FAI1S συ- P--AS και-C ο- A--ASM λαος-N2--ASM συ- P--GS θανατος-N2--DSM και-C εκτριβω-VF--FMI2S απο-P ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF

16 και-C ενεκεν-P ουτος- D--GSM διατηρεω-VCI-API2S ινα-C ενδεικνυω-VA--AMS1S εν-P συ- P--DS ο- A--ASF ισχυς-N3U-ASF εγω- P--GS και-C οπως-C διααγγελλω-VD--APS3S ο- A--ASN ονομα-N3M-ASN εγω- P--GS εν-P πας-A1S-DSF ο- A--DSF γη-N1--DSF

17 ετι-D ουν-X συ- P--NS ενποιεω-V2--PMI2S ο- A--GSM λαος-N2--GSM εγω- P--GS ο- A--GSN μη-D εκ αποστελλω-VA--AAN αυτος- D--APM

18 ιδου-I εγω- P--NS υω-V1--PAI1S ουτος- D--ASF ο- A--ASF ωρα-N1A-ASF αυριον-D χαλαζα-N1A-ASF πολυς-A1--ASF σφοδρα-D οστις- X--NSF τοιουτος-A1--NSF ου-D γιγνομαι-VX--XAI3S εν-P *αιγυπτος-N2--DSF απο-P ος- --GSF ημερα-N1A-GSF κτιζω-VXI-XPI3S εως-P ο- A--GSF ημερα-N1A-GSF ουτος- D--GSF

19 νυν-D ουν-X κατασπευδω-VA--AAD2S συναγω-VB--AAN ο- A--APN κτηνος-N3E-APN συ- P--GS και-C οσος-A1--APN συ- P--DS ειμι-V9--PAI3S εν-P ο- A--DSN πεδιον-N2N-DSN πας-A3--NPM γαρ-X ο- A--NPM ανθρωπος-N2--NPM και-C ο- A--APN κτηνος-N3E-APN οσος-A1--APN αν-X ευρισκω-VC--APS3S εν-P ο- A--DSN πεδιον-N2N-DSN και-C μη-D ειςερχομαι-VB--AAS3S εις-P οικια-N1A-ASF πιπτω-VB--AAS3S δε-X επι-P αυτος- D--APN ο- A--NSF χαλαζα-N1A-NSF τελευταω-VF--FAI3S

20 ο- A--NSM φοβεω-V2--PMPNSM ο- A--ASN ρημα-N3M-ASN κυριος-N2--GSM ο- A--GPM θεραπων-N3--GPM *φαραω-N---GSM συναγω-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--APN κτηνος-N3E-APN αυτος- D--GSM εις-P ο- A--APM οικος-N2--APM

21 ος- --NSM δε-X μη-D προςεχω-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--DSF διανοια-N1A-DSF εις-P ο- A--ASN ρημα-N3M-ASN κυριος-N2--GSM αποιημι-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--APN κτηνος-N3E-APN εν-P ο- A--DPN πεδιον-N2N-DPN

22 ειπον-VBI-AAI3S δε-X κυριος-N2--NSM προς-P *μωυσης-N1M-ASM εκτεινω-VA--AAD2S ο- A--ASF χειρ-N3--ASF συ- P--GS εις-P ο- A--ASM ουρανος-N2--ASM και-C ειμι-VF--FMI3S χαλαζα-N1A-NSF επι-P πας-A1S-ASF γη-N1--ASF *αιγυπτος-N2--GSF επι-P τε-X ο- A--APM ανθρωπος-N2--APM και-C ο- A--APN κτηνος-N3E-APN και-C επι-P πας-A1S-ASF βοτανη-N1--ASF ο- A--ASF επι-P ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF

23 εκτεινω-VAI-AAI3S δε-X *μωυσης-N1M-NSM ο- A--ASF χειρ-N3--ASF εις-P ο- A--ASM ουρανος-N2--ASM και-C κυριος-N2--NSM διδωμι-VAI-AAI3S φωνη-N1--APF και-C χαλαζα-N1A-ASF και-C διατρεχω-V1I-IAI3S ο- A--ASN πυρ-N3--ASN επι-P ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF και-C βρεχω-VAI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM χαλαζα-N1A-ASF επι-P πας-A1S-ASF γη-N1--ASF *αιγυπτος-N2--GSF

24 ειμι-V9--IAI3S δε-X ο- A--NSF χαλαζα-N1A-NSF και-C ο- A--NSN πυρ-N3--NSN φλογιζω-V1--PAPNSN εν-P ο- A--DSF χαλαζα-N1A-DSF ο- A--NSF δε-X χαλαζα-N1A-NSF πολυς-A1--NSF σφοδρα-D σφοδρα-D οστις- X--NSF τοιουτος-A1--NSF ου-D γιγνομαι-VX--XAI3S εν-P *αιγυπτος-N2--DSF απο-P ος- --GSM γιγνομαι-VM--XMI3S επι-P αυτος- D--GSF εθνος-N3E-ASN

25 πατασσω-VAI-AAI3S δε-X ο- A--NSF χαλαζα-N1A-NSF εν-P πας-A1S-DSF γη-N1--DSF *αιγυπτος-N2--GSF απο-P ανθρωπος-N2--GSM εως-P κτηνος-N3E-GSN και-C πας-A1S-ASF βοτανη-N1--ASF ο- A--ASF εν-P ο- A--DSN πεδιον-N2N-DSN πατασσω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--NSF χαλαζα-N1A-NSF και-C πας-A3--APN ο- A--APN ξυλον-N2N-APN ο- A--APN εν-P ο- A--DPN πεδιον-N2N-DPN συντριβω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--NSF χαλαζα-N1A-NSF

26 πλην-D εν-P γη-N1--DSF *γεσεμ-N---GS ου-D ειμι-V9--IAI3P ο- A--NPM υιος-N2--NPM *ισραηλ-N---GSM ου-D γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S ο- A--NSF χαλαζα-N1A-NSF

27 αποστελλω-VA--AAPNSM δε-X *φαραω-N---NSM καλεω-VAI-AAI3S *μωυσης-N1M-ASM και-C *ααρων-N---ASM και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S αυτος- D--DPM αμαρτανω-VX--XAI1S ο- A--ASN νυν-D ο- A--NSM κυριος-N2--NSM δικαιος-A1A-NSM εγω- P--NS δε-X και-C ο- A--NSM λαος-N2--NSM εγω- P--GS ασεβης-A3H-NPM

28 ευχομαι-VA--AMD2P ουν-X περι-P εγω- P--GS προς-P κυριος-N2--ASM και-C παυω-VA--AMD3S ο- A--GSN γιγνομαι-VC--APN φωνη-N1--APF θεος-N2--GSM και-C χαλαζα-N1A-ASF και-C πυρ-N3--ASN και-C εκ αποστελλω-VF2-FAI1S συ- P--AP και-C ουκετι-D προςτιθημι-VF--FMI2P μενω-V1--PAN

29 ειπον-VBI-AAI3S δε-X αυτος- D--DSM *μωυσης-N1M-NSM ως-D αν-X εκερχομαι-VB--AAS1S ο- A--ASF πολις-N3I-ASF εκπεταννυμι-VF--FAI1S ο- A--APF χειρ-N3--APF εγω- P--GS προς-P κυριος-N2--ASM και-C ο- A--NPF φωνη-N1--NPF παυω-VF--FMI3P και-C ο- A--NSF χαλαζα-N1A-NSF και-C ο- A--NSM υετος-N2--NSM ου-D ειμι-VF--FMI3S ετι-D ινα-C γιγνωσκω-VZ--AAS2S οτι-C ο- A--GSM κυριος-N2--GSM ο- A--NSF γη-N1--NSF

30 και-C συ- P--NS και-C ο- A--NPM θεραπων-N3--NPM συ- P--GS επισταμαι-V6--PMI1S οτι-C ουδεπω-D φοβεω-VX--XMI2P ο- A--ASM κυριος-N2--ASM

31 ο- A--ASN δε-X λινον-N2N-NSN και-C ο- A--NSF κριθη-N1--NSF πλησσω-VDI-API3S ο- A--NSF γαρ-X κριθη-N1--NSF παραιστημι-VXI-XAPNSF ο- A--ASN δε-X λινον-N2N-NSN σπερματιζω-V1--PAPNSN

32 ο- A--NSM δε-X πυρος-N2--NSM και-C ο- A--NSF ολυρα-N1A-NSF ου-D πλησσω-VDI-API3S οψιμος-A1B-NPN γαρ-X ειμι-V9--IAI3S

33 εκερχομαι-VBI-AAI3S δε-X *μωυσης-N1M-NSM απο-P *φαραω-N---GSM εκτος-P ο- A--GSF πολις-N3I-GSF και-C εκπεταννυμι-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--APF χειρ-N3--APF προς-P κυριος-N2--ASM και-C ο- A--NPF φωνη-N1--NPF παυω-VAI-AMI3P και-C ο- A--NSF χαλαζα-N1A-NSF και-C ο- A--NSM υετος-N2--NSM ου-D σταζω-VAI-AAI3S ετι-D επι-P ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF

34 οραω-VB--AAPNSM δε-X *φαραω-N---NSM οτι-C παυω-VM--XMI3S ο- A--NSM υετος-N2--NSM και-C ο- A--NSF χαλαζα-N1A-NSF και-C ο- A--NPF φωνη-N1--NPF προςτιθημι-VEI-AMI3S ο- A--GSN αμαρτανω-V1--PAN και-C βαρυνω-V1I-IAI3S αυτος- D--GSM ο- A--ASF καρδια-N1A-ASF και-C ο- A--GPM θεραπων-N3--GPM αυτος- D--GSM

35 και-C σκληρυνω-VCI-API3S ο- A--NSF καρδια-N1A-NSF *φαραω-N---GSM και-C ου-D εκ αποστελλω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--APM υιος-N2--APM *ισραηλ-N---GSM καθαπερ-D λαλεω-VAI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--DSM *μωυσης-N1M-DSM

   

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485. CHAPTER 11

1. Then I was given a reed like a measuring rod. And the angel stood by, saying, "Rise and measure the temple of God, the altar, and those who worship there.

2. But leave out the court which is outside the temple, and do not measure it, for it has been given to the gentiles. And they will tread the holy city underfoot for forty-two months.

3. And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth."

4. These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands standing before the God of the earth.

5. And if anyone wants to harm them, fire will proceed from their mouth and devour their enemies. And if anyone wants to do them injury, he must be killed in this manner.

6. These have power to shut heaven, so that no rain falls in the days of their prophecy; and they have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they desire.

7. Then, when they finish their testimony, the beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit will make war against them, overcome them, and kill them.

8. And their bodies will lie in the street of the great city which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.

9. Then those from the peoples, tribes, tongues, and nations will see their bodies for three and a half days, and not allow their bodies to be put into tombs.

10. And those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and be glad, and send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.

11. But after the three and a half days the breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them.

12. And they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, "Come up here." And they ascended to heaven in a cloud, and their enemies saw them.

13. In the same hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth part of the city fell. And in the earthquake seven thousand people by name were killed, and the rest were afraid and gave glory to the God of heaven.

14. The second woe is past. Behold, the third woe is coming quickly.

15. Then the seventh angel sounded, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!"

16. And the twenty-four elders who sat before God on their thrones fell on their faces and worshiped God,

17. saying: "We give You thanks, O Lord God Almighty, who are and who were and who are to come, because You have taken Your great power and entered Your kingdom.

18. The nations were angry, and Your wrath has come, and the time to judge the dead, and to reward Your servants the prophets and saints, and those who fear Your name, small and great, and to destroy those who are destroying the earth."

19. Then the temple of God was opened in heaven, and the ark of His covenant was seen in His temple. And there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.

THE SPIRITUAL MEANING

The Contents of the Whole Chapter

The subject continues to be the state of the church among the Protestant Reformed and the character of those inwardly caught up in faith alone in opposition to the two essential elements of the New Church, namely, that the Lord alone is God of heaven and earth, whose humanity is Divine, and that people ought to live in accordance with the Ten Commandments. These two essential elements were proclaimed before them (verses 3-6). But they were utterly rejected (verses 7-10). The Lord revived them (verses 11, 12). Those people perished who rejected them (verse 13). From the New Heaven the state of the New Church was shown (verses 15-19).

The Contents of the Individual Verses:

Verse ContentsSpiritual Meaning
1. Then I was given a reed like a measuring rod.John was given the ability and power to learn and see the state of the church in heaven and in the world.
And the angel stood by, saying, "Rise and measure the temple of God, the altar, and those who worship there.The Lord's presence and His command to see and learn the state of the church in the New Heaven.
2. But leave out the court which is outside the temple, and do not measure it,The state of the church on earth, as it is still, must be set aside and not learned.
for it has been given to the gentiles.Because, owing to evil practices, the state of that church has been lost and forsaken.
And they will tread the holy city underfoot for forty-two months.It has dispelled every truth of the Word to the point that none remains.
3. And I will give power to my two witnesses,Those people who confess and acknowledge from the heart that the Lord is God of heaven and earth, whose humanity is Divine, and who are conjoined with Him by a life in accordance with the Ten Commandments.
and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days,These two - an acknowledgment of the Lord and a life in accordance with the Ten Commandments, which are the two essential elements of the New Church - must be taught until the end and a new beginning.
clothed in sackcloth."The grief experienced meanwhile over the truth's not being accepted.
4. These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands standing before the God of the earth.The love and intelligence, or charity and faith, that people have in them from the Lord.
5. And if anyone wants to harm them, fire will proceed from their mouth and devour their enemies.Anyone who wishes to destroy these two essential elements perishes from a hellish love.
And if anyone wants to do them injury, he must be killed in that way.Anyone who condemns the two essential elements is likewise condemned.
6. These have power to shut heaven, so that no rain falls in the days of their prophecy;People who turn away from these two essential elements cannot receive any truth from heaven.
and they have power over waters to turn them to blood,People who turn away from these two essential elements falsify the Word's truths.
and to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they desire.People who wish to destroy these two essential elements propel themselves into evils and falsities of every kind, as often as, and in the measure that, they do so.
7. Then, when they finish their testimony,After the Lord has taught these two essential elements of the New Church,
the beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit will make war against them, overcome them, and kill them.those people who are caught up in the interior tenets of the doctrine regarding faith alone will reject these two elements.
8. And their bodies will lie in the street of the great cityThese two elements have been utterly rejected.
which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt,The two hellish loves, namely, a love of ruling springing from a love of self, and a love of holding sway from a conceit in one's own intelligence, loves which are present in the church where there is not one God and where the Lord is not worshiped, and where people do not live in accordance with the Ten Commandments.
where also our Lord was crucified.A failure to acknowledge the Lord's Divine humanity, and thus a state in which He is rejected.
9. Then those from the peoples, tribes, tongues, and nations will see their bodies for three and a half days,All those who were or who would be caught up in doctrinal falsities and evil practices at the end of the church still existing, when they have heard and later hear about these two essential elements at the beginning of the New Church,
and not allow their bodies to be put into tombs.have condemned them and will continue to condemn them.
10. And those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and be glad,The delight of the heart and soul's affection among those people in the church caught up in faith alone.
and send gifts to one another,Their consociation by love and friendship.
because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.These two essential elements of the New Church, opposed as they are to the two essential elements accepted in the Protestant Reformed Church, are objects of contempt, distress, and repugnance.
11. But after the three and a half days the breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet,As the New Church commences and grows, these two essential elements are made living by the Lord in people who accept them.
and great fear fell on those who saw them.A disturbance of the mind and alarm at Divine truths.
12. And they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, "Come up here."The two essential elements of the New Church raised by the Lord into heaven, where they originate and where they remain, and where they are protected.
And they ascended to heaven in a cloud,Their elevation into heaven and conjunction with the Lord there through the Divine truth of the Word in its literal sense.
and their enemies saw them.People caught up in a faith divorced from charity heard of these, but remained in their falsities.
13. In the same hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth part of the city fell.A considerable change of state occurring then in those people, and their being plucked away from heaven and sinking into hell.
And in the earthquake seven thousand people by name were killed,All those people who professed faith alone and for that reason made works of charity of no account, perished.
and the rest were afraid and gave glory to the God of heaven.People who saw their destruction acknowledged the Lord and were set apart.
14. The second woe is past. Behold, the third woe is coming quickly.A lamentation over the corrupted state of the church, and lastly a final lamentation, as depicted after this.
15. Then the seventh angel sounded,An examination and exposure of the state of the church after its end, at the time of the Lord's advent and the advent of His kingdom.
and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!"Celebrations on the part of angels, that heaven and the church had become the Lord's, as they had been from the beginning, and that they had now become those of His Divine humanity, thus that the Lord would reign over heaven and earth as regards both aspects of Him to eternity.
16. And the twenty-four elders who sat before God on their thrones fell on their faces and worshiped God,An acknowledgment on the part of all the angels in heaven that the Lord is God of heaven and earth, and their highest adoration of Him.
17. saying: "We give You thanks, O Lord God Almighty, who are and who were and who are to come,A confession and glorification on the part of the angels in heaven, that the Lord is He who exists, lives, and has power of Himself, and who governs all things, because He alone is eternal and infinite.
because You have taken Your great power and entered Your kingdom.The New Heaven and New Church, where people will acknowledge Him alone as God.
18. The nations were angry,People who were caught up in faith alone and thus in evil practices were enraged, and harassed those who opposed their faith.
and Your wrath has come, and the time to judge the dead,Their destruction, and the last judgment on those people who were without any spiritual life.
and to reward Your servants the prophets and saints,The happiness of eternal life for people who possess doctrinal truths from the Word and live in accordance with them.
and those who fear Your name, small and great,People who love things having to do with the Lord, in a lesser or greater degree.
and to destroy those who are destroying the earth."The casting down into hell of the people who destroyed the church.
19. Then the temple of God was opened in heaven, and the ark of His covenant was seen in His temple.The New Heaven, in which the Lord is worshiped in His Divine humanity, and where people live in accordance with the Ten Commandments, which constitute the two essential elements of the New Church that are the means of conjunction.
And there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.The reasonings, disturbances, and falsifications of goodness and truth then in the lower regions.

THE EXPOSITION

Then I was given a reed like a measuring rod. (11:1) This symbolically means that the Lord gave John the ability and power to learn and see the state of the church in heaven and in the world.

A reed symbolizes weak power, the kind a person has of himself, and a rod symbolizes strong power, the kind a person has from the Lord. Consequently John's being given a reed like a measuring rod symbolizes power from the Lord. That it was the ability and power to learn and see the state of the church in heaven and in the world is apparent from the events that follow in this chapter to the end.

[2] That a reed or length of cane symbolizes weak power such as a person has of himself is apparent from the following:

Look, you are relying on the staff of (a) broken reed, on Egypt, which, when a man leans on it, will go into his hand and pierce it. (Isaiah 36:6)

That... the inhabitants of Egypt may know that I am Jehovah, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel. When they took hold of you with the hand, you broke and punctured all their shoulders... (Ezekiel 29:6-7)

Egypt symbolizes the natural person who relies on his own powers, and that is why it is called the staff of a broken reed.

A reed symbolizes weak power, in Isaiah:

A bruised reed He will not break, and smoking flax He will not extinguish. (Isaiah 42:3)

[3] A rod, on the other hand, symbolizes strong power, which comes from the Lord, here the power to learn the state of the church, because John used the rod to measure the temple and altar, and to measure means, symbolically, to learn, and the temple and altar symbolize the church, as depicted next.

A rod symbolizes power because in olden times people in the church made wooden rods, and wood symbolizes goodness. It also substituted for the right hand and supported it, and the right hand symbolizes power. It is owing to this that a scepter is a shortened rod, and a scepter symbolizes the power of a king. Moreover, "scepter" and "rod" in Hebrew are the same word. 1

[4] That a rod symbolizes power is apparent from the following passages:

Say, "How the strong staff is broken, the beautiful rod!" ...Come down from your glory, and sit in thirst. (Jeremiah 48:17-18)

Jehovah shall send the rod of Your strength out of Zion. (Psalms 110:2)

You punctured with his shafts the head of the faithless. (Habakkuk 3:14)

...Israel the rod of (Jehovah's) inheritance. (Jeremiah 10:16; 51:19)

Your rod and Your staff will comfort me. (Psalms 23:4)

Jehovah has broken the staff of the wicked... (Isaiah 14:5, cf. Isaiah 9:4, Psalms 125:3)

My people consult a piece of wood, and their staff answers them. (Hosea 4:12)

...Jehovah... takes away from Jerusalem... the whole staff of bread and the whole staff of water. (Isaiah 3:1, cf. Ezekiel 4:16; 5:16; 14:13, Psalms 105:16, Leviticus 26:26)

A staff of bread and of water symbolizes the power of goodness and truth, and Jerusalem symbolizes the church.

The rod of Levi with the name of Aaron on it, which in the Tabernacle blossomed with almonds (Numbers 17:2-10), symbolizes, in the spiritual sense, nothing else than the power of truth and goodness, because Levi and Aaron symbolized the truth and goodness of the church.

[5] That a rod symbolizes power is apparent from the power of Moses' rod: On being stretched out it turned water into blood (Exodus 7:20). It caused frogs to come up on the land of Egypt (Exodus 8:1ff.). It produced lice (Exodus 8:16f.). It summoned thunder and hail (Exodus 9:23ff.). It caused locusts to come (Exodus 10:12ff.). It caused the Red Sea to be parted and the waters to return (Exodus 14:16, 21, 26). It caused water to flow from the rock at Horeb (Exodus 17:5ff., Numbers 20:7-13). In Moses' hand it enabled Joshua to prevail over the Amalekites (Exodus 17:9-12).

And an angel's staff caused fire to come forth from a rock (Judges 6:21).

It is apparent from these instances that a rod or staff symbolizes power, and also elsewhere, as in Isaiah 10:5, 24, 26; 11:4; 14:29; 30:31-32, Ezekiel 19:10-14, Lamentations 3:1, Micah 7:14, Zechariah 10:11, Numbers 21:18.

脚注:

1. I.e., מַטֶּה.

  
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