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لانكم بهزتم بالجنب والكتف ونطحتم المريضة بقرونكم حتى شتّتموها الى خارج
Arcana Coelestia # 9081
9081. 'If the ox strikes a male slave with its horn, or a female slave' means if the affection for evil destroys truth or good in the natural. This is clear from the meaning of 'a male slave' as truth in the natural, dealt with in 3019, 3020, 5305, 7998; from the meaning of 'a female slave' as an affection for truth there, dealt with in 1895, 2567, 3835, 3849, 8993, 8994; and from the meaning of 'striking with the horn' as destroying. The words 'striking with the horn' in the Word refer to the destruction of falsity by the power of truth, and in the contrary sense to the destruction of truth by the power of falsity. They do so because 'a horn' means the power of truth that springs from good, or the power of falsity that springs from evil, 2832, as in Ezekiel,
You push with side and shoulder, and strike with your horns all the weak [sheep]. Ezekiel 34:21.
This refers to those who with all their force and power destroy the Church's truths and forms of good by means of fallacious reasonings based on sensory evidence, 'pushing with side and shoulder' meaning with all their force and power, 1085, 4931-4937. From this it is evident why the words 'striking with the horn' are used in Moses,
The firstborn of his cattle has honour, and his horns are unicorn horns. 1 With these he will strike the peoples together to the ends of the earth. Deuteronomy 33:17.
This occurs in Moses' prophetic utterance concerning Joseph, in which 'Joseph' in the internal sense means the Lord's Divine Spiritual, and in the representative sense His spiritual kingdom 'Unicorn horns' means forms of power received from the good and truth of faith; 'striking the peoples' means destroying falsities by means of truths; and 'to the ends of the earth' means on every side where the Church is. In David,
You Yourself are my King. O God; through You we will strike our enemies with the horn. Psalms 44:4-5.
'Striking enemies with the horn' again means destroying falsities by means of the power of the truth and good of faith. Who can fail to see that in these places the words 'striking with the horn' would not have been used, since the action is performed by human beings, but for the meaning of 'horn' as power?
Poznámky pod čarou:
1. i.e. horns that are high and powerful, like the horn of a unicorn
Ezekiel 11
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Moreover the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me to the east gate of Yahweh's house, which looks eastward: and see, at the door of the gate twenty-five men; and I saw in the midst of them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.
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He said to me, Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity, and who give wicked counsel in this city;
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who say, [The time] is not near to build houses: this [city] is the caldron, and we are the flesh.
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Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, son of man.
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The Spirit of Yahweh fell on me, and he said to me, Speak, Thus says Yahweh: Thus you have said, house of Israel; for I know the things that come into your mind.
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You have multiplied your slain in this city, and you have filled its streets with the slain.
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Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Your slain whom you have laid in its midst, they are the flesh, and this [city] is the caldron; but you shall be brought forth out of its midst.
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You have feared the sword; and I will bring the sword on you, says the Lord Yahweh.
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I will bring you forth out of its midst, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.
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You shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
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This [city] shall not be your caldron, neither shall you be the flesh in its midst; I will judge you in the border of Israel;
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and you shall know that I am Yahweh: for you have not walked in my statutes, neither have you executed my ordinances, but have done after the ordinances of the nations that are around you.
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It happened, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down on my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord Yahweh! will you make a full end of the remnant of Israel?
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The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
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Son of man, your brothers, even your brothers, the men of your relatives, and all the house of Israel, all of them, [are they] to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Go far away from Yahweh. This land has been given to us for a possession.
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Therefore say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Whereas I have removed them far off among the nations, and whereas I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them a sanctuary for a little while in the countries where they are come.
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Therefore say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: I will gather you from the peoples, and assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.
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They shall come there, and they shall take away all the detestable things of it and all its abominations from there.
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I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh;
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that they may walk in my statutes, and keep my ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
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But as for them whose heart walks after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will bring their way on their own heads, says the Lord Yahweh.
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Then did the cherubim lift up their wings, and the wheels were beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
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The glory of Yahweh went up from the midst of the city, and stood on the mountain which is on the east side of the city.
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The Spirit lifted me up, and brought me in the vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.
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Then I spoke to them of the captivity all the things that Yahweh had shown me.
