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何西阿書 10

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1 以色列是茂盛的葡萄樹,結果繁多。果子越多,就越增添祭壇土越肥美,就越造美麗的柱像。

2 他們懷二意,現今要定為有罪。耶和華必拆毀他們的祭壇,毀壞他們的柱像。

3 他們必我們沒有王,因為我們不敬畏耶和華。王能為我們做甚麼呢?

4 他們為立約說謊言,起假誓;因此,災罰如苦菜滋生在田間的犁溝中。

5 撒瑪利亞的居民必因伯亞文的牛犢驚恐;崇拜牛犢的民和喜愛牛犢的祭司都必因榮耀離開他,為他悲哀。

6 牛犢帶到亞述當作禮物,獻給耶雷布王。以法蓮必蒙羞;以色列必因自己的計謀慚愧。

7 至於撒瑪利亞,他的王必滅沒,如面的沫子一樣。

8 伯亞文的邱─就是以色列的地方必被毀滅;荊棘和蒺藜必長在他們的祭壇上。他們必對大:遮蓋我們!對小:倒在我們身上!

9 以色列啊,你從基比亞的日子以來時常犯罪。你們的先人曾站在那裡,現今住基比亞的人以為攻擊罪孽之輩的戰事臨不到自己。

10 我必隨意懲罰他們。他們為兩樣的罪所纏;列邦的民必聚集攻擊他們。

11 以法蓮是馴良的母牛犢,喜踹穀,我卻將軛加在他肥美的頸項上,我要使以法蓮拉套(或作:被)。猶大必耕田;雅各地。

12 你們要為自己栽種公,就能收割慈愛。現今正是尋求耶和華的時候;你們要開墾荒地,等他臨到,使公如雨降在你們身上。

13 你們耕種的是奸惡,收割的是罪孽,的是謊話的果子。因你倚靠自己的行為,仰賴勇士眾多,

14 所以在這民中必有鬨嚷之聲,你一切的保障必被拆毀,就如沙勒幔在爭戰的日子拆毀伯亞比勒,將其中的母子一同摔死。

15 因他們的大惡,伯特利必使你們遭遇如此。到了黎明,以色列的王必全然滅絕。

   

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Water is the basis of life, the essential ingredient in all drinks, and in the form of rivers, lakes and oceans supports life in myriad ways. The spiritual meaning of water is similarly basic: It represents truth in general, the ideas and concepts that guide us to do good things in our lives. In a more specific sense, it represents truth at its simplest level: the ideas we learn from the Bible and simply believe. Swedenborg refers to this as “natural” truth or “truths of faith.” They are not things we have explored, figured out or confirmed through life; rather they are things that we accept to be true because we’ve been told they are true. Like water, these ideas flow to us from other sources. And like water, they are ever-changing; to build something permanent we might look to the more permanent ideas represented by stones. But water is crucial to life, and so are these accepted ideas. Water can also, of course, be threatening. Rivers, lakes and oceans are inherently dangerous, and flooding was an ever greater threat in Biblical times than it is now. These aspects represent the opposite meaning – water as falsity, twisted ideas which support evil and can overwhelm and destroy us if we’re not careful.

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