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約拿書 3

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1 耶和華的二次臨到約拿說:

2 起來!往尼尼微城去,向其中的居民宣告我所吩咐你的話。

3 約拿便照耶和華的起來,往尼尼微去。這尼尼微是極的城,有日的路程。

4 約拿進城走了日,宣告:再等四十日,尼尼微傾覆了!

5 尼尼微人信服,便宣告禁食,從最的到至小的都穿麻衣(或譯:披上麻布)。

6 這信息傳到尼尼微王的耳中,他就下了寶座,脫下朝服,披上麻布在灰中。

7 他又使人遍告尼尼微通城,:王和臣有令,人不可嘗甚麼,牲畜、牛不可吃草,也不可

8 牲畜都當披上麻布要切切求告。各回頭離開所行的惡道,丟棄手中的強暴。

9 或者意後悔,不發烈怒,使我們不致滅亡,也未可知。

10 於是他們的行為,見他們離開惡道,他就後悔,不把所的災禍降與他們了。

   

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"Boy Drinking" by Annibale Carracci

Food in the Bible represents the desire for good, and water and other drinks represent the understanding and true ideas we need to recognize what good is and how to bring it into being – or simple "truth," as Swedenborg puts it. When people (or animals) in the Bible drink, then, it represents learning true things and internalizing them so they can be used. In the contrary sense it can mean taking in false ideas instead, and allowing them to pollute the mind. When a person drinks clean water, it represents getting simple, external ideas from the Bible. Drinking good wine represents learning the deeper spiritual ideas that lie within the stories of the Bible. This is why Jesus said to the Samaritan woman that the water He gave would be a "well springing up to everlasting life" (John 4:14). The details of the instruction can also vary depending on who or what is drinking. When Rebekah gives water to the camels of Abraham's servant (Genesis 24) this means instruction about known facts from the Bible to the external part of the mind. When Jacob waters Laban's flock of sheep (Genesis 29), this means instruction from doctrine about loving what is good.