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何西阿書 11

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1 以色列年幼的時候,我他,就從埃及召出我的兒子來。

2 先知越發招呼他們,他們越發走開,向諸巴力獻祭,給雕刻的偶像燒香。

3 我原教導以法蓮行走,用膀抱著他們,他們卻不知道是我醫治他們。

4 我用慈(慈:原文是人的)愛索牽引他們;我待他們如人放鬆牛的兩腮夾板,把糧食放在他們面前。

5 他們必不歸回埃及,亞述人卻要作他們的王,因他們不肯歸向我。

6 必臨到他們的城邑,毀壞門閂,把人吞滅,都因他們隨從自己的計謀。

7 我的民偏要背道離開我;眾先知雖然招呼他們歸向至上的主,卻無人尊崇主。

8 以法蓮哪,我怎能捨棄你?以色列啊,我怎能棄絕你?我怎能使你如押瑪?怎能使你如洗扁?我回意,我的憐愛大大發動。

9 我必不發猛烈的怒氣,也不再毀滅以法蓮。因我是神,並非世,是你們中間的聖者;我必不在怒中臨到你們。

10 耶和華必如獅子吼叫,子民必跟隨他。他一吼叫,他們就從西方急速而來。

11 他們必如雀埃及急速而來,又如鴿子從亞述來到。我必使他們自己的房屋。這是耶和華的。

12 以法蓮用謊話,以色列家用詭計圍繞我;猶大卻靠神掌權,向聖者有忠心(或譯:猶大向神,向誠實的聖者猶疑不定)。

   

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The Inner Meaning of the Prophets and Psalms # 194

  
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194. Internal Meaning of Hosea, Chapter 11

1 That Israel, the Lord, was brought down into Egypt, means that they were instructed in the first principles of the church. (1, 13)

2 They were there in natural desire and knowledge [scientia]. (11)

3 They were instructed in cognitions and knowledges [scientiae]. (11, 2)

5-8 When they have become spiritual, they will no longer be natural, since they will thus destroy truths and the understanding of them; (11)

9-11 but from their having been in knowledges [scientiae] they will have intelligence from the Lord. (11)

12 The understanding of the Word was falsified, although the Word is the Lord's. (2)

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Foundation for the permission to use this translation.