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Deuteronomium 7

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1 Když pak tebe uvede Hospodin Bůh tvůj do země, do kteréž ty již vcházíš, abys vládl jí, a vypléní národy mnohé od tváři tvé, Hetea, Gergezea, Amorea, Kananea, Ferezea, Hevea a Jebuzea, sedm národů větších a silnějších, nežli jsi ty,

2 A dá je Hospodin Bůh tvůj tobě, abys je pobil: jako proklaté vypléníš je, nevejdeš s nimi v smlouvu, aniž slituješ se nad nimi.

3 Nikoli nespřízníš se s nimi; dcery své nedáš synu jejich, a dcery jejich nevezmeš synu svému.

4 Neboť by odvedla syna tvého od následování mne, a sloužili by bohům cizím, pročež popudila by se prchlivost Hospodinova na vás, a zahladila by tě rychle.

5 Ale raději toto jim učiňte: Oltáře jejich zbořte, modly jejich stroskotejte, háje také posekejte, a rytiny jejich ohněm spalte.

6 Nebo ty lid svatý jsi Hospodinu Bohu svému; tebe vyvolil Hospodin Bůh tvůj, abys jemu byl lidem zvláštním, mimo všecky národy, kteříž jsou na zemi.

7 Ne proto, že by vás více bylo nad jiné národy, připojil se k vám Hospodin, a vyvolil vás, (nebo menší vás počet byl nežli jiných národů,)

8 Ale proto, že miloval vás Hospodin, a splniti chtěl přísahu, kterouž přisáhl otcům vašim, vyvedl vás v ruce silné, a vysvobodil vás z domu služby, z ruky Faraona, krále Egyptského.

9 I zvíš, že Hospodin Bůh tvůj jest Bůh, Bůh silný a pravdomluvný, ostříhající smlouvy a milosrdenství těm, kteříž ho milují a ostříhají přikázaní jeho, až do tisícího kolena,

10 Odplacující tomu, kterýž ho nenávidí, v tvář jeho, tak aby zahladil jej. Nebudeť prodlévati; kdož ho nenávidí, v tvář jeho odplatí jemu.

11 Protož ostříhej přikázaní a ustanovení i soudů, kteréž já tobě dnes přikazuji, abys je činil.

12 I budeť to, že když poslouchati budete soudů těchto a ostříhati i činiti je, také Hospodin Bůh tvůj ostříhati bude tobě smlouvy a milosrdenství, kteréž s přísahou zaslíbil otcům tvým.

13 A bude tě milovati, i požehná tobě a rozmnoží tebe. Nebo požehná plodu života tvého a úrodám země tvé, obilí tvému, vínu tvému a oleji tvému, plodu skotů tvých i stádům bravů tvých v zemi, kterouž s přísahou zaslíbil otcům tvým, že ji tobě dá.

14 Požehnaný budeš nad všecky národy; nebude u tebe neplodný aneb neplodná, ani mezi hovady tvými.

15 Vzdálí také od tebe Hospodin všeliký neduh, a všecky zlé nemoci Egyptské, kteréž znáš; nevzloží jich na tebe, ale vzloží je na všecky, kteříž tě nenávidí.

16 A shladíš všecky národy, kteréž Hospodin Bůh tvůj dá tobě. Neslituje se nad nimi oko tvé, aniž sloužiti budeš bohům jejich, nebo to bylo by tobě osídlem.

17 Řekl-li bys v srdci svém: Větší jsou národové tito nežli já, kterak budu moci vyhnati je?

18 Neboj se jich, ale pilně pamatuj na to, co učinil Hospodin Bůh tvůj Faraonovi a všechněm Egyptským,

19 Na pokušení veliká, kteráž viděly oči tvé, i znamení a zázraky, a ruku silnou a rámě vztažené, v kterémž vyvedl tě Hospodin Bůh tvůj. Takť učiní Hospodin Bůh tvůj všechněm národům, kterýchž bys se obával.

20 Nadto sršně pošle Hospodin Bůh tvůj na ně, dokudž by nezhynuli, kteříž by pozůstali, a kteříž by se skryli před tebou.

21 Nelekejž se strachu jejich, nebo Hospodin Bůh tvůj jest u prostřed tebe, Bůh silný, veliký a hrozný.

22 I vypléní Hospodin Bůh tvůj národy ty od tváři tvé pomalu; nebudeš moci pojednou jich shladiti, aby se nerozmnožila proti tobě zvěř polní.

23 A však dá je Hospodin Bůh tvůj tobě, a setře je setřením velikým, dokudž nebudou vyhlazeni.

24 Vydá i krále jejich v ruce tvé, a vyhladíš jméno jejich pod nebem; neostojíť žádný před tebou, až je i vyhladíš.

25 Ryté bohy jejich ohněm popálíš; nepožádáš stříbra a zlata, kteréž jest na nich, aniž ho sobě vezmeš, aby nebylo tobě osídlem, nebo ohavnost jest Hospodinu Bohu tvému.

26 Aniž vneseš ohavnosti do domu svého, abys nebyl proklatý, jako i ona; všelijak v ohyzdnosti a v ohavnosti budeš míti ji, nebo proklatá jest.

   

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946. For Thy judgments have been made manifest, signifies that Divine truths have been revealed to them. This is evident from the signification of "judgments," as being Divine truths (of which presently); also from the signification of "made manifest," as being to be revealed. That Divine truths are revealed at the end of the church, and that they have been revealed, will be shown in what follows in this chapter, because this is there treated of. "Judgments" signify Divine truths because the laws of government in the Lord's spiritual kingdom are called "judgments;" while the laws of government in His celestial kingdom are called "justice." For the laws of government in the Lord's spiritual kingdom are laws from the Divine truth; while the laws of government in the Lord's celestial kingdom are laws from the Divine good. This is why "judgment" and "justice" are mentioned in the Word, in the following passages. In Isaiah:

Of peace there shall be no end upon the throne of David, to establish it, and to uphold it in judgment and in justice from henceforth and to eternity (Isaiah 9:7).

This is said of the Lord and His kingdom. His spiritual kingdom is signified by "the throne of David;" and because this kingdom is in Divine truths from Divine good it is said, "in judgment and in justice."

In Jeremiah:

I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and He shall reign King, and He shall act intelligently, and shall do judgment and justice (Jeremiah 23:5).

This, too, is said of the Lord, and of His spiritual kingdom. And as this kingdom is in Divine truths from Divine good it is said, "He shall reign king, and shall act intelligently, and He shall do judgment and justice." The Lord is called "King," from Divine truth; and as Divine truth is also Divine intelligence it is said that "He shall act intelligently." And as the Divine truth is from the Divine good it is said that "He shall do judgment and justice."

[2] In Isaiah:

Jehovah is exalted, for He dwelleth on high, He hath filled Zion with judgment and justice (Isaiah 33:5).

"Zion" means heaven and the church, where the Lord reigns by the Divine truth; and as all the Divine truth is from the Divine good it is said, "He hath filled Zion with judgment and justice."

In Jeremiah:

I Jehovah doing judgment and justice in the earth; for in these things I am well pleased (Jeremiah 9:24).

Here, too, "judgment and justice" signify the Divine truth from the Divine good.

In Isaiah:

They ask of me the judgments of justice, they long for an approach unto God (5 Isaiah 58:2).

The "judgments of justice" are Divine truths from the Divine good, as are "judgment and justice;" for the spiritual sense conjoins things that the sense of the letter separates.

In Hosea:

I will betroth thee unto Me forever; and I will betroth thee unto Me in justice and in judgment and in mercy and in truth (Hosea 2:19, 20).

This treats of the Lord's celestial kingdom, which consists of those who are in love to the Lord; and as the Lord's conjunction with such is comparatively like the conjunction of a husband with a wife, for so does the good of love conjoin, it is said, "I will betroth thee unto Me in justice and in judgment," "justice" being put here in the first place, and "judgment" in the second, because those who are in the good of love to the Lord are also in truths; for they see truths from good. As "justice" is predicated of good, and "judgment" of truth, it is also said, "in mercy and in truth," "mercy" belonging to good, because it is of love.

[3] In David:

Jehovah is in the heavens. Thy justice is like the mountains of God, and Thy judgments are like the great deep (Psalms 36:5-6).

"Justice" is predicated of the Divine good, and is therefore compared to "the mountains of God;" for "mountains of God" signify the goods of love (See above, n. 405, 510, 850); and "judgments" are predicated of Divine truths, and are therefore compared to "the great deep;" for "the great deep" signifies the Divine truth. From this it can now be seen that "judgments" signify Divine truths.

[4] In many passages in the Word, "judgments," "commandments," and "statutes" are mentioned; and "judgments" there signify civil laws, "commandments" the laws of spiritual life, and "statutes" the laws of worship. That "judgments" signify civil laws, is evident from Exodus (21, 22, 23), where the things commanded are called "judgments" because according to them the judges gave judgments in the gates of the city; nevertheless they signify Divine truths, such as are in the Lord's spiritual kingdom in the heavens, for they contain these in the spiritual sense; as can be (Arcana Coelestia 8971-9103) seen (Arcana Coelestia 9124-9231) from (Arcana Coelestia 9247-9348) the explanation of them in the Arcana Coelestia 8971-9103, 9124-9231, 9247-9348). That the laws given to the sons of Israel were called "judgments, "commandments," and "statutes," can be seen from the following passages.

In Moses:

I will speak unto thee all the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them (Deuteronomy 5:31).

In the same:

These are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which Jehovah your God commanded to teach you (Deuteronomy 6:1).

In the same:

Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them (Deuteronomy 7:11).

In David:

If his sons forsake My law and walk not in My judgments, if they profane My statutes and keep not My commandments, then will I visit their transgression with the rod (Psalms 89:30-32).

So in many other places, as Leviticus 18:5; 19:37; 20:22; 25:18; 26:15; Deuteronomy 4:1; 5:1, 6, 7; 17:19; 26:17; Ezekiel 5:6, 7; 11:12, 20; 18:9; 20:11, 13, 25; 37:24. In these passages "commandments" mean the laws of life, especially those contained in the Decalogue, which are therefore called the Ten Commandments; while "statutes" mean the laws of worship which related especially to sacrifices and holy ministrations; and "judgments" mean civil laws; and as these laws were representative of spiritual laws, they signify such Divine truths as are in the Lord's spiritual kingdom in the heavens.

[5] It follows from this that when man shuns and turns away from evils as sins and is raised up into heaven by the Lord, he is no longer in what is his own (proprium), but in the Lord, and thus he thinks and wills goods. Again, since man acts as he thinks and wills, for every act of man proceeds from the thought of his will, it follows that when he shuns and turns away from evils, he does goods from the Lord and not from self; and this is why shunning evils is doing goods. The goods that a man then does are meant by good works; and good works in their whole complex are meant by charity. Man cannot be reformed unless he thinks, wills, and does as if from himself, since that which is done as if by the man himself is conjoined to him and remains with him, while that which is not done by the man as if from himself, not being received in any life of sense, flows through like ether; and this is why the Lord wills that man should not only shun and turn away from evils as if of himself, but should also think, will, and do as if of himself, and yet acknowledge in heart, that all these things are from the Lord. This he must acknowledge because it is the truth.

  
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