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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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9331. 'And I will send the hornet before you' means the dread felt by those who are steeped in falsities arising from evil. This is clear from the meaning of 'hornets' as falsities that are stinging and lethal and therefore cause feelings of dread. Terror is used in reference to those immersed in evils, and dread to those steeped in falsities; regarding the terror felt by the former, see above in 9327. The reason why the dread felt by those steeped in falsities is meant by 'hornets' is that these are winged creatures equipped with stings with which they can administer venomous pricks. For living creatures both great and small mean such things as compose human affections, that is, such as are connected with the will, or else they mean such things as compose human thoughts, that is, such as are connected with the understanding. For everything without exception in the human being has connection either with his will or with his understanding. Things that have no connection with one or the other do not exist in the human being, and so are not part of the human being. Creatures that walk and also ones that creep mean affections in both senses, and so mean forms of good or else evils since these belong to the affections, whereas flying creatures, including insects with wings, mean such things as belong to thought in both senses, and so mean truths or else falsities since these belong to thoughts.

Living creatures mean forms of good or else evils, see 9280. Ones that creep mean forms of good or else evils on the external level of the senses, 746, 909, 994. Flying creatures mean truths or falsities, 40, 745, 776, 778, 866, 911, 988, 3219, 5149, 7441. Consequently insects with wings mean the same things, but as they exist on the outermost levels of the human mind.

[2] But falsities, which are the subject now, are of many kinds. There are falsities which do no harm, there are falsities which do slight harm and those which do serious harm, and there are also those which are lethal. What kind they are is recognized from the evils they arise from. Every falsity that is harmful or that is lethal owes its existence to evil; for falsity arising from evil is evil revealing itself in an outward form. In the next life also, when such falsities are represented visually, they are seen as swarms of filthy insects and flying creatures, a terrifying sight that is determined by the type of evil from which the falsities derive. From all this it is evident why it is that the dread felt by those steeped in falsities arising from evil is meant by 'hornets'. Similarly in Deuteronomy,

Jehovah your God will send the hornet among them, until those who are left and hide themselves from you have perished. Deuteronomy 7:20.

[3] Throughout the Word various types of insects are mentioned, and wherever they are mentioned they mean falsities or evils in the outermost levels of the human mind, or the external level of the senses. These evils and falsities have their origin in the illusions of the senses and in various bodily pleasures and appetites, which mislead by means of their allurements and by outward appearances, and cause reason to assent to and so become immersed in falsities arising from evil. This type of falsities is meant by 'the noxious flying insects' of Egypt, see 7441, and likewise by 'the locusts' there, 7643. By 'the frogs' of Egypt reasonings arising from falsities are meant, 7351, 7352, 7384; by 'the lice' there evils of the same kind are meant, 7419; and by 'worms' falsities that devour and torment, 8481.

[4] Such evils and falsities are also meant by the various types of insects referred to in the following places: In Isaiah,

It will happen on that day, that Jehovah will whistle for the fly that is in the farthest part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Asshur. They will come and all of them will rest in the river of desolations, and in the clefts of the rocks, and in all bushes. Isaiah 7:18-19.

This refers to the Lord's Coming, and to the state of the Church then. 'The fly in the farthest part of the rivers of Egypt' is falsity on the outermost levels of the human mind, that is, on the external level of the senses, 7441. 'The bee in the land of Asshur' is falsity perverting reasonings in the mind; for 'Asshur' means reasoning, 1186. 'The river of desolations' is falsity reigning everywhere; 'the clefts of the rocks' are the truths of faith lying in obscurity, because they have been removed from the light of heaven, 8581 (end); and 'bushes' are similar but newly developing truths, 2682.

[5] In Amos,

I struck you with blight and mildew; your very many gardens, and your vineyards, and your fig trees, and your olive trees the caterpillar (eruca) devoured. Amos 4:9.

In Joel,

What the caterpillar (eruca) has left the locust will devour, and what the locust has left the beetle (melolontha) will devour, and what the beetle has left the bruchus 1 will devour. Awake, you drunkards; and wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the new wine that has been cut off from your mouth. Joel 1:4-5.

In the same prophet,

The threshing-floors are full of clean grain; the presses overflow with new wine and oil. And I will recompense for you the years that the locust has consumed, the beetle (melolontha), and the bruchus, and the caterpillar (eruca), My great army which I sent among you. Joel 2:24-25.

Here falsities and evils on the outermost levels or the external level of the senses of a member of the Church are meant by these types of insects, as is evident from the specific details in these quotations; for they refer to the perversion of the Church's truth and good. What 'the locust' and what 'the bruchus' mean may be seen in 7643; and the fact that the Church's forms of good and its truths in general are meant by 'gardens', 'vineyards', 'fig trees', 'olive trees', 'wine', and 'new wine', which are destroyed by such creatures, has been shown often in explanations.

[6] In David,

He caused frogs to crawl forth onto their land, into the chambers of their kings. He spoke, that a swarm might come, lice in all their borders. Psalms 105:30-31.

This refers to Egypt. What is meant by 'frogs' there, see 7351, 7352, 7384; and what by 'lice', 7419. In Moses,

You will plant and dress vineyards, but not drink wine nor gather [the fruit]; for the worm will eat it. Deuteronomy 28:39.

'The worm' stands for all such falsity and evil in general.

[7] In Isaiah,

Do not fear the reproach of man (homo), and do not be dismayed by their slanders. For the moth will devour them as a garment, and the grub will devour them as wool. Isaiah 51:7-8.

'The moth' stands for falsities on the outermost levels of the human mind, and 'the grub' for evils there. For 'a garment' which the moth will devour means the lower or more external truths that belong to the sensory level of the human mind, 2576, 5248, 6377, 6918, 9158, 9212; and 'wool' which the grub will devour means the lower or more external forms of good that belong to the sensory level of the human mind, as is evident from many places in the Word, and also from the meaning of 'a sheep', from which wool is obtained, as the good of charity, 4169. What exactly are the outermost levels of the natural man, which are called those of the senses, and what they are like, see 4009, 5077, 5081, 5084, 5089, 5094, 5125, 5128, 5580, 5767, 5774, 6183, 6201, 6310-6318, 6564, 6598, 6612, 6614, 6622, 6624, 6844, 6845, 6948, 6949, 7442, 7645, 7693, 9212, 9216.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. i.e. a (wingless) kind of locust, possibly the larva of a locust

  
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