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Hoseas 5

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1 Hører dette, I Præster, lyt til du Israels hus, lån Øre, du Kongehus, thi eder gælder Dommen. Thi I blev en Snare for Mizpa, et Garn bredt ud over Tabor,

2 en dyb Faldgrube i Sjittim; men jeg er en Lænke for alle.

3 Efraim kender jeg, ej skjult er Israel for mig; thi du har bolet, Efraim, uren er Israel blevet.

4 Deres Gerninger tillader ikke, at de vender sig til deres Gud; thi Horeånd har de i sig, HE EN kender de ej.

5 Mod Israel vidner dets Hovmod; Efraim styrter for sin Brøde, med dem skal og Juda styrte.

6 Da går de med Småkvæg og Hornkvæg hen for at søge HE EN; men ham skal de ikke finde, thi bort fra dem vil han vige.

7 Troløse var de mod HE EN, thi uægte Børn har de født; nu vil han opsluge dem, Plovmand sammen med Mark.

8 Lad Hornet gjalde i Gibea, Trompeten i ama, opløft åb i Bet-Aven, Benjamin, var dig!

9 Til Ørk skal Efraim blive på Straffens Dag. Jeg kundgør om Israels Stammer, hvad sikkert skal ske.

10 Som Folk, der flytter Skel, blev Judas Fyrster, over dem vil jeg øse min Harme som Vand.

11 Efraim er undertrykt, etten knust; frivilligt løb han efter Fjenden.

12 Jeg er som Møl for Efraim, Edder for Judas Hus.

13 Da Efraim mærked sin Sygdom og Juda mærked sin Byld, gik Efraim hen til Assur, Storkongen sendte han Bud. Men han kan ej give jer Helse, han læger ej eders Byld.

14 Thi jeg er som en Løve for Efraim, en Løveunge for Judas Hus; jeg, jeg river sønder og går, slæber bort, og ingen redder.

15 Jeg går til mit sted igen, indtil de bøder for skylden og søger frem for mit Åsyn, søger mig i deres Trængsel.

   


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True Christian Religion # 314

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314. In the spiritual sense committing adultery means adulterating the various kinds of good in the Word and falsifying its truths. These meanings of committing adultery have until now been unknown, because the spiritual sense of the Word has until now been hidden. It is perfectly plain from the following passages that this and nothing else is meant in the Word by 'committing fornication, committing adultery, and whoring.'

Run up and down the streets of Jerusalem, and seek to find a man who acts righteously and seeks the truth; when I gave them plenty, they went after whores, Jeremiah 5:1, 7.

Among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen horrible obstinacy, in committing adultery and going about lying, Jeremiah 23:14.

They acted foolishly in Israel, they went after whores, and spoke my Word untruthfully, Jeremiah 29:23.

They went after whores, because they have abandoned Jehovah, Hosea 4:10.

I will cut off the soul which pays attention to soothsayers and fortunetellers, to go whoring after them, Leviticus 20:6.

No treaty is to be made with the inhabitants of the land, for fear the people should go whoring after their gods, Exodus 34:15.

Since Babylon stands pre-eminent in adulterating and falsifying the Word, that is why she is called the great prostitute, and the following things are said about her in Revelation:

Babylon has given all nations to drink from the wine of anger of her whoring, Revelation 14:8.

The angel said, I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute, with whom the kings of the earth have gone whoring, Revelation 17:1-2.

He has judged the great prostitute, who corrupted the earth with her whoring, Revelation 19:2.

It was because the Jewish nation falsified the Word that it was called by the Lord 'an adulterous generation' (Matthew 12:39; 16:4; Mark 8:38) and 'the seed of an adulterer' (Isaiah 57:3). In many other passages too adulteries and whoring are to be understood as meaning adulteration and falsification of the Word: e.g, Jeremiah 3:6, 8; 13:27; Ezekiel 16:15-16, 26, 28-29, 32-33; 23:2-3, 5, 7, 11, 14, 17; Hosea 5:3; 6:10; Nahum 3:4.

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