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Amos 9

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1 Mi vidis la Eternulon, kiu staris super la altaro; kaj Li diris:Frapu la kapitelon, ke la fostoj ekskuigxu kaj la pecoj falu sur la kapojn de cxiuj; kaj ilian naskitaron Mi mortigos per glavo, neniu el ili forkuros, neniu el ili savigxos.

2 Ecx se ili enfosus sin en SXeolon, ecx de tie Mia mano ilin prenos; ecx se ili suprenirus en la cxielon, Mi de tie depusxos ilin.

3 Se ili kasxus sin sur la supro de Karmel, Mi tie elsercxos kaj prenos ilin; se ili kasxigxus for de Miaj okuloj sur la fundo de la maro, ecx tie Mi ordonos al la serpento, ke gxi piku ilin.

4 Se ili iros en forkaptitecon antaux siaj malamikoj, ankaux tie Mi ordonos al la glavo mortigi ilin. Mi direktos sur ilin Miajn okulojn por malfelicxo, ne por bono.

5 La Sinjoro, la Eternulo Cebaot, ektusxas landon, kaj gxi tiam fandigxas, kaj cxiuj logxantoj ploras; gxi tuta ekskuigxas kiel lago, mallevigxas kiel la Rivero de Egiptujo.

6 Li konstruis Sian logxejon en la cxielo, kaj Sian firmamenton Li fundamentis sur la tero; Li vokas la akvon de la maro kaj versxas gxin sur la teron; Lia nomo estas Eternulo.

7 CXu vi ne estas por Mi kiel la Etiopoj, ho Izraelidoj? diras la Eternulo; cxu Mi ne elkondukis Izraelon el la lando Egipta, la Filisxtojn el Kaftor, kaj la Sirianojn el Kir?

8 Jen la okuloj de la Sinjoro, la Eternulo, estas direktitaj sur la pekan regnon, kaj Mi ekstermos gxin de sur la tero; tamen ne tute Mi ekstermos la domon de Jakob, diras la Eternulo.

9 Jen Mi ordonos, kaj disjxetigos la domon de Izrael inter cxiujn naciojn, kiel oni disjxetas per kribrilo, kaj ecx unu grajno ne falos sur la teron.

10 De glavo mortos cxiuj pekuloj de Mia popolo, kiuj diras:Malfelicxo ne alproksimigxos al ni kaj ne trafos nin.

11 En tiu tempo Mi restarigos la falintan tabernaklon de David, Mi resxtopos gxiajn brecxojn, Mi restarigos la detruitajxon, kaj Mi rekonstruos gxin, kiel en la tempo antikva,

12 por ke ili ekposedu la restajxon de Edom kaj ankaux cxiujn naciojn, inter kiuj estos proklamata Mia nomo, diras la Eternulo, kiu tion faras.

13 Jen venos tagoj, diras la Eternulo, kiam la pluganto renkontigxos kun la rikoltanto, la vinberpremanto kun la semanto; kaj la montoj elgutigos dolcxan sukon, kaj cxiuj montetoj farigxos fruktoportaj.

14 Kaj Mi revenigos la forkaptitojn de Mia popolo Izrael, ili rekonstruos la ruinigitajn urbojn, enlogxigxos, plantos vinbergxardenojn kaj trinkos ilian vinon, arangxos gxardenojn kaj mangxos iliajn fruktojn.

15 Kaj Mi replantos ilin sur ilia tero, kaj ili ne plu estos elsxirataj el sia tero, kiun Mi donis al ili, diras la Eternulo, via Dio.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 9125

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9125. 'If a thief is caught digging through' means if it is not apparent that good or truth is being taken away. This is clear from the meaning of 'digging through' as perpetrating evil in concealment, and - when said of a thief - as taking away good or truth by means of falsity arising from evil so as not to be seen, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'a thief' as one who takes away good and truth, dealt with in 5135, 8906, 9018, 9020, and in the abstract sense as truth or good that has been taken away. The term 'abstract sense' is used because angels, who see the internal sense of the Word, think in abstraction from persons, 5225, 5287, 5434, 8343, 8985, 9007. The Word too in its internal sense has spiritual realities instead of worldly objects, without any narrowing down to persons or places.

[2] As regards the meaning of 'digging through' as perpetrating evil in concealment, and - when said of a thief - as taking away good or truth by means of falsity arising from evil so as not to be seen, all this is evident from the consideration that a distinction is drawn here between a theft committed by digging through and a theft committed when the sun has risen, spoken of in the next verse. That 'digging through' has this meaning is also clear from places in the Word in which the expression occurs, as in Jeremiah,

Yes, in your skirts the blood of poor innocent souls is found. I have found those things not by digging through but on them all. Jeremiah 2:34.

This refers to foul kinds of love and the evils resulting from them. 'I have found those things not by digging through' stands for not discovering them by investigating secretly. Therefore it says those things are 'on them all', that is, they are visible everywhere. In Ezekiel,

He brought me to the door of the court, where I looked, and behold, a hole in the wall. He said to me, Dig, now, through the wall. I therefore dug through the wall, and behold, a door. Ezekiel 8:7-8.

This refers to the abominations of the house of Israel which they performed secretly. 'Digging through the wall' means going in secretly and seeing what they do. In Amos,

If they dig through into hell, from there My hand will take them. Or if they mount up into heaven, from there I will throw them down. Amos 9:2.

'Digging through into hell' means hiding oneself there, and so among falsities arising from evil. Hell consists in falsity arising from evil, since that falsity reigns there. The falsities there are called darkness, within which they hide away from the light of heaven; for they flee from the light of heaven, which is Divine Truth from the Lord. In Job,

The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight, saying, No eye will see me. And he will put on a covering for his face. He digs through 1 houses in the darkness. In the daytime they mark [them] for themselves; they do not acknowledge the light. For the morning is the same to them as the shadow of death, since they acknowledge the terrors of the shadow of death. Job 24:15-17.

Here 'digging through houses' plainly stands for secretly plundering another's goods. For it says that 'he digs through houses in the darkness'; that he watches for twilight, so that no eye may see him; that he puts a covering on his face; they do not acknowledge the light; also that the morning is the shadow of death to them.

[3] The use of 'digging through a house' to mean secretly taking away another's good has its origin in representatives in the next life. There when angels are talking about falsity secretly destroying good, this destruction appears as the digging through of a wall when it is represented on a lower level, where the things angels talk about are manifested in visual images. On the other hand, when angels are talking about truth approaching good and linking itself to it, that approach is represented as an open door through which people enter. This is why the Lord, who spoke in accordance with representatives in heaven and in accordance with correspondences, says in John,

Truly, truly, I say to you, He who does not enter by the door into the sheepfold but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. John 10:1-2.

And in Luke,

Know this, that if the householder had known at what hour the thief was coming he would certainly have been awake and would not have permitted his house to be dug through. 2 Luke 12:39.

Here also 'the thief' is one who destroys forms of the good of faith by means of falsities. 'Digging through a house' means carrying out such destruction secretly, since it is done when the householder is not awake. So it is also that coming like a thief means coming without being recognized, because he does not come through the door but by some other way. In John,

If you are not awake I will come upon you like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come upon you. Revelation 3:3.

And in the same book,

Behold, I am coming like a thief; blessed is he who is awake. Revelation 16:15.

'Coming like a thief' means coming without being recognized and unexpectedly.

The Lord is spoken of in such a way because the meaning is that the door in a person is closed by falsity arising from evil.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. or He breaks into

2. or to be broken into

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