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Habakkuk 3

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1 Pregxo de la profeto HXabakuk laux maniero de psalmoj.

2 Ho Eternulo, mi auxdis la sciigon pri Vi, kaj mi ektimis. Ho Eternulo, vivigu Vian faritajxon en la mezo de la jaroj, Montru en la mezo de la jaroj, Ke ecx en kolero Vi memoras pri kompato.

3 Dio venas de Teman, La Sanktulo de la monto Paran. Sela. Lia majesto kovras la cxielon, Kaj Lia gloro plenigas la teron.

4 Lia brilo estas kiel hela lumo, Radioj iras el Lia mano, Kaj tie estas kasxita Lia potenco.

5 Antaux Li iras pesto, Kaj fajro sekvas Liajn piedojn.

6 Li starigxis, kaj ekmezuris la teron; Li ekrigardis, kaj tremigis la naciojn; Dissaltis eternaj montoj, Klinigxis eternaj montetoj, Kiam Li ekpasxis kiel en la tempo antikva.

7 En mizera stato mi vidis la tendojn de Kusxan; Skuigxis la tapisxoj de la lando Midjan.

8 CXu kontraux riveroj koleris la Eternulo? CXu kontraux la riveroj Vi ekflamigxis, Aux cxu kontraux la maro estis Via indigno, Ke Vi ekrajdis sur Viaj cxevaloj, Ekveturis sur Viaj venkaj cxaroj?

9 Vi eltiris Vian pafarkon, Konforme al jxura promeso, kiun Vi donis al la triboj. Sela. Per riveroj Vi dividis la teron.

10 Ektremis la montoj, kiam ili Vin vidis; La fluo de la akvo pasis, La abismo ekbruis, La altajxo levis siajn manojn.

11 La suno kaj la luno haltis sur sia loko; Kun brilo iras Viaj sagoj, Kun fulmo Viaj lancoj.

12 Kun kolero Vi pasxas sur la tero, Kun indigno Vi piedpremas naciojn.

13 Vi elpasxis, por helpi al Via popolo, Por helpi al Via sanktoleito. Vi frakasas la supron de la domo de malpiulo, Nudigas la fundamenton gxis la kolo. Sela.

14 Vi trapikis per liaj lancoj la kapojn de liaj tacxmentestroj, Kiam ili sin jxetis ventege, por dispeli min kun gxojo, Kvazaux englutante mizerulon kasxe.

15 Vi pasxis kun Viaj cxevaloj tra la maro, Tra la sxlimo de granda akvo.

16 Mi auxdis, kaj mia interno ekskuigxis; Pro la bruo ektremis miaj lipoj, Putro venis en miajn ostojn, kaj la loko sub mi eksxanceligxis; Dume mi devas esti trankvila en la tago de malfelicxo, Kiam sur mian popolon iras gxia atakanto.

17 Kiam la figarbo ne floros, La vinberbrancxoj ne donos fruktojn, La olivarbo rifuzos sian laboron, La plugokampoj ne donos mangxajxon, La sxafoj estos forkaptitaj el la sxafejo, Kaj en la staloj ne trovigxos bovoj:

18 Ecx tiam mi gxojos pri la Eternulo, Mi estos gaja pri la Dio de mia savo.

19 La Eternulo, la Sinjoro, estas mia forto; Li faras miajn piedojn kiel cxe cervo, Kaj venigas min sur miajn altajxojn. Al Li, la Venkanto, iru miaj kantoj.

   

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3542. 'And on the smooth of his neck' means so that truth which disjoined was not apparent. This is clear from 'smooth' or 'the smooth' having reference to truth, dealt with in 3527, and from the meaning of 'the neck' as that which joins together, dealt with below. Here therefore, since the appearance was 'on the smooth of his neck' it means so that truth which disjoins was not apparent. The implications of all this may be seen from what has been stated and shown above in 3539, to the effect that the good and the truths which flow from the understanding but not at the same time from the will are neither good nor truths, no matter how much they seem to be so to outward appearance. And if the will is bent on evil, good and truths are disjoined and do not join together. But if the will is in some measure desirous of good, they do not in that case disjoin but join together, even though the order in which they stand is the reverse of proper order; for it is by means of such good and truths that a person is regenerated. And because such good and truths standing thus serve first in the regeneration of man it is said that truth which disjoined would not be apparent. But more of this in what follows below.

[2] The reason why 'the neck' means that which joins together is that higher things with man which belong to the head communicate with lower that belong to the body by means of the neck between. Consequently both influx and communication, and therefore conjunction, are meant by that which lies between. This will be seen far more clearly from the correspondences of the Grand Man with the parts of the human body, to be dealt with at the ends of chapters. The same is consequently meant in the Word by 'the neck', as in Isaiah,

His spirit, like an overflowing stream, will divide even at the neck. Isaiah 30:28.

Here 'an overflowing stream' stands for falsity flowing over in this fashion. 'Dividing at the neck' stands for blocking and cutting off the communication and consequent joining together of higher things with lower ones, which are blocked and cut off when spiritual good and truth are not being received.

[3] In Habakkuk,

You crushed the head from the house of the wicked, laying bare the foundation even at the neck. Habakkuk 3:13.

'Crushing the head from the house of the wicked' stands for destroying false assumptions. 'Laying bare the foundation even at the neck' stands for preventing thereby any joining together. In Jeremiah,

Entangled transgressions have risen up above my neck. He has struck at my strength; the Lord has given me into [their] hands; I am unable to rise up again. Lamentations 1:14.

'Entangled transgressions have risen up above my neck' stands for falsities coming up towards interior or rational things.

[4] Because 'the neck' meant that communication and joining together, 'bands around the neck' therefore meant the cutting off and so the destruction of truth, which occurs when spiritual things that are flowing in constantly from the Lord are no longer allowed to pass into the rational part of a person's mind, nor as a consequence into the natural part. It is this cutting off or destruction that is represented by Jeremiah's being told to make bands and bars for himself and put them on his neck; to send them to different peoples and say that they would be serving Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babel; and to say that those who did not place their necks under his yoke would be visited by sword, famine, and pestilence; but those who did bring their necks under it would be left in the land, Jeremiah 27:2-3, 8, 11. 'Placing the neck under the yoke of the king of Babel and serving him' stands for being made desolate as regards truth and vastated as regards good. For 'Babel' means one who lays waste, see 1327 (end); and people undergo vastation to prevent holy things from being profaned, 301-303, 1327, 1328, 2426, 3398, 3399, 3402. And since evil and falsity come to be served once the influx of good and truth has been cut off, 'placing the neck under the yoke' also means serving. In the same prophet,

Jehovah said, I will break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babel from over the neck of all nations within two years. Jeremiah 28:11.

This stands for their being delivered from vastation. In Isaiah,

Shake yourself from the dust, arise, sit, O Jerusalem; loose the bonds from your neck, O captive daughter of Zion. Isaiah 52:2.

'Loosing the bonds from the neck' stands for letting in and receiving good and truth In Micah,

Behold, against this family I am devising this evil from which you will not remove your necks nor go erect, for that will be a time of evil. Micah 2:3.

'Not removing necks from evil' stands for not letting truth in. 'Not going erect' stands for not looking up to higher things, that is, to those of heaven, 248.

  
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