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Hosea 8

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1 Metu trumpeton al via busxo! Li flugas kiel aglo al la domo de la Eternulo, pro tio, ke ili agis kontraux Mia interligo kaj defalis de Mia instruo.

2 Al Mi ili vokos:Ho mia Dio, ni, Izraelidoj, ekkonis Vin.

3 Izrael forpusxis la bonon; malamiko lin persekutos.

4 Ili starigis regxojn, sed ne de Mi; ili starigis princojn, sed sen Mia scio; el sia argxento kaj oro ili faris al si idolojn, por pereigi sin.

5 Forpusxita estas via bovido, ho Samario; ekflamis kontraux ili Mia kolero; kiel longe ankoraux ili ne povos purigxi?

6 CXar gxi estas faritajxo de Izrael; artisto gxin faris, kaj gxi ne estas dio; dispecetigxos la bovido de Samario.

7 CXar ili semas venton, ili rikoltos ventegon; grenon li ne havos; la kreskantajxo ne donos farunon; se gxi ecx donos, fremduloj gxin formangxos.

8 Izrael estas formangxata; nun ili farigxis inter la popoloj kiel senvalora vazo.

9 CXar ili iris en Asirion, kiel sovagxa azeno solece vaganta; la Efraimidoj donis amajn donacojn.

10 Kvankam ili donis donacojn al la nacioj, Mi nun kolektus ilin, por ke ili iom ripozu de la sxargxo de la regxo de la princoj.

11 Sed multe da altaroj konstruis Efraim, por peki; ili farigxis por li altaroj pekigaj.

12 Mi skribis por li la multon de Miaj legxoj; sed li rigardas ilin kiel fremdajxon.

13 La oferojn, donacatajn al Mi, ili bucxas nur pro viando, por gxin mangxi; la Eternulo ne deziras ilin; nun Li rememoros iliajn malbonagojn kaj punos iliajn pekojn; ili revenos en Egiptujon.

14 Izrael forgesis sian Kreinton, kaj konstruas palacojn; Jehuda konstruis multe da fortikigitaj urboj; sed Mi sendos fajron sur liajn urbojn, kaj gxi ekstermos liajn palacojn.

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 243

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243. And white garments, that thou mayest be clothed, signifies genuine truths and intelligence therefrom. This is evident from the signification of "white garments," as being genuine truths, for garments signify truths (See above, n. 195), and "white" signifies what is genuine, and is predicated of truths (See above, n. 196); also from the signification of "to clothe," as being to acquire intelligence for oneself therefrom, for by means of genuine truths all intelligence is acquired; for the human understanding is formed to receive truths, therefore it becomes such as the truths are out of which it is formed. It is supposed that understanding is also the ability to reason from thought and to speak from falsities, and to confirm falsities by many arguments; but this is not understanding, it is only a faculty granted to man with the memory to which it is adjoined, and of which it is an activity. Yet by means of this faculty the understanding is born and formed, so far as man receives truths from affection; but genuine truths it is not possible for any man to receive from affection except only from the Lord, since they are from Him; consequently, to receive understanding, or to become intelligent, is not given to any man, except only from the Lord, but it is given to everyone who applies himself to receive (according to what was said above, n. 239. This, therefore, is signified by "I counsel thee to buy of Me white garments, that thou mayest be clothed."

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 3105

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3105. 'And two bracelets' means Divine Truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'bracelets' as truth, and here as Divine Truth since the subject in the internal sense is the Lord. The word 'two' is used because what is complete is then meant. The reason those bracelets were, placed over a bride's hands was that 'the bride' meant the Church and 'her hands' the powers derived from truth - 'the hands' having reference to truth, see 3091. That 'bracelets' means such things may be seen in Ezekiel 16:11-12, dealt with above in 3103, and again in the same prophet, in 23:42. Furthermore 'bracelets' were intended not only for a bride but also for a king, though a king wore them on his arm, as is clear in 2 Samuel 1:10, the reason being that kingship represented and also meant Divine Truth, which was the Lord's, 1672, 1728, 2015, 2069, 3009, and 'arm' meant power, 878.

  
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