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Miicaah 7

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1 Ho ve al mi! cxar mi farigxis kiel kolektanto de someraj fruktoj kaj de restajxo de vinberoj, kiu ne trovas beron mangxeblan; bonan maturan frukton deziras mia animo.

2 Malaperis piuloj en la lando, kaj ne trovigxas justulo inter la homoj; cxiuj insidas, por versxi sangon, unu la alian cxasas, por pereigi lin.

3 Por pravigi malbonan faron, la estro postulas donacon kaj la jugxisto pagon; la altrangulo parolas, kion li volas, kaj konfuzas la aferojn.

4 La plej bona inter ili estas kiel dornarbetajxo, la justulo estas kiel pikajxa barilo. Sed venos la tago de Via esploro, de Via puno; tiam ili ne scios, kion fari.

5 Ne kredu al proksimulo, ne fidu amikon; kontraux tiu, kiu kusxas cxe via brusto, gardu la aperturon de via busxo;

6 cxar filo malhonoras patron, filino batalas kontraux sia patrino, bofilino kontraux sia bopatrino; la domanoj de homo estas liaj malamikoj.

7 Sed mi rigardas al la Eternulo, mi fidas la Dion de mia savo; mia Dio min auxskultos.

8 Ne gxoju pri mi, mia malamikino:kvankam mi falis, mi relevigxos; kvankam mi estas en mallumo, la Eternulo estas lumo por mi.

9 La koleron de la Eternulo mi portos, cxar mi pekis antaux Li, gxis Li esploros mian aferon kaj faros jugxon super mi; tiam Li elkondukos min en lumon, kaj mi vidos Lian bonecon.

10 Kaj tion vidos mia malamikino, kaj honto sxin kovros pro tio, ke sxi diris al mi:Kie estas la Eternulo, via Dio? Miaj okuloj sxin rigardos tiam, kiam sxi estos piedpremata, kiel koto sur la stratoj.

11 En tiu tempo, kiam viaj muroj estos rekonstruataj, en tiu tempo la legxo disvastigxos malproksime.

12 En tiu tempo oni venos al vi el Asirio kaj el la urboj Egiptaj, de Egiptujo gxis la Rivero, de maro gxis maro, kaj de monto gxis monto.

13 La lando estos dezerta pro gxiaj logxantoj, pro la fruktoj de iliaj agoj.

14 Pasxtu per Via bastono Vian popolon, Vian heredan sxafaron, kiu logxas izolite en la arbaro, meze de Karmel; ili pasxtigxu en Basxan kaj Gilead, kiel en la tempo antikva.

15 Kiel en la tempo de via eliro el la lando Egipta, Mi montros al li mirindajxojn.

16 La nacioj vidos kaj hontos, malgraux ilia tuta potenco; ili metos la manon sur la busxon, iliaj oreloj surdigxos.

17 Ili lekos polvon, kiel serpento; kiel la rampajxoj sur la tero, kun tremado ili elvenos el siaj kasxejoj; ili ektimos la Eternulon, nian Dion, ili ekrespektos Vin.

18 Kiu estas Dio simila al Vi, kiu pardonas malbonagon kaj preterlasas la kulpon de la restajxo de Sia heredajxo, ne konservas por cxiam Sian koleron, cxar Li amas bonfari?

19 Li denove kompatos nin, malgrandigos niajn malbonagojn, kaj jxetos en la profundon de la maro cxiujn niajn pekojn.

20 Vi montros fidelecon al Jakob, favorkorecon al Abraham, kiel Vi jxuris al niaj patroj en la tempo antikva.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 6960

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6960. 'Put your hand into your bosom' means making truth their own. This is clear from the meaning of 'hand' as power, dealt with above in 6947; and from the meaning of 'bosom' as love, for the parts of the chest correspond to love since the chest holds within it the heart, which corresponds to celestial love, and the lungs, which correspond to spiritual love, 3635, 3883-3896, 4112, 4113, 4133. And as 'the bosom' therefore corresponds to love it also means that which is one's own, because what constitutes a person's love is that which is his own. For this reason 'putting a hand into one's bosom' here means making something one's own. The fact that making truth one's own is what is meant is evident from the things that follow in the narrative and also from the consideration that truth is what spiritual power consists in, 6948.

[2] The fact that 'the bosom' means that which is a person's true self, and so that which is his own, and from this means making something one's own and joining to oneself through love, is clear from the following places: In Micah,

Do not trust in a companion, put no confidence in a leader; from her who is lying in your bosom guard the doors of your mouth. Micah 7:5.

'Her lying in the bosom' stands for one who has been joined to another through love. So it is also that a wife is called the wife of her husband's bosom, Deuteronomy 28:54; 2 Samuel 12:8, and a husband is called the husband of his wife's bosom, Deuteronomy 28:56; and this is because one belongs to the other. In David,

My prayer falls back onto my bosom. Psalms 35:13.

This stands for its return to himself. In the same author,

Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants - [how] I bear in my bosom all the great peoples. Psalms 89:50.

This stands for what is present with himself, as that which is his own. In Isaiah,

He pastures His flock like a shepherd, He gathers the lambs into His arm, and He carries them in His bosom. Isaiah 40:11.

Here the meaning is similar.

[3] In Luke,

Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be given into your bosom. Luke 6:38.

'Being given into the bosom' stands for imparting them as their own. In the same gospel,

After that it happened that Lazarus died and was taken away by the angels into Abraham's bosom. Luke 16:22.

'Being taken away into Abraham's bosom' stands for being taken to the Lord - whom 'Abraham' is used to mean - by virtue of being joined to Him through love.

[4] In John,

There was reclining on Jesus' bosom one of the disciples, whom Jesus loved. Falling towards Jesus' breast he said to Him, Lord, who is it? John 13:23, 25.

'Reclining on the bosom' plainly stands for being loved and being joined through love. In the same gospel,

Nobody has ever seen God; the only begotten Son who is in the bosom of the Father, He has made Him known. John 1:18.

'In the bosom of the Father' stands for being one.

[5] 'The bosom' stands for that which is a person's true self, and for making something one's own but not through love, in the following places: In Isaiah,

I will repay, I will repay into their bosom your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together. I will measure the value of their work first into their bosom. Isaiah 65:6-7.

In Jeremiah,

Jehovah shows mercy to thousands and He repays the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their sons after them. Jeremiah 31:18.

In David,

Repay our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom, their reproach to which they have subjected You, O Lord. Psalms 79:12.

'Repaying into their bosom' stands for imparting to their true selves.

  
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