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1 Und Debora und Barak, der Sohn Abinoams, sangen an selbigem Tage und sprachen:

2 Weil Führer führten in Israel, weil freiwillig sich stellte das Volk, preiset Jehova!

3 Höret, ihr Könige; horchet auf, ihr Fürsten! Ich will, ja, ich will Jehova singen und spielen Jehova, dem Gott Israels!

4 Jehova! Als du auszogest von Seir, als du einherschrittest vom Gefilde Edoms, da erzitterte die Erde; auch troffen die Himmel, auch troffen die Wolken von Wasser.

5 Die Berge erbebten vor Jehova, jener Sinai vor Jehova, dem Gott Israels.

6 In den Tagen Schamgars, des Sohnes Anaths, in den Tagen Jaels feierten die Pfade, und die Wanderer betretener Wege gingen krumme Pfade.

7 Es feierten die Landstädte in Israel, sie feierten, bis ich, Debora, aufstand, bis ich aufstand, eine Mutter in Israel.

8 Es erwählte neue Götter; da war Streit an den Toren! Ward wohl Schild und Lanze gesehen unter vierzigtausend in Israel?

9 Mein Herz gehört den Führern Israels, denen, die sich freiwillig stellten im Volke. Preiset Jehova!

10 Die ihr reitet auf weißroten Eselinnen, die ihr sitzet auf Teppichen, und die ihr wandelt auf dem Wege, singet!

11 Fern von der Stimme der Bogenschützen, zwischen den Schöpfrinnen, dort sollen sie preisen die gerechten Taten Jehovas, die gerechten Taten an seinen Landstädten in Israel. Da zog das Volk Jehovas hinab zu den Toren.

12 Wache auf, wache auf, Debora! Wache auf, wache auf, sprich ein Lied! Mache dich auf, Barak, und führe gefangen deine Gefangenen, Sohn Abinoams!

13 Da zog hinab ein Überrest der Edlen und des Volkes; Jehova zog zu mir herab unter den Helden.

14 Von Ephraim zogen hinab, deren Stammsitz unter Amalek ist; hinter dir her Benjamin, unter deinen Völkern; von Makir zogen hinab die Führer, und von Sebulon, die den Feldherrnstab halten.

15 Und die Fürsten in Issaschar waren mit Debora; und Issaschar gleich Barak; er wurde seinen Füßen nach ins Tal gesandt. An den Bächen Rubens waren große Beschlüsse des Herzens.

16 Warum bliebest du zwischen den Hürden, das Flöten bei den Herden zu hören? An den Bächen Rubens waren große Beratungen des Herzens.

17 Gilead ruhte jenseit des Jordan; und Dan, warum weilte er auf Schiffen? Aser blieb am Gestade des Meeres, und an seinen Buchten ruhte er.

18 Sebulon ist ein Volk, das seine Seele dem Tode preisgab, auch Naphtali auf den Höhen des Gefildes.

19 Könige kamen, sie stritten; da stritten die Könige Kanaans zu Taanak an den Wassern Megiddos: Beute an Silber trugen sie nicht davon.

20 Vom Himmel her stritten, von ihren Bahnen aus stritten die Sterne mit Sisera.

21 Der Bach Kison riß sie hinweg, der Bach der Urzeit, der Bach Kison. Du, meine Seele, tratest die Starken nieder!

22 Da stampften die Hufe der Rosse vom Rennen, dem Rennen ihrer Gewaltigen.

23 Fluchet Meros! spricht der Engel Jehovas, verfluchet seine Bewohner! Denn sie sind nicht Jehova zu Hilfe gekommen, Jehova zu Hilfe unter den Helden.

24 Gesegnet vor Weibern sei Jael, das Weib Hebers, des Keniters, vor Weibern in Zelten Gesegnet!

25 Wasser verlangte er, Milch gab sie; in einer Schale der Edlen reichte sie geronnene Milch.

26 Ihre Hand streckte sie aus nach dem Pflocke und ihre Rechte nach dem Hammer der Arbeiter; und sie hämmerte auf Sisera, zerschmetterte sein Haupt und zerschlug und durchbohrte seine Schläfe.

27 Zwischen ihren Füßen krümmte er sich, fiel, lag da; zwischen ihren Füßen krümmte er sich, fiel; da, wo er sich krümmte, fiel er überwältigt.

28 Durchs Fenster schaute aus Siseras Mutter und rief ängstlich durch das Gitter: Warum zaudert sein Wagen zu kommen? Warum zögern die Tritte seiner Gespanne?

29 Die Klugen unter ihren Edelfrauen antworten ihr, und sie selbst erwidert sich ihre Reden:

30 Finden sie nicht, teilen sie nicht Beute? Ein Mädchen, zwei Mädchen auf den Kopf eines Mannes? Beute an bunten Gewändern für Sisera, Beute an buntgewirkten Gewändern; zwei buntgewirkte Gewänder für den Hals der Gefangenen. -

31 Also mögen umkommen alle deine Feinde, Jehova! Aber die ihn lieben, seien wie die Sonne aufgeht in ihrer Kraft! Und das Land hatte Ruhe vierzig Jahre.

   

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9408. 'And it was like the substance of the sky for clearness' means the translucence of the angelic heaven. This is clear from the meaning of 'the sky (or heaven)' as the angelic heaven, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'clearness' or purity of substance, when said of the sky, as translucence. What the translucence of the angelic heaven is when the Word is the subject must be stated briefly. The angelic heaven is said to be translucent when God's truth shines through; for the whole of heaven is nothing other than a receptacle of God's truth. Each angel is an individual recipient of it, so that all the angels or heaven as a whole is a general recipient. This explains why heaven is called 'God's dwelling-place' and also 'God's throne'. For 'dwelling-place' means God's truth emanating from the Lord and received in the inmost heaven, which in comparison is good, 8269, 8309; and 'throne' means God's truth emanating from the Lord and received in the middle heaven, 5313, 6397, 8625, 9039. Since that which shines through, out of the sense of the letter of the Word, is God's truth as it exists in the heavens, it is the angelic heaven that shines through. For the Word is Divine Truth adjusted to all the heavens, and as a consequence of this it joins the heavens to the world, that is, angels to men, 2143, 7153, 7381, 8920, 9094 (end), 9212 (end), 9216 (end), 9357, 9396. From all this it is evident what the words 'the translucence of the angelic heaven' are used to mean.

[2] The reasons why in the internal sense 'the sky (or heaven)' means the angelic heaven lie with correspondence and also with the appearance. So it is that where the words 'heavens' and 'heavens of heavens' occur in the Word the angelic heavens are meant in the internal sense. For the ancients had no other idea of the visible sky than this, that the inhabitants of heaven lived there and that the stars were their dwelling-places. At the present day too, simple people - especially young children - have the same idea. So it is also that people look upwards to the sky or heaven when they worship God. This action too arises from correspondence; for a sky with stars appears in the next life, but this is not the sky seen by people in the world. Instead it is a sky that takes on an appearance which accords with the spirits and angels' state of intelligence and wisdom. The stars in it are cognitions or knowledge of goodness and truth, and the clouds which are sometimes seen in the sky vary in meaning according to their colours, translucence, and movements, the blue of the sky being truth transparent with good. All this goes to prove that by 'heavens' the angelic heavens are meant. But by the angelic heavens God's truths are meant, because angels are recipients of God's truth emanating from the Lord.

[3] Similar things are meant by 'heavens' in David,

Praise Jehovah, heavens of heavens, and waters that are above the heavens! Psalms 148:4.

In the same author,

Make melody to the Lord who rides above the heaven of the heaven of old. Psalms 68:33.

In the same author,

By the Word of Jehovah were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the spirit 1 of His mouth. Psalms 33:6.

In the same prophet,

The heavens recount His glory, and the firmament declares the works of His hands. Psalms 19:1.

In the Book of Judges,

O Jehovah, when You went forth from Seir, the earth trembled, the heavens also dropped, the clouds indeed dropped water. Judges 5:4.

In Daniel,

The horn of the he-goat grew right on towards the host of the heavens, and cast down to the earth some of the host, and of the stars, and trampled on them. Daniel 8:10.

In Amos,

The Lord Jehovih, who builds His steps in the heavens ... Amos 9:6.

In Malachi,

If there is food in My house I will open the windows of heaven and pour out a blessing for you. Malachi 3:10.

In Isaiah,

Look out from the heavens, and see from the dwelling-place of Your holiness and of Your glory. Isaiah 63:15.

In Moses,

Blessed by Jehovah is the land of Joseph, in regard to the precious things of heaven, to the dew. Deuteronomy 33:13.

In Matthew,

Jesus said, You shall not swear by heaven, for it is God's throne. He who swears by heaven swears by God's throne and by Him who sits on it. Matthew 5:32; 23:22.

[4] In these and very many other places 'heavens' means the angelic heavens. And since the Lord's heaven on earth is the Church, the Church too is meant by 'heaven', as in the following places: In John,

I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the former heaven and the former earth had passed away. Revelation 21:1.

In Isaiah,

Behold, I am creating new heavens and a new earth; therefore the former things will not be remembered or come to mind. 2 Isaiah 65:17.

In the same prophet,

The heavens will vanish away like smoke, and the earth will grow old like a garment. Isaiah 51:6.

In the same prophet,

I clothe heaven with darkness, and I make sackcloth its covering. Isaiah 50:3.

In Ezekiel,

I will cover the heavens, and darken their stars; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light. And all the bright lights in heaven I will make dark, and I will put darkness over the land. Ezekiel 32:7-8.

In Matthew,

After the affliction of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Matthew 24:29.

What the meaning is of 'sun', 'moon', 'stars', and 'in the heavens', see 4056-4060.

In Isaiah,

O Jehovah God of Israel, You are God alone over all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth. Isaiah 37:16.

In the same prophet,

[I am] Jehovah who makes all things, who spreads out the heavens Alone, who stretches out the earth by Myself. Isaiah 44:24.

In the same prophet,

Jehovah who created the heavens, who formed the earth, and made it, and prepared it, did not create it an emptiness. Isaiah 45:18.

[5] In the internal sense 'heaven and earth' in these and other places means the Church, the internal Church being meant by 'heaven' and the external Church by 'earth', see 1733, 1850, 2117, 2118 (end), 3355 (end), 4535. From all this it is evident that by creation in the earliest chapters of Genesis, where it says, In the beginning God created heaven and earth, Genesis 1:1, And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them, Genesis 2:1, a new Church is meant. For creation there describes regeneration, which is also called the new creation, as has been shown and may be seen in the explanations of those chapters.

  
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