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Δευτερονόμιο 8

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1 Πασας τας εντολας, τας οποιας εγω προσταζω εις σε σημερον, θελετε προσεχει να εκτελητε, δια να ζητε και να πληθυνθητε και δια να εισελθητε και κληρονομησητε την γην, την οποιαν ωμοσεν ο Κυριος προς τους πατερας σας.

2 Και θελεις ενθυμεισθαι πασαν την οδον, εις την οποιαν σε ωδηγησε Κυριος ο Θεος σου τα τεσσαρακοντα ταυτα ετη εν τη ερημω, δια να σε ταπεινωση, να σε δοκιμαση, δια να γνωριση τα εν τη καρδια σου, εαν θελης φυλαξει τας εντολας αυτου, η ουχι.

3 Και σε εταπεινωσε και σε εκαμε να πεινασης και σε εθρεψε με μαννα, το οποιον δεν εγνωριζες, ουδε οι πατερες σου εγνωριζον, δια να σε καμη να μαθης οτι ο ανθρωπος δεν ζη με μονον αρτον, αλλ' ο ανθρωπος ζη με παντα λογον εξερχομενον εκ του στοματος του Κυριου.

4 Τα ιματια σου δεν επαλαιωθησαν επανω σου ουδε ο πους σου επρησθη τα τεσσαρακοντα ταυτα ετη.

5 Θελεις λοιπον γνωρισει εν τη καρδια σου οτι καθως ο ανθρωπος παιδευει τον υιον αυτου, ουτω Κυριος ο Θεος σου σε επαιδευσε.

6 Δια τουτο θελεις φυλαττει τας εντολας Κυριου του Θεου σου, δια να περιπατης εις τας οδους αυτου και να φοβησαι αυτον.

7 Διοτι Κυριος ο Θεος σου σε φερει εις γην αγαθην, γην ποταμων υδατων, πηγων και αβυσσων, αιτινες αναβλυζουσιν απο κοιλαδων και ορεων·

8 γην σιτου και κριθης και αμπελων και συκων και ροδιων· γην ελαιων και μελιτος·

9 γην, επι της οποιας θελεις τρωγει αρτον ουχι μετ' ενδειας, δεν θελεις στερεισθαι ουδενος επ' αυτης· γην, της οποιας οι λιθοι ειναι σιδηρος, και εκ των ορεων αυτης θελεις μεταλλευει χαλκον.

10 Και θελεις φαγει και θελεις χορτασθη, και θελεις ευλογησει Κυριον τον θεον σου επι της γης της αγαθης, την οποιαν σοι εδωκε.

11 Προσεχε εις σεαυτον μηποτε λησμονησης Κυριον τον Θεον σου, αθετων τας εντολας αυτου και τας κρισεις αυτου και τα διαταγματα αυτου, τα οποια εγω προσταζω εις σε σημερον·

12 μηπως, αφου φαγης και χορτασθης και οικοδομησης οικιας καλας και κατοικησης,

13 και οι βοες σου και τα προβατα σου αυξησωσι, και πολλαπλασιασθη το αργυριον σου και το χρυσιον σου και παντα οσα εχεις αυξησωσι,

14 μηπως τοτε υψωθη η καρδια σου και λησμονησης Κυριον τον Θεον σου, οστις σε εξηγαγεν εκ γης Αιγυπτου, εξ οικου δουλειας·

15 οστις σε ωδηγησε δια της μεγαλης ταυτης και τρομερας ερημου, οπου ησαν οφεις φλογεροι και σκορπιοι και ξηρασια, οπου δεν ητο υδωρ· οστις ανεδωκεν εις σε υδωρ εκ της σκληρας πετρας·

16 οστις σε εθρεψεν εν τη ερημω με το μαννα, το οποιον δεν εγνωριζον οι πατερες σου, δια να σε ταπεινωση και δια να σε δοκιμαση, δια να σε αγαθοποιηση εις τα εσχατα σου·

17 και ειπης εν τη καρδια σου, Η δυναμις μου και το κρατος της χειρος μου απεκτησαν εις εμε τον πλουτον τουτον.

18 Αλλα θελεις ενθυμεισθαι Κυριον τον Θεον σου· διοτι αυτος ειναι, οστις σε διδει δυναμιν να αποκτας πλουτη, δια να στερεωση την διαθηκην αυτου, την οποιαν ωμοσε προς τους πατερας σου, ως ειναι την ημεραν ταυτην.

19 Εαν ομως λησμονησης Κυριον τον Θεον σου και υπαγης κατοπιν αλλων θεων και λατρευσης αυτους και προσκυνησης αυτους, διαμαρτυρομαι προς εσας σημερον οτι εξαπαντος θελετε αφανισθη·

20 καθως τα εθνη, τα οποια ο Κυριος εξολοθρευει απ' εμπροσθεν σας, ουτω θελετε αφανισθη· διοτι δεν υπηκουσατε εις την φωνην Κυριου του Θεου σας.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 2709

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2709. 'And was an archer' means the member of the spiritual Church. This is clear from the meaning of 'darts, arrows, or shafts' as truth, and from the meaning of 'a bow' as doctrine, dealt with above in 2686. The member of the spiritual Church was in former times called 'an archer' because such a member uses truths to defend himself, and discusses truths, unlike the member of the celestial Church who is protected by good and does not discuss truths, see above in 2708. The truths which the member of the spiritual Church uses to defend himself and which he discusses are derived from the doctrine he acknowledges.

[2] The fact that the spiritual man was in former times called 'an archer' and 'a bowman', and that doctrine was called a bow and a quiver, and the truths of doctrine, or rather matters of doctrine, were called arrows, darts, and shafts, is further clear in David,

The children of Ephraim who were armed (they were archers) turned back on the day of battle. Psalms 78:9.

'Ephraim' stands for the intellectual side of the Church. In the Book of Judges,

You who ride white she-asses, you who sit on Middin, 1 and you who walk along the way, may you ponder. From the voice of the bowmen among those drawing water, there they will discuss the righteous acts of Jehovah, the righteous acts of His village in Israel. Judges 5:10-11.

In Isaiah.

Jehovah called me from the womb, from my mother's body 2 He made mention of my name and set my mouth like a sharp sword. In the shadow of His hand He hid me and turned me into a polished arrow; in His quiver He hid me, and He said to me, You are My servant Israel, for I will be glorified in you. Isaiah 49:1-3.

'Israel' stands for the spiritual Church.

[3] In David,

Like arrows in the hand of a powerful man so are the children of the days of one's youth. Blessed is the man who has filled his quiver with them. Psalms 127:4-5.

'A quiver' stands for the doctrine of good and truth. In Habakkuk,

The sun, the moon, stood still in their place. At the light of Your arrows they will go, at the flash of Your glittering spear. Habakkuk 3:11.

In the reference to Joash king of Israel who at Elisha's command shot the arrow from the bow through the window, with Elisha saying as he shot it, Jehovah's arrow of salvation, Jehovah's arrow of salvation against the Syrian, 2 Kings 13:16-18, arcana to do with the doctrine of good and truth are meant.

[4] Since most things in the Word also possess a contrary sense, darts, arrows, shafts, bows, and archers accordingly possess such. In that contrary sense they mean falsities, doctrine that teaches what is false, and those who are under the influence of falsity, as in Moses,

The son of a fruitful one is Joseph, the son of a fruitful one beside a spring, O daughters, 3 he trails over the wall; and they bitterly grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him did the archers. Genesis 49:22-23.

In Jeremiah,

They shot with their tongue, their bow is a bow of lies and not used for truth. Their tongue is a shaft extended; it speaks deceit. Jeremiah 9:3, 8.

In David,

They sharpened their tongue like a sword, they aimed their shaft, a bitter word, to shoot in secret places at the upright; they will shoot suddenly and will not fear him. They will make strong for themselves an evil matter; they will tell of laying snares secretly. Psalms 64:3-5.

In the same author,

Behold, the evil bend the bow, they make ready their shaft upon the string, to shoot in thick darkness itself at the upright in heart. Psalms 11:2.

In the same author,

His truth is a shield and buckler; you will not be afraid of the terror of the night, of the shaft that flies by day. Psalms 91:4-5.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. A Hebrew word, the meaning of which is uncertain.

2. literally, viscera

3. The Latin means beside the daughters' spring, but the Hebrew appears to mean beside a spring, O daughters, which Swedenborg has in the chapter explaining Genesis 49.

  
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Ezekiel 34:25-27

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25 I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause evil animals to cease out of the land; and they shall dwell securely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.

26 I will make them and the places around my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season; there shall be showers of blessing.

27 The tree of the field shall yield its fruit, and the earth shall yield its increase, and they shall be secure in their land; and they shall know that I am Yahweh, when I have broken the bars of their yoke, and have delivered them out of the hand of those who made slaves of them.