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1 Ζητειτε παρα του Κυριου υετον εν τω καιρω της οψιμου βροχης· και ο Κυριος θελει καμει αστραπας και θελει δωσει εις αυτους βροχας ομβρου, εις εκαστον βοτανην εν τω αγρω.

2 Διοτι τα ειδωλα ελαλησαν ματαιοτητα και οι μαντεις ειδον ορασεις ψευδεις και ελαλησαν ενυπνια ματαια· παρηγορουν ματαιως· δια τουτο μετετοπισθησαν ως ποιμνιον· εταραχθησαν, διοτι δεν υπηρχε ποιμην.

3 Ο θυμος μου εξηφθη κατα των ποιμενων και θελω τιμωρησει τους τραγους· διοτι ο Κυριος των δυναμεων επεσκεφθη το ποιμνιον αυτου, τον οικον Ιουδα, και εκαμεν αυτους ως ιππον αυτου ενδοξον εν μαχη.

4 Απ' αυτου εξηλθεν η γωνια, απ' αυτου ο πασσαλος, απ' αυτου το πολεμικον τοξον, απ' αυτου πας ηγεμων ομου.

5 Και θελουσιν εισθαι ως ισχυροι, καταπατουντες τους πολεμιους εν τω πηλω των οδων, εν τη μαχη· και θελουσι πολεμησει, διοτι ο Κυριος ειναι μετ' αυτων, και οι αναβαται των ιππων θελουσι καταισχυνθη.

6 Και θελω ενισχυσει τον οικον Ιουδα και τον οικον Ιωσηφ θελω σωσει, και θελω επαναφερει αυτους, διοτι ηλεησα αυτους· και θελουσιν εισθαι ως εαν δεν ειχον αποβαλει αυτους· διοτι εγω ειμαι Κυριος ο Θεος αυτων και θελω εισακουσει αυτων.

7 Και οι Εφραιμιται θελουσιν εισθαι ως ισχυρος και η καρδια αυτων θελει χαρη ως απο οινου· και τα τεκνα αυτων θελουσιν ιδει και χαρη· η καρδια αυτων θελει ευφρανθη εις τον Κυριον.

8 Θελω συριξει εις αυτους και θελω συναξει αυτους· διοτι εγω ελυτρωσα αυτους· και θελουσι πληθυνθη καθως ποτε επληθυνθησαν.

9 Και θελω σπειρει αυτους μεταξυ των λαων· και θελουσι με ενθυμηθη εν απομεμακρυσμενοις τοποις· και θελουσι ζησει μετα των τεκνων αυτων και θελουσιν επιστρεψει.

10 Και θελω επαναφερει αυτους εκ γης Αιγυπτου και συναξει αυτους εκ της Ασσυριας· και θελω φερει αυτους εις την γην Γαλααδ και εις τον Λιβανον, και δεν θελει εξαρκεσει εις αυτους.

11 Και θελει περασει δια της θαλασσης εν θλιψει και θελει παταξει τα κυματα εν τη θαλασση και παντα τα βαθη του ποταμου θελουσι ξηρανθη, και η υπερηφανια της Ασσυριας θελει καταβληθη και το σκηπτρον της Αιγυπτου θελει αφαιρεθη.

12 Και θελω ενισχυσει αυτους εις τον Κυριον, και θελουσι περιπατει εν τω ονοματι αυτου, λεγει Κυριος.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 4117

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4117. 'And he set his face towards mount Gilead' means good within it. This is clear from the meaning of 'mount' as the celestial element of love, which is good, dealt with in 795, 1430, to which the good meant by 'Jacob' was joined - 'Gilead' meaning the essential nature of it. Since the river was the boundary and, as has been stated, meant the first phase of the joining together, 'mount Gilead', which lay in this part away from the Jordan, means the good involved in that first stage of the joining together.

[2] The land of Gilead where the mountain was situated lay within the confines of the land of Canaan understood in a wide sense. It was situated on this side of the Jordan, and was granted as an inheritance to the Reubenites and the Gadites, and in particular to the half-tribe of Manasseh. And since the inheritances stretched out that far, it is said that it was situated within the confines of the land of Canaan understood in a wide sense. The fact that this territory was granted as an inheritance to those tribes is clear in Moses, Numbers 32:1, 26-41; Deuteronomy 3:8, 10-16; Joshua 13:24-31. For this reason when the land of Canaan was envisaged in its entirety it was said to stretch from Gilead even to Dan, and in another sense from Beersheba even to Dan, for Dan also was a boundary, 1710, 3923. Regarding its stretching from Beersheba even to Dan, see 2858, 2859; and reference to its doing so from Gilead to Dan occurs in Moses,

Moses went up from the plains of Moab onto mount Nebo, the top of Pisgah, which is in the direction of Jericho. There Jehovah showed him the whole land, Gilead even to Dan. Deuteronomy 34:1.

And in the Book of Judges,

Gilead dwelling at the crossing of the Jordan; and Dan, why will he fear ships? Judges 5:17.

[3] Because it was a boundary, 'Gilead' in the spiritual sense means the good that comes first, which is that of the bodily senses, for it is the good or delight of the senses that a person who is being regenerated is introduced into first of all. This is the sense in which 'Gilead' is taken in the Prophets, as in Jeremiah 8:22; 22:6; 46:11; 50:19; Ezekiel 47:18; Obad. verse 19; Micah 7:14; Zechariah 10:10; Psalms 60:7; and in the contrary sense, in Hosea 6:8; 12:11.

  
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