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1 Το φορτιον του λογου του Κυριου περι του Ισραηλ. Ουτω λεγει Κυριος, ο εκτεινων τους ουρανους και θεμελιων την γην και μορφονων το πνευμα του ανθρωπου εντος αυτου·

2 Ιδου, εγω καθιστω την Ιερουσαλημ ποτηριον ζαλης εις παντας τους λαους κυκλω, και επι τον Ιουδαν ετι θελει εισθαι τουτο εν τη πολιορκια τη κατα της Ιερουσαλημ.

3 Και εν τη ημερα εκεινη θελω καταστησει την Ιερουσαλημ προς παντας τους λαους λιθον καταβαρυνοντα· παντες οσοι επιφορτισθωσιν αυτον θελουσι κατασυντριφθη, οταν παντα τα εθνη της γης συναχθωσιν εναντιον αυτης.

4 Εν τη ημερα εκεινη, λεγει Κυριος, θελω παταξει παντα ιππον εν εκστασει και τον αναβατην αυτου εν παραφροσυνη, και θελω ανοιξει τους οφθαλμους μου επι τον οικον Ιουδα και θελω παταξει εν αποτυφλωσει παντα ιππον των λαων.

5 Και οι αρχοντες του Ιουδα θελουσιν ειπει εν τη καρδια αυτων, Στηριγμα ειναι εις εμε οι κατοικοι της Ιερουσαλημ δια του Κυριου των δυναμεων του Θεου αυτων.

6 Εν τη ημερα εκεινη θελω καταστησει τους αρχοντας του Ιουδα ως εστιαν πυρος εις ξυλα και ως λαμπαδα πυρος εις χειροβολον, και θελουσι καταφαγει παντας τους λαους κυκλω, εκ δεξιων και εξ αριστερων· και η Ιερουσαλημ θελει κατοικηθη παλιν εν τω τοπω αυτης, εν Ιερουσαλημ.

7 Και ο Κυριος θελει σωσει πρωτον τας σκηνας του Ιουδα, δια να μη μεγαλυνηται η δοξα του οικου του Δαβιδ και η δοξα των κατοικων της Ιερουσαλημ κατα του Ιουδα.

8 Εν τη ημερα εκεινη ο Κυριος θελει υπερασπισθη τους κατοικους της Ιερουσαλημ· και ο αδυνατος μεταξυ αυτων εν τη ημερα εκεινη θελει εισθαι ως ο Δαβιδ και ο οικος του Δαβιδ ως Θεος, ως αγγελος Κυριου, ενωπιον αυτων.

9 Και εν τη ημερα εκεινη θελω ζητησει να εξολοθρευσω παντα τα εθνη τα ερχομενα κατα της Ιερουσαλημ.

10 Και θελω εκχεει επι τον οικον Δαβιδ και επι τους κατοικους της Ιερουσαλημ πνευμα χαριτος και ικεσιων· και θελουσιν επιβλεψει προς εμε, τον οποιον εξεκεντησαν, και θελουσι πενθησει δι' αυτον ως πενθει τις δια τον μονογενη αυτου, και θελουσι λυπηθη δι' αυτον, ως ο λυπουμενος δια τον πρωτοτοκον αυτου.

11 Εν τη ημερα εκεινη θελει εισθαι πενθος μεγα εν Ιερουσαλημ ως το πενθος της Αδαδριμμων εν τη πεδιαδι Μεγιδδων.

12 Και θελει πενθησει η γη, πασα οικογενεια καθ' εαυτην· η οικογενεια του οικου Δαβιδ καθ' εαυτην και αι γυναικες αυτων καθ' εαυτας, η οικογενεια του οικου Ναθαν καθ' εαυτην και αι γυναικες αυτων καθ' εαυτας,

13 η οικογενεια του οικου Λευι καθ' εαυτην και αι γυναικες αυτων καθ' εαυτας, η οικογενεια Σιμει καθ' εαυτην και αι γυναικες αυτων καθ' εαυτας,

14 πασαι αι εναπολειφθεισαι οικογενειαι, εκαστη οικογενεια καθ' εαυτην και αι γυναικες αυτων καθ' εαυτας.

   

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The White Horse # 2

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2. In the prophetical parts of the Word a horse is mentioned very often, 1 but until now no one has known 'horse' means understanding, and 'horseman' one who understands, perhaps because it seems extraordinary and astonishing that that is what is meant by 'horse' in a spiritual sense, and consequently in the Word. But that it constantly means this can be agreed from very many instances in the Word, from which I should like to refer to only a few at this point.

In Israel's prophetic utterance 2 about Dan we find:

Dan will be a serpent on the road, a darting snake 3 on the path, that will bite the horse's heels, and the horseman will fall backwards. Genesis 49:17-18.

What this prophetic statement about one of the tribes of Israel means no one is going to understand unless he knows what 'serpent' signifies, and also 'horse' and 'horseman." Yet is there anyone who does not see that it holds something spiritual within it? This being so, what the individual details signify may be seen in Arcana Caelestia 6398-6401, where this prophetical utterance is explained.

In Habakkuk we find:

O Lord [...] You ride on Your horses and Your chariots are salvation [...] You caused Your horses to tread in the sea. Habakkuk 3:8, 15.

It is obvious that 'horses' here signify something spiritual, because these things are being said about God. What else would it be, 'God rode on [his] horses, and caused [his] horses to tread in the sea?'

In Zechariah we find, with a similar significance:

'On that day, HOLY TO THE LORD will be on the horse-bells', Zechariah 14:20. 4

In the same authority:

On that day I will strike every horse with bewilderment and the horseman with madness, declares the Lord, I will open my gaze on the house of Judah, and I will strike with blindness every horse of the peoples. Zechariah 12:4-5.

What is being talked about here is the Church when it has been laid waste, which happens when there is no longer an understanding of anything true. This is what is being indicated by 'horse' and 'horseman;' what else would it be, [...] every horse about to be struck with bewilderment [...] and the horse of the peoples with blindness?' What, otherwise, would this have to do with the Church?

In Job we find:

'Because God has made her 5 forget wisdom, neither has He imparted to her understanding; having raised herself on high, she mocks the horse and its rider' Job 39:17-19.

That understanding is signified here by 'horse' is manifestly obvious; similarly in David, where the expression 'to ride upon the word of truth' is used, Psalms 45:5; and besides in very many other places.

Moreover, who is likely to know why it is that Elijah and Elisha were called 'the chariots of Israel and its horsemen;' and why there appeared to Elisha's servant a mountain full of horses and fiery chariots, unless it is known what 'chariots' and horsemen' signify, and what Elijah and Elisha represented? For Elisha said to Elijah, My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen,' 2 Kings 2:11-12; and King Joash said to Elisha, 'My father, my father [...] the chariots of Israel and its horsemen,' 2 Kings 13:14.

Concerning the servant of Elisha we read:

'The Lord opened the eyes of Elisha's servant, and he looked and saw the mountain full of horses and fiery chariots all around Elisha' 2 Kings 6:17.

Elijah and Elisha were called the chariots of Israel and its horsemen because each represented the Lord in his capacity as the Word. 'Chariots' represent doctrine derived from the Word, and 'horsemen' represent understanding. That Elijah and Elisha represented the Lord in this capacity may be seen in Arcana Caelestia: 5247, 7643, 8029, 9327, and that 'chariots' signify doctrine derived from the Word: 5321, 8215.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. The text has simply equus (horse) at this point, but there is a 'parallel passage' in Arcana Caelestia 2761, stating equus et eques (horse and horseman): the sense of what follows in the current passage suggests that Swedenborg intends equus et eques here.

2. The Revd John Elliott points out that 'Israel here of course means the patriarch Jacob."

3. Biblical translations are based on the Schmidt Latin translation (1696) as apparently used by Swedenborg, though here, as sometimes elsewhere, Swedenborg does misquote (in this case inserting jaculus after the second serpens). Lewis and Shorts Latin Dictionary, always an interesting source, glosses jaculus as follows: 'sc. serpens, a serpent that darts from a tree on its prey."

4. The Revd John Elliott: As I understand it, this is not a statement on the horse-bells to the effect that the bells are holy but that they ring out the holiness of things attributable to the Lord. (A bit like the bells rung in a catholic mass which draw the worshippers' attention to the just-consecrated host or wine that is being elevated.)'

5. Her: The Hebrew pronoun in Job 39:17-18, which refers to a bird, is feminine. Although Swedenborg rendered it eum (him) in 2762 and here in De Equo Albo, eam (her) occurs in other places of his works where this verse is quoted.

  
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