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1 Dite ai vostri fratelli: "Ammi!" e alle vostre sorelle "Ruhama!"

2 Contendete con vostra madre, contendete! poich’essa non è mia moglie, né io son suo marito! Allontani dalla sua faccia le sue prostituzioni, e i suoi adulteri di fra le sue mammelle;

3 altrimenti, io la spoglierò nuda, la metterò com’era nel dì che nacque, la renderò simile a un deserto, la ridurrò come una terra arida, e la farò morir di sete.

4 E non avrò pietà de’ suoi figliuoli, perché son figliuoli di prostituzione;

5 giacché la madre loro s’è prostituita; colei che li ha concepiti ha fatto cose vergognose, poiché ha detto: "Andrò dietro ai miei amanti, che mi dànno il mio pane, la mia acqua, la mia lana, il mio lino, il mio olio e le mie bevande".

6 Perciò, ecco, io ti sbarrerò la via con delle spine; la circonderò d’un muro, sì che non troverà più i suoi sentieri.

7 E correrà dietro ai suoi amanti, ma non li raggiungerà; li cercherà, ma non li troverà. Allora dirà: "Tornerò al mio primo marito, perché allora stavo meglio di adesso".

8 Essa non ha riconosciuto ch’ero io che le davo il grano, il vino, l’olio, che le prodigavo l’argento e l’oro, di cui essi hanno fatto uso per Baal!

9 Perciò io riprenderò il mio grano a suo tempo, e il mio vino nella sua stagione; e le strapperò la mia lana e il mio lino, che servivano a coprire la sua nudità.

10 E ora scoprirò la sua vergogna agli occhi de’ suoi amanti, e nessuno la salverà dalla mia mano.

11 E farò cessare tutte le sue gioie, le sue feste, i suoi noviluni, e i suoi sabati, e tutte le sue solennità.

12 E devasterò le sue vigne e i suoi fichi, di cui diceva: "Sono il salario, che m’han dato i miei amanti"; e li ridurrò in un bosco, e le bestie della campagna li divoreranno.

13 E la punirò a motivo de’ giorni de’ Baali, quando offriva loro profumi, e s’adornava de’ suoi pendenti e de’ suoi gioielli e se n’andava dietro ai suoi amanti, e mi dimenticava, dice l’Eterno.

14 Perciò, ecco, io l’attrarrò, la condurrò nel deserto, e parlerò al suo cuore.

15 Di là le darò le sue vigne, e la valle d’Acor come porta di speranza; quivi ella mi risponderà come ai giorni della sua giovinezza, come ai giorni che uscì fuori dal paese d’Egitto.

16 E in quel giorno avverrà, dice l’Eterno, che tu mi chiamerai: "Marito mio!" e non mi chiamerai più: "Mio Baal!"

17 Io torrò via dalla sua bocca i nomi de’ Baali, ed il loro nome non sarà più mentovato.

18 E in quel giorno io farò per loro un patto con le bestie de’ campi, con gli uccelli del cielo, e coi rettili del suolo; e spezzerò e allontanerò dal paese l’arco, la spada, la guerra, e farò ch’essi riposino al sicuro.

19 E io ti fidanzerò a me per l’eternità; ti fidanzerò a me in giustizia, in equità, in benignità e in compassioni.

20 Ti fidanzerò a me in fedeltà, e tu conoscerai l’Eterno.

21 E in quel giorno avverrà ch’io ti risponderò, dice l’Eterno: risponderò al cielo, ed esso risponderà alla terra;

22 e la terra risponderà al grano, al vino, all’olio, e questi risponderanno a Jizreel.

23 Io lo seminerò per me in questa terra, e avrò compassione di Lo-ruhama; e dirò a Lo-ammi: "Tu sei il popolo mio!" ed egli mi risponderà: "Mio Dio!"

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 67

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67. As white wool, as snow, signifies in respect to good and truth therein. This is evident from the signification of "white wool" as being good in ultimates (of which presently); and from the signification of "snow," as being truth in ultimates. "Snow" means truth in ultimates by reason of the water of which it is composed, and its whiteness and brightness. (That "water" signifies truth, see below, n. 71; and that "whiteness," and "brightness," signify truth from the transparency of light, see Arcana Coelestia 3301, 3993, 4007, 5319, 8459.)

"White wool," signifies good in ultimates, because wool upon lambs and sheep has a signification like that of hair upon man; and "lambs," and "sheep" signify good, "lambs" celestial good (See Arcana Coelestia 3519, 3994, 10132), and "sheep" spiritual good (n. 4169, 4809). From this it is that the "hairs," by which Divine truth in ultimates is signified, are said to be "white as white wool, and as snow." So also of the Lord, when He was transfigured:

His garments became glistening, exceeding white as snow, so as no fuller on earth can whiten them (Mark 9:3);

and of the "Ancient of Days" in Daniel:

I beheld till thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of Days did sit; His raiment was white as snow, and the hair of His head was white wool 1 (Daniel 7:9).

"Raiment" signifies the Divine in ultimates (See above, n. 64); and "the Ancient of Days," the Lord from eternity.

[2] Because "wool" signifies good in ultimates, good is sometimes described in the Word by "wool," and truth by "linen" and by "snow," as in Hosea:

She said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my waters, my wool and my flax. Therefore will I return and take my corn in the time thereof, and I will pluck away my wool and my flax (Hosea 2:5, 9).

In Ezekiel:

Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool; ye slaughter that which is the best; ye feed not the flock (Ezekiel 34:3).

In David:

Jehovah will send 2 out His word upon the earth; He giveth snow like wool (Psalms 147:15-16).

In Isaiah:

Though your sins be as scarlet they shall be white as snow; though they be red like purple they shall be as wool (Isaiah 1:18).

"Snow" is predicated of sins that were as scarlet, and "wool" of sins that were red like purple, because "scarlet" signifies truth from good, and in a contrary sense, falsity from evil (See Arcana Coelestia 4922, 9468); and "red" and "purple" signify good, and in a contrary sense, evil of every kind (See Arcana Coelestia 3300, 9467, 9865).

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. The Chaldee here has "like," as also found in Apocalypse Explained 504; Apocalypse Revealed 47; Arcana Coelestia 3301, 5313.

2. The Hebrew has "sends."

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 8805

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8805. 'And Moses went down from the mountain to the people' means application and preparation by the truth from God, in order that truths may be received within good. This is clear from the meaning of 'going down' - when said of 'Moses', who represents the truth from God - as application and also preparation by that truth; from the representation of 'Moses' as the truth from God, dealt with in 8760, 8787, which also acts as an intermediary, 8787, thus which also prepares and applies; from the meaning of 'the mountain' as the Divine within heaven, thus heaven itself; and from the representation of 'the children of Israel' as those belonging to the spiritual Church, thus those guided by truth through which good comes, and governed by good from which truth springs, at this point good in which truths are to be received. It is important to know what is meant specifically by 'Mount Sinai' in this and subsequent chapters of the Book of Exodus, also what is represented by 'the people Israel', and what by 'Moses' as well.

[2] Specifically Mount Sinai means heaven, out of which truths flow in from the Lord. Consequently 'Jehovah came down onto that mountain' means His presence in heaven. And since heaven - in which Jehovah, that is, the Lord, is present - is meant by 'Mount Sinai', Divine Good united to Divine Truth there is also meant by it; for these are what make it heaven.

[3] But The People Israel beside this mountain represent the spiritual Church in respect of good in which the truths of faith are to be implanted. It has been shown already that those belonging to the spiritual Church pass through two states. The first is when they are led by means of truths to good, and the second state is when they are governed by good and consequently by truths. At this point the state is one when they are governed by good in which truths are to be implanted, which state is an intermediate state that comes between those first and second ones. The truths that are implanted within good are contained in those which were declared by the Lord from Mount Sinai and conveyed by Moses to the people.

[4] Moses in this and subsequent chapters represents the truth from God below heaven joined to God's truth in heaven. He therefore represents the intermediary between the Divine in heaven and the good in which truths are to be implanted, the spiritual Church's good, and so represents the intermediary between the Lord and the people.

It is important to know these things for the understanding of what follows below in the Book of Exodus. All this also shows that 'Moses went down from the mountain to the people' means application and preparation through the truth from God for truths to be received within good.

  
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