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Amos 7

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1 Dette syn lot Herren, Israels Gud, mig se: Det var en som skapte gresshopper, da håen begynte å skyte op; det var håen efter kongens slått.

2 Og da de vel hadde ett op alle urter i landet, da sa jeg: Herre, Israels Gud, tilgi! Hvorledes skal Jakob kunne bli i live, han som er så liten?

3 Da angret Herren det. Det skal ikke skje, sa Herren.

4 Så lot Herren, Israels Gud, mig se dette syn: Herren, Israels Gud, kalte på ilden til straff, og den fortærte det store vanndyp, og den holdt på å fortære hans arvelodd.

5 Da sa jeg: Herre, Israels Gud, hold op! Hvorledes skal Jakob kunne bli i live, han som er så liten?

6 Da angret Herren det. Heller ikke det skal skje, sa Herren, Israels Gud.

7 Så lot han mig se dette syn: Herren stod på en loddrett mur, og i hånden hadde han et blylodd.

8 Og Herren sa til mig: Hvad ser du, Amos? Jeg svarte: Et blylodd. Da sa Herren: Se, jeg vil bruke et blylodd iblandt mitt folk Israel; jeg vil ikke lenger bære over med dets synd.

9 Isaks offerhauger skal ødelegges, og Israels helligdommer synke i grus, og jeg vil reise mig med sverdet mot Jeroboams hus.

10 Da sendte Amasja, presten i Betel, bud til Jeroboam, Israels konge, og lot si: Amos har fått i stand en sammensvergelse mot dig midt i Israels hus; landet kan ikke tåle alt det han sier.

11 For så har Amos sagt: Jeroboam skal for sverdet, og Israel skal bli bortført fra sitt land.

12 Og Amasja sa til Amos: Gå din vei, du seer, fly til Juda land og et ditt brød der; der kan du være profet!

13 Men i Betel skal du ikke mere holde på å profetere; for det er en kongelig helligdom og et rikstempel.

14 Da svarte Amos Amasja således: Jeg er ikke nogen profet, heller ikke disippel av nogen profet; jeg er bare en fehyrde, som sanker frukten av morbærtreet.

15 Men Herren tok mig fra hjorden, og Herren sa til mig: Gå og vær profet for mitt folk Israel!

16 hør nu Herrens ord! Du sier: Du skal ikke profetere mot Israel og ikke tale mot Isaks hus.

17 Derfor sier Herren så: Din hustru skal drive hor i byen, og dine sønner og døtre skal falle for sverdet, og din jord skal deles med målesnor, og du selv skal i et urent land, og Israel skal bli bortført fra sitt land.

   

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7571. 'And on every plant of the field in the land of Egypt' means every truth of the Church in the natural mind. This is clear from the meaning of 'plant' as truth, dealt with below; from the meaning of 'the field' as the Church, dealt with above in 7557; and from the meaning of 'the land of Egypt' as the natural mind, also dealt with above, in 7569. The reason why 'plant' means truth is that 'the land' means the Church, as also does 'the field'; and all that they produce means either the truth of faith or the good of charity, since these are products of the Church. 'Plant of the field' is used to mean everything in general that is grown in the field, as is evident from the Lord's parable in Matthew,

The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a person sowing good seed in his field. When the plant sprouted and bore fruit, then the tares appeared. Matthew 13:24, 26.

Here it is evident that 'the plant', a term used for what the field produces, means the Church's truth, and 'the tares' falsity. The parable is, it is true, a comparison; but all comparisons in the Word are based on things that have a spiritual meaning, 3579. In David,

He causes the grass to grow for the beast, and the plant for man's service, that he may bring forth bread from the earth. Psalms 104:14.

'The plant', a term used here also for what the field produces, in the internal sense means truth.

[2] In the same author,

He will make me lie down in pastures of the plant; 1 He will lead me to still waters; He will restore my soul. Psalms 23:2-3.

'Pastures of the plant' stands for spiritual nourishment, nourishment of the soul. That is why it says 'He will restore my soul'. In Isaiah,

The waters of Nimrim will be desolations, for the reason that the grass has withered away, the plant has been consumed, there is nothing green. [Isaiah 15:6.

In the same prophet,

The inhabitants became plants of the field and edible grass, hay on the rooftops, and scorched earth before standing corn.] Isaiah 37:17.

In the same prophet,

I will lay waste mountains and hills, and dry up every plant on them; and I will make streams into islands. And I will lead the blind in a way they do not know. Isaiah 42:15-16.

In Jeremiah,

How long will the land mourn and the plant of every field wither, on account of the wickedness of those who dwell in it? The beasts and the birds will be devoured. Jeremiah 12:4.

In the same prophet,

The hind in the field calved but left because there was no plant; and the wild asses stood on the hills, they gulped the wind like sea-monsters, for the reason that there was no plant. Jeremiah 14:5-6.

In Joel,

Fear not, you beasts of My fields, for the dwelling-places of the wilderness have become abounding in plants; for the tree will bear its fruit, the fig tree and the vine will give their full yield. Joel 1:12.

In Amos,

When the locust had finished eating the plant of the land, I said, O Lord Jehovih, Pardon, I beg You. How will Jacob stand? for he is small. Amos 7:2.

[3] In Zechariah,

Ask rain from Jehovah in the time of the latter rain. 2 Jehovah will make rain-clouds, and will give them rain in showers, to everyone plants in his field. 3 Zechariah 10:1.

In John,

The fifth angel sounded and it was declared that they should not harm the grass of the earth, or any green thing, or any tree. Revelation 9:4.

Anyone may see that in these places 'grass' is not meant, nor 'plant', but instead the kinds of things that belong to the Church; 'the plant of the land' and 'plant of the field' are, it is plain, used to mean the truth of faith. Without such a spiritual sense no one would ever know what is meant in John by their declaring, when the fifth angel sounded, that they should not harm the grass of the earth, or any green thing. Nor would anyone know what is meant in Jeremiah when it says that 'the hind in the field calved and left because there was no plant; and the wild asses gulped the wind like sea-monsters, for the reason that there was no plant'. And in very many other places no one would know what is meant. This shows how little understanding there is of the Word, and how earthly a person's conception of very many things in it must be unless he knows what their spiritual meaning is, or at least knows that in every detail the Word is holy.

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1. i.e. green pastures

2. i.e. the spring rain

3. literally, to [each] man the plant in the field

  
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