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Hoseas 11

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1 Da Israel var ung, hadde jeg ham kjær, og fra Egypten kalte jeg min sønn.

2 Jo mere de* kalte på dem, dess mere gikk de bort fra dem; de ofrer til Ba'alene og brenner røkelse for de utskårne billeder. / {* profetene.}

3 Og det var da jeg som lærte Efra'im å og tok dem på mine armer; men de skjønte ikke at jeg lægte dem.

4 Med menneskebånd drog jeg dem, med kjærlighets rep, og jeg var for dem som de som løfter op åket over kjevene, og jeg gav ham føde.

5 Han skal ikke vende tilbake til Egyptens land, men Assur skal være hans konge; for de vilde ikke vende om.

6 Sverdet skal fare om i hans byer og tilintetgjøre hans bommer og ete om sig - for deres onde råds skyld;

7 for mitt folk henger fast ved sitt frafall fra mig, og kaller nogen dem til det høie, er det ingen av dem som løfter sitt øie opad.

8 Hvorledes skal jeg kunne gi dig op, Efra'im, gi dig til pris, Israel? Hvorledes skal jeg kunne gi dig op som Adma, gjøre med dig som med Sebo'im? Mitt hjerte vender sig i mig, all min medynk våkner.

9 Jeg vil ikke fullbyrde min brennende vrede, jeg vil ikke atter ødelegge Efra'im; for jeg er Gud og ikke et menneske, den Hellige i din midte; jeg kommer ikke med glødende harme.

10 De skal følge Herren; han skal brøle som en løve; ja, han skal brøle, og bevende skal hans barn komme fra havet;

11 bevende skal de komme som en fugl fra Egypten, som en due fra Assurs land, og jeg vil la dem bo i sine hus, sier Herren.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 1502

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1502. From these considerations it is now evident that Abram's sojourning in Egypt represents and means nothing else than the Lord, in particular His instruction during childhood. This is also confirmed by what is stated in Hosea,

Out of Egypt I called My son. Hosea 11:1; Matthew 2:15.

And further still from what is said in Moses,

The dwelling of the sons of Israel who dwelt in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years. And it happened at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, on that very day it happened that all the hosts of Jehovah went out of the land of Egypt. Exodus 12:40-41.

Those four hundred and thirty years were measured not from the time that Jacob entered Egypt but from Abram's sojourning in Egypt. Thus 'My son out of Egypt' in Hosea 11:1 means, in the internal sense, the Lord. The matter gains further confirmation from the fact that 'Egypt' in the Word means nothing other than knowledge, as shown in 1164, 1165, 1462.

[2] And that these arcana are contained in this section may become additionally clear from the fact that similar things are said of Abram when he sojourned in Philistia, namely that he called his wife his sister, Genesis 20:1-end, and also of Isaac, who, when he too sojourned in Philistia, called his wife his sister, Genesis 26:6-13. These actions would never have been recorded in the Word, and set in almost identical circumstances, unless these arcana had been lying hidden within. Furthermore this is the Word of the Lord which cannot possibly have any life unless there is an internal sense which has regard to Him.

[3] The arcana which lie hidden in this section, and in those regarding Abram and Isaac in Philistia, have to do with the way in which the Lord's Human Essence was joined to His Divine Essence, or what amounts to the same, how the Lord became Jehovah as regards His Human Essence also. They also have to do with the fact that His initiation, which is the subject in this chapter, began in childhood. Besides all this these descriptions also embody more arcana than anyone can possibly believe, and those that can be mentioned are so few as to be scarcely anything at all. In addition to the very deep arcana concerning the Lord, they also embody arcana concerning the instruction and regeneration of a person so that he may become celestial, as well as his instruction and regeneration so that he may become spiritual; and not only concerning the individual in particular but also concerning the Church in general. The descriptions here also embody arcana regarding the instruction of young children in heaven. In short they have to do with all who become images and likenesses of the Lord. These arcana are not at all clearly visible in the sense of the letter, the reason being that historical details engulf and obscure them; but they are clearly visible in the internal sense.

  
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