Hoseas 2
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Si da til eders brødre: Ammi*! Og til eders søstre:
uhama**! / [HSE 2, 1 er i trykte bøker plassert på slutten av kapittel 1.] {* Du mitt folk!.} {** Du som har fÃ¥tt miskunn! 1PE 2, 10.}
2
Gå i rette med eders mor, gå i rette med henne! For hun er ikke min hustru, og jeg er ikke hennes mann. Få henne til å ta sine horeminer bort fra sitt ansikt og sine utuktige fakter fra sine bryster,
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forat jeg ikke skal klæ henne naken og stille henne frem som hun var den dag hun blev født, og gjøre henne lik en ørken, et tørt land, og la henne dø av tørst!
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Og hennes barn vil jeg ikke miskunne mig over; for de er horebarn.
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For deres mor har drevet hor, hun som fødte dem, har båret sig skammelig at - hun sa: Jeg vil gå efter mine elskere, de som gir mig mitt brød og mitt vann, min ull og mitt lin, min olje og min vin.
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Se, derfor stenger jeg din vei med torner; jeg reiser en mur foran henne, så hun ikke finner sine stier;
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når hun løper efter sine elskere, skal hun ikke nå dem, når hun søker dem, skal hun ikke finne dem. Da skal hun si: Jeg vil vende tilbake til min første mann; for dengang hadde jeg det bedre enn nu.
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Hun skjønte ikke at det var jeg som gav henne kornet og mosten og oljen, og som gav henne sølv og gull i mengdevis, som de brukte til Ba'al.
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Derfor vil jeg ta mitt korn tilbake, når dets tid kommer, og min most, når tiden er inne, og jeg vil ta bort min ull og mitt lin, som tjener til å skjule hennes blusel.
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Ja, nu vil jeg avdekke hennes visne kropp for hennes elskeres øine, og ingen skal rive henne ut av min hånd.
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Og jeg vil gjøre ende på all hennes glede, hennes fester, hennes nymåner og hennes sabbater og alle hennes høitider.
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Og jeg vil ødelegge hennes vintre og hennes fikentre, hvorom hun har sagt: De er min horelønn, som mine elskere har gitt mig. Og jeg vil gjøre dem til skog, og markens dyr skal ete dem.
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Og jeg vil hjemsøke henne for de dager da hun brente røkelse for Ba'alene og prydet sig med nesering og halssmykke og gikk efter sine elskere, men glemte mig, sier Herren.
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Se, derfor vil jeg lokke henne og føre henne ut i ørkenen og tale vennlig til henne,
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og så snart hun kommer derfra, vil jeg gi henne hennes vingårder igjen og gjøre Akors dal* til en håpets dør for henne; og hun skal takke der**, som i sin ungdoms dager, som den dag hun drog op fra Egyptens land. / {* JOS 7, 24. 26.} {** hun skal takke Herren for de velgjerninger hvormed han i Kana'an mottar henne.}
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Og det skal skje på den dag, sier Herren, at du skal rope: Min mann! Og du skal ikke mere rope til mig: Min Ba'al!
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Og jeg vil ta Ba'alenes navn bort fra hennes munn, og de skal ikke mere nevnes ved navn.
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Og jeg vil den dag gjøre en pakt for dem med markens dyr og himmelens fugler og jordens kryp; og bue og sverd og krig vil jeg sønderbryte og utrydde av landet, og jeg vil la dem bo i trygghet.
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Og jeg vil trolove mig med dig for evig tid; jeg vil trolove mig med dig i rettferdighet og rett, i miskunhet og barmhjertighet,
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og jeg vil trolove mig med dig i trofasthet, og du skal kjenne Herren.
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Og det skal skje på den dag at jeg vil bønnhøre, sier Herren, jeg vil bønnhøre himmelen, og den skal bønnhøre jorden,
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og jorden skal bønnhøre kornet og mosten og oljen, og de skal bønnhøre Jisre'el.
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Og jeg vil plante henne* for mig i landet og miskunne mig over Lo-
uhama, og jeg vil si til Lo-Ammi: Du er mitt folk, og det skal svare: Min Gud! / {* Israel}
Arcana Coelestia # 10407
10407. 'And made out of it a calf of molded [metal]' means in keeping with the delight belonging to that nation's loves. This is clear from the meaning of 'a calf' as external or natural good, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'molded [metal]' as worship fashioned in support of external kinds of love, dealt with immediately above in 10406. And since the Israelite nation is the subject in the present chapter and that nation's interest lay in external things and not in what was internal, and so was ruled by external kinds of love, the expression 'in keeping with the delight belonging to that nation's loves' is used. For 'the calf', being an idol, means that delight.
[2] The ancients among whom representative worship existed knew what the various kinds of living creatures were the signs of; for the living creatures each have their own spiritual meaning, and their spiritual meanings govern the manifestations of such creatures in heaven as well, consequently the mention of them in the Word, and also their use in burnt offerings and sacrifices. 'A calf' means the good of innocence and charity within the external or natural man, see 9391, 9990, 10132; but when no good of innocence and charity is present, as is the case with those whose interest lies in external things and not in what is internal, 'a calf' means natural delight on the level of the senses, which is a delight belonging to a person's own wishes, desires, self-love, and love of the world. This delight is the one that exists with those whose interest lies in external things and not in what is internal, and the one they worship; for what a person loves above all things, that he worships. They say, it is true, that they worship the God of all creation; but they say it with their lips and not their heart. People such as these are meant by those who worship the calf of molded [metal].
[3] The Egyptians were such more than all others. Because they possessed a greater knowledge of correspondences and representations than all other nations they made various idols for themselves, as is evident from the Egyptian idols that are still in existence. But their chief idol was the calf, by which they wished to signify their external good within worship. But when their knowledge of correspondences and representations, which was greater than that of other nations, was turned into magic, the calf took on a contrary meaning, namely that of the delight belonging to external kinds of love. And when the calf was placed in temples and worshipped as a god it meant that kind of delight expressed in worship.
[4] Because the Israelite nation brought that idolatrous practice with them out of Egypt, in their case the calf, when worshipped by them as a god, means the delight belonging to their particular loves expressed in worship. What kind of loves these were may be recognized from what has been shown in the places referred to above in 10396. For they were ruled, as they are at the present day, by self-love and love of the world more than all others. It is well known that at the present day they are ruled by a most earthly kind of love; for they love silver and gold not because of any use these can serve but for the sake of silver and gold themselves. This love is the most earthly of all, for it is foul avarice. With them self-love is not plainly visible but lies hidden in their heart, as is normally so with all who are foully avaricious. It is well known too that no love of the neighbour exists with them; and to the extent that love of the neighbour is absent from someone, self-love resides in him.
[5] From all this it now becomes clear what the calf of molded [metal] made by Aaron for that nation means. The like is meant by it in the following places: In Jeremiah,
A very beautiful heifer was Egypt; destruction has come from the north. And her hired servants in the midst of her are like calves of the fattening stall 1 . Jeremiah 46:20-21.
In David,
They made a calf in Horeb and bowed down to the molded image; and they changed the glory into the effigy of the ox that eats the plant 2 . Psalms 106:19-20.
In Hosea,
They sin more and more, and make for themselves a molded image from their silver, idols by their own intelligence, completely the work of craftsmen, saying to them, Those who offer human sacrifice 3 kiss the calves. Hosea 13:2.
In Isaiah,
The unicorns will come down with them, and the calves with the powerful ones; and their land will become drunk with blood, and their dust will be made fat with fatness. Isaiah 34:7.
In the same prophet,
The fortified city will be solitary, a habitation forsaken and left [like a wilderness]; there the calf will feed, and there it will lie down and consume its branches. And its harvest will wither. Isaiah 27:10-11.
In David,
Rebuke the wild animal of the reeds, the congregation of the strong ones, among the calves of the peoples, trampling on the fragments of silver. They have scattered the peoples. Psalms 68:30.
In Jeremiah,
I will give the men who transgressed My covenant, who did not keep the terms of the covenant which they made before Me, that of the calf which they cut in two, in order that they might pass between its parts - the princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the royal ministers and the priests, and all the people of the land who passed between the parts of the calf - I will give them into the hand of their enemies, that their dead bodies may be food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth. Jeremiah 34:18-20.
And in Hosea,
They have made a king, and not by Me; they have made princes, and I did not know. Their silver and their gold they have made into idols, that they may be cut off. Your calf has deserted [you], O Samaria. For from Israel is this also. A smith has made it, and it is not God; for the calf of Samaria will be broken to 4 pieces. Hosea 8:4-6.
For explanations of all these quotations, see 9391.
Poznámky pod čarou:
1. i.e. mercenaries who are like fat bulls
2. i.e. grass or herbage
3. Reading Sacrificantes hominem (Those sacrificing a human being i.e. Those who offer human sacrifice) for Sacrificant hominem (They sacrifice a human being)
4. literally, will become or will be made into
