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Mika 1

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1 Dette er Herrens ord som kom til Mika fra Moreset i de dager da Jotam, Akas og Esekias var konger i Juda, det som han skuet om Samaria og Jerusalem.

2 Hør, I folk, alle sammen! Gi akt, du jord med alt som på dig er! Og Herren, Israels Gud, være vidne mot eder, Herren fra sitt hellige tempel!

3 For se, Herren går ut fra sin bolig; han stiger ned og farer frem over jordens høider.

4 Fjellene smelter under ham, og dalene revner - som voks for ilden, som vann når det øses ut over et stup.

5 For Jakobs frafall skjer alt dette, for de synder Israels hus har gjort. Hvem er ophavet til Jakobs frafall? Mon ikke Samaria? Og hvem til Judas offerhauger? Mon ikke Jerusalem?

6 Så vil jeg da gjøre Samaria til en grusdynge på marken, til et sted for vindyrkning, og jeg vil velte dets stener ned i dalen og avdekke dets grunnvoller.

7 Og alle dets utskårne billeder skal sønderslås, og alle dets horegaver brennes op med ild, og alle dets avgudsbilleder vil jeg ødelegge; for av horelønn har det samlet dem, og til horelønn skal de atter bli.

8 Over dette vil jeg klage og hyle, jeg vil gå barbent og naken; jeg vil opløfte klageskrik som sjakalene og jamre mig som strutsene.

9 For dets sår er ulægelige; for ulykken er kommet like til Juda, den har nådd like til mitt folks port, til Jerusalem.

10 Forkynn det ikke i Gat, gråt ikke der! I Bet-Leafra velter jeg mig i støvet.

11 Dra bort*, I Sjafirs innbyggere, i nakenhet og vanære! Sa'anans innbyggere våger sig ikke ut**. Bet-Haesels klageskrik gjør det umulig for eder å bli der. / {* i landflyktighet.} / {** JE 6, 25.}

12 For Marots innbyggere vrir sig i smerte over sin tapte lykke; for ulykke er faret ned fra Herren, like til Jerusalems port.

13 Spenn traveren for vognen, I innbyggere av Lakis! Syndens ophav var du* for Sions datter, for hos dig blev Israels overtredelser funnet. / {* Lakis. JOS 15, 39.}

14 Derfor skal du gi avkall på Moreset-Gat; husene i Aksib blir som en sviktende bekk for Israels konger.

15 Ennu en gang skal jeg la eder få en eiermann, I Maresas innbyggere! Til Adullam skal Israels stormenn komme.

16 Gjør dig skallet, klipp håret vekk for dine barns skyld, de som var din lyst! Gjør ditt hode så skallet som gribbens, for de er ført bort fra dig.

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In Isaiah 64:6, Zechariah 3:3, and Revelation 22:11, this signifies that one who is in falsities will be still more so, and will remain there. (Apocalypse Revealed 948) Filthy also signifies the love of self. (Arcana Coelestia 1304)

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Arcana Coelestia # 5530

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5530. 'That behold, each man's bundle of silver' means truths in ordered groups freely given. This is clear from the meaning of 'bundle' as an ordered group, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'silver' as truth, dealt with in 1551, 2954 - 'each man's in his sack' meaning that the ordered groups were freely given. The reason why 'bundle' means an ordered group is that the truths present with a person are arranged and ordered into sequences. The truths most in harmony with his loves lie in the middle; ones less in harmony with his loves lie immediately around those in the middle, while truths that are not at all in harmony with his loves lie pushed back to the peripheries. And lying outside that whole sequence are those which are contrary to his loves. The truths in the middle are therefore called kindred ones since love is the creator of kinship; those that are more remote are called associated ones, extending to and ending with associates that are on the fringes. All the truths present with a person are arranged into sequences like this and are meant by 'bundles'.

[2] From this one may see quite clearly what the situation is with those governed by self-love and love of the world and what it is with those governed by love to God and towards their neighbour. With people governed by self-love and love of the world the kinds of truths that lend support to these loves are in the middle, while those giving them little support are on the peripheries, and those contrary to them, such as truths to do with loving God and loving their neighbour, are cast to the outside. Such is the state of those in hell. This also explains why sometimes a band of light is seen around them; but inside this band where they themselves are, there exists a dark, gruesome, and horrible centre. With angels however there is a radiance at the centre, fuelled by the good of celestial and spiritual love, with a band of light or shining whiteness clothing it round about. Those who appear like this are likenesses of the Lord, for when He Himself revealed His Divinity to Peter, James, and John, He shone with His face like the sun, and His garments became like the light, Matthew 17:2. The fact that angels, who are likenesses of Him, are seen in a radiance with a surrounding whiteness is evident from the angel who came down from heaven and rolled the stone away from the door of the tomb,

His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow. Matthew 28:3.

  
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