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1 A Gospod reče Mojsiju: Idi k Faraonu, jer sam ja učinio da otvrdne srce njegovo i srce sluga njegovih, da učinim ove znake svoje među njima,

2 I da pripovedaš sinovima svojim i unucima svojim šta učinih u Misiru i kakve znake svoje pokazah na njima, da biste znali da sam ja Gospod.

3 I otide Mojsije i Aron k Faraonu, i rekoše mu: Ovako veli Gospod Bog jevrejski: Dokle ćeš se protiviti da se ne poniziš preda mnom? Pusti narod moj da mi posluži.

4 Jer ako nećeš pustiti narod moj, evo sutra ću naneti skakavce na zemlju tvoju;

5 I pokriće svu zemlju da se neće videti zemlja, i poješće ostatak što se sačuvao, koji vam je ostao iza grada, i poješće sva drveta što vam rastu u polju.

6 I napuniće ih se kuće tvoje i kuće svih sluga tvojih i kuće svih Misiraca, šta nisu videli oci tvoji ni oci otaca tvojih, otkako su postali na zemlji do danas. I okrenuvši se otide od Faraona.

7 A sluge rekoše Faraonu: Dokle će nas taj mučiti? Pusti ih neka posluže Gospodu Bogu svom. Zar još ne vidiš gde propade Misir?

8 I dozvaše opet Mojsija i Arona pred Faraona, i reče im: Idite, poslužite Gospodu Bogu svom. A koji su što će ići?

9 A Mojsije reče: S decom svojom i sa starcima svojim ići ćemo, sa sinovima svojim i sa kćerima svojim, sa stokom svojom sitnom i krupnom ići ćemo, jer imamo praznik Gospodnji.

10 A on im reče: Tako bio Gospod s vama, kako ću vas ja pustiti s decom vašom! Vidite da zlo mislite.

11 Neće biti tako; nego vi ljudi idite i poslužite Gospodu, jer to ištete. I otera ih od sebe Faraon.

12 Tada reče Gospod Mojsiju: Pruži ruku svoju na zemlju misirsku, da dođu skakavci na zemlju misirsku i pojedu sve bilje po zemlji, šta god osta iza grada.

13 I pruži Mojsije štap svoj na zemlju misirsku, i Gospod navede ustoku na zemlju, te duva celi dan i celu noć; a kad svanu, donese ustoka skakavce.

14 I dođoše skakavci na svu zemlju misirsku, i popadaše po svim krajevima misirskim silni veoma, kakvih pre nikada nije bilo niti će kad biti onakvih.

15 I pokriše svu zemlju, da se zemlja ne viđaše, i pojedoše svu travu na zemlji i sav rod na drvetima, što osta iza grada, i ne osta ništa zeleno od drveta i od bilja poljskog u svoj zemlji misirskoj.

16 Tada Faraon brže dozva Mojsija i Arona, i reče: Zgreših Gospodu Bogu vašem i vama.

17 Ali mi još sada samo oprosti greh moj, i molite se Gospodu Bogu svom da ukloni od mene samo ovu smrt.

18 I otide Mojsije od Faraona, i pomoli se Gospodu.

19 I okrenu Gospod vetar od zapada vrlo jak, koji uze skakavce i baci ih u Crveno more, i ne osta nijedan skakavac u celoj zemlji misirskoj.

20 Ali Gospod učini te otvrdnu srce Faraonu, i ne pusti sinove Izrailjeve.

21 I reče Gospod Mojsiju: Pruži ruku svoju k nebu, i biće tama po zemlji misirskoj takva da će je pipati.

22 I Mojsije pruži ruku svoju k nebu, i posta gusta tama po svoj zemlji misirskoj za tri dana.

23 Ne viđahu jedan drugog, i niko se ne mače s mesta gde beše za tri dana; ali se kod svih sinova Izrailjevih videlo po stanovima njihovim.

24 Tada Faraon dozva Mojsija, i reče: Idite, poslužite Gospodu; samo stoka vaša sitna i krupna neka ostane, a deca vaša neka idu s vama.

25 A Mojsije reče: Treba da nam daš i šta ćemo prineti i sažeći na žrtvu Gospodu Bogu svom;

26 Zato i stoka naša nek ide s nama, da ne ostane ni papka, jer između nje treba da uzmemo čim ćemo poslužiti Gospodu Bogu svom, a ne znamo kojim ćemo poslužiti Gospodu dokle ne dođemo onamo.

27 Ali Gospod učini te otvrdnu srce Faraonu, i ne hte ih pustiti.

28 I reče mu Faraon: Idi od mene, i čuvaj se da mi više ne dođeš na oči, jer ako mi dođeš na oči, poginućeš.

29 A Mojsije reče: Pravo si kazao; neću ti više doći na oči.

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 423

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423. And the sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke of the pit. This symbolically means that therefore the light of truth became thick darkness.

The sun and the air here symbolize the light of truth, for the sun symbolizes love, and the light from it, Divine truth. Consequently, when we are told that the sun was darkened, and with it the air, it symbolically means that Divine truth became thick darkness. That this resulted from falsities accompanying lusts is symbolically meant by its being because of the smoke of the pit.

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.

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Arcana Coelestia # 6844

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6844. Take off your shoes from upon your feet' means that the powers of the senses, which form the external levels of the natural, should be removed. This is clear from the meaning of 'shoes' as the powers of the senses forming the external levels of the natural, dealt with in 1748; and from the meaning of 'feet' as the natural, dealt with in 2162, 3147, 3761, 3986, 4280, 4938-4952. 'Taking off' plainly means removing since one is talking about the powers of the senses. Particular expressions have to be used in application to the actual matter to which they refer; thus 'being taken off' is applied to shoes, and 'being removed' to the powers of the senses. The implications of all this need to be stated. Anyone can see that here 'shoes' represent something that does not accord with Him who is holy and Divine, so that 'taking off one's shoes' was representative of the removal of things like that. Without this representation what would it matter to the Divine whether a person drew near in shoes or in bare feet, provided that inwardly he is the kind of person who can draw near the Divine in faith and love? Therefore the powers of the senses are meant by 'shoes', and those powers, which form the external levels of the natural, are by nature such that they cannot remain when one thinks with reverence about the Divine. Consequently because it was a time when representatives had to be observed, Moses was not allowed to draw near with his shoes on.

[2] The reason why the powers of the senses that form the external levels of the natural are by nature such that they cannot receive the Divine is that they are steeped in ideas of worldly, bodily, and also earthly things because they are the first to receive them. Therefore sensory impressions contained in the memory as a result of the activity of the senses draw their nature from the light and heat of the world, and hardly at all from the light and heat of heaven. As a consequence they are the last things that can be regenerated, that is, receive something of the light of heaven. This explains why, when a person is ruled by his senses and sensory impressions control his thinking, he inevitably thinks of the Divine as he does of earthly things. If also he is ruled by evil those impressions make him think in ways altogether contrary to the Divine. When therefore a person thinks about the kinds of things that have to do with faith and love to God he is raised, if he is governed by good, from the powers of the senses which form the external levels of the natural to more internal levels, consequently from earthly and worldly things nearer to celestial and spiritual ones.

[3] This is something people do not know about, the reason being that they do not know that internal levels distinct and separate from external ones are present within them, or that thought exists on increasingly internal levels as well as on more external ones. And unaware of these things a person cannot reflect on them. But see what has been stated already about thought ruled by sensory impressions:

People whose thought is ruled by sensory impressions have little wisdom, 5084, 5089, 5094, 6201, 6310-6312, 6314, 6316, 6318, 6598, 6612, 6614, 6622, 6624.

A person may be raised above the level of the senses, and when he is raised he comes into a quite gentle light; and this happens especially to those who are being regenerated, 6183, 6313, 6315.

All this now shows what is meant by 'taking off one's shoes from upon one's feet'. A person's natural divides into the external, the middle, and the internal, see 4570, 5118, 5126, 5497, 5649. The internal natural is meant by 'the feet', the middle natural by 'the soles', and the external by 'the shoes'.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.