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Deuteronomio 32

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1 ESCUCHAD, cielos, y hablaré; Y oiga la tierra los dichos de mi boca.

2 Goteará como la lluvia mi doctrina; Destilará como el rocío mi razonamiento; Como la llovizna sobre la grama, Y como las gotas sobre la hierba:

3 Porque el nombre de Jehová invocaré: Engrandeced á nuestro Dios.

4 El es la Roca, cuya obra es perfecta, Porque todos sus caminos son rectitud: Dios de verdad, y ninguna iniquidad en él: Es justo y recto.

5 La corrupción no es suya: á sus hijos la mancha de ellos, Generación torcida y perversa.

6 ¿Así pagáis á Jehová, Pueblo loco é ignorante? ¿No es él tu padre que te poseyó? El te hizo y te ha organizado.

7 Acuérdate de los tiempos antiguos; Considerad los años de generación y generación: Pregunta á tu padre, que él te declarará; A tus viejos, y ellos te dirán.

8 Cuando el Altísimo hizo heredar á las gentes, Cuando hizo dividir los hijos de los hombres, Estableció los términos de los pueblos Según el número de los hijos de Israel.

9 Porque la parte de Jehová es su pueblo; Jacob la cuerda de su heredad.

10 Hallólo en tierra de desierto, Y en desierto horrible y yermo; Trájolo alrededor, instruyólo, Guardólo como la niña de su ojo.

11 Como el águila despierta su nidada, Revolotea sobre sus pollos, Extiende sus alas, los toma, Los lleva sobre sus plumas:

12 Jehová solo le guió, Que no hubo con él dios ajeno.

13 Hízolo subir sobre las alturas de la tierra, Y comió los frutos del campo, E hizo que chupase miel de la peña, Y aceite del duro pedernal;

14 Manteca de vacas y leche de ovejas, Con grosura de corderos, Y carneros de Basán; también machos de cabrío, Con grosura de riñones de trigo: Y sangre de uva bebiste, vino puro.

15 Y engrosó Jeshurun, y tiró coces: Engordástete, engrosástete, cubrístete: Y dejó al Dios que le hizo, Y menospreció la Roca de su salud.

16 Despertáronle á celos con los dioses ajenos; Ensañáronle con abominaciones.

17 Sacrificaron á los diablos, no á Dios; A dioses que no habían conocido, A nuevos dioses venidos de cerca, Que no habían temido vuestros padres.

18 De la Roca que te crió te olvidaste: Te has olvidado del Dios tu criador.

19 Y vió lo Jehová, y encendióse en ira, por el menosprecio de sus hijos y de sus hijas.

20 Y dijo: Esconderé de ellos mi rostro, Veré cuál será su postrimería: Que son generación de perversidades, Hijos sin fe.

21 Ellos me movieron á celos con lo que no es Dios; Hiciéronme ensañar con sus vanidades: Yo también los moveré á celos con un pueblo que no es pueblo, Con gente insensata los haré ensañar.

22 Porque fuego se encenderá en mi furor, Y arderá hasta el profundo; Y devorará la tierra y sus frutos, Y abrasará los fundamentos de los montes.

23 Yo allegaré males sobre ellos; Emplearé en ellos mis saetas.

24 Consumidos serán de hambre, y comidos de fiebre ardiente Y de amarga pestilencia; Diente de bestias enviaré también sobre ellos, Con veneno de serpiente de la tierra.

25 De fuera desolará la espada, Y dentro de las cámaras el espanto: Así al mancebo como á la doncella, Al que mama como el hombre cano.

26 Dije: Echaríalos yo del mundo, Haría cesar de entre los hombres la memoria de ellos,

27 Si no temiese la ira del enemigo, No sea que se envanezcan sus adversarios, No sea que digan: Nuestra mano alta Ha hecho todo esto, no Jehová.

28 Porque son gente de perdidos consejos, Y no hay en ellos entendimiento.

29 Ojalá fueran sabios, que comprendieran esto, Y entendieran su postrimería!

30 ¿Cómo podría perseguir uno á mil, Y dos harían huir á diez mil, Si su Roca no los hubiese vendido, Y Jehová no los hubiera entregado?

31 Que la roca de ellos no es como nuestra Roca: Y nuestros enemigos sean de ello jueces.

32 Porque de la vid de Sodoma es la vid de ellos, Y de los sarmientos de Gomorra: Las uvas de ellos son uvas ponzoñosas, Racimos muy amargos tienen.

33 Veneno de dragones es su vino, Y ponzoña cruel de áspides.

34 ¿No tengo yo esto guardado, Sellado en mis tesoros?

35 Mía es la venganza y el pago, Al tiempo que su pie vacilará; Porque el día de su aflicción está cercano, Y lo que les está preparado se apresura.

36 Porque Jehová juzgará á su pueblo, Y por amor de sus siervos se arrepentirá, Cuando viere que la fuerza pereció, Y que no hay guardado, mas desamparado.

37 Y dirá: ¿Dónde están sus dioses, La roca en que se guarecían;

38 Que comían el sebo de sus sacrificios, Bebían el vino de sus libaciones? Levántense, que os ayuden Y os defiendan.

39 Ved ahora que yo, yo soy, Y no hay dioses conmigo: Yo hago morir, y yo hago vivir: Yo hiero, y yo curo: Y no hay quien pueda librar de mi mano.

40 Cuando yo alzaré á los cielos mi mano, Y diré: Vivo yo para siempre,

41 Si afilare mi reluciente espada, Y mi mano arrebatare el juicio, Yo volveré la venganza á mis enemigos, Y daré el pago á los que me aborrecen.

42 Embriagaré de sangre mis saetas, Y mi espada devorará carne: En la sangre de los muertos y de los cautivos, De las cabezas, con venganzas de enemigo.

43 Alabad, gentes, á su pueblo, Porque él vengará la sangre de sus siervos, Y volverá la venganza á sus enemigos, Y expiará su tierra, á su pueblo.

44 Y vino Moisés, y recitó todas las palabras de este cántico á oídos del pueblo, él, y Josué hijo de Nun.

45 Y acabó Moisés de recitar todas estas palabras á todo Israel;

46 Y díjoles: Poned vuestro corazón á todas las palabras que yo os protesto hoy, para que las mandéis á vuestros hijos, y cuiden de poner por obra todas las palabras de esta ley.

47 Porque no os es cosa vana, mas es vuestra vida: y por ellas haréis prolongar los días sobre la tierra, para poseer la cual pasáis el Jordán.

48 Y habló Jehová á Moisés aquel mismo día, diciendo:

49 Sube á este monte de Abarim, al monte Nebo, que está en la tierra de Moab, que está en derecho de Jericó, y mira la tierra de Canaán, que yo doy por heredad á los hijos de Israel;

50 Y muere en el monte al cual subes, y sé reunido á tus pueblos; al modo que murió Aarón tu hermano en el monte de Hor, y fué reunido á sus pueblos:

51 Por cuanto prevaricasteis contra mí en medio de los hijos de Israel en las aguas de la rencilla de Cades, en el desierto de Zin; porque no me santificasteis en medio de los hijos de Israel.

52 Verás por tanto delante de ti la tierra; mas no entrarás allá, á la tierra que doy á los hijos de Israel.

   

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281. And the fourth animal was like a flying eagle, signifies the appearance in ultimates of the Divine guard and providence in respect to intelligence and as to circumspection on every side. This is evident from the signification of "eagle," as being intelligence; here Divine intelligence which is that of the Lord's guard and providence. "Eagle" means intelligence because intelligence is in the light of heaven, and the eagle flies high that he may be there and may look about on every side; this is why this face of the cherub appeared "like a flying eagle;" for "to fly" signifies presence and clear vision on every side, and in reference to the Divine it signifies omnipresence. "Eagle" signifies intelligence for this reason also, that the "birds of heaven" signify in a good sense things intellectual and rational, and the eagle especially, because it not only flies high but also has keen vision. (That "the birds of heaven" signify things intellectual and rational, in both senses, seeArcana Coelestia 745, 776, 866, 988, 991, 3219, 5149, 7441)

[2] That "eagle" signifies intelligence is evident from the following passages in the Word. In Ezekiel:

A great eagle, great in wings, long in pinions, full of feathers, which had divers colors [embroidery], came upon Lebanon, and took a twig of cedar; he plucked off the head of its shoots, and carried it into a land of traffic; and set it in the city of spice dealers. He took of the seed of the land, and placed it in a field of sowing; he took it to great waters, and placed it carefully; and it sprouted and became a luxuriant vine of low stature, so that its branches looked to it, and the roots thereof were under it; so it became a vine that produced shoots and sent out boughs. And there was another great eagle, great in wings and full of feathers; and behold, this vine did bend its roots toward it and sent forth its branches toward it to water it from the beds of its plantation; it was planted in a good field by many waters, to make the bough and to bear fruit, that it might be a vine of magnificence (Ezekiel 17:1-8).

The establishment of a spiritual church by the Lord is here treated of, and in the internal sense the process of its establishment or of the regeneration of the man of that church from beginning to end is described. By the first eagle the process of regeneration of the natural or external man by means of knowledges [scientifica] and cognitions from the Word is described; and by the other eagle the process of regeneration of the spiritual or internal man by means of truths from good is described; therefore the first eagle signifies the intelligence of the natural man, and the second the intelligence of the spiritual man. Let it be also explained briefly what these particulars signify. The first eagle is said to have been "great in wings, long in pinions, full of feathers," and this signifies an abundance of the knowledges and cognitions [scientiarum et cognitionum] of truth and good, from which comes the first intelligence, which is the intelligence of the natural man; it is therefore said that "it had divers colors" [embroidery], for by "divers colors" is signified what relates to knowledge and cognition [scientificum et cognitivum] (See Arcana Coelestia 9688). "It came upon Lebanon, and took a twig of cedar," signifies the reception of some knowledges of truth from the doctrine of the church which is from the Word; for "Lebanon" signifies that doctrine, and "the twig of cedar" knowledges. "He plucked off the head of its shoots, and carried it into a land of traffic," signifies primary knowledges from that doctrine to which knowledges [scientiae] were applied; "the head of the shoots" signifying primary knowledges, and "the land of traffic" the natural man, to which things known belong. "He set it in the city of spice dealers" signifies among truths from good in the natural man; "spices" signifying truths which are agreeable because from good (See Arcana Coelestia 4748, 5621, 9474, 9475, 10199, 10254). "He took of the seed of the land, and placed it in the field of sowing; he took it to great waters, and placed it carefully," signifies multiplication; "the seed of the land" meaning the truth of the church; "the field of sowing," the good from which it grows; "great waters," the knowledges of truth and good; "to place carefully," separation from falsities; "and it sprouted and became a luxuriant vine, so that its branches looked to it [the eagle] and the roots thereof were under it," signifies the church coming to the birth through the arrangement of the knowledges of truth, and from their application to use. "So it became a vine that produced shoots and sent out boughs," signifies the beginning of the spiritual church, and the continual increase of truths. (That "vine" is the spiritual church, see Arcana Coelestia 1069, 6375, 9277.) Thus far the beginning of the church with man, which takes place in the natural or external man, has been described; its establishment which takes place in the spiritual or internal man is now described by the other eagle; because this signifies spiritual intelligence, it said that "the vine did bend its roots toward it, that is, the eagle, and send forth its branches toward it;" for "roots" signify knowledges [scientiae], and "branches" the cognitions of truth and good, which are all applied to the truths which are in the spiritual or internal man; without their spiritual application man does not become wise at all. The multiplication and fructification of truth from good, thus the increase of intelligence, is described by "the vine was planted in a good field, by many waters, to make the bough and to bear fruit, that it might be a vine of magnificence;" "a good field" is the church in respect to the good of charity; "many waters" are the knowledges of good and truth; "to form the bough" is to multiply truths; "to bear fruit" is to bring forth goods, which are uses; "a vine of magnificence" is the spiritual church, both internal and external. (But these things, since they are arcana of regeneration and of the establishment of the church with man, can be better understood from what is (New Jerusalem and Heavenly Doctrine51) (New Jerusalem and Heavenly Doctrine 183) brought together in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem, from the Arcana Coelestia, On Knowledges [scientiis] and Cognitions, n. 51; and On Regeneration, n. 183.)

[3] That "eagle" signifies intelligence can also be seen in Isaiah:

They that wait upon Jehovah shall renew the strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles (Isaiah 40:31).

"To mount up with wings as eagles" is ascent into the light of heaven, thus into intelligence.

[4] In David:

Jehovah, who satisfieth thy mouth, so that thou shalt be renewed like an eagle (Psalms 103:5).

"To be renewed like an eagle" is to be renewed in respect to intelligence.

[5] In Moses:

Ye have seen how I bare you as on eagles' wings, and brought you unto Myself (Exodus 19:4).

"To bear as on eagles' wings, and to bring," also means into intelligence, because into heaven and its light.

[6] In the same:

Jehovah found him in the land of the wilderness. He led him about, He instructed him, He preserved him as the pupil of His eye. As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young; it spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh him, beareth him on her pinions, so Jehovah alone led him (Deuteronomy 32:10-12). This treats of the establishment of the Ancient Church, and the first reformation of those who were of that church; their first state is meant by "the land of the wilderness in which Jehovah found them;" "the land of the wilderness," is where there is no good because there is no truth; their instruction in truths, guarding them from falsities, and the opening of the interiors of their mind, that they may come into the light of heaven, and thus into the understanding of truth and good, which is intelligence, is described by "the eagle," its "nest on high," "it fluttereth over the young, and beareth them on the pinions;" comparison is made with the eagle, because "eagle" signifies intelligence.

[7] In the second book of Samuel:

Saul and Jonathan, swifter than eagles, and stronger than lions (2 Samuel 1:23).

"Saul" as a king, and "Jonathan" as a king's son, signify the truth of the church; and because intelligence is from truth, and also power, it is said that they were "swifter than eagles, and stronger than lions;" "swiftness" in the Word, in reference to intelligence, signifying the affection of truth. For David wrote his lamentation over Saul and Jonathan "to teach the sons of Judah the bow;" and "the sons of Judah" signify the truths of the church, and the "bow" means the doctrine of truth combating against falsities.

[8] In Job:

By thy intelligence doth the hawk fly, and spread her wings toward the south? At thy command doth the eagle mount up and make high her nest? In the rock she dwelleth and lodgeth; thence she searcheth her food; her eyes behold afar off; and where the slain are there is she (Job 39:26-30.)

Here intelligence is treated of, that no one can procure it from himself or from what is his own [ex proprio]; therefore it is said, "By thy intelligence doth the hawk fly, and spread her wings towards the south?" referring to man's leading himself into the light of intelligence (signified by the "south"), and here, that this is not possible. Intelligence itself, which is of the spiritual man, is described by "the eagle doth mount up, make high her nest, dwell and lodge in the rock, thence searching her food, and her eyes behold afar off." That no one has such intelligence from himself is signified by "Doth the eagle do this at thy command?" But that nothing but falsities can come from self-intelligence is signified by "where the slain are there is she;" "the slain" in the Word signify those with whom truths have been extinguished by falsities (See Arcana Coelestia, n. 4503).

[9] From this it can be seen what is signified by the Lord's words when the disciples asked Him where the Last Judgment would be, in Luke:

The disciples said, Where, Lord? He said unto them, Where the body is, there will the eagles be gathered together (Luke 17:37).

The "body" here means the spiritual world, where all men are together, both the evil and the good; and "eagles" signify those who are in truths, and also those who are in falsities, thus those who are in true intelligence and those who are in false intelligence. False intelligence is from what is man's own [ex proprio], but true intelligence is from the Lord through the Word.

[10] The falsities that are from self-intelligence are also described by "eagles" in the following passages in the Word. In Jeremiah:

Behold he ascendeth as the clouds, and his chariot as the storm, his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us, for we are devastated (Jeremiah 4:13).

The desolation of truth in the church is here treated of, and the "cloud" that ascends signifies falsities; "the chariot which is as the storm" signifies the doctrine of falsity; their avidity for reasoning against truths and destroying them, and pleasure in it, is signified by "their horses are swifter than eagles," for "swiftness" and "haste" in the Word signify being stirred by affection and lust (See Arcana Coelestia 7695, 7866); and "horses" signify the understanding of truth, and in a contrary sense, the understanding of falsity or the reasoning from falsities against truth (Arcana Coelestia 2760-2762, 3217, 5321, 6125, 6400, 6534, 7024, 8146, 8148, 8381); and because "horses" signify this, and "eagles" intelligence, here self-intelligence which is reasoning from falsities, therefore it is said, "their horses are swifter than eagles."

[11] In Lamentations:

Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the heavens (Lamentations 4:19).

And in Habakkuk:

His horses are nimbler than leopards, and are fiercer than the evening wolves, that his horsemen may spread themselves; whence his horsemen come from far, they fly as an eagle that hasteth to eat. He cometh all for violence (Habakkuk 1:8-9);

here too, "eagle" stands for the reasoning from falsities against truths, which is from self-intelligence.

  
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