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Deuteronomio 7

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1 Pagka ipapasok ka ng Panginoon mong Dios sa lupain na iyong pinaroroonan upang ariin, at palalayasin ang maraming bansa sa harap mo, ang Hetheo, at ang Gergeseo at ang Amorrheo, at ang Cananeo, at ang Pherezeo, at ang Heveo, at ang Jebuseo, na pitong bansang lalong malalaki at mga lalong makapangyarihan kay sa iyo;

2 At pagka sila'y ibibigay sa harap mo ng Panginoon mong Dios, at iyong sasaktan sila; ay lubos mo ngang lilipulin sila; huwag kang makikipagtipan sa kanila, ni huwag mong pagpakitaan ng kaawaan sila:

3 Ni magaasawa sa kanila; ang iyong anak na babae ay huwag mong papag-aasawahin sa kaniyang anak na lalake, ni ang kaniyang anak na babae, ay huwag mong papag-aasawahin sa iyong anak na lalake.

4 Sapagka't kaniyang ihihiwalay ang iyong anak na lalake sa pagsunod sa akin, upang sila'y maglingkod sa ibang mga dios: sa gayo'y magaalab ang galit ng Panginoon laban sa iyo, at kaniyang lilipulin kang madali.

5 Kundi ganito ang inyong gagawin sa kanila; inyong igigiba ang kanilang mga dambana, at inyong pagpuputolputulin ang kanilang mga haligi na pinakaalaala at inyong ibubuwal ang kanilang mga Asera, at inyong susunugin sa apoy ang kanilang mga larawang inanyuan.

6 Sapagka't ikaw ay isang banal na bayan sa Panginoon mong Dios; pinili ka ng Panginoon mong Dios upang maging bayan sa kaniyang sariling pag-aari, na higit sa lahat ng mga bayan na nasa ibabaw ng balat ng lupa.

7 Hindi kayo inibig ng Panginoon, ni pinili kayo ng dahil sa kayo'y marami sa bilang kay sa alin mang bayan; sapagka't kayo ang pinakamaliit sa lahat ng mga bayan:

8 Kundi dahil sa inibig kayo ng Panginoon, at dahil sa kaniyang tinupad ang sumpa na kaniyang isinumpa sa inyong mga magulang, ay inilabas kayo ng Panginoon sa pamamagitan ng makapangyarihang kamay at tinubos kayo sa bahay ng pagkaalipin, mula sa kamay ni Faraon na hari sa Egipto.

9 Talastasin mo nga, na ang Panginoon ninyong Dios, ay siyang Dios: ang tapat na Dios, na nag-iingat ng tipan at naggagawad ng kagandahang-loob sa mga umiibig sa kaniya, at tumutupad ng kaniyang mga utos, hanggang sa isang libong salin ng lahi;

10 At pinanghihigantihan sa kanilang mukha, ang mga napopoot sa kaniya, upang lipulin: siya'y hindi magpapaliban doon sa napopoot sa kaniya, kaniyang panghihigantihan sa kaniya ring mukha.

11 Iyo ngang iingatan ang utos, at ang mga palatuntunan, at ang mga kahatulan, na aking iniutos sa iyo sa araw na ito, na iyong ganapin.

12 At mangyayari, na sapagka't iyong dininig ang mga kahatulang ito, at iyong tinutupad at iyong ginaganap, ay tutuparin sa iyo ng Panginoon mong Dios ang tipan, at igagawad ang kagandahang-loob, na kaniyang isinumpa sa iyong mga magulang:

13 At kaniyang iibigin ka, at pagpapalain ka, at padadamihin ka: kaniya rin namang pagpapalain ang bunga ng iyong katawan, at ang bunga ng iyong lupa, ang iyong trigo, at ang iyong alak, at ang iyong langis, ang karagdagan ng iyong mga bakahan, at ang mga guya ng iyong kawan sa lupain na kaniyang isinumpa sa iyong mga magulang, upang ibigay sa iyo.

14 Magiging mapalad ka kay sa lahat ng mga bayan: walang magiging baog na babae o lalake sa inyo o sa inyong mga hayop.

15 At ilalayo sa iyo ng Panginoon ang lahat ng sakit: at wala siyang ihuhulog sa inyo sa masamang sakit sa Egipto, na iyong nalalaman, kundi ihuhulog niya sa lahat ng nangapopoot sa iyo.

16 At iyong lilipulin ang lahat ng mga bayan na ibibigay sa iyo ng Panginoon mong Dios; ang iyong mata ay huwag mahahabag sa kanila; ni huwag kang maglilingkod sa kanilang mga dios; sapagka't magiging isang silo sa iyo.

17 Kung iyong sasabihin sa iyong puso, Ang mga bansang ito ay higit kay sa akin; paanong aking makakamtan sila?

18 Huwag kang matatakot sa kanila; iyong aalalahaning mabuti ang ginawa ng Panginoon mong Dios kay Faraon, at sa buong Egipto.

19 Ang mga dakilang tukso na nakita ng iyong mga mata, at ang mga tanda, at ang mga kababalaghan, at ang makapangyarihang kamay, at ang unat na bisig, na ipinaglabas sa iyo ng Panginoon mong Dios: ay gayon ang gagawin ng Panginoon mong Dios sa lahat ng mga bayan na iyong kinatatakutan.

20 Bukod dito'y susuguin sa kanila ng Panginoon mong Dios ang malaking putakti hanggang sa ang nangaiiwan, at nangagtatago ay mamatay sa harap mo.

21 Huwag kang masisindak sa kanila; sapagka't ang Panginoon mong Dios ay nasa gitna mo, dakilang Dios at kakilakilabot.

22 At itataboy na untiunti ng Panginoon mong Dios ang mga bansang yaon sa harap mo: hindi mo malilipol silang paminsan, baka ang mga hayop sa parang ay kumapal sa iyo.

23 Kundi ibibigay sila ng Panginoon mong Dios sa harap mo, at pagtataglayin sila ng isang malaking kalituhan hanggang sa sila'y mangalipol.

24 At kaniyang ibibigay ang kanilang mga hari sa iyong kamay, at iyong papawiin ang kanilang pangalan sa silong ng langit: walang lalaking makatatayo doon sa harap mo, hanggang sa iyong malipol sila.

25 Ang mga larawang inanyuan na kanilang mga dios ay iyong susunugin sa apoy: huwag mong iimbutin ang pilak o ang ginto na nasa mga yaon, ni huwag mong kukunin para sa iyo, baka sa iyo'y maging silo: sapagka't ito'y isang karumaldumal sa Panginoon mong Dios.

26 At huwag kang magpapasok ng karumaldumal sa iyong bahay, at baka ikaw ay maging itinalaga na gaya niyaon: iyong lubos na kapopootan at iyong lubos na kasusuklaman, sapagka't itinalagang bagay.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 8932

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8932. 'You shall not make [to be] with Me gods of silver and gods of gold' means that they are to avoid completely things which to outward appearances look like truths and forms of good but inwardly are falsities and evils. This is clear from the meaning of 'making gods' as worshipping, since someone who makes gods for himself does so in order to worship them; from the meaning of 'silver' as truth, and therefore in the contrary sense as falsity, and from the meaning of 'gold' as good, and therefore in the contrary sense as evil, both dealt with in 113, 1551, 1552, 2954, 5658, 6914, 6917, 7999. The reason why these are things which to outward appearances look like truths and forms of good, but inwardly are falsities and evils, is that the words 'making them with Me', that is, with Jehovah God, are used. Actual Divine Truth and Goodness reside on an inner level; they reside on an outer level as well, but then they are embodied in types or representative images. For the outward things composing a type or image stand for and represent inner realities. Outward things are falsities and evils when, separated from inner realities, they are held to be holy and are worshipped; and yet they still look like truths and forms of good because they represent those realities. These things are meant by 'making [to be] with Jehovah God gods of silver and gods of gold'.

[2] This commandment follows immediately after the Ten Commandments because the Israelite and Jewish people were the sort that held outward things separated from inward realities to be holy and worshipped them as being altogether Divine, 3479, 3769, 4281, 4293, 4307, 4314, 4316, 4433, 4680, 4825, 4832, 4844, 4847, 4865, 4903, 6304, 6832, 8814, 8819. To gain more definite knowledge of what those things are which look to outward appearances like truths and forms of good but inwardly are falsities and evils, and what those things are like, take as examples all the ritual practices of the Jewish Church, such as sacrifices, burning incense, washings, and many other practices. Outwardly they were truths and forms of good, not in themselves but because they were types or images that stood for and represented inward truths and forms of good, which are aspects of love to the Lord and faith in Him. When the outward objects belonging to such practices were held to be holy, and especially when they were worshipped, as they were by the Jews and Israelites when they became idolaters and used them in the worship of strange gods, they no longer had any connection with the truths and forms of good which they stood for and represented, because inwardly they were falsities and evils.

[3] The situation was the same with all other things that were types or representative images of heavenly and Divine realities among that people. For as soon as outward things which represented inner realities were used in the worship of other gods they became idols worshipped by them or 'gods of silver and gold which they made [to be] with Jehovah God'. For then those things looked to outward appearances like truths and forms of good, but inwardly they were falsities and evils.

[4] In general 'gods of silver and gold' are all the falsities and derivative evils in worship which are made to look like truth and good through wrong usages and misinterpretations of the Word, and at the same time through reasonings that are the product of self-intelligence. Such things are meant by 'gods of silver and gold' in the following places: In Isaiah,

On that day a person will cast away his idols of silver and his idols of gold which they made for themselves to bow down to, to the moles and bats, to go into the clefts 1 of the rocks and into the fissures of the crags. Isaiah 2:20-21.

'Moles and bats' stands for those who are in darkness, that is, are steeped in falsities and derivative evils.

[5] In the same prophet,

On that day a man will cast aside his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your hands have made for you - a sin. Isaiah 31:7.

'Which your hands have made' stands for things which are the product of self-intelligence. In the same prophet,

The craftsman casts a graven image, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and casts silver chains for it. Isaiah 40:19.

'Graven images' are things which are products of the proprium or self, 8869. 'Overlaying with gold' stands for making things look to outward appearances like forms of good, 'casting silver chains' stands for making them seem to hang together as if linked to one another with truths, good being meant by 'gold' and truth by 'silver', see the paragraphs referred to above.

[6] Similarly in Jeremiah,

The customs 2 of the nations are vanity. Since indeed one cuts out wood from the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, he decorates it with silver and gold; they make it firm with pegs and hammers, so that it is not unsteady. Jeremiah 10:3-4.

In Hosea,

The Ephraimites sin more and more, and make for themselves a molten image from silver, idols by their own intelligence, completely the work of craftsmen. Hosea 13:2.

'Ephraim' stands for the Church's understanding, 5354, 6222, 6234, 6238, 6267; 'a molten image made from silver' stands for falsity that looks like truth, which is why it says 'by their own intelligence'; and 'completely the work of craftsmen' stands for the fact that it is all brought about through reasonings which are a product of the proprium or self.

[7] In Habakkuk,

Woe to him who says to a piece of wood, Awake! or to a dumb stone, Wake up, this will teach! Behold, this is bound in gold and silver, but there is no spirit in the midst of it. Habakkuk 2:19.

'A piece of wood' stands for evil, 'a stone' for falsity. 'Bound in gold and silver' stands for applications used to give the appearance of what is good and true. In Daniel,

Belshazzar said, when he had properly tasted the wine, that they were to bring the vessels of gold and silver which his father Nebuchadnezzar had brought from the temple that [had been] in Jerusalem, in order that the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines might drink from them. And they would drink wine, and praise the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone. Daniel 5:2-4, 23.

'The vessels of gold and silver from the temple of Jerusalem' represented the forms of good and the truths which belonged to the Church and to the Lord's kingdom; 'drinking wine from them' meant desecrating them by means of evils and falsities, which are 'the gods of gold and silver'.

[8] In David,

Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands They have a mouth, but they do not speak; they have eyes but do not see. Psalms 115:4-5; 135:15-16.

'Silver and gold, which are idols' stands for falsities and evils; 'the work of human hands' stands for the fact that they are the product of self-intelligence. In Moses,

You shall burn the graven images of the gods of the nations with fire; you shall not covet the silver and the gold that are on them, so that you take them to yourself; for it is an abomination to Jehovah your God. Therefore you shall not bring an abomination into your house, lest you become 3 an accursed thing like it; you shall utterly abhor it. Deuteronomy 7:25-26.

'Silver and gold on graven images' stands for falsities and evils which are worshipped as truths and forms of good because they have been made to look like these.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. Reading scissuras (clefts) for fissuras (fissures)

2. literally, statutes

3. Reading fias (you become) for fiat (it becomes)

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 1164

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1164. That 'Cush' or Ethiopia means interior cognitions of the Word by which people confirm false assumptions is clear in Jeremiah,

Egypt comes up like the river, and like the rivers the waters are tossed about; and he said, I will go up, I will cover the earth, I will destroy the city and those who dwell in it. Go up, O horses, and rage, O chariots, and let the mighty men go forth, Cush and Put that handle the shield. Jeremiah 46:8-9.

In this case 'Egypt' stands for people who believe nothing they do not grasp through facts. As a result everything is subject to doubt, denial and falsification, meant by 'rising up, covering the earth, and destroying the city'. Here 'Cush' stands for the more universal and interior cognitions of the Word by which they confirm accepted false assumptions. 'Put' stands for cognitions drawn from the literal sense of the Word which are based on sensory appearances.

[2] In Ezekiel,

A sword will come upon Egypt, and there will be grief in Cush when the slain 1 falls in Egypt; and they will take her multitude, and her foundations will be destroyed. Cush and Put and Lud and all of Ereb 2 and Kub, and the sons of the land of the covenant will fall with them by the sword. Ezekiel 30:4-6.

Except from the internal sense nobody could possibly know what these statements mean. And if the names did not mean real things, these verses would have practically no meaning at all. In this case however 'Egypt' means the knowledge by means of which they wish to enter into the mysteries of faith. 'Cush and Put' are called 'her foundations' because they are cognitions drawn from the Word.

[3] In the same prophet,

On that day messengers will go forth from before Me in ships to terrify overconfident Cush, and there will be grief among them as in the day of Egypt. Ezekiel 30:9.

'Cush' stands for cognitions drawn from the Word which confirm falsities hatched out of facts. In the same prophet,

I will make the land of Egypt into waste places, an utter desolation, from the tower of Seveneh as far as the border of Cush. Ezekiel 29:10.

In this case 'Egypt' stands for facts, 'Cush' for cognitions of the interior things of the Word, which are 'the borders' beyond which knowledge does not go.

[4] In Isaiah,

The king of Asshur will lead away the captives of Egypt and the captives of Cush, boys and old men, naked and barefoot, and with buttocks uncovered, the nakedness of Egypt. And they will be dismayed and ashamed because of Cush their hope, and because of Egypt their glory. Isaiah 20:4-5.

Here 'Cush' stands for cognitions drawn from the Word by which falsities obtained through facts are confirmed. 'Asshur' is reasoning which carries away those who are captive. In Nahum,

Cush was her strength, Egypt too, and that without limit; Put and the Libyans were your help. Nahum 3:9.

This refers to a vastated Church where in a similar way 'Egypt' stands for facts and 'Cush' for cognitions.

[5] 'Cush' and 'Egypt' stand simply for cognitions and knowledge which are truths useful to people whose faith is grounded in charity. 'Cush and Egypt' is used in this good sense in Isaiah,

Jehovah said, The labour of Egypt, and the wares of Cush and of the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours. They will follow after you in fetters, they will come over and bow down to you. To you they will make the supplication, God is with you only, and there is no other besides God. Isaiah 45:14.

'The labour of Egypt' stands for knowledge, 'the wares of Cush and the Sabeans' for cognitions of spiritual things which serve those who acknowledge the Lord, for all knowledge and every cognition are theirs.

[6] In Daniel,

The king of the north will have dominion over the secret hoards of gold and silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt; and the Libyans (Put) and the Cushites will follow in his 3 steps. Daniel 11:3.

'Put and Cush' here stands for cognitions drawn from the Word, 'Egypt' for facts. In Zephaniah,

From beyond the rivers of Cush are those who adore Me. Zephaniah 3:10.

This stands for those who are beyond the range of cognitions, and so for gentiles. In David,

Noblemen will come out of Egypt, Cush will hasten [to stretch out] her hands to God. Psalms 68:31.

Here 'Egypt' stands for knowledge, and 'Cush' for cognitions.

[7] In the same author,

I will mention Rahab and Babel among those who know Me; behold, Philistia and Tyre, with Cush. The latter was born here (in the city of God). Psalms 87:4.

'Cush' stands for cognitions drawn from the Word, hence the statement that he was 'born in the city of God'. Since 'Cush' means interior cognitions of the Word and intelligence acquired from these, it is therefore said that the second river going out of the garden of Eden encompassed the whole land of Cush. On this see what has appeared already in 117.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, the pierced

2. the Hebrew word rendered Ereb here is usually regarded not as a proper but as a common noun which means a mixed company.

3. The Latin means your but the Hebrew means his, which Swedenborg has in another place where he quotes this verse.

  
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