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1 At ang Panginoon ay nagsalita kay Moises, na sinasabi,

2 Salitain mo sa mga anak ni Israel, na sila'y bumalik at humantong sa tapat ng Pi-hahiroth, sa pagitan ng Migdol at ng dagat, sa tapat ng Baalzephon: sa tapat niyaon hahantong kayo, sa tabi ng dagat.

3 At sasabihin ni Faraon tungkol sa mga anak ni Israel: Nangasisilo sila sa lupain, sila'y naliligid ng ilang.

4 At aking papagmamatigasin ang puso ni Faraon, at kaniyang hahabulin sila at kayo'y magiimbot ng karangalan kay Faraon, at sa lahat niyang hukbo; at malalaman ng mga Egipcio, na ako ang Panginoon. At kanilang ginawang gayon.

5 At nasabi sa hari sa Egipto, na ang bayan ay tumakas: at ang puso ni Faraon at ng kaniyang mga lingkod ay nagbago tungkol sa bayan, at kanilang sinabi, Ano itong ating ginawa, na ating pinayaon ang Israel, upang huwag na tayong mapaglingkuran?

6 At inihanda ni Faraon ang kaniyang karro, at kaniyang ipinagsama ang kaniyang bayan:

7 At siya'y nagdala ng anim na raang piling karro, at lahat ng mga karro sa Egipto, at ng mga kapitan na namumuno sa lahat ng mga yaon.

8 At pinapagmatigas ng Panginoon ang puso ni Faraon na hari sa Egipto, at hinabol niya ang mga anak ni Israel, sapagka't ang mga anak ni Israel ay nagsialis na may lubos na pagkakatiwala.

9 At hinabol sila ng mga Egipcio, ng lahat ng mga kabayo at ng karro ni Faraon, at ng kaniyang mga taong mangangabayo, at ng kaniyang hukbo, at inabutan sila noong nakahantong sa tabi ng dagat, na nasa siping ng Pi-hahirot, sa tapat ng Baal-zefon.

10 At nang si Faraon ay nalalapit, ay itiningin ng mga anak ni Israel ang kanilang mga mata, at, narito, ang mga Egipcio ay sumusunod sa kanila; at sila'y natakot na mainam: at ang mga anak ni Israel ay humibik sa Panginoon.

11 At kanilang sinabi kay Moises, Dahil ba sa walang libingan sa Egipto, kung kaya dinala mo kami rito upang mamatay sa ilang? bakit ka gumawa ng ganito sa amin, na inilabas mo kami sa Egipto?

12 Di ba ito ang sinalita namin sa iyo sa Egipto, na sinasabi, Pabayaan mo kami na makapaglingkod sa mga Egipcio? Sapagka't lalong mabuti sa amin ang maglingkod sa mga Egipcio kay sa kami ay mamatay sa ilang.

13 At sinabi ni Moises sa bayan, Huwag kayong matakot, tumigil kayo, at tingnan ninyo ang pagliligtas ng Panginoon na gagawin sa inyo ngayon: sapagka't ang mga Egipcio na inyong nakikita ngayon, ay hindi na ninyo uli makikita magpakailan man.

14 Ipakikipaglaban kayo ng Panginoon, at kayo'y tatahimik.

15 At sinabi ng Panginoon kay Moises, Bakit humihibik ka sa akin? salitain mo sa mga anak ni Israel na sila'y magpatuloy na yumaon.

16 At itaas mo ang iyong tungkod, at iunat mo ang iyong kamay sa ibabaw ng dagat, at hawiin mo; at ang mga anak ni Israel ay dadaan sa gitna ng dagat sa ibabaw ng lupang tuyo.

17 At ako, narito, aking papagmamatigasin ang puso ng mga Egipcio at susundan nila sila: at ako'y magiimbot ng karangalan kay Faraon, at sa buo niyang hukbo, sa kaniyang mga karro, at sa kaniyang mga nangangabayo.

18 At malalaman ng mga Egipcio, na ako ang Panginoon, pagka ako ay nakapagimbot ng karangalan kay Faraon, sa kaniyang mga karro, at sa kaniyang mga nangangabayo.

19 At ang anghel ng Dios na nasa unahan ng kampamento ng Israel, ay humiwalay at napasa hulihan nila; at ang haliging ulap ay humiwalay sa harap nila at lumagay sa likod nila:

20 At lumagay sa pagitan ng kampamento ng Egipto at ng kampamento ng Israel; at mayroong ulap at kadiliman, gayon ma'y binigyan sila ng liwanag sa gabi at ang isa't isa ay hindi nagkalapit sa buong magdamag.

21 At iniunat ni Moises ang kaniyang kamay sa ibabaw ng dagat; at pinaghiwalay ng Panginoon ang dagat sa pamamagitan ng isang malakas na hanging silanganan ng buong magdamag, at ang dagat ay pinapaging tuyong lupa at ang tubig ay nahawi.

22 At ang mga anak ni Israel ay pumasok sa gitna ng dagat sa ibabaw ng tuyong lupa: at ang tubig ay naging isang kuta sa kanila, sa kanilang kanan at sa kanilang kaliwa.

23 At hinabol sila ng mga Egipcio, at nagsipasok na kasunod nila sa gitna ng dagat, lahat ng mga kabayo ni Faraon, ang kaniyang mga karro, at ang kaniyang mga nangangabayo.

24 At nangyari, sa pagbabantay sa kinaumagahan, na minasdan ng Panginoon ang hukbo ng mga Egipcio sa gitna ng haliging apoy at ulap, at niligalig ang hukbo ng mga Egipcio.

25 At inalisan ng gulong ang kanilang mga karro, na kanilang hinila ng buong hirap: na ano pa't sinabi ng mga Egipcio, Tumakas tayo sa harap ng Israel: sapagka't ipinakikipaglaban sila ng Panginoon sa mga Egipcio.

26 At sinabi ng Panginoon kay Moises, Iunat mo ang iyong kamay sa dagat, upang ang tubig ay tumabon sa mga Egipcio, sa kanilang mga karro, at sa kanilang mga nangangabayo.

27 At iniunat ni Moises ang kaniyang kamay sa dagat, at ang dagat ay nagsauli sa kaniyang dating lakas, nang umumaga; at ang mga Egipcio ay nagsitakas, at nilaginlin ng Panginoon ang mga Egipcio sa gitna ng dagat.

28 At ang tubig ay nagsauli, at tinakpan ang mga karro, at ang mga nangangabayo, sa makatuwid baga'y ang buong hukbo ni Faraon na pumasok na sumunod sa kanila sa dagat; walang natira kahit isa sa kanila.

29 Datapuwa't ang mga anak ni Israel ay lumakad sa tuyong lupa sa gitna ng dagat; at ang tubig sa kanila ay naging isang kuta sa kanilang kanan at sa kanilang kaliwa.

30 Gayon iniligtas ng Panginoon ang Israel ng araw na yaon sa kamay ng mga Egipcio; at nakita ng Israel ang mga Egipcio na mga patay sa tabi ng dagat.

31 At nakita ng Israel ang dakilang gawa, na ginawa ng Panginoon sa mga Egipcio, at ang bayan ay natakot sa Panginoon: at sila'y sumampalataya sa Panginoon at sa kaniyang lingkod na kay Moises.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 8228

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8228. 'And Jehovah overturned the Egyptians into the middle of the sea' means that in so doing they cast themselves into the hell where the falsities arising from evil existed. This is clear from the meaning of 'overturning them into the sea' as casting them into falsities arising from evil; for these falsities are meant by the waters of that sea, 6346, 7307, 8137, 8138. For more about the bad things which in the literal sense of the Word are attributed to Jehovah or the Lord - that the origin of them lies with the people themselves who are ruled by evil, and not at all with the Lord, and that this is how one should understand the Word in its internal sense - see 2447, 6071, 6991, 6997, 7533, 7632, 7643, 7679, 7710, 7877, 7926, 8227.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 6997

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6997. 'And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Moses' means leniency. This is clear from the meaning of 'the anger of Jehovah' as not anger but the opposite of anger, which is mercy or in this instance leniency. The absence of any anger in Jehovah is evident from the consideration that He is love itself, goodness itself, and mercy itself, while anger is the opposite and is also a failing, which is inapplicable to God. For this reason when anger in the Word is attributed to Jehovah or the Lord, the angels do not discern anger but either mercy or the removal of the wicked from heaven. Here they discern leniency because what is said is addressed to Moses, who represents the Lord when He was in the world in respect of Divine Truth.

[2] The Word attributes anger to Jehovah or the Lord because of the very general truth that all things come from God, thus the bad as well as the good. But this very general truth, which young children, older ones, and simple people need to have, must at a later stage be clarified. That is to say, it must be shown that bad things are assignable to man, though they may seem to be assignable to God, and have been declared to be so to the end that people may learn to fear God, so as not to be destroyed by wicked things they themselves do, and may then come to love Him. Fear must come before love in order that love may have holy fear within it; for when fear is instilled into love that fear is made holy by the holiness of love. Once it is made holy it is not a fear that the Lord will be angry and punish them, but a fear that they may act contrary to Goodness itself; for to do that will torment their conscience.

[3] Furthermore it was by means of punishments that the Israelites and the Jews were compelled to fulfill the external and formal requirements of religious laws and commands. This led them to think that Jehovah was angry and punished them, when in fact they themselves through their idolatrous behaviour were the ones who brought such things upon themselves and cut themselves off from heaven. Their own behaviour brought about their punishments, as it also says in Isaiah,

Your iniquities cause division between you and your God; and your sins hide [His] face from you. Isaiah 59:1.

And since the Israelites and the Jews were confined to the fulfillment of external requirements and knew nothing internal they continued to believe that Jehovah was angry and punished them. For people who concern themselves only with things of an external nature but not with anything internal do everything out of fear and nothing out of love.

[4] From all this one may now see what 'the anger' and 'the wrath' of Jehovah are used to mean in the Word, namely punishments, as in Isaiah,

Behold, the name of Jehovah comes from afar, burning with His anger, and the heaviness of the burden. His lips are full of indignation, and His tongue like a burning fire. Isaiah 30:27.

'Anger' stands for reproof, and for a warning in order that evils may not destroy them. In the same prophet,

In an overflowing of anger I hid My face from you for a moment. Isaiah 54:8.

'An overflowing of anger' stands for temptation, during which evils bring pain and torment. In Jeremiah,

I Myself will fight with you with an outstretched hand and a strong arm, and in anger, and in fury, and in great indignation. Lest My fury go forth like fire, and burn so that there is none to quench it because of the wickedness of your works. Jeremiah 21:5, 12.

In the same prophet,

. . . to fill those places with the corpses of people whom I smote in My anger and in My wrath. Jeremiah 33:5.

In Zephaniah,

I will pour out onto them My indignation, all My fierce anger, 1 for in the fire of My zeal the whole earth will be devoured. Zephaniah 3:8.

In David,

He let loose on them His fierce anger, 2 indignation, fury, distress, and a mission of evil angels. Psalms 78:49.

[5] In addition to these there are many other places in which, as in these, 'anger , 'wrath', 'fury', and 'fire' are used to mean states of punishment or damnation into which a person casts himself when he enters into evil ways. For it is in keeping with Divine order that rewards should go with ways that are good, and therefore that punishments should go with those that are evil, so much so that they are bound up in one another. Punishment and damnation are also meant by the day of Jehovah's anger in Isaiah 13:9, 17; Lamentations 2:1; Zephaniah 2:3; Revelation 6:17; 11:18; also by the wine of God's anger and the cup of God's anger in Jeremiah 25:15, 28; Revelation 14:10; 16:19; as well as by the winepress of God's anger and fury in Revelation 14:19; 19:15.

[6] The fact that punishment and damnation are meant by 'anger' is also evident in Matthew,

Brood of vipers, who has shown you to flee from the anger to come? Matthew 3:7.

In John,

He who does not believe in the Son will not see life, but the anger of God rests upon him. John 3:36.

In Luke,

In the final period there will be great distress over the earth, and anger on that people. Luke 21:23.

From these places it is evident that 'the anger of Jehovah' means forms of punishment and damnation. The reason why 'anger' is used to mean leniency and mercy is that all forms of punishment that the evil suffer arise because of the Lord's mercy shown towards the good to protect them from harm done by the evil. Yet the Lord does not inflict punishments on the evil; rather, it is they who inflict them on themselves since evils and forms of punishment in the next life are bound up with one another. The evil especially inflict punishments on themselves when the Lord acts mercifully towards the good, for at such times the evils and the resulting punishments are on the increase in them. This explains why instead of 'the anger of Jehovah', which means forms of punishment suffered by the evil, angels understand mercy.

[7] From all this one may recognize what the Word in the sense of the letter is like and also what God's truth in its most general form is like - that it presents matters in ways that accord with outward appearances. The reason for this is that man is by nature such that he believes what he can see and apprehend with his senses, but does not believe and for that reason does not accept what he cannot see or apprehend with his senses. This is why the Word in the sense of the letter presents matters in accordance with outward appearances; nevertheless it has genuine truths concealed in its more internal recesses, while in its inmost recesses it conceals God's truth itself going forth directly from the Lord, and so Divine Good, which is the Lord Himself.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, all the wrath of My anger

2. literally, the wrath of His anger

  
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