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Habakkuk 3

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1 Panalangin ni Habacuc na propeta, itinugma sa Sigionoth.

2 Oh Panginoon, aking narinig ang kagitingan mo, at ako'y natatakot: Oh Panginoon, buhayin mo ang iyong gawa sa gitna ng mga taon; Sa gitna ng mga taon ay iyong ipabatid; Sa kapootan ay alalahanin mo ang kaawaan.

3 Ang Dios ay nanggaling mula sa Tema, At ang Banal ay mula sa bundok ng Paran. (Selah) Ang kaniyang kaluwalhatia'y tumakip sa langit. At ang lupa'y napuno ng kaniyang kapurihan.

4 At ang kaniyang ningning ay parang liwanag; Siya'y may mga sinag na nagbubuhat sa kaniyang kamay; At doo'y nakukubli ang kaniyang kapangyarihan.

5 Sa unahan niya'y nagpapauna ang salot, At nagniningas na baga ang lumalabas sa kaniyang mga paa.

6 Siya'y tumayo, at sinukat ang lupa; Siya'y tumingin, at pinaghiwalay ang mga bansa; At ang mga walang hanggang bundok ay nangalat; Ang mga burol na walang hanggan ay nagsiyukod; Ang kaniyang mga lakad ay gaya noong araw.

7 Nakita ko ang mga tolda sa Cushan sa pagdadalamhati; Ang mga tabing ng lupain ng Madian ay nanginig.

8 Kinasasamaan baga ng loob ng Panginoon ang mga ilog? Ang iyo bagang galit ay laban sa mga ilog, O ang iyo bagang poot ay laban sa dagat, Na ikaw ay sumakay sa iyong mga kabayo, Sa iyong mga karo ng kaligasan?

9 Ang iyong busog ay nahubarang lubos; Ang mga panunumpa sa mga lipi ay tunay na salita. (Selah) Iyong pinuwangan ng mga ilog ang lupa.

10 Ang mga bundok ay nangakakita sa iyo, at nangatakot; Ang unos ng tubig ay dumaan: Inilakas ng kalaliman ang kaniyang tinig, At itinaas ang kaniyang mga kamay sa itaas.

11 Ang araw at buwan ay tumigil sa kanilang tahanan, Sa liwanag ng iyong mga pana habang sila'y nagsisiyaon, Sa kislap ng iyong makinang na sibat.

12 Ikaw ay lumakad sa mga lupain sa pagkagalit; Iyong giniik ang mga bansa sa galit.

13 Ikaw ay lumabas sa ikaliligtas ng iyong bayan, Sa ikaliligtas ng iyong pinahiran ng langis; Iyong sinugatan ang pangulo ng bahay ng masama, Na inililitaw ang patibayan hanggang sa leeg. (Selah)

14 Iyong mga pinalagpasan ng kaniyang sariling mga sibat ang ulo ng kaniyang mga mangdidigma: Sila'y nagsiparitong parang ipoipo upang pangalatin ako; Ang kanilang kagalakan ay sakmaling lihim ang dukha.

15 Ikaw ay nagdaan sa dagat sa iyong mga kabayo. Sa bunton ng makapangyarihang tubig.

16 Aking narinig, at ang aking katawan ay nanginginig, Ang aking mga labi ay nangatal sa tinig; kabuluka'y pumapasok sa aking mga buto, at ako'y nanginginig sa aking dako; Sapagka't ako'y kailangang magtiis sa kaarawan ng kabagabagan, Sa pagsampa ng bayan na lumulusob sa atin.

17 Sapagka't bagama't ang puno ng igos ay hindi namumulaklak, Ni magkakaroon man ng bunga sa mga puno ng ubas; Ang bunga ng olibo ay maglilikat. At ang mga bukid ay hindi magbibigay ng pagkain; Ang kawan ay mahihiwalay sa kulungan, At hindi na magkakaroon ng bakahan sa mga silungan:

18 Gayon ma'y magagalak ako sa Panginoon, Ako'y magagalak sa Dios ng aking kaligtasan.

19 Si Jehova, na Panginoon, siyang aking lakas; At ginagawa niya ang aking mga paa na gaya ng sa mga usa. At ako'y palalakarin niya sa aking mga mataas na dako. Sa Pangulong Manunugtog, sa aking mga panugtog na kawad.

   

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The White Horse # 2

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2. In the prophetical parts of the Word a horse is mentioned very often, 1 but until now no one has known 'horse' means understanding, and 'horseman' one who understands, perhaps because it seems extraordinary and astonishing that that is what is meant by 'horse' in a spiritual sense, and consequently in the Word. But that it constantly means this can be agreed from very many instances in the Word, from which I should like to refer to only a few at this point.

In Israel's prophetic utterance 2 about Dan we find:

Dan will be a serpent on the road, a darting snake 3 on the path, that will bite the horse's heels, and the horseman will fall backwards. Genesis 49:17-18.

What this prophetic statement about one of the tribes of Israel means no one is going to understand unless he knows what 'serpent' signifies, and also 'horse' and 'horseman." Yet is there anyone who does not see that it holds something spiritual within it? This being so, what the individual details signify may be seen in Arcana Caelestia 6398-6401, where this prophetical utterance is explained.

In Habakkuk we find:

O Lord [...] You ride on Your horses and Your chariots are salvation [...] You caused Your horses to tread in the sea. Habakkuk 3:8, 15.

It is obvious that 'horses' here signify something spiritual, because these things are being said about God. What else would it be, 'God rode on [his] horses, and caused [his] horses to tread in the sea?'

In Zechariah we find, with a similar significance:

'On that day, HOLY TO THE LORD will be on the horse-bells', Zechariah 14:20. 4

In the same authority:

On that day I will strike every horse with bewilderment and the horseman with madness, declares the Lord, I will open my gaze on the house of Judah, and I will strike with blindness every horse of the peoples. Zechariah 12:4-5.

What is being talked about here is the Church when it has been laid waste, which happens when there is no longer an understanding of anything true. This is what is being indicated by 'horse' and 'horseman;' what else would it be, [...] every horse about to be struck with bewilderment [...] and the horse of the peoples with blindness?' What, otherwise, would this have to do with the Church?

In Job we find:

'Because God has made her 5 forget wisdom, neither has He imparted to her understanding; having raised herself on high, she mocks the horse and its rider' Job 39:17-19.

That understanding is signified here by 'horse' is manifestly obvious; similarly in David, where the expression 'to ride upon the word of truth' is used, Psalms 45:5; and besides in very many other places.

Moreover, who is likely to know why it is that Elijah and Elisha were called 'the chariots of Israel and its horsemen;' and why there appeared to Elisha's servant a mountain full of horses and fiery chariots, unless it is known what 'chariots' and horsemen' signify, and what Elijah and Elisha represented? For Elisha said to Elijah, My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen,' 2 Kings 2:11-12; and King Joash said to Elisha, 'My father, my father [...] the chariots of Israel and its horsemen,' 2 Kings 13:14.

Concerning the servant of Elisha we read:

'The Lord opened the eyes of Elisha's servant, and he looked and saw the mountain full of horses and fiery chariots all around Elisha' 2 Kings 6:17.

Elijah and Elisha were called the chariots of Israel and its horsemen because each represented the Lord in his capacity as the Word. 'Chariots' represent doctrine derived from the Word, and 'horsemen' represent understanding. That Elijah and Elisha represented the Lord in this capacity may be seen in Arcana Caelestia: 5247, 7643, 8029, 9327, and that 'chariots' signify doctrine derived from the Word: 5321, 8215.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. The text has simply equus (horse) at this point, but there is a 'parallel passage' in Arcana Caelestia 2761, stating equus et eques (horse and horseman): the sense of what follows in the current passage suggests that Swedenborg intends equus et eques here.

2. The Revd John Elliott points out that 'Israel here of course means the patriarch Jacob."

3. Biblical translations are based on the Schmidt Latin translation (1696) as apparently used by Swedenborg, though here, as sometimes elsewhere, Swedenborg does misquote (in this case inserting jaculus after the second serpens). Lewis and Shorts Latin Dictionary, always an interesting source, glosses jaculus as follows: 'sc. serpens, a serpent that darts from a tree on its prey."

4. The Revd John Elliott: As I understand it, this is not a statement on the horse-bells to the effect that the bells are holy but that they ring out the holiness of things attributable to the Lord. (A bit like the bells rung in a catholic mass which draw the worshippers' attention to the just-consecrated host or wine that is being elevated.)'

5. Her: The Hebrew pronoun in Job 39:17-18, which refers to a bird, is feminine. Although Swedenborg rendered it eum (him) in 2762 and here in De Equo Albo, eam (her) occurs in other places of his works where this verse is quoted.

  
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