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1 Oh Israel, manumbalik ka sa Panginoon mong Dios; sapagka't ikaw ay nabuwal dahil sa iyong kasamaan.

2 Magpahayag kayo na may pagsisisi, at magsipanumbalik kayo sa Panginoon: sabihin ninyo sa kaniya, Alisin mo ang boong kasamaan, at tanggapin mo ang mabuti: sa gayo'y aming ilalagak na parang mga toro ang handog ng aming mga labi.

3 Hindi kami ililigtas ng Asiria; kami ay hindi sasakay sa mga kabayo; ni magsasabi pa man kami sa gawa ng aming mga kamay, Kayo'y aming mga dios; sapagka't dahil sa iyo'y nakakasumpong ng kaawaan ang ulila.

4 Aking gagamutin ang kanilang pagtalikod, akin silang iibiging may kalayaan; sapagka't ang aking galit ay humiwalay sa kaniya.

5 Ako'y magiging parang hamog sa Israel: siya'y bubukang parang lila, at kakalat ang kaniyang ugat na parang Libano.

6 Ang kaniyang mga sanga ay magsisiyabong, at ang kaniyang kagandahan ay magiging parang puno ng olibo, at ang kaniyang bango ay parang Libano.

7 Silang nagsisitahan sa kaniyang lilim ay manunumbalik; sila'y mangabubuhay uling gaya ng trigo, at mangamumulaklak na gaya ng puno ng ubas: at ang amoy ay magiging gaya ng alak ng Libano.

8 Sasabihin ng Ephraim, Ano pa ang aking gagawin sa mga dios-diosan? Ako'y sasagot, at aking hahalatain siya: ako'y parang sariwang abeto; mula sa akin ay nasusumpungan ang iyong bunga.

9 Sino ang pantas, at siya'y makakaunawa ng mga bagay na ito? at mabait, at kaniyang mangalalaman? sapagka't ang mga daan ng Panginoon ay matutuwid, at lalakaran ng mga ganap; nguni't kabubuwalan ng mga mananalangsang.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 886

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886. That 'olive' means the good that stems from charity is clear not only from the meaning of 'olive' but also from the meaning of 'oil' in the Word. Olive oil in addition to spices was used to anoint priests and kings, and it was also used in the lamps. Concerning the former, see Exodus 30:24, and the latter, Exodus 27:20. The reason olive oil was used in anointing and in lamps was that it represented everything celestial and so everything good that stems from love and charity. Oil is in fact the essential element of the tree, its soul so to speak, as the celestial or the good that stems from love and charity is the essential element or soul itself of faith. This is the origin of its representation. That 'oil' means that which is celestial or the good that stems from love and charity may be confirmed from many places in the Word, but since the olive itself is referred to here, let some that confirm the meaning solely of the olive be quoted. In Jeremiah,

Jehovah called your name, Green Olive Tree, fair with shapely fruit. Jeremiah 11:16.

The name given here applies to the Most Ancient or celestial Church, which was the basis of the Jewish Church. Consequently all the representatives of the Jewish Church had regard to celestial things, and through the latter to the Lord.

[2] In Hosea,

His branches will go out and his beauty will be like the olive, and his smell like that of Lebanon. Hosea 14:6.

This refers to the Church that is to be established. Its beauty is 'the olive', that is, the good that stems from love and charity, while 'the smell like that of Lebanon' is resulting affection for the truth of faith. 'Lebanon' stands for its cedars, which meant spiritual things, or the truths of faith.

In Zechariah,

Two olive trees beside the lampstand, one on the right of the bowl and one on the left of it. These are the two sons of pure oil, standing beside the Lord of the whole earth. Zechariah 4:3, 11, 14.

Here 'the two olive trees' stands for the celestial and the spiritual, and so for love which belongs to the celestial Church and for charity which belongs to the spiritual Church. These stand to the right and to the left of the Lord. 'The lampstand' here means the Lord, just as it used to represent Him in the Jewish Church. 'The lamps' are celestial things from which spiritual things radiate like rays of light, or light itself, from a flame. In David,

Your wife will be like a fruitful vine on the sides of your house, your sons will be like olive shoots. Psalms 128:3.

Here 'a wife like a vine' stands for the spiritual Church, and 'sons' stands for the truths of faith which are called 'olive shoots' because they stem from the goods of charity. In Isaiah,

Gleanings will be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries on the top of the [highest] branch. Isaiah 17:6.

This refers to the remnants residing with a person. 'Olives' stands for celestial remnants. In Micah,

You will tread olives but not anoint yourself with oil, and tread the new wine but not drink wine. Micah 6:15.

And in Moses,

You will plant and dress vineyards but not drink wine. You will have olive trees within all your borders but not anoint yourself with oil. Deuteronomy 28:39-40.

The subject here is the abundance of doctrinal detail concerning the goods and truths of faith which they rejected because of the kind of people they were. From these quotations it becomes clear that 'a leaf' means the truth of faith and 'olive' the good that stems from charity. And similar things are meant by 'the olive leaf which the dove was carrying in its mouth', that is, a small measure of the truth of faith deriving from the good that stems from charity was now showing itself with the member of the Ancient Church.

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