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1 Sabihin ninyo sa inyong mga kapatid na lalake, Ammi; at sa inyong mga kapatid na babae ay, Ruhama.

2 Makipagtalo kayo sa inyong ina, makipagtalo kayo; sapagka't siya'y hindi ko asawa, ni ako man ay kaniyang asawa; at alisin niya ang kaniyang pagpapatutot sa kaniyang mukha, at ang kaniyang mga pangangalunya sa pagitan ng kaniyang mga suso;

3 Baka siya'y aking hubaran, at aking ilagay siya na gaya ng araw na siya'y ipanganak, at gawin ko siyang parang isang ilang, at ilagay ko siyang parang isang tuyong lupa, at patayin ko siya sa uhaw;

4 Oo, sa kaniyang mga anak ay hindi ako magdadalang habag; sapagka't sila'y mga anak sa patutot.

5 Sapagka't ang kanilang ina ay nagpatutot; siya na naglihi sa kanila ay gumawa ng kahiyahiya; sapagka't kaniyang sinabi, Ako'y susunod sa mga mangingibig sa akin, na nangagbibigay sa akin ng aking tinapay at ng aking tubig, ng aking lana at ng aking lino, ng langis ko at ng inumin ko.

6 Kaya't, narito, aking babakuran ng mga tinik ang iyong daan, at ako'y gagawa ng bakod laban sa kaniya, na hindi niya, masusumpungan ang kaniyang mga landas.

7 At siya'y susunod sa mga mangingibig sa kaniya, nguni't hindi niya sila aabutan; at hahanapin niya sila, nguni't hindi niya sila masusumpungan; kung magkagayo'y sasabihin niya, Ako'y yayaon at babalik sa aking unang asawa; sapagka't naging mabuti sa akin kay sa ngayon.

8 Sapagka't hindi niya naalaman na ako ang nagbigay sa kaniya ng trigo, at ng alak, at ng langis, at nagpaparami sa kaniya ng pilak at ginto, na kanilang ginamit kay Baal.

9 Kaya't aking babawiin ang aking trigo sa panahon niyaon, at ang aking alak sa panahon niyaon, at aking aalisin ang aking lana at ang aking lino na sana'y tatakip sa kaniyang kahubaran.

10 At ngayo'y aking ililitaw ang kaniyang kahalayan sa paningin ng mga mangingibig sa kaniya, at walang magliligtas sa kaniya mula sa aking kamay.

11 Akin din namang papaglilikatin ang kaniyang mga kalayawan, ang kaniyang mga kapistahan, ang kaniyang mga bagong buwan, at ang kaniyang mga sabbath, at lahat ng kaniyang takdang kapulungan.

12 At aking iwawasak ang kaniyang mga puno ng ubas, at ang kaniyang mga puno ng higos, na siya niyang sinasabi, Ang mga ito ang aking kaupahan na ibinigay sa akin ng mga mangingibig sa akin; at ang mga yao'y aking gagawing isang gubat, at kakanin ng mga hayop sa parang.

13 At aking dadalawin sa kaniya ang mga kaarawan ng mga Baal, na siya niyang pinagsusunugan ng kamangyan, nang siya'y nagpaparanya ng kaniyang mga hikaw at kaniyang mga hiyas, at sumusunod sa mga mangingibig sa kaniya, at kinalilimutan ako, sabi ng Panginoon.

14 Kaya't, narito, akin siyang hihikayatin, at dadalhin siya sa ilang, at pagsasalitaan ko siyang may pagaliw.

15 At ibibigay ko sa kaniya ang kaniyang mga ubasan mula roon, at ang libis ng Achor na pinakapintuan ng pagasa; at siya'y sasagot doon, gaya ng mga kaarawan ng kaniyang kabataan, at gaya ng araw na siya'y sumampa mula sa lupain ng Egipto.

16 At mangyayari sa araw na yaon, sabi ng Panginoon, na tatawagin mo akong Ishi, at hindi mo na ako tatawaging Baali.

17 Sapagka't aking aalisin ang mga pangalan ng mga Baal sa kaniyang bibig, at siya'y hindi na babanggitin pa sa pamamagitan ng kanilang pangalan.

18 At sa araw na yaon ay ipakikipagtipan ko sila sa mga hayop sa parang, at sa mga ibon sa himpapawid, at sa mga bagay na nagsisiusad sa lupa: at aking babaliin ang busog at ang tabak, at patitigilin ko ang pagbabaka sa lupain, at akin silang pahihigaing tiwasay.

19 At ako'y magiging asawa mo magpakailan man; oo, magiging asawa mo ako sa katuwiran, at sa kahatulan, at sa kagandahang-loob, at sa mga kaawaan.

20 Magiging asawa mo rin ako sa pagtatapat; at iyong makikilala ang Panginoon.

21 At mangyayari sa araw na yaon, na ako'y sasagot, sabi ng Panginoon, ako'y sasagot sa langit, at sila'y magsisisagot sa lupa;

22 At ang lupa'y sasagot sa trigo, at sa alak, at sa langis; at sila'y magsisisagot sa Jezreel.

23 At aking itatatag siya para sa akin sa lupa; at ako'y magdadalang habag sa kaniya na hindi nagtamo ng kahabagan; at aking sasabihin sa kanila na hindi ko bayan, Ikaw ay aking bayan; at siya'y magsasabi, Ikaw ay aking Dios.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 7051

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7051. People who know nothing at all about the internal sense of the Word cannot help thinking that the Israelite and Jewish nation was chosen in preference to every other nation and was therefore of superior quality to all the rest, as those who belonged to that nation also thought. And what is so astonishing, this is not only what that nation itself thinks but also what Christians think, no matter how well they know that this nation is eaten up by filthy kinds of love, by foul avarice, hatred, and pride, and in addition to this belittles and also loathes things of an internal nature that belong to charity and faith and are the Lord's. The reason why Christians also think that this nation was chosen in preference to others is that they think a person is chosen and saved as a result of mercy, irrespective of the life he leads, so that those who are criminal can be received into heaven just as well as the godly and upright. They give no consideration to the idea that choice or election is all-embracing, that is to say, that it includes all who lead a good life. Nor do they consider that the Lord's mercy is shown to every person who refrains from evil and wishes to lead a good life, and so who allows himself to be led by the Lord and to be regenerated, a process which is being effected throughout the course of his life.

[2] This goes to explain too why the majority of people in the Christian world also believe that that nation will again be chosen, and that when this happens they will be led back into the land of Canaan. And this belief is also in keeping with the sense of the letter, for example in the following places:

Isaiah 10:20-23; 11:11-12; Isaiah 29:14-end; 43:5, 6; 49:6-26; 56:8; 60:4; 61:3-10; 62;

Jeremiah 3:14-19; 15:4, 14; 16:13, 15; 23:7-8; 24:9-10; 31:31, 33; 25:29; 29:14, 18; 30:3, 8-11; 31:8-10, 17; 33:16, 20, 26;

Ezekiel 5:10, 12, 15; 16:60; 20:41; 22:15-16; 34:12-13; 37:21-22; 38:12; 39:23, 27-28;

Daniel 7:27; 12:7;

Hosea 3:4-5; Joel 2:32; 3; Amos 9:8-9 and following verses; Micah 5:7-8.

It is on the basis of these as well as other places that even Christians think that nation will again be chosen and led into the land of Canaan. They think this even though they know that nation is waiting for the Messiah who will then lead the nation in, and are at the same time aware that its waiting for Him is in vain, and that the Messiah's or Christ's kingdom is not of this world, which means that the land of Canaan into which the Messiah will lead them is heaven.

[3] Such people give no thought to the idea that the Word has a spiritual sense within it and that in that sense Israel is not meant by Israel, Jacob by Jacob, or Judah by Judah, but that the things which they represent are meant by them. Nor do they give any thought to what the historical sections record regarding that nation - what it was like in the wilderness and what it was like after that in the land of Canaan, namely that it was at heart idolatrous - or to what the Prophets say about it and about its spiritual whoredom and its abominations. What that nation is like is described in the following words contained in the Song in Moses,

I will conceal My face from them; I will see what their future will be, for they are a perverse generation, sons in whom there is no faithfulness. I would have said, I will expel them to the remotest corners, I will make the memory of them cease from mankind, except that enemies might say, Our hand is high, and not Jehovah has done all this. For they are a nation from whom counsel has perished, nor is there intelligence in them. From the vine of Sodom comes their vine, and from the fields of Gomorrah; their grapes are grapes of poison, they have clusters of bitterness. The poison of snakes (draco) is their wine, and the cruel poison of asps. Is this not hidden away with Me, sealed up in My treasuries? Vengeance is Mine, and recompense; in time their foot will slip, for near is the day of their destruction, and the things to come upon them hasten on. Deuteronomy 32:20, 26-28, 32-35.

Jehovah gave Moses the words of this song, see Deuteronomy 31:19, 21. The Lord too spoke about what that nation was like, in John,

You are from your father the devil, and the desires of your father you will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has not stood in the truth. John 8:44.

And many other places besides these show what that nation was like.

[4] The reason why, although they know these things, Christians believe that that nation will at length be converted to the Lord and at that time led into the land where they lived before is, as has been stated, that they have no knowledge of the internal sense of the Word. Another reason is their supposition that it makes no difference what kind of life a person leads, and that even evil which has become deeply rooted through repeated actions in no way prevents a person - through faith, even if it has existed for only one part of an hour - from being made spiritual, being regenerated, and so being accepted by the Lord. They also suppose that admission into heaven is solely a matter of mercy, and that this is shown towards one particular nation, thus not towards all in the whole world who receive the Lord's mercy. Those who think in that way do not know that it is altogether contrary to the Divine that some should be chosen and born to salvation and heaven, and others should not be chosen but born to damnation and hell. To think about the Divine in that kind of way would be shocking, for making such choices would show a complete lack of mercy, when in fact the Divine is Mercy itself. From all this it may now be recognized that the Israelite and Jewish nation was not and never will be the chosen nation; also that not a trace of the Church existed or could exist with that nation, only a representative of the Church; and that it was preserved right up to the present day because of the Old Testament Word, regarding which see 3479.

  
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