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1 At pagkamatay ni Abimelech ay bumangon doon, upang magligtas sa Israel, si Tola na anak ni Pua, na anak ni Dodo, na lalake ng Issachar; at siya'y tumahan sa Samir sa lupaing maburol ng Ephraim.

2 At siya'y naghukom sa Israel na dalawang pu't tatlong taon; at namatay, at inilibing sa Samir.

3 At pagkamatay niya'y bumangon si Jair, na Galaadita; at siya'y naghukom sa Israel na dalawang pu't dalawang taon.

4 At siya'y may tatlong pung anak na sumasakay sa tatlong pung asno, at sila'y may tatlong pung bayan na tinatawag na Havot-jair hanggang sa araw na ito, na nangasa lupain ng Galaad.

5 At namatay si Jair, at inilibing sa Camon.

6 At ginawa uli ng mga anak ni Israel ang kasamaan sa paningin ng Panginoon, at naglingkod sa mga Baal, at kay Astaroth, at sa mga dios sa Siria, at sa mga dios sa Sidon, at sa mga dios sa Moab, at sa mga dios ng mga anak ni Ammon, at sa mga dios ng mga Filisteo; at pinabayaan nila ang Panginoon, at hindi naglingkod sa kaniya.

7 At ang galit ng Panginoon ay nagalab laban sa Israel, at ipinagbili niya sila sa kamay ng mga Filisteo, at sa kamay ng mga anak ni Ammon.

8 At kanilang pinahirapan at pinighati ang mga anak ni Israel nang taong yaon: labing walong taong pinighati ang lahat ng mga anak ni Israel na nangasa dako roon ng Jordan sa lupain ng mga Amorrheo, na nasa Galaad.

9 At ang mga anak ni Ammon ay tumawid sa Jordan upang lumaban naman sa Juda, at sa Benjamin, at sa sangbahayan ni Ephraim; na ano pa't ang Israel ay totoong pinapaghinagpis.

10 At dumaing ang mga anak ni Israel sa Panginoon, na sinasabi, Kami ay nagkasala laban sa iyo, sapagka't aming pinabayaan ang aming Dios, at kami ay naglingkod sa mga Baal.

11 At sinabi ng Panginoon sa mga anak ni Israel, Di ba pinapaging laya ko kayo sa mga taga Egipto, at sa mga Amorrheo, sa mga anak ni Ammon, at sa mga Filisteo?

12 Ang mga Sidonio man, at ang mga Amalecita, at ang mga Maonita ay pumighati rin sa iyo; at kayo'y dumaing sa akin, at pinapaging laya ko kayo sa kanilang mga kamay.

13 Gayon ma'y pinabayaan ninyo ako, at kayo'y naglingkod sa ibang mga dios: kaya't hindi ko na kayo palalayain.

14 Kayo'y yumaon at dumaing sa mga dios na inyong pinili; palayain kayo nila sa panahon ng inyong kapighatian.

15 At sinabi ng mga anak ni Israel sa Panginoon, Kami ay nagkasala: gawin mo sa amin anomang iyong mabutihin; isinasamo namin sa iyo, na iligtas mo lamang kami sa araw na ito.

16 At kanilang inihiwalay ang mga dios ng iba sa kanila, at naglingkod sa Panginoon: at ang kaniyang kaluluwa ay nagdalamhati dahil sa karalitaan ng Israel.

17 Nang magkagayon ang mga anak ni Ammon ay nagpipisan, at humantong sa Galaad. At ang mga anak ni Israel ay nagpipisan, at humantong sa Mizpa.

18 At ang bayan, at ang mga prinsipe sa Galaad, ay nagsangusapan, Sinong tao ang magpapasimulang lumaban sa mga anak ni Ammon? siya'y magiging pangulo ng lahat na taga Galaad.

   

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Exploring the Meaning of Judges 10

Napsal(a) New Christian Bible Study Staff, Julian Duckworth

Judges 10: Tola, Jair; Israel oppressed again.

This chapter opens by mentioning the judges Tola and Jair, who judged for twenty-three years and twenty-two years, respectively. The text gives us very little information about them, except that Jair had thirty sons, who rode on thirty donkeys and had thirty cities in the land of Gilead.

After Jair died, the people soon disobeyed the Lord, and worshipped the gods of Syria, Sidon, Moab, Philistia, and Ammon. This provoked the Lord’s anger, so He caused the Philistines and Ammonites to oppress Israel. The Ammonites first attacked the two-and-a-half tribes living on the eastern side of the Jordan, then crossed the river to attack Judah, Benjamin and Ephraim.

The people cried out to the Lord, saying that they had forsaken Him, but He told them to go to the other gods they had chosen. However, the people asked again for forgiveness, stopped worshipping foreign gods, and turned back to the Lord, so His anger toward them subsided.

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This chapter describes another episode in Israel’s cycle of disobedience and punishment, in which the people repeatedly turn away from the Lord when there is no leader. No matter how often we affirm our faith in the Lord, we, too, will default to our natural desires and false thinking. As we come to recognize and accept this fact of life, we can find comfort in the Lord. He understands this completely, and does not blame or punish us.

The first judge mentioned is Tola. His name means “a worm-like grub”, suggesting the idea of metamorphosis and regeneration (see Swedenborg’s work, True Christian Religion 106[2]). Tola’s father was Puah (meaning “shining”), his grandfather was Dodo (meaning “amorous, loving”), and their city was Shamir (which means “keeping the commandment”). These names bring to mind the spiritual qualities of truth, love and life in the Lord (see Swedenborg’s work, Arcana Caelestia 977).

The next judge is Jair, whose name means ”he whom God enlightens”. The number thirty (used in reference to his thirty sons and their thirty towns) means fullness or readiness. This readiness refers to our spiritual ‘remains’, or states of innocence and charity that the Lord imparts to us during childhood. These remains are essential during regeneration (Arcana Caelestia 1050).

The Philistines, soon to be a major enemy of Israel, stand for the belief in “faith alone” salvation. This way of thinking instills the idea that we will be saved if we “believe in the Lord”, regardless of our actions. “Faith alone” doctrine is present in many religious practices (see Swedenborg’s work, Doctrine of Life 4).

The people of Ammon stand for profaning what is true, by turning the truths of the Word into false ideas. We profane the truth when we claim to know what the Word teaches, but live in a way that is contrary to the Lord’s commandments (Arcana Caelestia 6348[3]).

This chapter, like many others in the book of Judges, shows Israel’s decline into chaos and evil. The two judges, Tola and Jair, provide a picture of spiritual integrity, in contrast with Israel’s oppression by the very evils they have turned to. In our regeneration, with its highs and lows, we must avoid the temptation of shallow faith by acting according to our values.

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Arcana Coelestia # 6348

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6348. 'because you went up to your father's bed' means because when separated from the good of charity faith is involved in a foul liaison. This is clear from the meaning of 'going up to his father's bed' as being involved in a foul liaison; that is to say, faith separated from charity is involved in it. For if faith in doctrine or the understanding, which 'Reuben' represents here, is not introduced to good and joined to it, it is either dissipated or ceases to be anything, or else it is introduced to evil and falsity and joined to them, which is the foul liaison that is meant. For then profanity comes about. The truth of this may be recognized from the fact that faith cannot have a dwelling-place anywhere else than within good; and if it does not have a dwelling-place there, then inevitably it ceases to be anything or is joined to evil. This is plainly evident from those people in the next life who have adhered to faith alone and not at all to charity. Their faith is dissipated in that life; or if it has been joined to evil, a lot among profaners awaits them.

[2] In the internal sense of the Word instances of adultery mean adulterations of good, while instances of whoredom mean falsifications of truth, 2466, 3399. But foul liaisons - which are called the forbidden degrees [of sexual relations], dealt with in Leviticus 18:6-24 - mean various kinds of profanation. Profanation is obviously meant here also since the words used are, 'You went up to your father's bed; at that time you profaned [it] - he went up to my couch'. Regarding the meaning of these words as the profanation of good by separated faith, see 4601, where that unspeakable deed performed by Reuben is dealt with.

[3] The nature of faith alone or faith separated from charity is such that if it is joined to evil - as happens when a person first believes the truth of faith, and especially when initially he leads a life in accordance with it but after that renounces it and leads a life contrary to it - profanity takes place. For the truth of faith and the good of charity first become rooted through doctrine and life in the person's interiors, after which they are called forth from there and are joined to evil. The lot that awaits the person in whom this happens is the worst of all in the next life; for with someone like that, good is incapable of being separated from evil, though they are nevertheless separated in the next life. Nor does someone like that have any remnants of good stored away in him interiorly because they have perished altogether in evil. Their hell is located on the left out in front, a considerable distance away; and those who are there look to the angels like skeletons, possessing scarcely any life. Therefore to avoid the occurrence of the profanation of goodness and truth, the person who - the Lord foresees - is the kind that will not allow himself to be regenerated is held back from faith and charity and is allowed to immerse himself in evil and consequently in falsity. For in this condition he cannot profane anything. See what has been stated and shown already about profanation in 301-303, 571, 582, 593, 1001, 1008, 1010, 1059, 1327, 1328, 2051, 2426, 3398, 3399, 3402, 3489, 3898, 4289, 4601.

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