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Genesis 19

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1 Přišli pak dva andělé do Sodomy u večer, a Lot seděl v bráně Sodomské. Kteréžto když uzřel, vstav, šel jim v cestu a sklonil se tváří až k zemi.

2 A řekl: Aj, prosím páni moji, uchylte se nyní do domu služebníka svého, a zůstaňte přes noc; umyjete také nohy své a ráno vstanouce, půjdete cestou svou. Oni pak odpověděli: Nikoli, ale přenocujeme na ulici.

3 Ale když on je velmi nutil, obrátivše se k němu, vešli do domu jeho. I udělal jim hody, a napekl chlebů přesných, i jedli.

4 Prvé pak než lehli, muži města toho, muži Sodomští, osuli se vůkol domu toho, od mladého až do starého, všecken lid odevšad.

5 I volali na Lota, a řekli jemu: Kde jsou ti muži, kteříž přišli k tobě v noci? Vyveď je k nám, ať je poznáme.

6 I vyšel k nim Lot ven, a zavřel po sobě dvéře.

7 A řekl: Prosím, bratří moji, nečiňte zlého.

8 Aj, mám teď dvě dcery, kteréžto nepoznaly muže; vyvedu je nyní k vám, čiňte s nimi, jak se vám líbí; toliko mužům těmto nic nečiňte, poněvadž vešli pod stín střechy mé.

9 I řekli: Odejdi tam! A mluvili: Sám se dostal sem pohostinu, a chce nás souditi? Nyní tobě hůř uděláme, než jim. I obořili se násilně na muže toho, totiž na Lota, a přistoupili, aby vylomili dvéře.

10 Tedy muži ti vztáhli ven ruku svou, a uvedli Lota k sobě do domu, a dvéře zavřeli.

11 A ty muže, kteříž byli přede dveřmi domu, ranili slepotou velikou, od nejmenšího až do největšího, tak že ustali, hledajíce dveří.

12 I řekli muži k Lotovi: Máš-li ještě zde koho, buď zetě neb syny své, neb dcery své, i všecko, což máš v městě, vyveď z místa tohoto.

13 Nebo zkazíme místo toto, proto že se velmi rozmohl křik jejich před Hospodinem, a poslal nás Hospodin, abychom zkazili je.

14 Vyšed tedy Lot, mluvil k zeťům svým, kteříž již měli pojímati dcery jeho, a řekl: Vstaňte, vyjděte z místa tohoto, nebo zkazí Hospodin město toto. Ale zdálo se zeťům jeho, jako by žertoval.

15 A když zasvitávalo, nutili andělé Lota, řkouce: Vstaň, vezmi ženu svou a dvě dcery své, kteréž tu jsou, abys nezahynul v pomstě města.

16 A když prodléval, chopili muži ruku jeho, a ruku ženy jeho, a ruku dvou dcer jeho, nebo se slitoval nad ním Hospodin; i vyvedli jej, a pustili za městem.

17 A stalo se, když je vedli ven, řekl jeden: Zachovejž život svůj, neohlédej se zpět, ani se zastavuj na vší této rovině; ujdi na horu, abys nezahynul.

18 I řekl jim Lot: Ne tak, prosím, páni moji.

19 Aj, nyní nalezl služebník tvůj milost před očima tvýma, a veliké jest milosrdenství tvé, kteréž jsi učinil se mnou, když jsi zachoval duši mou; ale jáť nebudu moci ujíti na tu horu, aby mne nepostihlo to zlé, a umřel bych.

20 Hle, teď jest toto město blízko, do něhož bych utekl, a toť jest malé; prosím, nechť tam ujdu; však pak neveliké jest, a živa bude duše má.

21 I řekl k němu: Aj, uslyšel jsem žádost tvou i v této věci, abych nepodvrátil města toho, o němž jsi mluvil.

22 Pospěšiž, ujdi tam; neboť nebudu moci učiniti ničehož, dokudž tam nedojdeš. A z té příčiny nazváno jest jméno města toho Ségor.

23 Slunce vzcházelo nad zemi, když Lot všel do Ségor.

24 A Hospodin dštil na Sodomu a naGomoru sirou a ohněm od Hospodina s nebe.

25 A podvrátil ta města i všecku tu rovinu, všecky také obyvatele těch měst, i všecko, což roste z země.

26 I ohlédla se žena jeho, jduc za ním, a obrácena jest v sloup solný.

27 Vstav pak Abraham ráno, pospíšil k místu tomu, kdež byl stál před Hospodinem.

28 A pohleděv k Sodomě a Gomoře,i na všecku zemi té roviny, uzřel, a aj, vystupoval dým z země té, jako dým z vápenice.

29 Stalo se tedy, když kazil Bůh města té roviny, že se rozpomenul Bůh na Abrahama, a vytrhl Lota z prostředku podvrácení, když podvracel města, v nichž bydlil Lot.

30 Potom vyšel Lot z Ségor, a bydlil na hoře té, a obě dvě dcery jeho s ním; nebo nesměl bydliti v Ségor. I bydlil v jeskyni s oběma dcerami svými.

31 I řekla prvorozená k mladší: Otec náš jest již starý, a není žádného muže na zemi, ješto by všel k nám podlé obyčeje vší země.

32 Poď, dejme píti otci našemu vína, a spěme s ním, abychom zachovaly z otce našeho símě.

33 I daly píti otci svému vína té noci; a všedši prvorozená, spala s otcem svým, kterýžto necítil, ani když lehla, ani když vstala.

34 Nazejtří pak řekla prvorozená k mladší: Aj, spala jsem včerejší noci s otcem svým; dejme mu píti vína ještě této noci; potom vejduc, spi s ním, a zachovejme símě z otce našeho.

35 I daly píti ještě té noci otci svému vína; a vstala ta mladší, a spala s ním; on pak necítil, ani když ona lehla, ani když vstala.

36 A tak počaly obě dcery Lotovy z otce svého.

37 I porodila prvorozená syna, a nazvala jméno jeho Moáb; onť jest otec Moábských až do dnešního dne.

38 I mladší také porodila syna, a nazvala jméno jeho Ben Ammon; onť jest otcem Ammonitských až do dnešního dne.

   

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Apocalypse Explained #377

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377. Verses 7-8. And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth animal saying, Come and see. And I saw, and behold a pale horse; and he that sat upon him his name was Death, and hell followed with him. And there was given unto them power over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with famine, and with death, and by the wild beasts of the earth.

7. "And when he had opened the fourth seal," signifies prediction still further manifested (n. 378); "I heard the voice of the fourth animal saying," signifies out of the inmost heaven from the Lord. n. 379); "Come and see," signifies attention and perception (n. 380).

8. "And I saw, and behold a pale horse," signifies the understanding of the Word then become nought in consequence of evils of life and then of falsities therefrom n. 381; "and he that sat upon him," signifies the Word (n. 382); "his name was Death, and hell followed with him," signifies eternal damnation (n. 383); "and there was given unto them power over the fourth part of the earth, to kill," signifies the loss of every good and thence of every truth from the Word, and in consequence, in the doctrine of their church from the Word n. 384; "with sword," signifies by falsity (n. 385); "and with famine," signifies by the loss, lack, and ignorance of the knowledges of truth and good (n. 386); "and with death," signifies the consequent extinction of spiritual life (n. 387); "and by the wild beasts of the earth," signifies the evils of life or lusts and falsities therefrom springing from the love of self and of the world, which devastate all things of the church with man n. 388.

  
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Arcana Coelestia #6377

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6377. 'He washes his clothing in wine' means that His Natural consists in Divine Truth from His Divine Good. This is clear from the meaning of 'washing' as purifying, dealt with in 3147; from the meaning of 'wine' as the good of love towards the neighbour and the good of faith, and in the highest sense as Divine Truth from the Lord's Divine Good, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'clothing' as the exterior which covers the interior, dealt with in 5248, thus the natural since this is exterior and covers the rational, which is interior. Therefore 'clothing' also means truth since this is exterior and covers good, which is interior, 2576, 4545, 4763, 5319, 5954.

[2] The fact that 'wine' means love towards the neighbour and the good of faith may be recognized from what has been shown regarding the bread and wine in the Holy Supper, in 2165, 2177, 3464, 4581, 5915. These paragraphs show that 'bread' is the good of celestial love, and that 'wine' is the good of spiritual love. The same may also be recognized from the minchah and the drink-offering in sacrifices. The minchah in them meant the good of love, and the drink-offering the good of faith. The minchah consisted of the kinds of things that meant the good of love, while the drink-offering consisted of wine that meant the good of faith. The sacrifices themselves were also called 'bread', 2165. For the use in sacrifices of a drink-offering consisting of wine, see Exodus 29:40; Leviticus 23:12-13, 18-19; Numbers 15:2-15; 28:6-7, 18-end; 29:1-7 and following verses.

[3] The meaning that 'wine' has of love towards the neighbour and the good of faith is also evident in Isaiah,

Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! And come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Isaiah 55:1.

No one can fail to see that they did not have to buy wine and milk, but that they were to acquire what is meant by 'wine and milk', which is love towards the neighbour and faith. These gifts come from the Lord 'without money and without price'.

[4] In Hosea,

Threshing-floor and winepress will not feed them, and new wine will be deceptive to her. 1 Ephraim will return to Egypt, and in Assyria they will eat what is unclean. They will not pour libations of wine to Jehovah, their sacrifices will not be pleasing to Him. Hosea 9:1-4.

Here also in the internal sense reference is made to the good of love and the good of faith, to the demise of them. The good of love is meant by 'threshing-floor' by virtue of the grain there and the bread made from it, while the good of faith is meant by 'winepress', 'new wine', and 'libation of wine'. 'Ephraim will return to Egypt' stands for the fact that the understanding would resort to factual knowledge for advice concerning the arcana of faith; 'in Assyria they will eat what is unclean' stands for that which is the outcome of consequent false reasoning - 'Ephraim' being the area of understanding in the Church, see 5754, 6112, 6238, 6267; 'Egypt' the area of factual knowledge, 1164, 1165, 1186, 1462, 5702; and 'Assyria' that of reasoning, 1186. The line of thought in this passage also shows that the words used here contain something more than what one sees in the letter. For everything hangs together in the internal sense, but not so in the external sense, for example when it says that 'threshing-floor and winepress will not feed them, and new wine will be deceptive to her', immediately followed by 'Ephraim will return to Egypt, and in Assyria they will eat what is unclean'. Moreover, without the internal sense what meaning would Ephraim's return to Egypt and their eating in Assyria what is unclean have?

[5] 'Winepress' and 'wine' are also used in Jeremiah to describe the demise of mutual love and the good of faith,

He who lays waste has fallen on your vintage, therefore joy and gladness have been plucked from Carmel, and from the land of Moab, for I have made the wine cease from the winepresses; none will tread the headed. 2 Jeremiah 48:32-33.

[6] The fact that 'wine' means the good of mutual love and of faith is also evident in John,

I heard a voice from the midst of the four living creatures, saying, Do no harm to oil and wine. Revelation 6:6.

[7] 'Oil' stands for the good of celestial love, and 'wine' for the good of spiritual love.

'Oil' and 'wine' have a similar meaning in the Lord's parable of the Good Samaritan in Luke,

A certain Samaritan was journeying, and seeing him who had been wounded by the robbers was moved with compassion for him; going therefore to him, he bandaged his wounds, and poured on oil and wine. Luke 10:33-34.

'He poured on oil and wine' means that he performed the works of love and charity, 'oil' being the good of love, see 886, 3728. A like meaning was involved in the practice of the ancients, who poured oil and wine onto a pillar when they consecrated it, Genesis 35:14, 4581, 4582.

[8] The fact that 'wine' means the good of love and faith is evident from the words the Lord used when He instituted the Holy Supper. He said then regarding the wine,

I tell you that I shall not drink from now on of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father's kingdom. Matthew 26:29; Luke 22:17-18.

Anyone can see that He was not about to drink wine in that kingdom, but that the good of love and faith is meant, which He was about to impart to those who belonged to His kingdom. Much the same is meant by 'wine' in Isaiah 24:9, 11; Lamentations 2:11-12; Hosea 14:7; Amos 9:13-14; Zechariah 9:15-16; Luke 5:37-39.

[9] Since 'wine' means the good of love and faith, Divine Truth from the Lord's Divine Good is therefore meant in the highest sense, for that Truth, when it flows into a person and is accepted by him, brings him the good of love and faith.

[10] Since most things in the Word also have a contrary meaning, so too does 'wine', the contrary meaning of which is falsity from evil, as in Isaiah,

Woe to those who rise in the morning around dawn, and then follow strong drink, who continue into dusk, so that wine may inflame them! Woe to heroes at drinking wine, and to valiant men in mixing strong drink! Isaiah 5:11, 22

In the same prophet,

Also these err through wine, and go astray through strong drink. The priest and the prophet err through strong drink. They are swallowed up by wine, they go astray through strong drink. They err among the seers, they are tottery in judgement. Isaiah 28:7.

In the same prophet,

The shepherds know no understanding, they all look to their own way. Come, I will get wine, and we will be drunken from strong drink; and let there be tomorrow, as there is this day, great abundance. Isaiah 56:11-12.

In addition to these places 'wine' is used with the contrary meaning in Jeremiah 13:12; Hosea 4:11; 7:5; Amos 2:8; Micah 2:11; Psalms 75:8; Deuteronomy 32:33.

Falsity from evil is also meant by the cup of the wine of wrath in Jeremiah 25:15-16; Revelation 14:8, 10; 16:19; the winepress of the wrath of God's anger, Revelation 19:15; and the wine of whoredom, Revelation 17:2; 18:3.

Notas a pie de página:

1. The Latin means them but the Hebrew means her, which Swedenborg has in other places where he quotes this verse, as well as possibly here in his rough draft.

  
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