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Respondentes ergo Chaldæi coram rege, dixerunt : Non est homo super terram, qui sermonem tuum, rex, possit implere : sed neque regum quisquam magnus et potens verbum hujuscemodi sciscitatur ab omni ariolo, et mago, et Chaldæo.
Daniel 2:10
Arcana Coelestia #1298
1298. Quod ‘fuit iis later pro lapide’ significet quod falsum iis esset pro vero, constat a significatione ‘lateris’, de qua mox supra, quod sit falsum; tum ex significatione ‘lapidis’ quod sit in lato sensu verum, de quo prius n. 643. Quod ‘lapides’ significaverint verum, causa fuit quod termini antiquissimorum designarentur per lapides et quod erigerent lapides in testes quod ita, seu quod verum, ut constat ex lapide quem posuit Jacobus in statuam, Gen. 28:22; 35:14, et ex statua lapidum inter Labanem et Jacobum, Gen. 31:46, 47, 52, et ex altari quod exstruxerunt filii Reubenis, Gadis et Menassis juxta Jordanem in testem, Jos. 22:10, 28, 34. Inde in Verbo per ‘lapides’ significantur vera, usque adeo ut non solum per lapides altaris, sed etiam per lapides pretiosos super humeris ephodi Aharonis et super pectorali judicii, significata sint sancta vera quae sunt amoris:
[2] quod altare attinet, cum cultus inceptus sacrificiorum super altaribus, tunc ‘altare’ significabat cultum repraesentativum Domini in communi; ipsi autem ‘lapides’ sancta vera illius cultus;
Quare mandatum ut exstrueretur altare ex lapidibus integris, non caesis, et prohibitum ne ferrum moveretur super illis, Deut. 27:5-7; Jos. 8:31;
ex causa quod ‘lapides caesi et super quos ferrum motum’ significarent artificialia, et sic fictitia cultus, hoc est, quae ex proprio, seu ex figmento cogitationis et cordis hominis, quod erat profanare cultum, ut manifeste dicitur Exod. 20:25. Ex eadem causa nec fuit ferrum motum super lapides templi, 1 Reg. 6:7.
[3] Quod lapides pretiosi super humeris ephodi Aharonis et in pectorali judicii similiter significaverint sancta vera, prius n. 114 ostensum est; quod etiam constat apud Esaiam,
Ecce Ego accubare faciam in carbunculo, lapides tuos, et fundabo in sapphiris, et ponam pyropum soles tuos (fenestras), et portas tuas in lapides gemmae, et omnem finem tuum in lapides desiderii; et omnes filii tui docti Jehovae, et multa pax filiorum tuorum, 1 54:11, 12, 13; lapides hic nominati pro sanctis veris, quare dicitur, quod ‘omnes filii tui docti Jehovae’: inde quoque apud Johannem dicitur, Quod fundamenta muri urbis sanctae Hierosolymae essent omni lapide pretioso exornata, quae nominantur, Apoc. 21:19, 20;
‘sancta Hierosolyma’ pro regno Domini in caelis et in terris, cujus ‘fundamenta’ sunt sancta vera. Similiter per tabulas lapidum quibus inscripta fuerunt praecepta Legis seu decem verba, significata sunt sancta vera, quare ex lapide fuerunt, seu fundus illorum fuit lapis, de quibus, Exod. 24:12; 31:18; 34:1; Deut. 5:19 [KJV 5:22]; 10:1, ipsa enim praecepta non sunt nisi vera fidei.
[4] Quia nunc per ‘lapides’ antiquitus significata sunt vera, et dein cum cultus inceptus super statuis, altaribus et in templo, per ‘statuas, altaria, et templum’ significata sunt sancta vera, ideo Dominus quoque dictus ‘Lapis’;
apud Mosen,
Fortis Jacobi, inde Pastor, Lapis Israelis, Gen. 49:24:
apud Esaiam,
Dixit Dominus Jehovih, Ego fundans in Zione Lapidem, Lapidem probationis anguli, pretii, fundamenti fundati, 28:16:
apud Davidem,
Lapis quem reprobarunt architecti, factus est in caput angeli, Ps. 118:22:
similiter apud Danielem,
Per lapidem e petra excisum, qui contrivit statuam Nebuchadnezzaris, 2:34, 35, 45.
[5] Quod ‘lapides’ significent vera, etiam constat apud Esaiam,
Per hoc expiabitur iniquitas Jacobi, et hic erit omnis fructus, removere peccatum suum; cum Posuerit opes lapides altaris sicut lapides calcis dispersos, 27:9;
‘lapides altaris’ pro veris in cultu quae dissipata:
apud eundem,
Complanate viam populi, sternite, sternite semitam, elapidate [e] lapide, 62:10;
‘via et lapis’ pro veris:
apud Jeremiam,
Ego contra te, mons perdens, ... devolvam te de petris et dabo te in montem combustionis; et non sument de te lapidem angulo, aut lapidem fundamentis, 51:25, 26;
ubi de Babele; ‘mons combustionis’ est amor sui; quod ‘non lapis inde’ est quod non verum.
Notes de bas de page:
1. The editors of the third Latin edition made a minor correction here. For details, see the end of the appropriate volume of that edition.
Psalms 102
1
Hear my prayer, Yahweh! Let my cry come to you.
2
Don't hide your face from me in the day of my distress. Turn your ear to me. Answer me quickly in the day when I call.
3
For my days consume away like smoke. My bones are burned as a torch.
4
My heart is blighted like grass, and withered, for I forget to eat my bread.
5
By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones stick to my skin.
6
I am like a pelican of the wilderness. I have become as an owl of the waste places.
7
I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone on the housetop.
8
My enemies reproach me all day. Those who are mad at me use my name as a curse.
9
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mixed my drink with tears,
10
Because of your indignation and your wrath, for you have taken me up, and thrown me away.
11
My days are like a long shadow. I have withered like grass.
12
But you, Yahweh, will remain forever; your renown endures to all generations.
13
You will arise and have mercy on Zion; for it is time to have pity on her. Yes, the set time has come.
14
For your servants take pleasure in her stones, and have pity on her dust.
15
So the nations will fear the name of Yahweh; all the kings of the earth your glory.
16
For Yahweh has built up Zion. He has appeared in his glory.
17
He has responded to the prayer of the destitute, and has not despised their prayer.
18
This will be written for the generation to come. A people which will be created will praise Yah.
19
For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary. From heaven, Yahweh saw the earth;
20
to hear the groans of the prisoner; to free those who are condemned to death;
21
that men may declare the name of Yahweh in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;
22
when the peoples are gathered together, the kingdoms, to serve Yahweh.
23
He weakened my strength along the course. He shortened my days.
24
I said, "My God, don't take me away in the midst of my days. Your years are throughout all generations.
25
Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the work of your hands.
26
They will perish, but you will endure. Yes, all of them will wear out like a garment. You will change them like a cloak, and they will be changed.
27
But you are the same. Your years will have no end.
28
The children of your servants will continue. Their seed will be established before you." By David.
