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Josue 11

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1 At nangyari nang mabalitaan ni Jabin na hari sa Hasor, na siya'y nagsugo kay Jobab na hari sa Madon, at sa hari sa Simron, at sa hari sa Achsaph,

2 At sa mga hari na nangasa hilagaan, sa lupaing maburol, at sa Araba sa timugan ng Cinneroth at sa mababang lupain, at sa mga kaitaasan ng Dor sa kalunuran,

3 Sa Cananeo sa silanganan at sa kalunuran at sa Amorrheo, at sa Hetheo, at sa Pherezeo, at sa Jebuseo sa lupaing maburol, at sa Heveo sa ibaba ng Hermon, sa lupain ng Mizpa.

4 At sila'y lumabas, sila at ang kanilang mga hukbo na kasama nila, maraming tao, na gaya nga ng mga buhangin na nasa baybayin ng dagat sa karamihan, na may mga kabayo at mga karo na totoong marami.

5 At ang lahat ng mga haring ito ay nagpipisan; at sila'y naparoon at humantong na magkakasama sa tubig ng Merom, upang makipaglaban sa Israel.

6 At sinabi ng Panginoon kay Josue, Huwag kang matakot ng dahil sa kanila; sapagka't bukas sa ganitong oras ay ibibigay ko silang lahat na patay sa harap ng Israel: inyong pipilayan ang kanilang mga kabayo, at sisilaban ng apoy ang kanilang mga karo.

7 Sa gayo'y biglang naparoon si Josue, at ang buong bayang pangdigma na kasama niya, laban sa kanila sa tabi ng tubig ng Merom, at dumaluhong sila sa kanila.

8 At ibinigay sila ng Panginoon sa kamay ng Israel, at sinaktan nila, at hinabol nila sila hanggang sa malaking Sidon, at hanggang sa Misrephoth-maim, at hanggang sa libis ng Mizpa, sa dakong silanganan; at sinaktan nila sila hanggang sa wala silang iniwan sa kanila nalabi.

9 At ginawa ni Josue sa kanila ang gaya ng iniutos ng Panginoon sa kaniya; kaniyang pinilayan ang kanilang mga kabayo, at sinilaban ng apoy ang kanilang mga karo.

10 At bumalik si Josue nang panahong yaon at sinakop ang Hasor, at sinugatan ng tabak ang hari niyaon: sapagka't ang Hasor ng una ay pangulo ng lahat ng mga kahariang yaon.

11 At kanilang sinugatan ng talim ng tabak ang lahat na tao na nandoon, na kanilang lubos na nilipol: walang naiwan na may hininga, at kaniyang sinilaban ng apoy ang Hasor.

12 At ang lahat ng mga bayan ng mga haring yaon at ang lahat ng mga hari ng mga yaon ay sinakop ni Josue, at sinugatan niya sila ng talim ng tabak at lubos na nilipol sila; gaya ng iniutos ni Moises na lingkod ng Panginoon.

13 Nguni't tungkol sa mga bayang natatayo sa kanilang mga bunton, ay walang sinunog ang Israel sa mga yaon, liban sa Hasor lamang, na sinunog ni Josue.

14 At ang lahat na samsam sa mga bayang ito at ang mga hayop ay kinuha ng mga anak ni Israel na pinakasamsam para sa kanilang sarili; nguni't ang bawa't tao ay sinugatan nila ng talim ng tabak hanggang sa kanilang nalipol sila, ni hindi nagiwan sila ng anomang may hininga.

15 Kung paanong nagutos ang Panginoon kay Moises na kaniyang lingkod, ay gayon nagutos si Moises kay Josue: at gayon ang ginawa ni Josue; wala siyang iniwang hindi yari sa lahat na iniutos ng Panginoon kay Moises.

16 Sa gayo'y sinakop ni Josue ang buong lupaing yaon, ang lupaing maburol, at ang buong Timugan, at ang buong lupain ng Gosen, at ang mababang lupain, at ang Araba, at ang lupaing maburol ng Israel, at ang mababang lupain niyaon;

17 Mula sa bundok ng Halac na paahon sa Seir, hanggang sa Baal-gad sa libis ng Libano sa ibaba ng bundok Hermon: at kinuha niya ang lahat nilang hari, at sinaktan niya sila at ipinapatay niya sila.

18 Si Josue ay nakipagdigmang malaong panahon sa lahat ng mga haring yaon.

19 Walang bayan na nakipagpayapaan sa mga anak ni Israel, liban ang mga Heveo na mga taga Gabaon: kanilang kinuhang lahat sa pakikipagbaka.

20 Sapagka't inakala nga ng Panginoon na papagmatigasin ang kanilang puso, upang pumaroon laban sa Israel sa pakikipagbaka, upang kanilang malipol silang lubos, na huwag silang magtamo ng biyaya, kundi kaniyang malipol sila, gaya ng iniutos ng Panginoon kay Moises.

21 At naparoon si Josue nang panahong yaon at nilipol ang mga Anaceo mula sa lupaing maburol, sa Hebron, sa Debir, sa Anab, at sa buong lupaing maburol ng Juda, at sa buong lupaing maburol ng Israel: nilipol silang lubos ni Josue sangpu ng kanilang mga bayan.

22 Walang naiwan sa mga Anaceo sa lupain ng mga anak ni Israel: sa Gaza, sa Gath, at sa Asdod lamang, nagiwan siya ng ilan.

23 Gayon sinakop ni Josue ang buong lupain ayon sa lahat na sinalita ng Panginoon kay Moises; at ibinigay ni Josue na pinakamana sa Israel, ayon sa kanilang pagkakabahagi sangayon sa kanilang mga lipi. At ang lupain ay nagpahinga sa pakikipagdigma.

   

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7553. Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail. That this signifies falsities destroying all things of the church with them, is evident from the signification of a “rain of hail,” as being falsities from evil destroying the truths and goods of faith, thus the things of the church. That a “rain of hail” has this signification is because it is like stones, and destroys both men and beasts, also the produce of the field, and likewise because it is cold. A “rain” in general signifies a blessing, and in the opposite sense a curse (see n. 2445); when a blessing, it signifies the influx and reception of the truth that is of faith and of the good that is of charity, for this is a blessing; but when it signifies a curse, it signifies falsity that is contrary to the truth of faith, and evil that is contrary to the good of charity, for these are a curse. But a “rain of hail” in general signifies the curse that belongs to falsity from evil, and indeed to falsity from evil against the truths and goods of the church.

[2] This is signified by a “rain of hail” in the following passages:

I will dispute with God with pestilence and with blood; and I will make it rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many peoples that are with him, an inundating rain, and hailstones, fire, and sulphur (Ezekiel 38:22);

“Gog” denotes outward worship separate from inward, thus those who when charity is extinct make everything of Divine worship consist in outward things; “hailstones” denote falsities from evil.

[3] In the same:

My hand shall be against the prophets that see vanity, and that divine a lie; say unto them that daub with what is untempered, that it shall fall; there shall be an inundating rain, by which ye hailstones shall fall; and a wind of storms shall burst through it (Ezekiel 13:9, 11);

“the prophets that see vanity and divine a lie” denote those who teach evils and falsities; “those who daub with what is untempered” denotes that they invent falsities, and make them appear like truths. These are called “hailstones” from falsities; but “hail” in this and in the passage above quoted is expressed in the original by another word which means “great hail.”

[4] In Isaiah:

Then Jehovah shall cause the glory of His voice to be heard, and His arm shall see quiet, in the indignation of anger, and a flame of devouring fire, with scattering and inundation, and with hailstone (Isaiah 30:30-31); where “hailstone” denotes the vastation of truth through falsities. In the same:

Behold the Lord is strong and mighty; like an inundation of hail, a storm of slaughter, like an inundation of mighty waters overflowing, shall He cast down to the earth with the hand; the hail shall overthrow the refuge of a lie, and they shall inundate the hiding place of waters (Isaiah 28:2, 17);

“an inundation” denotes immersion in falsities, and thus the vastation of truth (n. 705, 739, 790, 5725, 6853); “an inundation of hail” denotes the destruction of truth through falsities.

[5] In David:

He smote their vine with hail, and their sycamores with grievous hail; and He shut up their beast with the hail, and their cattle with coals of fire. He sent against them the wrath of His anger (Psalms 78:47-49).

He made their rains hail, a flaming fire in their land, and smote their vine and their fig-tree, and broke in pieces the tree of their border (Psalms 105:32-33);

“hail and rain” denote the vastation of truth and good through falsities from evil; the “vine” denotes the truth and good of the internal church; the “sycamore” and the “fig-tree,” denote the truths and goods of the external church. In the same:

Who giveth snow like wool; He scattereth the hoar frost like dust, who castest forth His hail like morsels; who can stand before His cold? (Psalms 147:16-17);

“hail” denotes falsities from evils. In the same:

He made darkness His hiding place, His circuits His tent, the darkness of the waters, the clouds of the heavens, from the brightness before Him the clouds passed, with hailstone and coals of fire; Jehovah thundered in the heavens, and the Most High gave His voice, hailstone and coals of fire, so that He sent arrows and scattered them (Psalms 18:12-15);

“hailstone” denotes falsities from evil which vastate truths and goods.

[6] In John:

The first angel sounded, and there came hail and fire mingled with blood, and it fell upon the earth, so that the third part of the trees was burnt up, and all the green grass was burnt up (Revelation 8:7);

“hail” denotes falsities from evil; “fire mingled with blood,” the evil of cupidities together with falsified truths; the “trees that were burnt up” denote the knowledges of truth destroyed by the evil of cupidities; the “green grass that was burnt up” denotes the memory-knowledges of truth likewise destroyed. (That “fire” denotes the evil of cupidities, see n. 1297, 1861, 2446, 5071, 5215, 6314, 6832, 7324; that “blood” denotes falsified truth, n. 4735, 6978, 7317, 7326; that “trees” denote knowledges, n. 2722, 2972)

[7] In Joshua:

It came to pass, as they fled before Israel in the going down of Bethhoron, when Jehovah cast down upon them great stones from the heavens even unto Azekah, that they died; there were more who died with the hailstones than they whom the sons of Israel slew with the sword (Josh. 10:11);

this is said of the five kings who fought against Gibeon; by these kings and their people were represented those who are in falsities from evils, therefore they died with the hailstones; morsels of hail are called “stones,” because “stones” also signify falsities. From all this it is evident what is signified by “hail” and “rain of hail,” namely, falsities from evils; and consequently the vastation of truth and good is also signified, for this is effected through falsities from evils.

  
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Joshua 10:11

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11 It happened, as they fled from before Israel, while they were at the descent of Beth Horon, that Yahweh cast down great stones from the sky on them to Azekah, and they died. There were more who died from the hailstones than who the children of Israel killed with the sword.