Stone
Stones in the Bible in general represent truths, or things we know concerning the Lord and what He wants from us and for us in life. This is why the people of Israel built altars of stone, and is also why stoning was a principal form of capital punishment (using truth to destroy falsity, or in the negative sense using falsity to destroy truth). It is also why precious stones are described in such detail on Aaron's breastplate and ephod, and also in the New Jerusalem in Revelation; precious stones represent true ideas directly from the Lord with the various colors showing various forms of love. Stones are not alone in representing truth, of course -- it sometimes seems that almost everything in the Bible represents either true ideas or desires for good. But that makes sense, since our thoughts and our desires together are everything we are in life, and the interplay between them is what life is all about. The many ways they are represented in the Bible reflect the incredible variety in our feelings and thoughts, though we can only distantly understand how those representations work. In the case of stones, in their weight, strength and permanence they tend to represent true ideas that come from a desire for good, the understanding we can have if we are truly good and loving -- and in the highest sense the exalted ideas that come from the Lord's love. Those ideas are ones that are not easily moved or changed, and make wonderful foundations for the things we want to build in our spiritual lives.
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他出来迎接亚撒,对他说:亚撒和犹大、便雅悯众人哪,要听我说:你们若顺从耶和华,耶和华必与你们同在;你们若寻求他,就必寻见;你们若离弃他,他必离弃你们。
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以色列人不信真神,没有训诲的祭司,也没有律法,已经好久了;
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但他们在急难的时候归向耶和华─以色列的神,寻求他,他就被他们寻见。
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这国攻击那国,这城攻击那城,互相破坏,因为神用各样灾难扰乱他们。
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亚撒听见这话和俄德儿子先知亚撒利雅的预言,就壮起胆来,在犹大、便雅悯全地,并以法莲山地所夺的各城,将可憎之物尽都除掉,又在耶和华殿的廊前重新修筑耶和华的坛;
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又招聚犹大、便雅悯的众人,并他们中间寄居的以法莲人、玛拿西人、西缅人。有许多以色列人归降亚撒,因见耶和华─他的神与他同在。
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当日他们从所取的掳物中,将牛七百只、羊七千只献给耶和华。
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凡不寻求耶和华─以色列神的,无论大小、男女,必被治死。
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他们就大声欢呼,吹号吹角,向耶和华起誓。
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犹大众人为所起的誓欢喜;因他们是尽心起誓,尽意寻求耶和华,耶和华就被他们寻见,且赐他们四境平安。
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亚撒王贬了他祖母玛迦太后的位,因他造了可憎的偶像亚舍拉。亚撒砍下他的偶像,捣得粉碎,烧在汲沦溪边。