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1 Kaj la Eternulo diris al Moseo:Iru al Faraono, cxar Mi obstinigis lian koron kaj la korojn de liaj servantoj, por ke Mi faru cxi tiujn Miajn signojn inter ili;

2 kaj por ke vi rakontu al via filo kaj al via nepo, kion Mi plenumis sur la Egiptoj, kaj pri Miaj signoj, kiujn Mi faris inter ili; kaj por ke vi sciu, ke Mi estas la Eternulo.

3 Moseo kaj Aaron venis al Faraono, kaj diris al li:Tiel diris la Eternulo, Dio de la Hebreoj:GXis kiam vi rifuzos humiligxi antaux Mi? forliberigu Mian popolon, ke gxi faru al Mi servon.

4 CXar se vi rifuzos forliberigi Mian popolon, jen Mi venigos morgaux akridojn en vian regionon;

5 kaj ili kovros la suprajxon de la tero tiel, ke oni ne povos vidi la teron; kaj ili formangxos cxion, kio restis cxe vi savita kontraux la hajlo, kaj ili cxirkauxmangxos cxiujn arbojn, kiuj kreskas cxe vi sur la kampo;

6 kaj ili plenigos viajn domojn kaj la domojn de cxiuj viaj servantoj kaj la domojn de cxiuj Egiptoj tiel, kiel ne vidis viaj patroj kaj viaj prapatroj de post la tago, kiam ili aperis sur la tero gxis la nuna tago. Kaj li turnigxis kaj eliris for de Faraono.

7 Tiam la servantoj de Faraono diris al li:GXis kiam tiu homo estos por ni suferilo? forliberigu tiujn homojn, por ke ili faru servon al la Eternulo, ilia Dio; cxu vi ankoraux ne vidas, ke Egiptujo pereas?

8 Kaj oni revenigis denove Moseon kaj Aaronon al Faraono, kaj cxi tiu diris al ili:Iru, faru servon al la Eternulo, via Dio; sed kiuj estas la irontoj?

9 Tiam Moseo diris:Kun niaj junuloj kaj maljunuloj ni iros, kun niaj filoj kaj niaj filinoj, kun niaj sxafoj kaj niaj bovoj ni iros, cxar ni havas feston de la Eternulo.

10 Kaj li diris al ili:Tiel la Eternulo estu kun vi, se mi forliberigos vin kaj viajn infanojn! cxu vi ne havas ian malbonan intencon?

11 Ne; iru nur la viroj kaj faru servon al la Eternulo, cxar tion vi petas. Kaj oni elpelis ilin for de Faraono.

12 Tiam la Eternulo diris al Moseo:Etendu vian manon super la landon Egiptan pro la akridoj, ke ili venu sur la landon Egiptan, kaj formangxu cxiujn herbojn de la tero, cxion, kion restigis la hajlo.

13 Kaj Moseo etendis sian bastonon super la landon Egiptan, kaj la Eternulo direktis orientan venton sur la landon dum tiu tuta tago kaj dum la tuta nokto. Kiam farigxis mateno, la orienta vento alportis la akridojn.

14 Kaj la akridoj venis sur la tutan landon Egiptan kaj sidigxis en la tuta Egipta regiono en tre granda amaso; antaux ili neniam estis akridaro simila al ili, kaj poste neniam estos tia.

15 Kaj ili kovris la tutan suprajxon de la tero, kaj la tero farigxis malluma; kaj ili formangxis la tutan herbon de la kampo, kaj cxiujn arbajn fruktojn, kiujn restigis la hajlo; kaj restis nenia verdajxo sur la arboj aux inter la herboj de la kampo en la tuta lando Egipta.

16 Tiam Faraono rapide alvokis Moseon kaj Aaronon, kaj diris:Mi pekis antaux la Eternulo, via Dio, kaj antaux vi.

17 Sed nun pardonu mian pekon nur cxi tiun fojon, kaj pregxu al la Eternulo, via Dio, ke Li forigu de mi nur cxi tiun morton.

18 Kaj li eliris for de Faraono kaj pregxis al la Eternulo.

19 Kaj la Eternulo venigis de la kontrauxa flanko venton okcidentan tre fortan, kaj gxi levis la akridojn kaj jxetis ilin en la Rugxan Maron; ne restis ecx unu akrido en la tuta Egipta regiono.

20 Sed la Eternulo obstinigis la koron de Faraono, kaj li ne forliberigis la Izraelidojn.

21 Tiam la Eternulo diris al Moseo:Etendu vian manon al la cxielo, kaj farigxos mallumo en la lando Egipta, palpebla mallumo.

22 Kaj Moseo etendis sian manon al la cxielo, kaj farigxis densa mallumo en la tuta lando Egipta dum tri tagoj.

23 Oni ne vidis unu alian, kaj neniu levigxis de sia loko dum tri tagoj; sed cxiuj Izraelidoj havis lumon en siaj logxejoj.

24 Tiam Faraono alvokis Moseon, kaj diris:Iru, faru servon al la Eternulo; nur viaj sxafoj kaj viaj bovoj restu; ankaux viaj infanoj iru kun vi.

25 Sed Moseo diris:Vi devas ankaux doni en niajn manojn oferojn kaj bruloferojn, kiujn ni alportos al la Eternulo, nia Dio.

26 Ankaux niaj brutoj iros kun ni, ne restos ecx unu hufo; cxar el ili ni prenos, por fari servon al la Eternulo, nia Dio; kaj ni ne scias, per kio ni devas servi al la Eternulo, gxis ni venos tien.

27 Kaj la Eternulo obstinigis la koron de Faraono, kaj li ne volis forliberigi ilin.

28 Kaj Faraono diris al li:Iru for de mi! gardu vin, ke vi ne venu plu antaux mian vizagxon; cxar en la tago, en kiu vi venos antaux mian vizagxon, vi mortos.

29 Tiam Moseo diris:Tiel vi diris; mi ne venos do plu antaux vian vizagxon.

   

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #7573

Studere hoc loco

  
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7573. 'And Jehovah gave forth voices' means the departure and severance of communication with those governed by good and guided by truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'voices', which are claps of thunder, as God's truths which enlighten and perfect those in heaven, but frighten those in hell and subject them to vastation; and since they devastate the latter they mean the departure and severance of communication with those governed by good and guided by truth, this being the way in which they are devastated. The situation in all this is evident from what has been stated already in 7502, 7541, 7542, 7545, 7554. In these places it was shown that those who have belonged to the Church and consequently absorbed cognitions of truth and good from the Word, yet have led an evil life, have a line of communication with heaven through the truths and forms of good which they have brought with them from their time in the world, where they were in the Church. (A person brings with him into the next life whatever he knew in the world, indeed whatever he saw, heard, thought, spoke, willed, or did, see 2474, 2475, 2481-2486, 7398). This communication is what is taken away when they undergo vastation; and when communication has been taken away, so are truths and forms of good, and cognitions of them, removed. For whatever spirits, and indeed angels know flows in from the Lord by way of heaven, thus through communications that are made, see 6053-6058, 6180, 6215, 6307-6717, 6466-6495, 6613-6626. All this shows what is meant by a departure and severance of communication with those who are guided by truth and governed by good. The situation with God's truth in heaven and in hell - the truth that is meant by 'voices' - is like that with claps of thunder on earth. On high mountains claps of thunder are heard as no more than a gentle, quiet sound; but on the land lying below they are heard as a frightening crash. In the same way God's truth in heaven is gentle and mild, whereas in hell it is frightening.

[2] The meaning of 'voices', which are claps of thunder, as God's truths that enlighten and perfect those in heaven, and that frighten those in hell and subject them to vastation, is evident from the following places: In Isaiah,

You will have joy of heart, as when one marches with a pipe to come to the mountain of Jehovah, to the Rock of Israel. Then Jehovah will cause His glorious voice 1 to be heard, and will cause His arm to see repose, in the indignation of [His] anger, and the flame of a devouring fire, [in] scattering, and deluging, and hailstones. For by the voice of Jehovah Asshur will be dismayed. Isaiah 30:29-31.

Here 'the voice of Jehovah' stands for God's truth which enlightens and perfects those who are governed by good but frightens those under the influence of evil and subjects them to vastation. In Joel,

The earth quaked before Him, the sun and moon were darkened, and the stars withdrew their shining; and Jehovah uttered His voice before His army, His camp is exceedingly great; for that which executes His word is uncountable. For great is the day of Jehovah, and extremely frightening. Joel 3:16.

Here the meaning is similar.

[3] In the same prophet,

Jehovah will roar from Zion, and from Jerusalem will give forth His voice; and the heavens and the earth will be shaken. But Jehovah will be a shelter for His people, and a fortification for the children of Israel. Joel 3:16.

'The voice of Jehovah' likewise stands for God's truth. It is given forth 'from Jerusalem' because that city means the Lord's spiritual kingdom, inhabited by those who are moved by truth to be governed by good and moved by good to be guided by truth.

[4] In David,

Jehovah thundered in the heavens, and the Most High gave forth His voice, hail, and coals of fire, so that He sent His arrows and scattered them, and many thunder-bolts, and threw them into confusion. Psalms 18:13-14.

'Giving forth voice, hail, and coals of fire' stands for the devastation of truth and good by means of falsities and evil desires. In the same author,

The clouds dropped water, the skies gave voice, also Your arrows went out, the voice of Your thunder into the earth; the lightnings lit up the earth. Psalms 77:16-18.

'A voice' stands for God's truth which enlightens those who belong to the Church.

[5] In the same author,

The voice of Jehovah is upon the waters, the God of glory causes it to thunder, Jehovah is over great waters; the voice of Jehovah is powerful; the voice of Jehovah is majestic; the voice of Jehovah breaks the cedars, Jehovah breaks to pieces the cedars of Lebanon; the voice of Jehovah strikes as flames of fire; the voice of Jehovah causes the wilderness to shake; the voice of Jehovah causes the hinds to calve, and strips the forests bare. Psalms 29:3-11.

Here 'the voice of Jehovah' stands for God's truth and the power it has. Thus it also stands for the Word since this is God's truth.

[6] In John,

A mighty angel coming down called out with a loud voice; and when he called out, seven thunders uttered their voices. I was about to write; but I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, Seal up the things which the seven thunders uttered, and do not write them. Revelation 10:3-4.

'Voices' stands for God's truth, 'thunders' for those who convey it, bringing it from heaven to earth. No one can fail to see that 'thunders and 'voices' mean things that are Divine, not thunders and crashes. And since they mean Divine things and are called Jehovah's voices it is evident that they are Divine Truth. This was why, when Jehovah came down on Mount Sinai and proclaimed Divine Truth, there were voices, lightnings, and thunders, Exodus 19:16; 20:18, and why He spoke out of the midst of the fire, Deuteronomy 4:11-12; 5:22-24.

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1. literally, the voice of His glory

  
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from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #7542

Studere hoc loco

  
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7542. 'Onto your heart' means into what is inmost. This is clear from the meaning of 'heart' as that which belongs to a person's will, thus to his love, dealt with in 2930, 3317, 3888, 3889, consequently what is central to the actual life within him; for his love, belonging intrinsically to his will, constitutes that life within him. This is why 'heart' means what is inmost. What is inmost in the case of the good is love to the Lord and love towards the neighbour, whereas what is inmost in the case of the evil is self-love and love of the world. The latter is what is meant here; and what is around it, constituting so to speak the surrounding parts, are the evils and falsities that lend support, arranged into order according to the ways in which they support it. In the next life they are brought out into the open in the order in which they have been arranged. First to come forth are those that occupy the outermost surrounding parts, then those that lie further in; and finally what is inmost is revealed. So it is that a person in the next life passes through a large number of states, and that the evil are afflicted in successive stages by scourges or plagues before they are cast into hell, as accords with what has been stated immediately above. What is inmost, which they come to last of all, is hell itself residing with them, for it is the evil that had been central to their love, and so the end which they held in view in everything they did and which in the world they had kept deeply hidden within them.

  
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