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何西阿书 14

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1 以色列啊,你要归向耶和华─你的;你是因自己的罪孽跌倒了。

2 当归向耶和华,用言语祷告他:求你除净罪孽,悦纳善行;这样,我们就把嘴唇的祭代替犊献上。

3 我们不向亚述求,不埃及的,也不再对我们所造的:你是我们。因为孤儿在你─耶和华那里得蒙怜悯。

4 我必医治他们背道的病,甘心他们;因为我的怒气向他们消。

5 我必向以色列如甘;他必如百合花开放,如利巴嫩的树木扎

6 他的枝条必延长;他的荣华如橄榄树;他的香气如利巴嫩的柏树。

7 在他荫下的必归回,发旺如五谷,开花如葡萄树。他的香气如利巴嫩的酒。

8 以法莲:我与偶像还有甚麽关涉呢?我─耶和华回答他,也必顾念他。我如青翠的松树;你的果子从我而得。

9 谁是智慧人,可以明白这些事;谁是通达人,可以知道这一切。因为,耶和华的道是正直的;人必在其中行走,罪人却在其上跌倒。

   

From Swedenborg's Works

 

The Inner Meaning of the Prophets and Psalms #197

  
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197. Internal Meaning of Hosea, Chapter 14

1-3 Exhortation to be converted. (11)

3 because salvation comes from no other source. (17)

4-7 Thus they will be received into the church and instructed in its truths and goods. (11)

8 Falsities will be rejected, (11)

9 and in consequence there will be understanding from rational light. (11)

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Foundation for the permission to use this translation.

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Hosea 14:1-3

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1 Israel, return to Yahweh your God; for you have fallen because of your sin.

2 Take words with you, and return to Yahweh. Tell him, "Forgive all our sins, and accept that which is good: so we offer our lips like bulls.

3 Assyria can't save us. We won't ride on horses; neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, 'Our gods!' for in you the fatherless finds mercy."