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何西阿書 9

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1 以色列啊,不要像外邦人歡喜快樂;因為你行邪淫離棄你的,在各穀場上如妓女賞賜。

2 穀場和酒醡都不夠以色列人使用;新酒也必缺乏。

3 他們必不得耶和華的以法蓮卻要歸回埃及,必在亞述不潔淨的食物。

4 他們必不得向耶和華奠酒,即便奠酒也不蒙悅納。他們的祭物必如居喪者的食物,凡的必被玷污;因他們的食物只為自己的口腹,必不奉入耶和華的殿。

5 在大會的日子,到耶和華的節期,你們怎樣行呢?

6 看哪,他們逃避災難;埃及人必收殮他們的屍首,摩弗人必葬埋他們的骸骨。他們用子做的美物上必長蒺藜;他們的帳棚中必生荊棘。

7 以色列人知道降罰的日子臨近,報應的時候到。民說:作先知的是愚昧;受靈感的是妄,皆因他們多多作孽,大懷怨恨。

8 以法蓮曾作我守望的;至於先知,在他一切的道上作為捕鳥人的網羅,在他的家中懷怨恨。

9 以法蓮深深地敗壞,如在基比亞的日子一樣。耶和華必記念他們的孽,追討他們的罪惡

10 主說:我遇見以色列如葡萄在曠野;我見你們的列祖如無花果樹上春季初熟的果子。他們卻到巴力毗珥專拜那可羞恥的,就成為可憎惡的,與他們所的一樣。

11 至於以法蓮人,他們的榮耀必如去,必不生產,不懷胎,不成孕。

12 縱然養大兒女,我卻必使他們喪子,甚不留一個。我離棄他們,他們就有禍了。

13 以法蓮如推羅栽於美地。以法蓮卻要將自己的兒女帶出來,交與行殺戮的人。

14 耶和華啊,求你加他們─加甚麼呢?要使他們胎墜乳乾。

15 耶和華說:他們一切的惡事都在吉甲;我在那裡憎惡他們。因他們所行的惡,我必從我地上趕出他們去,不再憐愛他們;他們的首領都是悖逆的。

16 以法蓮受責罰,本枯乾,必不能結果,即或生產,我必殺他們所生的愛子。

17 我的必棄絕他們,因為他們不從他;他們也必飄流在列國中。

   

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属天的奥秘 #3384

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3384. “以撒就住在基拉耳” 表相对于要联结的理性事物, 主在信之事物上的状态. 这从 “住在基拉耳” 的含义和 “以撒” 的代表清楚可知: “住在基拉耳” 是指拥有属于信的事物, 因而是指在这些事物上的状态, 因为 “住” 表生活 (1293节), “基拉耳” 表信的事物 (1209, 2504, 3365节); “以撒” 是指主的神圣理性 (1893, 2066, 2072, 2083, 2630节). 它们是相对于要联结的理性事物的信之事物, 这从前后文明显看出来, 因为整个这一章论述的是这些事物, 也就是说, 是被主的神性启示后成为真理表象的理性事物.

“住” 表人的存在和生活, 因而表人的状态. 这一点从圣言中的许多经文明显看出来, 如诗篇:

我要住在耶和华的殿中, 直至长久的时日. (诗篇 23:6)

有一件事, 我曾求耶和华, 我仍要寻求: 就是尽我一生的日子住在耶和华的殿中. (诗篇 27:4)

行诡诈的, 必不得住在我家中. (诗篇 101:7)

此处 “住在耶和华的殿中” 表存在并生活于爱之善, 因为这善就是 “耶和华的殿”. 以赛亚书:

住在死荫之地的人有光照耀他们. (以赛亚书 9:2)

“住在死荫之地的人” 表那些对良善与真理无知之人的状态. 又:

巴比伦必永无居民. (以赛亚书 13:20)

这表示 “巴比伦” 所表示之人的诅咒状态.

又:

住在基路伯上耶和华以色列的 神啊. (以赛亚书 37:16)

住在基路伯上的以色列的牧者啊, 求你发出光来! (诗篇 80:1)

“住在基路伯上” 表在天命状态下作工的主, 免得有人在尚未被主预备好之前进入爱与信的神圣事物 (308节). 诗篇:

我必平安躺下睡觉, 因为独有你耶和华使我安然居住. (诗篇 4:8)

“使人安然居住” 表平安的状态. 耶利米书:

住在众水之上多有财宝的啊, 你的结局到了! 你贪婪之量满了! (耶利米书 51:13)

这论及巴比伦. “住在众水之上” 表拥有关于真理的认知.

但以理书:

神自己显明深奥隐秘的事, 知道暗中所有的, 光明也与祂同居. (但以理书 2:22)

此处 “居” 表存在. 同一先知书:

田野的走兽在你下面得到荫影, 天空的飞鸟住在它的枝子上. (但以理书 4:12)

以西结书:

田野的走兽都在它的枝条下生子; 所有大族都在它荫下居住. (以西结书 31:6)

此处 “居住” 表存在和生活. 何西阿书:

打谷场和榨酒池不能喂养他们, 新酒也必使她失望. 他们必不得住耶和华的地; 以法莲却要回到埃及. (何西阿书 9:2-3)

“不得住耶和华的地” 表不在爱之善的状态, 因而不在主的国度.

  
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Deuteronomy 8

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1 You shall observe to do all the commandment which I command you this day, that you may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers.

2 You shall remember all the way which Yahweh your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, to prove you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not.

3 He humbled you, and allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna, which you didn't know, neither did your fathers know; that he might make you know that man does not live by bread only, but by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of Yahweh does man live.

4 Your clothing didn't grow old on you, neither did your foot swell, these forty years.

5 You shall consider in your heart that as a man chastens his son, so Yahweh your God chastens you.

6 You shall keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.

7 For Yahweh your God brings you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of springs, and underground water flowing into valleys and hills;

8 a land of wheat and barley, and vines and fig trees and pomegranates; a land of olive trees and honey;

9 a land in which you shall eat bread without scarceness, you shall not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you may dig copper.

10 You shall eat and be full, and you shall bless Yahweh your God for the good land which he has given you.

11 Beware lest you forget Yahweh your God, in not keeping his commandments, and his ordinances, and his statutes, which I command you this day:

12 lest, when you have eaten and are full, and have built goodly houses, and lived therein;

13 and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied;

14 then your heart be lifted up, and you forget Yahweh your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;

15 who led you through the great and terrible wilderness, [in which were] fiery serpents and scorpions, and thirsty ground where there was no water; who brought you forth water out of the rock of flint;

16 who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers didn't know; that he might humble you, and that he might prove you, to do you good at your latter end:

17 and [lest] you say in your heart, "My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth."

18 But you shall remember Yahweh your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth; that he may establish his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as at this day.

19 It shall be, if you shall forget Yahweh your God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that you shall surely perish.

20 As the nations that Yahweh makes to perish before you, so you shall perish; because you wouldn't listen to the voice of Yahweh your God.