The Inner Meaning of the Prophets and Psalms #192
192. Internal Meaning of Hosea, Chapter 9
1-3 They have falsified the truths of the church, therefore the church has been destroyed, and they will be natural, abiding only in reasonings from the natural man. (3, 3)
4-5 Consequently there is no Divine worship. (3)
6 All truth and good is turned into falsity and evil. (3)
7-9 They will perish on the day of judgment. (3)
12-13 The first of them were also such, they had no understanding of truth; so also their posterity, although instructed. (3)
Eat
When we eat, our bodies break down the food and get from it both energy and materials for building and repairing the body. The process is similar on a symbolic level in the Bible. Food represents the desire for good and the insight that comes from that desire for good – goodness and understanding that come from the Lord. But to put them to use we have to take them in and make them our own – which is spiritual eating.
