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Amos 1

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1 Les paroles d'Amos, qui était d'entre les bergers de Tékoah, lesquelles [il entendit] dans une vision touchant Israël, du temps d'Hozias Roi de Juda, et de Jéroboam fils de Joas, Roi d'Israël, deux ans avant le tremblement de terre.

2 Il dit donc : L'Eternel rugira de Sion, et fera ouïr sa voix de Jérusalem, et les cabanes des bergers lamenteront, et le sommet de Carmel séchera.

3 Ainsi a dit l'Eternel : à cause de trois crimes de Damas, même à cause de quatre, je ne rappellerai point cela, [mais je le ferai] parce qu'ils ont froissé Galaad avec des herses de fer.

4 Et j'enverrai le feu à la maison de Hazaël, et il dévorera le palais de Benhadad.

5 Je briserai aussi la barre de Damas, et j'exterminerai de Bikhath-aven ses habitants, et de la maison d'Héden celui qui y tient le sceptre; et le peuple de Syrie sera transporté à Kir, a dit l'Eternel.

6 Ainsi a dit l'Eternel : à cause de trois crimes de Gaza, même à cause de quatre, je ne rappellerai point cela; [mais je le ferai] parce qu'ils ont transporté ceux [de Juda] en une captivité entière, jusqu'à les livrer à Edom.

7 Et j'enverrai le feu à la muraille de Gaza, et il dévorera ses palais.

8 Et j'exterminerai d'Asdod ses habitants, et d'Askélon celui qui y tient le sceptre; puis je tournerai ma main sur Hékron, et le reste des Philistins périra, a dit le Seigneur l'Eternel.

9 Ainsi a dit l'Eternel : à cause de trois crimes de Tyr, même à cause de quatre, je ne rappellerai point cela, [mais je le ferai] parce qu'ils ont livré ceux de Juda en une captivité entière à Edom, et ne se sont point souvenus de l'alliance fraternelle.

10 Et j'enverrai le feu à la muraille de Tyr, et il dévorera ses palais.

11 Ainsi a dit l'Eternel : à cause de trois crimes d'Edom, même à cause de quatre, je ne rappellerai point cela; [mais je le ferai] parce qu'il a poursuivi son frère avec l'épée, et qu'il a altéré ses compassions, et que sa colère déchire continuellement, et qu'il garde sa fureur à toujours.

12 Et j'enverrai le feu en Téman, et il dévorera les palais de Botsra.

13 Ainsi a dit l'Eternel : à cause de trois crimes des enfants de Hammon, même à cause de quatre, je ne rappellerai point cela; [mais je le ferai] parce que pour élargir leurs bornes ils ont fendu en Galaad le ventre des femmes enceintes.

14 Et j'allumerai le feu, avec alarme au jour de la bataille, avec tourbillon au jour de la tempête, en la muraille de Rabba, et il dévorera ses palais.

15 Et leur Roi ira en captivité, et avec lui les principaux de son pays, a dit l'Eternel.

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Ézéchiel 25:1

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1 Puis la parole de l'Eternel me fut [adressée], en disant :

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Arcana Coelestia #7523

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7523. 'And there will be on man and on beast' means the products of interior and exterior evil. This is clear from the meaning of 'man' as the affection for good, and in the contrary sense as the desire for evil; and 'beast' is similar in meaning. But when 'man' and 'beast' are mentioned together, 'man means interior affection or desire and 'beast' exterior; regarding both, see 7424. Interior good or else interior evil, which is meant by 'man', is that connected with intentions or ends in view, for intentions or ends in view are at a person's core, whereas exterior good or else exterior evil, which is meant by 'beast', is that connected with thought and consequently, if nothing stands in the way, with action. Exterior good is meant by 'beast' because a person is in respect of his external or natural man no different from a beast; for he is endowed with similar desires and also cravings, as well as appetites and senses. And interior good is meant by 'man because it is in respect of his internal or spiritual man that a person is a human being, on which internal level he is endowed with affections for what is good and true such as exist with the angels in heaven, and because he controls his natural or animal man, which is 'a beast', by means of that internal man. Regarding the meaning of 'beast' as the affection for good and in the contrary sense the desire for evil, see 45, 46, 142, 143, 246, 714, 715, 719, 776, 2179, 2180, 3218, 3519, 5198.

[2] These things are what are meant by 'man and beast' in the following places too: In Jeremiah,

My anger and My wrath have been poured out on this place, on man and on beast. Jeremiah 7:20

In the same prophet,

I will strike the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast; they will die of a great pestilence. Jeremiah 21:6.

In the same prophet,

It will make her land a desolation, so that none may dwell in it; both man and beast have scattered themselves, they have gone away. Jeremiah 50:3.

In Ezekiel,

When a land has sinned against Me by committing great transgression, I will cut off from it man and beast. Ezekiel 14:13, 19, 21.

In the same prophet,

I will stretch out My hand over Edom, and cut off from it man and beast, and make it a waste. Ezekiel 25:13.

In Zephaniah,

I will consume man and beast, I will consume the birds of the air and the fish of the sea, and the stumbling-blocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from the surface of the earth. Zephaniah 1:3.

[3] 'Man and beast' stands for interior and exterior good in the following places: In Jeremiah,

I have made the earth, man and beast, by My great strength. Jeremiah 27:5.

In the same prophet,

Behold, the days are coming, said Jehovah, in which I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and the seed of beast. Jeremiah 31:17.

In the same prophet,

A desolation will the earth be, so that man and beast are not there. Jeremiah 32:43.

In the same prophet,

In the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that have been devastated, there is no man and inhabitant, and there is no beast. Jeremiah 33:10; 51:62.

In David,

Your righteousness is like the mountains of God, Your judgements a great deep; You preserve man and beast, O Jehovah. Psalms 36:6.

It was because 'man and beast' meant such things that the firstborn of the Egyptians died, not only of men but also of beasts, Exodus 12:29, and that the firstborn were consecrated [to Jehovah], not only of men but also of beasts, Numbers 18:15, and also that the king of Nineveh, following sacred religious practice, commanded that not only man but also beast should fast and also be clothed in sackcloth, Jonah 3:7-8.

  
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