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Hóseás 10

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1 Buja szõlõtõ az Izráel, a mely termi az õ gyümölcseit. Gyümölcsének sokasága szerint sokasította meg oltárait, földének jósága szerint jó sok oszlopot állított fel.

2 Csalárd a szívök; [de] most meglakolnak! Õ maga töri le oltáraikat; elpusztítja bálványaikat.

3 Bizony mondják most: Nincsen királyunk, mert nem féljük az Urat, és a király mit segíthet rajtunk?!

4 Össze-vissza beszéltek; hamisan esküdtek; szövetséget kötöttek; de mint a bürök a mezõ barázdáin, úgy sarjadzik ki az ítélet.

5 Beth-Aven borjúi miatt aggódnak Samaria lakói. Bizony megsiratja azt az õ népe, és papjai is remegnek miatta, az õ dicsõsége miatt; mert eltávozott az attól.

6 Azt magát is Assiriába vonszolják ajándékul Járeb királynak. Szégyent vall Efraim, és megszégyenül Izráel az õ tanácsa miatt.

7 Elveszett Samaria! Az õ királya, mint forgács a víz színén!

8 És Aven magaslatai, az Izráel vétke, lerontatnak. Tövis és bogácskóró növi be oltáraikat, és mondják majd a hegyeknek: Borítsatok be minket! a halmoknak pedig: Omoljatok reánk!

9 Gibea napjaitól fogva vétkezél, oh Izráel! Ott maradtak; nem érte õket Gibeában a harcz a gonoszság fiai ellen.

10 Megfenyítem hát õket kedvemre! Népek gyülekeznek ellenök, a mikor megkötöztetnek kettõs gazságukért.

11 Efraim szoktatott üszõ, a mely szeret nyomtatni; de én rámegyek az õ szép nyakára: igába fogom Efraimot; Júda szántani fog, Jákób boronál néki.

12 Vessetek magatoknak igazságra; arassatok kegyelem szerint! Szántsatok magatoknak új szántást; mert ideje keresnetek az Urat, mígnem eljõ, hogy igazság esõjét adjon néktek.

13 Istentelenséget szántottatok, álnokságot arattatok. Eszitek a hazugság gyümölcsét, mert bíztál a te utadban és vitézeidnek sokaságában!

14 Azért zendülés támad a te néped között, és minden te erõsséged elpusztíttatik, a miképen elpusztította Salman Beth-Arbelt a harcznak napján; az anya gyermekeivel együtt földhöz veretik.

15 Így cselekszik veletek Beth-El, a ti nagy gonoszságtokért; hajnalra bizony elvész Izráel királya!

   

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Arcana Coelestia #9713

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9713. THE INTERNAL SENSE

Verses 1-8 And you shall make the altar from shittim wood, five cubits the length and five cubits the breadth; square shall the altar be, and three cubits its height. And you shall make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it 1 , and you shall overlay it with bronze. And you shall make its pans to take away its ashes, and shovels, and its basins, and its forks, and its tongs; all its vessels you shall make of bronze. 2 And you shall make for it a grating, a network, from bronze; and on the net you shall make four rings of bronze, on the four ends of it. And you shall put it under the rim of the altar beneath, and the net shall reach down to the middle of the altar. And you shall make poles for the altar, poles of shittim wood, and overlay them with bronze. And its poles shall be put into the rings, and the poles shall be on the two sides of the altar when it is carried. 3 A boarded hollow you shall make it; as it has appeared to you on the mountain, so they shall make [it].

'And you shall make the altar' means that which was representative of the Lord and of the worship of Him. 'From shittim wood' means righteousness. 'Five cubits the length and five cubits the breadth' means that which consists equally of good and of truth. 'Square shall the altar be' means that which for this reason is righteous. 'And three cubits its height' means what is complete so far as degrees are concerned. 'And you shall make its horns' means power. 'On its four corners' means every aspect of it. 'The horns shall be of one piece with it' means that the power must come from good. 'And you shall overlay it with bronze' means a representative sign of the good. 'And you shall make its pans to take away its ashes' means the removers of things which have served their purpose. 'And shovels, and basins, and its forks, and its tongs' means known facts that act as containers and serve every purpose. 'All its vessels you shall make of bronze' means that they must all be formed from good. 'And you shall make for it a grating, a network' means the level of sensory perception, which is the last and lowest. 'From bronze' means that this too must be formed from good. 'And on the net you shall make four rings of bronze' means the sphere of good by means of which a joining together is accomplished. 'On the four ends of it' means everywhere. 'And you shall put it under the rim of the altar beneath' means that sensory perception on the last and lowest levels. 'And the net shall reach down to the middle of the altar' means the extent of sensory perception. 'And you shall make poles for the altar' means the power to hold something in a state of good. 'Poles of shittim wood' means the good of righteousness, [and the power derived from this good.] 'And overlay them with bronze' means a representative sign of the good. 'And its poles shall be put into the rings' means the power of the sphere of Divine Good. 'And the poles shall be on the two sides of the altar' means the power of good imparted through truth, 4 and that of the truth which springs from the good. 'When it is carried' means bringing into being and keeping in being. 'A boarded hollow you shall make it' means the suitableness. 'As it has appeared to you on the mountain, so they shall make [it]' means in keeping with the correspondence of Divine realities in heaven.

Footnotes:

1. literally, shall be from (or out of) it

2. literally, for all its vessels you shall make bronze

3. literally, in carrying it

4. Contrast with 9736, where in his rough draft Swedenborg first had but then deleted what appears here in 9713.

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

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Leviticus 16:2-3

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2 and Yahweh said to Moses, "Tell Aaron your brother, not to come at all times into the Most Holy Place within the veil, before the mercy seat which is on the ark; lest he die: for I will appear in the cloud on the mercy seat.

3 "Herewith shall Aaron come into the sanctuary: with a young bull for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering.

      

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