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Hoseas 5

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1 Hør dette, I prester, og gi akt, du Israels hus, og du kongehus, vend øret til! For eder gjelder dommen; for en snare har I vært på Mispa og et utspent nett på Tabor.

2 De er falt dypt i en mangfoldighet av forvillelser; men jeg skal tukte dem alle.

3 Jeg kjenner Efra'im, og Israel er ikke skjult for mig; for nu har du drevet utukt, Efra'im! Israel er blitt urent.

4 Deres gjerninger tillater dem ikke å vende om til sin Gud; for de har en utuktens ånd i sitt indre, og Herren kjenner de ikke.

5 Og Israels stolthet skal vidne mot det like i dets åsyn, og Israel og Efra'im skal omkomme for sin misgjernings skyld; også Juda skal omkomme med dem.

6 Med sine får og okser skal de gå for å søke Herren, men ikke finne ham; han har dradd sig bort fra dem.

7 Mot Herren har de båret sig troløst at, for de har født uekte barn; nu skal nymånen* fortære både dem og alt det de eier. / {* som de feiret på hedensk vis.}

8 Støt i basun i Gibea, i trompet i ama! Blås alarm i Bet-Aven*! Fienden er efter dig, Benjamin! / {* HSE 4, 15.}

9 Efra'im skal bli til en ørken på straffens dag; blandt Israels stammer har jeg kunngjort hvad sikkert vil skje.

10 Judas fyrster er blitt lik dem som flytter markeskjell; over dem vil jeg utøse min harme som vann.

11 Efra'im blir undertrykt, knust ved dom; for han fant for godt å følge menneskers bud.

12 Og jeg er som møll for Efra'im og som råttenhet for Judas hus.

13 Da Efra'im så sin sykdom og Juda sitt sår, da gikk Efra'im til Assur og sendte bud til kong Jareb*; men han skal ikke kunne helbrede eder, og eders sår skal ikke bli lægt. / {* den stridbare, Assyrias konge; HSE 10, 6.}

14 For jeg er som en løve mot Efra'im og som en ungløve mot Judas hus; selv sønderriver jeg og går min vei; jeg bærer byttet bort, og det er ingen som frelser.

15 Jeg vil gå min vei, jeg vil vende tilbake til mitt sted, inntil de erkjenner sig skyldige og søker mitt åsyn; i sin trengsel skal de lete efter mig.

   

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Salmenes 107:19

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19 Da ropte de til Herren i sin nød; av deres trengsler frelste han dem.

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Arcana Coelestia #8192

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8192. 'And the angel of God travelled on' means rearrangement by Divine Truth. This is clear from the meaning here of 'travelling on' as rearrangement, the reason why 'travelling on' means rearrangement being that the pillar of cloud, which was a group of angels, which had previously gone ahead of the children of Israel, now took itself round between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel, thereby bringing darkness among the Egyptians and light among the children of Israel (since these conditions were arranged by the Lord, by means of the angel of God or the pillar travelling round and placing himself between the two camps, 'travelling' here means rearrangement); and from the meaning of 'the angel of God' as Divine Truth, which is likewise the meaning of 'God'. For in the Word when truth is the subject the name 'God' is used, but when good is the subject the name 'Jehovah' appears, 2586, 2769, 2807, 2822, 3921, 4402, 7010, 7268, 7873.

[2] As regards 'angels', it should be recognized that in the Word they serve to mean the Lord, 1925, 3039, 4085, which is why the Lord Himself is called 'the angel', 6280, 6831. This being so, Divine Truth is meant by 'angels', for Divine Truth emanating from the Lord makes heaven. It therefore also makes the angels who constitute heaven, for they are angels in the measure that they receive Divine Truth coming from the Lord. This may also be recognized from the consideration that angels altogether refuse to entertain, indeed they loathe the idea of attributing to themselves any truth or goodness, since this is the Lord's with them. That also is why the Lord is said to be the All-in-all of heaven, and why those in heaven are said to be 'in the Lord'. By virtue of Divine Truth which they receive from the Lord angels are also called 'gods' in the Word, 4295, 7268; and the word for God in the original language is for this reason plural.

[3] In addition to all this it should be recognized that in the Word the singular 'angel' may be used when in fact very many are meant. That is so here, where the expression 'the angel of God' is used, meaning the pillar going before the children of Israel, which was composed of very many angels. The Word also refers to angels by name, such as Michael, Raphael, 1 and others. People unacquainted with the internal sense of the Word think that Michael or Raphael is one particular angel who is chief among those who are with him. But none of these names is used in the Word to mean one particular angel; instead some actual function performed by angels is meant, and so also the Lord's Divine Nature in respect of that function.

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1. Raphael is not mentioned in OT or NT, but in the Apocrypha. Gabriel is probably intended.

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