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1 Ang Israel ay isang mayabong na baging, na nagbunga: ayon sa karamihan ng kaniyang bunga kaniyang pinarami ang kaniyang mga dambana; ayon sa kabutihan ng kaniyang lupain ay nagsigawa sila ng mga mainam na haligi.

2 Ang kanilang puso ay nahati; ngayo'y mangasusumpungan silang salarin: kaniyang ibabagsak ang kanilang mga dambana, kaniyang sasamsamin ang kanilang mga haligi.

3 Walang pagsalang ngayo'y kanilang sasabihin, Kami ay walang hari; sapagka't kami ay hindi nangatatakot sa Panginoon; at ang hari, ano ang magagawa niya para sa atin?

4 Sila'y nagsasalita ng mga walang kabuluhang salita, na nagsisisumpa ng di totoo sa paggawa ng mga tipan: kaya't ang kahatulan ay lumilitaw na parang ajenjo sa mga bungkal sa parang.

5 Ang mga nananahan sa Samaria ay malalagay sa pangingilabot dahil sa mga guya ng Beth-aven; sapagka't ang bayan niyaon ay mananangis doon, at ang mga saserdote niyaon na nangagagalak doon, dahil sa kaluwalhatian niyaon, sapagka't nawala roon.

6 Dadalhin din naman sa Asiria na pinakakaloob sa haring Jareb: ang Ephraim ay tatanggap ng kahihiyan, at ang Israel ay mapapahiya sa kaniyang sariling payo.

7 Tungkol sa Samaria, ang kaniyang hari ay nahiwalay, na parang bula sa tubig.

8 Ang mataas na dako naman ng Aven, ang kasalanan ng Israel ay masisira: ang mga tinik at ang mga dawag ay sisibol sa kanilang mga dambana; at sasabihin nila sa mga bundok, Takpan ninyo kami; at sa mga burol, Mahulog kayo sa amin.

9 Oh Israel, ikaw ay nagkasala mula sa mga kaarawan ng Gabaa: doon sila nagsitayo; ang pagbabaka laban sa mga anak ng kasamaan ay hindi aabot sa kanila sa Gabaa.

10 Pagka siya kong nasa, ay aking parurusahan sila; at ang mga bayan ay magpipisan laban sa kanila, pagka sila'y nagapos sa kanilang dalawang pagsalangsang.

11 At ang Ephraim ay isang dumalagang baka na tinuturuan, na maibigin sa pagiik ng trigo; nguni't aking pinararaan ang pamatok sa kaniyang magandang leeg: ako'y maglalagay ng isang mananakay sa Ephraim; magaararo ang Juda, dudurugin ng Jacob ang kaniyang mga bugal.

12 Mangaghasik kayo sa inyong sarili sa katuwiran, magsigapas kayo ayon sa kaawaan; bungkalin ninyo ang inyong pinabayaang bukiran; sapagka't panahon na hanapin ang Panginoon, hanggang sa siya'y dumating, at magdala ng katuwiran sa inyo.

13 Kayo'y nangaghasik ng kasamaan, kayo'y nagsiani ng kasalanan; kayo'y nagsikain ng bunga ng kabulaanan; sapagka't ikaw ay tumiwala sa iyong lakad, sa karamihan ng iyong makapangyarihang lalake.

14 Kaya't babangon ang isang kagulo sa iyong mga bayan, at lahat ng iyong mga katibayan ay magigiba, na gaya ni Salman na gumiba sa Beth-arbel sa kaarawan ng pagbabaka: ang ina ay pinaglurayluray na kasama ng kaniyang mga anak.

15 Gayon ang gagawin ng Beth-el sa inyo dahil sa inyong malaking kasamaan: sa pagbubukang liwayway, ang hari ng Israel ay lubos na mahihiwalay.

   

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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.