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Quo audito, rex, in furore et in ira magna, præcepit ut perirent omnes sapientes Babylonis.
Daniel 2:12
Arcana Coelestia #9406
9406. ‘Et sub pedibus Ipsius’: quod significet ultimum sensum, qui est sensus ipsius litterae, constat ex significatione ‘pedum’ quod sint naturalia, de qua n. 2162, 3147, 3761, 3986, 4280, 4938-4952, ita plantae, quae sub pedibus, sunt ultima naturae; quod ‘sub pedibus’ hic sit sensus ultimus Verbi, qui est sensus litterae, est quia dicitur de Divino Vero seu Verbo, quod a Domino et quod est Dominus, ut ex illis quae praecedunt constare potest; ac ultimum veri Divini seu Verbi est qualis est sensus litterae, qui est naturalis quia pro homine naturali; quod sensus litterae in se contineat sensum internum, qui est respective spiritualis et caelestis, constat ex omnibus illis quae de Verbo hactenus ostensa sunt; sed homo quo plus mundanus et corporeus est, eo minus hoc capit, quoniam is in lucem spiritualem non elevari se patitur, et inde videre quale est Verbum, quod nempe in littera sit naturale et in sensu interno spirituale; nam e mundo spirituali seu e luce caeli videri possunt inferiora usque ad ultima qualia sunt, non autem vicissim, n. 9401 fin. , ita quod Verbum in littera tale sit.
[2] Quia Verbum in littera est naturale, et per ‘pedes’ significantur naturalia, ideo 1 ultimum Verbi, sicut ultimum Ecclesiae, 2 vocatur ‘locus pedum Jehovae’, ut et ‘scabellum pedum Ipsius’, et quoque ‘nubes et tenebrae’ respective, ut apud Esaiam,
Aperient portas Tuas jugiter, ad adducendum ad Te exercitum gentium, et reges eorum deducentur; gloria Libani ad Te veniet; abies, taeda, buxus simul ad decorandum locum sanctuarii Mei, et locum pedum Meorum honorabilem reddam, 60:11, 13;
agitur hic de Domino ac Ipsius regno et Ecclesia; per ‘exercitum gentium’ intelliguntur qui in bonis fidei, et per ‘reges’ qui in veris fidei; quod ‘gentes’ sint qui in bonis fidei, videatur n. 1259, 1328, 1416, 1849, 4574, 6005, et quod ‘reges’ qui in veris, n. 1672, 2015, 2069, 3009, 4575, 4581, 4966, 5044, 5068, 6148; ‘gloria Libani’ seu cedrus est bonum et verum spirituale, ‘abies, taeda, et buxus’ 3 sunt bona et vera naturalia correspondentia, ‘locus sanctuarii’ est caelum et Ecclesia, et quoque Verbum, ‘locus pedum’ est caelum, Ecclesia, ut et Verbum, in ultimis; quod etiam sit Verbum, est quia caelum est caelum ex Divino Vero procedente a Domino, similiter Ecclesia; et Divinum Verum quod facit Ecclesiam et caelum est Verbum; inde quoque intimum tentorii, ubi arca in qua lex, vocatur sanctuarium, lex enim est Verbum, n. 6752:
apud eundem,
Caeli thronus Meus, et terra scabellum pedum Meorum, 66:1:
[3] apud Davidem,
Exaltate Jehovam Deum nostrum, et adorate versus scabellum pedum Ipsius; sanctus Ille; Moscheh et Aharon inter sacerdotes Ipsius; in columna nubis locutus est ad illos, Ps. 99:5-7;
‘scabellum pedum Jehovae versus quod adorarent’ est Divinum Verum in ultimis, ita Verbum; quod ‘Moscheh et Aharon’ in sensu repraesentativo sint Verbum, videatur n. 7089, 7382, 9373, 9374, et quod ‘nubes’ sit Verbum in littera, seu Divinum Verum in ultimis, Praefatio ad Gen. xviii, n. 4060, 4391, 5922, 6343 fin. , 6752, 8106, 8781; inde patet quid sit ‘loqui in columna nubis’:
[4] apud eundem,
Audivimus de Ipso in Ephrata, invenimus Ipsum in agris silvae; intrabimus in habitacula Ipsius, et incurvabimus nos scabello pedum Ipsius, Ps. 132:6, 7;
agitur ibi de Domino ac de revelatione Ipsius in Verbo; ‘invenire Ipsum in Ephrata’ est in sensu Verbi spirituali caelesti, n. 4585, 4594, ‘in agris silvae’ est in Verbi sensu naturali seu litterali, n. 3220, 9011 fin. , ‘scabellum pedum’ pro Divino Vero procedente a Domino, 4 in ultimis Verbi:
[5] apud eundem,
Jehovah inclinavit caelum, et densae tenebrae sub pedibus Ipsius; posuit tenebras latibulum Suum, tenebrae aquarum, nubes caelorum; a splendore ante Ipsum nubes Ipsius transiverunt, Ps. 18:10, 12, 13 [KJV Ps. 18:9, 11, 12];
agitur hic de adventu et praesentia Domini in Verbo; ‘densae tenebrae sub pedibus Ipsius’ pro Verbi sensu litterae, similiter ‘tenebrae aquarum et nubes caelorum’; quod usque isti 5 sensui insit Divinum Verum quale est in caelis, significatur per quod ‘posuerit tenebras latibulum Suum’; et quod ad praesentiam Domini 6 appareat sensus internus qualis est in caelo, in sua gloria, significatur per quod ‘a splendore ante Ipsum nubes Ipsius transeant’:
apud Nahum, Jehovae in procella et tempestate via, et nubes pulvis pedum Ipsius, 1:3;
etiam ibi ‘nubes’ pro Verbo in sensu litterae, qui etiam est ‘procella et tempestas, in qua Jehovae via’.
[6] Quando apud hominem translucet verum Divinum, quale est in caelo, 7 ex ipso sensu litterae, tunc hic sensus describitur per ‘pedes’ et per ‘splendorem eorum sicut aeris laevigati’, ut quoque apud Danielem,
Sustuli oculos meos et vidi, ecce vir unus indutus linteis, cujus lumbi cincti auro Uphasi, et corpus ejus sicut tarshish, et facies Ipsius sicut facies fulguris, et oculi Ipsius sicut faces ignis, brachia Ipsius et pedes Ipsius sicut splendor aeris laevigati et vox verborum Ipsius sicut vox turbae, 10:5, 6;
hic per ‘virum indutum linteis’ in sensu supremo intelligitur Dominus, et quia Dominus, etiam intelligitur 8 Divinum Verum quod ab Ipso, nam Divinum Verum quod a Domino est Ipse Dominus in caelo et in Ecclesia; verum Divinum seu Dominus in ultimis intelligitur per ‘brachia et pedes sicut splendor aeris laevigati’, tum per ‘vocem verborum Ipsius sicut vox turbae’; similiter apud Ezech. 1:7.
[7] Status Ecclesiae successivus in hac tellure 9 quoad receptionem veri Divini procedentis a Domino etiam intelligitur per statuam visam Nebuchadnezari, apud Danielem,
Caput statuae aurum, pectus ejus et brachia ejus argentum, venter ejus et femora aes, crura ejus ferrum, pedes ejus ex parte ferrum et ex parte argilla, quae non cohaerebant; et lapis ex petra contrivit ferrum, argillam, aes, argentum, et aurum, 2:32, 33, [:34, 35, ] 43[, 45];
primus status Ecclesiae quoad receptionem veri 10 procedentis a Domino est ‘aurum’, quoniam per ‘aurum’ significatur bonum caeleste, quod est bonum amoris in Dominum, n. 113, 1551, 1552, 5658, 8932, secundus per ‘argentum’, quod est bonum spirituale, quod est bonum fidei in Dominum et charitatis erga proximum, n. 1551, 2954, 5658, 7999, tertius per ‘aes’, 11 quod est bonum naturale, n. 425, 1551, et quartus per ‘ferrum’, quod est verum naturale, n. 425, 426; ‘argilla’ est falsum, quod non cohaeret cum vero et bono; quod ‘lapis ex petra contriverit ferrum, aes, argentum, et aurum’ significat quod Ecclesia quoad receptionem veri ex Verbo pereat, cum falsum et malum confirmantur per sensum litterae Verbi, quod fit cum Ecclesia in ultimo suo statu est, quando non amplius in aliquo caelesti amore sed solum in mundano et corporeo; tale fuit Verbum quoad receptionem ejus apud gentem Judaicam cum Dominus in mundum venit, et tale est apud plerosque Verbum hodie, usque adeo ut ne quidem sciatur quod aliquid internum sit in Verbo; et si diceretur quod sit et quale sit, non recipiatur; cum tamen in antiquissimis temporibus, quae significata sunt per ‘aurum’, in Verbi sensu litterae nihil aliud visum sit quam caeleste paene abstracte a littera. Ex his nunc constare potest quod per ‘Deum Israelis visum sub pedibus’ significetur Verbum in sensu ultimo, qui est sensus litterae.
Voetnoten:
1. quoque
2. The Manuscript inserts in particulari apud unumquemvis hominem, qui est Ecclesia, et apud omnes in communi, .
3. est bonum et verum naturale correspondens
4. The Manuscript inserts ita pro Ipso Domino, .
5. The editors of the third Latin edition made a minor correction here. For details, see the end of the appropriate volume of that edition.
6. pateat
7. in
8. Verum Divinum altered to Divinum Verum
9. The editors of the third Latin edition made a minor correction here. For details, see the end of the appropriate volume of that edition.
10. The Manuscript inserts Divini.
11. autem
2 Samuel 12
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Yahweh sent Nathan to David. He came to him, and said to him, "There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.
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The rich man had very many flocks and herds,
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but the poor man had nothing, except one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and raised. It grew up together with him, and with his children. It ate of his own food, drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was to him like a daughter.
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A traveler came to the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man who had come to him, but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man who had come to him."
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David's anger was greatly kindled against the man, and he said to Nathan, "As Yahweh lives, the man who has done this is worthy to die!
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He shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity!"
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Nathan said to David, "You are the man. This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says: 'I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul.
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I gave you your master's house, and your master's wives into your bosom, and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that would have been too little, I would have added to you many more such things.
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Why have you despised the word of Yahweh, to do that which is evil in his sight? You have struck Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife, and have slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
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Now therefore the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.'
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"This is what Yahweh says: 'Behold, I will raise up evil against you out of your own house; and I will take your wives before your eyes, and give them to your neighbor, and he will lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.
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For you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.'"
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David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against Yahweh." Nathan said to David, "Yahweh also has put away your sin. You will not die.
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However, because by this deed you have given great occasion to Yahweh's enemies to blaspheme, the child also who is born to you shall surely die."
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Nathan departed to his house. Yahweh struck the child that Uriah's wife bore to David, and it was very sick.
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David therefore begged God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night on the earth.
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The elders of his house arose, [and stood] beside him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
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It happened on the seventh day, that the child died. The servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead; for they said, "Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spoke to him, and he didn't listen to our voice. How will he then harm himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?"
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But when David saw that his servants were whispering together, David perceived that the child was dead; and David said to his servants, "Is the child dead?" They said, "He is dead."
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Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his clothing; and he came into the house of Yahweh, and worshiped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he ate.
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Then his servants said to him, "What is this that you have done? You fasted and wept for the child while he was alive; but when the child was dead, you rose up and ate bread."
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He said, "While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept; for I said, 'Who knows whether Yahweh will not be gracious to me, that the child may live?'
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But now he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me."
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David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in to her, and lay with her. She bore a son, and he called his name Solomon. Yahweh loved him;
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and he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he named him Jedidiah, for Yahweh's sake.
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Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
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Joab sent messengers to David, and said, "I have fought against Rabbah. Yes, I have taken the city of waters.
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Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it; lest I take the city, and it be called after my name."
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David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.
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He took the crown of their king from off his head; and its weight was a talent of gold, and [in it were] precious stones; and it was set on David's head. He brought forth the spoil of the city, exceeding much.
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He brought forth the people who were therein, and put them under saws, and under iron picks, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brick kiln: and he did so to all the cities of the children of Ammon. David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
