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Осия 13

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1 Когда Ефрем говорил, все трепетали. Он был высок в Израиле; но сделался виновным через Ваала, и погиб.

2 И ныне прибавили они ко греху: сделали для себя литых истуканов изсеребра своего, по понятию своему, – полная работа художников, – и говорят они приносящим жертву людям: „целуйте тельцов!"

3 За то они будут как утренний туман, как роса, скоро исчезающая, как мякина, свеваемая с гумна, и как дым из трубы.

4 Но Я – Господь Бог твой от земли Египетской, – и ты не должен знать другого бога, кроме Меня, и нет спасителя, кроме Меня.

5 Я признал тебя в пустыне, в земле жаждущей.

6 Имея пажити, они были сыты; а когда насыщались, топревозносилось сердце их, и потому они забывали Меня.

7 И Я буду для них как лев, как скимен буду подстерегать при дороге.

8 Буду нападать на них, как лишенная детей медведица, и раздирать вместилище сердца их, и поедать их там, как львица; полевые звери будут терзать их.

9 Погубил ты себя, Израиль, ибо только во Мне опора твоя.

10 Где царь твой теперь? Пусть он спасет тебя во всех городах твоих! Где судьи твои, о которых говорил ты: „дай нам царя и начальников"?

11 И Я дал тебе царя во гневе Моем, и отнял в негодовании Моем.

12 Связано в узел беззаконие Ефрема, сбережен его грех.

13 Муки родильницы постигнут его; он – сын неразумный, иначе не стоял бы долго в положении рождающихся детей.

14 От власти ада Я искуплю их, от смерти избавлю их. Смерть! где твое жало? ад! где твоя победа? Раскаяния в том не будет у Меня.

15 Хотя Ефрем плодовит между братьями, но придет восточный ветер, поднимется ветер Господень из пустыни, и иссохнет родник его, и иссякнет источник его; он опустошит сокровищницу всех драгоценных сосудов.

16 (14:1) Опустошена будет Самария, потому что восстала против Бога своего; от меча падут они; младенцы их будут разбиты, и беременные их будут рассечены.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 7678

Pag-aralan ang Sipi na ito

  
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7678. 'And Moses stretched out his rod over the land of Egypt' means exercising the power of God's truth over the entire natural of the molesting ones. This is clear from the meaning of 'stretching out the rod' as an exercising of power, dealt with above in 7673; from the representation of 'Moses' as God's truth, dealt with in 6752, 7010, 7014, 7382; and from the meaning of 'the land of Egypt' as the natural of those who molest, dealt with above in 7674. The Divine power which is described by 'the hand of Moses' is the power of God's truth. All power belongs to truth, see 3091, 5623, 6344, 6423, 6948; indeed the power that Divine Truth going forth from Divine Goodness possesses is such that it has created all things throughout the universe. That Truth is meant by 'the Word' in John,

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. All things were made through Him. John 1:1, 3.

This explains why miracles were performed through Moses, for 'Moses' represents Divine Truth. Most people think that the Word or Divine Truth is merely what Jehovah has spoken and what He commands so to be done - this and nothing more. But in fact it is the Essential Being itself (Ipsum Essentiale), the source from which all things exist and the means by which they are kept in existence. That Essential Being (Esse) which emanates from Him and, arising from it, the Coming-into-Being (Existere) of all things is what is meant by Divine Truth. Some light on all this can be gained by considering the angels. From them emanates a sphere of charity and faith which is clearly perceptible and which also produces wondrous effects. From these one may form some idea of Divine Truth which emanates from the Lord's Divine Goodness.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 2709

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2709. 'And was an archer' means the member of the spiritual Church. This is clear from the meaning of 'darts, arrows, or shafts' as truth, and from the meaning of 'a bow' as doctrine, dealt with above in 2686. The member of the spiritual Church was in former times called 'an archer' because such a member uses truths to defend himself, and discusses truths, unlike the member of the celestial Church who is protected by good and does not discuss truths, see above in 2708. The truths which the member of the spiritual Church uses to defend himself and which he discusses are derived from the doctrine he acknowledges.

[2] The fact that the spiritual man was in former times called 'an archer' and 'a bowman', and that doctrine was called a bow and a quiver, and the truths of doctrine, or rather matters of doctrine, were called arrows, darts, and shafts, is further clear in David,

The children of Ephraim who were armed (they were archers) turned back on the day of battle. Psalms 78:9.

'Ephraim' stands for the intellectual side of the Church. In the Book of Judges,

You who ride white she-asses, you who sit on Middin, 1 and you who walk along the way, may you ponder. From the voice of the bowmen among those drawing water, there they will discuss the righteous acts of Jehovah, the righteous acts of His village in Israel. Judges 5:10-11.

In Isaiah.

Jehovah called me from the womb, from my mother's body 2 He made mention of my name and set my mouth like a sharp sword. In the shadow of His hand He hid me and turned me into a polished arrow; in His quiver He hid me, and He said to me, You are My servant Israel, for I will be glorified in you. Isaiah 49:1-3.

'Israel' stands for the spiritual Church.

[3] In David,

Like arrows in the hand of a powerful man so are the children of the days of one's youth. Blessed is the man who has filled his quiver with them. Psalms 127:4-5.

'A quiver' stands for the doctrine of good and truth. In Habakkuk,

The sun, the moon, stood still in their place. At the light of Your arrows they will go, at the flash of Your glittering spear. Habakkuk 3:11.

In the reference to Joash king of Israel who at Elisha's command shot the arrow from the bow through the window, with Elisha saying as he shot it, Jehovah's arrow of salvation, Jehovah's arrow of salvation against the Syrian, 2 Kings 13:16-18, arcana to do with the doctrine of good and truth are meant.

[4] Since most things in the Word also possess a contrary sense, darts, arrows, shafts, bows, and archers accordingly possess such. In that contrary sense they mean falsities, doctrine that teaches what is false, and those who are under the influence of falsity, as in Moses,

The son of a fruitful one is Joseph, the son of a fruitful one beside a spring, O daughters, 3 he trails over the wall; and they bitterly grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him did the archers. Genesis 49:22-23.

In Jeremiah,

They shot with their tongue, their bow is a bow of lies and not used for truth. Their tongue is a shaft extended; it speaks deceit. Jeremiah 9:3, 8.

In David,

They sharpened their tongue like a sword, they aimed their shaft, a bitter word, to shoot in secret places at the upright; they will shoot suddenly and will not fear him. They will make strong for themselves an evil matter; they will tell of laying snares secretly. Psalms 64:3-5.

In the same author,

Behold, the evil bend the bow, they make ready their shaft upon the string, to shoot in thick darkness itself at the upright in heart. Psalms 11:2.

In the same author,

His truth is a shield and buckler; you will not be afraid of the terror of the night, of the shaft that flies by day. Psalms 91:4-5.

Mga talababa:

1. A Hebrew word, the meaning of which is uncertain.

2. literally, viscera

3. The Latin means beside the daughters' spring, but the Hebrew appears to mean beside a spring, O daughters, which Swedenborg has in the chapter explaining Genesis 49.

  
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