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以西結書第23章

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1 耶和華的又臨到我說:

2 人子啊,有兩個女子,是母所生,

3 他們在埃及行邪淫,在幼年時行邪淫。他們在那裡作處女的時候,有人擁抱他們的懷,撫摸他們的乳。

4 他們的名字,姊姊名叫阿荷拉,妹妹名叫阿荷利巴。他們都歸於我,生了兒女。論到他們的名字,阿荷拉就是撒瑪利亞,阿荷利巴就是耶路撒冷

5 阿荷拉歸我之後行邪淫,貪戀所的人,就是他的鄰邦亞述人。

6 這些人都穿藍衣,作省長、副省長,都,是可愛的少年人。

7 阿荷拉就與亞述人中最美的男子放縱淫行,他因所戀愛之人的一切偶像,玷污自己。

8 自從在埃及的時候,他就沒有離開淫亂,因為他年幼作處女的時候,埃及人與他行淫,撫摸他的乳,縱慾與他行淫。

9 因此,我將他交在他所的人中,就是他所戀的亞述人中。

10 他們就露了他的下體,擄掠他的兒女,用刀殺了他,使他在婦女中留下臭名,因他們向他施行審判。

11 妹妹阿荷利巴雖然見了,卻還貪戀,比他姊姊更醜;行淫亂比他姊姊更多。

12 他貪戀鄰邦的亞述人,就是穿極華美的衣服,的省長、副省長,都是可愛的少年人。

13 見他被玷污了,他姊妹人同行

14 阿荷利巴又加增淫行,因他見人像畫在上,就是用丹色所畫迦勒底人的像,

15 腰間繫著子,上有下垂的裹巾,都是軍長的形狀,仿照巴比倫人的形像;他們的故土就是迦勒底

16 阿荷利巴一看見就貪戀他們,打發使者往迦勒底去見他們。

17 巴比倫人就登他愛情的,與他行淫玷污他。他被玷污,隨後心裡與他們生疏。

18 這樣,他顯露淫行,又顯露下體;我心就與他生疏,像先前與他姊姊生疏一樣。

19 他還加增他的淫行,追念他幼年在埃及行邪淫的日子,

20 貪戀情人身壯精足,如

21 這樣,你就想起你幼年的淫行。那時,埃及人擁抱你的懷,撫摸你的乳。

22 阿荷利巴啊,耶和華如此:我必激動你先而後生疏的人攻擊你。我必使他們,在你四圍攻擊你。

23 所來的就是巴比倫人、迦勒底的眾人、比割人、書亞人、哥亞人,同著他們的還有亞述眾人,乃是作省長、副省長、作軍長有名聲的,都,是可愛的少年人。

24 他們必帶兵器、戰車、輜重車,率領大眾攻擊你。他們要拿大小盾牌,頂盔擺陣,在你四圍攻擊你。我要將審判的事交他們,他們必按著自己的條例審判你。

25 我必以忌恨攻擊你;他們必以忿怒辦你。他們必割去你的鼻子和耳朵;你遺留(或譯:餘剩;下同)的人必倒在刀下。他們必擄去你的兒女;你所遺留的必被焚燒。

26 他們必剝去你的衣服,奪取你華美的寶器。

27 這樣,我必使你的淫行和你從埃及染來的淫亂止息了,使你不再仰望亞述,也不再追念埃及

28 耶和華如此:我必將你交在你所恨惡的人中,就是你心與他生疏的人中。

29 他們必以恨惡辦你,奪取你一切勞碌得來的,留下你赤身露體。你淫亂的下體,連你的淫行,帶你的淫亂,都被顯露。

30 人必向你行這些事;因為你隨從外邦人行邪淫,被他們的偶像玷污了。

31 走了你姊姊所走的,所以我必將他的杯交在你中。

32 耶和華如此:你必你姊姊所的杯;那杯又深又廣,盛得甚多,使你被人嗤笑譏刺。

33 你必酩酊大醉,滿有愁苦,喝乾你姊姊撒瑪利亞的杯,就是令人驚駭淒涼的杯。

34 你必這杯,以致盡。杯破又齦杯片,撕裂自己的乳;因為這事我曾說過。這是耶和華的。

35 耶和華如此:因你忘記我,將我丟在背後,所以你要擔當你淫行和淫亂的報應。

36 耶和華又對我:人子啊,你要審問阿荷拉與阿荷利巴麼﹖當指出他們所行可憎的事。

37 他們行淫,中有殺人的血,又與偶像行淫,並使他們為我所生的兒女經火燒給偶像

38 此外,他們還有向我所行的,就是同日玷污我的聖所,干犯我的安息日。

39 他們殺了兒女獻與偶像,當又入我的聖所,將聖所褻瀆了。他們在我殿中所行的乃是如此。

40 況且你們二婦打發使者去請遠方人。使者到他們那裡,他們就來了。你們為他們沐浴己身,粉飾眼目,佩戴妝飾,

41 在華美的床上,前面擺設桌案,將我的香料膏擺在其上。

42 在那裡有群眾安逸歡樂的聲音,並有粗俗的人和酒徒從曠野同,把鐲子戴在二婦的上,把華冠戴在他們的上。

43 我論這行淫衰老的婦人:現在人還要與他行淫,他也要與人行淫。

44 人與阿荷拉,並阿荷利巴二淫婦茍合,好像與妓女苟合。

45 必有人,照審判淫婦和流人血的婦人之例,審判他們;因為他們是淫婦,中有殺人的血。

46 耶和華如此:我必使多人來攻擊他們,使他們拋來拋去,被人搶奪。

47 這些人必用石頭打死他們,用刀殺害他們,又殺戮他們的兒女,用焚燒他們的房屋

48 這樣,我必使淫行從境內止息,好叫一切婦人都受警戒,不效法你們的淫行。

49 人必照著你們的淫行報應你們;你們要擔當拜偶像的罪,就知道我是耶和華

   

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Arcana Coelestia#9936

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9936. 'And it shall be on Aaron's forehead' means from the Lord's Divine Love. This is clear from the representation of 'Aaron' as the Lord in respect of Divine Good, which is the Good of His Divine Love, dealt with in 9806; and from the meaning of 'forehead', when the Lord is the subject, as His Divine Love. 'The Lord's face', which is the same as 'Jehovah's face', means all attributes of Divine Love, such as mercy, peace, goodness, or wisdom, 222, 223, 5585, 6848, 6849, 9306, 9545, 9546. These are meant by 'Jehovah's face' or 'the Lord's face' because in general 'the face' means a person's interiors, that is, a person's affections and consequent thoughts, thus the things which constitute his love and faith, see the places referred to in 9546. These are meant by 'the face' because they shine from the face, as if seen in their imprint or image, which also is why the face is called the image of the mind. So it is that when 'face' is mentioned in connection with Jehovah or the Lord the attributes of His Divine Love are meant. 'Forehead' in particular means Divine Love itself, because interiors have been allotted their own provinces in the face. The interiors that belong to love reside in the province of the forehead, those belonging to wisdom and intelligence in the province of the eyes, those belonging to perception in the province of the nose, and those belonging to utterance in the province of the mouth.

[2] From all this it is evident why 'forehead' - when the Lord, represented by Aaron, is the subject - means Divine Love. Since someone's forehead corresponds to his love those governed by celestial love, that is, by love to the Lord derived from the Lord, are said 'to have a sign on their foreheads', meaning that they are under the Lord's protection because they abide in His Love, as in Ezekiel,

Jehovah said, Go through the middle of Jerusalem and make a sign on the foreheads of the men (vir) who groan and sigh over all the abominations done in the midst of it, and strike; do not let your eye spare. But against any man (vir) on whom there is a sign do not go near. Ezekiel 9:4-6.

In John, in the Book of Revelation,

Behold, a Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him a hundred and forty-four thousand, having His Father's name written on their foreheads. Revelation 14:1.

In the same book,

They will see the face of God and of the Lamb, and His name will be on their foreheads. Revelation 22:4.

In the same book,

It was declared that they should not harm the grass of the earth, or any green thing, or any tree, but only the people who did not have God's sign on their foreheads. Revelation 9:4.

[3] 'Having God's sign on their foreheads' and 'having God and the Lamb's name on them' stand for their being kept safe from molestation by evils from hell, because they abide in the Lord through love. 'The grass' and 'any green thing', which were not to be harmed, stand for true factual knowledge by means of which the truth of faith develops, 7571, 7691; and 'any tree', which too was not to be harmed, stands for the perception of truth springing from good, 103, 2163, 2722, 2972, 4552, 7692.

[4] In Moses,

You shall love Jehovah your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength. You shall bind these words as a sign onto your hand, and let them be as frontlets between your eyes. Deuteronomy 6:4-5, 8.

'As frontlets' stands for as a sign of love to Jehovah God. The words 'between your eyes' are used because intelligence and wisdom which are born from that love are meant by 'eyes'; and wisdom born from that love consists in having God constantly before one's eyes. This is self-evidently so because the subject is love to Jehovah God. The declaration that they should love Him with all their heart, with all their soul, and with all their strength, means that they should do so with all their human powers. 'With the heart' means with the will where the good of love resides, 7542, 9050, 9300, 9495; and 'with the soul' means with the understanding where the truth of faith resides, and so with faith, 9050. These two powers belong to the internal man. 'With all their strength' means with those powers of will and understanding as they exist in the external man. The strength and power of the love of both, of the external man and of the internal, are meant by 'hands', 4931-4937, 7518; and this is why it says that those words were to be bound 'as a sign on the hand'.

[5] Since 'the forehead' by virtue of its correspondence means celestial or heavenly love with those who are good, with those who are bad it accordingly means hellish love, which is the opposite of heavenly. The forehead of the latter is called a bronze forehead in Isaiah 48:4, and an obstinate forehead in Ezekiel 3:7-8. And in reference to those ruled by hellish love it is said that they had the mark of the beast on their foreheads, Revelation 13:16; 14:9; 20:4, and also the name of Babylon on their foreheads, Revelation 17:5.

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