Vision is the innermost revelation, which is of perception. Visions are according to the state of humankind. The visions of people whose interiors are closed, are totally different from what is shown to people whose interiors are open. For example, when the Lord appeared to the whole congregation on Mount Sinai, His appearance was a vision varying according to the states of the witnesses, appearing differently to the people than for Aaron, and differently from Aaron as to Moses. So also, the vision was totally different as exhibited to Moses and to the prophets. There are several kinds of visions, and they are more perfect, in proportion to how interior a person is. For the Lord it was the most perfect, because He had a perception of everything in the world of spirits, and in the heavens, and had immediate communication with Jehovah. This communication is described in the internal sense by 'the vision' in which Jehovah appeared to Abram in Genesis 15:1.

'Vision' in Zechariah 13:4 signifies falsities.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 1786)

8212. “耶和华眺望埃及人的营” 表神性流注从祂那里伸向那些正企图通过虚假施暴的人. 这从 “眺望” 和 “埃及人的营” 的含义清楚可知. “眺望” 当论及耶和华时, 是指其流注的延伸; 很明显, 主眺望某人表示流注, 因为那时祂使自己同在, 将对良善和真理的觉知赋予那些处于来自祂自己的源于良善的真理, 这一切通过流注实现; 这就是为何当天使看某人时, 他们便将在其生活中占导地位的情感注入他. “埃及人的营” 是指邪恶所生的虚假 (8193, 8196节); 由于那时那些沉浸于邪恶所生的虚假之人正在追袭以色列人, 所以也表示通过虚假施暴的企图 (8208节).