The Inner Meaning of the Prophets and Psalms # 83
83. Internal Meaning of Jeremiah, Chapter 17
1-2 It is in their internals to worship only externals. (3)
3 All true knowledges [scientifica] will be taken away; (3)
4 but not yet. They will come into hell. (3)
5-6 Because they trust in themselves, they perceive nothing of truth and good. (3)
7-8 On the other hand, those who trust in the Lord always have good and truth. (11)
9-10 The Lord knows what lies hidden interiorly, howsoever the external may appear. (3, 12)
11 The truths which they learn are of no use to them. (3)
12-13 Because the Lord is heaven and the church, those who depart from Him are damned. (15)
14-18 Prayer to the Lord, and acknowledgment, that the evil may be removed. (3, 8)
19-20 The Lord, to those who are in externals: (3)
21-24 that they ought to acknowledge His Divine, which is meant by the Sabbath, and not violate it; (16)
25 then they will possess an understanding of the Word, (16)
26 and then their worship will be from truths. (16)
27 If they will not acknowledge, the externals will perish from internals. (2)
Jeremiah 17:21-24
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Thus says Yahweh, Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the Sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;
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neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the Sabbath day holy, neither do any work: but make the Sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.
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But they didn't listen, neither turn their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, and might not receive instruction.
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It shall happen, if you diligently listen to me, says Yahweh, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, but to make the Sabbath day holy, to do no work therein;
