Explanation of Deuteronomy 21:13
Napsal(a) Alexander Payne
Verse 13. And all things that were remote from spiritual life in these affections shall be put off (Arcana Coelestia 3703), and they shall become more closely conjoined to the regenerate will, and shall arrive at a new state in which the evils and falsities formerly belonging to that state are buried in oblivion (Apocalypse Explained 555) : and after this these affections maybe conjoined to the regenerating soul, the regenerate will derived from the Lord will impart its own quality to them, and they will be helpful to the regenerate life.
Ezekiel 5:1-4
1
You, son of man, take a sharp sword; You shall take it as a barber's razor to you, and shall cause it to pass on your head and on your beard: then take balances to weigh, and divide the hair.
2
A third part you shall burn in the fire in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled; and you shall take a third part, and strike with the sword around it; and a third part you shall scatter to the wind, and I will draw out a sword after them.
3
You shall take of it a few in number, and bind them in your skirts.
4
Of these again you shall take, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; from it shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel.
