Arcana Coelestia # 158
158. That 'man' (vir) means the internal man, or what amounts to the same, one who is intelligent and wise, is clear in Isaiah,
I look, and there is no man, and from these there is no counsellor. Isaiah 41:18.
['No man'] stands for no wise and intelligent person. In Jeremiah,
Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem and see if you find a man, if anyone is executing judgement and seeking truth. Jeremiah 5:1.
'Executing judgement' stands for being wise, and 'seeking truth' for having intelligence.
Amos 9:1
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I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and he said, "Strike the tops of the pillars, that the thresholds may shake; and break them in pieces on the head of all of them; and I will kill the last of them with the sword: there shall not one of them flee away, and there shall not one of them escape.
