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Matthew 15

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1 τοτε G5119 ADV προσερχονται G4334 G5736 V-PNI-3P τω G3588 T-DSM ιησου G2424 N-DSM απο G575 P EP ιεροσολυμων G2414 N-GPN φαρισαιοι G5330 N-NPM και G2532 CONJ γραμματεις G1122 N-NPM λεγοντες G3004 G5723 V-PAP-NPM

2 δια G1223 P EP τι G5101 I-ASN οι G3588 T-NPM μαθηται G3101 N-NPM σου G4675 P-2GS παραβαινουσιν G3845 G5719 V-PAI-3P την G3588 T-ASF παραδοσιν G3862 N-ASF των G3588 T-GPM πρεσβυτερων G4245 A-GPM ου G3756 P T-N γαρ G1063 CONJ νιπτονται G3538 G5731 V-PMI-3P τας G3588 T-APF χειρας G5495 N-APF {VA 2: [αυτων] G846 P-GPM } οταν G3752 CONJ αρτον G740 N-ASM εσθιωσιν G2068 G5725 V-PAS-3P

3 ο G3588 T-NSM δε G1161 CONJ αποκριθεις G611 G5679 V-AOP-NSM ειπεν G2036 G5627 V-2AAI-3S αυτοις G846 P-DPM δια G1223 P EP τι G5101 I-ASN και G2532 CONJ υμεις G5210 P-2NP παραβαινετε G3845 G5719 V-PAI-2P την G3588 T-ASF εντολην G1785 N-ASF του G3588 T-GSM θεου G2316 N-GSM δια G1223 P EP την G3588 T-ASF παραδοσιν G3862 N-ASF υμων G5216 P-2GP

4 ο G3588 T-NSM γαρ G1063 CONJ θεος G2316 N-NSM ειπεν G3004 G5627 V-2AAI-3S τιμα G5091 G5720 V-PAM-2S τον G3588 T-ASM πατερα G3962 N-ASM και G2532 CONJ την G3588 T-ASF μητερα G3384 N-ASF και G2532 CONJ ο G3588 T-NSM κακολογων G2551 G5723 V-PAP-NSM πατερα G3962 N-ASM η G2228 P T μητερα G3384 N-ASF θανατω G2288 N-DSM τελευτατω G5053 G5720 V-PAM-3S

5 υμεις G5210 P-2NP δε G1161 CONJ λεγετε G3004 G5719 V-PAI-2P ος G3739 -NSM αν G302 P T ειπη G2036 G5632 V-2AAS-3S τω G3588 T-DSM πατρι G3962 N-DSM η G2228 P T τη G3588 T-DSF μητρι G3384 N-DSF δωρον G1435 N-NSN ο G3739 -ASN εαν G1437 COND εξ G1537 P EP εμου G1700 P-1GS ωφεληθης G5623 G5686 V-APS-2S ου G3756 P T-N μη G3361 P T-N τιμησει G5091 G5692 V-FAI-3S τον G3588 T-ASM πατερα G3962 N-ASM αυτου G846 P-GSM

6 και G2532 CONJ ηκυρωσατε G208 G5656 V-AAI-2P τον G3588 T-ASM λογον G3056 N-ASM του G3588 T-GSM θεου G2316 N-GSM δια G1223 P EP την G3588 T-ASF παραδοσιν G3862 N-ASF υμων G5216 P-2GP

7 υποκριται G5273 N-VPM καλως G2573 ADV επροφητευσεν G4395 G5656 V-AAI-3S περι G4012 P EP υμων G5216 P-2GP ησαιας G2268 N-NSM λεγων G3004 G5723 V-PAP-NSM

8 ο G3588 T-NSM λαος G2992 N-NSM ουτος G3778 D-NSM τοις G3588 T-DPN χειλεσιν G5491 N-DPN με G3165 P-1AS τιμα G5091 G5719 V-PAI-3S η G3588 T-NSF δε G1161 CONJ καρδια G2588 N-NSF αυτων G846 P-GPM πορρω G4206 ADV απεχει G568 G5719 V-PAI-3S απ G575 P EP εμου G1700 P-1GS

9 ματην G3155 ADV δε G1161 CONJ σεβονται G4576 G5736 V-PNI-3P με G3165 P-1AS διδασκοντες G1321 G5723 V-PAP-NPM διδασκαλιας G1319 N-APF ενταλματα G1778 N-APN ανθρωπων G444 N-GPM

10 και G2532 CONJ προσκαλεσαμενος G4341 G5666 V-ADP-NSM τον G3588 T-ASM οχλον G3793 N-ASM ειπεν G2036 G5627 V-2AAI-3S αυτοις G846 P-DPM ακουετε G191 G5720 V-PAM-2P και G2532 CONJ συνιετε G4920 G5720 V-PAM-2P

11 ου G3756 P T-N το G3588 T-NSN εισερχομενον G1525 G5740 V-PNP-NSN εις G1519 P EP το G3588 T-ASN στομα G4750 N-ASN κοινοι G2840 G5719 V-PAI-3S τον G3588 T-ASM ανθρωπον G444 N-ASM αλλα G235 CONJ το G3588 T-NSN εκπορευομενον G1607 G5740 V-PNP-NSN εκ G1537 P EP του G3588 T-GSN στοματος G4750 N-GSN τουτο G5124 D-NSN κοινοι G2840 G5719 V-PAI-3S τον G3588 T-ASM ανθρωπον G444 N-ASM

12 τοτε G5119 ADV προσελθοντες G4334 G5631 V-2AAP-NPM οι G3588 T-NPM μαθηται G3101 N-NPM λεγουσιν G3004 G5719 V-PAI-3P αυτω G846 P-DSM οιδας G1492 G5758 V- AI-2S οτι G3754 CONJ οι G3588 T-NPM φαρισαιοι G5330 N-NPM ακουσαντες G191 G5660 V-AAP-NPM τον G3588 T-ASM λογον G3056 N-ASM εσκανδαλισθησαν G4624 G5681 V-API-3P

13 ο G3588 T-NSM δε G1161 CONJ αποκριθεις G611 G5679 V-AOP-NSM ειπεν G2036 G5627 V-2AAI-3S πασα G3956 A-NSF φυτεια G5451 N-NSF ην G3739 -ASF ουκ G3756 P T-N εφυτευσεν G5452 G5656 V-AAI-3S ο G3588 T-NSM πατηρ G3962 N-NSM μου G3450 P-1GS ο G3588 T-NSM ουρανιος G3770 A-NSM εκριζωθησεται G1610 G5701 V-FPI-3S

14 αφετε G863 G5628 V-2AAM-2P αυτους G846 P-APM τυφλοι G5185 A-NPM εισιν G1526 G5748 V-PXI-3P οδηγοι G3595 N-NPM {VA 2: [τυφλων] G5185 A-GPM } τυφλος G5185 A-NSM δε G1161 CONJ τυφλον G5185 A-ASM εαν G1437 COND οδηγη G3594 G5725 V-PAS-3S αμφοτεροι G297 A-NPM εις G1519 P EP βοθυνον G999 N-ASM πεσουνται G4098 G5699 V-FNI-3P

15 αποκριθεις G611 G5679 V-AOP-NSM δε G1161 CONJ ο G3588 T-NSM πετρος G4074 N-NSM ειπεν G2036 G5627 V-2AAI-3S αυτω G846 P-DSM φρασον G5419 G5657 V-AAM-2S ημιν G2254 P-1DP την G3588 T-ASF παραβολην G3850 N-ASF {VA 2: [ταυτην] G3778 D-ASF }

16 ο G3588 T-NSM δε G1161 CONJ ειπεν G2036 G5627 V-2AAI-3S ακμην G188 N-ASF και G2532 CONJ υμεις G5210 P-2NP ασυνετοι G801 A-NPM εστε G2075 G5748 V-PXI-2P

17 ου G3756 P T-N νοειτε G3539 G5719 V-PAI-2P οτι G3754 CONJ παν G3956 A-NSN το G3588 T-NSN εισπορευομενον G1531 G5740 V-PNP-NSN εις G1519 P EP το G3588 T-ASN στομα G4750 N-ASN εις G1519 P EP την G3588 T-ASF κοιλιαν G2836 N-ASF χωρει G5562 G5719 V-PAI-3S και G2532 CONJ εις G1519 P EP αφεδρωνα G856 N-ASM εκβαλλεται G1544 G5743 V-PPI-3S

18 τα G3588 T-NPN δε G1161 CONJ εκπορευομενα G1607 G5740 V-PNP-NPN εκ G1537 P EP του G3588 T-GSN στοματος G4750 N-GSN εκ G1537 P EP της G3588 T-GSF καρδιας G2588 N-GSF εξερχεται G1831 G5736 V-PNI-3S κακεινα G2548 D-NPN-C κοινοι G2840 G5719 V-PAI-3S τον G3588 T-ASM ανθρωπον G444 N-ASM

19 εκ G1537 P EP γαρ G1063 CONJ της G3588 T-GSF καρδιας G2588 N-GSF εξερχονται G1831 G5736 V-PNI-3P διαλογισμοι G1261 N-NPM πονηροι G4190 A-NPM φονοι G5408 N-NPM μοιχειαι G3430 N-NPF πορνειαι G4202 N-NPF κλοπαι G2829 N-NPF ψευδομαρτυριαι G5577 N-NPF βλασφημιαι G988 N-NPF

20 ταυτα G5023 D-NPN εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S τα G3588 T-NPN κοινουντα G2840 G5723 V-PAP-NPN τον G3588 T-ASM ανθρωπον G444 N-ASM το G3588 T-NSN δε G1161 CONJ ανιπτοις G449 A-DPM χερσιν G5495 N-DPF φαγειν G5315 G5629 V-2AAN ου G3756 P T-N κοινοι G2840 G5719 V-PAI-3S τον G3588 T-ASM ανθρωπον G444 N-ASM

21 και G2532 CONJ εξελθων G1831 G5631 V-2AAP-NSM εκειθεν G1564 ADV ο G3588 T-NSM ιησους G2424 N-NSM ανεχωρησεν G402 G5656 V-AAI-3S εις G1519 P EP τα G3588 T-APN μερη G3313 N-APN τυρου G5184 N-GSF και G2532 CONJ σιδωνος G4605 N-GSF

22 και G2532 CONJ ιδου G2400 G5628 V-2AAM-2S γυνη G1135 N-NSF χαναναια G5478 A-NSF απο G575 P EP των G3588 T-GPN οριων G3725 N-GPN εκεινων G1565 D-GPN εξελθουσα G1831 G5631 V-2AAP-NSF εκραζεν G2896 G5707 V-IAI-3S λεγουσα G3004 G5723 V-PAP-NSF ελεησον G1653 G5657 V-AAM-2S με G3165 P-1AS κυριε G2962 N-VSM υιος G5207 N-NSM δαυιδ G1138 N-P I η G3588 T-NSF θυγατηρ G2364 N-NSF μου G3450 P-1GS κακως G2560 ADV δαιμονιζεται G1139 G5736 V-PNI-3S

23 ο G3588 T-NSM δε G1161 CONJ ουκ G3756 P T-N απεκριθη G611 G5662 V-ADI-3S αυτη G846 P-DSF λογον G3056 N-ASM και G2532 CONJ προσελθοντες G4334 G5631 V-2AAP-NPM οι G3588 T-NPM μαθηται G3101 N-NPM αυτου G846 P-GSM ηρωτουν G2065 G5707 V-IAI-3P αυτον G846 P-ASM λεγοντες G3004 G5723 V-PAP-NPM απολυσον G630 G5657 V-AAM-2S αυτην G846 P-ASF οτι G3754 CONJ κραζει G2896 G5719 V-PAI-3S οπισθεν G3693 ADV ημων G2257 P-1GP

24 ο G3588 T-NSM δε G1161 CONJ αποκριθεις G611 G5679 V-AOP-NSM ειπεν G2036 G5627 V-2AAI-3S ουκ G3756 P T-N απεσταλην G649 G5648 V-2API-1S ει G1487 COND μη G3361 P T-N εις G1519 P EP τα G3588 T-APN προβατα G4263 N-APN τα G3588 T-APN απολωλοτα G622 G5756 V-2 AP-APN οικου G3624 N-GSM ισραηλ G2474 N-P I

25 η G3588 T-NSF δε G1161 CONJ ελθουσα G2064 G5631 V-2AAP-NSF προσεκυνει G4352 G5707 V-IAI-3S αυτω G846 P-DSM λεγουσα G3004 G5723 V-PAP-NSF κυριε G2962 N-VSM βοηθει G997 G5720 V-PAM-2S μοι G3427 P-1DS

26 ο G3588 T-NSM δε G1161 CONJ αποκριθεις G611 G5679 V-AOP-NSM ειπεν G2036 G5627 V-2AAI-3S ουκ G3756 P T-N εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S καλον G2570 A-NSN λαβειν G2983 G5629 V-2AAN τον G3588 T-ASM αρτον G740 N-ASM των G3588 T-GPN τεκνων G5043 N-GPN και G2532 CONJ βαλειν G906 G5629 V-2AAN τοις G3588 T-DPN κυναριοις G2952 N-DPN

27 η G3588 T-NSF δε G1161 CONJ ειπεν G2036 G5627 V-2AAI-3S ναι G3483 P T κυριε G2962 N-VSM και G2532 CONJ {VA 1: [γαρ] G1063 CONJ } {VA 2: γαρ G1063 CONJ } τα G3588 T-NPN κυναρια G2952 N-NPN εσθιει G2068 G5719 V-PAI-3S απο G575 P EP των G3588 T-GPN ψιχιων G5589 N-GPN των G3588 T-GPN πιπτοντων G4098 G5723 V-PAP-GPN απο G575 P EP της G3588 T-GSF τραπεζης G5132 N-GSF των G3588 T-GPM κυριων G2962 N-GPM αυτων G846 P-GPN

28 τοτε G5119 ADV αποκριθεις G611 G5679 V-AOP-NSM ο G3588 T-NSM ιησους G2424 N-NSM ειπεν G2036 G5627 V-2AAI-3S αυτη G846 P-DSF ω G5599 INJ γυναι G1135 N-VSF μεγαλη G3173 A-NSF σου G4675 P-2GS η G3588 T-NSF πιστις G4102 N-NSF γενηθητω G1096 G5676 V-AOM-3S σοι G4671 P-2DS ως G5613 ADV θελεις G2309 G5719 V-PAI-2S και G2532 CONJ ιαθη G2390 G5681 V-API-3S η G3588 T-NSF θυγατηρ G2364 N-NSF αυτης G846 P-GSF απο G575 P EP της G3588 T-GSF ωρας G5610 N-GSF εκεινης G1565 D-GSF

29 και G2532 CONJ μεταβας G3327 G5631 V-2AAP-NSM εκειθεν G1564 ADV ο G3588 T-NSM ιησους G2424 N-NSM ηλθεν G2064 G5627 V-2AAI-3S παρα G3844 P EP την G3588 T-ASF θαλασσαν G2281 N-ASF της G3588 T-GSF γαλιλαιας G1056 N-GSF και G2532 CONJ αναβας G305 G5631 V-2AAP-NSM εις G1519 P EP το G3588 T-ASN ορος G3735 N-ASN εκαθητο G2521 G5711 V-INI-3S εκει G1563 ADV

30 και G2532 CONJ προσηλθον G4334 G5656 V-AAI-3P αυτω G846 P-DSM οχλοι G3793 N-NPM πολλοι G4183 A-NPM εχοντες G2192 G5723 V-PAP-NPM μεθ G3326 P EP εαυτων G1438 F-3GPM χωλους G5560 A-APM {VA 1: κυλλους G2948 A-APM τυφλους G5185 A-APM } {VA 2: τυφλους G5185 A-APM κυλλους G2948 A-APM } κωφους G2974 A-APM και G2532 CONJ ετερους G2087 A-APM πολλους G4183 A-APM και G2532 CONJ ερριψαν G4496 G5656 V-AAI-3P αυτους G846 P-APM παρα G3844 P EP τους G3588 T-APM ποδας G4228 N-APM αυτου G846 P-GSM και G2532 CONJ εθεραπευσεν G2323 G5656 V-AAI-3S αυτους G846 P-APM

31 ωστε G5620 CONJ τον G3588 T-ASM οχλον G3793 N-ASM θαυμασαι G2296 G5658 V-AAN βλεποντας G991 G5723 V-PAP-APM κωφους G2974 A-APM λαλουντας G2980 G5723 V-PAP-APM {VA 2: κυλλους G2948 A-APM υγιεις G5199 A-APM } και G2532 CONJ χωλους G5560 A-APM περιπατουντας G4043 G5723 V-PAP-APM και G2532 CONJ τυφλους G5185 A-APM βλεποντας G991 G5723 V-PAP-APM και G2532 CONJ εδοξασαν G1392 G5656 V-AAI-3P τον G3588 T-ASM θεον G2316 N-ASM ισραηλ G2474 N-P I

32 ο G3588 T-NSM δε G1161 CONJ ιησους G2424 N-NSM προσκαλεσαμενος G4341 G5666 V-ADP-NSM τους G3588 T-APM μαθητας G3101 N-APM αυτου G846 P-GSM ειπεν G2036 G5627 V-2AAI-3S σπλαγχνιζομαι G4697 G5736 V-PNI-1S επι G1909 P EP τον G3588 T-ASM οχλον G3793 N-ASM οτι G3754 CONJ {VA 1: [ηδη] G2235 ADV } {VA 2: ηδη G2235 ADV } ημεραι G2250 N-NPF τρεις G5140 A-APF προσμενουσιν G4357 G5719 V-PAI-3P μοι G3427 P-1DS και G2532 CONJ ουκ G3756 P T-N εχουσιν G2192 G5719 V-PAI-3P τι G5101 I-ASN φαγωσιν G5315 G5632 V-2AAS-3P και G2532 CONJ απολυσαι G630 G5658 V-AAN αυτους G846 P-APM νηστεις G3523 A-APM ου G3756 P T-N θελω G2309 G5719 V-PAI-1S μηποτε G3379 ADV εκλυθωσιν G1590 G5686 V-APS-3P εν G1722 P EP τη G3588 T-DSF οδω G3598 N-DSF

33 και G2532 CONJ λεγουσιν G3004 G5719 V-PAI-3P αυτω G846 P-DSM οι G3588 T-NPM μαθηται G3101 N-NPM ποθεν G4159 ADV-I ημιν G2254 P-1DP εν G1722 P EP ερημια G2047 N-DSF αρτοι G740 N-NPM τοσουτοι G5118 D-NPM ωστε G5620 CONJ χορτασαι G5526 G5658 V-AAN οχλον G3793 N-ASM τοσουτον G5118 D-ASM

34 και G2532 CONJ λεγει G3004 G5719 V-PAI-3S αυτοις G846 P-DPM ο G3588 T-NSM ιησους G2424 N-NSM ποσους G4214 Q-APM αρτους G740 N-APM εχετε G2192 G5719 V-PAI-2P οι G3588 T-NPM δε G1161 CONJ ειπαν G3004 G5627 V-2AAI-3P επτα G2033 A-NUI και G2532 CONJ ολιγα G3641 A-APN ιχθυδια G2485 N-APN

35 και G2532 CONJ παραγγειλας G3853 G5660 V-AAP-NSM τω G3588 T-DSM οχλω G3793 N-DSM αναπεσειν G377 G5629 V-2AAN επι G1909 P EP την G3588 T-ASF γην G1093 N-ASF

36 ελαβεν G2983 G5627 V-2AAI-3S τους G3588 T-APM επτα G2033 A-NUI αρτους G740 N-APM και G2532 CONJ τους G3588 T-APM ιχθυας G2486 N-APM και G2532 CONJ ευχαριστησας G2168 G5660 V-AAP-NSM εκλασεν G2806 G5656 V-AAI-3S και G2532 CONJ εδιδου G1325 G5707 V-IAI-3S τοις G3588 T-DPM μαθηταις G3101 N-DPM οι G3588 T-NPM δε G1161 CONJ μαθηται G3101 N-NPM τοις G3588 T-DPM οχλοις G3793 N-DPM

37 και G2532 CONJ εφαγον G5315 G5627 V-2AAI-3P παντες G3956 A-NPM και G2532 CONJ εχορτασθησαν G5526 G5681 V-API-3P και G2532 CONJ το G3588 T-ASN περισσευον G4052 G5723 V-PAP-ASN των G3588 T-GPN κλασματων G2801 N-GPN ηραν G142 G5656 V-AAI-3P επτα G2033 A-NUI σπυριδας G4711 N-APF πληρεις G4134 A-APF

38 οι G3588 T-NPM δε G1161 CONJ εσθιοντες G2068 G5723 V-PAP-NPM ησαν G2258 G5713 V-IXI-3P τετρακισχιλιοι G5070 A-NPM ανδρες G435 N-NPM χωρις G5565 ADV γυναικων G1135 N-GPF και G2532 CONJ παιδιων G3813 N-GPN

39 και G2532 CONJ απολυσας G630 G5660 V-AAP-NSM τους G3588 T-APM οχλους G3793 N-APM ενεβη G1684 G5627 V-2AAI-3S εις G1519 P EP το G3588 T-ASN πλοιον G4143 N-ASN και G2532 CONJ ηλθεν G2064 G5627 V-2AAI-3S εις G1519 P EP τα G3588 T-APN ορια G3725 N-APN μαγαδαν G3093 N-P I

   

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4728. 'And let us throw him into one of the pits' means among falsities. This is clear from the meaning of 'pits' as falsities. The reason 'pits' means falsities is that people who are immersed in false assumptions are kept for a considerable time after death beneath the lower earth, until falsities have been removed from them and so to speak cast away to the sidelines. The places situated there are called pits. Those who go there are people who have to undergo vastation, dealt with in 1106-1113, 2699, 2701, 2704. 1 This is why by 'pits' in the abstract sense falsities are meant. The lower earth is directly below the feet, and is a region that does not extend to any great distance all around. There the majority stay after death before being raised up into heaven. Mention is also made of this lower earth in various places in the Word. Below it are places where vastation takes place, and they are called pits. Beneath these places and extending to quite a distance all around are the hells.

[2] From this one may have some idea of what is meant by hell, the lower earth, or the pit, when these are mentioned in the Word, as in Isaiah,

You have been sent down to hell, to the sides of the pit; you are cast out from your sepulchre like an abominable branch, a garment of the slain, those pierced by the sword, who go down to the stones of the pit. Isaiah 14:15, 19.

This refers to the king of Babel, who represents the profanation of truth, for 'a king' represents truth, 1672, 2015, 2069, 3009, 4581, and 'Babel' profanation, 1182, 1326. 'Hell' is the place where the condemned are, and their state of condemnation is compared to 'an abominable branch' and 'a garment of the slain and of those pierced by the sword, who go down to the stones of the pit'. 'A garment of the slain' means truth that has been made profane; 'those pierced by the sword' means people among whom truth has been annihilated; 'the pit' means falsity that is to be laid waste, 'stones' the limits of that falsity, which are also therefore called 'the sides', for surrounding the pits there are the hells. 'A garment' means truth, 2576, and therefore 'a garment of the slain' means truth that has been made profane, for 'the blood' with which it has been stained means that which has been made profane, 1003. 'Those pierced by the sword' means those among whom truth has been annihilated, 4503. From all this it is also evident that without the internal sense one cannot by any means know what these things mean.

[3] In Ezekiel,

When I cause you to go down with those going down to the pit, to the people of old, and I cause you to dwell in the land of the lower ones, in the desolations from of old, so that you do not dwell with those going down to the pit, I will give beauty in the land of the living. Ezekiel 26:20.

'Those going down to the pit' stands for those who are made to undergo vastation. 'Not dwelling with those who go down to the pit' stands for being delivered from falsities.

[4] In the same prophet,

That none of all the trees by the waters may become arrogant because of their height nor send their trunk up among entangled boughs, and that none of all [the trees] that drink water may reach above them because of their height - all will be given over to death, to the lower earth in the midst of the sons of men, to those going down to the pit. At the sound of its crashing down I will make the nations tremble, when I cause him to go down into hell with those going down to the pit. And all the trees of Eden, the choicest and the most excellent of Lebanon, all those drinking water, will comfort themselves on the lower earth. Ezekiel 31:14, 16.

This refers to Egypt, meaning knowledge, which enters by itself into the mysteries of faith, that is, people who enter into them, 1164, 1165, 1186. What has been stated above makes plain the meaning of hell, the pit, and the lower earth mentioned at this point in the prophet. Nor from anywhere else than the internal sense can anyone see what is meant by 'the trees by the waters', 'the trees of Eden', 'the trunk sent up among entangled boughs', 'the choicest and the most excellent of Lebanon', and 'those drinking water'.

[5] In the same prophet,

Son of man, wail over the multitude of Egypt, and cause it and the daughters of magnificent nations to go down to the lower earth. with those going down into the pit. Asshur is there to whom graves have been given in the sides of the pit, all of them slain with the sword. Ezekiel 32:18, 22-23.

What these words mean may be seen from the explanations given above. In David,

Jehovah, You have caused my soul to come up out of hell; You have caused me to live, out of those going down to the pit. Psalms 30:3.

In the same author,

I have been reckoned with them going down to the pit; I have become as a man with no strength. You have put me in the pit of the lower ones, in darkness, in the depths. Psalms 88:4, 6.

In Jonah,

I had gone down to the bottoms of the mountains; the bars of the land were upon me for ever. Nonetheless You brought up my life from the pit. Jonah 2:6.

This refers to the Lord's temptations, and to deliverance from them. 'The bottoms of the mountains' means where the most condemned are, for the gloomy dark clouds which seemingly surround them are mountains.

[6] As regards 'the pit' meaning falsity laid waste, and in the abstract sense falsity itself, this is clear in addition in Isaiah,

They will be gathered together, in a gathering as the bound for the pit, and they will be shut up in the dungeon; but after a multitude of days they will be visited. Isaiah 24:22.

In the same prophet,

Where is the anger of the oppressor? He that leads out will hasten to open, and he will not die at the pit; nor will bread fail. Isaiah 51:13-14.

In Ezekiel,

Behold, I am bringing strangers upon you, the violent of the nations, who will draw their swords against the loveliness of your wisdom, and they will profane your splendour. They will bring you down into the pit, and you will die the deaths of those slain in the heart of the seas. Ezekiel 28:7-8.

This refers to the prince of Tyre, who means people under the influence of false assumptions.

[7] In Zechariah,

Exult greatly, O daughter of Zion! Make a noise, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King comes to you, just, meek, and riding on an ass, and on a colt, the young of she-asses. Through the blood of the covenant I will let out your bound ones from the pit in which there is no water. Zechariah 9:9, 11.

'The pit in which there is no water' stands for falsity that has no truth at all within it, as also in verse 24 below where it is said that they cast Joseph into the pit and the pit was empty, having no water in it. In David,

To You, O Jehovah, do I call; my rock, do not be silent to me, lest if You are silent to me I seem like those going down into the pit. Psalms 28:1.

In the same author,

Jehovah caused me to come up out of the pit of VASTATION, out of the miry clay, and He set my feet upon a rock. Psalms 40:2.

[8] In the same author,

Do not let the flow of waters rush over me, nor the deep swallow me up, nor the pit close its mouth over me. Psalms 69:15.

In the same author,

He sent His word and healed them, and rescued them from their pits. Psalms 107:20.

'From pits' stands for from falsities. In the same author,

Make haste, answer me, O Jehovah. My spirit is consumed. Do not hide Your face from me, lest I become like those going down into the pit. Psalms 143:7.

Because 'a pit' means falsity, and 'the blind' those who are immersed in falsities, 2383, the Lord therefore says,

Let them alone; they are blind leaders of the blind. For if the blind leads the blind both will fall into a pit. Matthew 15:13, 14; Luke 6:39.

Something similar to what was represented by Joseph was also represented by the prophet Jeremiah, who describes what happened to him as follows,

They took Jeremiah and cast him into the pit which was in the court of the guard, and let Jeremiah down by ropes into the pit where there was no water. Jeremiah 38:6.

That is, they cast Divine Truths away among falsities that had no truth at all within them.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. The Latin has 2711, 2714, but 2701, 2704 seem to be intended

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