Coronis (An Appendix to True Christian Religion) # 55
55. But what vastation is, and whence it arose with the people of the Israelitish church, may be gathered from the passages in the Prophets where it is mentioned, which shall, therefore, be adduced therefrom in abundance. It must be premised, that, in the following and the subsequent passages from the Word, by "land" is signified the Church, because the land of Canaan is meant, in which the Church was; by "Zion," the Church as to the Word; by "Jerusalem," the Church as to doctrine from the Word; by the "cities" in that land, doctrinals; by the "mountains," "hills," "valleys," and "rivers," the formalities of the Church; and by the territories there, the general things of the Church, and these according to the representation of the tribe by which they were possessed.
Isaiah 22:4-9
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Therefore I said, "Look away from me. I will weep bitterly. Don't labor to comfort me for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
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For it is a day of confusion, and of treading down, and of perplexity, from the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, in the valley of vision; a breaking down of the walls, and a crying to the mountains."
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Elam carried his quiver, with chariots of men and horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield.
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It happened that your choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate.
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He took away the covering of Judah; and you looked in that day to the armor in the house of the forest.
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You saw the breaches of the city of David, that they were many; and you gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
