Slaughter
In Genesis 14:17, this signifies the liberation and vindication of the apparent good and truth represented by Abram here. (Arcana Coelestia 1722)
In Zechariah 11:4, this signifies people who are in good but led astray by falsities of doctrine. (Apocalypse Explained 315[11])
In Isaiah 30:25, this signifies the Last Judgment when the wicked perish spiritually. (Apocalypse Explained 315[15])
'Slaughter' signifies perdition and damnation. 'Slaughter' and 'a storm of slaughter,' signifies evils which destroy the goods of the church. 'The day of great slaughter' stands for the last judgment.
(Odkazy: Apocalypse Explained 315)
True Christianity # 322
322. In the spiritual meaning, testifying falsely refers to convincing people that a false belief is a true one and an evil life is a good one, and the reverse; but only if these things are done deliberately, not out of ignorance. Doing them deliberately is doing them after we know what truth and goodness are, not before. The Lord says, "If you were blind you would have no sin. But now that you say, 'We see,' your sin remains" (John 9:41).
This falseness is what is meant in the Word by a lie and this deliberateness is what is meant by deceit in the following passages:
We are striking a pact with death; we are making an agreement with hell. We have put our trust in lying and have hidden ourselves with falsity. (Isaiah 28:15)
They are a people of rebellion, lying children. They do not want to hear the law of Jehovah. (Isaiah 30:9)
Everyone from prophet to priest is acting out a lie. (Jeremiah 8:10)
The inhabitants speak a lie, and as for their tongue, deceit is in their mouths. (Micah 6:12)
You are to destroy those who speak a lie. Jehovah loathes a man of deceit. (Psalms 5:6)
They taught their tongue to tell a lie, to dwell in the midst of their deceit. (Jeremiah 9:5-6)
Because "a lie" means a falsity, the Lord says, "The Devil speaks a lie from his own resources" (John 8:44). A lie also means falsity and deception in the following passages: Jeremiah 9:4; 23:14, 32; ; 21:29; Hosea 7:1; 12:1; Nahum 3:1; Psalms 120:2-3.
