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And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.
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No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there:
Napsal(a) Rev. John H. Smithson
THE EXPLANATION of Isaiah Chapter 35
(Note: Rev. Smithson's translation of the Isaiah text is appended below the explanation)
1. THE wilderness and the parched place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom like the rose:
VERSES 1, 2. The subject here treated of is concerning the illumination of the nations. Their ignorance of Truth and Good is signified by the "wilderness" and the "parched places"; their joy, in consequence of instruction in Truths and of illumination therein, is signified by "being glad, rejoicing, and flourishing"; "the glory of Lebanon which shall be given unto it", signifies divine Truth; and "the honour of Carmel and of Sharon", the divine Good which they receive. Hence it is that it is also said "These shall behold the "glory of Jehovuh, the honour of our God." Apocalypse Explained 288.
2. It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the honour of Carmel and of Sharon: these shall behold the glory of Jehovah, the honour of our God.
Verse 2. The honour of Carmel, etc. - By giving to the Lord "glory and honour", nothing else is signified ill the Word than to acknowledge and confess that all Truth and Good are from Him, thus, that He is the only God; for "glory" is given to Him from divine Truth, and "honour" from divine Good, as might be shown from many passages in the Word. (Isaiah 35:2; Psalm 96:6, 7; 104:1; 111:2, 3) Apocalypse Revealed 249.
As to "Sharon", see Chapter 33:9, the Exposition and note.
3. Strengthen you the feeble hands, and confirm you the tottering knees.
Verses 3, 4. These are words of consolation to those who were in the fear of damnation, for it is intimated that "their hands were feeble", and that "their knees were tottering." (Swedenborg's
Notes on Isaiah, p. 94.) .
4. Say you to the faint- hearted, Be you strong; fear you not: behold, your God will come to vengeance, to the retribution of God: He Himself will come, and will save you.
5. Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened; and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
Verses 4-6. Behold, your God will come to vengeance, etc. - These things are said concerning the advent of the Lord, to teach that at that time they will be saved who believe in Him. That they who are not in the understanding of Truth shall then understand, is signified by "the eyes of the blind shall be opened"; and that they who are not in the perception and will of Good, shall then obey and live in Good, is signified by "the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped." It is therefore said, "In the wilderness shall break forth Waters, and strrains in the desert"; "desert" signifies where there is not Good, because there is not Truth:
"waters" signify truths, and " streams " intelligence derived from truths. Apocalypse Explained 239. See also Arcana Coelestia 2702.
6. Then shall the lame leap like the hart; and the tongue of the dumb shall sing: for in the wilderness shall break forth waters, and streams in the desert:
Verse 6. These things are said concerning the advent of the Lord. By the "lame" are signified those who are in Good, but not genuine, because in ignorance of Truth by which Good has its quality; to "leap like a hart", signifies to have joy from perception of Truth, By the "dumb" are signified those who, on account of their ignorance of Truth, cannot confess the Lord, nor the genuine truths of the church; by their "singing" is denoted joy from the intelligence of Truth. By "waters breaking out in the wilderness", is meant that truths shall be opened where they were not before; and "streams in the desert" signify intelligence there; for "waters" are truths, and "streams" intelligence. From these observations it may appear what is signified, in the. spiritulal sense, by "the deaf man whom the Lord healed, who had an impediment in his speech, concerning which see Mark 7:32-35. Apocalypse Explained 455. See also Arcana Coelestia 8508.
The tongue of the dumb shall sing, etc. - "The tongue of the dumb shall sing", signifies that they shall confess the Lord, and the things which are of faith in Him. "In the wilderness shall break forth waters, and streams in the desert", denotes that they will then have the knowledges of Truth and of Good. the "desert" is a state of no knowledges, from ignorance. By the "dumb" who were healed by the Lord, are also signified the nations who, by His advent into the world, were delivered from falsities and the evils thence derived. Arcana Coelestia 6988.
7. And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: and in the habitation of dragons , where each lay, [shall be] grass, instead of the reed and the bulrush.
Verse 7. Speaking of the establishment of the church by the Lord. That then they with whom there was not any intelligence before, shall now have intelligence by divine Truth spiritual, is signified by "the parched ground becoming a pool"; and that then there shall be scIence by divine Truth natural for those with whom before there was only sensual truth, is signified by "grass instead of the reed and the bulrush"; "grass" denoting science from a spiritual origin, or by which spiritual Truth is confirmed, and "reed" and "bulrush" science from a sensual origin, or by which the fallacies of the senses are confirmed. This latter science, considered in itself, is only the lowest natural science, properly called material and corporeal, in which there is little or nothing of life. Apocalypse Explained 627.
8. And a highway shall be there, and a way; and it shall be called the Way of Holiness; the unclean shall not pass through it: but it shall be for them; he that walks in the way, and fools shall not err therein.
Verse 8. That "way" denotes Truth, is grounded in appearance in the spiritual world, where also ways and paths, and, in the cities, streets and lanes appear; and spirits go in no other direction than to those with whom they are consociated by love. Hence It IS that the quality of the spirits there, in regard to Truth, is known from the way which they go; for all Truth leads to its Love, inasmuch as that is called Truth which confirms what is loved; hence it is that "way" also, in common discourse, denotes Truth, for the speech of man has derived this, like several other expressions, from the spiritual world. From this ground now it is that, In the Word, by "way", "path", "by-path", "orbit", "street", and "lane", are signified Truths, and, in the opposite sense, falsities, as is evident from the following passages:
"Stand you near the ways, and see; inquire concerning the ways of an age which way is the best." (Jeremiah 6:16)
Again,
"Make good your ways and your works; trust not in yourselves on the words of a lie." (Jeremiah 7:3-5)
Again,
"Learn not the way of the nations." (Jeremiah 10:2)
Again,
"I will give to every one, according to his ways, according to the fruit of his works. (Jeremiah 17:10)
Again,
"They have made them to stumble in their ways, the by-path of an age, that they might go away into paths, a way not paved. (Jeremiah 18:15)
Again,
"I will give them one heart, and one way. (Jeremiah 32:39)
And In David:
"Your ways, O Jehovah, make known to me; Your paths teach me. Lead me in Your Truth", (Psalm 25:4, 5)
In these passages, and in many others, by a "Way" is signified Truth! and, in the opposite sense, the false. Arcana Coelestia 10422.
9. No lion shall be there; nor shall any ravenous beast come up thither: neither shall it be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there.
10. And the ransomed of Jehovah shall return: they shall come to Zion with singing, and with everlasting joy upon their heads: gladness and joy shall they obtain; and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Verse 9. Treating of the advent of the Lord, and of the state of those who are in His kingdom. That" no lion shall be there", signifies that there shall be no false principle destroying Truth; and that "no ravenous beast shall come up thither", denotes that there shall be no lust of destroying. Inasmuch as this lust is from hell. It is therefore said, "It shall not come up thither." A. E, 388.
Verses 9, 10. Also treating concerning the advent of the Lord, and concerning the salvation of those who suffer themselves to be regenerated by the Lord. That there shall not be with them the false destroying Truth, nor evil destroying Good is signified by "no lion shall be there; nor shall any ravenous beast come up thither, neither shall it be found there." That they are vindicated from evils and liberated from falsities, is signified by "the redeemed shall walk there", and by "the ransomed of Jehovah shall return." The eternal felicity which they shall have, is signified by "they shall come to Zion with singing, and with everlasting joy upon their heads"; "Zion" denotes the church; what is signified by "singing", see Chapter 12:2, the Exposition. There are two words in the original tongue by which redemption is expressed, one signifies vindication from evils, the other liberation from falsities; and hence it is said "The redeemed shall walk, and the ransomed of Jehovah shall return:" In like manner those two expressions in Hosea 13:14; and in David, Psalm 69:18, 107:6.
That to "redeem" signifies to vindicate from evils and to liberate from falsities, and also to vindicate and liberate from hell is because all the evils and falsities with man rise up from hell; which inasmuch as they are removed by reformation and regeneration from the Lord, therefore reformation and regeneration are also signified by "redeeming" or by "redemption", as in the following passages in David:
"Arise for help unto us, and redeem us for Your mercies' sake" (Psalm 44:26),
where to "redeem" denotes to liberate and reform.
Again,
"God has redeemed my soul out of the hand of hell, and He will accept me." (Psalm 49:15)
To "redeem out of the hand of hell", denotes to liberate; and to "accept me", is to claim and conjoin to Himself, or to cause to be His, as servants sold and redeemed. Apocalypse Explained 328.
And sorrow and sighing shall flee away. - These words involve a total cessation of all temptation. See above, Chapter 25:8, the Exposition.
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Isaiah Chapter 35
1. THE wilderness and the parched place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom like the rose:
2. It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the honour of Carmel and of Sharon: these shall behold the glory of Jehovah, the honour of our God.
3. Strengthen you the feeble hands, and confirm you the tottering knees.
4. Say you to the faint- hearted, Be you strong; fear you not: behold, your God will come to vengeance, to the retribution of God: He Himself will come, and will save you.
5. Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened; and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
6. Then shall the lame leap like the hart; and the tongue of the dumb shall sing: for in the wilderness shall break forth waters, and streams in the desert:
7. And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: and in the habitation of dragons , where each lay, [shall be] grass, instead of the reed and the bulrush.
8. And a highway shall be there, and a way; and it shall be called the Way of Holiness; the unclean shall not pass through it: but it shall be for them; he that walks in the way, and fools shall not err therein.
9. No lion shall be there; nor shall any ravenous beast come up thither: neither shall it be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there.
10. And the ransomed of Jehovah shall return: they shall come to Zion with singing, and with everlasting joy upon their heads: gladness and joy shall they obtain; and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
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The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
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Stand in the gate of the LORD's house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the LORD, all ye of Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship the LORD.
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.
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Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these.
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For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;
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If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:
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Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.
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Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.
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Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;
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And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?
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Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD.
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But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.
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And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the LORD, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not;
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Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.
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And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim.
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Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee.
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Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
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The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
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Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces?
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.
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For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:
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But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
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But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.
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Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them:
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Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.
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Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer thee.
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But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.
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Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.
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For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the LORD: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to pollute it.
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And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.
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Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place.
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And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away.
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Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.
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