The Inner Meaning of the Prophets and Psalms # 131
131. Internal Meaning of Ezekiel, Chapter 8
Profanation of what is holy. (3)
1-2 The Lord is represented in respect to Divine love, (1)
3 and it is shown how the holy of the Word has been profaned, (3, 17)
5-6 namely, that they have separated themselves from the holy of the worship of the church. (3, 17)
7-10 Diabolical loves have perverted the lowest sense of the Word. (3)
11-12 They have instituted a worship in accordance with those loves, (3)
13-14 by adulterating all things of good, (3, 8)
15-16 and adoring the devil in place of the Lord. (3)
17-18 They have closed against themselves the way to all mercy. (3)
Women
'Women,' as in Genesis 45:19, signify the affections of truth. But in Genesis 31:50, 'women' signify affections of not genuine truth, so not of the church.
(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 4200, 4823, 5946)