390. (Verse 9) And when he had opened the fifth seal. That this signifies prediction still further, is plain from the signification of opening a seal of a book, as denoting to reveal things hidden, and to predict future things (concerning which see above, n. 352, 361, 369, 378).
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Translation by Isaiah Tansley. Many thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.