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4 ἔτος-N3E-GSN ὀκτωκαιδέκατος-A1--GSN ὁ- A--GSF βασιλεία-N1A-GSF *ναβουχοδονοσορ-N---GSM εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S εἰρηνεύω-V1--PAPNSM εἰμί-V9I-IMI1S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM οἶκος-N2--DSM ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C εὐθηνέω-V2--PAPNSM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSM θρόνος-N2--GSM ἐγώ- P--GS

5 ἐνύπνιον-N2N-ASN ὁράω-VBI-AAI1S καί-C εὐλαβέομαι-VC--API1S καί-C φόβος-N2--NSM ἐγώ- P--DS ἐπιπίπτω-VAI-AAI3S

10 καταεὕδω-V1I-IAI1S καί-C ἰδού-I δένδρον-N2N-ASN ὑψηλός-A1--ASN φύω-V1--PMPASN ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF ὁ- A--NSF ὅρασις-N3I-NSF αὐτός- D--GSN μέγας-A1--NSF καί-C οὐ-D εἰμί-V9I-IAI3S ἄλλος- D--NSN ὅμοιος-A1A-NSN αὐτός- D--DSN

12 ὁ- A--NPM κλάδος-N2--NPM αὐτός- D--GSN ὁ- A--DSN μῆκος-N3E-DSN ὡς-C στάδιον-N2N-GPN τριάκοντα-M καί-C ὑποκάτω-P αὐτός- D--GSN σκιάζω-V1I-IAI3P πᾶς-A3--NPN ὁ- A--NPN θηρίον-N2N-NPN ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF καί-C ἐν-P αὐτός- D--DSN ὁ- A--NPN πετεινός-A1--NPN ὁ- A--GSM οὐρανός-N2--GSM νοσσεύω-V1I-IAI3P ὁ- A--NSM καρπός-N2--NSM αὐτός- D--GSN πολύς-A1P-NSM καί-C ἀγαθός-A1--NSM καί-C χορηγέω-V2I-IAI3S πᾶς-A3--DPN ὁ- A--DPN ζῷον-N2--DPN

11 καί-C ὁ- A--NSF ὅρασις-N3I-NSF αὐτός- D--GSN μέγας-A1--NSF ὁ- A--NSF κορυφή-N1--NSF αὐτός- D--GSN ἐγγίζω-V1I-IAI3S ἕως-P ὁ- A--GSM οὐρανός-N2--GSM καί-C ὁ- A--NSN κύτος-N3E-NSN αὐτός- D--GSN ἕως-P ὁ- A--GPF νεφέλη-N1--GPF πληρόω-V4--PAN ὁ- A--APN ὑποκάτω-P ὁ- A--GSM οὐρανός-N2--GSM ὁ- A--NSM ἥλιος-N2--NSM καί-C ὁ- A--NSF σελήνη-N1--NSF ἐν-P αὐτός- D--DSN οἰκέω-V2I-IAI3P καί-C φωτίζω-V1I-IAI3P πᾶς-A1S-ASF ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF

13 θεωρέω-V2I-IAI3P ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM ὕπνος-N2--DSM ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ἰδού-I ἄγγελος-N2--NSM ἀποστέλλω-VDI-API3S ἐν-P ἰσχύς-N3U-DSF ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSM οὐρανός-N2--GSM

14 καί-C φωνέω-VAI-AAI3S καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DSM ἐκκόπτω-VA--AAD2P αὐτός- D--ASN καί-C καταφθείρω-VA--AAD2P αὐτός- D--ASN προςτάσσω-VK--XMI3S γάρ-X ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSM ὕψιστος-A1--GSM ἐκῥιζόω-VA--AAN καί-C ἀχρειόω-VA--AAN αὐτός- D--ASN

15 καί-C οὕτως-D εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ῥίζα-N1S-ASF εἷς-A1A-ASF ἀποἵημι-VB--AAD2P αὐτός- D--GSN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF γῆ-N1--DSF ὅπως-C μετά-P ὁ- A--GPN θηρίον-N2N-GPN ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPN ὄρος-N3E-DPN χόρτος-N2--ASM ὡς-C βοῦς-N3--NSM νέμω-V1--PMS3S

16 καί-C ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSF δρόσος-N2--GSF ὁ- A--GSM οὐρανός-N2--GSM ὁ- A--NSN σῶμα-N3M-NSN αὐτός- D--GSM ἀλλοιόω-VC--APS3S καί-C ἑπτά-M ἔτος-N3E-NPN βόσκω-VC--APS3S σύν-P αὐτός- D--DPM

17 ἕως-C ἄν-X γιγνώσκω-VZ--AAS3S ὁ- A--ASM κύριος-N2--ASM ὁ- A--GSM οὐρανός-N2--GSM ἐξουσία-N1A-ASF ἔχω-V1--PAN πᾶς-A3--GPM ὁ- A--GPM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM οὐρανός-N2--DSM καί-C ὁ- A--GPM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF καί-C ὅσος-A1--APN ἄν-X θέλω-V1--PAS3S ποιέω-V2--PAI3S ἐν-P αὐτός- D--DPM

17a ἐνώπιον-P ἐγώ- P--GS ἐκκόπτω-VDI-API3S ἐν-P ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF εἷς-A1A-DSF καί-C ὁ- A--NSF καταφθορά-N1A-NSF αὐτός- D--GSN ἐν-P ὥρα-N1A-DSF εἷς-A1A-DSF ὁ- A--GSF ἡμέρα-N1A-GSF καί-C ὁ- A--NPM κλάδος-N2--NPM αὐτός- D--GSN δίδωμι-VCI-API3P εἰς-P πᾶς-A3--ASM ἄνεμος-N2--ASM καί-C ἕλκω-VCI-API3S καί-C ῥίπτω-VDI-API3S καί-C ὁ- A--ASM χόρτος-N2--ASM ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF μετά-P ὁ- A--GPN θηρίον-N2N-GPN ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF ἐσθίω-V1I-IAI3S καί-C εἰς-P φυλακή-N1--ASF παραδίδωμι-VCI-API3S καί-C ἐν-P πέδη-N1--DPF καί-C ἐν-P χειροπέδη-N1--DPF χαλκοῦς-A1C-DPF δέω-VCI-API3S ὑπό-P αὐτός- D--GPN σφόδρα-D θαυμάζω-VAI-AAI1S ἐπί-P πᾶς-A3--DPN οὗτος- D--DPN καί-C ὁ- A--NSM ὕπνος-N2--NSM ἐγώ- P--GS ἀποἵστημι-VHI-AAI3S ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GPM ὀφθαλμός-N2--GPM ἐγώ- P--GS

18 καί-C ἀναἵστημι-VH--AAPNSM ὁ- A--ASN πρωΐ-D ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSF κοίτη-N1--GSF ἐγώ- P--GS καλέω-VAI-AAI1S ὁ- A--ASM *δανιηλ-N---ASM ὁ- A--ASM ἄρχων-N3--ASM ὁ- A--GPM σοφιστής-N1M-GPM καί-C ὁ- A--ASM ἡγέομαι-V2--PMPASM ὁ- A--GPM κρίνω-V1--PAPGPM ὁ- A--APN ἐνύπνιον-N2N-APN καί-C διαἡγέομαι-VAI-AMI1S αὐτός- D--DSM ὁ- A--ASN ἐνύπνιον-N2N-ASN καί-C ὑποδεικνύω-VAI-AAI3S ἐγώ- P--DS πᾶς-A1S-ASF ὁ- A--ASF σύγκρισις-N3I-ASF αὐτός- D--GSM

19 μεγάλως-D δέ-X θαυμάζω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM *δανιηλ-N---NSM καί-C ὑπόνοια-N1A-NSF κατασπεύδω-V1I-IAI3S αὐτός- D--ASM καί-C φοβέω-VC--APPNSM τρόμος-N2--GSM λαμβάνω-VB--AAPGSM αὐτός- D--ASM καί-C ἀλλοιόω-VC--APPGSF ὁ- A--GSF ὅρασις-N3I-GSF αὐτός- D--GSM κινέω-VA--AAPNSM ὁ- A--ASF κεφαλή-N1--ASF ὥρα-N1A-ASF εἷς-A1A-ASF ἀποθαυμάζω-VA--AAPNSM ἀποκρίνω-VCI-API3S ἐγώ- P--DS φωνή-N1--DSF πραΰς-A3U-DSF βασιλεύς-N3V-VSM ὁ- A--NSN ἐνύπνιον-N2N-NSN οὗτος- D--NSN ὁ- A--DPM μισέω-V2--PAPDPM σύ- P--AS καί-C ὁ- A--NSF σύγκρισις-N3I-NSF αὐτός- D--GSN ὁ- A--DPM ἐχθρός-N2--DPM σύ- P--GS ἐπιἔρχομαι-VB--AAO3S

20 ὁ- A--NSN δένδρον-N2N-NSN ὁ- A--NSN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF γῆ-N1--DSF φυτεύω-VM--XMPNSM ὅς- --GSN ὁ- A--NSF ὅρασις-N3I-NSF μέγας-A1--NSF σύ- P--NS εἰμί-V9--PAI2S βασιλεύς-N3V-VSM

21 καί-C πᾶς-A3--APN ὁ- A--APN πετεινός-A1--APN ὁ- A--GSM οὐρανός-N2--GSM ὁ- A--APN νοσσεύω-V1--PAPAPN ἐν-P αὐτός- D--DSN ὁ- A--NSF ἰσχύς-N3--NSF ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF καί-C ὁ- A--GPN ἔθνος-N3E-GPN καί-C ὁ- A--GPF γλῶσσα-N1S-GPF πᾶς-A1S-GPF ἕως-P ὁ- A--GPN πέρας-N3T-GPN ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF καί-C πᾶς-A1S-NPF ὁ- A--NPF χώρα-N1A-NPF σύ- P--DS δουλεύω-V1--PAI3P

22 ὁ- A--ASN δέ-X ἀναὑψόω-VC--APN ὁ- A--ASN δένδρον-N2N-ASN ἐκεῖνος- D--ASN καί-C ἐγγίζω-VA--AAN ὁ- A--DSM οὐρανός-N2--DSM καί-C ὁ- A--ASN κύτος-N3E-ASN αὐτός- D--GSN ἅπτομαι-VA--AMN ὁ- A--GPF νεφέλη-N1--GPF σύ- P--NS βασιλεύς-N3V-VSM ὑψόω-VCI-API2S ὑπέρ-P πᾶς-A3--APM ὁ- A--APM ἄνθρωπος-N2--APM ὁ- A--APM εἰμί-V9--PAPAPM ἐπί-P πρόσωπον-N2N-GSN πᾶς-A1S-GSF ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF ὑψόω-VCI-API3S σύ- P--GS ὁ- A--NSF καρδία-N1A-NSF ὑπερηφανία-N1A-DSF καί-C ἰσχύς-N3U-DSF ὁ- A--APN πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM ἅγιος-A1A-ASM καί-C ὁ- A--APM ἄγγελος-N2--APM αὐτός- D--GSM ὁ- A--NPN ἔργον-N2N-NPN σύ- P--GS ὁράω-VVI-API3S καθότι-D ἐκἐρημόω-VA--AAPNSM ὁ- A--ASM οἶκος-N2--ASM ὁ- A--GSM θεός-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSM ζάω-V3--PAPGSM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--DPF ἁμαρτία-N1A-DPF ὁ- A--GSM λαός-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSM ἁγιάζω-VT--XMPGSM

23 καί-C ὁ- A--NSF ὅρασις-N3I-NSF ὅς- --ASF ὁράω-VBI-AAI2S ὅτι-C ἄγγελος-N2--NSM ἐν-P ἰσχύς-N3U-DSF ἀποστέλλω-VDI-API3S παρά-P ὁ- A--GSM κύριος-N2--GSM καί-C ὅτι-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ἐκαἴρω-VA--AAN ὁ- A--ASN δένδρον-N2N-ASN καί-C ἐκκόπτω-VA--AAN ὁ- A--NSF κρίσις-N3I-NSF ὁ- A--GSM θεός-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSM μέγας-A1--GSM ἥκω-VF--FAI3S ἐπί-P σύ- P--AS

24 καί-C ὁ- A--NSM ὕψιστος-A1--NSM καί-C ὁ- A--NPM ἄγγελος-N2--NPM αὐτός- D--GSM ἐπί-P σύ- P--AS κατατρέχω-V1--PAI3P

25 εἰς-P φυλακή-N1--ASF ἀποἄγω-VF--FAI3P σύ- P--AS καί-C εἰς-P τόπος-N2--ASM ἔρημος-A1B-ASM ἀποστέλλω-VF--FAI3P σύ- P--AS

26 καί-C ὁ- A--NSF ῥίζα-N1A-NSF ὁ- A--GSN δένδρον-N2N-GSN ὁ- A--NSF ἀποἵημι-VC--APPNSF ἐπεί-C οὐ-D ἐκῥιζόω-VCI-API3S ὁ- A--NSM τόπος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GSM θρόνος-N2--GSM σύ- P--GS σύ- P--DS συντηρέω-VC--FPI3S εἰς-P καιρός-N2--ASM καί-C ὥρα-N1A-ASF ἰδού-I ἐπί-P σύ- P--AS ἑτοιμάζω-V1--PMI3P καί-C μαστιγόω-VF--FAI3P σύ- P--AS καί-C ἐπιἄγω-VF--FAI3P ὁ- A--APN κρίνω-VM--XMPAPN ἐπί-P σύ- P--AS

27 κύριος-N2--NSM ζάω-V3--PAI3S ἐν-P οὐρανός-N2--DSM καί-C ὁ- A--NSF ἐξουσία-N1A-NSF αὐτός- D--GSM ἐπί-P πᾶς-A1S-DSF ὁ- A--DSF γῆ-N1--DSF αὐτός- D--GSM δέομαι-VC--APD2S περί-P ὁ- A--GPF ἁμαρτία-N1A-GPF σύ- P--GS καί-C πᾶς-A1S-APF ὁ- A--APF ἀδικία-N1A-APF σύ- P--GS ἐν-P ἐλεημοσύνη-N1--DPF λυτρόω-VA--AAN ἵνα-C ἐπιείκεια-N1A-NSF δίδωμι-VC--APS3S σύ- P--DS καί-C πολυήμερος-A1--NSM γίγνομαι-VB--AMS2S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSM θρόνος-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSF βασιλεία-N1A-GSF σύ- P--GS καί-C μή-D καταφθείρω-V1--PAS3S σύ- P--AS οὗτος- D--APM ὁ- A--APM λόγος-N2--APM ἀγαπάω-VA--AAD2S ἀκριβής-A3H-NSM γάρ-X ἐγώ- P--GS ὁ- A--NSM λόγος-N2--NSM καί-C πλήρης-A3H-NSM ὁ- A--NSM χρόνος-N2--NSM σύ- P--GS

28 καί-C ἐπί-P συντέλεια-N1A-DSF ὁ- A--GPM λόγος-N2--GPM *ναβουχοδονοσορ-N---NSM ὡς-C ἀκούω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASF κρίσις-N3I-ASF ὁ- A--GSN ὅραμα-N3M-GSN ὁ- A--APM λόγος-N2--APM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF καρδία-N1A-DSF συντηρέω-VAI-AAI3S

29 καί-C μετά-P μήν-N3--APM δώδεκα-M ὁ- A--NSM βασιλεύς-N3V-NSM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GPN τεῖχος-N3E-GPN ὁ- A--GSF πόλις-N3I-GSF μετά-P πᾶς-A1S-GSF ὁ- A--GSF δόξα-N1S-GSF αὐτός- D--GSM περιπατέω-V2I-IAI3S καί-C ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GPM πύργος-N2--GPM αὐτός- D--GSF διαπορεύομαι-V1I-IMI3S

30 καί-C ἀποκρίνω-VC--APPNSM εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S οὗτος- D--NSF εἰμί-V9--PAI3S *βαβυλών-N3W-NSF ὁ- A--NSF μέγας-A1--NSF ὅς- --ASF ἐγώ- P--NS οἰκοδομέω-VAI-AAI1S καί-C οἶκος-N2--NSM βασιλεία-N1A-GSF ἐγώ- P--GS ἐν-P ἰσχύς-N3U-DSF κράτος-N3E-GSN ἐγώ- P--GS καλέω-VC--FPI3S εἰς-P τιμή-N1--ASF ὁ- A--GSF δόξα-N1S-GSF ἐγώ- P--GS

31 καί-C ἐπί-P συντέλεια-N1A-GSF ὁ- A--GSM λόγος-N2--GSM αὐτός- D--GSM φωνή-N1--ASF ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSM οὐρανός-N2--GSM ἀκούω-VAI-AAI3S σύ- P--DS λέγω-V1--PMI3S *ναβουχοδονοσορ-N---VSM βασιλεύς-N3V-VSM ὁ- A--NSF βασιλεία-N1A-NSF *βαβυλών-N3W-GSF ἀποαἱρέω-VM--XMI3S σύ- P--GS καί-C ἕτερος-A1A-DSM δίδωμι-V8--PMI3S ἐκοὐθενέω-V2--PPPDSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--DSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM οἶκος-N2--DSM σύ- P--GS ἰδού-I ἐγώ- P--NS καταἵστημι-V6--PAI1S αὐτός- D--ASM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF βασιλεία-N1A-GSF σύ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--ASF ἐξουσία-N1A-ASF σύ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--ASF δόξα-N1S-ASF σύ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--ASF τρυφή-N1--ASF σύ- P--GS παραλαμβάνω-VF--FMI3S ὅπως-C ἐπιγιγνώσκω-VZ--AAS2S ὅτι-C ἐξουσία-N1A-ASF ἔχω-V1--PAI3S ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GSM οὐρανός-N2--GSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF βασιλεία-N1A-DSF ὁ- A--GPM ἄνθρωπος-N2--GPM καί-C ὅς- --DSM ἐάν-C βούλομαι-V1--PMS3S δίδωμι-VF--FAI3S αὐτός- D--ASF ἕως-P δέ-X ἥλιος-N2--GSM ἀνατολή-N1--GSF βασιλεύς-N3V-NSM ἕτερος-A1A-NSM εὐφραίνω-VC--FPI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM οἶκος-N2--DSM σύ- P--GS καί-C κρατέω-VF--FAI3S ὁ- A--GSF δόξα-N1S-GSF σύ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--GSF ἰσχύς-N3U-GSF σύ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--GSF ἐξουσία-N1A-GSF σύ- P--GS

32 καί-C ὁ- A--NPM ἄγγελος-N2--NPM διώκω-VF--FMI3P σύ- P--AS ἐπί-P ἔτος-N3E-APN ἑπτά-M καί-C οὐ-D μή-D ὁράω-VV--APS2S οὐδέ-C οὐ-D μή-D λαλέω-VA--AAS2S μετά-P πᾶς-A3--GSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM χόρτος-N2--ASM ὡς-C βοῦς-N3--ASM σύ- P--AS ψωμίζω-VF--FAI3P καί-C ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSF χλόη-N1--GSF ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--NSF νομή-N1--NSF σύ- P--GS ἰδού-I ἀντί-P ὁ- A--GSF δόξα-N1S-GSF σύ- P--GS δέω-VF--FAI3P σύ- P--AS καί-C ὁ- A--ASM οἶκος-N2--ASM ὁ- A--GSF τρυφή-N1--GSF σύ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--ASF βασιλεία-N1A-ASF σύ- P--GS ἕτερος-A1A-NSM ἔχω-VF--FAI3S

33 ἕως-C δέ-X πρωΐ-D πᾶς-A3--APN τελέω-VS--FPI3S ἐπί-P σύ- P--AS *ναβουχοδονοσορ-N---VSM βασιλεύς-N3V-VSM *βαβυλών-N3W-GSF καί-C οὐ-D ὑστερέω-VF--FAI3S ἀπό-P πᾶς-A3--GPN οὗτος- D--GPN οὐδείς-A3--ASN

33a ἐγώ- P--NS *ναβουχοδονοσορ-N---NSM βασιλεύς-N3V-NSM *βαβυλών-N3W-GSF ἑπτά-M ἔτος-N3E-APN πεδάω-VCI-API1S χόρτος-N2--ASM ὡς-C βοῦς-N3--ASM ψωμίζω-VAI-AAI3P ἐγώ- P--AS καί-C ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSF χλόη-N1--GSF ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF ἐσθίω-V1I-IAI1S καί-C μετά-P ἔτος-N3E-APN ἑπτά-M δίδωμι-VAI-AAI1S ὁ- A--ASF ψυχή-N1--ASF ἐγώ- P--GS εἰς-P δέησις-N3I-ASF καί-C ἀξιόω-VAI-AAI1S περί-P ὁ- A--GPF ἁμαρτία-N1A-GPF ἐγώ- P--GS κατά-P πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN κύριος-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSM θεός-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSM οὐρανός-N2--GSM καί-C περί-P ὁ- A--GPF ἄγνοια-N1A-GPF ἐγώ- P--GS ὁ- A--GSM θεός-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GPM θεός-N2--GPM ὁ- A--GSM μέγας-A1--GSM δέομαι-VCI-API1S

33b καί-C ὁ- A--NPF θρίξ-N3--NPF ἐγώ- P--GS γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3P ὡς-C πτέρυξ-N3G-NPF ἀετός-N2--GSM ὁ- A--NPM ὄνυξ-N3--NPM ἐγώ- P--GS ὡσεί-D λέων-N3--GSM ἀλλοιόω-VCI-API3S ὁ- A--NSF σάρξ-N3K-NSF ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--NSF καρδία-N1A-NSF ἐγώ- P--GS γυμνός-A1--NSM περιπατέω-V2I-IAI1S μετά-P ὁ- A--GPN θηρίον-N2N-GPN ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF ἐνύπνιον-N2N-ASN ὁράω-VBI-AAI1S καί-C ὑπόνοια-N1A-NPF ἐγώ- P--AS λαμβάνω-VX--XAI3P καί-C διά-P χρόνος-N2--GSM ὕπνος-N2--NSM ἐγώ- P--AS λαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3S πολύς-A1P-NSM καί-C νυσταγμός-N2--NSM ἐπιπίπτω-VAI-AAI3S ἐγώ- P--DS

34 καί-C ἐπί-P συντέλεια-N1A-DSF ὁ- A--GPN ἑπτά-M ἔτος-N3E-GPN ὁ- A--NSM χρόνος-N2--NSM ἐγώ- P--GS ὁ- A--GSF ἀπολύτρωσις-N3I-GSF ἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S καί-C ὁ- A--NPF ἁμαρτία-N1A-NPF ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--NPF ἄγνοια-N1A-NPF ἐγώ- P--GS πληρόω-VCI-API3P ἐναντίον-P ὁ- A--GSM θεός-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSM οὐρανός-N2--GSM καί-C δέομαι-VCI-API1S περί-P ὁ- A--GPF ἄγνοια-N1A-GPF ἐγώ- P--GS ὁ- A--GSM θεός-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GPM θεός-N2--GPM ὁ- A--GSM μέγας-A1--GSM καί-C ἰδού-I ἄγγελος-N2--NSM εἷς-A3--NSM καλέω-VAI-AAI3S ἐγώ- P--AS ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSM οὐρανός-N2--GSM λέγω-V1--PAPNSM *ναβουχοδονοσορ-N---NSM δουλεύω-VA--AAD2S ὁ- A--DSM θεός-N2--DSM ὁ- A--GSM οὐρανός-N2--GSM ὁ- A--DSM ἅγιος-A1A-DSM καί-C δίδωμι-VO--AAD2S δόξα-N1S-ASF ὁ- A--DSM ὕψιστος-A1--DSM ὁ- A--NSN βασίλειον-N2N-NSN ὁ- A--GSN ἔθνος-N3E-GSN σύ- P--GS σύ- P--DS ἀποδίδωμι-V8--PMI3S

36 ἐν-P ἐκεῖνος- D--DSM ὁ- A--DSM καιρός-N2--DSM ἀπο καταἵστημι-VCI-API3S ὁ- A--NSF βασιλεία-N1A-NSF ἐγώ- P--GS ἐγώ- P--DS καί-C ὁ- A--NSF δόξα-N1S-NSF ἐγώ- P--GS ἀποδίδωμι-VCI-API3S ἐγώ- P--DS

37 ὁ- A--DSM ὕψιστος-A1--DSM ἀντιὁμολογέω-V2--PMI1S καί-C αἰνέω-V2--PAI1S ὁ- A--DSM κτίζω-VA--AAPDSM ὁ- A--ASM οὐρανός-N2--ASM καί-C ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF καί-C ὁ- A--APF θάλασσα-N1S-APF καί-C ὁ- A--APM ποταμός-N2--APM καί-C πᾶς-A3--APN ὁ- A--APN ἐν-P αὐτός- D--DPN ἐκὁμολογέω-V2--PMI1S καί-C αἰνέω-V2--PAI1S ὅτι-C αὐτός- D--NSM εἰμί-V9--PAI3S θεός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GPM θεός-N2--GPM καί-C κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GPM κύριος-N2--GPM καί-C βασιλεύς-N3V-NSM ὁ- A--GPM βασιλεύς-N3V-GPM ὅτι-C αὐτός- D--NSM ποιέω-V2--PAI3S σημεῖον-N2N-APN καί-C τέρας-N3T-APN καί-C ἀλλοιόω-V4--PAI3S καιρός-N2--APM καί-C χρόνος-N2--APM ἀποαἱρέω-V2--PAPNSM βασιλεία-N1A-ASF βασιλεύς-N3V-GPM καί-C καταἵστημι-V6--PAPNSM ἕτερος-A1A-APM ἀντί-P αὐτός- D--GPM

37a ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSN νῦν-D αὐτός- D--DSM λατρεύω-VF--FAI1S καί-C ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSM φόβος-N2--GSM αὐτός- D--GSM τρόμος-N2--NSM λαμβάνω-VX--XAI3S ἐγώ- P--AS καί-C πᾶς-A3--APM ὁ- A--APM ἅγιος-A1A-APM αὐτός- D--GSM αἰνέω-V2--PAI1S ὁ- A--NPM γάρ-X θεός-N2--NPM ὁ- A--GPN ἔθνος-N3E-GPN οὐ-D ἔχω-V1--PAI3P ἐν-P ἑαυτοῦ- D--DPM ἰσχύς-N3--ASF ἀποστρέφω-VA--AAN βασιλεία-N1A-ASF βασιλεύς-N3V-GSM εἰς-P ἕτερος-A1A-ASM βασιλεύς-N3V-ASM καί-C ἀποκτείνω-VA--AAN καί-C ζάω-V3--PAN ποιέω-VA--AAN καί-C ποιέω-VA--AAN σημεῖον-N2N-APN καί-C θαυμάσιος-A1A-APN μέγας-A1--APN καί-C φοβερός-A1A-APN καί-C ἀλλοιόω-VA--AAN ὑπερμεγέθης-A3--APN πρᾶγμα-N3M-APN καθώς-D ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S ἐν-P ἐγώ- P--DS ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GSM οὐρανός-N2--GSM καί-C ἀλλοιόω-VAI-AAI3S ἐπί-P ἐγώ- P--DS μέγας-A1--APN πρᾶγμα-N3M-APN ἐγώ- P--NS πᾶς-A1S-APF ὁ- A--APF ἡμέρα-N1A-APF ὁ- A--GSF βασιλεία-N1A-GSF ἐγώ- P--GS περί-P ὁ- A--GSF ψυχή-N1--GSF ἐγώ- P--GS ὁ- A--DSM ὕψιστος-A1--DSM θυσία-N1A-GSF προςφέρω-VF--FAI1S εἰς-P ὀσμή-N1--ASF εὐωδία-N1A-GSF ὁ- A--DSM κύριος-N2--DSM καί-C ὁ- A--ASN ἀρεστός-A1--ASN ἐνώπιον-P αὐτός- D--GSM ποιέω-VF--FAI1S ἐγώ- P--NS καί-C ὁ- A--NSM λαός-N2--NSM ἐγώ- P--GS ὁ- A--ASN ἔθνος-N3E-ASN ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--NPF χώρα-N1A-NPF ἐγώ- P--GS ὁ- A--NPF ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF ἐξουσία-N1A-DSF ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ὅσος-A1--NPM λαλέω-VAI-AAI3P εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM θεός-N2--ASM ὁ- A--GSM οὐρανός-N2--GSM καί-C ὅσος-A1--NPM ἄν-X καταλαμβάνω-VV--APS3P λαλέω-V2--PAPNPM τις- I--ASN οὗτος- D--APM κατακρίνω-VF2-FAI1S θάνατος-N2--DSM

37b γράφω-VAI-AAI3S δέ-X ὁ- A--NSM βασιλεύς-N3V-NSM *ναβουχοδονοσορ-N---NSM ἐπιστολή-N1--ASF ἐγκύκλιος-A1B-ASF πᾶς-A3--DPM ὁ- A--DPM κατά-P τόπος-N2--ASM ἔθνος-N3E-DPN καί-C χώρα-N1A-DPF καί-C γλῶσσα-N1S-DPF πᾶς-A1S-DPF ὁ- A--DPF οἰκέω-V2--PAPDPF ἐν-P πᾶς-A1S-DPF ὁ- A--DPF χώρα-N1A-DPF ἐν-P γενεά-N1A-DPF καί-C γενεά-N1A-DPF κύριος-N2--DSM ὁ- A--DSM θεός-N2--DSM ὁ- A--GSM οὐρανός-N2--GSM αἰνέω-V2--PAD2P καί-C θυσία-N1A-ASF καί-C προσφορά-N1A-ASF προςφέρω-V1--PAD2P αὐτός- D--DSM ἐνδόξως-D ἐγώ- P--NS βασιλεύς-N3V-NSM βασιλεύς-N3V-GPM ἀντιὁμολογέω-V2--PMI1S αὐτός- D--DSM ἐνδόξως-D ὅτι-C οὕτως-D ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S μετά-P ἐγώ- P--GS ἐν-P αὐτός- D--DSF ὁ- A--DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF καταἵζω-VAI-AAI3S ἐγώ- P--AS ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSM θρόνος-N2--GSM ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--GSF ἐξουσία-N1A-GSF ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--GSF βασιλεία-N1A-GSF ἐγώ- P--GS ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM λαός-N2--DSM ἐγώ- P--GS κρατέω-VAI-AAI1S καί-C ὁ- A--NSF μεγαλωσύνη-N1--NSF ἐγώ- P--GS ἀπο καταἵστημι-VCI-API3S ἐγώ- P--DS

37c *ναβουχοδονοσορ-N---NSM βασιλεύς-N3V-NSM πᾶς-A3--DPN ὁ- A--DPN ἔθνος-N3E-DPN καί-C πᾶς-A1S-DPF ὁ- A--DPF χώρα-N1A-DPF καί-C πᾶς-A3--DPM ὁ- A--DPM οἰκέω-V2--PAPDPM ἐν-P αὐτός- D--DPF εἰρήνη-N1--NSF σύ- P--DP πληθύνω-VC--APO3S ἐν-P πᾶς-A3--DSM καιρός-N2--DSM καί-C νῦν-D ὑποδεικνύω-VF--FAI1S σύ- P--DP ὁ- A--APF πρᾶξις-N3I-APF ὅς- --APF ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S μετά-P ἐγώ- P--GS ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM μέγας-A1P-NSM δοκέω-VAI-AAI3S δέ-X ἐγώ- P--DS ἀποδεικνύω-VA--AAN σύ- P--DP καί-C ὁ- A--DPM σοφιστής-N1M-DPM σύ- P--GP ὅτι-C εἰμί-V9--PAI3S θεός-N2--NSM καί-C ὁ- A--NPN θαυμάσιος-A1A-NPN αὐτός- D--GSM μέγας-A1--NPN ὁ- A--NSN βασίλειον-N2N-NSN αὐτός- D--GSM βασίλειον-N2N-NSN εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM αἰών-N3W-ASM ὁ- A--NSF ἐξουσία-N1A-NSF αὐτός- D--GSM ἀπό-P γενεά-N1A-GPF εἰς-P γενεά-N1A-APF καί-C ἀποστέλλω-VAI-AAI3S ἐπιστολή-N1--APF περί-P πᾶς-A3--GPM ὁ- A--GPM γίγνομαι-VC--APPGPM αὐτός- D--DSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF βασιλεία-N1A-DSF αὐτός- D--GSM πᾶς-A3--DPN ὁ- A--DPN ἔθνος-N3E-DPN ὁ- A--DPN εἰμί-V9--PAPDPN ὑπό-P ὁ- A--ASF βασιλεία-N1A-ASF αὐτός- D--GSM

37d *βαλτασαρ-N---NSM ὁ- A--NSM βασιλεύς-N3V-NSM ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S δοχή-N1--ASF μέγας-A1--ASF ἐν-P ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF ἐγκαινισμός-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GPN βασίλειον-N2N-GPN αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GPM μεγιστάν-N3--GPM αὐτός- D--GSM καλέω-VAI-AAI3S ἀνήρ-N3--APM δισχίλιοι-A1A-APM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF ἐκεῖνος- D--DSF *βαλτασαρ-N---NSM ἀναὑψόω-V4--PMPNSM ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSM οἶνος-N2--GSM καί-C καυχάομαι-V3--PMPNSM ἐπιαἰνέω-VAI-AAI3S πᾶς-A3--APM ὁ- A--APM θεός-N2--APM ὁ- A--GPN ἔθνος-N3E-GPN ὁ- A--APM χωνευτός-A1--APM καί-C γλυπτός-A1--APM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM τόπος-N2--DSM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ὁ- A--DSM θεός-N2--DSM ὁ- A--DSM ὕψιστος-A1--DSM οὐ-D δίδωμι-VAI-AAI3S αἴνεσις-N3I-ASF ἐν-P αὐτός- D--DSF ὁ- A--DSF νύξ-N3--DSF ἐκἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3P δάκτυλος-N2--NPM ὡσεί-D ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM καί-C ἐπιγράφω-VAI-AAI3P ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSM τοῖχος-N2--GSM οἶκος-N2--GSM αὐτός- D--GSM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSN κονίαμα-N3M-GSN κατέναντι-P ὁ- A--GSN λύχνος-N3E-GSN μανη-N---A φαρες-N---A θεκελ-N---AS εἰμί-V9--PAI3S δέ-X ὁ- A--NSF ἑρμηνεία-N1A-NSF αὐτός- D--GPN μανη-N---N ἀριθμέω-VMI-XPI3S φαρες-N---N ἐκαἴρω-VM--XPI3S θεκελ-N---NS ἵστημι-VMI-XMI3S

   

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Nebuchadnezzar's Second Dream

Napsal(a) Andy Dibb
Floor mosaic of a the Tree of Life (as a pomegranite) from the Big Basilica at Heraclea Lyncestis. Bitola, Macedonia.

In the Book of Daniel, Chapter Four is narrated, after the events of the chapter, by a much-changed Nebuchadnezzar. In the internal sense, the story shows both the Lord's mercy in leading us, and also the depths of despair to which we sink before we willingly open our minds to the Lord and pray for His leadership.

At the beginning of the story, Nebuchadnezzar's idleness imitates the sense of complacency when things seem to be going right, when no temptations darken our skies, and essential selfishness asserts itself once again. Our mind is its house, its palace. We come into this state after a temptation or battle against our sense of selfishness, when we put the struggle aside and rest on our laurels. We are oblivious to the fact that regeneration is an ongoing state, that one temptation succeeds another, and that once conscience has been established in our thought processes, it will not be too long before the lethargy of selfishness is challenged.

While Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in his house, he had a disturbing dream, one unknown to him. As before when he did not understand his dreams, he called the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans and the soothsayers, who, once again, could not interpret the dream.

Often we feel that we face the same temptations over and over again. We might wonder if we will ever regenerate. This is because we fall into a state of selfishness, represented by the king at rest. But when we encounter resistance to that selfishness, we turn back to all our old thought patterns to help us.

Eventually, Nebuchadnezzar called Daniel to tell him his dream. As he recounts the story after the seven years of illness, he uses the words he had spoken before. He addresses Daniel as Belteshazzar, because that is how he saw him before the temptation. Even so, he recognized the presence of the Spirit of the Holy God within him, acknowledging Daniel's power to explain dreams and give interpretations.

The king's second dream took the image of a great tree, planted in the earth, so high it could be seen from the ends of the earth. This parallels the image of the great statue, whose head was gold. As we saw earlier, this image represents the initial state of perfection, followed by a decline as a person turns away from this ideal. The statue shows how self love takes dominance in our lives if unchecked, and brings us into a final state of spiritual destruction.

In this new dream, the tree in the midst of the earth is a reference to the Tree of Life in the midst of the Garden of Eden. Both trees symbolize wisdom. The Tree of Life represented the perception the Most Ancient people had from love (Arcana Coelestia 103), but Nebuchadnezzar's tree is from the love of self and the different perceptions people have when motivated by that love (Apocalypse Explained 1029:6).

But when Nebuchadnezzar saw the tree in his dream, it was lovely. Everything in the dream which normally has a good and beautiful significance, instead takes on a negative meaning. The leaves and flowers, which should have been a picture of guiding truths (Arcana Coelestia 9553), represent the opposite, as the falsities which mislead us. We saw how the king called his false guides: the magicians, soothsayers, astrologers, and Chaldeans.

The birds represent the false thoughts from selfishness (Arcana Coelestia 5149). These give credence to selfishness, to justify it and find new ways to express it. So the tree takes on an intellectual picture of the selfish mind. But the mind is made up of both intellect and emotion. There were also beasts sheltering under the tree representing the things we care about.

When selfishness rules in us, just as Nebuchadnezzar ruled Babylon, all the lesser loves take their cue from this leading love. Thus the beasts of the field, were drawn to the tree for food and shelter.

After this scene is set, Nebuchadnezzar sees "a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven." The introduction of the indescribable watcher is the turning point in the dream, marking the beginning of the end for this marvel reaching up to heaven.

In a state of selfishness, we are spiritually asleep, just as Nebuchadnezzar was asleep when he dreamed. But the Lord never sleeps. Truth in our minds is always vigilant, looking for ways of bringing itself to our consciousness to lead us out of our selfish state. Just as everything seemed right in Nebuchadnezzar's world, he became aware of a watcher—the truth.

In an instant, the king's serenity was changed: a force greater than himself commanded the destruction of the tree, and there was nothing he could do about it. These words make it clear just how vulnerable our selfish states are. At their height, they seem so powerful, but in the face of truth they are shown for the sordid little nothings they are. Truth has the power to expose evil, and we should not be afraid to allow it to do so in our own lives. To stand indicted of selfishness is not the end of life, as it may feel, but the beginning of a new life of liberation.

But we still need some sense of self. There is nothing wrong with being concerned with our own well-being; it is vital to our lives. Selfishness is a part of us, but it needs to be kept under control, subordinated to the higher loves of serving the Lord and our neighbor.

This is why the watcher did not order the complete destruction of the tree: the stump is all that is left of a rampant selfishness, the bands of iron and brass represent thoughts and feelings which originate in selfishness, which can be used to keep it under control (Apocalypse Explained 650:32).

Finally, with the tree destroyed, Nebuchadnezzar himself had to be changed. The watcher commanded that the king is given the heart of an animal for seven years. In substance abuse recovery programs, it is said that an addict cannot change until they hit rock-bottom—when they realize the full necessity of change. In spiritual life, this rock bottom is a point at which we almost lose our humanity, we are so dominated by selfishness, greed and the lust of dominion that we lose our ability to think rationally. We become animals. The difference between humans and animals is our ability to think and act in freedom. Self-love destroys that freedom, thus destroying all humanity within us.

In this prophesy, we see a descent: from man, to beast, to ox. People are human because they are created in the image and likeness of the Lord. Thus human beings have the ability to think and act according to reason. This is the essence of our humanity (Arcana Coelestia 477, 2305, 4051, 585, 1555). When these are in tune with truth and goodness from the Lord, then we are truly human, because the image of the Lord is in us.

So again, we see this slide from an ideal to a lesser state: from man, the king became a beast. From rationality and freedom, he entered slavery. This fall appears earlier in the Word: when Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden of Eden, they were cast out.

Finally he was told that he would eat grass like oxen. In a positive sense, oxen represent our affections (Arcana Coelestia 5198, 5642, 6357), or our love of the things of this world. But the opposite meaning of 'ox' is the perversion of goodness (Arcana Coelestia 9083), and the affection for injuring others (Arcana Coelestia 9094).

This humbling of the king represents the proper use of the love of self, and shows that the Lord does not eradicate it, because it is the foundation of true relationships with other people and the Lord Himself. But before it can become useful, selfishness needs to be converted into a humbled love of self, and we must return from the ox state.

As Daniel explained the meaning of the dream, he offered the king counsel: 'break off your sins by being righteous, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor.' This is the next step in spiritual awareness. Seeing our selfishness, coupled with an increased awareness of the Lord, we reach the point where thoughts must become actions. At first glance, the concept of 'sins and iniquities' may seem redundant. But in the Word, pairs of synonymous words reflect two internal senses: the celestial and the spiritual (Doctrine of the Sacred Scripture 80). The celestial relates broadly to goodness, and the spiritual to truth. Together they make one.

Daniel's advice to Nebuchadnezzar is to repent. Repentance is the only way out of the quicksand of selfishness. The Lord taught that we should love one another as He loves us (John 13:34, John 15:12). To love ourselves alone, and to wish to control others is not in keeping with the Lord's teachings. The only solution is to listen to the voice of our conscience and allow ourselves to be guided by the truth.

In spite of everything, Nebuchadnezzar's pride was not reduced. As he walked around his palace, his heart was filled with pride: 'is not this great Babylon, that I have built for a royal dwelling by my mighty power and for the honor of my majesty?'

A selfish person believes that everything they own or have accomplished is by their own power. There is no place for God or anyone else. When people do not listen to the Lord's teachings and reject His counsel, there is nothing the Lord can do but allow the person to reap the consequences of their choice.

The king remained in this ox-state until seven times passed over him, which illustrates that the Lord leaves us in this state until it runs its course. Sometimes it takes us a lifetime to see how our selfishness hurts others, and ourselves. Yet the Lord never leaves us. The promise of the root of the tree, bound with bands of iron and bronze is always there. The Lord works unceasingly to bring our selfishness under control until it can serve the higher loves of our neighbor and the Lord Himself.

Forgiveness begins in the recognition that we are in sin. In his ox-like state, Nebuchadnezzar lifted his eyes to heaven. Eyes represent understanding (Arcana Coelestia 2975, 3863), and to lift them to heaven is to lift our understanding to the truths the Lord has given us. The king had been given some truths in his dreams and in the interpretation of them. He knew from Daniel's advice that he needed to repent and change his ways. As he did so, his understanding and appreciation of the Lord grew. He realized how small he was in the grand scheme of things. The inflated ego of selfishness was deflated by the recognition that all things had been given to him by the Lord.

His story is our story. We each build our empires in one way or another. We hold the power of life and death over others in a figurative sense—do we not decide who we like and dislike, who is admitted out our 'inner circle' and who is beyond the pale? The warnings the Lord gave to Nebuchadnezzar apply to us, and like the king, we can also ignore them. The consequences in our lives are the same, as we are reduced to a merely animal-being, wet with the dew of heaven.

Yet can we hear the Lord's voice calling, for unless we do, we will remain in that state. Can we lift our eyes to heaven and search for the truth leading to the greatest declaration one can make, provided it is done with the heart and not with the lips:

Now I … praise and extol and honor the king of heaven, all of whose works are truth, and his ways justice. And those who walk in pride He is able to abase.

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2015. That 'kings will come out of you' means that all truth comes from Him is clear from the meaning of 'a king' as truth in both the historical and the prophetical sections of the Word, as stated in 1672 but not yet shown to be so. From the meaning of 'nations' as goods, and from the meaning of 'kings' as truths, the nature of the internal sense of the Word becomes clear, and also how remote it is from the sense of the letter. No one reading the Word, especially the historical section, believes anything other than that 'nations' referred to there means nations, or that 'kings' there means kings, and therefore that the nations mentioned there, or the kings, are the real subject of the very Word itself. But when the idea of nations and also of kings reaches angels it perishes altogether, and good and truth take their place instead. This is bound to seem strange and indeed a paradox, but it is nevertheless the truth. The matter may also become clear to anyone from the fact that if nations were meant in the Word by 'nations' and kings by 'kings', the Word of the Lord would hardly embody anything more than some historical or other piece of writing and so would be something of a worldly nature, when in fact everything in the Word is Divine and so is celestial and spiritual.

[2] Take merely the statement in the present verse about Abraham's being made fruitful, nations being made of him, and kings coming out of him. What else is this but something purely worldly and nothing at all heavenly? Indeed these assertions entail no more than the glory of this world, a glory which is absolutely nothing in heaven. But if this is the Word of the Lord then its glory must be that of heaven, not that of the world. This also is why the sense of the letter is completely erased and disappears when it passes into heaven, and is purified in such a way that nothing worldly at all is intermingled. For 'Abraham' is not used to mean Abraham but the Lord; nor is 'being fruitful' used to mean his descendants who would increase more and more but the endless growth of good belonging to the Lord's Human Essence. 'Nations' do not mean nations but goods, and 'kings' do not mean kings but truths. Nevertheless the narrative in the sense of the letter remains historically true, for Abraham was indeed spoken to in this way; and he was indeed made fruitful in this way, with nations as well as kings descending from him.

[3] That 'kings' means truths becomes clear from the following places: In Isaiah,

The sons of the foreigner will build up your walls, and their kings will minister to you. You will suck the milk of nations, and the breast of kings will you suck. Isaiah 60:10, 16.

What 'sucking the milk of nations and the breast of kings' means is not at all evident from the letter but from the internal sense, in which being endowed with goods and instructed in truths is meant. In Jeremiah,

There will enter through the gates of this city kings and princes seated on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses. Jeremiah 17:25; 22:4.

'Riding in chariots and on horses' is a prophecy meaning the abundance of things of the understanding, as becomes clear from very many places in the Prophets. Thus the prophecy that 'kings will enter through the gates of the city' means in the internal sense that they were to be endowed with truths of faith. This sense of the Word is the heavenly sense into which the worldly sense of the letter passes.

[4] In the same prophet,

Jehovah has spurned in His fierce indignation king and priest. The gates of Zion have sunk into the ground, He has destroyed and broken in pieces her bars. King and princes are among the nations; the law is no more. Lamentations 2:6, 9.

Here 'king' stands for the truth of faith, 'priest' for the good of charity, 'Zion' for the Church, which is destroyed and its bars broken in pieces. Consequently 'king and princes among the nations', that is, truth and what belongs to truth, will be so completely banished that 'the law is no more', that is, nothing of the doctrine of faith will exist any more. In Isaiah,

Before the boy knows to refuse evil and to choose good, the ground will be abandoned which you loathe in the presence of its two kings. Isaiah 7:16.

This refers to the Lord's Coming. 'The land that will be abandoned' stands for faith which at that time would not exist. 'The kings' are the truths of faith which would be loathed.

[5] In the same prophet,

I will lift up My hand to the nations and raise My ensign to the peoples; and they will bring your sons in their bosom, and your daughters will be carried on their shoulder. Kings will be your foster fathers and their queens your wet-nurses. Isaiah 49:22-23.

'Nations' and 'daughters' stand for goods, 'peoples' and 'sons' for truths, as shown in Volume One. That 'nations' stands for goods, 1259, 1260, 1416, 1849, as does 'daughters', 489-491, while 'peoples' stands for truths, 1259, 1260, as does 'sons', 489, 491, 533, 1147. 'Kings' therefore stands for truths, in general by which they will be nourished, and 'queens' for goods by which they will be suckled. Whether you speak of goods and truths or of those who are governed by goods and truths it amounts to the same.

[6] In the same prophet,

He will spatter many nations, kings will shut their mouths because of him, 1 for that which has [not] been told them they have seen, and that which they have not heard they have understood. Isaiah 52:15.

This refers to the Lord's Coming. 'Nations' stands for those who are stirred by an affection for goods, 'kings' those who are stirred by an affection for truths. In David,

Now, O kings, be intelligent; be instructed, O judges of the earth. Serve Jehovah with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son lest He perhaps be angry and you perish in the way. Psalms 2:10-12.

'Kings' stands for people who are governed by truths, and who by virtue of truths are also in many places called 'king's sons'. 'The Son' here stands for the Lord, and he is called the Son here because he is Truth itself, and the source of all truth.

[7] In John,

They will sing a new song, You are worthy to take the Book and to open its seals. You have made us kings and priests to our God so that we shall reign on the earth. Revelation 5:9-10.

Here people who are governed by truths are called 'kings'. The Lord also calls them 'the sons of the kingdom' in Matthew,

He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man, the field is the world, the seed are the sons of the kingdom, and the tares are the sons of the evil one. Matthew 13:37-38.

In John,

The sixth angel poured out his bowl over the great river Euphrates and its water was dried up to prepare the way of the kings who were from the east. Revelation 16:12.

'Euphrates' clearly does not mean the Euphrates, nor does 'kings from the east' mean kings from that quarter. What 'Euphrates' does mean may be seen in 120, 1585, 1866, from which it is evident that 'the way of the kings who were from the cast' means truths of faith that derive from goods of love.

[8] In the same book,

The nations that are saved will walk in its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory and honour into it. Revelation 21:24.

Here 'nations' stands for people who are governed by goods, 'kings of the earth' for those who are governed by truths, which is also evident from the fact that the details here are prophetical, not historical. In the same book,

With the great harlot seated on many waters the kings of the earth have committed whoredom and have become drunk with the wine of her whoredom. Revelation 17:2.

And elsewhere in the same book,

Babylon has given all nations drink from the wine of the fury of her whoredom; and the kings of the earth have committed whoredom with her. Revelation 18:1, 3, 9.

Here similarly it is clear that 'the kings of the earth' does not mean kings, for the subject is the falsification and adulteration of the doctrine of faith, that is, of truth, which are 'whoredom'. 'Kings of the earth' stands for truths that have been falsified and adulterated.

[9] In the same book,

The ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom but are receiving authority as kings for one hour, together with the beast. These will be of one mind, and they will hand over power and authority to the beast. Revelation 17:12-13.

That 'kings' here does not mean kings may also be evident to anyone. If kings were meant, then 'ten kings receiving authority as kings for one hour' would be quite unintelligible, as similarly with the following words in the same book,

I saw the beast and the kings of the earth, and their armies gathered to make war with Him who was sitting on the horse, and with His army. Revelation 19:19

In verse 13 of the same chapter it is stated explicitly that the One who was sitting on the horse was The Word of God, against which the kings of the earth are said to have been gathered. 'The beast' stands for goods of love that have been profaned, 'kings' for truths of faith that have been adulterated; these are called 'kings of the earth' because they exist within the Church - 'earth' meaning the Church, see 662, 1066, 1067, 1262. 'The white horse' stands for the understanding of truth, 'He who was sitting on the horse' for the Word. This matter is plainer still in Daniel 11, describing the war between the king of the south and the king of the north, by which is meant the conflict of truths with falsities. Here such conflicts are described as a war that took place in history.

[10] Since 'a king' means truth, what is meant in the internal sense when the Lord is called King, and also a Priest, is made clear; and what essential quality of the Lord was represented by kings, and what by priests, is also made clear. 'Kings' represented His Divine Truth, and 'priests' His Divine Good. All the laws of order by which the Lord governs the universe as King are truths, while all the laws by which He governs the universe as Priest and by which He rules even over truths themselves are goods. For government from truths alone condemns everyone to hell, but government from goods lifts them out of that place and raises them up into heaven; see 1728. Because, in the Lord's case, these two - truths and goods - are joined together, they were also represented in ancient times by kingship and priesthood combined, as with Melchizedek who was at one and the same time king of Salem and priest to God Most High, Genesis 14:18. And at a later time among the Jews where the representative Church was established in a form of its own He was represented by judges and priests, and after that by kings.

[11] But because 'kings' represented truths which ought not to be paramount for the reason, already stated, that they condemn, the very idea was so objectionable that the Jews were reproached for it. The nature of truth regarded in itself has been described in 1 Samuel 8:11-18, as the rights of a king; and previous to that, in Moses, in Deuteronomy 17:14-18, they had been commanded through Moses to choose genuine truth deriving from good, not spurious truth, and not to pollute it with reasonings and factual knowledge. These are the considerations which the directive concerning a king given in the place in Moses referred to above embodies within itself. No one can possibly see this from the sense of the letter, but it is nevertheless evident from the details within the internal sense. This shows why 'a king' and 'kingship' represented and meant nothing other than truth.

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