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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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2781. 'And saddled [his] ass' means the natural man which He prepared. This is clear from the meaning of 'an ass', dealt with below. In man there are things of the will and there are those of the understanding; with the former go those things which spring from good, with the latter those which spring from truth. There are various kinds of animals, by which things of the will springing from good are meant, such as lambs, sheep, goats, she-goats, young bulls, and oxen, see 1823, 2179, 2180; and there are also those by which are meant things of the understanding springing from truth, namely horses, mules, wild asses, camels, and asses, in addition to birds. 'A horse' means the understanding part of the mind, as has been shown above in 2761, 2762; 'a wild ass' means rational truth separated from good, see 1949; and 'a camel' means factual knowledge in general, and 'an ass' factual knowledge in particular, see 1486.

[2] There are two elements which constitute the natural degree of man's mind, or what amounts to the same, the natural man - natural good and natural truth. Natural good is the delight that flows forth from charity and faith, natural truth is knowledge of these. That natural truth is what is meant by 'an ass', and rational truth by 'a mule', becomes clear from the following places:In Isaiah,

A prophecy of the beasts of the south. In the land of distress and repression are the lion and the tiger, and from them come the viper and the flying fiery-serpent. They will bear their riches on the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures on the humps of camels - on a people [who] will not be any use [to them]; for the Egyptians will help in vain and to no advantage. Isaiah 30:6-7.

The expression 'the beasts of the south' is used of those who possess cognitions of good and truth but who make them matters of knowledge, not of life. In reference to those beasts it is said that those people 'bear their riches on the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures on the humps of camels', for the reason that 'young asses' means facts in particular, and 'camels' facts in general. 'The Egyptians', of whom it is said that they will help in vain and to no advantage, means knowledge, see 1164, 1165, 1186. It is evident to anyone that this prophecy has an internal sense and that without this it is understood by nobody, for without the internal sense no one can know what 'the prophecy of the beasts of the south' is, or what 'the lion and the tiger', or what 'the viper and the flying fiery-serpent', or what is meant by the words that 'those beasts were to bear their riches on the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures on the humps of camels', or why the assertion immediately follows that 'the Egyptians will help in vain and to no advantage'. 'Ass' is used with a like meaning in Israel's prophecy concerning Issachar, in Moses,

Issachar is a bony ass lying down between burdens. Genesis 49:14.

[3] In Zechariah,

This will be the plague with which Jehovah will smite all the peoples that wage war against Jerusalem. It will be a plague of the horse, the mule, the camel, and the ass, and every beast. Zechariah 14:12, 15.

'The horse, the mule, the camel, and the ass' means things of the understanding residing in man which will suffer from the plague. This is clear from every single detail before and after those verses, for the subject there is the plagues which are to precede the Last Judgement or. Close of the Age and to which John makes much reference in Revelation, as do the rest of the Prophets in various places. Those who are going to wage war at that time against Jerusalem, that is, against the Lord's spiritual Church and its truths, are meant by those animals. It will be the things of the understanding that will suffer from such plagues

[4] In Isaiah,

Blessed are you who sow beside all waters, who send forth the foot of the ox and the ass. Isaiah 32:20.

'Sowing beside all waters' stands for those who allow themselves to be taught spiritual things - 'waters' meaning spiritual things and so things that constitute an understanding of truth, see 680, 739, 2702. 'Who send forth the foot of the ox and the ass' stands for natural things that are to be of service, 'ox' meaning the natural as regards good, 2180, 2566, 'ass' the natural as regards truth.

[5] In Moses,

Binding his young ass to the vine and the foal 1 of his she-ass to the choice vine. He washes his vesture in wine and his cloak in the blood of grapes. Genesis 49:11.

This is the prophecy of Jacob, by then Israel, concerning the Lord. 'The vine' and 'the choice vine' stand for the spiritual Church, external and internal, 1069. 'Young ass' stands for natural truth, 'the foal of a she-ass' for rational truth. The reason 'the foal of a she-ass' means rational truth is that 'a she ass' means the affection for natural truth, 1486, while her foal means rational truth, see 1895, 1896, 1902, 1910.

[6] In former times a judge used to ride on a she-ass and his sons on young asses, the reason being that judges represented the goods of the Church and their sons truths derived from those goods. A king however used to ride on a she-mule and his sons on mules, the reason being that kings and their sons represented the truths of the Church, see 1672, 1728, 2015, 2069. The fact that a judge rode on a she-ass is clear in the Book of Judges,

My heart goes out to the law-givers of Israel offering themselves willingly among the people. Bless Jehovah, you who ride on white she-asses, you who sit on Middin. 2 Judges 5:9-10.

The fact that judges' sons rode on young asses,

Jair the judge over Israel had thirty sons who rode on thirty young asses. Judges 10:3-4.

And elsewhere in the same book,

Abdon the judge of Israel had forty sons and thirty grandsons who rode on seventy young asses. Judges 12:14.

David said to them, Take with you the servants of your lord and cause Solomon my son to ride on the she-mule which is mine. And they caused Solomon to ride on King David's she-mule. And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anointed him king in Gihon. 1 Kings 1:33, 38, 44-45.

The fact that the king's sons rode on mules,

All King David's sons arose, and they rode each on his mule and fled because of Absalom. 2 Samuel 13:29.

[7] From all this it is evident that riding on a she-ass indicated the judge, and riding on a she-mule the king; riding on a young ass indicated the judge's sons, and doing so on a mule the king's sons. They indicated these personages because, as has been stated, 'a she-ass' represented and meant the affection for natural good and truth, 'a she-mule' the affection for rational truth, 'an ass or young ass' natural truth itself, and 'a mule' as well as 'the foal of a she-ass' rational truth. This shows what is meant by the prophetical words that refer to the Lord, in Zechariah,

Exult, O daughter of Zion! Rejoice, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King will come to you. He is just and having salvation, humble and riding on an ass, and on a young ass, the foal of she-asses. His dominion will be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth. Zechariah 9:9-10.

The fact that the Lord wished to ride on these when He was about to enter Jerusalem is well known from the Gospels. The event is referred to in Matthew as follows,

Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a she-ass tied, and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to Me. This took place to fulfil what was spoken by the prophet saying, Tell the daughter of Zion, Behold, your King is coming to you, meek seated on a she-ass, and on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden. And they brought the she-ass and the colt and laid their garments on them and set Him on them. Matthew 21:2, 4-5, 7.

[8] 'Riding on an ass' served to indicate that the natural was subordinate, and 'riding on a colt, the foal of a she-ass' that the rational was so; for 'the foal of a she-ass' is similar in meaning to 'a mule', as has been shown above, where Genesis 49:11 is referred to. 3 From this - the spiritual meaning of these animals - and because it was the right of the supreme judge and of the king to ride on them, and at the same time so that He might fulfil the representatives of the Church, the Lord was pleased to ride in this way. His doing so is described in John as follows,

The next day a great crowd who had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, took branches of palm trees, and went to meet Him, and cried, Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel! Jesus found a young ass and sat on it, as it is written, Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your King is coming, sitting on a she-ass's colt! These things however His disciples had not understood at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written of Him, and that they had done these things for Him. John 12:12-16; Mark 11:1-12; Luke 19:28-41.

[9] From an this it may now be clear that every single thing in the Church of that period was representative of the Lord, and consequently of the celestial and spiritual things that are in His kingdom; even the she-ass and the colt of the she-ass were so, which represented the natural man as regards good and truth. The reason for the representation was that the natural man ought to serve the rational, and the rational to serve the spiritual; but the spiritual ought to serve the celestial, and the celestial to serve the Lord. This is the order in which one is subordinated to another.

[10] Because 'an ox and an ass' meant the natural man as regards good and truth many laws were therefore laid down in which oxen and asses are mentioned. At first glance these laws do not seem to be worthy of mention in the Divine Word, but when they are interpreted as to their internal sense, that which is spiritual and of great importance is seen within these laws, such as the following laws in Moses,

If anyone opens a pit, or if anyone digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or an ass falls into it, the owner of the pit shall recompense its owner with silver, and the dead animal shall be his. Exodus 21:33-34.

If you meet your enemy's ox or his ass going astray you shall certainly lead it back to him. If you see the ass of one who hates you lying under its burden, and you are disinclined to remove it, you shall certainly help to remove it from it. Exodus 23:4-5; Deuteronomy 22:1, 3.

You shall not see your brother's ass or ox falling down in the road and hide yourself from them; you shall certainly help to lift them. Deuteronomy 22:4.

You shall not plough with an ox and an ass together. You shall not wear mingled material made of wool and linen together. Deuteronomy 22:10-11.

Six days you shall do your works, and on the seventh day you shall rest, in order that your ox and your ass may rest, and the son of your woman servant, and the settler. Exodus 23:12.

Here 'ox and ass' in the spiritual sense means nothing other than natural good and truth.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, the son

2. A Hebrew word, the meaning of which is uncertain.

3. i.e. in subsection 5 of this paragraph 378:5

  
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