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Genesis 37

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1 καταοἰκέω-V2I-IAI3S δέ-X *ἰακώβ-N---NSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF γῆ-N1--DSF οὗ-D παραοἰκέω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM πατήρ-N3--NSM αὐτός- D--GSM ἐν-P γῆ-N1--DSF *χανααν-N----S

2 οὗτος- D--NPF δέ-X ὁ- A--NPF γένεσις-N3I-NPF *ἰακώβ-N---GSM *ιωσηφ-N---NSM δέκα-M ἑπτά-M ἔτος-N3E-GPN εἰμί-V9--IAI3S ποιμαίνω-V1--PAPNSM μετά-P ὁ- A--GPM ἀδελφός-N2--GPM αὐτός- D--GSM ὁ- A--APN πρόβατον-N2N-APN εἰμί-V9--PAPNSM νέος-A1A-NSM μετά-P ὁ- A--GPM υἱός-N2--GPM *βαλλα-N---GSF καί-C μετά-P ὁ- A--GPM υἱός-N2--GPM *ζελφα-N---GSF ὁ- A--GPM γυνή-N3K-GPF ὁ- A--GSM πατήρ-N3--GSM αὐτός- D--GSM καταφέρω-VAI-AAI3S δέ-X *ιωσηφ-N---NSM ψόγος-N2--ASM πονηρός-A1A-ASM πρός-P *ἰσραήλ-N---ASM ὁ- A--ASM πατήρ-N3--ASM αὐτός- D--GPM

3 *ἰακώβ-N---NSM δέ-X ἀγαπάω-V3I-IAI3S ὁ- A--ASM *ιωσηφ-N---ASM παρά-P πᾶς-A3--APM ὁ- A--APM υἱός-N2--APM αὐτός- D--GSM ὅτι-C υἱός-N2--NSM γῆρας-N3--GSN εἰμί-V9--IAI3S αὐτός- D--DSM ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S δέ-X αὐτός- D--DSM χιτών-N3W-ASM ποικίλος-A1--ASM

4 ὁράω-VB--AAPNPM δέ-X ὁ- A--NPM ἀδελφός-N2--NPM αὐτός- D--GSM ὅτι-C αὐτός- D--ASM ὁ- A--NSM πατήρ-N3--NSM φιλέω-V2--PAI3S ἐκ-P πᾶς-A3--GPM ὁ- A--GPM υἱός-N2--GPM αὐτός- D--GSM μισέω-VAI-AAI3P αὐτός- D--ASM καί-C οὐ-D δύναμαι-V6I-IMI3P λαλέω-V2--PAN αὐτός- D--DSM οὐδείς-A3--ASN εἰρηνικός-A1--ASN

5 ἐνὑπνιάζω-VS--APPNSM δέ-X *ιωσηφ-N---NSM ἐνύπνιον-N2N-ASN ἀποἀγγέλλω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--ASN ὁ- A--DPM ἀδελφός-N2--DPM αὐτός- D--GSM

6 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DPM ἀκούω-VA--AAD2P ὁ- A--GSN ἐνύπνιον-N2N-GSN οὗτος- D--GSN ὅς- --GSN ἐνὑπνιάζω-VSI-API1S

7 οἴομαι-V1I-IMI1S ἐγώ- P--AP δεσμεύω-V1--PAN δράγμα-N3M-APN ἐν-P μέσος-A1--DSN ὁ- A--DSN πεδίον-N2N-DSN καί-C ἀναἵστημι-VHI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSN ἐμός-A1--NSM δράγμα-N3M-NSN καί-C ὀρθόω-VCI-API3S περιστρέφω-VD--APPNPN δέ-X ὁ- A--NPN δράγμα-N3M-NPN σύ- P--GP προςκυνέω-VAI-AAI3P ὁ- A--ASN ἐμός-A1--ASN δράγμα-N3M-ASN

8 εἶπον-VAI-AAI3P δέ-X αὐτός- D--DSM ὁ- A--NPM ἀδελφός-N2--NPM μή-D βασιλεύω-V1--PAPNSM βασιλεύω-VF--FAI2S ἐπί-P ἐγώ- P--AP ἤ-C κυριεύω-V1--PAPNSM κυριεύω-VF--FAI2S ἐγώ- P--GP καί-C προςτίθημι-VEI-AMI3P ἔτι-D μισέω-V2--PAN αὐτός- D--ASM ἕνεκεν-P ὁ- A--GPN ἐνύπνιον-N2N-GPN αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ἕνεκεν-P ὁ- A--GPN ῥῆμα-N3M-GPN αὐτός- D--GSM

9 ὁράω-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X ἐνύπνιον-N2N-ASN ἕτερος-A1A-ASN καί-C διαἡγέομαι-VAI-AMI3S αὐτός- D--ASN ὁ- A--DSM πατήρ-N3--DSM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ὁ- A--DPM ἀδελφός-N2--DPM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ἰδού-I ἐνὑπνιάζω-V1A-AMI1S ἐνύπνιον-N2N-ASN ἕτερος-A1A-ASN ὥσπερ-D ὁ- A--NSM ἥλιος-N2--NSM καί-C ὁ- A--NSF σελήνη-N1--NSF καί-C ἕνδεκα-M ἀστήρ-N3--NPM προςκυνέω-V2I-IAI3P ἐγώ- P--AS

10 καί-C ἐπιτιμάω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DSM ὁ- A--NSM πατήρ-N3--NSM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DSM τίς- I--NSN ὁ- A--NSN ἐνύπνιον-N2N-NSN οὗτος- D--NSN ὅς- --ASN ἐνὑπνιάζω-VSI-API2S ἆρα-X γέ-X ἔρχομαι-VB--AAPNPM ἔρχομαι-VF--FMI1P ἐγώ- P--NS τε-X καί-C ὁ- A--NSF μήτηρ-N3--NSF σύ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--NPM ἀδελφός-N2--NPM σύ- P--GS προςκυνέω-VA--AAN σύ- P--DS ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF

11 ζηλόω-VAI-AAI3P δέ-X αὐτός- D--ASM ὁ- A--NPM ἀδελφός-N2--NPM αὐτός- D--GSM ὁ- A--NSM δέ-X πατήρ-N3--NSM αὐτός- D--GSM διατηρέω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASN ῥῆμα-N3M-ASN

12 πορεύομαι-VCI-API3P δέ-X ὁ- A--NPM ἀδελφός-N2--NPM αὐτός- D--GSM βόσκω-V1--PAN ὁ- A--APN πρόβατον-N2N-APN ὁ- A--GSM πατήρ-N3--GSM αὐτός- D--GPM εἰς-P *συχεμ-N---AS

13 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S *ἰσραήλ-N---NSM πρός-P *ιωσηφ-N---ASM οὐ-D ὁ- A--NPM ἀδελφός-N2--NPM σύ- P--GS ποιμαίνω-V1--PAI3P ἐν-P *συχεμ-N---DS δεῦρο-D ἀποστέλλω-VA--AAS1S σύ- P--AS πρός-P αὐτός- D--APM εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X αὐτός- D--DSM ἰδού-I ἐγώ- P--NS

14 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X αὐτός- D--DSM *ἰσραήλ-N---NSM πορεύομαι-VC--APPNSM ὁράω-VB--AAD2S εἰ-C ὑγιαίνω-V1--PAI3P ὁ- A--NPM ἀδελφός-N2--NPM σύ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--NPN πρόβατον-N2N-NPN καί-C ἀναἀγγέλλω-VA--AAD2S ἐγώ- P--DS καί-C ἀποστέλλω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--ASM ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSF κοιλάς-N3D-GSF ὁ- A--GSF *χεβρων-N---GSF καί-C ἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S εἰς-P *συχεμ-N---AS

15 καί-C εὑρίσκω-VB--AAI3S αὐτός- D--ASM ἄνθρωπος-N2--NSM πλανάω-V3--PMPASM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN πεδίον-N2N-DSN ἐρωτάω-VAI-AAI3S δέ-X αὐτός- D--ASM ὁ- A--NSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--NSM λέγω-V1--PAPNSM τίς- I--ASN ζητέω-V2--PAI2S

16 ὁ- A--NSM δέ-X εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--APM ἀδελφός-N2--APM ἐγώ- P--GS ζητέω-V2--PAI1S ἀναἀγγέλλω-VA--AAD2S ἐγώ- P--DS ποῦ-D βόσκω-V1--PAI3P

17 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X αὐτός- D--DSM ὁ- A--NSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--NSM ἀποαἴρω-VX--XAI3P ἐντεῦθεν-D ἀκούω-VAI-AAI1S γάρ-X αὐτός- D--GPM λέγω-V1--PAPGPM πορεύομαι-VC--APS1P εἰς-P *δωθαϊμ-N---A καί-C πορεύομαι-VCI-API3S *ιωσηφ-N---NSM κατόπισθεν-D ὁ- A--GPM ἀδελφός-N2--GPM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C εὑρίσκω-VB--AAI3S αὐτός- D--APM ἐν-P *δωθαϊμ-N---D

18 προὁράω-VBI-AAI3P δέ-X αὐτός- D--ASM μακρόθεν-D πρό-P ὁ- A--GSN ἐγγίζω-VA--AAN αὐτός- D--ASM πρός-P αὐτός- D--APM καί-C πονηρεύομαι-V1I-IMI3P ὁ- A--GSN ἀποκτείνω-VA--AAN αὐτός- D--ASM

19 εἶπον-VAI-AAI3P δέ-X ἕκαστος-A1--NSM πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM ἀδελφός-N2--ASM αὐτός- D--GSM ἰδού-I ὁ- A--NSM ἐνυπνιαστής-N1M-NSM ἐκεῖνος- D--NSM ἔρχομαι-V1--PMI3S

20 νῦν-D οὖν-X δεῦτε-D ἀποκτείνω-VA--AAS1P αὐτός- D--ASM καί-C ῥίπτω-VA--AAS1P αὐτός- D--ASM εἰς-P εἷς-A3--ASM ὁ- A--GPM λάκκος-N2--GPM καί-C εἶπον-VF2-FAI1P θηρίον-N2N-NSN πονηρός-A1A-NSN καταἐσθίω-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--ASM καί-C ὁράω-VF--FMI1P τίς- I--NSN εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--NPN ἐνύπνιον-N2N-NPN αὐτός- D--GSM

21 ἀκούω-VA--AAPNSM δέ-X *ρουβην-N---NSM ἐκαἱρέω-VAI-AMI3S αὐτός- D--ASM ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GPF χείρ-N3--GPF αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S οὐ-D πατάσσω-VF--FAI1P αὐτός- D--ASM εἰς-P ψυχή-N1--ASF

22 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X αὐτός- D--DPM *ρουβην-N---NSM μή-D ἐκχέω-V2--PAS2P αἷμα-N3M-ASN ἐνβάλλω-VB--AAD2P αὐτός- D--ASM εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM λάκκος-N2--ASM οὗτος- D--ASM ὁ- A--ASM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF ἔρημος-N2--DSF χείρ-N3--ASF δέ-X μή-D ἐπιφέρω-VA--AAS2P αὐτός- D--DSM ὅπως-C ἐκαἱρέω-VB--AMS3S αὐτός- D--ASM ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GPF χείρ-N3--GPF αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C ἀποδίδωμι-VO--AAS3S αὐτός- D--ASM ὁ- A--DSM πατήρ-N3--DSM αὐτός- D--GSM

23 γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S δέ-X ἡνίκα-D ἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S *ιωσηφ-N---NSM πρός-P ὁ- A--APM ἀδελφός-N2--APM αὐτός- D--GSM ἐκδύω-VAI-AAI3P ὁ- A--ASM *ιωσηφ-N---ASM ὁ- A--ASM χιτών-N3W-ASM ὁ- A--ASM ποικίλος-A1--ASM ὁ- A--ASM περί-P αὐτός- D--ASM

24 καί-C λαμβάνω-VB--AAPNPM αὐτός- D--ASM ῥίπτω-VAI-AAI3P εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM λάκκος-N2--ASM ὁ- A--NSM δέ-X λάκκος-N2--NSM κενός-A1--NSM ὕδωρ-N3--ASN οὐ-D ἔχω-V1I-IAI3S

25 καταἵζω-VAI-AAI3P δέ-X ἐσθίω-VB--AAN ἄρτος-N2--ASM καί-C ἀναβλέπω-VA--AAPNPM ὁ- A--DPM ὀφθαλμός-N2--DPM ὁράω-VBI-AAI3P καί-C ἰδού-I ὁδοιπόρος-N2--NPM *ισμαηλίτης-N1M-NPM ἄρχω-V1I-IMI3P ἐκ-P *γαλαάδ-N---GS καί-C ὁ- A--NPF κάμηλος-N2--NPF αὐτός- D--GPM γέμω-V1I-IAI3P θυμίαμα-N3M-GPN καί-C ῥητίνη-N1--GSF καί-C στακτή-N1--GSF πορεύομαι-V1I-IMI3P δέ-X καταἄγω-VB--AAN εἰς-P *αἴγυπτος-N2--ASF

26 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X *ἰούδας-N---NSM πρός-P ὁ- A--APM ἀδελφός-N2--APM αὐτός- D--GSM τίς- I--NSN χρήσιμος-A1--NSN ἐάν-C ἀποκτείνω-VA--AAS1P ὁ- A--ASM ἀδελφός-N2--ASM ἐγώ- P--GP καί-C κρύπτω-VA--AAS1P ὁ- A--ASN αἷμα-N3M-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM

27 δεῦτε-D ἀποδίδωμι-VF--FMI1P αὐτός- D--ASM ὁ- A--DPM *ισμαηλίτης-N1M-DPM οὗτος- D--DPM ὁ- A--NPF δέ-X χείρ-N3--NPF ἐγώ- P--GP μή-D εἰμί-V9--PAD3P ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--ASM ὅτι-C ἀδελφός-N2--NSM ἐγώ- P--GP καί-C σάρξ-N3K-NSF ἐγώ- P--GP εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ἀκούω-VAI-AAI3P δέ-X ὁ- A--NPM ἀδελφός-N2--NPM αὐτός- D--GSM

28 καί-C παραπορεύομαι-V1I-IMI3P ὁ- A--NPM ἄνθρωπος-N2--NPM ὁ- A--NPM *μαδιηναῖος-N2--NPM ὁ- A--NPM ἔμπορος-N2--NPM καί-C ἐκεἰλκω-VAI-AAI3P καί-C ἀναβιβάζω-VAI-AAI3P ὁ- A--ASM *ιωσηφ-N---ASM ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSM λάκκος-N2--GSM καί-C ἀποδίδωμι-VOI-AMI3P ὁ- A--ASM *ιωσηφ-N---ASM ὁ- A--DPM *ισμαηλίτης-N1M-DPM εἴκοσι-M χρυσοῦς-A1C-GPM καί-C καταἄγω-VBI-AAI3P ὁ- A--ASM *ιωσηφ-N---ASM εἰς-P *αἴγυπτος-N2--ASF

29 ἀναστρέφω-VAI-AAI3S δέ-X *ρουβην-N---NSM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASM λάκκος-N2--ASM καί-C οὐ-D ὁράω-V3--PAI3S ὁ- A--ASM *ιωσηφ-N---ASM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM λάκκος-N2--DSM καί-C διαῥήγνυμι-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--APN ἱμάτιον-N2N-APN αὐτός- D--GSM

30 καί-C ἀναστρέφω-VAI-AAI3S πρός-P ὁ- A--APM ἀδελφός-N2--APM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSN παιδάριον-N2N-NSN οὐ-D εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ἐγώ- P--NS δέ-X ποῦ-D πορεύομαι-V1--PMI1S ἔτι-D

31 λαμβάνω-VB--AAPNPM δέ-X ὁ- A--ASM χιτών-N3W-ASM ὁ- A--GSM *ιωσηφ-N---GSM σφάζω-VAI-AAI3P ἔριφος-N2--ASM αἴξ-N3G-GPM καί-C μολύνω-VAI-AAI3P ὁ- A--ASM χιτών-N3W-ASM ὁ- A--DSN αἷμα-N3M-DSN

32 καί-C ἀποστέλλω-VAI-AAI3P ὁ- A--ASM χιτών-N3W-ASM ὁ- A--ASM ποικίλος-A1--ASM καί-C εἰςφέρω-VAI-AAI3P ὁ- A--DSM πατήρ-N3--DSM αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C εἶπον-VAI-AAI3P οὗτος- D--ASM εὑρίσκω-VB--AAI1P ἐπιγιγνώσκω-VZ--AAD2S εἰ-C χιτών-N3W-NSM ὁ- A--GSM υἱός-N2--GSM σύ- P--GS εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ἤ-C οὐ-D

33 καί-C ἐπιγιγνώσκω-VZI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--ASM καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S χιτών-N3W-NSM ὁ- A--GSM υἱός-N2--GSM ἐγώ- P--GS εἰμί-V9--PAI3S θηρίον-N2N-NSN πονηρός-A1A-NSN καταἐσθίω-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--ASM θηρίον-N2N-NSN ἁρπάζω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASM *ιωσηφ-N---ASM

34 διαῥήγνυμι-VAI-AAI3S δέ-X *ἰακώβ-N---NSM ὁ- A--APN ἱμάτιον-N2N-APN αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ἐπιτίθημι-VEI-AMI3S σάκκος-N2--ASM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF ὀσφύς-N3U-ASF αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C πενθέω-V2I-IAI3S ὁ- A--ASM υἱός-N2--ASM αὐτός- D--GSM ἡμέρα-N1A-APF πολύς-A1--APF

35 συνἄγω-VQI-API3P δέ-X πᾶς-A3--NPM ὁ- A--NPM υἱός-N2--NPM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ὁ- A--NPF θυγάτηρ-N3--NPF καί-C ἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3P παρακαλέω-VA--AAN αὐτός- D--ASM καί-C οὐ-D θέλω-V1I-IAI3S παρακαλέω-V2--PMN λέγω-V1--PAPNSM ὅτι-C καταβαίνω-VF--FMI1S πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM υἱός-N2--ASM ἐγώ- P--GS πενθέω-V2--PAPNSM εἰς-P ᾅδης-N1M-GSM καί-C κλαίω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--ASM ὁ- A--NSM πατήρ-N3--NSM αὐτός- D--GSM

36 ὁ- A--NPM δέ-X *μαδιηναῖος-N2--NPM ἀποδίδωμι-VOI-AMI3P ὁ- A--ASM *ιωσηφ-N---ASM εἰς-P *αἴγυπτος-N2--ASF ὁ- A--DSM *πετεφρης-N---DSM ὁ- A--DSM σπάδων-N3--DSM *φαραώ-N---GSM ἀρχιμάγειρος-N2--DSM

   

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4779. And put sackcloth upon his loins. That this signifies mourning for destroyed good, is evident from the signification of “putting sackcloth upon the loins,” as being a representative of mourning for destroyed good. For the “loins” signify conjugial love, and hence all celestial and spiritual love (n. 3021, 3294, 4277, 4280, 4575), and this from correspondence; for as all the organs, members, and viscera of the human body correspond to the Grand Man—as has been shown at the end of the chapters—so also the loins correspond to those in the Grand Man, or heaven, who have been in genuine conjugial love; and as conjugial love is the fundamental of all loves, therefore by the “loins” is signified in general all celestial and spiritual love. From this came the rite of putting sackcloth on the loins when they mourned over good destroyed, for all good is of love.

[2] That they put sackcloth on the loins to testify to this mourning may be seen from the historic and prophetic parts of the Word, as in Amos:

I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; thus I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only-begotten, and the end thereof as a bitter day (Amos 8:10); where “bringing up sackcloth upon all loins” denotes mourning over destroyed goods; “all loins” denotes all the goods of love.

In Jonah:

The men of Nineveh believed in God, and therefore they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least. And when the word came unto the king of Nineveh, he arose from his throne, and laid his robe from upon him, and covered him with sackcloths, and sat on ashes. And he made proclamation, Let man and beast be covered with sackcloth (Jonah 3:5-8);

manifestly for a sign representative of mourning over the evil on account of which Nineveh was to perish; thus over destroyed good.

[3] In Ezekiel:

They shall utter a cry over thee with their voice, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cause dust to come up upon their heads, they shall roll themselves in ashes; and they shall make themselves bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloths (Ezekiel 27:30-31);

said of Tyre, the particulars being representative of mourning for falsities and evils, thus for destroyed truths and goods. “To utter a cry and to cry bitterly” denotes a lamentation over falsity or destroyed truth (n. 2240); “causing dust to come up upon the head” denotes being damned on account of evil (n. 278); “rolling themselves in ashes” denotes being damned on account of falsity; “making themselves bald” denotes mourning because the natural man had no truth (n. 3301); “girding them with sackcloths” denotes mourning because it had no good. Likewise in Jeremiah:

O daughter of My people gird thyself with sackcloth, and roll thyself in ashes; make thee the mourning of an only-begotten, the wailing of bitternesses; for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us (Jeremiah 6:26).

Again:

The elders of the daughter of Zion shall sit in the earth, they shall keep silence, they shall cause dust to go up upon their head, they shall gird themselves with sackcloths, the virgins of Jerusalem shall cause their head to go down into the earth (Lam. 2:10);

here there are similar representatives according to the kinds of good and truth which were destroyed, as above.

[4] In Isaiah:

The prophecy concerning Moab; he shall go up to Bayith and Dibon, into the lofty places to weep; Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba; on all his heads is baldness, every beard is shaven. In his streets they have girded on sackcloth, on his housetops and in his streets he shall wholly howl, going down into weeping (Isaiah 15:2-3);

“Moab” denotes those who adulterate goods (n. 2468). The mourning over this adulteration which is signified by “Moab,” is described by such things as correspond to evil of this kind; and therefore almost the same occurs in Jeremiah:

Every head is baldness, and every beard shaven; upon all hands are cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth. On all the housetops of Moab and in the streets thereof is wholly mourning (Jeremiah 48:37-38).

[5] When king Hezekiah heard the blasphemies which Rabshakeh spoke against Jerusalem, he rent his garments and covered himself with sackcloths (Isaiah 37:1; 2 Kings 19:1); because he spoke against Jehovah, the king, and Jerusalem, wherefore there was mourning; that it was against truth is signified by his rending his garments (n. 4763); and that it was against good, by his covering himself with sackcloth. For where truth is treated of in the Word, good also is treated of, on account of the heavenly marriage which is that of good and truth and of truth and good in every particular; as also in David:

Thou hast turned my mourning into dancing; Thou hast opened my sackcloth and girded me with joy (Psalms 30:11);

here “dancing” is predicated of truths, and “joy” of goods, as also in other passages in the Word; thus “to open sackcloth” denotes to take away mourning over destroyed good.

[6] In the second book of Samuel:

David said to Joab and to all the people that were with him, Rend your garments, and gird yourselves with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner (2 Samuel 3:31);

because a wicked deed had been committed against what is true and good, it was therefore commanded by David that they should rend their garments and gird themselves with sackcloth.

So likewise because Ahab had acted contrary to what was equitable and just (in the spiritual sense contrary to truth and good), when he heard the words of Elijah that he should be cut off, he rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went slowly (1 Kings 21:27).

[7] That sackcloth is predicated of destroyed good, is also evident in Revelation:

When he opened the sixth seal, lo there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black as sackcloth, and the whole moon became as blood (Revelation 6:12);

an “earthquake” denotes a change of the state of the church as to good and truth (n. 3355); the “sun” denotes the good of love (n. 1529, 1530, 2441, 2495, 4060, 4300, 4696), and therefore sackcloth is predicated of it when it is destroyed; the “moon” denotes the truth of faith (1529, 1530, 2120, 2495, 4060), of which blood is predicated, because “blood” is truth falsified and profaned (n. 4735).

[8] As being clothed in sackcloth and rolling in ashes represented mourning over evils and falsities, it also represented humiliation, and likewise repentance; for the primary thing in humiliation is to acknowledge that of himself one is nothing but evil and falsity. The same is true of repentance, which is effected solely through humiliation, and this through the confession of the heart that of himself one is of such a nature. That putting on sackcloth was a token of humiliation can be seen in 1 Kings 21:27-29; and that it was of repentance, in Matthew 11:21; Luke 10:13; but that it was nothing but a representative, thus only an external thing of the body, and not an internal thing of the heart, is plain from Isaiah:

Is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to lie in sackcloth and ashes? Wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to Jehovah? Is not this the fast that I choose, to open the bonds of wickedness, to break bread to the hungry? etc. (Isaiah 58:5-7).

  
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