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Jeremiah 23

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1 ὦ-I ὁ- A--NPM ποιμήν-N3--NPM ὁ- A--NPM διασκορπίζω-V1--PAPNPM καί-C ἀποὀλλύω-V5--PAPNPM ὁ- A--APN πρόβατον-N2N-APN ὁ- A--GSF νομή-N1--GSF ἐγώ- P--GS

2 διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APM ποιμαίνω-V1--PAPAPM ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM ἐγώ- P--GS σύ- P--NP διασκορπίζω-VAI-AAI2P ὁ- A--APN πρόβατον-N2N-APN ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ἐκὠθέω-VA--AAD2P αὐτός- D--APN καί-C οὐ-D ἐπισκέπτομαι-VAI-AMI2P αὐτός- D--APN ἰδού-I ἐγώ- P--NS ἐκδικέω-VF--FAI1S ἐπί-P σύ- P--AP κατά-P ὁ- A--APN πονηρός-A1A-APN ἐπιτήδευμα-N3M-APN σύ- P--GP

3 καί-C ἐγώ- P--NS εἰςδέχομαι-VF--FMI1S ὁ- A--APM κατάλοιπος-A1B-APM ὁ- A--GSM λαός-N2--GSM ἐγώ- P--GS ἀπό-P πᾶς-A1S-GSF ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF οὗ-D ἐκὠθέω-VA--AAI1S αὐτός- D--APM ἐκεῖ-D καί-C καταἵστημι-VF--FAI1S αὐτός- D--APM εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF νομή-N1--ASF αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C αὐξάνω-VC--FPI3P καί-C πληθύνω-VC--FPI3P

4 καί-C ἀναἵστημι-VF--FAI1S αὐτός- D--DPM ποιμήν-N3--APM ὅς- --NPM ποιμαίνω-VF2-FAI3P αὐτός- D--APM καί-C οὐ-D φοβέω-VC--FPI3P ἔτι-D οὐδέ-C πτοέω-VC--FPI3P λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM

5 ἰδού-I ἡμέρα-N1A-NPF ἔρχομαι-V1--PMI3P λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM καί-C ἀναἵστημι-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--DSM *δαυίδ-N---DSM ἀνατολή-N1--ASF δίκαιος-A1A-ASF καί-C βασιλεύω-VF--FAI3S βασιλεύς-N3V-NSM καί-C συνἵημι-VF--FAI3S καί-C ποιέω-VF--FAI3S κρίμα-N3M-ASN καί-C δικαιοσύνη-N1--ASF ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF

6 ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF ἡμέρα-N1A-DPF αὐτός- D--GSM σώζω-VC--FPI3S *ἰούδας-N1T-NSM καί-C *ἰσραήλ-N---NSM κατασκηνόω-VF--FAI3S πείθω-VX--XAPNSM καί-C οὗτος- D--NSN ὁ- A--NSN ὄνομα-N3M-NSN αὐτός- D--GSM ὅς- --NSN καλέω-VF--FAI3S αὐτός- D--ASM κύριος-N2--NSM *ιωσεδεκ-N---NSM

9 ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPM προφήτης-N1M-DPM συντρίβω-VDI-API3S ὁ- A--NSF καρδία-N1A-NSF ἐγώ- P--GS ἐν-P ἐγώ- P--DS σαλεύω-VCI-API3S πᾶς-A3--NPN ὁ- A--NPN ὀστέον-N2N-NPN ἐγώ- P--GS γίγνομαι-VCI-API1S ὡς-C ἀνήρ-N3--NSM συντρίβω-VP--XMPNSM καί-C ὡς-C ἄνθρωπος-N2--NSM συνἔχω-V1--PMPNSM ἀπό-P οἶνος-N2--GSM ἀπό-P πρόσωπον-N2N-GSN κύριος-N2--GSM καί-C ἀπό-P πρόσωπον-N2N-GSN εὐπρεπεία-N1A-GSF δόξα-N1S-GSF αὐτός- D--GSM

10 ὅτι-C ἀπό-P πρόσωπον-N2N-GSN οὗτος- D--GPM πενθέω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSF γῆ-N1--NSF ξηραίνω-VCI-API3P ὁ- A--NPF νομή-N1--NPF ὁ- A--GSF ἔρημος-N2--GSF καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S ὁ- A--NSM δρόμος-N2--NSM αὐτός- D--GPM πονηρός-A1A-NSM καί-C ὁ- A--NSF ἰσχύς-N3--NSF αὐτός- D--GPM οὐ-D οὕτως-D

11 ὅτι-C ἱερεύς-N3V-NSM καί-C προφήτης-N1M-NSM μολύνω-VCI-API3P καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM οἶκος-N2--DSM ἐγώ- P--GS ὁράω-VBI-AAI1S πονηρία-N1A-APF αὐτός- D--GPM

12 διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN γίγνομαι-VB--AMD3S ὁ- A--NSF ὁδός-N2--NSF αὐτός- D--GPM αὐτός- D--DPM εἰς-P ὀλίσθημα-N3M-ASN ἐν-P γνόφος-N2--DSM καί-C ὑποσκελίζω-VS--FPI3P καί-C πίπτω-VF2-FMI3P ἐν-P αὐτός- D--DSF διότι-C ἐπιἄγω-VF--FAI1S ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--APM κακός-A1--APN ἐν-P ἐνιαυτός-N2--DSM ἐπίσκεψις-N3I-GSF αὐτός- D--GPM φημί-V6--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM

13 καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPM προφήτης-N1M-DPM *σαμαρεία-N1A-GSF ὁράω-VBI-AAI1S ἀνόμημα-N3M-APN προφητεύω-VAI-AAI3P διά-P ὁ- A--GSF *βααλ-N---GSF καί-C πλανάω-VAI-AAI3P ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM ἐγώ- P--GS *ἰσραήλ-N---ASM

14 καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPM προφήτης-N1M-DPM *ἰερουσαλήμ-N---GSF ὁράω-VX--XAI1S φρικτός-A1--APN μοιχάομαι-V1--PMPAPM καί-C πορεύομαι-V1--PMPAPM ἐν-P ψευδής-A3H-DPM καί-C ἀντιλαμβάνω-V1--PMPAPM χείρ-N3--GPF πονηρός-A1A-GPM ὁ- A--GSN μή-D ἀποστρέφω-VD--APN ἕκαστος-A1--ASM ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSF ὁδός-N2--GSF αὐτός- D--GSM ὁ- A--GSF πονηρός-A1A-GSF γίγνομαι-VCI-API3P ἐγώ- P--DS πᾶς-A3--NPM ὡς-C *σοδομα-N---NSF καί-C ὁ- A--NPM καταοἰκέω-V2--PAPNPM αὐτός- D--ASF ὥσπερ-D *γομορρα-N---NSF

15 διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ἰδού-I ἐγώ- P--NS ψωμίζω-VF2-FAI1S αὐτός- D--APM ὀδύνη-N1--ASF καί-C ποτίζω-VF--FAI1S αὐτός- D--APM ὕδωρ-N3--ASN πικρός-A1A-ASN ὅτι-C ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GPM προφήτης-N1M-GPM *ἰερουσαλήμ-N---GSF ἐκἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S μολυσμός-N2--NSM πᾶς-A1S-DSF ὁ- A--DSF γῆ-N1--DSF

16 οὕτως-D λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM παντοκράτωρ-N3 -NSM μή-D ἀκούω-V1--PAD2P ὁ- A--APM λόγος-N2--APM ὁ- A--GPM προφήτης-N1M-GPM ὅτι-C ματαιόω-V4--PAI3P ἑαυτοῦ- D--DPM ὅρασις-N3I-ASF ἀπό-P καρδία-N1A-GSF αὐτός- D--GPM λαλέω-V2--PAI3P καί-C οὐ-D ἀπό-P στόμα-N3M-GSN κύριος-N2--GSM

17 λέγω-V1--PAI3P ὁ- A--DPM ἀποὠθέω-V2--PMPDPM ὁ- A--ASM λόγος-N2--ASM κύριος-N2--GSM εἰρήνη-N1--NSF εἰμί-VF--FMI3S σύ- P--DP καί-C πᾶς-A3--DPM ὁ- A--DPM πορεύομαι-V1--PMPDPM ὁ- A--DPN θέλημα-N3M-DPN αὐτός- D--GPM πᾶς-A3--DSM ὁ- A--DSM πορεύομαι-V1--PMPDSM πλάνη-N1--DSF καρδία-N1A-GSF αὐτός- D--GSM εἶπον-VAI-AAI3P οὐ-D ἥκω-VF--FAI3S ἐπί-P σύ- P--AS κακός-A1--NPN

18 ὅτι-C τίς- I--NSM ἵστημι-VHI-AAI3S ἐν-P ὑπόστημα-N3M-DSN κύριος-N2--GSM καί-C ὁράω-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASM λόγος-N2--ASM αὐτός- D--GSM τίς- I--NSM ἐνωτίζομαι-VA--AMI3S καί-C ἀκούω-VAI-AAI3S

19 ἰδού-I σεισμός-N2--NSM παρά-P κύριος-N2--GSM καί-C ὀργή-N1--NSF ἐκπορεύομαι-V1--PMI3S εἰς-P συσσεισμός-N2--ASM συνστρέφω-V1--PMPNSF ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APM ἀσεβής-A3H-APM ἥκω-VF--FAI3S

20 καί-C οὐκέτι-D ἀποστρέφω-VF--FAI3S ὁ- A--NSM θυμός-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--GSM ἕως-C ἄν-X ποιέω-VA--AAS3S αὐτός- D--ASN καί-C ἕως-C ἄν-X ἀναἵστημι-VA--AAS3S αὐτός- D--ASN ἀπό-P ἐγχείρημα-N3M-GSN καρδία-N1A-GSF αὐτός- D--GSM ἐπί-P ἔσχατος-A1--GSN ὁ- A--GPF ἡμέρα-N1A-GPF νοέω-VF--FAI3P αὐτός- D--APN

21 οὐ-D ἀποστέλλω-V1I-IAI1S ὁ- A--APM προφήτης-N1M-APM καί-C αὐτός- D--NPM τρέχω-V1I-IAI3P οὐ-D λαλέω-VAI-AAI1S πρός-P αὐτός- D--APM καί-C αὐτός- D--NPM προφητεύω-V1I-IAI3P

22 καί-C εἰ-C ἵστημι-VAI-AAI3P ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF ὑπόστασις-N3I-DSF ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C εἰςἀκούω-VAI-AAI3P ὁ- A--GPM λόγος-N2--GPM ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM ἐγώ- P--GS ἄν-X ἀποστρέφω-V1I-IAI3P αὐτός- D--APM ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GPN πονηρός-A1A-GPN ἐπιτήδευμα-N3M-GPN αὐτός- D--GPM

23 θεός-N2--NSM ἐγγίζω-V1--PAPNSM ἐγώ- P--NS εἰμί-V9--PAI1S λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM καί-C οὐ-D θεός-N2--NSM πόρρωθεν-D

24 εἰ-C κρύπτω-VD--FPI3S ἄνθρωπος-N2--NSM ἐν-P κρυφαῖος-A1A-DPM καί-C ἐγώ- P--NS οὐ-D ὁράω-VF--FMI1S αὐτός- D--ASM μή-D οὐ-D ὁ- A--ASM οὐρανός-N2--ASM καί-C ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF ἐγώ- P--NS πληρόω-VF--FAI1S λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM

25 ἀκούω-VAI-AAI1S ὅς- --APN λαλέω-V2--PAI3P ὁ- A--NPM προφήτης-N1M-NPM ὅς- --APN προφητεύω-V1--PAI3P ἐπί-P ὁ- A--DSN ὄνομα-N3M-DSN ἐγώ- P--GS ψευδής-A3H-APN λέγω-V1--PAPNPM ἐνυπνιάζω-VAI-AMI1S ἐνύπνιον-N2N-ASN

26 ἕως-C πότε-D εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ἐν-P καρδία-N1A-DSF ὁ- A--GPM προφήτης-N1M-GPM ὁ- A--GPM προφητεύω-V1--PAPGPM ψευδής-A3H-APN καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN προφητεύω-V1--PAN αὐτός- D--APM ὁ- A--APN θέλημα-N3M-APN καρδία-N1A-GSF αὐτός- D--GPM

27 ὁ- A--GPM λογίζομαι-V1--PMPGPM ὁ- A--GSN ἐπιλανθάνω-VB--AMN ὁ- A--GSM νόμος-N2--GSM ἐγώ- P--GS ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPN ἐνύπνιον-N2N-DPN αὐτός- D--GPM ὅς- --APN διαἡγέομαι-V2--IMI3P ἕκαστος-A1--NSM ὁ- A--DSM πλησίον-D αὐτός- D--GSM καθάπερ-D ἐπιλανθάνω-VBI-AMI3P ὁ- A--NPM πατήρ-N3--NPM αὐτός- D--GPM ὁ- A--GSN ὄνομα-N3M-GSN ἐγώ- P--GS ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF *βααλ-N---DSF

28 ὁ- A--NSM προφήτης-N1M-NSM ἐν-P ὅς- --DSM ὁ- A--NSN ἐνύπνιον-N2N-NSN εἰμί-V9--PAI3S διαἡγέομαι-VA--AMD3S ὁ- A--ASN ἐνύπνιον-N2N-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ἐν-P ὅς- --DSM ὁ- A--NSM λόγος-N2--NSM ἐγώ- P--GS πρός-P αὐτός- D--ASM διαἡγέομαι-VA--AMD3S ὁ- A--ASM λόγος-N2--ASM ἐγώ- P--GS ἐπί-P ἀλήθεια-N1A-GSF τίς- I--ASN ὁ- A--ASN ἄχυρον-N2N-ASN πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM σῖτος-N2--ASM οὕτως-D ὁ- A--NPM λόγος-N2--NPM ἐγώ- P--GS λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM

29 οὐ-D ὁ- A--NPM λόγος-N2--NPM ἐγώ- P--GS ὥσπερ-D πῦρ-N3--NSN φλέγω-V1--PAPNSN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM καί-C ὡς-C πέλυξ-N3K-NSM κόπτω-V1--PAPNSM πέτρα-N1A-ASF

30 διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN ἰδού-I ἐγώ- P--NS πρός-P ὁ- A--APM προφήτης-N1M-APM λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--APM κλέπτω-V1--PAPAPM ὁ- A--APM λόγος-N2--APM ἐγώ- P--GS ἕκαστος-A1--NSM παρά-P ὁ- A--GSM πλησίον-D αὐτός- D--GSM

31 ἰδού-I ἐγώ- P--NS πρός-P ὁ- A--APM προφήτης-N1M-APM ὁ- A--APM ἐκβάλλω-V1--PAPAPM προφητεία-N1A-APF γλῶσσα-N1S-GSF καί-C νυστάζω-V1--PAPAPM νυσταγμός-N2--ASM ἑαυτοῦ- D--GPM

32 ἰδού-I ἐγώ- P--NS πρός-P ὁ- A--APM προφήτης-N1M-APM ὁ- A--APM προφητεύω-V1--PAPAPM ἐνύπνιον-N2N-APN ψευδής-A3H-APN καί-C διαἡγέομαι-V2--IMI3P αὐτός- D--APN καί-C πλανάω-VAI-AAI3P ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM ἐγώ- P--GS ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPN ψευδής-A3H-DPN αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPM πλάνος-N2--DPM αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C ἐγώ- P--NS οὐ-D ἀποστέλλω-VAI-AAI1S αὐτός- D--APM καί-C οὐ-D ἐντέλλομαι-VAI-AMI1S αὐτός- D--DPM καί-C ὠφέλεια-N1A-ASF οὐ-D ὠφελέω-VF--FAI3P ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM οὗτος- D--ASM

33 καί-C ἐάν-C ἐρωτάω-VA--AAS3P σύ- P--AS ὁ- A--NSM λαός-N2--NSM οὗτος- D--NSM ἤ-C ἱερεύς-N3V-NSM ἤ-C προφήτης-N1M-NSM λέγω-V1--PAPNSM τίς- D--NSN ὁ- A--NSN λῆμμα-N3M-NSN κύριος-N2--GSM καί-C εἶπον-VF2-FAI2S αὐτός- D--DPM σύ- P--NP εἰμί-V9--PAI2P ὁ- A--NSN λῆμμα-N3M-NSN καί-C ῥάσσω-VF--FAI1S σύ- P--AP λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM

34 καί-C ὁ- A--NSM προφήτης-N1M-NSM καί-C ὁ- A--NSM ἱερεύς-N3V-NSM καί-C ὁ- A--NSM λαός-N2--NSM ὅς- --NPM ἄν-X εἶπον-VB--AAS3P λῆμμα-N3M-NSN κύριος-N2--GSM καί-C ἐκδικέω-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--ASM ἄνθρωπος-N2--ASM ἐκεῖνος- D--ASM καί-C ὁ- A--ASM οἶκος-N2--ASM αὐτός- D--GSM

35 ὅτι-C οὕτως-D εἶπον-VF2-FAI2P ἕκαστος-A1--NSM πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM πλησίον-D αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ἕκαστος-A1--NSM πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM ἀδελφός-N2--ASM αὐτός- D--GSM τίς- I--ASN ἀποκρίνω-VCI-API3S κύριος-N2--NSM καί-C τίς- I--ASN λαλέω-VAI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM

36 καί-C λῆμμα-N3M-NSN κύριος-N2--GSM μή-D ὀνομάζω-V1--PAD2P ἔτι-D ὅτι-C ὁ- A--NSN λῆμμα-N3M-NSN ὁ- A--DSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--DSM εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--NSM λόγος-N2--NSM αὐτός- D--GSM

37 καί-C διά-P τίς- I--ASN λαλέω-VAI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ἐγώ- P--GP

38 διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ἀντί-P ὅς- --GPM εἶπον-VAI-AAI2P ὁ- A--ASM λόγος-N2--ASM οὗτος- D--ASM λῆμμα-N3M-NSN κύριος-N2--GSM καί-C ἀποστέλλω-VAI-AAI1S πρός-P σύ- P--AP λέγω-V1--PAPNSM οὐ-D εἶπον-VF2-FAI2P λῆμμα-N3M-NSN κύριος-N2--GSM

39 διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN ἰδού-I ἐγώ- P--NS λαμβάνω-V1--PAI1S καί-C ῥάσσω-V1--PAI1S σύ- P--AP καί-C ὁ- A--ASF πόλις-N3I-ASF ὅς- --ASF δίδωμι-VAI-AAI1S σύ- P--DP καί-C ὁ- A--DPM πατήρ-N3--DPM σύ- P--GP

40 καί-C δίδωμι-VF--FAI1S ἐπί-P σύ- P--AP ὀνειδισμός-N2--ASM αἰώνιος-A1A-ASM καί-C ἀτιμία-N1A-ASF αἰώνιος-A1A-ASF ὅστις- X--NSF οὐ-D ἐπιλανθάνω-VC--FPI3S

7 διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN ἰδού-I ἡμέρα-N1A-NPF ἔρχομαι-V1--PMI3P λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM καί-C οὐ-D εἶπον-VF2-FAI3P ἔτι-D ζάω-V3--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὅς- --NSM ἀναἄγω-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASM οἶκος-N2--ASM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ἐκ-P γῆ-N1--GSF *αἴγυπτος-N2--GSF

8 ἀλλά-C ζάω-V3--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὅς- --NSM συνἄγω-VBI-AAI3S ἅπας-A3--ASN ὁ- A--ASN σπέρμα-N3M-ASN *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ἀπό-P γῆ-N1--GSF βορέας-N1T-GSM καί-C ἀπό-P πᾶς-A1S-GPF ὁ- A--GPF χώρα-N1A-GPF οὗ-D ἐκὠθέω-VA--AAI3S αὐτός- D--APM ἐκεῖ-D καί-C ἀπο καταἵστημι-VHI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--APM εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF αὐτός- D--GPM

   

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1133. Verse 10. Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, signifies when they are in externals from a dread of infernal punishment. This is evident from the signification of "standing afar off," as meaning to be in externals (of which presently); also from the signification of "fear of torment," as being dread on account of infernal punishments, for "torment" signifies such punishments. "Standing afar off" signifies to be in externals because man is in himself when he is in internals, for there his love, and thus his very life, has its seat. The internals of man are the things that belong to his spirit, and are meant in the Word by "things near;" and therefore his externals, as being remote from internals, are meant by things "afar off," and here by "standing afar off." Moreover, every evil man when he is in externals is unlike what he is in internals. Not only does he then speak and act differently, he also thinks and wills differently, for his thought and will then are that he may appear as a civil, moral, and even as a spiritual man, and this either because of the law and its penalties or for the sake of reputation and consequent honor and gain, thus from fear of losing these. That the man is then "afar off" from himself is evident from the fact that when he returns from externals into his internals, as he does when alone, he thinks and wills in a wholly different way, and when he is with companions like himself he talks in a different way. This shows that "standing afar off" signifies in the spiritual sense to be in externals.

[2] The chief reason why an evil man introduces himself or comes from internals into externals is fear; for fear closes up his internals when he sees the punishments and torments of his companions, and when his internals are closed up he comes into externals, and remains in them as long as the punishment is kept before his mind. And yet his internal is not made better by punishments, but remains wholly as before; therefore as soon as the fear of punishment recedes he returns into his evils, which are interiorly with him, and which belong to his spirit, and thus to his life. This may be illustrated by examples from the spiritual world. An evil spirit there is compelled by punishments not to speak or do evil; and in such a state he remains as long as he is in the place where the punishment is kept before his mind; but as soon as the fear of the punishment recedes he is evil as before. It is the same in the world. So long as thieves, robbers, and other criminals are in a city where all are held in restraint by the law and its penalties they do not steal or rob; but as soon as they come into forests, or into places where they have no fear of the penalties of the law, or when they can pervert the law by crafty devices and thus escape the penalties, they come into their internals and commit crimes.

[3] All this makes clear that externals are remote from internals, and stand as it were afar off; and this is why in the Word "afar off" signifies the external or what is remote from the internal, as in the following passages. In Isaiah:

Hear, ye that are afar off, what I have done, and ye that are near know My power (Isaiah 33:13).

"Those that are afar off" here mean the nations, because they are remote from internal truths, and "those that are near" mean those who are of the church and who are in truths from the Word. In the same:

Bring my sons from afar, and my daughters from the end of the earth (Isaiah 43:6).

Here, too, "sons and daughters" mean the nations; and because these are remote from truths and goods, which are the internals of the church, they are called "sons from afar, and daughters from the end of the earth," "sons" meaning those who are in truths, and "daughters" those who are in goods, "the end of the earth" signifying the ultimates of the church.

[4] In the same:

Listen, O isles, unto Me, and ye peoples from afar. Lo, these shall come to thee from afar, and lo, these from the north and from the west (Isaiah 49:1, 12).

"Isles" and "peoples from afar," and "from the north and from the west," mean in like manner the nations with whom the church was to be established. The meaning is the same in Jeremiah:

Declare it in the isles afar off (Jeremiah 31:10).

In Zechariah:

They that are afar off shall come, and shall build the temple of Jehovah (Zechariah 6:15).

Here, too, "those afar off" mean the nations, and the "temple" that they shall build is the church. In Jeremiah:

Am I God that is near, and not God afar off? (Jeremiah 23:23).

This signifies that the Lord is God both to those who are within the church and to those who are outside of it, also to those who are in internal truths and to those who are in external truths. In David:

O God, the confidence of all the ends of the earth and of the sea, of those that are afar off (Psalms 65:5).

"The ends of the earth and of the sea, of those that are afar off," signify the ultimates of the church. In the contrary sense "afar off" signifies evil, because evil is in the external man; for all who are in evils and falsities therefrom are external men. Such are meant by "nations and peoples from afar" and "from the end of the earth" in the following passages. In Isaiah:

The nations from afar and from the end of the earth (Isaiah 5:26).

Peoples coming from a land afar off, from the end of the earth 1 (Isaiah 13:5).

In Jeremiah:

Nations coming from a land afar off against Jerusalem (Jeremiah 4:16).

In the same:

Upon the house of Israel will I be a nation from afar (Jeremiah 5:15).

Because "Babylon" signifies evil of every kind and the profanation of good it is called:

A land afar off (Isaiah 39:3).

That "those afar off" signify those who are in the externals of the church can be seen also from those who are in externals and those who are in internals in the spiritual world; the latter are in the south and the former in the north, thus they are separated according to the degree of the reception of truth and good. That "near" means what is internal may be seen above n. 16.

(Continuation respecting the Athanasian Faith and respecting the Lord)

[5] Since God is infinite He is also omnipotent, for omnipotence is infinite power. God's omnipotence shines forth from the universe, which is the visible heaven and the habitable globe; these, with all things that are in the visible heavens and on the habitable globe, are the great works of the omnipotent Creator. The creation of these and their maintenance testify that they are from the Divine omnipotence, while their order and mutual regard to ends from first to last testify that they are from the Divine wisdom. God's omnipotence shines forth also from the heaven that is above or within our visible heaven, and from the globe there that is inhabited by angels, as ours is by men. There are wonderful testimonies there to the Divine omnipotence; and as these have been seen by me and revealed to me, I am permitted to mention them. All men that have died from the first creation of the world are there; and these after death continue to be men in form, but are spirits in essence.

[6] Spirits are affections that are of love, and thus also thoughts. The spirits of heaven are affections of the love of good, and the spirits of hell affections of the love of evil. Good affections, which are angels, dwell on a globe that is called heaven, and evil affections, which are spirits of hell, dwell at a great depth beneath them. The globe is one, but is divided into expanses as it were, one below another. There are six expanses; in the highest the angels of the third heaven dwell, and beneath them the angels of the second heaven, and beneath these the angels of the first heaven, below these dwell the spirits of the first hell, beneath these the spirits of the second hell, and beneath these the spirits of the third hell. All things are arranged in such order that the evil affections, which are spirits of hell, are held in bonds by the good affections, which are angels of heaven; the spirits of the lowest hell by the angels of the highest heaven, the spirits of the middle hell by the angels of the middle heaven, and the spirits of the first hell by the angels of the first heaven. By such opposition the affections are held in equilibrium as in the scales of a balance.

[7] Such heavens and hells are innumerable, divided into assemblies and societies according to the genera and species of all affections; and these affections in their order and connection are in accord with the nearer and more remote affinities of the societies. This is true both of the heavens and of the hells. This order and this connection of affections are known to the Lord alone, and the arrangement of so many different affections, as many as there have been men from the first creation and will be hereafter, is a work of infinite wisdom, and at the same time of infinite power. That the Divine power is infinite, or that it is omnipotence, is there clearly evident from the fact that neither the angels of heaven nor the devils of hell have any power whatever from themselves. If they had any at all heaven would fall to pieces, hell would become a chaos, and with these every man would perish.

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1. The photolithograph has "earth;" the Hebrew "heavens." See n. 331, where Swedenborg translates it "heavens."

  
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