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1 καί-C ἀκούω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM *χανανίς-N---NSM βασιλεύς-N3V-NSM *αραδ-N---GS ὁ- A--NSM καταοἰκέω-V2--PAPNSM κατά-P ὁ- A--ASF ἔρημος-N2--ASF ἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S γάρ-X *ἰσραήλ-N---NSM ὁδός-N2--ASF *αθαριν-N---GS καί-C πολεμέω-VAI-AAI3S πρός-P *ἰσραήλ-N---ASM καί-C κατα προνομεύω-VAI-AAI3P ἐκ-P αὐτός- D--GPM αἰχμαλωσία-N1A-ASF

2 καί-C εὔχομαι-VAI-AMI3S *ἰσραήλ-N---NSM εὐχή-N1--ASF κύριος-N2--DSM καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ἐάν-C ἐγώ- P--DS παραδίδωμι-VO--AAS2S ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM οὗτος- D--ASM ὑποχείριος-A1A-ASM ἀναθεματίζω-VF2-FAI1S αὐτός- D--ASM καί-C ὁ- A--APF πόλις-N3I-APF αὐτός- D--GSM

3 καί-C εἰςἀκούω-VAI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GSF φωνή-N1--GSF *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM καί-C παραδίδωμι-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASM *χανανίς-N---ASM ὑποχείριος-A1A-ASM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ἀναθεματίζω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--ASM καί-C ὁ- A--APF πόλις-N3I-APF αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ἐπικαλέω-VAI-AAI3P ὁ- A--ASN ὄνομα-N3M-ASN ὁ- A--GSM τόπος-N2--GSM ἐκεῖνος- D--GSM ἀνάθεμα-N3M-ASN

4 καί-C ἀποαἴρω-VA--AAPNPM ἐκ-P *ωρ-N---GS ὁ- A--GSN ὄρος-N3E-GSN ὁδός-N2--ASF ἐπί-P θάλασσα-N1S-ASF ἐρυθρός-A1A-ASF περικυκλόω-VAI-AAI3P γῆ-N1--ASF *εδωμ-N---GS καί-C ὀλιγοψύχω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM λαός-N2--NSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF ὁδός-N2--DSF

5 καί-C καταλαλέω-V2I-IAI3S ὁ- A--NSM λαός-N2--NSM πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM θεός-N2--ASM καί-C κατά-P *μωυσῆς-N1M-GSM λέγω-V1--PAPNPM ἵνα-C τίς- I--NSN ἐκἄγω-VBI-AAI2S ἐγώ- P--AP ἐκ-P *αἴγυπτος-N2--GSF ἀποκτείνω-VA--AAN ἐγώ- P--AP ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF ἔρημος-N2--DSF ὅτι-C οὐ-D εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ἄρτος-N2--NSM οὐδέ-C ὕδωρ-N3--NSN ὁ- A--NSF δέ-X ψυχή-N1--NSF ἐγώ- P--GP προςὀχθίζω-VAI-AAI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM ἄρτος-N2--DSM ὁ- A--DSM διάκενος-N2--DSM

6 καί-C ἀποστέλλω-VAI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM ὁ- A--APM ὄφις-N3I-APM ὁ- A--APM θανατόω-V4--PAPAPM καί-C δάκνω-V1I-IAI3P ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM καί-C ἀποθνήσκω-VBI-AAI3S λαός-N2--NSM πολύς-A1P-NSM ὁ- A--GPM υἱός-N2--GPM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM

7 καί-C παραγίγνομαι-VB--AMPNSM ὁ- A--NSM λαός-N2--NSM πρός-P *μωυσῆς-N1M-ASM λέγω-V1I-IAI3P ὅτι-C ἁμαρτάνω-VBI-AAI1P ὅτι-C καταλαλέω-VAI-AAI1P κατά-P ὁ- A--GSM κύριος-N2--GSM καί-C κατά-P σύ- P--GS εὔχομαι-VA--AAN οὖν-X πρός-P κύριος-N2--ASM καί-C ἀποαἱρέω-VB--AAD3S ἀπό-P ἐγώ- P--GP ὁ- A--ASM ὄφις-N3I-ASM καί-C εὔχομαι-VAI-AMI3S *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM πρός-P κύριος-N2--ASM περί-P ὁ- A--GSM λαός-N2--GSM

8 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM πρός-P *μωυσῆς-N1M-ASM ποιέω-VA--AAD2S σεαυτοῦ- D--DSM ὄφις-N3I-ASM καί-C τίθημι-VE--AAD2S αὐτός- D--ASM ἐπί-P σημεῖον-N2N-GSN καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ἐάν-C δάκνω-VB--AAS3S ὄφις-N3I-NSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--ASM πᾶς-A3--NSM ὁ- A--NSM δάκνω-VK--XMPNSM ὁράω-VB--AAPNSM αὐτός- D--ASM ζάω-VF--FMI3S

9 καί-C ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM ὄφις-N3I-ASM χαλκοῦς-A1C-ASM καί-C ἵστημι-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--ASM ἐπί-P σημεῖον-N2N-GSN καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S ὅταν-D δάκνω-V1I-IAI3S ὄφις-N3I-NSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--ASM καί-C ἐπιβλέπω-VAI-AAI3S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASM ὄφις-N3I-ASM ὁ- A--ASM χαλκοῦς-A1C-ASM καί-C ζάω-V3I-IAI3S

10 καί-C ἀποαἴρω-VAI-AAI3P ὁ- A--NPM υἱός-N2--NPM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM καί-C παρα ἐνβάλλω-VBI-AAI3P ἐν-P *ωβωθ-N---DS

11 καί-C ἐκαἴρω-VA--AAPNPM ἐκ-P *ωβωθ-N---GS παρα ἐνβάλλω-VBI-AAI3P ἐν-P *αχελγαι-N---DS ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSM πέραν-D ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF ἔρημος-N2--DSF ὅς- --NSF εἰμί-V9--PAI3S κατά-P πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN *μωαβ-N---GSM κατά-P ἀνατολή-N1--APF ἥλιος-N2--GSM

12 ἐκεῖθεν-D ἀποαἴρω-VAI-AAI3P καί-C παρα ἐνβάλλω-VBI-AAI3P εἰς-P φάραγξ-N3G-ASF *ζαρετ-N---GS

13 καί-C ἐκεῖθεν-D ἀποαἴρω-VA--AAPNPM παρα ἐνβάλλω-VBI-AAI3P εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASN πέραν-D *αρνων-N---GSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF ἔρημος-N2--DSF ὁ- A--ASN ἐκἔχω-V1--PAPASN ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GPN ὅριον-N2N-GPN ὁ- A--GPM *ἀμορραῖος-N2--GPM εἰμί-V9--PAI3S γάρ-X *αρνων-N---NS ὅριον-N2N-NPN *μωαβ-N---GSM ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASM *μωαβ-N---GSM καί-C ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASM ὁ- A--GSM *ἀμορραῖος-N2--GSM

14 διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN λέγω-V1--PMI3S ἐν-P βιβλίον-N2N-DSN πόλεμος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GSM κύριος-N2--GSM ὁ- A--ASF *ζωοβ-N---ASF φλογίζω-VAI-AAI3S καί-C ὁ- A--APM χειμάρρους-N2--APM *αρνων-N----S

15 καί-C ὁ- A--APM χειμάρρους-N2--APM καταἵστημι-VAI-AAI3S καταοἰκίζω-VA--AAN *ηρ-N---DS καί-C προςκεῖμαι-V5--PMI3S ὁ- A--DPN ὅριον-N2N-DPN *μωαβ-N---GSM

16 καί-C ἐκεῖθεν-D ὁ- A--NSN φρέαρ-N3T-NSN οὗτος- D--NSN εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ὁ- A--NSN φρέαρ-N3T-NSN ὅς- --ASN εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM πρός-P *μωυσῆς-N1M-ASM συνἄγω-VB--AAD2S ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM καί-C δίδωμι-VF--FAI1S αὐτός- D--DPM ὕδωρ-N3--NSN πίνω-VB--AAN

17 τότε-D ᾄδω-VAI-AAI3S *ἰσραήλ-N---NSM ὁ- A--ASN ἆ|σμα-N3M-ASN οὗτος- D--ASN ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSN φρέαρ-N3T-GSN ἐκἄρχω-V1--PAI2P αὐτός- D--DSN

18 φρέαρ-N3T-NSN ὀρύσσω-VAI-AAI3P αὐτός- D--ASN ἄρχων-N3--NPM ἐκλατομέω-VAI-AAI3P αὐτός- D--ASN βασιλεύς-N3V-NPM ἔθνος-N3E-GPN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF βασιλεία-N1A-DSF αὐτός- D--GPM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN κυριεύω-VA--AAN αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C ἀπό-P φρέαρ-N3T-GSN εἰς-P *μανθαναιν-N---A

19 καί-C ἀπό-P *μανθαναιν-N---G εἰς-P *νααλιηλ-N---AS καί-C ἀπό-P *νααλιηλ-N---GS εἰς-P *βαμωθ-N---AS

20 καί-C ἀπό-P *βαμωθ-N---GS εἰς-P νάπη-N1--ASF ὅς- --NSF εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN πεδίον-N2N-DSN *μωαβ-N---GSM ἀπό-P κορυφή-N1--GSF ὁ- A--GSN λαξεύω-VM--XMPGSN ὁ- A--ASN βλέπω-V1--PAPASN κατά-P πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN ὁ- A--GSF ἔρημος-N2--GSF

21 καί-C ἀποστέλλω-VAI-AAI3S *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM πρέσβυς-N3I-APM πρός-P *σηων-N---ASM βασιλεύς-N3V-ASM *ἀμορραῖος-N2--GPM λόγος-N2--DPM εἰρηνικός-A1--DPM λέγω-V1--PAPNSM

22 παραἔρχομαι-VF--FMI1P διά-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF σύ- P--GS ὁ- A--DSF ὁδός-N2--DSF πορεύομαι-VF--FMI1P οὐ-D ἐκκλίνω-VF2-FAI1P οὔτε-C εἰς-P ἀγρός-N2--ASM οὔτε-C εἰς-P ἀμπελών-N3W-ASM οὐ-D πίνω-VF--FMI1P ὕδωρ-N3--NSN ἐκ-P φρέαρ-N3T-GSN σύ- P--GS ὁδός-N2--DSF βασιλικός-A1--DSF πορεύομαι-VF--FMI1P ἕως-C παραἔρχομαι-VB--AAS1P ὁ- A--APN ὅριον-N2N-APN σύ- P--GS

23 καί-C οὐ-D δίδωμι-VAI-AAI3S *σηων-N---NSM ὁ- A--DSM *ἰσραήλ-N---DSM παραἔρχομαι-VB--AAN διά-P ὁ- A--GPN ὅριον-N2N-GPN αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C συνἄγω-VBI-AAI3S *σηων-N---NSM πᾶς-A3--ASM ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ἐκἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S παρατάσσω-VA--AMN ὁ- A--DSM *ἰσραήλ-N---DSM εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF ἔρημος-N2--ASF καί-C ἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S εἰς-P *ιασσα-N---AS καί-C παρατάσσω-VAI-AMI3S ὁ- A--DSM *ἰσραήλ-N---DSM

24 καί-C πατάσσω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--ASM *ἰσραήλ-N---NSM φόνος-N2--DSM μάχαιρα-N1--GSF καί-C κατακυριεύω-VAI-AAI3P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF αὐτός- D--GSM ἀπό-P *αρνων-N---GS ἕως-P *ιαβοκ-N---GS ἕως-P υἱός-N2--GPM *αμμαν-N---GSM ὅτι-C *ιαζηρ-N---NS ὅριον-N2N-NPN υἱός-N2--GPM *αμμων-N---GSM εἰμί-V9--PAI3S

25 καί-C λαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3S *ἰσραήλ-N---NSM πᾶς-A1S-APF ὁ- A--APF πόλις-N3I-APF οὗτος- D--APF καί-C καταοἰκέω-VAI-AAI3S *ἰσραήλ-N---NSM ἐν-P πᾶς-A1S-DPF ὁ- A--DPF πόλις-N3I-DPF ὁ- A--GPM *ἀμορραῖος-N2--GPM ἐν-P *εσεβων-N---DS καί-C ἐν-P πᾶς-A1S-DPF ὁ- A--DPF συνκυρόω-V4--PAPDPF αὐτός- D--DSF

26 εἰμί-V9--PAI3S γάρ-X *εσεβων-N---NS πόλις-N3I-NSF *σηων-N---GSM ὁ- A--GSM βασιλεύς-N3V-GSM ὁ- A--GPM *ἀμορραῖος-N2--GPM καί-C οὗτος- D--NSM πολεμέω-VAI-AAI3S βασιλεύς-N3V-ASM *μωαβ-N---GSM ὁ- A--ASN πρότερος-A1--ASN καί-C λαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3P πᾶς-A1S-ASF ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF αὐτός- D--GSM ἀπό-P *αροηρ-N---GS ἕως-P *αρνων-N---GS

27 διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN εἶπον-VF2-FAI3P ὁ- A--NPM αἰνιγματιστής-N1M-NPM ἔρχομαι-VB--AAD2P εἰς-P *εσεβων-N---AS ἵνα-C οἰκοδομέω-VC--APS3S καί-C κατασκευάζω-VS--APS3S πόλις-N3I-NSF *σηων-N---GSM

28 ὅτι-C πῦρ-N3--ASN ἐκἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S ἐκ-P *εσεβων-N---GS φλόξ-N3G-NSF ἐκ-P πόλις-N3I-GSF *σηων-N---GSM καί-C καταἐσθίω-VBI-AAI3S ἕως-P *μωαβ-N---GSM καί-C καταπίνω-VBI-AAI3S στήλη-N1--APF *αρνων-N---GS

29 οὐαί-I σύ- P--DS *μωαβ-N---VSM ἀποὀλλύω-VBI-AMI2S λαός-N2--NSM *χαμως-N---GS ἀποδίδωμι-VCI-API3P ὁ- A--NPM υἱός-N2--NPM αὐτός- D--GPM διασώζω-V1--PMN καί-C ὁ- A--NPF θυγάτηρ-N3--NPF αὐτός- D--GPM αἰχμάλωτος-A1B-NPM ὁ- A--DSM βασιλεύς-N3V-DSM ὁ- A--GPM *ἀμορραῖος-N2--GPM *σηων-N---GSM

30 καί-C ὁ- A--NSN σπέρμα-N3M-NSN αὐτός- D--GPM ἀποὀλλύω-VF2-FMI3S *εσεβων-N----S ἕως-P *δαιβων-N---GS καί-C ὁ- A--NPF γυνή-N3K-NPF ἔτι-D προσ ἐκκαίω-VAI-AAI3P πῦρ-N3--ASN ἐπί-P *μωαβ-N----SM

31 καταοἰκέω-VAI-AAI3S δέ-X *ἰσραήλ-N---NSM ἐν-P πᾶς-A1S-DPF ὁ- A--DPF πόλις-N3I-DPF ὁ- A--GPM *ἀμορραῖος-N2--GPM

32 καί-C ἀποστέλλω-VAI-AAI3S *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM κατασκέπτομαι-VA--AMN ὁ- A--ASF *ιαζηρ-N---ASF καί-C καταλαμβάνω-VBI-AMI3P αὐτός- D--ASF καί-C ὁ- A--APF κώμη-N1--APF αὐτός- D--GSF καί-C ἐκβάλλω-VBI-AAI3P ὁ- A--ASM *ἀμορραῖος-N2--ASM ὁ- A--ASM καταοἰκέω-V2--PAPASM ἐκεῖ-D

33 καί-C ἐπιστρέφω-VA--AAPNPM ἀναβαίνω-VZI-AAI3P ὁδός-N2--ASF ὁ- A--ASF εἰς-P *βασαν-N---AS καί-C ἐκἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S *ωγ-N---NSM βασιλεύς-N3V-NSM ὁ- A--GSF *βασαν-N---GSF εἰς-P συνάντησις-N3I-ASF αὐτός- D--DPM καί-C πᾶς-A3--NSM ὁ- A--NSM λαός-N2--NSM αὐτός- D--GSM εἰς-P πόλεμος-N2--ASM εἰς-P *εδραϊν-N---AS

34 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM πρός-P *μωυσῆς-N1M-ASM μή-D φοβέω-VC--APS2S αὐτός- D--ASM ὅτι-C εἰς-P ὁ- A--APF χείρ-N3--APF σύ- P--GS παραδίδωμι-VX--XAI1S αὐτός- D--ASM καί-C πᾶς-A3--ASM ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C πᾶς-A1S-ASF ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ποιέω-VF--FAI2S αὐτός- D--DSM καθώς-D ποιέω-VAI-AAI2S ὁ- A--DSM *σηων-N---DSM βασιλεύς-N3V-DSM ὁ- A--GPM *ἀμορραῖος-N2--GPM ὅς- --NSM καταοἰκέω-V2I-IAI3S ἐν-P *εσεβων-N---DS

35 καί-C πατάσσω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--ASM καί-C ὁ- A--APM υἱός-N2--APM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C πᾶς-A3--ASM ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM αὐτός- D--GSM ἕως-P ὁ- A--GSN μή-D καταλείπω-VB--AAN αὐτός- D--GSM ζωγρεία-N1A-ASF καί-C κληρονομέω-VAI-AAI3P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF αὐτός- D--GPM

   

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4270. And he got up that night and took his two women and his two slave women and his eleven sons and crossed the crossing of the Jabbok symbolizes the first infusion of a desire for truth, along with the truth that [the Lord] had acquired, as the following shows: The two women, Rachel and Leah, symbolize a desire for truth, as discussed in §§3758, 3782, 3793, 3819. The two slave women, Bilhah and Zilpah, symbolize a relatively shallow desire for truth that serves as a middle ground, as discussed in §§3849, 3931. Sons symbolize truth, as discussed in §§489, 491, 533, 1147, 2623, 3373. And the crossing of the Jabbok symbolizes a first infusion.

The Jabbok means a first infusion because it was a border to the land of Canaan. All the borders of that land symbolized heavenly and spiritual qualities of the Lord’s kingdom, depending on their relative distance and position (see §§1585, 1866, 4116, 4240). This includes the ford, or crossing, of the Jabbok, which was across the Jordan from Canaan and was a border of the inheritance belonging to Reuben’s and Gad’s descendants, as can be seen from Numbers 21:24; Deuteronomy 2:36, 37; 3:16, 17; Joshua 12:2; Judges 11:13, 22. It fell to these tribes as an inheritance because of Reuben’s and Gad’s representation. Reuben represented faith that belongs to the intellect, or doctrinal faith, which is the beginning of regeneration; or to put it more comprehensively, theological truth that leads to a good life (see §§[3860,] 3861, 3866). Gad represented good deeds stemming from faith (§3934). The truth espoused by faith (or doctrines) and the first deeds of faith to be performed are what introduce a regenerating person into goodness. That is why the crossing of the Jabbok symbolizes a first infusion, or introduction.

  
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1585. And saw the whole plain of the Jordan symbolizes the goodness and truth that existed in his outer self, as can be seen from the symbolism of a plain and the Jordan. In an inner sense, the plain surrounding the Jordan symbolizes the outer self, with everything in it that is good or true.

The reason the Jordan basin symbolizes these things is that the Jordan was a boundary for the land of Canaan. As previous remarks have shown, the land of Canaan symbolizes the Lord's kingdom and church, and specifically its heavenly and spiritual attributes [§§1, 566-567, 585, 620, 662, 1413, 1437, 1441], which is why it is also called the Holy Land and the heavenly Canaan. And since it symbolizes the Lord's kingdom and church, in the highest sense it symbolizes the Lord himself, who is the all-in-all of his kingdom and church.

[2] As a consequence, everything in the land of Canaan carried a representative meaning. Sites in the middle of the land — its most central parts, in other words — represented the Lord's inner self. Mount Zion, for instance, represented his heavenly qualities, and Jerusalem, his spiritual ones. More distant locations represented traits more remote from internal ones. The most distant points — the borders — represented his outer self. Canaan had many borders; in general they were the two rivers of the Euphrates and the Jordan, and the sea as well. 1 So the Euphrates and the Jordan represented his outward aspects. Here, then, the Jordan basin symbolizes — just as it represents — all the properties of his outer being. The case is similar when the land of Canaan stands for the Lord's kingdom in the heavens; similar when it stands for the Lord's church on earth; similar when it stands for the individual member of his kingdom or church; similar when it stands abstractly for the heavenly attributes of love; and so on.

[3] This is why almost all the cities and in fact all the mountains, hills, valleys, rivers, and other features of the land of Canaan played a representative role.

Because the river Euphrates was a boundary, it represented the sense impressions and facts that belong to the outer self, as shown earlier, in §120. The Jordan and the Jordan plain did too, as the following passages demonstrate. In David:

My God, my soul is bowing down upon me. Therefore I will remember you from the land of Jordan, and [I will remember] the Hermons from the little mountain. (Psalms 42:6)

The land of Jordan here stands for something lowly and accordingly something remote from heavenly qualities, like our superficial traits, which are remote from our deep ones.

[4] The children of Israel crossed the Jordan when they entered the land of Canaan, and at their crossing the river parted. This also represented entry to the inner self through the outer, and an individual's entry into the Lord's kingdom as well, among other things (Joshua 3:13-17; 4:1-9).

Because our outer self constantly attacks our inner self and tries to gain control over it, "the boast of the Jordan," or "the swelling pride of the Jordan," became a standard phrase among the prophets. In Jeremiah, for instance:

How will you prove yourself the equal of horses? And in a land of peace you are smug; but how do you behave in the swelling pride of the Jordan? (Jeremiah 12:5)

The swelling pride of the Jordan stands for aspects of our outer self that rise up and try to dominate our inner self, as attempts at rationalization (the horses here) and a consequent smugness do.

[5] In the same author:

Edom will become a ruin. Look: like a lion he will go up from the boast of the Jordan to the dwelling of Ethan. (Jeremiah 49:17, 19)

The boast of the Jordan stands for pride lifted up by our outer self against the goodness and truth of our inner self. In Zechariah:

Howl, fir tree, because the cedar has fallen, because the majestic ones have been ravaged; wail, oaks of Bashan, because the walled forest has come down. The sound of the wailing of the shepherds, because their majesty has been ravaged! The sound of the roaring of young lions, that the boast of the Jordan has been ravaged! (Zechariah 11:2-3)

Numbers 34:12 shows that the Jordan was a boundary of the land of Canaan, and Joshua 15:5 shows that it was the eastern border of the land of Judah.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. "The sea" is the Mediterranean, which formed the western boundary of Canaan. The Jordan River formed the eastern boundary. Swedenborg elsewhere cites scriptural evidence that the Euphrates formed the northern boundary (see §§3693:5, 4116, 4454; see also both §120 and note 2 in §120 on the borders of Canaan). The geographic limits of the land promised to Abraham and his descendants were always rather vague: the most specific description appears in Deuteronomy 1:7, which characterizes it as including "the hill country of the Amorites as well as ... the neighboring regions — the Arabah, the hill country, the Shephelah, the Negeb, and the seacoast — the land of the Canaanites and the Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates" (New Revised Standard Version); see also Joshua 1:4. The Deuteronomistic history says that Israel controlled this entire area briefly in the reigns of David and Solomon (2 Samuel 8:1-14; 1 Kings 4:24). [LHC, RS]

  
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