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1 ειπον-VBI-AAI3S δε-X κυριος-N2--NSM προς-P *μωυσης-N1M-ASM λεγω-V1--PAPNSM ειςερχομαι-VB--AAD2S προς-P *φαραω-N---ASM εγω- P--NS γαρ-X σκληρυνω-VAI-AAI1S αυτος- D--GSM ο- A--ASF καρδια-N1A-ASF και-C ο- A--GPM θεραπων-N3--GPM αυτος- D--GSM ινα-C εξης-D επιερχομαι-VB--AAS3S ο- A--APN σημειον-N2N-APN ουτος- D--APN επι-P αυτος- D--APM

2 οπως-C διαηγεομαι-VA--AMS2P εις-P ο- A--APN ους-N3T-APN ο- A--GPN τεκνον-N2N-GPN συ- P--GP και-C ο- A--DPN τεκνον-N2N-DPN ο- A--GPN τεκνον-N2N-GPN συ- P--GP οσος-A1--APN ενπαιζω-VM--XAI1S ο- A--DPM *αιγυπτιος-N2--DPM και-C ο- A--APN σημειον-N2N-APN εγω- P--GS ος- --APN ποιεω-VAI-AAI1S εν-P αυτος- D--DPM και-C γιγνωσκω-VF--FMI2P οτι-C εγω- P--NS κυριος-N2--NSM

3 ειςερχομαι-VBI-AAI3S δε-X *μωυσης-N1M-NSM και-C *ααρων-N---NSM εναντιον-P *φαραω-N---GSM και-C ειπον-VAI-AAI3P αυτος- D--DSM οδε- D--APN λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM ο- A--GPM *εβραιος-N2--GPM εως-P τις- I--GSN ου-D βουλομαι-V1--PMI2S εντρεπω-VD--APN εγω- P--AS εκ αποστελλω-VA--AAD2S ο- A--ASM λαος-N2--ASM εγω- P--GS ινα-C λατρευω-VA--AAS3P εγω- P--DS

4 εαν-C δε-X μη-D θελω-V1--PAS2S συ- P--NS εκ αποστελλω-VA--AAN ο- A--ASM λαος-N2--ASM εγω- P--GS ιδου-I εγω- P--NS επιαγω-V1--PAI1S ουτος- D--ASF ο- A--ASF ωρα-N1A-ASF αυριον-D ακρις-N3D-ASF πολυς-A1--ASF επι-P πας-A3--APN ο- A--APN οριον-N2N-APN συ- P--GS

5 και-C καλυπτω-VF--FAI3S ο- A--ASF οψις-N3I-ASF ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF και-C ου-D δυναμαι-VF--FMI2S καταοραω-VB--AAN ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF και-C καταεσθιω-VF--FMI3S πας-A3--ASN ο- A--ASN περισσος-A1--ASN ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF ο- A--ASN καταλειπω-VV--APPASN ος- --NSN καταλειπω-VBI-AAI3S συ- P--DP ο- A--NSF χαλαζα-N1A-NSF και-C καταεσθιω-VF--FMI3S πας-A3--ASN ξυλον-N2N-ASN ο- A--ASN φυω-V1--PMPASN συ- P--DP επι-P ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF

6 και-C πιμπλημι-VS--FPI3P συ- P--GS ο- A--NPF οικια-N1A-NPF και-C ο- A--NPF οικια-N1A-NPF ο- A--GPM θεραπων-N3--GPM συ- P--GS και-C πας-A1S-NPF ο- A--NPF οικια-N1A-NPF εν-P πας-A1S-DSF γη-N1--DSF ο- A--GPM *αιγυπτιος-N2--GPM ος- --APN ουδεποτε-D οραω-VX--XAI3P ο- A--NPM πατηρ-N3--NPM συ- P--GS ουδε-C ο- A--NPM προπαππος-N2--NPM αυτος- D--GPM απο-P ος- --GSF ημερα-N1A-GSF γιγνομαι-VX--XAI3P επι-P ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF εως-P ο- A--GSF ημερα-N1A-GSF ουτος- D--GSF και-C εκκλινω-VA--AAPNSM *μωυσης-N1M-NSM εκερχομαι-VBI-AAI3S απο-P *φαραω-N---GSM

7 και-C λεγω-V1--PAI3P ο- A--NPM θεραπων-N3--NPM *φαραω-N---GSM προς-P αυτος- D--ASM εως-P τις- I--GSN ειμι-VF--FMI3S ουτος- D--NSN εγω- P--DP σκωλον-N2N-NSN εκ αποστελλω-VA--AAD2S ο- A--APM ανθρωπος-N2--APM οπως-C λατρευω-VA--AAS3P ο- A--DSM θεος-N2--DSM αυτος- D--GPM η-C οιδα-VX--XAN βουλομαι-V1--PMI2S οτι-C αποολλυω-VX--XAI3S *αιγυπτος-N2--NSF

8 και-C αποστρεφω-VAI-AAI3P ο- A--ASM τε-X *μωυσης-N1M-ASM και-C *ααρων-N---ASM προς-P *φαραω-N---ASM και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S αυτος- D--DPM πορευομαι-V1--PMD2P και-C λατρευω-VA--AAD2P ο- A--DSM θεος-N2--DSM συ- P--GP τις- I--NPM δε-X και-C τις- I--NPM ειμι-V9--PAI3P ο- A--NPM πορευομαι-V1--PMPNPM

9 και-C λεγω-V1--PAI3S *μωυσης-N1M-NSM συν-P ο- A--DPM νεανισκος-N2--DPM και-C πρεσβυτερος-A1A-DPM πορευομαι-VF--FMI1P συν-P ο- A--DPM υιος-N2--DPM και-C θυγατηρ-N3--DPF και-C προβατον-N2N-DPN και-C βους-N3--DPM εγω- P--GP ειμι-V9--PAI3S γαρ-X εορτη-N1--NSF κυριος-N2--GSM ο- A--GSM θεος-N2--GSM εγω- P--GP

10 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S προς-P αυτος- D--APM ειμι-V9--PAD3S ουτως-D κυριος-N2--NSM μετα-P συ- P--GP καθοτι-D αποστελλω-V1--PAI1S συ- P--AP μη-D και-C ο- A--ASF αποσκευη-N1--ASF συ- P--GP οραω-VB--AAD2P οτι-C πονηρια-N1A-NSF προκειμαι-V5--PMI3S συ- P--DP

11 μη-D ουτως-D πορευομαι-V1--PMD3P δε-X ο- A--NPM ανηρ-N3--NPM και-C λατρευω-VA--AAD2P ο- A--DSM θεος-N2--DSM ουτος- D--ASN γαρ-X αυτος- D--NPM ζητεω-V2--PAI2P εκβαλλω-VBI-AAI3P δε-X αυτος- D--APM απο-P προσωπον-N2N-GSN *φαραω-N---GSM

12 ειπον-VBI-AAI3S δε-X κυριος-N2--NSM προς-P *μωυσης-N1M-ASM εκτεινω-VA--AAD2S ο- A--ASF χειρ-N3--ASF επι-P γη-N1--ASF *αιγυπτος-N2--GSF και-C αναβαινω-VZ--AAD3S ακρις-N3D-NSF επι-P ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF και-C καταεσθιω-VF--FMI3S πας-A1S-ASF βοτανη-N1--ASF ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF και-C πας-A3--ASM ο- A--ASM καρπος-N2--ASM ο- A--GPN ξυλον-N2N-GPN ος- --ASM υπολειπω-VBI-AMI3S ο- A--NSF χαλαζα-N1A-NSF

13 και-C επιαιρω-VAI-AAI3S *μωυσης-N1M-NSM ο- A--ASF ραβδος-N2--ASF εις-P ο- A--ASM ουρανος-N2--ASM και-C κυριος-N2--NSM επιαγω-VBI-AAI3S ανεμος-N2--ASM νοτος-N2--ASM επι-P ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF ολος-A1--ASF ο- A--ASF ημερα-N1A-ASF εκεινος- D--ASF και-C ολος-A1--ASF ο- A--ASF νυξ-N3--ASF ο- A--NSN πρωι-D γιγνομαι-VCI-API3S και-C ο- A--NSM ανεμος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM νοτος-N2--NSM αναλαμβανω-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--ASF ακρις-N3D-ASF

14 και-C ανααγω-VBI-AAI3S αυτος- D--ASF επι-P πας-A1S-ASF γη-N1--ASF *αιγυπτος-N2--GSF και-C καταπαυω-VAI-AAI3S επι-P πας-A3--APN ο- A--APN οριον-N2N-APN *αιγυπτος-N2--GSF πολυς-A1--NSF σφοδρα-D προτερος-A1A-APN αυτος- D--GSF ου-D γιγνομαι-VX--XAI3S τοιουτος-A1--NSF ακρις-N3D-NSF και-C μετα-P ουτος- D--APN ου-D ειμι-VF--FMI3S ουτως-D

15 και-C καλυπτω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--ASF οψις-N3I-ASF ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF και-C φθειρω-VDI-API3S ο- A--NSF γη-N1--NSF και-C καταεσθιω-VBI-AAI3S πας-A1S-ASF βοτανη-N1--ASF ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF και-C πας-A3--ASM ο- A--ASM καρπος-N2--ASM ο- A--GPN ξυλον-N2N-GPN ος- --NSM υπολειπω-VVI-API3S απο-P ο- A--GSF χαλαζα-N1A-GSF ου-D υπολειπω-VVI-API3S χλωρος-A1A-ASN ουδεις-A3--ASN εν-P ο- A--DPN ξυλον-N2N-DPN και-C εν-P πας-A1S-DSF βοτανη-N1--DSF ο- A--GSN πεδιον-N2N-GSN εν-P πας-A1S-DSF γη-N1--DSF *αιγυπτος-N2--GSF

16 κατασπευδω-V1I-IAI3S δε-X *φαραω-N---NSM καλεω-VA--AAN *μωυσης-N1M-ASM και-C *ααρων-N---ASM λεγω-V1--PAPNSM αμαρτανω-VX--XAI1S εναντιον-P κυριος-N2--GSM ο- A--GSM θεος-N2--GSM συ- P--GP και-C εις-P συ- P--AP

17 προςδεχομαι-VA--AMD2P ουν-X εγω- P--GS ο- A--ASF αμαρτια-N1A-ASF ετι-D νυν-D και-C προςευχομαι-VAI-AMI2P προς-P κυριος-N2--ASM ο- A--ASM θεος-N2--ASM συ- P--GP και-C περιαιρεω-VB--AAD3S απο-P εγω- P--GS ο- A--ASM θανατος-N2--ASM ουτος- D--ASM

18 εκερχομαι-VBI-AAI3S δε-X *μωυσης-N1M-NSM απο-P *φαραω-N---GSM και-C ευχομαι-VAI-AMI3S προς-P ο- A--ASM θεος-N2--ASM

19 και-C μεταβαλλω-VBI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM ανεμος-N2--ASM απο-P θαλασσα-N1S-GSF σφοδρος-A1A-ASM και-C αναλαμβανω-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--ASF ακρις-N3D-ASF και-C ενβαλλω-VBI-AAI3S αυτος- D--ASF εις-P ο- A--ASF ερυθρος-A1A-ASF θαλασσα-N1S-ASF και-C ου-D υπολειπω-VVI-API3S ακρις-N3D-NSF εις-A1A-NSF εν-P πας-A1S-DSF γη-N1--DSF *αιγυπτος-N2--GSF

20 και-C σκληρυνω-VAI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--ASF καρδια-N1A-ASF *φαραω-N---GSM και-C ου-D εκ αποστελλω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--APM υιος-N2--APM *ισραηλ-N---GSM

21 ειπον-VBI-AAI3S δε-X κυριος-N2--NSM προς-P *μωυσης-N1M-ASM εκτεινω-VA--AAD2S ο- A--ASF χειρ-N3--ASF συ- P--GS εις-P ο- A--ASM ουρανος-N2--ASM και-C γιγνομαι-VC--APD3S σκοτος-N3E-NSN επι-P γη-N1--ASF *αιγυπτος-N2--GSF ψηλαφητος-A1--NSN σκοτος-N3E-NSN

22 εκτεινω-VAI-AAI3S δε-X *μωυσης-N1M-NSM ο- A--ASF χειρ-N3--ASF εις-P ο- A--ASM ουρανος-N2--ASM και-C γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S σκοτος-N3E-NSN γνοφος-N2--NSM θυελλα-N1S-NSF επι-P πας-A1S-ASF γη-N1--ASF *αιγυπτος-N2--GSF τρεις-A3--APF ημερα-N1A-APF

23 και-C ου-D οραω-VBI-AAI3S ουδεις-A3--NSM ο- A--ASM αδελφος-N2--ASM αυτος- D--GSM τρεις-A3--APF ημερα-N1A-APF και-C ου-D εκ αναιστημι-VHI-AAI3S ουδεις-A3--NSM εκ-P ο- A--GSF κοιτη-N1--GSF αυτος- D--GSM τρεις-A3--APF ημερα-N1A-APF πας-A3--DPM δε-X ο- A--DPM υιος-N2--DPM *ισραηλ-N---GSM ειμι-V9--IAI3S φως-N3T-ASN εν-P πας-A3--DPM ος- --DPM καταγιγνομαι-V1I-IMI3P

24 και-C καλεω-VAI-AAI3S *φαραω-N---NSM *μωυσης-N1M-ASM και-C *ααρων-N---ASM λεγω-V1--PAPNSM βαδιζω-V1--PAD2P λατρευω-VA--AAD2P κυριος-N2--DSM ο- A--DSM θεος-N2--DSM συ- P--GP πλην-D ο- A--GPN προβατον-N2N-GPN και-C ο- A--GPM βους-N3--GPM υπολειπω-VB--AMD2P και-C ο- A--NSF αποσκευη-N1--NSF συ- P--GP αποτρεχω-V1--PAD3S μετα-P συ- P--GP

25 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S *μωυσης-N1M-NSM αλλα-C και-C συ- P--NS διδωμι-VF--FAI2S εγω- P--DP ολοκαυτωμα-N3M-APN και-C θυσια-N1A-APF ος- --APN ποιεω-VF--FAI1P κυριος-N2--DSM ο- A--DSM θεος-N2--DSM εγω- P--GP

26 και-C ο- A--APN κτηνος-N3E-APN εγω- P--GP πορευομαι-VF--FMI3S μετα-P εγω- P--GP και-C ου-D υπολειπω-VF--FMI1P οπλη-N1--ASF απο-P αυτος- D--GPM γαρ-X λαμβανω-VF--FMI1P λατρευω-VA--AAN κυριος-N2--DSM ο- A--DSM θεος-N2--DSM εγω- P--GP εγω- P--NP δε-X ου-D οιδα-VX--XAI1P τις- I--ASN λατρευω-VA--AAS1P κυριος-N2--DSM ο- A--DSM θεος-N2--DSM εγω- P--GP εως-P ο- A--GSN ερχομαι-VB--AAN εγω- P--AP εκει-D

27 σκληρυνω-VAI-AAI3S δε-X κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--ASF καρδια-N1A-ASF *φαραω-N---GSM και-C ου-D βουλομαι-VCI-API3S εκ αποστελλω-VA--AAN αυτος- D--APM

28 και-C λεγω-V1--PAI3S *φαραω-N---NSM αποερχομαι-VB--AAD2S απο-P εγω- P--GS προςεχω-V1--PAD2S σεαυτου- D--DSM ετι-D προςτιθημι-VE--AAN οραω-VB--AAN εγω- P--GS ο- A--ASN προσωπον-N2N-ASN ος- --DSF δε-X αν-X ημερα-N1A-DSF οραω-VB--APS2S εγω- P--DS αποθνησκω-VF2-FMI2S

29 λεγω-V1--PAI3S δε-X *μωυσης-N1M-NSM ειπον-VX--XAI2S ουκετι-D οραω-VV--FPI1S συ- P--DS εις-P προσωπον-N2N-ASN

   

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485. CHAPTER 11

1. Then I was given a reed like a measuring rod. And the angel stood by, saying, "Rise and measure the temple of God, the altar, and those who worship there.

2. But leave out the court which is outside the temple, and do not measure it, for it has been given to the gentiles. And they will tread the holy city underfoot for forty-two months.

3. And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth."

4. These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands standing before the God of the earth.

5. And if anyone wants to harm them, fire will proceed from their mouth and devour their enemies. And if anyone wants to do them injury, he must be killed in this manner.

6. These have power to shut heaven, so that no rain falls in the days of their prophecy; and they have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they desire.

7. Then, when they finish their testimony, the beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit will make war against them, overcome them, and kill them.

8. And their bodies will lie in the street of the great city which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.

9. Then those from the peoples, tribes, tongues, and nations will see their bodies for three and a half days, and not allow their bodies to be put into tombs.

10. And those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and be glad, and send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.

11. But after the three and a half days the breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them.

12. And they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, "Come up here." And they ascended to heaven in a cloud, and their enemies saw them.

13. In the same hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth part of the city fell. And in the earthquake seven thousand people by name were killed, and the rest were afraid and gave glory to the God of heaven.

14. The second woe is past. Behold, the third woe is coming quickly.

15. Then the seventh angel sounded, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!"

16. And the twenty-four elders who sat before God on their thrones fell on their faces and worshiped God,

17. saying: "We give You thanks, O Lord God Almighty, who are and who were and who are to come, because You have taken Your great power and entered Your kingdom.

18. The nations were angry, and Your wrath has come, and the time to judge the dead, and to reward Your servants the prophets and saints, and those who fear Your name, small and great, and to destroy those who are destroying the earth."

19. Then the temple of God was opened in heaven, and the ark of His covenant was seen in His temple. And there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.

THE SPIRITUAL MEANING

The Contents of the Whole Chapter

The subject continues to be the state of the church among the Protestant Reformed and the character of those inwardly caught up in faith alone in opposition to the two essential elements of the New Church, namely, that the Lord alone is God of heaven and earth, whose humanity is Divine, and that people ought to live in accordance with the Ten Commandments. These two essential elements were proclaimed before them (verses 3-6). But they were utterly rejected (verses 7-10). The Lord revived them (verses 11, 12). Those people perished who rejected them (verse 13). From the New Heaven the state of the New Church was shown (verses 15-19).

The Contents of the Individual Verses:

Verse ContentsSpiritual Meaning
1. Then I was given a reed like a measuring rod.John was given the ability and power to learn and see the state of the church in heaven and in the world.
And the angel stood by, saying, "Rise and measure the temple of God, the altar, and those who worship there.The Lord's presence and His command to see and learn the state of the church in the New Heaven.
2. But leave out the court which is outside the temple, and do not measure it,The state of the church on earth, as it is still, must be set aside and not learned.
for it has been given to the gentiles.Because, owing to evil practices, the state of that church has been lost and forsaken.
And they will tread the holy city underfoot for forty-two months.It has dispelled every truth of the Word to the point that none remains.
3. And I will give power to my two witnesses,Those people who confess and acknowledge from the heart that the Lord is God of heaven and earth, whose humanity is Divine, and who are conjoined with Him by a life in accordance with the Ten Commandments.
and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days,These two - an acknowledgment of the Lord and a life in accordance with the Ten Commandments, which are the two essential elements of the New Church - must be taught until the end and a new beginning.
clothed in sackcloth."The grief experienced meanwhile over the truth's not being accepted.
4. These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands standing before the God of the earth.The love and intelligence, or charity and faith, that people have in them from the Lord.
5. And if anyone wants to harm them, fire will proceed from their mouth and devour their enemies.Anyone who wishes to destroy these two essential elements perishes from a hellish love.
And if anyone wants to do them injury, he must be killed in that way.Anyone who condemns the two essential elements is likewise condemned.
6. These have power to shut heaven, so that no rain falls in the days of their prophecy;People who turn away from these two essential elements cannot receive any truth from heaven.
and they have power over waters to turn them to blood,People who turn away from these two essential elements falsify the Word's truths.
and to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they desire.People who wish to destroy these two essential elements propel themselves into evils and falsities of every kind, as often as, and in the measure that, they do so.
7. Then, when they finish their testimony,After the Lord has taught these two essential elements of the New Church,
the beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit will make war against them, overcome them, and kill them.those people who are caught up in the interior tenets of the doctrine regarding faith alone will reject these two elements.
8. And their bodies will lie in the street of the great cityThese two elements have been utterly rejected.
which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt,The two hellish loves, namely, a love of ruling springing from a love of self, and a love of holding sway from a conceit in one's own intelligence, loves which are present in the church where there is not one God and where the Lord is not worshiped, and where people do not live in accordance with the Ten Commandments.
where also our Lord was crucified.A failure to acknowledge the Lord's Divine humanity, and thus a state in which He is rejected.
9. Then those from the peoples, tribes, tongues, and nations will see their bodies for three and a half days,All those who were or who would be caught up in doctrinal falsities and evil practices at the end of the church still existing, when they have heard and later hear about these two essential elements at the beginning of the New Church,
and not allow their bodies to be put into tombs.have condemned them and will continue to condemn them.
10. And those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and be glad,The delight of the heart and soul's affection among those people in the church caught up in faith alone.
and send gifts to one another,Their consociation by love and friendship.
because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.These two essential elements of the New Church, opposed as they are to the two essential elements accepted in the Protestant Reformed Church, are objects of contempt, distress, and repugnance.
11. But after the three and a half days the breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet,As the New Church commences and grows, these two essential elements are made living by the Lord in people who accept them.
and great fear fell on those who saw them.A disturbance of the mind and alarm at Divine truths.
12. And they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, "Come up here."The two essential elements of the New Church raised by the Lord into heaven, where they originate and where they remain, and where they are protected.
And they ascended to heaven in a cloud,Their elevation into heaven and conjunction with the Lord there through the Divine truth of the Word in its literal sense.
and their enemies saw them.People caught up in a faith divorced from charity heard of these, but remained in their falsities.
13. In the same hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth part of the city fell.A considerable change of state occurring then in those people, and their being plucked away from heaven and sinking into hell.
And in the earthquake seven thousand people by name were killed,All those people who professed faith alone and for that reason made works of charity of no account, perished.
and the rest were afraid and gave glory to the God of heaven.People who saw their destruction acknowledged the Lord and were set apart.
14. The second woe is past. Behold, the third woe is coming quickly.A lamentation over the corrupted state of the church, and lastly a final lamentation, as depicted after this.
15. Then the seventh angel sounded,An examination and exposure of the state of the church after its end, at the time of the Lord's advent and the advent of His kingdom.
and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!"Celebrations on the part of angels, that heaven and the church had become the Lord's, as they had been from the beginning, and that they had now become those of His Divine humanity, thus that the Lord would reign over heaven and earth as regards both aspects of Him to eternity.
16. And the twenty-four elders who sat before God on their thrones fell on their faces and worshiped God,An acknowledgment on the part of all the angels in heaven that the Lord is God of heaven and earth, and their highest adoration of Him.
17. saying: "We give You thanks, O Lord God Almighty, who are and who were and who are to come,A confession and glorification on the part of the angels in heaven, that the Lord is He who exists, lives, and has power of Himself, and who governs all things, because He alone is eternal and infinite.
because You have taken Your great power and entered Your kingdom.The New Heaven and New Church, where people will acknowledge Him alone as God.
18. The nations were angry,People who were caught up in faith alone and thus in evil practices were enraged, and harassed those who opposed their faith.
and Your wrath has come, and the time to judge the dead,Their destruction, and the last judgment on those people who were without any spiritual life.
and to reward Your servants the prophets and saints,The happiness of eternal life for people who possess doctrinal truths from the Word and live in accordance with them.
and those who fear Your name, small and great,People who love things having to do with the Lord, in a lesser or greater degree.
and to destroy those who are destroying the earth."The casting down into hell of the people who destroyed the church.
19. Then the temple of God was opened in heaven, and the ark of His covenant was seen in His temple.The New Heaven, in which the Lord is worshiped in His Divine humanity, and where people live in accordance with the Ten Commandments, which constitute the two essential elements of the New Church that are the means of conjunction.
And there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.The reasonings, disturbances, and falsifications of goodness and truth then in the lower regions.

THE EXPOSITION

Then I was given a reed like a measuring rod. (11:1) This symbolically means that the Lord gave John the ability and power to learn and see the state of the church in heaven and in the world.

A reed symbolizes weak power, the kind a person has of himself, and a rod symbolizes strong power, the kind a person has from the Lord. Consequently John's being given a reed like a measuring rod symbolizes power from the Lord. That it was the ability and power to learn and see the state of the church in heaven and in the world is apparent from the events that follow in this chapter to the end.

[2] That a reed or length of cane symbolizes weak power such as a person has of himself is apparent from the following:

Look, you are relying on the staff of (a) broken reed, on Egypt, which, when a man leans on it, will go into his hand and pierce it. (Isaiah 36:6)

That... the inhabitants of Egypt may know that I am Jehovah, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel. When they took hold of you with the hand, you broke and punctured all their shoulders... (Ezekiel 29:6-7)

Egypt symbolizes the natural person who relies on his own powers, and that is why it is called the staff of a broken reed.

A reed symbolizes weak power, in Isaiah:

A bruised reed He will not break, and smoking flax He will not extinguish. (Isaiah 42:3)

[3] A rod, on the other hand, symbolizes strong power, which comes from the Lord, here the power to learn the state of the church, because John used the rod to measure the temple and altar, and to measure means, symbolically, to learn, and the temple and altar symbolize the church, as depicted next.

A rod symbolizes power because in olden times people in the church made wooden rods, and wood symbolizes goodness. It also substituted for the right hand and supported it, and the right hand symbolizes power. It is owing to this that a scepter is a shortened rod, and a scepter symbolizes the power of a king. Moreover, "scepter" and "rod" in Hebrew are the same word. 1

[4] That a rod symbolizes power is apparent from the following passages:

Say, "How the strong staff is broken, the beautiful rod!" ...Come down from your glory, and sit in thirst. (Jeremiah 48:17-18)

Jehovah shall send the rod of Your strength out of Zion. (Psalms 110:2)

You punctured with his shafts the head of the faithless. (Habakkuk 3:14)

...Israel the rod of (Jehovah's) inheritance. (Jeremiah 10:16; 51:19)

Your rod and Your staff will comfort me. (Psalms 23:4)

Jehovah has broken the staff of the wicked... (Isaiah 14:5, cf. Isaiah 9:4, Psalms 125:3)

My people consult a piece of wood, and their staff answers them. (Hosea 4:12)

...Jehovah... takes away from Jerusalem... the whole staff of bread and the whole staff of water. (Isaiah 3:1, cf. Ezekiel 4:16; 5:16; 14:13, Psalms 105:16, Leviticus 26:26)

A staff of bread and of water symbolizes the power of goodness and truth, and Jerusalem symbolizes the church.

The rod of Levi with the name of Aaron on it, which in the Tabernacle blossomed with almonds (Numbers 17:2-10), symbolizes, in the spiritual sense, nothing else than the power of truth and goodness, because Levi and Aaron symbolized the truth and goodness of the church.

[5] That a rod symbolizes power is apparent from the power of Moses' rod: On being stretched out it turned water into blood (Exodus 7:20). It caused frogs to come up on the land of Egypt (Exodus 8:1ff.). It produced lice (Exodus 8:16f.). It summoned thunder and hail (Exodus 9:23ff.). It caused locusts to come (Exodus 10:12ff.). It caused the Red Sea to be parted and the waters to return (Exodus 14:16, 21, 26). It caused water to flow from the rock at Horeb (Exodus 17:5ff., Numbers 20:7-13). In Moses' hand it enabled Joshua to prevail over the Amalekites (Exodus 17:9-12).

And an angel's staff caused fire to come forth from a rock (Judges 6:21).

It is apparent from these instances that a rod or staff symbolizes power, and also elsewhere, as in Isaiah 10:5, 24, 26; 11:4; 14:29; 30:31-32, Ezekiel 19:10-14, Lamentations 3:1, Micah 7:14, Zechariah 10:11, Numbers 21:18.

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1. I.e., מַטֶּה.

  
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