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1 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM προς-P *μωυσης-N1M-ASM λαξευω-VA--AAD2S σεαυτου- D--DSM δυο-M πλαξ-N3K-APF λιθινος-A1--APF καθως-D και-C ο- A--NPF πρωτος-A1--NPFS και-C αναβαινω-VZ--AAD2S προς-P εγω- P--AS εις-P ο- A--ASN ορος-N3E-ASN και-C γραφω-VF--FAI1S επι-P ο- A--GPF πλαξ-N3K-GPF ο- A--APN ρημα-N3M-APN ος- --NPN ειμι-V9--IAI3S εν-P ο- A--DPF πλαξ-N3K-DPF ο- A--DPF πρωτος-A1--DPFS ος- --DPF συντριβω-VAI-AAI2S

2 και-C γιγνομαι-V1--PMD2S ετοιμος-A1--NSM εις-P ο- A--ASN πρωι-D και-C αναβαινω-VF--FMI2S επι-P ο- A--ASN ορος-N3E-ASN ο- A--ASN *σινα-N----S και-C ιστημι-VF--FMI2S εγω- P--DS εκει-D επι-P ακρος-A1A-GSN ο- A--GSN ορος-N3E-GSN

3 και-C μηδεις-A3P-NSM αναβαινω-VZ--AAD3S μετα-P συ- P--GS μηδε-C οραω-VV--APD3S εν-P πας-A3--DSN ο- A--DSN ορος-N3E-DSN και-C ο- A--NPN προβατον-N2N-NPN και-C ο- A--NPF βους-N3--NPF μη-D νεμω-V1--PMD3P πλησιον-D ο- A--GSN ορος-N3E-GSN εκεινος- D--GSN

4 και-C λαξευω-VAI-AAI3S δυο-M πλαξ-N3K-APF λιθινος-A1--APF καθαπερ-D και-C ο- A--NPF πρωτος-A1--NPFS και-C ορθριζω-VA--AAPNSM *μωυσης-N1M-NSM αναβαινω-VZI-AAI3S εις-P ο- A--ASN ορος-N3E-ASN ο- A--ASN *σινα-N----S καθοτι-D συντασσω-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--DSM κυριος-N2--NSM και-C λαμβανω-VBI-AAI3S *μωυσης-N1M-NSM ο- A--APF δυο-M πλαξ-N3K-APF ο- A--APF λιθινος-A1--APF

5 και-C καταβαινω-VZI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM εν-P νεφελη-N1--DSF και-C παραιστημι-VHI-AAI3S αυτος- D--DSM εκει-D και-C καλεω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--DSN ονομα-N3M-DSN κυριος-N2--GSM

6 και-C παραερχομαι-VBI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM προ-P προσωπον-N2N-GSN αυτος- D--GSM και-C καλεω-VAI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM οικτιρμων-A3N-NSM και-C ελεημων-A3N-NSM μακροθυμος-A1B-NSM και-C πολυελεος-A1B-NSM και-C αληθινος-A1--NSM

7 και-C δικαιοσυνη-N1--ASF διατηρεω-V2--PAPNSM και-C ποιεω-V2--PAPNSM ελεος-N3E-ASN εις-P χιλιας-N3D-APF αποαιρεω-V2--PAPNSM ανομια-N1A-APF και-C αδικια-N1A-APF και-C αμαρτια-N1A-APF και-C ου-D καθαριζω-VF2-FAI3S ο- A--ASM ενοχος-A1B-ASM επιαγω-V1--PAPNSM ανομια-N1A-GSF πατηρ-N3--GPM επι-P τεκνον-N2N-APN και-C επι-P τεκνον-N2N-APN τεκνον-N2N-GPN επι-P τριτος-A1--ASF και-C τεταρτος-A1--ASF γενεα-N1A-ASF

8 και-C σπευδω-VA--AAPNSM *μωυσης-N1M-NSM κυπτω-VA--AAPNSM επι-P ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF προςκυνεω-VAI-AAI3S

9 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S ει-C ευρισκω-VX--XAI1S χαρις-N3--ASF ενωπιον-P συ- P--GS συνπορευομαι-VC--APD3S ο- A--NSM κυριος-N2--NSM εγω- P--GS μετα-P εγω- P--GP ο- A--NSM λαος-N2--NSM γαρ-X σκληροτραχηλος-A1B-NSM ειμι-V9--PAI3S και-C αποαιρεω-VF2-FAI2S συ- P--NS ο- A--APF αμαρτια-N1A-APF εγω- P--GP και-C ο- A--APF ανομια-N1A-APF εγω- P--GP και-C ειμι-VF--FMI1P συ- P--DS

10 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM προς-P *μωυσης-N1M-ASM ιδου-I εγω- P--NS τιθημι-V7--PAI1S συ- P--DS διαθηκη-N1--ASF ενωπιον-P πας-A3--GSM ο- A--GSM λαος-N2--GSM συ- P--GS ποιεω-VF--FAI1S ενδοξος-A1B-APN ος- --APN ου-D γιγνομαι-VX--XAI3S εν-P πας-A1S-DSF ο- A--DSF γη-N1--DSF και-C εν-P πας-A3--DSN εθνος-N3E-DSN και-C οραω-VF--FMI3S πας-A3--NSM ο- A--NSM λαος-N2--NSM εν-P ος- --DPM ειμι-V9--PAI2S συ- P--NS ο- A--APN εργον-N2N-APN κυριος-N2--GSM οτι-C θαυμαστος-A1--NPN ειμι-V9--PAI3S ος- --APN εγω- P--NS ποιεω-VF--FAI1S συ- P--DS

11 προςεχω-V1--PAD2S συ- P--NS πας-A3--APN οσος-A1--APN εγω- P--NS εντελλομαι-V1--PMI1S συ- P--DS ιδου-I εγω- P--NS εκβαλλω-V1--PAI1S προ-P προσωπον-N2N-GSN συ- P--GP ο- A--ASM *αμορραιος-N2--ASM και-C *χαναναιος-N2--ASM και-C *χετταιος-N2--ASM και-C *φερεζαιος-N2--ASM και-C *ευαιος-N2--ASM και-C *γεργεσαιος-N2--ASM και-C *ιεβουσαιος-N2--ASM

12 προςεχω-V1--PAD2S σεαυτου- D--DSM μηποτε-D τιθημι-VE--AAS2S διαθηκη-N1--ASF ο- A--DPM εν καταημαι-V5--PMPDPM επι-P ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF εις-P ος- --ASF ειςπορευομαι-V1--PMI2S εις-P αυτος- D--ASF μη-D συ- P--DS γιγνομαι-VB--AMS3S προσκομμα-N3M-NSN εν-P συ- P--DP

13 ο- A--APM βωμος-N2--APM αυτος- D--GPM κατααιρεω-VF2-FAI2P και-C ο- A--APF στηλη-N1--APF αυτος- D--GPM συντριβω-VF--FAI2P και-C ο- A--APN αλσος-N3E-APN αυτος- D--GPM εκκοπτω-VF--FAI2P και-C ο- A--APN γλυπτος-A1--APN ο- A--GPM θεος-N2--GPM αυτος- D--GPM κατακαιω-VF--FAI2P εν-P πυρ-N3--DSN

14 ου-D γαρ-X μη-D προςκυνεω-VA--AAS2P θεος-N2--DSM ετερος-A1A-DSM ο- A--NSM γαρ-X κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM ζηλωτος-A1--NSN ονομα-N3M-NSN θεος-N2--NSM ζηλωτης-N1M-NSM ειμι-V9--PAI3S

15 μηποτε-D τιθημι-VE--AAS2S διαθηκη-N1--ASF ο- A--DPM εν καταημαι-V5--PMPDPM προς-P αλλοφυλος-A1B-APM επι-P ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF και-C εκπορνευω-VA--AAS3P οπισω-P ο- A--GPM θεος-N2--GPM αυτος- D--GPM και-C θυω-VA--AAS3P ο- A--DPM θεος-N2--DPM αυτος- D--GPM και-C καλεω-VA--AAS3P συ- P--AS και-C εσθιω-VB--AAS2S ο- A--GPN θυμα-N3M-GPN αυτος- D--GPM

16 και-C λαμβανω-VB--AAS2S ο- A--GPF θυγατηρ-N3--GPF αυτος- D--GPM ο- A--DPM υιος-N2--DPM συ- P--GS και-C ο- A--GPF θυγατηρ-N3--GPF συ- P--GS διδωμι-VO--AAS2S ο- A--DPM υιος-N2--DPM αυτος- D--GPM και-C εκπορνευω-VA--AAS3P ο- A--NPF θυγατηρ-N3--NPF συ- P--GS οπισω-P ο- A--GPM θεος-N2--GPM αυτος- D--GPM και-C εκπορνευω-VA--AAS3P ο- A--APM υιος-N2--APM συ- P--GS οπισω-P ο- A--GPM θεος-N2--GPM αυτος- D--GPM

17 και-C θεος-N2--APM χωνευτος-A1--APM ου-D ποιεω-VF--FAI2S σεαυτου- D--DSM

18 και-C ο- A--ASF εορτη-N1--ASF ο- A--GPM αζυμος-A1B-GPM φυλασσω-VF--FMI2S επτα-M ημερα-N1A-APF εσθιω-VF--FMI2S αζυμος-A1B-APN καθαπερ-D εντελλομαι-VM--XMI1S συ- P--DS εις-P ο- A--ASM καιρος-N2--ASM εν-P μην-N3--DSM ο- A--GPN νεος-A1A-GPN εν-P γαρ-X μην-N3--DSM ο- A--GPN νεος-A1A-GPN εκερχομαι-VBI-AAI2S εκ-P *αιγυπτος-N2--GSF

19 πας-A3--NSN δια αναοιγω-V1--PAPNSN μητρα-N1A-ASF εγω- P--DS ο- A--NPN αρσενικος-A1--NPN πρωτοτοκος-A1B-NSN μοσχος-N2--GSM και-C πρωτοτοκος-A1B-NSN προβατον-N2N-GSN

20 και-C πρωτοτοκος-A1B-NSN υποζυγιον-N2N-GSN λυτροω-VF--FMI2S προβατον-N2N-DSN εαν-C δε-X μη-D λυτροω-VF--FMI2S αυτος- D--ASN τιμη-N1--ASF διδωμι-VF--FAI2S πας-A3--ASN πρωτοτοκος-A1B-ASN ο- A--GPM υιος-N2--GPM συ- P--GS λυτροω-VF--FMI2S ου-D οραω-VV--FPI2S ενωπιον-P εγω- P--GS κενος-A1--NSM

21 εξ-M ημερα-N1A-APF εργαζομαι-VF2-FMI2S ο- A--DSF δε-X εβδομος-A1--DSF καταπαυω-VF--FAI2S ο- A--DSM σπορος-N2--DSM και-C ο- A--DSM αμητος-N2--DSM καταπαυω-VF--FAI2S

22 και-C εορτη-N1--ASF εβδομας-N3D-GPF ποιεω-VF--FAI2S εγω- P--DS αρχη-N1--ASF θερισμος-N2--GSM πυρος-N2--GPM και-C εορτη-N1--ASF συναγωγη-N1--GSF μεσοω-V4--PAPGSM ο- A--GSM ενιαυτος-N2--GSM

23 τρεις-A3--APM καιρος-N2--APM ο- A--GSM ενιαυτος-N2--GSM οραω-VV--FPI3S πας-A3--NSN αρσενικος-A1--NSN συ- P--GS ενωπιον-P κυριος-N2--GSM ο- A--GSM θεος-N2--GSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM

24 οταν-D γαρ-X εκβαλλω-VF--FAI1S ο- A--APN εθνος-N3E-APN προ-P προσωπον-N2N-GSN συ- P--GS και-C πλατυνω-V1--PAS1S ο- A--APN οριον-N2N-APN συ- P--GS ου-D επιθυμεω-VF--FAI3S ουδεις-A3--NSM ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF συ- P--GS ηνικα-D αν-X αναβαινω-V1--PAS2S οραω-VV--APN εναντιον-P κυριος-N2--GSM ο- A--GSM θεος-N2--GSM συ- P--GS τρεις-A3--APM καιρος-N2--APM ο- A--GSM ενιαυτος-N2--GSM

25 ου-D σφαζω-VF--FAI2S επι-P ζυμη-N1--DSF αιμα-N3M-ASN θυμιαμα-N3M-GPN εγω- P--GS και-C ου-D κοιμαω-VC--FPI3S εις-P ο- A--ASN πρωι-D θυμα-N3M-NPN ο- A--GSF εορτη-N1--GSF ο- A--GSN πασχα-N---GSN

26 ο- A--APN πρωτογενημα-N3M-APN ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF συ- P--GS τιθημι-VF--FAI2S εις-P ο- A--ASM οικος-N2--ASM κυριος-N2--GSM ο- A--GSM θεος-N2--GSM συ- P--GS ου-D προςφερω-VF--FAI2S αρνος-N3--ASM εν-P γαλα-N3--DSN μητηρ-N3--GSF αυτος- D--GSM

27 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM προς-P *μωυσης-N1M-ASM γραφω-VA--AAD2S σεαυτου- D--DSM ο- A--APN ρημα-N3M-APN ουτος- D--APN επι-P γαρ-X ο- A--GPM λογος-N2--GPM ουτος- D--GPM τιθημι-VT--XMI1S συ- P--DS διαθηκη-N1--ASF και-C ο- A--DSM *ισραηλ-N---DSM

28 και-C ειμι-V9--IAI3S εκει-D *μωυσης-N1M-NSM εναντιον-P κυριος-N2--GSM τεσσαρακοντα-M ημερα-N1A-APF και-C τεσσαρακοντα-M νυξ-N3--APF αρτος-N2--ASM ου-D εσθιω-VBI-AAI3S και-C υδωρ-N3--NSN ου-D πινω-VBI-AAI3S και-C γραφω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--APN ρημα-N3M-APN ουτος- D--APN επι-P ο- A--GPF πλαξ-N3K-GPF ο- A--GSF διαθηκη-N1--GSF ο- A--APM δεκα-M λογος-N2--APM

29 ως-C δε-X καταβαινω-V1I-IAI3S *μωυσης-N1M-NSM εκ-P ο- A--GSN ορος-N3E-GSN και-C ο- A--NPF δυο-M πλαξ-N3K-NPF επι-P ο- A--GPF χειρ-N3--GPF *μωυσης-N1M-GSM καταβαινω-V1--PAPGSM δε-X αυτος- D--GSM εκ-P ο- A--GSN ορος-N3E-GSN *μωυσης-N1M-NSM ου-D οιδα-VXI-YAI3S οτι-C δοξαζω-VT--XMI3S ο- A--NSF οψις-N3I-NSF ο- A--GSN χρωμα-N3M-GSN ο- A--GSN προσωπον-N2N-GSN αυτος- D--GSM εν-P ο- A--DSN λαλεω-V2--PAN αυτος- D--ASM αυτος- D--DSM

30 και-C οραω-VBI-AAI3S *ααρων-N---NSM και-C πας-A3--NPM ο- A--NPM πρεσβυτερος-A1A-NPM *ισραηλ-N---GSM ο- A--ASM *μωυσης-N1M-ASM και-C ειμι-V9--IAI3S δοξαζω-VT--XMPNSF ο- A--NSF οψις-N3I-NSF ο- A--GSN χρωμα-N3M-GSN ο- A--GSN προσωπον-N2N-GSN αυτος- D--GSM και-C φοβεω-VCI-API3P εγγιζω-VA--AAN αυτος- D--GSM

31 και-C καλεω-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--APM *μωυσης-N1M-NSM και-C επιστρεφω-VDI-API3P προς-P αυτος- D--ASM *ααρων-N---NSM και-C πας-A3--NPM ο- A--NPM αρχων-N3--NPM ο- A--GSF συναγωγη-N1--GSF και-C λαλεω-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--DPM *μωυσης-N1M-NSM

32 και-C μετα-P ουτος- D--APN προςερχομαι-VBI-AAI3P προς-P αυτος- D--ASM πας-A3--NPM ο- A--NPM υιος-N2--NPM *ισραηλ-N---GSM και-C εντελλομαι-VAI-AMI3S αυτος- D--DPM πας-A3--APN οσος-A1--APN λαλεω-VAI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM προς-P αυτος- D--ASM εν-P ο- A--DSN ορος-N3E-DSN *σινα-N----S

33 και-C επειδη-C καταπαυω-VAI-AAI3S λαλεω-V2--PAPNSM προς-P αυτος- D--APM επιτιθημι-VAI-AAI3S επι-P ο- A--ASN προσωπον-N2N-ASN αυτος- D--GSM καλυμμα-N3M-ASN

34 ηνικα-D δε-X αν-X ειςπορευομαι-V1I-IMI3S *μωυσης-N1M-NSM εναντι-P κυριος-N2--GSM λαλεω-V2--PAN αυτος- D--DSM περιαιρεω-V2I-IMI3S ο- A--ASN καλυμμα-N3M-ASN εως-P ο- A--GSN εκπορευομαι-V1--PMN και-C εκερχομαι-VB--AAPNSM λαλεω-V2I-IAI3S πας-A3--DPM ο- A--DPM υιος-N2--DPM *ισραηλ-N---GSM οσος-A1--APN εντελλομαι-VAI-AMI3S αυτος- D--DSM κυριος-N2--NSM

35 και-C οραω-VBI-AAI3P ο- A--NPM υιος-N2--NPM *ισραηλ-N---GSM ο- A--ASN προσωπον-N2N-ASN *μωυσης-N1M-GSM οτι-C δοξαζω-VT--XMI3S και-C περιτιθημι-VAI-AAI3S *μωυσης-N1M-NSM καλυμμα-N3M-ASN επι-P ο- A--ASN προσωπον-N2N-ASN εαυτου- D--GSM εως-C αν-X ειςερχομαι-VB--AAS3S συνλαλεω-V2--PAN αυτος- D--DSM

   

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3727. In regard to the signification of a “pillar,” as being a holy boundary, thus the ultimate of order, this comes from the fact that in the most ancient times stones were placed at the boundaries, which marked the possession or inheritance of one person from that of another, and were for a sign and a witness that the boundaries were at that place. The most ancient people, who in every object, and in every pillar, thought of something celestial and spiritual (n. 1977, 2995), in these stones also which they set up, thought from them concerning the ultimates in man, and thus concerning the ultimate of order, which is truth in the natural man. The ancients who were after the flood received this from the most ancient people who were before the flood (n. 920, 1409, 2179, 2896, 2897), and began to account those stones holy which were set up in the boundaries, because as before said, they signified holy truth which is in the ultimate of order. They also called those stones “pillars;” and thus it came to pass that pillars were introduced into worship, and that they erected them in the places where they had their groves, and afterwards where they had their temples, and also that they anointed them with oil, concerning which something shall be said in what follows. For the worship of the Ancient Church consisted in the perceptives and significatives of the most ancient people who were before the flood, as is manifest from the sections just cited. As the most ancient people spoke with angels and were together with them while on earth, they were instructed from heaven that stones signify truth, and that wood signifies good (see above, n. 3720). This is the reason why “pillars” signify a holy boundary, thus the truth which is the ultimate of order in man; for the good that inflows through the internal man from the Lord is terminated in the external man, in the truth therein. Man’s thought, speech, and action, which are the ultimates of order, are nothing else than truths from good, being the images or forms of good; for they belong to man’s intellectual part, while the good which is in them, and from which they are, belongs to his will part.

[2] That pillars were erected for a sign and for a witness, and also for worship; and that in the internal sense they signify a holy boundary, or the truth in man’s natural which is the ultimate of order, may be seen from other passages in the Word-as from the following, concerning the covenant between Laban and Jacob:

Come now, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee. And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold the pillar which I have set up between me and thee; this heap be witness, and the pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap to me, and this pillar, for evil (Genesis 31:44-45, 51-52).

That in this passage a “pillar” signifies truth, will be seen in the explication of the passage.

[3] In Isaiah:

In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak with the lips of Canaan, and swear to Jehovah Zebaoth. In that day shall there be an altar to Jehovah in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the boundary thereof to Jehovah; which shall be for a sign and for a witness unto Jehovah Zebaoth in the land of Egypt (Isaiah 19:18-20);

“Egypt” denotes the memory-knowledges that belong to the natural man; an “altar,” Divine worship in general, for in the second Ancient Church, which began from Eber, the altar was made the primary representative of worship (n. 921, 1343, 2777, 2811); the “midst of the land of Egypt” denotes what is primary and inmost of worship (n. 2940, 2973, 3436); a “pillar,” the truth which is the ultimate of order in the natural. That this is in the boundary for a sign and for a witness is manifest.

[4] In Moses:

Moses wrote all the words of Jehovah, and rose up early in the morning and builded an altar near Mount Sinai, and twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel (Exodus 24:4); where in like manner an “altar” was representative of all worship, and indeed of good in worship; while the twelve pillars were a representative of the truth which is from good in worship. (That “twelve” denotes all things of truth in one complex may be seen above, n. 577, 2089, 2129, 2130, 3272; and that the “twelve tribes” in like manner signify all things of the truth of the church, will of the Lord’s Divine mercy be shown in the following chapter.)

[5] Inasmuch as altars were representative of all the good of worship, and as the Jewish Church was instituted in order that it might represent the celestial church which acknowledged no other truth than that which is from good, which is called celestial truth-for it was not in the least willing to separate truth from good, insomuch that it was not willing to mention anything of faith or truth unless it was thinking of good, and this from good, n. 202, 337, 2069, 2715, 2718, 3246—therefore there was a representative of truth by means of the stones of the altar, and it was forbidden to represent it by pillars, lest thereby truth should be separated from good, and should be representatively worshiped instead of good. For this reason it is written in Moses:

Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any tree beside the altar of Jehovah thy God which thou shalt make thee; and thou shalt not set thee up a pillar, which Jehovah thy God hateth (Deuteronomy 16:21-22);

for to worship truth separate from good, or faith separate from charity, is contrary to the Divine, because contrary to order, and this is signified by the prohibition, “thou shalt not set thee up a pillar, which Jehovah thy God hateth.”

[6] Nevertheless that they did set up pillars, and thereby represented those things which are contrary to order, is evident in Hosea:

Israel according to the multiplying of his fruit, multiplies his altars; according to the good of their land they make goodly pillars; but He shall overturn their altars; He shall lay waste their pillars (Hos. 10:1-2).

In the first book of Kings:

Judah did that which was evil in the eyes of Jehovah; they also built them high places, and pillars, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree (1 Kings 14:22-23).

In the second book of Kings:

The sons of Israel set them up pillars and groves on every high hill, and under every green tree (2 Kings 17:10).

Hezekiah removed the high places, and he brake the pillars and cut down the grove and ground to pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had made, for they did burn incense to it (2 Kings 18:4).

[7] Inasmuch as the Gentiles also had by tradition the belief that the holy of worship was represented by altars and by pillars, and yet were in evil and falsity, therefore by “altars” among the gentiles are signified evils of worship, and by “pillars,” falsities; for which reason it was commanded that they should be destroyed. As in Moses:

Ye shall overthrow their altars, and break in pieces their pillars, and ye shall cut down their groves (Exodus 34:13; Deuteronomy 7:5; 12:3).

Thou shalt not bow to their gods, nor worship them, nor do after their works; because destroying thou shalt destroy them, and breaking thou shalt break in pieces their pillars (Exodus 23:24).

The “gods” of the nations denote falsities; their “works,” evils; to “break in pieces their pillars” denotes to destroy worship from falsity.

[8] In Jeremiah:

Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon shall break in pieces the pillars of the house of the sun that is in the land of Egypt, and the houses of the gods of Egypt shall he burn with fire (Jeremiah 43:13).

In Ezekiel:

Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon with the hoofs of his horses shall tread down all thy streets; he shall slay the people with the sword, and shall cause the pillars of thy strength to go down to the earth (Ezekiel 26:11);

speaking of Tyre. “Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon” denotes that which causes vastation (n. 1327); the “hoofs of the horses” denote the lowest intellectual things, such as are memory-knowledges from mere things of sense; that “hoofs” are the lowest things will of the Lord’s Divine mercy be confirmed elsewhere; “horses” denote intellectual things (n. 2760-2762); “streets,” truths, and in the opposite sense, falsities (n. 2336); to “tread them down” is to destroy the knowledges of truth, which are signified by “Tyre” (that “Tyre,” which is the subject here referred to, signifies the knowledges of truth, may be seen above, n. 1201); to “slay the people with the sword” denotes to destroy truths by that which is false. (That “people” is predicated of truth, may be seen above, n. 1259, 1260,(3295),3581; and that a “sword” signifies falsity combating, n. 2799.) From all this we see what is meant by “causing the pillars of strength to come down to the earth.” That “strength” is predicated of what is true and of what is false, is also evident from the Word.

  
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