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1 ειπον-VBI-AAI3S δε-X κυριος-N2--NSM προς-P *μωυσης-N1M-ASM ειςερχομαι-VB--AAD2S προς-P *φαραω-N---ASM και-C ειπον-VF2-FAI2S αυτος- D--DSM οδε- D--APN λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM ο- A--GPM *εβραιος-N2--GPM εκ αποστελλω-VA--AAD2S ο- A--ASM λαος-N2--ASM εγω- P--GS ινα-C εγω- P--DS λατρευω-VA--AAS3P

2 ει-C μεν-X ουν-X μη-D βουλομαι-V1--PMI2S εκ αποστελλω-VA--AAN ο- A--ASM λαος-N2--ASM εγω- P--GS αλλα-C ετι-D ενκρατεω-V2--PAI2S αυτος- D--GSM

3 ιδου-I χειρ-N3--NSF κυριος-N2--GSM επιειμι-VF--FMI3S εν-P ο- A--DPN κτηνος-N3E-DPN συ- P--GS ο- A--DPN εν-P ο- A--DPN πεδιον-N2N-DPN εν-P τε-X ο- A--DPM ιππος-N2--DPM και-C εν-P ο- A--DPN υποζυγιον-N2N-DPN και-C ο- A--DPF καμηλος-N2--DPF και-C βους-N3--DPM και-C προβατον-N2N-DPN θανατος-N2--NSM μεγας-A1P-NSM σφοδρα-D

4 και-C παραδοξαζω-VF--FAI1S εγω- P--NS εν-P ο- A--DSM καιρος-N2--DSM εκεινος- D--DSM ανα-P μεσος-A1--ASN ο- A--GPN κτηνος-N3E-GPN ο- A--GPM *αιγυπτιος-N2--GPM και-C ανα-P μεσος-A1--ASN ο- A--GPN κτηνος-N3E-GPN ο- A--GPM υιος-N2--GPM *ισραηλ-N---GSM ου-D τελευταω-VF--FAI3S απο-P πας-A3--GPM ο- A--GPM ο- A--GSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM υιος-N2--GPM ρητος-A1--ASM

5 και-C διδωμι-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM ορος-N2--ASM λεγω-V1--PAPNSM εν-P ο- A--DSF αυριον-D ποιεω-VF--FAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--ASN ρημα-N3M-ASN ουτος- D--ASN επι-P ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF

6 και-C ποιεω-VAI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--ASN ρημα-N3M-ASN ουτος- D--ASN ο- A--DSF επαυριον-D και-C τελευταω-VAI-AAI3S πας-A3--NPN ο- A--NPN κτηνος-N3E-NPN ο- A--GPM *αιγυπτιος-N2--GPM απο-P δε-X ο- A--GPN κτηνος-N3E-GPN ο- A--GPM υιος-N2--GPM *ισραηλ-N---GSM ου-D τελευταω-VAI-AAI3S ουδεις-A3--ASN

7 οραω-VB--AAPNSM δε-X *φαραω-N---NSM οτι-C ου-D τελευταω-VAI-AAI3S απο-P πας-A3--GPN ο- A--GPN κτηνος-N3E-GPN ο- A--GPM υιος-N2--GPM *ισραηλ-N---GSM ουδεις-A3--ASN βαρυνω-VCI-API3S ο- A--NSF καρδια-N1A-NSF *φαραω-N---GSM και-C ου-D εκ αποστελλω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--ASM λαος-N2--ASM

8 ειπον-VBI-AAI3S δε-X κυριος-N2--NSM προς-P *μωυσης-N1M-ASM και-C *ααρων-N---ASM λεγω-V1--PAPNSM λαμβανω-VB--AAD2P συ- P--NP πληρης-A3H-APF ο- A--APF χειρ-N3--APF αιθαλη-N1--GSF καμιναια-N1A-GSF και-C πασσω-VA--AAD3S *μωυσης-N1M-NSM εις-P ο- A--ASM ουρανος-N2--ASM εναντιον-P *φαραω-N---GSM και-C εναντιον-P ο- A--GPM θεραπων-N3--GPM αυτος- D--GSM

9 και-C γιγνομαι-VC--APD3S κονιορτος-N2--NSM επι-P πας-A1S-ASF ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF *αιγυπτος-N2--GSF και-C ειμι-VF--FMI3S επι-P ο- A--APM ανθρωπος-N2--APM και-C επι-P ο- A--APN τετραποδος-A1B-APN ελκος-N3E-NPN φλυκτις-N3D-NPF αναζεω-V2--PAPNPF εν-P τε-X ο- A--DPM ανθρωπος-N2--DPM και-C εν-P ο- A--DPN τετραπους-A3--DPN και-C εν-P πας-A1S-DSF γη-N1--DSF *αιγυπτος-N2--GSF

10 και-C λαμβανω-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--ASF αιθαλη-N1--ASF ο- A--GSF καμιναια-N1A-GSF εναντιον-P *φαραω-N---GSM και-C πασσω-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--ASF *μωυσης-N1M-NSM εις-P ο- A--ASM ουρανος-N2--ASM και-C γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S ελκος-N3E-NPN φλυκτις-N3D-NPF αναζεω-V2--PAPNPF εν-P ο- A--DPM ανθρωπος-N2--DPM και-C εν-P ο- A--DPN τετραπους-A3--DPN

11 και-C ου-D δυναμαι-V6I-IMI3P ο- A--NPM φαρμακος-N2--NPM ιστημι-VH--AAN εναντιον-P *μωυσης-N1M-GSM δια-P ο- A--APN ελκος-N3E-APN γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S γαρ-X ο- A--NPN ελκος-N3E-NPN εν-P ο- A--DPM φαρμακος-N2--DPM και-C εν-P πας-A1S-DSF γη-N1--DSF *αιγυπτος-N2--GSF

12 σκληρυνω-VAI-AAI3S δε-X κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--ASF καρδια-N1A-ASF *φαραω-N---GSM και-C ου-D ειςακουω-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--GPM καθα-D συντασσω-VAI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM

13 ειπον-VBI-AAI3S δε-X κυριος-N2--NSM προς-P *μωυσης-N1M-ASM ορθριζω-VA--AAD2S ο- A--ASN πρωι-D και-C ιστημι-VH--AAD2S εναντιον-P *φαραω-N---GSM και-C ειπον-VF2-FAI2S προς-P αυτος- D--ASM οδε- D--APN λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM ο- A--GPM *εβραιος-N2--GPM εκ αποστελλω-VA--AAD2S ο- A--ASM λαος-N2--ASM εγω- P--GS ινα-C λατρευω-VA--AAS3P εγω- P--DS

14 εν-P ο- A--DSM γαρ-X νυν-D καιρος-N2--DSM εγω- P--NS εκ αποστελλω-V1--PAI1S πας-A3--APN ο- A--APN συναντημα-N3--APN εγω- P--GS εις-P ο- A--ASF καρδια-N1A-ASF συ- P--GS και-C ο- A--GPM θεραπων-N3--GPM συ- P--GS και-C ο- A--GSM λαος-N2--GSM συ- P--GS ινα-C οιδα-VX--XAS2S οτι-C ου-D ειμι-V9--PAI3S ως-C εγω- P--NS αλλος- D--NSM εν-P πας-A1S-DSF ο- A--DSF γη-N1--DSF

15 νυν-D γαρ-X αποστελλω-VA--AAPNSM ο- A--ASF χειρ-N3--ASF πατασσω-VF--FAI1S συ- P--AS και-C ο- A--ASM λαος-N2--ASM συ- P--GS θανατος-N2--DSM και-C εκτριβω-VF--FMI2S απο-P ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF

16 και-C ενεκεν-P ουτος- D--GSM διατηρεω-VCI-API2S ινα-C ενδεικνυω-VA--AMS1S εν-P συ- P--DS ο- A--ASF ισχυς-N3U-ASF εγω- P--GS και-C οπως-C διααγγελλω-VD--APS3S ο- A--ASN ονομα-N3M-ASN εγω- P--GS εν-P πας-A1S-DSF ο- A--DSF γη-N1--DSF

17 ετι-D ουν-X συ- P--NS ενποιεω-V2--PMI2S ο- A--GSM λαος-N2--GSM εγω- P--GS ο- A--GSN μη-D εκ αποστελλω-VA--AAN αυτος- D--APM

18 ιδου-I εγω- P--NS υω-V1--PAI1S ουτος- D--ASF ο- A--ASF ωρα-N1A-ASF αυριον-D χαλαζα-N1A-ASF πολυς-A1--ASF σφοδρα-D οστις- X--NSF τοιουτος-A1--NSF ου-D γιγνομαι-VX--XAI3S εν-P *αιγυπτος-N2--DSF απο-P ος- --GSF ημερα-N1A-GSF κτιζω-VXI-XPI3S εως-P ο- A--GSF ημερα-N1A-GSF ουτος- D--GSF

19 νυν-D ουν-X κατασπευδω-VA--AAD2S συναγω-VB--AAN ο- A--APN κτηνος-N3E-APN συ- P--GS και-C οσος-A1--APN συ- P--DS ειμι-V9--PAI3S εν-P ο- A--DSN πεδιον-N2N-DSN πας-A3--NPM γαρ-X ο- A--NPM ανθρωπος-N2--NPM και-C ο- A--APN κτηνος-N3E-APN οσος-A1--APN αν-X ευρισκω-VC--APS3S εν-P ο- A--DSN πεδιον-N2N-DSN και-C μη-D ειςερχομαι-VB--AAS3S εις-P οικια-N1A-ASF πιπτω-VB--AAS3S δε-X επι-P αυτος- D--APN ο- A--NSF χαλαζα-N1A-NSF τελευταω-VF--FAI3S

20 ο- A--NSM φοβεω-V2--PMPNSM ο- A--ASN ρημα-N3M-ASN κυριος-N2--GSM ο- A--GPM θεραπων-N3--GPM *φαραω-N---GSM συναγω-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--APN κτηνος-N3E-APN αυτος- D--GSM εις-P ο- A--APM οικος-N2--APM

21 ος- --NSM δε-X μη-D προςεχω-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--DSF διανοια-N1A-DSF εις-P ο- A--ASN ρημα-N3M-ASN κυριος-N2--GSM αποιημι-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--APN κτηνος-N3E-APN εν-P ο- A--DPN πεδιον-N2N-DPN

22 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 ειμι-VF--FMI3S χαλαζα-N1A-NSF επι-P πας-A1S-ASF γη-N1--ASF *αιγυπτος-N2--GSF επι-P τε-X ο- A--APM ανθρωπος-N2--APM και-C ο- A--APN κτηνος-N3E-APN και-C επι-P πας-A1S-ASF βοτανη-N1--ASF ο- A--ASF επι-P ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF

23 εκτεινω-VAI-AAI3S δε-X *μωυσης-N1M-NSM ο- A--ASF χειρ-N3--ASF εις-P ο- A--ASM ουρανος-N2--ASM και-C κυριος-N2--NSM διδωμι-VAI-AAI3S φωνη-N1--APF και-C χαλαζα-N1A-ASF και-C διατρεχω-V1I-IAI3S ο- A--ASN πυρ-N3--ASN επι-P ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF και-C βρεχω-VAI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM χαλαζα-N1A-ASF επι-P πας-A1S-ASF γη-N1--ASF *αιγυπτος-N2--GSF

24 ειμι-V9--IAI3S δε-X ο- A--NSF χαλαζα-N1A-NSF και-C ο- A--NSN πυρ-N3--NSN φλογιζω-V1--PAPNSN εν-P ο- A--DSF χαλαζα-N1A-DSF ο- A--NSF δε-X χαλαζα-N1A-NSF πολυς-A1--NSF σφοδρα-D σφοδρα-D οστις- X--NSF τοιουτος-A1--NSF ου-D γιγνομαι-VX--XAI3S εν-P *αιγυπτος-N2--DSF απο-P ος- --GSM γιγνομαι-VM--XMI3S επι-P αυτος- D--GSF εθνος-N3E-ASN

25 πατασσω-VAI-AAI3S δε-X ο- A--NSF χαλαζα-N1A-NSF εν-P πας-A1S-DSF γη-N1--DSF *αιγυπτος-N2--GSF απο-P ανθρωπος-N2--GSM εως-P κτηνος-N3E-GSN και-C πας-A1S-ASF βοτανη-N1--ASF ο- A--ASF εν-P ο- A--DSN πεδιον-N2N-DSN πατασσω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--NSF χαλαζα-N1A-NSF και-C πας-A3--APN ο- A--APN ξυλον-N2N-APN ο- A--APN εν-P ο- A--DPN πεδιον-N2N-DPN συντριβω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--NSF χαλαζα-N1A-NSF

26 πλην-D εν-P γη-N1--DSF *γεσεμ-N---GS ου-D ειμι-V9--IAI3P ο- A--NPM υιος-N2--NPM *ισραηλ-N---GSM ου-D γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S ο- A--NSF χαλαζα-N1A-NSF

27 αποστελλω-VA--AAPNSM δε-X *φαραω-N---NSM καλεω-VAI-AAI3S *μωυσης-N1M-ASM και-C *ααρων-N---ASM και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S αυτος- D--DPM αμαρτανω-VX--XAI1S ο- A--ASN νυν-D ο- A--NSM κυριος-N2--NSM δικαιος-A1A-NSM εγω- P--NS δε-X και-C ο- A--NSM λαος-N2--NSM εγω- P--GS ασεβης-A3H-NPM

28 ευχομαι-VA--AMD2P ουν-X περι-P εγω- P--GS προς-P κυριος-N2--ASM και-C παυω-VA--AMD3S ο- A--GSN γιγνομαι-VC--APN φωνη-N1--APF θεος-N2--GSM και-C χαλαζα-N1A-ASF και-C πυρ-N3--ASN και-C εκ αποστελλω-VF2-FAI1S συ- P--AP και-C ουκετι-D προςτιθημι-VF--FMI2P μενω-V1--PAN

29 ειπον-VBI-AAI3S δε-X αυτος- D--DSM *μωυσης-N1M-NSM ως-D αν-X εκερχομαι-VB--AAS1S ο- A--ASF πολις-N3I-ASF εκπεταννυμι-VF--FAI1S ο- A--APF χειρ-N3--APF εγω- P--GS προς-P κυριος-N2--ASM και-C ο- A--NPF φωνη-N1--NPF παυω-VF--FMI3P και-C ο- A--NSF χαλαζα-N1A-NSF και-C ο- A--NSM υετος-N2--NSM ου-D ειμι-VF--FMI3S ετι-D ινα-C γιγνωσκω-VZ--AAS2S οτι-C ο- A--GSM κυριος-N2--GSM ο- A--NSF γη-N1--NSF

30 και-C συ- P--NS και-C ο- A--NPM θεραπων-N3--NPM συ- P--GS επισταμαι-V6--PMI1S οτι-C ουδεπω-D φοβεω-VX--XMI2P ο- A--ASM κυριος-N2--ASM

31 ο- A--ASN δε-X λινον-N2N-NSN και-C ο- A--NSF κριθη-N1--NSF πλησσω-VDI-API3S ο- A--NSF γαρ-X κριθη-N1--NSF παραιστημι-VXI-XAPNSF ο- A--ASN δε-X λινον-N2N-NSN σπερματιζω-V1--PAPNSN

32 ο- A--NSM δε-X πυρος-N2--NSM και-C ο- A--NSF ολυρα-N1A-NSF ου-D πλησσω-VDI-API3S οψιμος-A1B-NPN γαρ-X ειμι-V9--IAI3S

33 εκερχομαι-VBI-AAI3S δε-X *μωυσης-N1M-NSM απο-P *φαραω-N---GSM εκτος-P ο- A--GSF πολις-N3I-GSF και-C εκπεταννυμι-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--APF χειρ-N3--APF προς-P κυριος-N2--ASM και-C ο- A--NPF φωνη-N1--NPF παυω-VAI-AMI3P και-C ο- A--NSF χαλαζα-N1A-NSF και-C ο- A--NSM υετος-N2--NSM ου-D σταζω-VAI-AAI3S ετι-D επι-P ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF

34 οραω-VB--AAPNSM δε-X *φαραω-N---NSM οτι-C παυω-VM--XMI3S ο- A--NSM υετος-N2--NSM και-C ο- A--NSF χαλαζα-N1A-NSF και-C ο- A--NPF φωνη-N1--NPF προςτιθημι-VEI-AMI3S ο- A--GSN αμαρτανω-V1--PAN και-C βαρυνω-V1I-IAI3S αυτος- D--GSM ο- A--ASF καρδια-N1A-ASF και-C ο- A--GPM θεραπων-N3--GPM αυτος- D--GSM

35 και-C σκληρυνω-VCI-API3S ο- A--NSF καρδια-N1A-NSF *φαραω-N---GSM και-C ου-D εκ αποστελλω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--APM υιος-N2--APM *ισραηλ-N---GSM καθαπερ-D λαλεω-VAI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--DSM *μωυσης-N1M-DSM

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 962

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962. And there came a great and noxious sore. That this signifies evil works there, and consequent falsifications of truth, is evident from the signification of a sore, as denoting works that are done from man, thus from his proprium, and are evil; of these we shall treat presently. And that great is said of good, and, in the opposite sense, of evil, and noxious of what is falsified; therefore, by a great and noxious sore are signified evil works, and consequent falsifications of truth.

The reason why by sores are signified works from the proprium, and thence evils is, that from man's proprium nothing but evil can be produced. For a man's proprium is that into which he is born, and which he afterwards acquires by his own life. And because his proprium is thus, from its very birth, formed of mere evils, therefore a man must be, as it were, created anew, or regenerated, in order that he may be in good, and thus be received into heaven. When he is regenerated, then the evils from the proprium are removed, and in their place goods are implanted, and this is effected by truths. That evil works, and the falsifications of truths are with those who acknowledge faith alone in doctrine, and confirm it in life, is meant by what follows - that a great and noxious sore is upon the men who have the mark of the beast, and who worship his image.

That sores signify works from the proprium, is evident from the Word, where sores and wounds and various diseases are mentioned; as leprosies, fevers, hemorrhoids, and others; all of which correspond to lusts arising from evil loves, and thence signify them.

[2] What ulcers or wounds signify is further evident from the following passages.

In Isaiah:

"From the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness in it; the wound, and scar, and fresh bruise have not been pressed out, nor bound up, nor mollified with oil. Your whole land is a desert, your cities burned with fire" (1:6, 7).

By these words it is declared that there is no good and, consequently, no truth in the church, but evil and the falsity therefrom. From the sole of the foot even to the head no soundness, signifies that both natural things and spiritual, these being the interiors of man and of his will, are destroyed. Wound and scar, and fresh bruise, signify evils of the will, and the falsities of the thought therefrom, continually abounding. Evils of the will are also evil works. Not bound up, nor mollified with oil, signifies not amended by repentance, nor tempered by good. Your land is a desert, your cities burned with fire, signifies the church devastated as to all truth, and the doctrinals thereof destroyed by a life according to lusts arising from an evil love.

[3] In Hosea:

"Ephraim saw his disease, and Judah his wound; and Ephraim went to Assyria, and sent to king Jareb, and he could not heal you; and he shall not cure you of your wound" (5:13).

By Ephraim is signified the church as to the understanding of truth; in this case, as to the understanding of falsity. And by Judah is signified the will of good, here, the will of evil. By Assyria and king Jareb is signified the Rational perverted, as to good and as to truth. The signification of those words in a series is evident, that is, that a man from his own intelligence cannot amend the falsities arising from evils of the will; evil of the will, which also is evil of the life, being meant by wound.

[4] In David:

"Mine iniquities have passed over my head, my wounds stink and are corrupt, by reason of my foolishness" (Psalms 38:4, 5).

Here also wounds signify evils of the will, which are evil works; these are said to stink and to be corrupt by reason of foolishness, when the delight of the will and of thought therefrom is to do them.

[5] In Isaiah:

"In the day that Jehovah bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the wound of their plague" (30:26).

By the breach of the people is signified falsity of doctrine; and by the wound of their plague, evil of life. The reformation of doctrine by means of truths is signified by Jehovah binding up the breach of His people; and reformation of the life by truths, is signified by healing the wound of their plague.

[6] "The Samaritan bound up the wounds of him who was wounded by robbers, and poured therein oil and wine" (Luke 10:33, 34).

This signified that those who are in the good of charity are desirous to amend the evils arising from falsities by means of truths from good. Thieves are those who infuse falsities, whence evils come; the Jews in particular. Wounds are those evils; oil is the good of love, and wine is the truth of the Word and of doctrine.

[7] But these things may be seen explained above (n. 376, 444). By

Lazarus who lay at the threshold of the rich man, full of sores (Luke 16:21),

are meant the nations, who were in falsities from ignorance of truth, and thence were not in goods. These are those who are thence called full of sores. By the rich man, at whose threshold he lay, is meant the Jewish nation, which might have been in truths from the Word which they possessed.

[8] That a sore breaking forth was one of the plagues in Egypt, is evident in Moses:

"Jehovah said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you your hands full of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward heaven in the sight of Pharaoh, and it shall become dust upon all the land of Egypt. And they took the ashes of the furnace, and Moses sprinkled it towards heaven, and it became a sore breaking forth with boils in man and in beast. And the magicians could not stand before Moses on account of the sore, because the sore was upon the magicians and upon all the Egyptians" (Exodus 9:8-11).

By Pharaoh and the Egyptians is signified the natural man obsessed by evils and falsities of every kind; and the love of dominion of the natural man over the spiritual, the spiritual man being there signified by the sons of Israel. By the miracles performed there, which were so many plagues, and also are called diseases, are signified so many evils and falsities infesting, devastating, and destroying the church with spiritual men. By the ashes of the furnace which Moses sprinkled toward heaven, are signified the falsities of lusts that are excited. By the dust in the land of Egypt, is signified damnation. By the sore breaking forth in boils, are signified the filthy things of the will together with blasphemies. But these things may be seen explained in detail in Arcana Coelestia 7516-7532).

[9] Similar things are also signified by these words in Moses:

"Jehovah will smite thee with the sore of Egypt, and with hemorrhoids, and with the scab and the itch, that thou canst not be healed, with which thou shalt become insane from the beholding of the eyes. Jehovah shall smite thee with an evil sore upon the knees and upon the thighs, of which thou canst not be healed" (Deuteronomy 28:27, 34-36).

By the plagues named there are signified evils and falsities of various kinds arising from the filthy loves of the natural man, for they correspond thereto. For sores and wounds exist from injury to the flesh and blood, and evils and falsities from the injury to Divine Good and Divine truth; and flesh corresponds to good, and therefore in the Word signifies it; and blood, to truth, and hence signifies it.

[10] Because leprosy signifies the profanation of truth; and the profanation of truth is various, and is, consequently, light and grievous, exterior and interior, and according to the quality of the truth profaned, therefore also its effects are various, these being signified by the appearances in leprosy; which were tumours, sores of tumours, white pustules, reddenings, abscesses, burnings, cutaneous eruption, scurf, etc. (Leviticus 13:1 to the end). Such things happened to the Jewish nation from correspondence, not only in their flesh, but also in their garments, houses, and vessels, on account of their profanations of the Word.

Continuation concerning the Second Precept:-

[11] Because by the name of God is meant the Divine truth, or the Word; and by its profanation denial of its sanctity, and thence contempt, rejection, and blasphemy, it follows that the name of God is interiorly profaned by a life contrary to the precepts of the Decalogue. For there is profanation interior and not exterior; and there is a profanation interior, and at the same time exterior. And there may be also somewhat of profanation which is exterior and not at the same time interior. Interior profanation is effected by the life, exterior by the speech. The interior profanation, by the life, becomes also exterior or by speech, after death. For then every one thinks and wills, and, as far as it is permitted, speaks and acts, according to his life; thus, not as he used in the world. In the world a man is accustomed to speak and act differently from his own life; he thinks and wills for the sake of the world, and to get fame. This is why, as was said, there is a profanation which is interior, and not at the same time exterior.

That there may be also somewhat of profanation which is exterior, and not at the same time interior, may result from the style of the Word, which is not at all the style of the world; and may consequently be to some extent despised from ignorance of its interior sanctity.

  
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Translation by Isaiah Tansley. Many thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.

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