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Ezekiel 23

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1 και-C γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S λογος-N2--NSM κυριος-N2--GSM προς-P εγω- P--AS λεγω-V1--PAPNSM

2 υιος-N2--VSM ανθρωπος-N2--GSM δυο-M γυνη-N3K-NPF ειμι-V9--IAI3P θυγατηρ-N3--NPF μητηρ-N3--GSF εις-A1A-GSF

3 και-C εκπορνευω-VAI-AAI3P εν-P *αιγυπτος-N2--DSF εν-P ο- A--DSF νεοτης-N3T-DSF αυτος- D--GPM εκει-D πιπτω-VBI-AAI3P ο- A--NPM μαστος-N2--NPM αυτος- D--GPM εκει-D διαπαρθενευω-VCI-API3P

4 και-C ο- A--NPN ονομα-N3M-NPN αυτος- D--GPM ειμι-V9--IAI3S *οολα-N---NSF ο- A--NSF πρεσβυτερος-A1A-NSFC και-C *οολιβα-N---NSF ο- A--NSF αδελφη-N1--NSF αυτος- D--GSF και-C γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3P εγω- P--DS και-C τικτω-VBI-AAI3P υιος-N2--APM και-C θυγατηρ-N3--APF και-C ο- A--NPN ονομα-N3M-NPN αυτος- D--GPM *σαμαρεια-N1A-NSF ο- A--NSF *οολα-N---NSF και-C *ιερουσαλημ-N---NSF ο- A--NSF *οολιβα-N---NSF

5 και-C εκπορνευω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--NSF *οολα-N---NSF απο-P εγω- P--GS και-C επιτιθημι-VEI-AMI3S επι-P ο- A--APM εραστης-N1M-APM αυτος- D--GSF επι-P ο- A--APM *ασσυριος-N2--APM ο- A--APM εγγιζω-V1--PAPAPM αυτος- D--DSF

6 ενδυω-VX--XAPAPM υακινθινος-A1--APN ηγεομαι-V2--PMPAPM και-C στρατηγος-N2--APM νεανισκος-N2--NPM επιλεκτος-A1B-NPM πας-A3--NPM ιππευς-N3V-NPM ιππαζομαι-V1--PMPNPM επι-P ιππος-N2--GPM

7 και-C διδωμι-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--ASF πορνεια-N1A-ASF αυτος- D--GSF επι-P αυτος- D--APM επιλεκτος-A1B-NPM υιος-N2--NPM *ασσυριος-N2--GPM πας-A3--NPM και-C επι-P πας-A3--APM ος- --APM επιτιθημι-VEI-AMI3S εν-P πας-A3--DPN ο- A--DPN ενθυμημα-N3M-DPN αυτος- D--GSF μιαινω-V1I-IMI3S

8 και-C ο- A--ASF πορνεια-N1A-ASF αυτος- D--GSF εκ-P *αιγυπτος-N2--GSF ου-D εν καταλειπω-VBI-AAI3S οτι-C μετα-P αυτος- D--GSF κοιμαω-V3I-IMI3P εν-P νεοτης-N3T-DSF αυτος- D--GSF και-C αυτος- D--NPM διαπαρθενευω-VAI-AAI3P αυτος- D--ASF και-C εκχεω-VAI-AAI3P ο- A--ASF πορνεια-N1A-ASF αυτος- D--GPM επι-P αυτος- D--ASF

9 δια-P ουτος- D--ASN παραδιδωμι-VAI-AAI1S αυτος- D--ASF εις-P χειρ-N3--APF ο- A--GPM εραστης-N1M-GPM αυτος- D--GSF εις-P χειρ-N3--APF υιος-N2--GPM *ασσυριος-N2--GPM επι-P ος- --APM επιτιθημι-V7I-IMI3S

10 αυτος- D--NPM αποκαλυπτω-VAI-AAI3P ο- A--ASF αισχυνη-N1--ASF αυτος- D--GSF υιος-N2--APM και-C θυγατηρ-N3--APF αυτος- D--GSF λαμβανω-VBI-AAI3P και-C αυτος- D--ASF εν-P ρομφαια-N1A-DSF αποκτεινω-VAI-AAI3P και-C γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S λαλημα-N3M-NSN εις-P γυνη-N3K-APF και-C ποιεω-VAI-AAI3P εκδικησις-N3I-APF εν-P αυτος- D--DSF εις-P ο- A--APF θυγατηρ-N3--APF

11 και-C οραω-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--NSF αδελφη-N1--NSF αυτος- D--GSF *οολιβα-N---NSF και-C διαφθειρω-V1I-IAI3S ο- A--ASF επιθεσις-N3I-ASF αυτος- D--GSF υπερ-P αυτος- D--ASF και-C ο- A--ASF πορνεια-N1A-ASF αυτος- D--GSF υπερ-P ο- A--ASF πορνεια-N1A-ASF ο- A--GSF αδελφη-N1--GSF αυτος- D--GSF

12 επι-P ο- A--APM υιος-N2--APM ο- A--GPM *ασσυριος-N2--GPM επιτιθημι-VEI-AMI3S ηγεομαι-V2--PMPAPM και-C στρατηγος-N2--APM ο- A--APM εγγυς-D αυτος- D--GSF ενδυω-VX--XAPAPM ευπαρυφος-A1B-APN ιππευς-N3V-APM ιππαζομαι-V1--PMPAPM επι-P ιππος-N2--GPM νεανισκος-N2--NPM επιλεκτος-A1B-NPM πας-A3--NPM

13 και-C οραω-VBI-AAI1S οτι-C μιαινω-VM--XMI3P οδος-N2--NSF εις-A1A-NSF ο- A--GPF δυο-M

14 και-C προςτιθημι-VEI-AMI3S προς-P ο- A--ASF πορνεια-N1A-ASF αυτος- D--GSF και-C οραω-VBI-AAI3S ανηρ-N3--APM ζωγραφεω-VM--XPPAPM επι-P ο- A--GSM τοιχος-N2--GSM εικων-N3N-APF *χαλδαιος-N2--GPM ζωγραφεω-VM--XPPAPM εν-P γραφις-N3D-DSF

15 ζωννυω-VM--XPPAPM ποικιλμα-N3M-NPN επι-P ο- A--APF οσφυς-N3U-APF αυτος- D--GPM και-C τιαρα-N1A-NPF βαπτος-A1--NPF επι-P ο- A--GPF κεφαλη-N1--GPF αυτος- D--GPM οψις-N3I-NSF τρισσος-A1--NSF πας-A3--GPM ομοιωμα-N3M-ASN υιος-N2--GPM *χαλδαιος-N2--GPM γη-N1--GSF πατρις-N3D-GSF αυτος- D--GPM

16 και-C επιτιθημι-VEI-AMI3S επι-P αυτος- D--APM ο- A--DSF ορασις-N3I-DSF οφθαλμος-N2--GPM αυτος- D--GSF και-C εκ αποστελλω-VAI-AAI3S αγγελος-N2--APM προς-P αυτος- D--APM εις-P γη-N1--ASF *χαλδαιος-N2--GPM

17 και-C ερχομαι-VBI-AAI3P προς-P αυτος- D--ASF υιος-N2--NPM *βαβυλων-N3W-GSF εις-P κοιτη-N1--ASF καταλυω-V1--PAPGPM και-C μιαινω-V1I-IAI3P αυτος- D--ASF εν-P ο- A--DSF πορνεια-N1A-DSF αυτος- D--GSF και-C μιαινω-VCI-API3S εν-P αυτος- D--DPM και-C αποιστημι-VHI-AAI3S ο- A--NSF ψυχη-N1--NSF αυτος- D--GSF απο-P αυτος- D--GPM

18 και-C αποκαλυπτω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--ASF πορνεια-N1A-ASF αυτος- D--GSF και-C αποκαλυπτω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--ASF αισχυνη-N1--ASF αυτος- D--GSF και-C αποιστημι-VHI-AAI3S ο- A--NSF ψυχη-N1--NSF εγω- P--GS απο-P αυτος- D--GSF ος- --ASM τροπος-N2--ASM αποιστημι-VHI-AAI3S ο- A--NSF ψυχη-N1--NSF εγω- P--GS απο-P ο- A--GSF αδελφη-N1--GSF αυτος- D--GSF

19 και-C πληθυνω-VAI-AAI2S ο- A--ASF πορνεια-N1A-ASF συ- P--GS ο- A--GSN αναμιμνησκω-VA--AAS ημερα-N1A-APF νεοτης-N3T-GSF συ- P--GS εν-P ος- --DPF πορνευω-VAI-AAI2S εν-P *αιγυπτος-N2--DSF

20 και-C επιτιθημι-VEI-AMI2S επι-P ο- A--APM *χαλδαιος-N2--APM ος- --GPM ειμι-V9--IAI3P ως-C ονος-N2--GPM ο- A--NPF σαρξ-N3K-NPF αυτος- D--GPM και-C αιδοιος-A1A-NPN ιππος-N2--GPM ο- A--NPN αιδοιος-A1A-NPN αυτος- D--GPM

21 και-C επισκεπτομαι-VAI-AMI2S ο- A--ASF ανομια-N1A-ASF νεοτης-N3T-GSF συ- P--GS ος- --APN ποιεω-V2I-IAI2S εν-P *αιγυπτος-N2--DSF εν-P ο- A--DSN καταλυμα-N3M-DSN συ- P--GS ος- --GSM ο- A--NPM μαστος-N2--NPM νεοτης-N3T-GSF συ- P--GS

22 δια-P ουτος- D--ASN *οολιβα-N---VSF οδε- D--APN λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM ιδου-I εγω- P--NS εκεγειρω-V1--PAI1S ο- A--APM εραστης-N1M-APM συ- P--GS επι-P συ- P--AS απο-P ος- --GPM αποιστημι-VHI-AAI3S ο- A--NSF ψυχη-N1--NSF συ- P--GS απο-P αυτος- D--GPM και-C επιαγω-VF--FAI1S αυτος- D--APM επι-P συ- P--AS κυκλοθεν-D

23 υιος-N2--APM *βαβυλων-N3W-GSF και-C πας-A3--APM ο- A--APM *χαλδαιος-N2--APM *φακουδ-N---AS και-C *σουε-N---AS και-C *κουε-N---AS και-C πας-A3--APM υιος-N2--APM *ασσυριος-N2--GPM μετα-P αυτος- D--GPM νεανισκος-N2--APM επιλεκτος-A1B-APM ηγεμων-N3N-APM και-C στρατηγος-N2--APM πας-A3--APM τρισσος-A1--APM και-C ονομαστος-A1--APM ιππευω-V1--PAPAPM επι-P ιππος-N2--GPM

24 και-C πας-A3--NPM ηκω-VF--FAI3P επι-P συ- P--AS απο-P βορεας-N1T-GSM αρμα-N3M-NPN και-C τροχος-N2--NPM μετα-P οχλος-N2--GSM λαος-N2--GPM θυρεος-N2--NPM και-C πελτη-N1--NPF και-C βαλλω-VF2-FAI3P φυλακη-N1--ASF επι-P συ- P--AS κυκλος-N2--DSM και-C διδωμι-VF--FAI1S προ-P προσωπον-N2N-GSN αυτος- D--GPM κριμα-N3M-ASN και-C εκδικεω-VF--FAI3P συ- P--AS εν-P ο- A--DPN κριμα-N3M-DPN αυτος- D--GPM

25 και-C διδωμι-VF--FAI1S ο- A--ASM ζηλος-N2--ASM εγω- P--GS εν-P συ- P--DS και-C ποιεω-VF--FAI3P μετα-P συ- P--GS εν-P οργη-N1--DSF θυμος-N2--GSM μυκτηρ-N3--ASM συ- P--GS και-C ους-N3T-APN συ- P--GS αποαιρεω-VF2-FAI3P και-C ο- A--APM καταλοιπος-A1B-APM συ- P--GS εν-P ρομφαια-N1A-DSF καταβαλλω-VF2-FAI3P αυτος- D--NPM υιος-N2--APM συ- P--GS και-C θυγατηρ-N3--APF συ- P--GS λαμβανω-VF--FMI3P και-C ο- A--APM καταλοιπος-A1B-APM συ- P--GS πυρ-N3--ASN καταεσθιω-VF--FMI3S

26 και-C εκδυω-VF--FAI3P συ- P--AS ο- A--ASM ιματισμος-N2--ASM συ- P--GS και-C λαμβανω-VF--FMI3P ο- A--APN σκευος-N3E-APN ο- A--GSF καυχησις-N3I-GSF συ- P--GS

27 και-C αποστρεφω-VF--FAI1S ο- A--APF ασεβεια-N1A-APF συ- P--GS εκ-P συ- P--GS και-C ο- A--ASF πορνεια-N1A-ASF συ- P--GS εκ-P γη-N1--GSF *αιγυπτος-N2--GSF και-C ου-D μη-D αιρω-VA--AAS2S ο- A--APM οφθαλμος-N2--APM συ- P--GS επι-P αυτος- D--APM και-C *αιγυπτος-N2--GSF ου-D μη-D μιμνησκω-VS--APS2S ουκετι-D

28 διοτι-C οδε- D--APN λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM κυριος-N2--NSM ιδου-I εγω- P--NS παραδιδωμι-V8--PAI1S συ- P--AS εις-P χειρ-N3--APF ος- --GPM μισεω-V2--PAI2S απο-P ος- --GPM αποιστημι-VHI-AAI3S ο- A--NSF ψυχη-N1--NSF συ- P--GS απο-P αυτος- D--GPM

29 και-C ποιεω-VF--FAI3P εν-P συ- P--DS εν-P μισος-N3E-DSN και-C λαμβανω-VF--FMI3P πας-A3--APM ο- A--APM πονος-N2--APM συ- P--GS και-C ο- A--APM μοχθος-N2--APM συ- P--GS και-C ειμι-VF--FMI2S γυμνος-A1--NSF και-C ασχημονεω-V2--PAPNSF και-C αποκαλυπτω-VV--FPI3S αισχυνη-N1--NSF πορνεια-N1A-GSF συ- P--GS και-C ασεβεια-N1A-NSF συ- P--GS και-C ο- A--NSF πορνεια-N1A-NSF συ- P--GS

30 ποιεω-VAI-AAI3S ουτος- D--APN συ- P--DS εν-P ο- A--DSN εκπορνευω-VA--AAN συ- P--AS οπισω-P εθνος-N3E-GPN και-C μιαινω-V1I-IMI2S εν-P ο- A--DPN ενθυμημα-N3M-DPN αυτος- D--GPM

31 εν-P ο- A--DSF οδος-N2--DSF ο- A--GSF αδελφη-N1--GSF συ- P--GS πορευομαι-VCI-API2S και-C διδωμι-VF--FAI1S ο- A--ASN ποτηριον-N2N-ASN αυτος- D--GSF εις-P χειρ-N3--APF συ- P--GS

32 οδε- D--APN λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--ASN ποτηριον-N2N-ASN ο- A--GSF αδελφη-N1--GSF συ- P--GS πινω-VF--FMI2S ο- A--ASN βαθυς-A3U-ASN και-C ο- A--ASN πλατυς-A3U-ASN ο- A--ASN πλεοναζω-V1--PAPASN ο- A--GSN συντελεω-VA--AAN

33 μεθη-N1--ASF και-C εκλυσις-N3I-GSF πιμπλημι-VS--FPI2S και-C ο- A--NSN ποτηριον-N2N-NSN αφανισμος-N2--GSM ποτηριον-N2N-NSN αδελφη-N1--GSF συ- P--GS *σαμαρεια-N1A-GSF

34 και-C πινω-VF--FMI2S αυτος- D--ASN και-C ο- A--APF εορτη-N1--APF και-C ο- A--APF νουμηνια-N1A-APF αυτος- D--GSF αποστρεφω-VF--FAI1S διοτι-C εγω- P--NS λαλεω-VX--XAI1S λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM

35 δια-P ουτος- D--ASN οδε- D--APN λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM αντι-P ος- --GPM επιλανθανω-VBI-AMI2S εγω- P--GS και-C αποριπτω-VAI-AAI2S εγω- P--AS οπισω-P ο- A--GSN σωμα-N3M-GSN συ- P--GS και-C συ- P--NS λαμβανω-VB--AAD2S ο- A--ASF ασεβεια-N1A-ASF συ- P--GS και-C ο- A--ASF πορνεια-N1A-ASF συ- P--GS

36 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM προς-P εγω- P--AS υιος-N2--VSM ανθρωπος-N2--GSM ου-D κρινω-VF2-FAI2S ο- A--ASF *οολα-N---ASF και-C ο- A--ASF *οολιβα-N---ASF και-C αποαγγελλω-VF2-FAI2S αυτος- D--DPF ο- A--APF ανομια-N1A-APF αυτος- D--GPF

37 οτι-C μοιχαομαι-V3I-IMI3P και-C αιμα-N3M-ASN εν-P χειρ-N3--DPF αυτος- D--GPF ο- A--APN ενθυμημα-N3M-APN αυτος- D--GPF μοιχαομαι-V3I-IMI3P και-C ο- A--APN τεκνον-N2N-APN αυτος- D--GPF ος- --APN γενναω-VAI-AAI3P εγω- P--DS διααγω-VBI-AAI3P αυτος- D--DPN δια-P εμπυρος-A1B-GPN

38 εως-D και-C ουτος- D--APN ποιεω-VAI-AAI3P εγω- P--DS ο- A--APN αγιος-A1A-APN εγω- P--GS μιαινω-V1I-IAI3P και-C ο- A--APN σαββατον-N2N-APN εγω- P--GS βεβηλοω-V4I-IAI3P

39 και-C εν-P ο- A--DSN σφαζω-V1--PAN αυτος- D--APM ο- A--APN τεκνον-N2N-APN αυτος- D--GPM ο- A--DPN ειδωλον-N2N-DPN αυτος- D--GPM και-C ειςπορευομαι-V1I-IMI3P εις-P ο- A--APN αγιος-A1A-APN εγω- P--GS ο- A--GSN βεβηλοω-V4--PAN αυτος- D--APN και-C οτι-C ουτως-D ποιεω-V2I-IAI3P εν-P μεσος-A1--DSM ο- A--GSM οικος-N2--GSM εγω- P--GS

40 και-C οτι-C ο- A--DPM ανηρ-N3--DPM ο- A--DPM ερχομαι-V1--PMPDPM μακροθεν-D ος- --DPM αγγελος-N2--APM εκ αποστελλω-VAI-AAI3P προς-P αυτος- D--APM και-C αμα-D ο- A--DSN ερχομαι-V1--PMN αυτος- D--APM ευθυς-D λουω-V1I-IMI2S και-C στιβιζω-V1I-IMI2S ο- A--APM οφθαλμος-N2--APM συ- P--GS και-C κοσμος-N2--GSM κοσμος-N2--DSM

41 και-C καταημαι-V5I-IMI2S επι-P κλινη-N1--GSF στρωννυω-VM--XMPGSF και-C τραπεζα-N1S-NSF κοσμεω-VM--XMPNSF προ-P προσωπον-N2N-GSN αυτος- D--GSF και-C ο- A--ASN θυμιαμα-N3M-ASN εγω- P--GS και-C ο- A--ASN ελαιον-N2N-ASN εγω- P--GS ευφραινω-V1--IMI3P εν-P αυτος- D--DPM

42 και-C φωνη-N1--ASF αρμονια-N1A-GSF ανακρουω-V1I-IMI3P και-C προς-P ανηρ-N3--APM εκ-P πληθος-N3E-GSN ανθρωπος-N2--GPM ηκω-V1--PAPAPM εκ-P ο- A--GSF ερημος-N2--GSF και-C διδωμι-V8I-IMI3P ψελιον-N2N-APN επι-P ο- A--APF χειρ-N3--APF αυτος- D--GPM και-C στεφανος-N2--ASM καυχησις-N3I-GSF επι-P ο- A--APF κεφαλη-N1--APF αυτος- D--GPM

43 και-C ειπον-VAI-AAI1S ου-D εν-P ουτος- D--DPM μοιχευω-V1--PAI3P και-C εργον-N2N-APN πορνη-N1--GSF και-D αυτος- D--NSF εκπορνευω-VAI-AAI3S

44 και-C ειςπορευομαι-V1I-IMI3P προς-P αυτος- D--ASF ος- --ASM τροπος-N2--ASM ειςπορευομαι-V1--PMI3P προς-P γυνη-N3K-ASF πορνη-N1--ASF ουτως-D ειςπορευομαι-V1I-IMI3P προς-P *οολα-N---ASF και-C προς-P *οολιβα-N---ASF ο- A--GSN ποιεω-VA--AAN ανομια-N1A-ASF

45 και-C ανηρ-N3--NPM δικαιος-A1A-NPM αυτος- D--NPM εκδικεω-VF--FAI3P αυτος- D--APF εκδικησις-N3I-DSF μοιχαλις-N3D-GSF και-C εκδικησις-N3I-DSF αιμα-N3M-GSN οτι-C μοιχαλις-N3D-NPF ειμι-V9--PAI3P και-C αιμα-N3M-ASN εν-P χειρ-N3--DPF αυτος- D--GPM

46 οδε- D--APN λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM κυριος-N2--NSM ανααγω-VB--AAD2S επι-P αυτος- D--APF οχλος-N2--ASM και-C διδωμι-VO--AAD2S εν-P αυτος- D--DPF ταραχη-N1--ASF και-C διαρπαγη-N1--ASF

47 και-C λιθοβολεω-VA--AAD2S επι-P αυτος- D--APF λιθος-N2--DPM οχλος-N2--GPM και-C κατακεντεω-V2--PAD2S αυτος- D--APF εν-P ο- A--DPN ξιφος-N3E-DPN αυτος- D--GPM υιος-N2--APM αυτος- D--GPM και-C θυγατηρ-N3--APF αυτος- D--GPM αποκτεινω-VF2-FAI3P και-C ο- A--APM οικος-N2--APM αυτος- D--GPM ενπιμπρημι-VF--FAI3P

48 και-C αποστρεφω-VF--FAI1S ασεβεια-N1A-ASF εκ-P ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF και-C παιδευω-VC--FPI3P πας-A1S-NPF ο- A--NPF γυνη-N3K-NPF και-C ου-D μη-D ποιεω-VF--FAI3P κατα-P ο- A--APF ασεβεια-N1A-APF αυτος- D--GPM

49 και-C διδωμι-VC--FPI3S ο- A--NSF ασεβεια-N1A-NSF συ- P--GP επι-P συ- P--AP και-C ο- A--APF αμαρτια-N1A-APF ο- A--GPN ενθυμημα-N3M-GPN συ- P--GP λαμβανω-VF--FMI2P και-C γιγνωσκω-VF--FMI2P διοτι-C εγω- P--NS κυριος-N2--NSM

   

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9828. 'And a belt' means a common bond to ensure that everything has the same end in view. This is clear from the meaning of 'a belt' or girdle as a common bond; for it gathers together, encloses, holds in connection within itself, and strengthens everything within, which without it would fall apart and drift away. The reason why it is a common bond whose purpose is to ensure that everything has the same end in view is that in the spiritual world the end in view holds sway, so much so that everything there should be called an end. For the Lord's kingdom, which is a spiritual world, is a kingdom of useful services, and such services there are ends in view, so that it is a kingdom of ends. But the ends there follow one another in various order, and they also stand in association with one another. The ends which follow one another are called middle ends, but those which stand in association with one another are called associate ends. All these ends have been so linked together and made subordinate to one another that without exception they have one end in view. This end is the Lord; and in heaven, among those who accept it, it is a love of and faith in Him. Love there is the end in view of all the powers of the will there, and faith is the end in view of all the powers of thought, which are those of the understanding.

[2] When every single thing has the same end in view all things are then held in uninterrupted connection and make one; for everything is then under the eye, government, and providence of the One who, acting in accord with the laws of subordination and association, turns everyone towards Himself, and thereby joins them to Himself. At the same time He turns all to face their companions, and thereby joins them to one another. This explains why the faces of all who are in heaven are kept turned towards the Lord, who is the Sun there, and so is the centre point in front of everyone's eyes; and the marvel is that He is there in whatever direction angels turn round to face, 3638. And since the Lord is present within the good of mutual love and within the good of charity towards the neighbour - for all are loved by Him, and are joined to one another by Him through love - their regard for their companions, which that love gives them, also serves to turn them towards the Lord.

[3] Those things therefore on last and lowest levels, gathering others together and enclosing them so they may be held, every single one, in such connection, were represented by belts or girdles, which in the spiritual world are nothing other than the forms of good and the truths present on lowest or outermost levels which enclose more internal ones. Celestial forms of good on lowest or outermost levels were represented by girdles that went around the loins, and spiritual forms of good and truths on those levels by girdles that went around the thighs and also around the breast.

[4] Such things are meant by 'girdles around the loins' in the following places: In Jeremiah,

Jehovah said to the prophet, Buy yourself a linen girdle, and place it over your loins; but you are not to pass it through water. I therefore bought a girdle, and placed it over my loins. Then the word of Jehovah came to me, saying, Take the girdle, and go away to the Euphrates, and hide it in the cleft of a rock. At the end of many days I went away to the Euphrates, and took the girdle, and behold, it was ruined; it was profitable for nothing. Then Jehovah said, This people is evil, refusing to hear My words; and they have gone after other gods. Therefore they will be just like this girdle that is profitable for nothing. Jeremiah 13:1-12.

'A linen girdle' here is used to mean in the spiritual sense the Church's good, which encloses the truths there and holds them in connection within itself. The non-existence of the Church's good at that time, and the consequent dispersal of its truths, are the reason for its being said that the girdle was not to be passed through water; for 'water' means truth that purifies and thereby restores. 'The cleft of a rock' in which it was hidden is falsified truth; 'the Euphrates' is the full extent and boundary of the celestial realities that belong to good on its lowest level. Anyone unacquainted with the essential nature of the Word may think that the passage is no more than a comparison of the people and their ruination with a girdle and its ruination. But in the Word all comparisons and metaphorical ways of speaking are real correspondences, 3579, 8989. Unless each detail in this description were of a correspondential nature the prophet would never have been told not to pass the girdle through water, or to place it over his loins, or to go to the Euphrates and hide it there in the cleft of a rock. The reason why it says that the girdle should be placed over his loins is that by 'the loins', because of their correspondence, is meant the good of celestial love, 3021, 4280, 5050-5062. A girdle placed over the loins accordingly means being joined to the Lord through the good of love, the Word serving as the intermediary.

[5] The meaning of 'a girdle' as good that acts as a boundary and holds things together is also evident in Isaiah,

There will come forth a shoot from the trunk of Jesse. Righteousness will be the girdle of His loins, and truth the girdle of His thighs. Isaiah 11:1, 5.

This refers to the Lord. 'Righteousness' that will be 'the girdle of His loins' is the good of His love, which protects heaven and the Church. The requirement stated in Exodus 12:11 that when the children of Israel ate the Passover their loins were to be girded means that all things should be present in their proper order, made ready to receive good from the Lord and to take action, 7863. This explains why those who have been made ready are said to be 'girded', as is also said of the seven angels in the Book of Revelation,

Out of the temple came the seven angels having the seven plagues, clothed in linen, white and splendid, and girded around their breasts with golden girdles. Revelation 15:6.

[6] It is said of Elijah in 2 Kings 1:8 that he was a hairy man and wore a girdle of skin around his loins. Much the same is said of John,

John had a garment of camel hair and a skin girdle around his waist. Matthew 3:4.

The reason why Elijah and John were clothed and girded in this way was that both men represented the Word, and therefore their clothes mean the Word in its external sense, which is the natural sense. For 'hair' means the natural, 3301, 5247, 5569-5573, and 'camels' general facts within the natural, 3048, 3071, 3143, 3145. And 'skin' means the external, 3540, so that 'a girdle of skin' means that which collects together, encloses, and holds in connection the things within itself. For the representation of Elijah as the Word, see Preface to Genesis 18, and 2762, 5247 (end), and John the Baptist similarly, 9372.

[7] Since truths and forms of good are dissolved and dispersed by wicked deeds it says of Joab that after he had tricked and killed Abner he put the blood of war on his girdle that was on his loins, 1 Kings 2:5. This means that he dispersed and destroyed such truths and forms of good. This accounts for its being said, when truths have been dispersed and destroyed, that instead of a girdle there will be a falling apart, and instead of well-set hair, baldness, Isaiah 3:24. This refers to the daughters of Zion, by whom forms of good belonging to the celestial Church are meant. 'Instead of a girdle, a falling apart' stands for the dispersal of celestial good.

[8] It is also said in Ezekiel of Oholibah, who is Jerusalem, that when she looked at men portrayed on the wall, images of Chaldeans portrayed in vermilion, girded with girdles on their loins, she fell in love with them, Ezekiel 23:14-16. Here truths which have been rendered profane are meant, for 'the Chaldeans' are those who outwardly claim to believe in truths but inwardly repudiate them, and in so doing render them profane. 'Men portrayed on the wall' are the appearances of truth in outward things, as in like manner are 'images portrayed in vermilion'. 'Girdles' with which their loins were girded are the forms of good which they fake to induce belief in their truths.

[9] From all this it may now be clear what it was that girdles gathering garments into one served to mean in the representative Church. Yet the natural man can scarcely be brought to believe that such things were meant, because he finds it difficult to put aside the natural idea of a girdle, and in general of garments, and instead adopt a spiritual idea, which is that of good holding truths in connection within itself. For the natural level on which a person sees things holds the mind down on that level, and it is not removed from there unless the sight of the understanding is able to be raised right up into the light of heaven and the person is for this reason able to think on a level virtually divorced from natural things. When this happens to a person spiritual ideas of the truth of faith and of the good of love, which the merely natural man cannot understand, enter in.

  
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