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Ezekiel 36

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1 και-C συ- P--NS υιος-N2--VSM ανθρωπος-N2--GSM προφητευω-VA--AAD2S επι-P ο- A--APN ορος-N3E-APN *ισραηλ-N---GSM και-C ειπον-VB--AAD2S ο- A--DPN ορος-N3E-DPN ο- A--GSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM ακουω-VA--AAD2P λογος-N2--ASM κυριος-N2--GSM

2 οδε- D--APN λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM κυριος-N2--NSM αντι-P ος- --GPM ειπον-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--NSM εχθρος-N2--NSM επι-P συ- P--AP ευγε-D ερημος-A1--NPN αιωνιος-A1B-NPN εις-P κατασχεσις-N3I-ASF εγω- P--DP γιγνομαι-VCI-API3S

3 δια-P ουτος- D--ASN προφητευω-VA--AAD2S και-C ειπον-VB--AAD2S οδε- D--APN λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM κυριος-N2--NSM αντι-P ο- A--GSN ατιμαζω-VS--APN συ- P--AP και-C μισεω-VC--APN συ- P--AP υπο-P ο- A--GPM κυκλος-N2--DSM συ- P--GP ο- A--GSN ειμι-V9--PAN συ- P--AP εις-P κατασχεσις-N3I-ASF ο- A--DPN καταλοιπος-A1B-DPN εθνος-N3E-DPN και-C αναβαινω-VZI-AAI2P λαλημα-N3M-ASN γλωσσα-N1S-DSF και-C εις-P ονειδισμα-N3N-ASN εθνος-N3E-DPN

4 δια-P ουτος- D--ASN ορος-N3E-VPN *ισραηλ-N---GSM ακουω-VA--AAD2P λογος-N2--ASM κυριος-N2--GSM οδε- D--APN λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--DPN ορος-N3E-DPN και-C ο- A--DPM βουνος-N2--DPM και-C ο- A--DPF φαραγξ-N3G-DPF και-C ο- A--DPM χειμαρρους-N2--DPM και-C ο- A--DPM εκερημοω-VM--XPPDPM και-C απο αναιζω-VT--XPPDPM και-C ο- A--DPF πολις-N3I-DPF ο- A--DPF εν καταλειπω-VP--XMPDPF ος- --NPF γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3P εις-P προνομη-N1--ASF και-C εις-P καταπατημα-N3M-ASN ο- A--DPM καταλειπω-VC--APPDPM εθνος-N3E-DPN περικυκλω-D

5 δια-P ουτος- D--ASN οδε- D--APN λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM κυριος-N2--NSM ει-C μην-X εν-P πυρ-N3--DSN θυμος-N2--GSM εγω- P--GS λαλεω-VAI-AAI1S επι-P ο- A--APN λοιπος-A1--APN εθνος-N3E-APN και-C επι-P ο- A--ASF *ιδουμαια-N1A-ASF πας-A1S-ASF οτι-C διδωμι-VAI-AAI3P ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF εγω- P--GS εαυτου- D--DPM εις-P κατασχεσις-N3I-ASF μετα-P ευφροσυνη-N1--GSF ατιμαζω-VA--AAPNPM ψυχη-N1--APF ο- A--GSN απο αναιζω-VA--AAN εν-P προνομη-N1--DSF

6 δια-P ουτος- D--ASN προφητευω-VA--AAD2S επι-P ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF ο- A--GSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM και-C ειπον-VB--AAD2S ο- A--DPN ορος-N3E-DPN και-C ο- A--DPM βουνος-N2--DPM και-C ο- A--DPF φαραγξ-N3G-DPF και-C ο- A--DPF ναπη-N1--DPF οδε- D--APN λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM ιδου-I εγω- P--NS εν-P ο- A--DSM ζηλος-N2--DSM εγω- P--GS και-C εν-P ο- A--DSM θυμος-N2--DSM εγω- P--GS λαλεω-VAI-AAI1S αντι-P ο- A--GSM ονειδισμος-N2--APM εθνος-N3E-GPN φερω-VA--AAN συ- P--AP

7 δια-P ουτος- D--ASN εγω- P--NS αιρω-VF2-FAI1S ο- A--ASF χειρ-N3--ASF εγω- P--GS επι-P ο- A--APN εθνος-N3E-APN ο- A--APN περικυκλω-D συ- P--GP ουτος- D--NPM ο- A--ASF ατιμια-N1A-ASF αυτος- D--GPM λαμβανω-VF--FMI3P

8 συ- P--GP δε-X ορος-N3E-VPN *ισραηλ-N---GSM ο- A--ASF σταφυλη-N1--ASF και-C ο- A--ASM καρπος-N2--ASM συ- P--GP καταεσθιω-VF--FMI3S ο- A--NSM λαος-N2--NSM εγω- P--GS οτι-C εγγιζω-V1--PAI3P ο- A--GSN ερχομαι-VB--AAN

9 οτι-C ιδου-I εγω- P--NS επι-P συ- P--AP και-C επιβλεπω-VF--FAI1S επι-P συ- P--AP και-C καταεργαζομαι-VS--FPI2P και-C σπειρω-VD--FPI2P

10 και-C πληθυνω-VF2-FAI1S επι-P συ- P--AP ανθρωπος-N2--APM πας-A3--ASN οικος-N2--ASM *ισραηλ-N---GSM εις-P τελος-N3E-ASN και-C καταοικεω-VC--FPI3P ο- A--NPF πολις-N3I-NPF και-C ο- A--NSF ερημοω-VM--XPPNSF οικοδομεω-VC--FPI3S

11 και-C πληθυνω-VF2-FAI1S επι-P συ- P--AP ανθρωπος-N2--APM και-C κτηνος-N3E-APN και-C καταοικιζω-VF2-FAI1S συ- P--AP ως-C ο- A--ASN εν-P αρχη-N1--DSF συ- P--GP και-C ευ-D ποιεω-VF--FAI1S συ- P--AP ωσπερ-D ο- A--APN εμπροσθεν-P συ- P--GP και-C γιγνωσκω-VF--FMI2P οτι-C εγω- P--NS ειμι-V9--PAI1S κυριος-N2--NSM

12 και-C γενναω-VF--FAI1S επι-P συ- P--AP ανθρωπος-N2--APM ο- A--ASM λαος-N2--ASM εγω- P--GS *ισραηλ-N---ASM και-C κληρονομεω-VF--FAI3P συ- P--AP και-C ειμι-VF--FMI2P αυτος- D--DPM εις-P κατασχεσις-N3I-ASF και-C ου-D μη-D προςτιθημι-VC--APS2P ετι-D ατεκνοω-VC--APN απο-P αυτος- D--GPM

13 οδε- D--APN λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM κυριος-N2--NSM αντι-P ος- --GPM ειπον-VAI-AAI3P συ- P--DS καταεσθιω-V1--PAPNSF ανθρωπος-N2--APM ειμι-V9--PAI2S και-C ατεκνοω-VM--XMPNSF υπο-P ο- A--GSN εθνος-N3E-GSN συ- P--GS γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI2S

14 δια-P ουτος- D--ASN ανθρωπος-N2--APM ουκετι-D εσθιω-VF--FMI2S και-C ο- A--ASN εθνος-N3E-ASN συ- P--GS ου-D ατεκνοω-VF--FAI2S ετι-D λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM κυριος-N2--NSM

15 και-C ου-D ακουω-VC--FPI3S ουκετι-D επι-P συ- P--AP ατιμια-N1A-NSF εθνος-N3E-GPN και-C ονειδισμος-N2--APM λαος-N2--GPM ου-D μη-D αναφερω-VA--AAS2P λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM κυριος-N2--NSM

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

17 υιος-N2--VSM ανθρωπος-N2--GSM οικος-N2--NSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM καταοικεω-VAI-AAI3S επι-P ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF αυτος- D--GPM και-C μιαινω-VAI-AAI3P αυτος- D--ASF εν-P ο- A--DSF οδος-N2--DSF αυτος- D--GPM και-C εν-P ο- A--DPN ειδωλον-N2N-DPN αυτος- D--GPM και-C εν-P ο- A--DPF ακαθαρσια-N1A-DPF αυτος- D--GPM κατα-P ο- A--ASF ακαθαρσια-N1A-ASF ο- A--GSF απο καταημαι-V5--PMPGSF γιγνομαι-VCI-API3S ο- A--NSF οδος-N2--NSF αυτος- D--GPM προ-P προσωπον-N2N-GSN εγω- P--GS

18 και-C εκχεω-VAI-AAI1S ο- A--ASM θυμος-N2--ASM εγω- P--GS επι-P αυτος- D--APM

19 και-C διασπειρω-VAI-AAI1S αυτος- D--APM εις-P ο- A--APN εθνος-N3E-APN και-C λικμαω-VAI-AAI1S αυτος- D--APM εις-P ο- A--APF χωρα-N1A-APF κατα-P ο- A--ASF οδος-N2--ASF αυτος- D--GPM και-C κατα-P ο- A--ASF αμαρτια-N1A-ASF αυτος- D--GPM κρινω-VBI-AAI1S αυτος- D--APM

20 και-C ειςερχομαι-VBI-AAI3P εις-P ο- A--APN εθνος-N3E-APN ος- --GSM ειςερχομαι-VBI-AAI3P εκει-D και-C βεβηλοω-VAI-AAI3P ο- A--ASN ονομα-N3M-ASN εγω- P--GS ο- A--ASN αγιος-A1A-ASN εν-P ο- A--DSN λεγω-V1--PMN αυτος- D--APM λαος-N2--NSM κυριος-N2--GSM ουτος- D--NPM και-C εκ-P ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF αυτος- D--GSM εκερχομαι-VX--XAI3P

21 και-C φειδομαι-VAI-AMI1S αυτος- D--GPM δια-P ο- A--ASN ονομα-N3M-ASN εγω- P--GS ο- A--ASN αγιος-A1A-ASN ος- --ASN βεβηλοω-VAI-AAI3P οικος-N2--NSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM εν-P ο- A--DPN εθνος-N3E-DPN ος- --GSM ειςερχομαι-VBI-AAI3P εκει-D

22 δια-P ουτος- D--ASN ειπον-VB--AAD2S ο- A--DSM οικος-N2--DSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM οδε- D--APN λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM ου-D συ- P--DP εγω- P--NS ποιεω-V2--PAI1S οικος-N2--NSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM αλλα-C η-C δια-P ο- A--ASN ονομα-N3M-ASN εγω- P--GS ο- A--ASN αγιος-A1A-ASN ος- --ASN βεβηλοω-VAI-AAI2P εν-P ο- A--DPN εθνος-N3E-DPN ος- --GSM ειςερχομαι-VBI-AAI2P εκει-D

23 και-C αγιαζω-VF--FAI1S ο- A--ASN ονομα-N3M-ASN εγω- P--GS ο- A--ASN μεγας-A1P-ASN ο- A--ASN βεβηλοω-VC--APPASN εν-P ο- A--DPN εθνος-N3E-DPN ος- --ASN βεβηλοω-VAI-AAI2P εν-P μεσος-A1--DSM αυτος- D--GPN και-C γιγνωσκω-VF--FMI3P ο- A--NPN εθνος-N3E-NPN οτι-C εγω- P--NS ειμι-V9--PAI1S κυριος-N2--NSM εν-P ο- A--DSN αγιαζω-VS--APN εγω- P--AS εν-P συ- P--DP κατα-P οφθαλμος-N2--APM αυτος- D--GPM

24 και-C λαμβανω-VF--FMI1S συ- P--AP εκ-P ο- A--GPN εθνος-N3E-GPN και-C αθροιζω-VF--FAI1S συ- P--AP εκ-P πας-A1S-GPF ο- A--GPF γαια-N1A-GPF και-C ειςαγω-VF--FAI1S συ- P--AP εις-P ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF συ- P--GP

25 και-C ραινω-VF2-FAI1S επι-P συ- P--AP υδωρ-N3--ASN καθαρος-A1A-ASN και-C καθαριζω-VS--FPI2P απο-P πας-A1S-GPF ο- A--GPF ακαθαρσια-N1A-GPF συ- P--GP και-C απο-P πας-A3--GPN ο- A--GPN ειδωλον-N2N-GPN συ- P--GP και-C καθαριζω-VF2-FAI1S συ- P--AP

26 και-C διδωμι-VF--FAI1S συ- P--DP καρδια-N1A-ASF καινος-A1--ASF και-C πνευμα-N3M-ASN καινος-A1--ASN διδωμι-VF--FAI1S εν-P συ- P--DP και-C αποαιρεω-VF2-FAI1S ο- A--ASF καρδια-N1A-ASF ο- A--ASF λιθινος-A1--ASF εκ-P ο- A--GSF σαρξ-N3K-GSF συ- P--GP και-C διδωμι-VF--FAI1S συ- P--DP καρδια-N1A-ASF σαρκινος-A1--ASF

27 και-C ο- A--ASN πνευμα-N3M-ASN εγω- P--GS διδωμι-VF--FAI1S εν-P συ- P--DP και-C ποιεω-VF--FAI1S ινα-C εν-P ο- A--DPN δικαιωμα-N3M-DPN εγω- P--GS πορευομαι-V1--PMS2P και-C ο- A--APN κριμα-N3M-APN εγω- P--GS φυλασσω-VA--AMS2P και-C ποιεω-VA--AAS2P

28 και-C καταοικεω-VF--FAI2P επι-P ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF ος- --GSF διδωμι-VAI-AAI1S ο- A--DPM πατηρ-N3--DPM συ- P--GP και-C ειμι-VF--FMI2P εγω- P--DS εις-P λαος-N2--ASM καιεγω-C+ PNS ειμι-VF--FMI1S συ- P--DP εις-P θεος-N2--ASM

29 και-C σωζω-VF--FAI1S συ- P--AP εκ-P πας-A1S-GPF ο- A--GPF ακαθαρσια-N1A-GPF συ- P--GP και-C καλεω-VF--FAI1S ο- A--ASM σιτος-N2--ASM και-C πληθυνω-VF2-FAI1S αυτος- D--ASM και-C ου-D διδωμι-VF--FAI1S επι-P συ- P--AP λιμος-N2--ASM

30 και-C πληθυνω-VF2-FAI1S ο- A--ASM καρπος-N2--ASM ο- A--GSN ξυλον-N2N-GSN και-C ο- A--APN γενημα-N3M-APN ο- A--GSM αγρος-N2--GSM οπως-C μη-D λαμβανω-VB--AAS2P ονειδισμος-N2--ASM λιμος-N2--GSM εν-P ο- A--DPN εθνος-N3E-DPN

31 και-C μιμνησκω-VS--FPI2P ο- A--APF οδος-N2--APF συ- P--GP ο- A--APF πονηρος-A1A-APF και-C ο- A--APN επιτηδευμα-N3M-APN συ- P--GP ο- A--APN μη-D αγαθος-A1--APN και-C προςοχθιζω-VF2-FAI2P κατα-P προσωπον-N2N-ASN αυτος- D--GPM εν-P ο- A--DPF ανομια-N1A-DPF συ- P--GP και-C επι-P ο- A--DPN βδελυγμα-N3M-DPN συ- P--GP

32 ου-D δια-P συ- P--AP εγω- P--NS ποιεω-V2--PAI1S λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM κυριος-N2--NSM γνωστος-A1--NSN ειμι-VF--FMI3S συ- P--DP αισχυνω-VC--APD2P και-C εντρεπω-VB--AAD2P εκ-P ο- A--GPF οδος-N2--GPF συ- P--GP οικος-N2--NSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM

33 οδε- D--APN λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM εν-P ημερα-N1A-DSF ος- --DSF καθαριζω-VF2-FAI1S συ- P--AP εκ-P πας-A1S-GPF ο- A--GPF ανομια-N1A-GPF συ- P--GP και-C καταοικιζω-VF2-FAI1S ο- A--APF πολις-N3I-APF και-C οικοδομεω-VC--FPI3P ο- A--NPF ερημος-N2--NPF

34 και-C ο- A--NSF γη-N1--NSF ο- A--NSF απο αναιζω-VT--XPPNSF εργαζομαι-VC--FPI3S αντι-P ος- --GPM οτι-C απο αναιζω-VT--XPPNSF γιγνομαι-VCI-API3S κατα-P οφθαλμος-N2--APM πας-A3--GSM παραοδευω-V1--PAPGSM

35 και-C ειπον-VF2-FAI3P ο- A--NSF γη-N1--NSF εκεινος- D--NSF ο- A--NSF απο αναιζω-VT--XPPNSF γιγνομαι-VCI-API3S ως-C κηπος-N2--NSM τρυφη-N1--GSF και-C ο- A--NPF πολις-N3I-NPF ο- A--NPF ερημος-N2--NPF και-C απο αναιζω-VT--XPPNPF και-C κατασκαπτω-VV--XPPNPF οχυρος-A1A-NPF καταιζω-VAI-AAI3P

36 και-C γιγνωσκω-VF--FMI3P ο- A--NPN εθνος-N3E-NPN οσος-A1--NPN αν-X καταλειπω-VV--APS3P κυκλος-N2--DSM συ- P--GP οτι-C εγω- P--NS κυριος-N2--NSM οικοδομεω-VAI-AAI1S ο- A--APF κατααιρεω-VM--XMPAPF και-C καταφυτευω-VAI-AAI1S ο- A--APF απο αναιζω-VT--XPPAPF εγω- P--NS κυριος-N2--NSM λαλεω-VAI-AAI1S και-C ποιεω-VF--FAI1S

37 οδε- D--APN λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM ετι-D ουτος- D--ASN ζητεω-VC--FPI1S ο- A--DSM οικος-N2--DSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM ο- A--GSN ποιεω-VA--AAN αυτος- D--DPM πληθυνω-VF2-FAI1S αυτος- D--APM ως-C προβατον-N2N-APN ανθρωπος-N2--APM

38 ως-C προβατον-N2N-APN αγιος-A1A-APN ως-C προβατον-N2N-APN *ιερουσαλημ-N---GSF εν-P ο- A--DPF εορτη-N1--DPF αυτος- D--GSF ουτως-D ειμι-VF--FMI3P ο- A--NPF πολις-N3I-NPF ο- A--NPF ερημος-N2--NPF πληρης-A3H-NPF προβατον-N2N-GPN ανθρωπος-N2--GPM και-C γιγνωσκω-VF--FMI3P οτι-C εγω- P--NS κυριος-N2--NSM

   

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1082. And shall eat her flesh, signifies rejection of its evils, which are adulterated goods, and then the manifestation that they were without any good. This is evident from the signification of "flesh," as being the good of the Word and of the church, and in the contrary sense the evil thereof. Here "flesh" means evils, which are adulterated goods. Also from the signification of "to eat," as being to consume, but here to reject wholly, because this is said of the Reformed, who have rejected the works or goods of Babylon, which consist especially in gifts to the idols of their saints, to their sepulchers, also to monasteries, and to the monks themselves, given as offerings for various expiations. It follows that the same words mean also the manifestation that they were without any good, for when spurious and meritorious goods are rejected, which are signified by the "flesh that they should eat," it is then manifest that they are without any good.

[2] "Flesh" has various significations in the Word. It signifies what is man's own [proprium], thus either his good or evil, and from this it signifies the whole man. But in the highest sense it signifies the Lord's Divine Human, and particularly the Divine good of the Divine love that proceeds from Him. That "flesh" signifies the Divine Human as to the good of love is evident in John:

Jesus said, I am the living bread, which cometh down out of heaven; if anyone eat of this bread he shall live forever; and the bread which I will give is My flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. The Jews, therefore, strove one with another, saying, How can this one give His flesh to eat? Jesus therefore said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink His blood ye shall not have life in yourselves. He that eateth My flesh and drinketh My blood hath eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day; for My flesh is truly food, and My blood is truly drink. He that eateth My flesh and drinketh My blood abideth in Me and I in him. This is the bread which cometh down out of heaven (John 6:51-58).

It is clearly evident that "flesh" here means the own [proprium] of the Lord's Divine Human, which is the Divine good of the Divine love, and is that which is called in the Holy Supper the body. (That the "body" there, that is, the "flesh," is the Divine good, and the "blood" is the Divine truth, may be seen above, n. 329.) And as "bread and wine" have the same signification as "flesh and blood," "bread" meaning the Divine good, and "wine" the Divine truth, therefore these were commanded in place of flesh and blood.

[3] Divine good from the Lord was signified also by the flesh of the sacrifices that Aaron, his sons, and those who sacrificed, and others who were clean, might eat:

And that this was holy (may be seen in Exodus 12:7-9, 29:31-34; Leviticus 7:15-21; 8:31; Deuteronomy 12:27; 16:4);

Consequently if an unclean person ate of that flesh he would be cut off from his people (Leviticus 7:21).

That those sacrifices were called bread (Leviticus 22:6-7).

That that flesh was called the flesh of holiness (Jeremiah 11:15; Haggai 2:12),

And the flesh of the offering, which was to be upon the table in the Lord's kingdom (Ezekiel 40:43).

The Lord's Divine Human is also called "flesh" in John:

The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us; and we saw His glory, the glory as of the only-begotten of the Father (John 1:14).

[4] That "flesh" signified also the good with man can be seen from the following passages. In Ezekiel:

I will give them one heart, and I will give a new spirit in the midst of you, and I will take away the heart of stone out of their flesh, and I will give them a heart of flesh (Ezekiel 11:19; 36:26).

"Heart of flesh" means the will and love of good. In David:

O God, Thou art my God, in the morning I seek Thee; my soul thirsteth for Thee; my flesh longeth for Thee in a land of drought and weariness without waters (Psalms 63:1).

In the same:

My soul longeth for the courts of Jehovah; my heart and my flesh cry out unto the living God (Psalms 84:2).

The "flesh" that longeth for Jehovah, and that crieth out unto the living God, signifies man as to good of the will, for the "flesh" of man corresponds to the good or evil of his will, and the "blood" to the truth or falsity of his understanding; here "flesh" means the good of the will, because it longeth for Jehovah and crieth out unto God.

[5] In Job:

I have known my Redeemer, He liveth, and at the last He shall rise upon the dust; and afterwards these things shall be encompassed by my skin, and from my flesh I shall see God (Job 19:25-27).

To see God from one's flesh signifies from one's own voluntary made new by the Lord, and thus good. In Ezekiel:

Upon the bones seen in the midst of the valley, I will put sinews, and I will cause flesh to come up upon them, and I will cover them with skin, and I will give spirit unto them that they may live (Ezekiel 37:6, 8).

Here, too, "flesh" signifies what is one's own [proprium] of the will made new by the Lord, and thus good. What "bones" and the rest signify here may be seen above (n. 418, 419, 665). In Revelation:

Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God, that ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of commanders of thousands, and the flesh of the mighty, and the flesh of horses and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all, free and bond, small and great (Revelation 19:17-18; Ezekiel 39:17-19).

That "flesh" here does not mean flesh but goods of every kind, is clearly evident.

[6] But on the other hand, that "flesh" signifies man's own voluntary, which regarded in itself is evil, is evident from the following passages. In Isaiah:

They shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm (Isaiah 9:20).

In the same:

I will feed thine oppressors with their own flesh (Isaiah 49:26).

In Jeremiah:

I will feed you with the flesh of their sons and with the flesh of their daughters; and they shall eat every man the flesh of his companion (Jeremiah 19:9).

In Zechariah:

The rest shall eat everyone the flesh of another (Zechariah 11:9).

In Moses:

I will chastise you sevenfold for your sins, and ye shall eat the flesh of your sons and the flesh of your daughters (Leviticus 26:28-29).

[7] In Jeremiah:

Cursed is the man who trusteth in man and maketh flesh his arm (Jeremiah 17:5).

Here "flesh" signifies what is man's own [proprium] which in itself is evil; to appropriate this to oneself is signified by eating and feeding upon it. Again, "flesh" signifies what is man's own [proprium] in Matthew:

Jesus said, Blessed art thou, Simon, for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee (Matthew 16:17).

In John:

As many as received, to them gave He power to become sons of God, who were born, not from bloods nor from the will of the flesh, but from God (John 1:12-13).

In Ezekiel:

Jerusalem committed whoredom with the sons of Egypt her neighbors, great in flesh (Ezekiel 16:26).

In Isaiah:

Egypt is man and not God, and his horses are flesh and not spirit (Isaiah 31:3).

In John:

It is the spirit that quickeneth, the flesh profiteth nothing (John 6:63).

In the same:

That which is born of the flesh is flesh, that which is begotten of the spirit is spirit (John 3:6).

In David:

God remembered that they were flesh, a breath that passeth away and returneth not (Psalms 78:39).

The evil of man's will, which is what is his own [proprium] from birth is what is signified in these passages by "flesh"; also by:

The flesh that the sons of Israel lusted after in the desert, and on account of which they were smitten with a great plague, and from which the place was called graves of lust (Numbers 11:4-34).

Moreover, in the Word the expression "all flesh" is frequently used as meaning every man (as in Genesis 6:12, 13, 17, 19; Isaiah 40:5, 6; 49:26; 66:16, 23, 24; Jeremiah 25:31; 32:27; 45:5; Ezekiel 20:48, 21:4, 5; and elsewhere).

(Continuation respecting the Word)

[8] The spiritual by influx presents what is correspondent to itself in the natural, in order that the end may become a cause, and the cause become an effect, and thus the end through the cause may present itself in the effect as visible and sensible. This trine, namely, end, cause, and effect, is given from creation in every heaven. The end is the good of love, the cause is truth from that good, and the effect is use. That which produces is love, and the product therefrom is of love from good by means of truth. The final products, which are in our world, are various, as numerous as the objects are in its three kingdoms of nature, animal, vegetable, and mineral. All products are correspondences.

[9] As this trine, namely, end, cause, and effect, exists in each heaven, there must be in each heaven products that are correspondences, and which in form and aspect are like the objects in the three kingdoms of our earth; from which it is clear that each heaven is like our earth in external appearance, differing only in excellence and beauty according to degrees. Now in order that the Word may be full, that is, may consist of effects in which are a cause and an end, or may consist of uses, in which truth is the cause and good is the end and love is that which produces, it must needs consist of correspondences; and from this it follows that the Word in each heaven is like the Word in our world, differing only in excellence and beauty according to degrees. What this difference is shall be told elsewhere.

  
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