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Ezekiel 15

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1 και εγενετο λογος κυριου προς με λεγων

2 και συ υιε ανθρωπου τι αν γενοιτο το ξυλον της αμπελου εκ παντων των ξυλων των κληματων των οντων εν τοις ξυλοις του δρυμου

3 ει λημψονται εξ αυτης ξυλον του ποιησαι εις εργασιαν ει λημψονται εξ αυτης πασσαλον του κρεμασαι επ' αυτον παν σκευος

4 παρεξ πυρι δεδοται εις αναλωσιν την κατ' ενιαυτον καθαρσιν απ' αυτης αναλισκει το πυρ και εκλειπει εις τελος μη χρησιμον εσται εις εργασιαν

5 ουδε ετι αυτου οντος ολοκληρου ουκ εσται εις εργασιαν μη οτι εαν και πυρ αυτο αναλωση εις τελος ει εσται ετι εις εργασιαν

6 δια τουτο ειπον ταδε λεγει κυριος ον τροπον το ξυλον της αμπελου εν τοις ξυλοις του δρυμου ο δεδωκα αυτο τω πυρι εις αναλωσιν ουτως δεδωκα τους κατοικουντας ιερουσαλημ

7 και δωσω το προσωπον μου επ' αυτους εκ του πυρος εξελευσονται και πυρ αυτους καταφαγεται και επιγνωσονται οτι εγω κυριος εν τω στηρισαι με το προσωπον μου επ' αυτους

8 και δωσω την γην εις αφανισμον ανθ' ων παρεπεσον παραπτωματι λεγει κυριος

   

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Jeremiah 1:16

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16 και λαλησω προς αυτους μετα κρισεως περι πασης της κακιας αυτων ως εγκατελιπον με και εθυσαν θεοις αλλοτριοις και προσεκυνησαν τοις εργοις των χειρων αυτων

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Arcana Coelestia # 425

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425. Up to now the world has not known that 'bronze' means natural good, nor indeed that every metal mentioned in the Word has some definite meaning in the internal sense. For example 'gold' means celestial good, 'silver' spiritual truth, 'bronze' natural good, 'iron' natural truth, and so on with all the rest. The same applies to stone and wood. These were the meanings of the gold, silver, bronze, and wood in the Ark and the Tabernacle, and of similar objects in the Temple, which in the Lord's Divine mercy will be dealt with later on. In the Prophets it is plain that such things are meant, as in Isaiah,

You will suck the milk of nations, and the breast of kings will you suck. Instead of bronze I will bring gold, and instead of iron, I will bring silver, and instead of wood, bronze, and instead or stones, iron. And I will make peace your assessment and righteousness your tax-collectors. Isaiah 60:16-17.

This refers to the Coming of the Lord and to His kingdom, and to the celestial Church. 'Gold instead of bronze' means celestial good instead of natural good. 'Silver instead of iron' means spiritual truth instead of natural truth. 'Bronze instead of wood' means natural good instead of bodily good. 'Iron instead of stones' means natural truth instead of sensory truth. In Ezekiel,

Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were your merchants in the souls of men, and they gave vessels of bronze for your merchandise. Ezekiel 27:13

This refers to Tyre, which means people who are in possession of spiritual and celestial riches. 'Vessels of bronze' stands for natural goods. In Moses,

A land whose stones are Iron, and from whose mountains you will dig out bronze. Deuteronomy 8:9.

Here similarly 'stones' stands for sensory truth, 'iron' for natural or rational truth, and 'bronze' for natural good. In the cases of the four living creatures or the cherubim seen by Ezekiel, whose feet sparkled like burnished bronze, Ezekiel 1:7, 'bronze' in a similar way means natural good, for the human foot represents that which is natural. Something similar was seen by Daniel,

A man clothed in linen whose loins were girded with gold of Uphaz and whose body was like tarshish. 1 His arms and feet were like the appearance of burnished bronze. Daniel 10:5-6

And for the fact that the bronze serpent mentioned in Numbers 21:9 represented the Lord's good, sensory and natural, see what has been said already [in 197].

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1. A Hebrew word for a particular kind of precious stone, possibly a beryl.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.