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Ezekiel 47

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1 και εισηγαγεν με επι τα προθυρα του οικου και ιδου υδωρ εξεπορευετο υποκατωθεν του αιθριου κατ' ανατολας οτι το προσωπον του οικου εβλεπεν κατ' ανατολας και το υδωρ κατεβαινεν απο του κλιτους του δεξιου απο νοτου επι το θυσιαστηριον

2 και εξηγαγεν με κατα την οδον της πυλης της προς βορραν και περιηγαγεν με την οδον εξωθεν προς την πυλην της αυλης της βλεπουσης κατ' ανατολας και ιδου το υδωρ κατεφερετο απο του κλιτους του δεξιου

3 καθως εξοδος ανδρος εξ εναντιας και μετρον εν τη χειρι αυτου και διεμετρησεν χιλιους εν τω μετρω και διηλθεν εν τω υδατι υδωρ αφεσεως

4 και διεμετρησεν χιλιους και διηλθεν εν τω υδατι υδωρ εως των μηρων και διεμετρησεν χιλιους και διηλθεν υδωρ εως οσφυος

5 και διεμετρησεν χιλιους και ουκ ηδυνατο διελθειν οτι εξυβριζεν το υδωρ ως ροιζος χειμαρρου ον ου διαβησονται

6 και ειπεν προς με ει εωρακας υιε ανθρωπου και ηγαγεν με επι το χειλος του ποταμου

7 εν τη επιστροφη μου και ιδου επι του χειλους του ποταμου δενδρα πολλα σφοδρα ενθεν και ενθεν

8 και ειπεν προς με το υδωρ τουτο το εκπορευομενον εις την γαλιλαιαν την προς ανατολας και κατεβαινεν επι την αραβιαν και ηρχετο εως επι την θαλασσαν επι το υδωρ της διεκβολης και υγιασει τα υδατα

9 και εσται πασα ψυχη των ζωων των εκζεοντων επι παντα εφ' α αν επελθη εκει ο ποταμος ζησεται και εσται εκει ιχθυς πολυς σφοδρα οτι ηκει εκει το υδωρ τουτο και υγιασει και ζησεται παν εφ' ο αν επελθη ο ποταμος εκει ζησεται

10 και στησονται εκει αλεεις απο αινγαδιν εως αιναγαλιμ ψυγμος σαγηνων εσται καθ' αυτην εσται και οι ιχθυες αυτης ως οι ιχθυες της θαλασσης της μεγαλης πληθος πολυ σφοδρα

11 και εν τη διεκβολη αυτου και εν τη επιστροφη αυτου και εν τη υπεραρσει αυτου ου μη υγιασωσιν εις αλας δεδονται

12 και επι του ποταμου αναβησεται επι του χειλους αυτου ενθεν και ενθεν παν ξυλον βρωσιμον ου μη παλαιωθη επ' αυτου ουδε μη εκλιπη ο καρπος αυτου της καινοτητος αυτου πρωτοβολησει διοτι τα υδατα αυτων εκ των αγιων ταυτα εκπορευεται και εσται ο καρπος αυτων εις βρωσιν και αναβασις αυτων εις υγιειαν

13 ταδε λεγει κυριος θεος ταυτα τα ορια κατακληρονομησετε της γης ταις δωδεκα φυλαις των υιων ισραηλ προσθεσις σχοινισματος

14 και κατακληρονομησετε αυτην εκαστος καθως ο αδελφος αυτου εις ην ηρα την χειρα μου του δουναι αυτην τοις πατρασιν αυτων και πεσειται η γη αυτη υμιν εν κληρονομια

15 και ταυτα τα ορια της γης προς βορραν απο της θαλασσης της μεγαλης της καταβαινουσης και περισχιζουσης της εισοδου ημαθ σεδδαδα

16 βηρωθα σεβραιμ ηλιαμ ανα μεσον οριων δαμασκου και ανα μεσον οριων ημαθ αυλη του σαυναν αι εισιν επανω των οριων αυρανιτιδος

17 ταυτα τα ορια απο της θαλασσης απο της αυλης του αιναν ορια δαμασκου και τα προς βορραν

18 και τα προς ανατολας ανα μεσον της αυρανιτιδος και ανα μεσον δαμασκου και ανα μεσον της γαλααδιτιδος και ανα μεσον της γης του ισραηλ ο ιορδανης διοριζει επι την θαλασσαν την προς ανατολας φοινικωνος ταυτα τα προς ανατολας

19 και τα προς νοτον και λιβα απο θαιμαν και φοινικωνος εως υδατος μαριμωθ καδης παρεκτεινον επι την θαλασσαν την μεγαλην τουτο το μερος νοτος και λιψ

20 τουτο το μερος της θαλασσης της μεγαλης οριζει εως κατεναντι της εισοδου ημαθ εως εισοδου αυτου ταυτα εστιν τα προς θαλασσαν ημαθ

21 και διαμερισετε την γην ταυτην αυτοις ταις φυλαις του ισραηλ

22 βαλειτε αυτην εν κληρω υμιν και τοις προσηλυτοις τοις παροικουσιν εν μεσω υμων οιτινες εγεννησαν υιους εν μεσω υμων και εσονται υμιν ως αυτοχθονες εν τοις υιοις του ισραηλ μεθ' υμων φαγονται εν κληρονομια εν μεσω των φυλων του ισραηλ

23 και εσονται εν φυλη προσηλυτων εν τοις προσηλυτοις τοις μετ' αυτων εκει δωσετε κληρονομιαν αυτοις λεγει κυριος θεος

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 4482

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4482. 'Behold, the land is broad and spacious before them' means extension, that is to say, of truth which is the truth of doctrine. This is clear from the meaning of 'the land' as the Church, dealt with just above in 4480, and from the meaning of 'broad and spacious' as extension as regards truths, and so as regards those taught by doctrine. When in the Word the measurements of something are given, it is not those measurements that are meant in the internal sense but the essential characteristics of a state that is being described. For measurements involve spatial dimensions and in the next life there are no intervals of space, as there are no periods of time, but states which correspond to these, see 2625, 2837, 3356, 3387, 3404, 4321. That being so, lengths, breadths, and heights, which are spatial measurements, mean the aspects of a state - length meaning holiness, height good, and breadth truth, see 650, 1613, 3433, 3434. This then is why 'the land is broad and spacious' means the extension of truth which is the truth of doctrine within the Church.

[2] Anyone who does not know of the existence of anything spiritual in the Word other than that which stands out in the literal sense is bound to be amazed by the statement that 'the land is broad and specious' means the extension of truth which is the truth of doctrine within the Church. But the truth of this statement may be established from places where 'breadth' is mentioned in the Word, as in Isaiah,

Asshur will go through Judah, it will deluge it and pass through and will reach even to the neck; and the outstretchings of its wings will fill the breadth of the land. Isaiah 8:8.

In David,

O Jehovah, You have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy. You have made my feet stand in a broad place. Psalms 31:8.

In the same author,

Out of my distress I called on Jah; He answered me in a broad place. Psalms 118:5.

In Habakkuk,

I am rousing the Chaldeans, a bitter and hasty nation, marching' into the breadths of the earth. Habakkuk 1:6.

'Breadths' here means nothing other than the truth of the Church.

[3] The reason why breadth has this meaning is that in the spiritual world, that is, in heaven, the Lord is the centre of all, for He is the Sun there. Those in a state of good are more interior, their exact position towards the middle being determined by the character and the amount of the good present in them. This is why 'height' is used in reference to good. Those who are in a similar degree of good are also in a similar degree of truth, and so dwell so to speak at the same distance from the centre, or one might say, dwell on the same contour; and this is why 'breadth' is used in reference to truths. Therefore when a person reads the Word the angels present with him do not understand by 'breadth' anything other than truths. When in the Historical sections, for example, the ark, the altar, the temple, and the spaces outside cities are referred to, states of good and truth are perceived by the dimensions indicating the lengths, breadths, and heights of these. The same is so with the new earth, new Jerusalem, and new Temple - described in Chapters 40-47 of Ezekiel - by which heaven and a new Church are meant, as may be seen from the detailed descriptions in those chapters. So also in John where it is said of the New Jerusalem that it will be foursquare, 'its length being as great as its breadth', Revelation 21:16.

[4] Things which in the spiritual world are interior are described as those that are higher, while those that are exterior are described by those that are lower, 2148, for while in the world, no one can conceive of interior things and exterior ones in any other way, for the reason that he dwells within space and time, and things that belong to space and time have entered in among the ideas comprising his thought and have conditioned the majority of these. From this it is also evident that expressions which give the spatial measurements of things such as the height, length, and breadth of them, are in the spiritual sense expressions used to indicate the magnitude of affections for good and affections for truth.

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