1113. 有些少女被引诱卖淫, 以为此举不属邪恶, 但在其它方面正派得体. 由于她们还没有达到能够认识和判断有关那种生活的年龄, 因此, 会有一个十分严厉的导师与她们在一起, 只要她们思想这种放纵的行为, 就会受到惩罚. 她们非常害怕这个导师. 以此法, 她们受到消磨. 但是, 那些已为妓女且引诱她人为娼的成年女人不经历消磨, 而是下地狱.

A 'sword,' as in Ezekiel 21:9-15, signifies a person so desolated that he can see nothing good and true, but only falsities and contradictions. A 'sword,' in the Word, signifies the truth of faith combating and the vastation of truth. In an opposite sense, it signifies falsity combating and the punishment of falsity.

The 'sword,' in Revelation 1:16, represents a dispersion of falsities by the Lord because the sword came out from His mouth, which means it comes from the Word. Because the Word is understood by doctrine taken from it, this is also symbolically meant. It is called a sharp two-edged sword because it pierces the heart and soul.

A 'flaming sword which turned every way,' as in Genesis 3:24, signifies divine truth in extremes, which, like the Word in its literal sense, can be turned.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 2799)