但以理书 1:10

¹⁰ 太监长对但以理说：我惧怕我主我王，他已经派定你们的饮食；倘若他见你们的面貌比你们同岁的少年人肌瘦，怎麽好呢？这样，你们就使我的头在王那里难保。

The Inner Meaning of the Prophets and Psalms #172

172. Internal Meaning of Daniel, Chapter 1 (1)

1-2 When the church among the Jewish nation had been destroyed, Babylon appropriated to herself all things pertaining to it. (2)

2-21 She wished to know all things of the church, and to acquire an understanding of them, and this was the beginning of Babylon. (2)

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

¹ In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Jerusalem, and besieged it.

² The Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God; and he carried them into the land of Shinar to the house of his God: and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his God.