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네 재물과 상품과 무역한 물건과 네 사공과 선장과 네 배의 틈을 막는 자와 네 장사와 네 가운데 있는 모든 용사와 네 가운데 있는 모든 무리가 네 패망하는 날에 다 바다 중심에 빠질 것임이여
에스겔 27:30
Islands
When 'islands' are contrasted to 'earth' or 'mountains,' they signify the truths of faith, because they are in the sea. They signify doctrinal things which are rituals. 'Islands' signify peoples who are more remote from the worship of God. People who are steeped in the internal sense of the Word, such as angels, do not know what islands are, because they no longer have any concept of such places. Instead they have a perception of more remote worship, like the gentiles outside the church.
'Islands,' in Ezekiel 27:6, signify people in the church in a natural, materially-oriented state but still rational.
(références: Apocalypse Explained 406; Isaiah 1, Isaiah 49, 49:1)
