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Exodus 32

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1 καί-C ὁράω-VB--AAPNSM ὁ- A--NSM λαός-N2--NSM ὅτι-C χρονίζω-VX--XAI3S *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM καταβαίνω-VZ--AAN ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSN ὄρος-N3E-GSN συνἵστημι-VHI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM λαός-N2--NSM ἐπί-P *ααρων-N---DSM καί-C λέγω-V1--PAI3P αὐτός- D--DSM ἀναἵστημι-VH--AAD2S καί-C ποιέω-VA--AAD2S ἐγώ- P--DP θεός-N2--APM ὅς- --NPM προπορεύομαι-VF--FMI3P ἐγώ- P--GP ὁ- A--NSM γάρ-X *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM οὗτος- D--NSM ὁ- A--NSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--NSM ὅς- --NSM ἐκἄγω-VBI-AAI3S ἐγώ- P--AP ἐκ-P *αἴγυπτος-N2--GSF οὐ-D οἶδα-VX--XAI1P τίς- I--NSN γίγνομαι-VX--XAI3S αὐτός- D--DSM

2 καί-C λέγω-V1--PAI3S αὐτός- D--DPM *ααρων-N---NSM περιαἱρέω-VB--AMD2P ὁ- A--APN ἐνώτιον-N2N-APN ὁ- A--APN χρυσοῦς-A1C-APN ὁ- A--APN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPN οὖς-N3T-DPN ὁ- A--GPF γυνή-N3K-GPF σύ- P--GP καί-C θυγάτηρ-N3--GPF καί-C φέρω-VA--AAD2P πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS

3 καί-C περιαἱρέω-VAI-AMI3P πᾶς-A3--NSM ὁ- A--NSM λαός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--APN ἐνώτιον-N2N-APN ὁ- A--APN χρυσοῦς-A1C-APN ὁ- A--APN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPN οὖς-N3T-DPN αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C φέρω-VAI-AAI3P πρός-P *ααρων-N---ASM

4 καί-C δέχομαι-VAI-AMI3S ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GPF χείρ-N3--GPF αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C πλάσσω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--APN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF γραφίς-N3D-DSF καί-C ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--APN μόσχος-N2--ASM χωνευτός-A1--ASM καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S οὗτος- D--NPM ὁ- A--NPM θεός-N2--NPM σύ- P--GS *ἰσραήλ-N---VSM ὅστις- X--NPM ἀναβιβάζω-VAI-AAI3P σύ- P--AS ἐκ-P γῆ-N1--GSF *αἴγυπτος-N2--GSF

5 καί-C ὁράω-VB--AAPNSM *ααρων-N---NSM οἰκοδομέω-VAI-AAI3S θυσιαστήριον-N2N-ASN κατέναντι-P αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C κηρύσσω-VAI-AAI3S *ααρων-N---NSM λέγω-V1--PAPNSM ἑορτή-N1--NSF ὁ- A--GSM κύριος-N2--GSM αὔριον-D

6 καί-C ὀρθρίζω-VA--AAPNSM ὁ- A--DSF ἐπαύριον-D ἀναβιβάζω-VAI-AAI3S ὁλοκαύτωμα-N3M-APN καί-C προςφέρω-VAI-AAI3S θυσία-N1A-ASF σωτήριον-N2N-GSN καί-C καταἵζω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM λαός-N2--NSM ἐσθίω-VB--AAN καί-C πίνω-VB--AAN καί-C ἀναἵστημι-VHI-AAI3P παίζω-V1--PAN

7 καί-C λαλέω-VAI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM πρός-P *μωυσῆς-N1M-ASM λέγω-V1--PAPNSM βαδίζω-V1--PAD2S ὁ- A--ASN τάχος-N3E-ASN ἐντεῦθεν-D καταβαίνω-VZ--AAD2S ἀνομέω-VAI-AAI3S γάρ-X ὁ- A--NSM λαός-N2--NSM σύ- P--GS ὅς- --APM ἐκἄγω-VBI-AAI2S ἐκ-P γῆ-N1--GSF *αἴγυπτος-N2--GSF

8 παραβαίνω-VZI-AAI3P ταχύς-A3U-ASN ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSF ὁδός-N2--GSF ὅς- --GSF ἐντέλλομαι-VAI-AMI2S αὐτός- D--DPM ποιέω-VAI-AAI3P ἑαυτοῦ- D--DPM μόσχος-N2--ASM καί-C προςκυνέω-VX--XAI3P αὐτός- D--DSM καί-C θύω-VX--XAI3P αὐτός- D--DSM καί-C εἶπον-VAI-AAI3P οὗτος- D--NPM ὁ- A--NPM θεός-N2--NPM σύ- P--GS *ἰσραήλ-N---VSM ὅστις- X--NPM ἀναβιβάζω-VAI-AAI3P σύ- P--AS ἐκ-P γῆ-N1--GSF *αἴγυπτος-N2--GSF

10 καί-C νῦν-D ἐάω-VA--AAD2S ἐγώ- P--AS καί-C θυμόω-VC--APPNSM ὀργή-N1--DSF εἰς-P αὐτός- D--APM ἐκτρίβω-VF--FAI1S αὐτός- D--APM καί-C ποιέω-VF--FAI1S σύ- P--AS εἰς-P ἔθνος-N3E-ASN μέγας-A1P-ASN

11 καί-C δέω-VCI-API3S *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM ἔναντι-P κύριος-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSM θεός-N2--GSM καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ἵνα-C τίς- I--NSN κύριος-N2--VSM θυμόω-V4--PMI2S ὀργή-N1--DSF εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM σύ- P--GS ὅς- --APM ἐκἄγω-VBI-AAI2S ἐκ-P γῆ-N1--GSF *αἴγυπτος-N2--GSF ἐν-P ἰσχύς-N3U-DSF μέγας-A1--DSF καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM βραχίων-N3N-DSM σύ- P--GS ὁ- A--DSM ὑψηλός-A1--DSM

12 μήποτε-D εἶπον-VB--AAS3P ὁ- A--NPM *αἰγύπτιος-N2--NPM λέγω-V1--PAPNPM μετά-P πονηρία-N1A-GSF ἐκἄγω-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--APM ἀποκτείνω-VA--AAN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPN ὄρος-N3E-DPN καί-C ἐκ ἀναἁλίσκω-VA--AAN αὐτός- D--APM ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF παύω-VA--AMD2S ὁ- A--GSF ὀργή-N1--GSF ὁ- A--GSM θυμός-N2--GSM σύ- P--GS καί-C ἵλεως-A1B-NSM γίγνομαι-VB--AMD2S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--DSF κακία-N1A-DSF ὁ- A--GSM λαός-N2--GSM σύ- P--GS

13 μιμνήσκω-VS--APPNSM *αβρααμ-N---GSM καί-C *ισαακ-N---GSM καί-C *ἰακώβ-N---GSM ὁ- A--GPM σός-A1--GPM οἰκέτης-N1M-GPM ὅς- --DPM ὄμνυμι-VAI-AAI2S κατά-P σεαυτοῦ- D--GSM καί-C λαλέω-VAI-AAI2S πρός-P αὐτός- D--APM λέγω-V1--PAPNSM πολυπληθύνω-VF2-FAI1S ὁ- A--ASN σπέρμα-N3M-ASN σύ- P--GP ὡσεί-D ὁ- A--APN ἄστρον-N2N-APN ὁ- A--GSM οὐρανός-N2--GSM ὁ- A--DSN πλῆθος-N3E-DSN καί-C πᾶς-A1S-ASF ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF οὗτος- D--ASF ὅς- --ASF εἶπον-VAI-AAI2S δίδωμι-VO--AAN ὁ- A--DSN σπέρμα-N3M-DSN αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C καταἔχω-VF--FAI3P αὐτός- D--ASF εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM αἰών-N3W-ASM

14 καί-C ἱλάσκομαι-VCI-API3S κύριος-N2--NSM περί-P ὁ- A--GSF κακία-N1A-GSF ὅς- --GSF εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ποιέω-VA--AAN ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM αὐτός- D--GSM

15 καί-C ἀποστρέφω-VA--AAPNSM *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM καταβαίνω-VZI-AAI3S ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSN ὄρος-N3E-GSN καί-C ὁ- A--NPF δύο-M πλάξ-N3K-NPF ὁ- A--GSN μαρτύριον-N2N-GSN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF χείρ-N3--DPF αὐτός- D--GSM πλάξ-N3K-NPF λίθινος-A1--NPF καταγράφω-VP--XPPNPF ἐκ-P ἀμφότεροι-A1A-GPN ὁ- A--GPN μέρος-N3E-GPN αὐτός- D--GPF ἔνθεν-D καί-C ἔνθεν-D εἰμί-V9--IAI3P γράφω-VP--XPPNPF

16 καί-C ὁ- A--NPF πλάξ-N3K-NPF ἔργον-N2N-NSN θεός-N2--GSM εἰμί-V9--IAI3P καί-C ὁ- A--NSF γραφή-N1--NSF γραφή-N1--NSF θεός-N2--GSM εἰμί-V9--PAI3S κολάπτω-VP--XPPNSF ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF πλάξ-N3K-DPF

17 καί-C ἀκούω-VA--AAPNSM *ἰησοῦς-N---NSM ὁ- A--ASF φωνή-N1--ASF ὁ- A--GSM λαός-N2--GSM κράζω-V1--PAPGPM λέγω-V1--PAI3S πρός-P *μωυσῆς-N1M-ASM φωνή-N1--NSF πόλεμος-N2--GSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF παρεμβολή-N1--DSF

18 καί-C λέγω-V1--PAI3S οὐ-D εἰμί-V9--PAI3S φωνή-N1--NSF ἐκἄρχω-V1--PAPGPM κατά-P ἰσχύς-N3U-ASF οὐδέ-C φωνή-N1--NSF ἐκἄρχω-V1--PAPGPM τροπή-N1--GSF ἀλλά-C φωνή-N1--ASF ἐκἄρχω-V1--PAPGPM οἶνος-N2--GSM ἐγώ- P--NS ἀκούω-V1--PAI1S

19 καί-C ἡνίκα-D ἐγγίζω-V1I-IAI3S ὁ- A--DSF παρεμβολή-N1--DSF ὁράω-V3--PAI3S ὁ- A--ASM μόσχος-N2--ASM καί-C ὁ- A--APM χορός-N2--APM καί-C ὀργίζω-VS--APPNSM θυμός-N2--DSM *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM ῥίπτω-VAI-AAI3S ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GPF χείρ-N3--GPF αὐτός- D--GSM ὁ- A--APF δύο-M πλάξ-N3K-APF καί-C συντρίβω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--APF ὑπό-P ὁ- A--ASN ὄρος-N3E-ASN

20 καί-C λαμβάνω-VB--AAPNSM ὁ- A--ASM μόσχος-N2--ASM ὅς- --ASM ποιέω-VAI-AAI3P κατακαίω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--ASM ἐν-P πῦρ-N3--DSN καί-C καταἀλέω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--ASM λεπτός-A1--ASM καί-C σπείρω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--ASM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASN ὕδωρ-N3--ASN καί-C ποτίζω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--ASN ὁ- A--APM υἱός-N2--APM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM

21 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM ὁ- A--DSM *ααρων-N---DSM τίς- I--ASN ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S σύ- P--DS ὁ- A--NSM λαός-N2--NSM οὗτος- D--NSM ὅτι-C ἐπιἄγω-VBI-AAI2S ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--APM ἁμαρτία-N1A-ASF μέγας-A1--ASF

22 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S *ααρων-N---NSM πρός-P *μωυσῆς-N1M-ASM μή-D ὀργίζω-V1--PMD2S κύριος-N2--VSM σύ- P--NS γάρ-X οἶδα-VX--XAI2S ὁ- A--ASN ὅρμημα-N3M-ASN ὁ- A--GSM λαός-N2--GSM οὗτος- D--GSM

23 λέγω-V1--PAI3P γάρ-X ἐγώ- P--DS ποιέω-VA--AAD2S ἐγώ- P--DP θεός-N2--APM ὅς- --NPM προπορεύομαι-VF--FMI3P ἐγώ- P--GP ὁ- A--NSM γάρ-X *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM οὗτος- D--NSM ὁ- A--NSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--NSM ὅς- --NSM ἐκἄγω-VBI-AAI3S ἐγώ- P--AP ἐκ-P *αἴγυπτος-N2--GSF οὐ-D οἶδα-VX--XAI1P τίς- I--NSN γίγνομαι-VX--XAI3S αὐτός- D--DSM

24 καί-C εἶπον-VAI-AAI1S αὐτός- D--DPM εἰ-C τις- I--DSM ὑποἄρχω-V1--PAI3S χρυσίον-N2N-NPN περιαἱρέω-VB--AMD2P καί-C δίδωμι-VAI-AAI3P ἐγώ- P--DS καί-C ῥίπτω-VAI-AAI1S εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASN πῦρ-N3--ASN καί-C ἐκἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM μόσχος-N2--NSM οὗτος- D--NSM

25 καί-C ὁράω-VB--AAPNSM *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM ὅτι-C διασκεδάζω-VT--XPI3S διασκεδάζω-VAI-AAI3S γάρ-X αὐτός- D--APM *ααρων-N---NSM ἐπίχαρμα-N3M-ASN ὁ- A--DPM ὑπεναντίος-A1A-DPM αὐτός- D--GPM

26 ἵστημι-VHI-AAI3S δέ-X *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF πύλη-N1--GSF ὁ- A--GSF παρεμβολή-N1--GSF καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S τίς- I--NSM πρός-P κύριος-N2--ASM εἶμι-V9--PAD3S πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS συνἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3P οὖν-X πρός-P αὐτός- D--ASM πᾶς-A3--NPM ὁ- A--NPM υἱός-N2--NPM *λευί-N---GSM

27 καί-C λέγω-V1--PAI3S αὐτός- D--DPM ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM τίθημι-VE--AMD2P ἕκαστος-A1--NSM ὁ- A--ASF ἑαυτοῦ- D--GSM ῥομφαία-N1A-ASF ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASM μηρός-N2--ASM καί-C διαἔρχομαι-VA--AAD2P καί-C ἀνακάμπτω-VA--AAD2P ἀπό-P πύλη-N1--GSF ἐπί-P πύλη-N1--ASF διά-P ὁ- A--GSF παρεμβολή-N1--GSF καί-C ἀποκτείνω-VA--AAD2P ἕκαστος-A1--NSM ὁ- A--ASM ἀδελφός-N2--ASM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ἕκαστος-A1--NSM ὁ- A--ASM πλησίον-D αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ἕκαστος-A1--NSM ὁ- A--ASM ἐγγύς-D αὐτός- D--GSM

28 καί-C ποιέω-VAI-AAI3P ὁ- A--NPM υἱός-N2--NPM *λευί-N---GSM καθά-D λαλέω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DPM *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM καί-C πίπτω-VAI-AAI3P ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSM λαός-N2--GSM ἐν-P ἐκεῖνος- D--DSF ὁ- A--DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF εἰς-P τρισχίλιοι-A1A-APM ἀνήρ-N3--APM

29 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DPM *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM πληρόω-VAI-AAI2P ὁ- A--APF χείρ-N3--APF σύ- P--GP σήμερον-D κύριος-N2--DSM ἕκαστος-A1--NSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM υἱός-N2--DSM ἤ-C ὁ- A--DSM ἀδελφός-N2--DSM δίδωμι-VC--APN ἐπί-P σύ- P--AP εὐλογία-N1A-ASF

30 καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S μετά-P ὁ- A--ASF αὔριον-D εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM σύ- P--NP ἁμαρτάνω-VX--XAI2P ἁμαρτία-N1A-ASF μέγας-A1--ASF καί-C νῦν-D ἀναβαίνω-VF--FMI1S πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM θεός-N2--ASM ἵνα-C ἐκἱλάσκομαι-VA--AMS1S περί-P ὁ- A--GSF ἁμαρτία-N1A-GSF σύ- P--GP

31 ὑποστρέφω-VAI-AAI3S δέ-X *μωυσῆς-N1M-NSM πρός-P κύριος-N2--ASM καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέομαι-V1--PMI1S κύριος-N2--VSM ἁμαρτάνω-VX--XAI3S ὁ- A--NSM λαός-N2--NSM οὗτος- D--NSM ἁμαρτία-N1A-ASF μέγας-A1--ASF καί-C ποιέω-VAI-AAI3P ἑαυτοῦ- D--DPM θεός-N2--APM χρυσοῦς-A1C-APM

32 καί-C νῦν-D εἰ-C μέν-X ἀποἵημι-V1--PAI2S αὐτός- D--DPM ὁ- A--ASF ἁμαρτία-N1A-ASF ἀποἵημι-VB--AAD2S εἰ-C δέ-X μή-D ἐκἀλείφω-VA--AAD2S ἐγώ- P--AS ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSF βίβλος-N2--GSF σύ- P--GS ὅς- --GSF γράφω-VAI-AAI2S

33 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM πρός-P *μωυσῆς-N1M-ASM εἰ-C τις- I--NSM ἁμαρτάνω-VX--XAI3S ἐνώπιον-P ἐγώ- P--GS ἐκἀλείφω-VF--FAI1S αὐτός- D--ASM ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSF βίβλος-N2--GSF ἐγώ- P--GS

34 νυνί-D δέ-X βαδίζω-V1--PAD2S καταβαίνω-VZ--AAD2S καί-C ὁδηγέω-VA--AAD2S ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM οὗτος- D--ASM εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM τόπος-N2--ASM ὅς- --ASM εἶπον-VAI-AAI1S σύ- P--DS ἰδού-I ὁ- A--NSM ἄγγελος-N2--NSM ἐγώ- P--GS προπορεύομαι-V1--PMI3S πρό-P πρόσωπον-N2N-GSN σύ- P--GS ὅς- --DSF δέ-X ἄν-X ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF ἐπισκέπτω-V1--PMS1S ἐπιἄγω-VF--FAI1S ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--APM ὁ- A--ASF ἁμαρτία-N1A-ASF αὐτός- D--GPM

35 καί-C πατάσσω-VAI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM περί-P ὁ- A--GSF ποίησις-N3I-GSF ὁ- A--GSM μόσχος-N2--GSM ὅς- --GSM ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S *ααρων-N---NSM

   

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Arcana Coelestia #10415

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10415. 'And the people sat down to eat and drink' means making those things their own. This is clear from the meaning of 'eating and drinking' as making their own, 'eating' making evil their own and 'drinking' making falsity their own.

'Eating' means making good one's own, see 3168, 3513(end), 3596, 3832, 9412, so that in the contrary sense it means making evil one's own, 4745.

'Drinking' means making truth one's own, and in the contrary sense making falsity one's own, 3069, 3168, 3832, 8562, 9412.

  
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Arcana Coelestia #9323

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9323. 'And He will bless your bread and your water' means the increase of the good of love and of the truth of faith. This is clear from the meaning of 'being blessed by Jehovah' as being made fruitful in forms of good and being multiplied in truths, dealt with in 2846, 3406, 4981, 6091, 6099, 8939, thus an increase in the kinds of things that belong to love and faith; from the meaning of 'bread' as the good of love, dealt with in 276, 680, 2165, 2177, 3478, 3735, 3813, 4211, 4217, 4735, 4976, 6118, 8410; and from the meaning of 'water' as the truth of faith, dealt with in 680, 739, 2702, 3058, 3424, 4976, 5668, 6346, 7307, 8568. Since 'bread' meant all the good of love and 'water' all the truth of faith in their entirety, and since 'being blessed by Jehovah' means every increase in them, people in the ancient Churches were accustomed to express the wish, May Jehovah bless [your] bread and water. It was also common to speak of 'bread and water' when all natural food and drink were to be expressed and all spiritual goodness and truth to be understood; for the latter are what nourish spiritual life, just as the former nourish natural life, 4976.

[2] Such goodness and truth are meant by 'bread and water' in the following places: In Isaiah,

Behold, Jehovah Zebaoth is taking away from Jerusalem and Judah the whole staff of bread, and the whole staff of water. Isaiah 3:1.

'The staff of bread' stands for power and life provided by good, 'the staff of water' for power and life provided by truth. In Ezekiel,

Behold, I am breaking the staff of bread in Jerusalem, so that they may eat bread by weight and with anxiety, and drink water by measure and with dismay; that they may be in want of bread and water, and will be dismayed with one another, 1 and waste away on account of their iniquity. Ezekiel 4:16-17.

'Being in want of bread and water' means being deprived of the good of love and of the truth of faith, as is plainly evident since it says 'that they will be dismayed with one with another, and waste away on account of iniquity'.

[3] The like occurs again in the same prophet,

They will eat their bread with anxiety, and drink their water with dismay, so that her land may be devastated of its fullness, on account of the violence of all who dwell in it. Ezekiel 12:19.

In Amos,

Behold, the days are going to come, in which I will send a famine on the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but for hearing the words of Jehovah. Amos 8:11.

In the first Book of Kings,

The man of God said to Jeroboam, If you were to give me half your house, I would not go in with you; nor would I eat bread nor drink water in this place. For Jehovah had so commanded, saying, You shall not eat bread, nor drink water, nor return by the way you came. But a prophet from Bethel said to him that he had been told by Jehovah that he was to eat bread and drink water with him (he was lying). 2 And he went back with him, and ate bread in his house, and drank water. For that reason he was torn to pieces by a lion. 1 Kings 13:8-9, 16-19, 24.

His refusal to eat bread or drink water with Jeroboam was a sign of his abhorrence of the good there and also of the truth, because they had been rendered profane. For Jeroboam had profaned the altar and all the holy things of worship, as is evident from the historical descriptions at this point in the Word.

[4] A lack of spiritual goodness and truth was meant by the absence of rain for three and a half years when Ahab was king, resulting in a lack of bread and of water, during which time Elijah went to a widow in Zarephath and asked her for a little water in a vessel so that he might drink, and a piece of bread so that he might eat, 1 Kings 17, 18. For 'bread' meant all the good of the Church, and 'water' all the truth of the Church, as stated above. Since such things in those times were representative for the reason that only something representative of the Church existed among those people, and since things of a representative nature were used therefore in the composition of the Word, including the historical section, goodness and truth laid waste was accordingly represented by the lack of bread and water. And because 'bread' meant all the good of love in its entirety, therefore also the sacrifices were referred to as 'bread', 2165, and therefore also the Lord calls Himself 'the bread which comes down from heaven', John 6:48, 50-51; for the Lord is the Good itself of Love.

Notes de bas de page:

1. literally, will be desolated a man and his brother

2. i.e. the prophet from Bethel was lying when he told the man of God that God had commanded him (that prophet) to bring the man of God to his house

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