बाइबल

Matthew 13

¹ εν G1722 P EP τη G3588 T-DSF ημερα G2250 N-DSF εκεινη G1565 D-DSF εξελθων G1831 G5631 V-2AAP-NSM ο G3588 T-NSM ιησους G2424 N-NSM της G3588 T-GSF οικιας G3614 N-GSF εκαθητο G2521 G5711 V-INI-3S παρα G3844 P EP την G3588 T-ASF θαλασσαν G2281 N-ASF

² και G2532 CONJ συνηχθησαν G4863 G5681 V-API-3P προς G4314 P EP αυτον G846 P-ASM οχλοι G3793 N-NPM πολλοι G4183 A-NPM ωστε G5620 CONJ αυτον G846 P-ASM εις G1519 P EP πλοιον G4143 N-ASN εμβαντα G1684 G5631 V-2AAP-ASM καθησθαι G2521 G5738 V-PNN και G2532 CONJ πας G3956 A-NSM ο G3588 T-NSM οχλος G3793 N-NSM επι G1909 P EP τον G3588 T-ASM αιγιαλον G123 N-ASM ειστηκει G2476 G5715 V-LAI-3S

³ και G2532 CONJ ελαλησεν G2980 G5656 V-AAI-3S αυτοις G846 P-DPM πολλα G4183 A-APN εν G1722 P EP παραβολαις G3850 N-DPF λεγων G3004 G5723 V-PAP-NSM ιδου G2400 G5628 V-2AAM-2S εξηλθεν G1831 G5627 V-2AAI-3S ο G3588 T-NSM σπειρων G4687 G5723 V-PAP-NSM του G3588 T-GSM σπειρειν G4687 G5721 V-PAN

⁴ και G2532 CONJ εν G1722 P EP τω G3588 T-DSN σπειρειν G4687 G5721 V-PAN αυτον G846 P-ASM α G3739 -NPN μεν G3303 P T επεσεν G4098 G5627 V-2AAI-3S παρα G3844 P EP την G3588 T-ASF οδον G3598 N-ASF και G2532 CONJ ελθοντα G2064 G5631 V-2AAP-NPN τα G3588 T-NPN πετεινα G4071 N-NPN κατεφαγεν G2719 G5627 V-2AAI-3S αυτα G846 P-APN

⁵ αλλα G243 A-NPN δε G1161 CONJ επεσεν G4098 G5627 V-2AAI-3S επι G1909 P EP τα G3588 T-APN πετρωδη G4075 A-APN οπου G3699 ADV ουκ G3756 P T-N ειχεν G2192 G5707 V-IAI-3S γην G1093 N-ASF πολλην G4183 A-ASF και G2532 CONJ ευθεως G2112 ADV εξανετειλεν G1816 G5656 V-AAI-3S δια G1223 P EP το G3588 T-ASN μη G3361 P T-N εχειν G2192 G5721 V-PAN βαθος G899 N-ASN γης G1093 N-GSF

⁶ ηλιου G2246 N-GSM δε G1161 CONJ ανατειλαντος G393 G5660 V-AAP-GSM εκαυματισθη G2739 G5681 V-API-3S και G2532 CONJ δια G1223 P EP το G3588 T-ASN μη G3361 P T-N εχειν G2192 G5721 V-PAN ριζαν G4491 N-ASF εξηρανθη G3583 G5681 V-API-3S

⁷ αλλα G243 A-NPN δε G1161 CONJ επεσεν G4098 G5627 V-2AAI-3S επι G1909 P EP τας G3588 T-APF ακανθας G173 N-APF και G2532 CONJ ανεβησαν G305 G5627 V-2AAI-3P αι G3588 T-NPF ακανθαι G173 N-NPF και G2532 CONJ {VA 1: απεπνιξαν G638 G5656 V-AAI-3P } {VA 2: επνιξαν G4155 G5656 V-AAI-3P } αυτα G846 P-APN

⁸ αλλα G243 A-NPN δε G1161 CONJ επεσεν G4098 G5627 V-2AAI-3S επι G1909 P EP την G3588 T-ASF γην G1093 N-ASF την G3588 T-ASF καλην G2570 A-ASF και G2532 CONJ εδιδου G1325 G5707 V-IAI-3S καρπον G2590 N-ASM ο G3739 -ASN μεν G3303 P T εκατον G1540 A-NUI ο G3739 -ASN δε G1161 CONJ εξηκοντα G1835 A-NUI ο G3739 -ASN δε G1161 CONJ τριακοντα G5144 A-NUI

⁹ ο G3588 T-NSM εχων G2192 G5723 V-PAP-NSM ωτα G3775 N-APN ακουετω G191 G5720 V-PAM-3S

¹⁰ και G2532 CONJ προσελθοντες G4334 G5631 V-2AAP-NPM οι G3588 T-NPM μαθηται G3101 N-NPM ειπαν G3004 G5627 V-2AAI-3P αυτω G846 P-DSM δια G1223 P EP τι G5101 I-ASN εν G1722 P EP παραβολαις G3850 N-DPF λαλεις G2980 G5719 V-PAI-2S αυτοις G846 P-DPM

¹¹ ο G3588 T-NSM δε G1161 CONJ αποκριθεις G611 G5679 V-AOP-NSM ειπεν G2036 G5627 V-2AAI-3S {VA 2: αυτοις G846 P-DPM } οτι G3754 CONJ υμιν G5213 P-2DP δεδοται G1325 G5769 V- PI-3S γνωναι G1097 G5629 V-2AAN τα G3588 T-APN μυστηρια G3466 N-APN της G3588 T-GSF βασιλειας G932 N-GSF των G3588 T-GPM ουρανων G3772 N-GPM εκεινοις G1565 D-DPM δε G1161 CONJ ου G3756 P T-N δεδοται G1325 G5769 V- PI-3S

¹² οστις G3748 -NSM γαρ G1063 CONJ εχει G2192 G5719 V-PAI-3S δοθησεται G1325 G5701 V-FPI-3S αυτω G846 P-DSM και G2532 CONJ περισσευθησεται G4052 G5701 V-FPI-3S οστις G3748 -NSM δε G1161 CONJ ουκ G3756 P T-N εχει G2192 G5719 V-PAI-3S και G2532 CONJ ο G3739 -ASN εχει G2192 G5719 V-PAI-3S αρθησεται G142 G5701 V-FPI-3S απ G575 P EP αυτου G846 P-GSM

¹³ δια G1223 P EP τουτο G5124 D-ASN εν G1722 P EP παραβολαις G3850 N-DPF αυτοις G846 P-DPM λαλω G2980 G5719 V-PAI-1S οτι G3754 CONJ βλεποντες G991 G5723 V-PAP-NPM ου G3756 P T-N βλεπουσιν G991 G5719 V-PAI-3P και G2532 CONJ ακουοντες G191 G5723 V-PAP-NPM ουκ G3756 P T-N ακουουσιν G191 G5719 V-PAI-3P ουδε G3761 ADV συνιουσιν G4920 G5719 V-PAI-3P

¹⁴ και G2532 CONJ αναπληρουται G378 G5743 V-PPI-3S αυτοις G846 P-DPM η G3588 T-NSF προφητεια G4394 N-NSF ησαιου G2268 N-GSM η G3588 T-NSF λεγουσα G3004 G5723 V-PAP-NSF ακοη G189 N-DSF ακουσετε G191 G5692 V-FAI-2P και G2532 CONJ ου G3756 P T-N μη G3361 P T-N συνητε G4920 G5655 V-2AXS-2P και G2532 CONJ βλεποντες G991 G5723 V-PAP-NPM βλεψετε G991 G5692 V-FAI-2P και G2532 CONJ ου G3756 P T-N μη G3361 P T-N ιδητε G1492 G5632 V-2AAS-2P

¹⁵ επαχυνθη G3975 G5681 V-API-3S γαρ G1063 CONJ η G3588 T-NSF καρδια G2588 N-NSF του G3588 T-GSM λαου G2992 N-GSM τουτου G5127 D-GSM και G2532 CONJ τοις G3588 T-DPN ωσιν G3775 N-DPN βαρεως G917 ADV ηκουσαν G191 G5656 V-AAI-3P και G2532 CONJ τους G3588 T-APM οφθαλμους G3788 N-APM αυτων G846 P-GPM εκαμμυσαν G2576 G5656 V-AAI-3P μηποτε G3379 ADV ιδωσιν G1492 G5632 V-2AAS-3P τοις G3588 T-DPM οφθαλμοις G3788 N-DPM και G2532 CONJ τοις G3588 T-DPN ωσιν G3775 N-DPN ακουσωσιν G191 G5661 V-AAS-3P και G2532 CONJ τη G3588 T-DSF καρδια G2588 N-DSF συνωσιν G4920 G5632 V-2AAS-3P και G2532 CONJ επιστρεψωσιν G1994 G5661 V-AAS-3P και G2532 CONJ ιασομαι G2390 G5695 V-FDI-1S αυτους G846 P-APM

¹⁶ υμων G5216 P-2GP δε G1161 CONJ μακαριοι G3107 A-NPM οι G3588 T-NPM οφθαλμοι G3788 N-NPM οτι G3754 CONJ βλεπουσιν G991 G5719 V-PAI-3P και G2532 CONJ τα G3588 T-NPN ωτα G3775 N-NPN {VA 1: [υμων] G5216 P-2GP } {VA 2: υμων G5216 P-2GP } οτι G3754 CONJ ακουουσιν G191 G5719 V-PAI-3P

¹⁷ αμην G281 HEB γαρ G1063 CONJ λεγω G3004 G5719 V-PAI-1S υμιν G5213 P-2DP οτι G3754 CONJ πολλοι G4183 A-NPM προφηται G4396 N-NPM και G2532 CONJ δικαιοι G1342 A-NPM επεθυμησαν G1937 G5656 V-AAI-3P ιδειν G1492 G5629 V-2AAN α G3739 -APN βλεπετε G991 G5719 V-PAI-2P και G2532 CONJ ουκ G3756 P T-N ειδαν G3708 G5627 V-2AAI-3P και G2532 CONJ ακουσαι G191 G5658 V-AAN α G3739 -APN ακουετε G191 G5719 V-PAI-2P και G2532 CONJ ουκ G3756 P T-N ηκουσαν G191 G5656 V-AAI-3P

¹⁸ υμεις G5210 P-2NP ουν G3767 CONJ ακουσατε G191 G5657 V-AAM-2P την G3588 T-ASF παραβολην G3850 N-ASF του G3588 T-GSM σπειραντος G4687 G5660 V-AAP-GSM

¹⁹ παντος G3956 A-GSM ακουοντος G191 G5723 V-PAP-GSM τον G3588 T-ASM λογον G3056 N-ASM της G3588 T-GSF βασιλειας G932 N-GSF και G2532 CONJ μη G3361 P T-N συνιεντος G4920 G5723 V-PAP-GSM ερχεται G2064 G5736 V-PNI-3S ο G3588 T-NSM πονηρος G4190 A-NSM και G2532 CONJ αρπαζει G726 G5719 V-PAI-3S το G3588 T-ASN εσπαρμενον G4687 G5772 V- PP-ASN εν G1722 P EP τη G3588 T-DSF καρδια G2588 N-DSF αυτου G846 P-GSM ουτος G3778 D-NSM εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S ο G3588 T-NSM παρα G3844 P EP την G3588 T-ASF οδον G3598 N-ASF σπαρεις G4687 G5651 V-2APP-NSM

²⁰ ο G3588 T-NSM δε G1161 CONJ επι G1909 P EP τα G3588 T-APN πετρωδη G4075 A-APN σπαρεις G4687 G5651 V-2APP-NSM ουτος G3778 D-NSM εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S ο G3588 T-NSM τον G3588 T-ASM λογον G3056 N-ASM ακουων G191 G5723 V-PAP-NSM και G2532 CONJ ευθυς G2117 ADV μετα G3326 P EP χαρας G5479 N-GSF λαμβανων G2983 G5723 V-PAP-NSM αυτον G846 P-ASM

²¹ ουκ G3756 P T-N εχει G2192 G5719 V-PAI-3S δε G1161 CONJ ριζαν G4491 N-ASF εν G1722 P EP εαυτω G1438 F-3DSM αλλα G235 CONJ προσκαιρος G4340 A-NSM εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S γενομενης G1096 G5637 V-2ADP-GSF δε G1161 CONJ θλιψεως G2347 N-GSF η G2228 P T διωγμου G1375 N-GSM δια G1223 P EP τον G3588 T-ASM λογον G3056 N-ASM ευθυς G2117 ADV σκανδαλιζεται G4624 G5743 V-PPI-3S

²² ο G3588 T-NSM δε G1161 CONJ εις G1519 P EP τας G3588 T-APF ακανθας G173 N-APF σπαρεις G4687 G5651 V-2APP-NSM ουτος G3778 D-NSM εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S ο G3588 T-NSM τον G3588 T-ASM λογον G3056 N-ASM ακουων G191 G5723 V-PAP-NSM και G2532 CONJ η G3588 T-NSF μεριμνα G3308 N-NSF του G3588 T-GSM αιωνος G165 N-GSM και G2532 CONJ η G3588 T-NSF απατη G539 N-NSF του G3588 T-GSM πλουτου G4149 N-GSM συμπνιγει G4846 G5719 V-PAI-3S τον G3588 T-ASM λογον G3056 N-ASM και G2532 CONJ ακαρπος G175 A-NSM γινεται G1096 G5736 V-PNI-3S

²³ ο G3588 T-NSM δε G1161 CONJ επι G1909 P EP την G3588 T-ASF καλην G2570 A-ASF γην G1093 N-ASF σπαρεις G4687 G5651 V-2APP-NSM ουτος G3778 D-NSM εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S ο G3588 T-NSM τον G3588 T-ASM λογον G3056 N-ASM ακουων G191 G5723 V-PAP-NSM και G2532 CONJ συνιεις G4920 G5723 V-PAP-NSM ος G3739 -NSM δη G1211 P T καρποφορει G2592 G5719 V-PAI-3S και G2532 CONJ ποιει G4160 G5719 V-PAI-3S ο G3739 -NSN μεν G3303 P T εκατον G1540 A-NUI ο G3739 -NSN δε G1161 CONJ εξηκοντα G1835 A-NUI ο G3739 -NSN δε G1161 CONJ τριακοντα G5144 A-NUI

²⁴ αλλην G243 A-ASF παραβολην G3850 N-ASF παρεθηκεν G3908 G5656 V-AAI-3S αυτοις G846 P-DPM λεγων G3004 G5723 V-PAP-NSM ωμοιωθη G3666 G5681 V-API-3S η G3588 T-NSF βασιλεια G932 N-NSF των G3588 T-GPM ουρανων G3772 N-GPM ανθρωπω G444 N-DSM σπειραντι G4687 G5660 V-AAP-DSM καλον G2570 A-ASN σπερμα G4690 N-ASN εν G1722 P EP τω G3588 T-DSM αγρω G68 N-DSM αυτου G846 P-GSM

²⁵ εν G1722 P EP δε G1161 CONJ τω G3588 T-DSM καθευδειν G2518 G5721 V-PAN τους G3588 T-APM ανθρωπους G444 N-APM ηλθεν G2064 G5627 V-2AAI-3S αυτου G846 P-GSM ο G3588 T-NSM εχθρος G2190 A-NSM και G2532 CONJ επεσπειρεν G4687 G5707 V-IAI-3S ζιζανια G2215 N-APN ανα G303 P EP μεσον G3319 A-ASN του G3588 T-GSM σιτου G4621 N-GSM και G2532 CONJ απηλθεν G565 G5627 V-2AAI-3S

²⁶ οτε G3753 ADV δε G1161 CONJ εβλαστησεν G985 G5656 V-AAI-3S ο G3588 T-NSM χορτος G5528 N-NSM και G2532 CONJ καρπον G2590 N-ASM εποιησεν G4160 G5656 V-AAI-3S τοτε G5119 ADV εφανη G5316 G5648 V-2API-3S και G2532 CONJ τα G3588 T-NPN ζιζανια G2215 N-NPN

²⁷ προσελθοντες G4334 G5631 V-2AAP-NPM δε G1161 CONJ οι G3588 T-NPM δουλοι G1401 N-NPM του G3588 T-GSM οικοδεσποτου G3617 N-GSM ειπον G2036 G5627 V-2AAI-3P αυτω G846 P-DSM κυριε G2962 N-VSM ουχι G3780 P T-I καλον G2570 A-ASN σπερμα G4690 N-ASN εσπειρας G4687 G5656 V-AAI-2S εν G1722 P EP τω G3588 T-DSM σω G4674 S-2DSM αγρω G68 N-DSM ποθεν G4159 ADV-I ουν G3767 CONJ εχει G2192 G5719 V-PAI-3S ζιζανια G2215 N-APN

²⁸ ο G3588 T-NSM δε G1161 CONJ εφη G5346 G5713 V-IXI-3S αυτοις G846 P-DPM εχθρος G2190 A-NSM ανθρωπος G444 N-NSM τουτο G5124 D-ASN εποιησεν G4160 G5656 V-AAI-3S οι G3588 T-NPM δε G1161 CONJ {VA 1: αυτω G846 P-DSM λεγουσιν G3004 G5719 V-PAI-3P } {VA 2: δουλοι G1401 N-NPM λεγουσιν G3004 G5719 V-PAI-3P αυτω G846 P-DSM } θελεις G2309 G5719 V-PAI-2S ουν G3767 CONJ απελθοντες G565 G5631 V-2AAP-NPM συλλεξωμεν G4816 G5661 V-AAS-1P αυτα G846 P-APN

²⁹ ο G3588 T-NSM δε G1161 CONJ φησιν G5346 G5748 V-PXI-3S ου G3756 P T-N μηποτε G3379 ADV συλλεγοντες G4816 G5723 V-PAP-NPM τα G3588 T-APN ζιζανια G2215 N-APN εκριζωσητε G1610 G5661 V-AAS-2P αμα G260 ADV αυτοις G846 P-DPN τον G3588 T-ASM σιτον G4621 N-ASM

³⁰ αφετε G863 G5628 V-2AAM-2P συναυξανεσθαι G4885 G5745 V-PPN αμφοτερα G297 A-APN εως G2193 CONJ του G3588 T-GSM θερισμου G2326 N-GSM και G2532 CONJ εν G1722 P EP καιρω G2540 N-DSM του G3588 T-GSM θερισμου G2326 N-GSM ερω G2046 G5692 V-FAI-1S τοις G3588 T-DPM θερισταις G2327 N-DPM συλλεξατε G4816 G5657 V-AAM-2P πρωτον G4412 ADV τα G3588 T-APN ζιζανια G2215 N-APN και G2532 CONJ δησατε G1210 G5657 V-AAM-2P αυτα G846 P-APN {VA 1: [εις] G1519 P EP } {VA 2: εις G1519 P EP } δεσμας G1197 N-APF προς G4314 P EP το G3588 T-ASN κατακαυσαι G2618 G5658 V-AAN αυτα G846 P-APN τον G3588 T-ASM δε G1161 CONJ σιτον G4621 N-ASM {VA 1: συναγετε G4863 G5720 V-PAM-2P } {VA 2: συναγαγετε G4863 G5628 V-2AAM-2P } εις G1519 P EP την G3588 T-ASF αποθηκην G596 N-ASF μου G3450 P-1GS

³¹ αλλην G243 A-ASF παραβολην G3850 N-ASF παρεθηκεν G3908 G5656 V-AAI-3S αυτοις G846 P-DPM λεγων G3004 G5723 V-PAP-NSM ομοια G3664 A-NSF εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S η G3588 T-NSF βασιλεια G932 N-NSF των G3588 T-GPM ουρανων G3772 N-GPM κοκκω G2848 N-DSM σιναπεως G4615 N-GSN ον G3739 -ASM λαβων G2983 G5631 V-2AAP-NSM ανθρωπος G444 N-NSM εσπειρεν G4687 G5656 V-AAI-3S εν G1722 P EP τω G3588 T-DSM αγρω G68 N-DSM αυτου G846 P-GSM

³² ο G3739 -NSN μικροτερον G3398 A-NSN-C μεν G3303 P T εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S παντων G3956 A-GPN των G3588 T-GPN σπερματων G4690 N-GPN οταν G3752 CONJ δε G1161 CONJ αυξηθη G837 G5686 V-APS-3S μειζον G3173 A-NSN-C των G3588 T-GPN λαχανων G3001 N-GPN εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S και G2532 CONJ γινεται G1096 G5736 V-PNI-3S δενδρον G1186 N-NSN ωστε G5620 CONJ ελθειν G2064 G5629 V-2AAN τα G3588 T-APN πετεινα G4071 N-APN του G3588 T-GSM ουρανου G3772 N-GSM και G2532 CONJ κατασκηνουν G2681 G5721 V-PAN εν G1722 P EP τοις G3588 T-DPM κλαδοις G2798 N-DPM αυτου G846 P-GSN

³³ αλλην G243 A-ASF παραβολην G3850 N-ASF {VA 1: [ελαλησεν G2980 G5656 V-AAI-3S αυτοις] G846 P-DPM } {VA 2: ελαλησεν G2980 G5656 V-AAI-3S αυτοις G846 P-DPM } ομοια G3664 A-NSF εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S η G3588 T-NSF βασιλεια G932 N-NSF των G3588 T-GPM ουρανων G3772 N-GPM ζυμη G2219 N-DSF ην G3739 -ASF λαβουσα G2983 G5631 V-2AAP-NSF γυνη G1135 N-NSF ενεκρυψεν G1470 G5656 V-AAI-3S εις G1519 P EP αλευρου G224 N-GSN σατα G4568 N-APN τρια G5140 A-APN εως G2193 CONJ ου G3739 -GSM εζυμωθη G2220 G5681 V-API-3S ολον G3650 A-ASN

³⁴ ταυτα G5023 D-APN παντα G3956 A-APN ελαλησεν G2980 G5656 V-AAI-3S ο G3588 T-NSM ιησους G2424 N-NSM εν G1722 P EP παραβολαις G3850 N-DPF τοις G3588 T-DPM οχλοις G3793 N-DPM και G2532 CONJ χωρις G5565 ADV παραβολης G3850 N-GSF ουδεν G3762 A-ASN ελαλει G2980 G5707 V-IAI-3S αυτοις G846 P-DPM

³⁵ οπως G3704 ADV πληρωθη G4137 G5686 V-APS-3S το G3588 T-NSN ρηθεν G4483 G5685 V-APP-NSN δια G1223 P EP του G3588 T-GSM προφητου G4396 N-GSM λεγοντος G3004 G5723 V-PAP-GSN ανοιξω G455 G5692 V-FAI-1S εν G1722 P EP παραβολαις G3850 N-DPF το G3588 T-ASN στομα G4750 N-ASN μου G3450 P-1GS ερευξομαι G2044 G5695 V-FDI-1S κεκρυμμενα G2928 G5772 V- PP-APN απο G575 P EP καταβολης G2602 N-GSF {VA 2: [κοσμου] G2889 N-GSM }

³⁶ τοτε G5119 ADV αφεις G863 G5631 V-2AAP-NSM τους G3588 T-APM οχλους G3793 N-APM ηλθεν G2064 G5627 V-2AAI-3S εις G1519 P EP την G3588 T-ASF οικιαν G3614 N-ASF και G2532 CONJ προσηλθον G4334 G5656 V-AAI-3P αυτω G846 P-DSM οι G3588 T-NPM μαθηται G3101 N-NPM αυτου G846 P-GSM λεγοντες G3004 G5723 V-PAP-NPM διασαφησον G1285 G5657 V-AAM-2S ημιν G2254 P-1DP την G3588 T-ASF παραβολην G3850 N-ASF των G3588 T-GPN ζιζανιων G2215 N-GPN του G3588 T-GSM αγρου G68 N-GSM

³⁷ ο G3588 T-NSM δε G1161 CONJ αποκριθεις G611 G5679 V-AOP-NSM ειπεν G2036 G5627 V-2AAI-3S ο G3588 T-NSM σπειρων G4687 G5723 V-PAP-NSM το G3588 T-ASN καλον G2570 A-ASN σπερμα G4690 N-ASN εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S ο G3588 T-NSM υιος G5207 N-NSM του G3588 T-GSM ανθρωπου G444 N-GSM

³⁸ ο G3588 T-NSM δε G1161 CONJ αγρος G68 N-NSM εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S ο G3588 T-NSM κοσμος G2889 N-NSM το G3588 T-NSN δε G1161 CONJ καλον G2570 A-NSN σπερμα G4690 N-NSN ουτοι G3778 D-NPM εισιν G1526 G5748 V-PXI-3P οι G3588 T-NPM υιοι G5207 N-NPM της G3588 T-GSF βασιλειας G932 N-GSF τα G3588 T-NPN δε G1161 CONJ ζιζανια G2215 N-NPN εισιν G1526 G5748 V-PXI-3P οι G3588 T-NPM υιοι G5207 N-NPM του G3588 T-GSM πονηρου G4190 A-GSM

³⁹ ο G3588 T-NSM δε G1161 CONJ εχθρος G2190 A-NSM ο G3588 T-NSM σπειρας G4687 G5660 V-AAP-NSM αυτα G846 P-APN εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S ο G3588 T-NSM διαβολος G1228 A-NSM ο G3588 T-NSM δε G1161 CONJ θερισμος G2326 N-NSM συντελεια G4930 N-NSF αιωνος G165 N-GSM εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S οι G3588 T-NPM δε G1161 CONJ θερισται G2327 N-NPM αγγελοι G32 N-NPM εισιν G1526 G5748 V-PXI-3P

⁴⁰ ωσπερ G5618 ADV ουν G3767 CONJ συλλεγεται G4816 G5743 V-PPI-3S τα G3588 T-NPN ζιζανια G2215 N-NPN και G2532 CONJ πυρι G4442 N-DSN {VA 1: κατακαιεται G2618 G5743 V-PPI-3S } {VA 2: <κατακαιεται> G2618 G5743 V-PPI-3S } ουτως G3779 ADV εσται G2071 G5704 V-FXI-3S εν G1722 P EP τη G3588 T-DSF συντελεια G4930 N-DSF του G3588 T-GSM αιωνος G165 N-GSM

⁴¹ αποστελει G649 G5692 V-FAI-3S ο G3588 T-NSM υιος G5207 N-NSM του G3588 T-GSM ανθρωπου G444 N-GSM τους G3588 T-APM αγγελους G32 N-APM αυτου G846 P-GSM και G2532 CONJ συλλεξουσιν G4816 G5692 V-FAI-3P εκ G1537 P EP της G3588 T-GSF βασιλειας G932 N-GSF αυτου G846 P-GSM παντα G3956 A-APN τα G3588 T-APN σκανδαλα G4625 N-APN και G2532 CONJ τους G3588 T-APM ποιουντας G4160 G5723 V-PAP-APM την G3588 T-ASF ανομιαν G458 N-ASF

⁴² και G2532 CONJ βαλουσιν G906 G5692 V-FAI-3P αυτους G846 P-APM εις G1519 P EP την G3588 T-ASF καμινον G2575 N-ASF του G3588 T-GSN πυρος G4442 N-GSN εκει G1563 ADV εσται G2071 G5704 V-FXI-3S ο G3588 T-NSM κλαυθμος G2805 N-NSM και G2532 CONJ ο G3588 T-NSM βρυγμος G1030 N-NSM των G3588 T-GPM οδοντων G3599 N-GPM

⁴³ τοτε G5119 ADV οι G3588 T-NPM δικαιοι G1342 A-NPM εκλαμψουσιν G1584 G5692 V-FAI-3P ως G5613 ADV ο G3588 T-NSM ηλιος G2246 N-NSM εν G1722 P EP τη G3588 T-DSF βασιλεια G932 N-DSF του G3588 T-GSM πατρος G3962 N-GSM αυτων G846 P-GPM ο G3588 T-NSM εχων G2192 G5723 V-PAP-NSM ωτα G3775 N-APN ακουετω G191 G5720 V-PAM-3S

⁴⁴ ομοια G3664 A-NSF εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S η G3588 T-NSF βασιλεια G932 N-NSF των G3588 T-GPM ουρανων G3772 N-GPM θησαυρω G2344 N-DSM κεκρυμμενω G2928 G5772 V- PP-DSM εν G1722 P EP τω G3588 T-DSM αγρω G68 N-DSM ον G3739 -ASM ευρων G2147 G5631 V-2AAP-NSM ανθρωπος G444 N-NSM εκρυψεν G2928 G5656 V-AAI-3S και G2532 CONJ απο G575 P EP της G3588 T-GSF χαρας G5479 N-GSF αυτου G846 P-GSM υπαγει G5217 G5719 V-PAI-3S και G2532 CONJ πωλει G4453 G5719 V-PAI-3S {VA 2: παντα G3956 A-APN } οσα G3745 K-APN εχει G2192 G5719 V-PAI-3S και G2532 CONJ αγοραζει G59 G5719 V-PAI-3S τον G3588 T-ASM αγρον G68 N-ASM εκεινον G1565 D-ASM

⁴⁵ παλιν G3825 ADV ομοια G3664 A-NSF εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S η G3588 T-NSF βασιλεια G932 N-NSF των G3588 T-GPM ουρανων G3772 N-GPM {VA 2: ανθρωπω G444 N-DSM } εμπορω G1713 N-DSM ζητουντι G2212 G5723 V-PAP-DSM καλους G2570 A-APM μαργαριτας G3135 N-APM

⁴⁶ ευρων G2147 G5631 V-2AAP-NSM δε G1161 CONJ ενα G1520 A-ASM πολυτιμον G4186 A-ASM μαργαριτην G3135 N-ASM απελθων G565 G5631 V-2AAP-NSM πεπρακεν G4097 G5758 V- AI-3S παντα G3956 A-APN οσα G3745 K-APN ειχεν G2192 G5707 V-IAI-3S και G2532 CONJ ηγορασεν G59 G5656 V-AAI-3S αυτον G846 P-ASM

⁴⁷ παλιν G3825 ADV ομοια G3664 A-NSF εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S η G3588 T-NSF βασιλεια G932 N-NSF των G3588 T-GPM ουρανων G3772 N-GPM σαγηνη G4522 N-DSF βληθειση G906 G5685 V-APP-DSF εις G1519 P EP την G3588 T-ASF θαλασσαν G2281 N-ASF και G2532 CONJ εκ G1537 P EP παντος G3956 A-GSN γενους G1085 N-GSN συναγαγουση G4863 G5631 V-2AAP-DSF

⁴⁸ ην G3739 -ASF οτε G3753 ADV επληρωθη G4137 G5681 V-API-3S αναβιβασαντες G307 G5660 V-AAP-NPM επι G1909 P EP τον G3588 T-ASM αιγιαλον G123 N-ASM και G2532 CONJ καθισαντες G2523 G5660 V-AAP-NPM συνελεξαν G4816 G5656 V-AAI-3P τα G3588 T-APN καλα G2570 A-APN εις G1519 P EP αγγη G30 N-APN τα G3588 T-APN δε G1161 CONJ σαπρα G4550 A-APN εξω G1854 ADV εβαλον G906 G5627 V-2AAI-3P

⁴⁹ ουτως G3779 ADV εσται G2071 G5704 V-FXI-3S εν G1722 P EP τη G3588 T-DSF συντελεια G4930 N-DSF του G3588 T-GSM αιωνος G165 N-GSM εξελευσονται G1831 G5695 V-FDI-3P οι G3588 T-NPM αγγελοι G32 N-NPM και G2532 CONJ αφοριουσιν G873 G5692 V-FAI-3P-ATT τους G3588 T-APM πονηρους G4190 A-APM εκ G1537 P EP μεσου G3319 A-GSN των G3588 T-GPM δικαιων G1342 A-GPM

⁵⁰ και G2532 CONJ βαλουσιν G906 G5692 V-FAI-3P αυτους G846 P-APM εις G1519 P EP την G3588 T-ASF καμινον G2575 N-ASF του G3588 T-GSN πυρος G4442 N-GSN εκει G1563 ADV εσται G2071 G5704 V-FXI-3S ο G3588 T-NSM κλαυθμος G2805 N-NSM και G2532 CONJ ο G3588 T-NSM βρυγμος G1030 N-NSM των G3588 T-GPM οδοντων G3599 N-GPM

⁵¹ συνηκατε G4920 G5656 V-AAI-2P ταυτα G5023 D-APN παντα G3956 A-APN λεγουσιν G3004 G5719 V-PAI-3P αυτω G846 P-DSM ναι G3483 P T

⁵² ο G3588 T-NSM δε G1161 CONJ ειπεν G2036 G5627 V-2AAI-3S αυτοις G846 P-DPM δια G1223 P EP τουτο G5124 D-ASN πας G3956 A-NSM γραμματευς G1122 N-NSM μαθητευθεις G3100 G5685 V-APP-NSM τη G3588 T-DSF βασιλεια G932 N-DSF των G3588 T-GPM ουρανων G3772 N-GPM ομοιος G3664 A-NSM εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S ανθρωπω G444 N-DSM οικοδεσποτη G3617 N-DSM οστις G3748 -NSM εκβαλλει G1544 G5719 V-PAI-3S εκ G1537 P EP του G3588 T-GSM θησαυρου G2344 N-GSM αυτου G846 P-GSM καινα G2537 A-APN και G2532 CONJ παλαια G3820 A-APN

⁵³ και G2532 CONJ εγενετο G1096 G5633 V-2ADI-3S οτε G3753 ADV ετελεσεν G5055 G5656 V-AAI-3S ο G3588 T-NSM ιησους G2424 N-NSM τας G3588 T-APF παραβολας G3850 N-APF ταυτας G3778 D-APF μετηρεν G3332 G5656 V-AAI-3S εκειθεν G1564 ADV

⁵⁴ και G2532 CONJ ελθων G2064 G5631 V-2AAP-NSM εις G1519 P EP την G3588 T-ASF πατριδα G3968 N-ASF αυτου G846 P-GSM εδιδασκεν G1321 G5707 V-IAI-3S αυτους G846 P-APM εν G1722 P EP τη G3588 T-DSF συναγωγη G4864 N-DSF αυτων G846 P-GPM ωστε G5620 CONJ εκπλησσεσθαι G1605 G5745 V-PPN αυτους G846 P-APM και G2532 CONJ λεγειν G3004 G5721 V-PAN ποθεν G4159 ADV-I τουτω G5129 D-DSM η G3588 T-NSF σοφια G4678 N-NSF αυτη G3778 D-NSF και G2532 CONJ αι G3588 T-NPF δυναμεις G1411 N-NPF

⁵⁵ ουχ G3756 P T-N ουτος G3778 D-NSM εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S ο G3588 T-NSM του G3588 T-GSM τεκτονος G5045 N-GSM υιος G5207 N-NSM ουχ G3756 P T-N η G3588 T-NSF μητηρ G3384 N-NSF αυτου G846 P-GSM λεγεται G3004 G5743 V-PPI-3S μαριαμ G3137 N-P I και G2532 CONJ οι G3588 T-NPM αδελφοι G80 N-NPM αυτου G846 P-GSM ιακωβος G2385 N-NSM και G2532 CONJ ιωσηφ G2501 N-P I και G2532 CONJ σιμων G4613 N-NSM και G2532 CONJ ιουδας G2455 N-NSM

⁵⁶ και G2532 CONJ αι G3588 T-NPF αδελφαι G79 N-NPF αυτου G846 P-GSM ουχι G3780 P T-I πασαι G3956 A-NPF προς G4314 P EP ημας G2248 P-1AP εισιν G1526 G5748 V-PXI-3P ποθεν G4159 ADV-I ουν G3767 CONJ τουτω G5129 D-DSM ταυτα G5023 D-NPN παντα G3956 A-NPN

⁵⁷ και G2532 CONJ εσκανδαλιζοντο G4624 G5712 V-IPI-3P εν G1722 P EP αυτω G846 P-DSM ο G3588 T-NSM δε G1161 CONJ ιησους G2424 N-NSM ειπεν G2036 G5627 V-2AAI-3S αυτοις G846 P-DPM ουκ G3756 P T-N εστιν G2076 G5748 V-PXI-3S προφητης G4396 N-NSM ατιμος G820 A-NSM ει G1487 COND μη G3361 P T-N εν G1722 P EP τη G3588 T-DSF πατριδι G3968 N-DSF και G2532 CONJ εν G1722 P EP τη G3588 T-DSF οικια G3614 N-DSF αυτου G846 P-GSM

⁵⁸ και G2532 CONJ ουκ G3756 P T-N εποιησεν G4160 G5656 V-AAI-3S εκει G1563 ADV δυναμεις G1411 N-APF πολλας G4183 A-APF δια G1223 P EP την G3588 T-ASF απιστιαν G570 N-ASF αυτων G846 P-GPM

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Apocalypse Explained #724

इस मार्ग का अध्ययन करें

724. Verse 5. And she brought forth a son, a male, signifies the doctrine of truth for the New Church that is called the New Jerusalem. This is evident from the signification of a "son," as meaning truth, and of "a son, a male," as meaning the genuine truth of the church, consequently also its doctrine, for the truth of the church from the Word is its doctrine, since the doctrine contains the truths that are for the church. But the genuine doctrine of the church is the doctrine of good, thus the doctrine of life, which is of love to the Lord and of charity towards the neighbor; but yet it is the doctrine of truth, since doctrine teaches life, love, and charity, and so far as it teaches it is truth; for when a man knows and understands what good is, what life is, what love is, and what charity is, he knows and understands these things as truths, since he knows and understands what good is, how he ought to live, and what love and charity are, and of what quality a man is who is in the life of love and charity; and as long as these are matters of knowledge and understanding they are nothing but truths, and thus doctrines; but as soon as they pass over from knowledge and from the understanding into the will, and thus into act, they are no longer truths but goods; for interiorly man wills nothing but what he loves, and that which he loves is to him good. From this it can be seen that every doctrine of the church is a doctrine of truth, and that the truth of doctrine becomes good and comes to be of love and charity when from doctrine it passes into life.

[2] This doctrine that is here signified by "the son, a male" is especially the doctrine of love to the Lord and of charity towards the neighbor, thus the doctrine of the good of life, which nevertheless is still the doctrine of truth. That the doctrine of the good of love, and thus of life, is here signified by "the son, a male" can be seen from this, that "the woman" who brought forth the son was seen "arrayed with the sun, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars," and "the sun" signifies love to the Lord, and "the crown of twelve stars," signifies the knowledges of good and truth, and from such a woman and mother nothing else is begotten except what pertains to love and good, thus the doctrine respecting these; this, therefore, is "the son, a male."

[3] This doctrine ¹ is for the New Church that is called the New Jerusalem, because "the woman" treated of in this chapter is the one who is called "the Bride, the Lamb's wife," which was "the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God" (Revelation 21:9-10). This is why she was seen "arrayed with the sun;" "the sun" meaning the Lord in relation to Divine love (See above, n. 401, 525, 527, 708). "The son, a male" signifies the doctrine of the church, for the reason also that in the Word "son" signifies truth, and the doctrine of the church is truth in the whole complex. That in the Word "son" signifies truth can be seen from what has been said before respecting "woman," the "womb," and "bringing forth;" namely, that "woman" signifies the church, the "womb" the inmost of love and the reception of truth from good, and "to bring forth" bringing these forth and making them fruitful. (Respecting "woman" see above, n. 707; the "womb," n. 710; and "to bring forth," n. 721.) From this it follows that "sons and daughters," since they are births, signify the truths and goods of the church, "sons" its truths, and "daughters" its goods; in a word, that all terms pertaining to marriage and thus to procreation on the earth signify such things as pertain to the marriage of good and truth, thus "father," "mother," "sons," "daughters," "sons-in-law," "daughters-in-law," "grandsons," and others, signify goods and truths procreating, and goods and truths procreated, and furthermore goods and truths derived in their order.

[4] But it is to be known that procreating goods and truths are in the spiritual man, and procreated goods and truths are in the natural man, and that those in the spiritual man are like the father and mother, and those that are from these in the natural man are like brothers and sisters; and again that truths and goods that are procreated anew as if from sons married within marriageable limits, and from daughters married within the same, are in the natural man, after these as parents have been raised up into the spiritual man; for all conception and all bearing or gestation in the womb takes place in the spiritual man, while the birth itself takes place in the natural man. Thus the spiritual man is continually enriched by the elevation into it of truths and goods out of the natural man, which as parents will procreate anew; and there all things are associated like the societies of heaven according to the affections of truth and good, and their relationships and affinities. Thence it is evident that these spiritual procreations, like the natural procreations from a father and mother, are multiplied like families and houses on earth, and are made fruitful like trees from seeds, from which are gardens that are called paradises in the spiritual man, but groves and woods in the natural, and shady forests in the sensual.

[5] But as "sons" are mentioned in many passages in the Word, and it has not yet been known that they signify the truths of the church and of doctrine, out of many I will merely cite the following passages in the way of confirmation. In the Gospels:

Jesus said, He that leaveth houses, brethren, sisters, father, mother, wife, children, fields, for My name's sake, shall receive a hundred-fold, and shall inherit eternal life (Matthew 19:29; Mark 10:29, 30).

Any man that cometh unto Me, and hateth not his own father, mother, wife, children, brethren, and sisters, yea, his own soul, is not My disciple (Luke 14:26).

Who cannot see that father, mother, wife, children, brethren, and sisters, also houses and fields, are not here meant, but such things as belong to man himself, and are called his own [proprium]? For these things a man must leave and hate, if he wishes to worship the Lord and to be His disciple, and to "receive a hundred-fold," and "to inherit eternal life." The things that are a man's own are those that are of his love, and thus of his life into which he was born, consequently they are evils and falsities of every kind; and as these are of his love and life it is said that "he must hate his own soul." These evils and falsities are signified by "father and mother, wife, children, brethren, and sisters;" for all things that are of man's love and life, or that are of affection and thought therefrom, or of the will and the understanding therefrom, are formed and conjoined like generations descending from one father and one mother, and are also distinguished as into families and houses. The love of self and the consequent love of the world are their "father and mother," and the cupidities arising therefrom and their evils and falsities are the "children," which are "brethren and sisters." That this is the meaning can be clearly seen from this, that the Lord does not wish to have anyone hate his father and mother, or wife or children, or brethren or sisters, since this would be contrary to the spiritual love implanted in everyone from heaven, which is the love of parents for children and of children for parents, and contrary to conjugial love, which is the love of the husband for his wife and of the wife for her husband, as also contrary to mutual love, which is the love of brothers and sisters for one another.

Yea, the Lord teaches that enemies must not be hated, but loved. All this shows that the terms that define consanguinities, alliances, and relationships in the Word mean consanguinities, alliances, and relationships in a spiritual sense.

[6] In the same:

Jesus said to His disciples, The brother shall deliver the brother to death, the father, the son, and children shall rise up against their parents and deliver them to be put to death (Matthew 10:21; Mark 13:12).

The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father, the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother, the mother-in-law against the daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law against the mother-in-law (Luke 12:53).

That this is not to be understood according to the letter is clear from what precedes, where Jesus says that He came not to give peace upon the earth but division, and that "there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three," which signifies that falsities and evils will combat against truths and goods, and truths and goods against falsities and evils, which is done when man comes into temptations and is being reformed; this combat is signified by "division" and "rising up against;" that "the father shall be divided against the son and the son against the father" signifies that evil will fight against truth and truth against evil, "father" here meaning the evil that is man's own [proprium], and "son" the truth that man has from the Lord.

That the cupidity of falsity will fight against the affection of truth, and the affection of truth against the cupidity of falsity, is signified by "the mother shall be divided against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother," "mother" here meaning the cupidity of falsity, "daughter" the affection of truth; and so on. That this is the meaning can also be seen from what the Lord says elsewhere, that in Him, "they shall have peace," thus not division (John 14:27; 16:33).

[7] In Luke:

The angel said to Zechariah of John, He shall go before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the sons (Luke 1:17).

And in Malachi:

I will send to you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Jehovah comes, that he may turn the heart of the fathers to the sons, and the heart of the sons to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse (Malachi 4:5, 6).

John the Baptist was sent before to prepare the people for the reception of the Lord by baptism, because baptism represented and signified purification from evils and falsities, and also regeneration by the Lord by means of the Word. Unless this representation had preceded, the Lord could not have manifested Himself and have taught and lived in Judea and in Jerusalem, since the Lord was the God of heaven and earth under a human form, and He could not have been present with a nation that was in mere falsities in respect to doctrine and in mere evils in respect to life; consequently unless that nation had been prepared for the reception of the Lord by a representation of purification from falsities and evils by baptism, it would have been destroyed by diseases of every kind by the presence of the Divine Itself; therefore this is what is signified by "lest I come and smite the earth with a curse." That this is so is well known in the spiritual world, for those there who are in falsities and evils are direfully tormented and spiritually die at the presence of the Lord.

[8] The baptism of John could produce such an effect because the Jewish Church was a representative church, and all their conjunction with heaven was effected by representatives, as can be seen from the washings there commanded; as that all who became unclean must wash themselves and their garments, and in consequence were accounted clean; likewise the priests and Levites must wash themselves before they entered the tent of meeting and afterwards the temple and officiated in holy functions; in like manner Naaman was cleansed from leprosy by washing in Jordan. The washing and baptizing itself did not indeed purify them from falsities and evils, but only represented and thence signified purification from them; nevertheless, this was received in heaven as if they were themselves purified. It was thus that heaven was conjoined to the people of that church by means of the baptism of John; and when heaven was thus conjoined to them, the Lord, who was the God of heaven, could manifest Himself to them there, teach them, and abide among them:

That to John went out Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region round about Jordan, and they were baptized by him in Jordan, confessing their sins (Matthew 3:5, 6);

And that he said to them, O offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come (Luke 3:7).

That the Jews and Israelites were conjoined to heaven by means of representatives may be seen in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem (n.248). This now was the reason why John was sent before to prepare a way for the Lord, and to prepare the people for Him. And from this it may be concluded what "turning the heart of the fathers to the sons and the heart of the sons to the fathers" signifies, namely, that it means inducing a representation of the conjunction of spiritual goods with truths and truths with goods, thus of regeneration by the Lord by means of the Word. For regeneration is the conjunction of goods with truths and of truths with goods, and it is the Lord who regenerates, and the Word that teaches.

[9] It was said of this John that "he should go before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah," and that he was Elijah, because John, like Elijah, represented the Lord in relation to the Word, and thence signified the Word, which is from the Lord; and as Divine wisdom and Divine power are in the Word, these are meant by "the spirit and power of Elijah." (That the Word is such see in the work on Heaven and Hell 303-310; and in the small work on The White Horse.)

[10] That "sons" signify truths from the Word can be seen also from the following passages. In David:

Lo, sons are a heritage of Jehovah, the fruit of the belly is His reward; as darts in the hand of a mighty one, so are the sons of youth; happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them; they shall not be ashamed when they shall speak with the enemies in the gate (Psalms 127:3-5).

"Sons" who are a heritage of Jehovah and "the fruit of the belly" which is a reward mean the truths and goods of the church, "sons" truths, and "the fruit of the belly" goods, for both of these are a reward and an heritage of Jehovah, that is, heaven, which is from truths and goods, that is, from the reception of them; "the sons of youth" who are as darts in the hand of a mighty one, signify the truths of the Ancient Church, which were natural truths from spiritual truths; this church is meant by "youth;" and as these truths have all power against falsities and evils it is said, "as darts in the hand of a mighty one," "darts" meaning truths destroying falsities.

Doctrine from truths is signified by "quiver," because it is signified by "bow," and because those who are in doctrine from these truths fear nothing from falsities, it is said, "happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them; they shall not be ashamed when they shall speak with the enemies in the gate;" "not ashamed" meaning not to be conquered, and "enemies in the gate" the falsities of evil which are from hell.

[11] In the same:

Deliver me out of the hand of the sons of the alien, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood; for our sons are as plants made great in their youth and our daughters as cornerstones hewn out in the model of a palace (Psalms 144:11, 12).

Evidently "sons of the alien" here mean falsities, for it is said, "whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood," and that "our sons" signify truths is also evident, for it is said that "they are as plants made great in their youth," "plants" also meaning truths, and "youth" here, as above, the Ancient Church, which had genuine truths. "Our daughters" signify the affections of truth, which are therefore compared to "cornerstones hewn out in the model of a palace," because a "palace" is a representative of the understanding, in which truths are in a beautiful form, and they are in a beautiful form when they are from the affection of truth.

[12] In Micah:

Make thee bald and poll thee, because of the sons of thy delights, enlarge thy baldness as the eagle, for they have departed from thee (Micah 1:16).

Mourning because the truths of the church are destroyed is described by "making bald," "enlarging baldness," and "polling themselves," for the "hair" signifies truths in ultimates, and those who are without truths in ultimates are also without internal truths; for this reason those in the spiritual world who have no truths from good appear bald. That truths are destroyed is signified by "the sons of thy delights have departed from thee;" they are called "sons of delight" from love of the truths and the consequent delights.

[13] In Zechariah:

He saw two olive trees at the right hand of the lampstand and at the left, and he said, These are the two sons of the olive standing by the Lord of the whole earth (Zechariah 4:11, 14).

"The two olive trees" signify the two churches, the celestial church and the spiritual church, the former "at the right hand of the lampstand," and the latter "at the left;" "the sons of the olive" signify the truths of these churches, which are doctrinals.

[14] In the same:

I will bend Judah for me, I will fill Ephraim with the bow, and I will stir up thy sons, O Zion, with thy sons, O Javan; and I will set thee as the sword of a mighty one (Zechariah 9:13).

"The sons of Zion" and "the sons of Javan" signify the truths of the Word internal and external, "the sons of Zion" internal truths, and "the sons of Javan" external truths (what the rest signifies see above, n. 357, 443, where it is explained). Because "sons" signify truths it is said that "they shall be set as the sword of a mighty one;" "the sword of a mighty one" signifying truth powerfully destroying falsity.

[15] In Isaiah:

I will stir up against them the Medes, whose bows will dash in pieces the young men, and they will have no pity on the fruit of the belly, their eye will not spare the sons (Isaiah 13:17, 18).

Because the "Medes" mean those who make no account of the truths and goods of the church, it is said "their eye will not spare the sons," "sons" meaning the truths of the Word and of the church. (But this may be seen explained above, n. 710)

[16] In Jeremiah:

My tent is devastated, and all my cords torn off; my sons have gone out from me, and they are not (Jeremiah 10:20).

The "tent" that is devastated signifies the church in respect to the good of love and worship from it, for all worship in ancient times was celebrated in tents, and afterwards in the Tent of meeting, in remembrance of which the feast of tents or tabernacles was instituted; "all my cords are torn off" signifies that there is no conjunction of truth with good, nor of truths with each other, which have thus fallen apart, and consequently there is no conjunction of heaven with the church; "my sons have gone out from me and they are not" signifies that the truths of the church from the Word have been dispersed, and that man has thus removed himself from the Lord.

[17] In the same:

Behold, I will bring back the captivity of Jacob's tents, and will have compassion on his habitations, that the city may be built on her own heap, and the palace shall be inhabited after its own manner; and his sons shall be as of old, and his congregation shall be established before Me (Jeremiah 30:18, 20).

"Jacob's tents and habitations" signify all things of the church and of its doctrine, "tents" its goods, and "habitations" its truths; their "captivity" signifies spiritual captivity, which exists when the truths and goods of the Word cannot be perceived because of the falsities which rule. To disperse falsities and to teach truths is signified by "bringing back the captivity;" "that the city may be built on her own heap" signifies doctrine from truths which has become a ruin through falsities, "city" meaning doctrine; "and the palace shall be inhabited after its own manner" signifies the spiritual understanding of truths, as with the ancients, "palace" meaning the understanding of spiritual truths, for in the understanding are spiritual truths in their forms, which, when they are so presented as to be seen, appear like palaces; "his sons shall be as of old, and his congregation shall be established before Me," signifies that the truths of the church shall remain as with the ancients, and that their forms shall remain, as with the ancients, in restored conjunction, "sons" here meaning truths, and "congregation" their conjunction and such arrangement into forms as exists in the understanding of the man of the church, from which he has intelligence; "after its own manner" and "as of old" mean as with the ancients.

[18] In Lamentations:

Mine eye floweth down with waters, because the counselor who refresheth my soul is far from me; my sons are laid waste, because the adversary hath prevailed (Lamentations 1:16).

Mourning because the church is laid waste is meant by "mine eye floweth down with waters;" its devastation in respect to truths is signified by "my sons are laid waste;" that this was done by the falsities of evil is signified by "the adversary hath prevailed," "adversary" meaning the falsity of evil and the hell from which it springs.

[19] In Isaiah:

Awake, awake, rise up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk out of the hand of Jehovah the cup of His anger; thou hast sucked out the dregs of the cup of trepidation; there is none to lead her of all the sons whom she hath brought forth, neither is there any that taketh hold of her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up. Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets (Isaiah 51:17, 18, 20).

The restoration of the church, which had fallen into mere falsities of evil, is signified by "Awake, awake, rise up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk out of the hand of Jehovah the cup of His anger; thou hast sucked out the dregs of the cup of trepidation;" "Jerusalem" means the church in respect to doctrine; "awake and rise up" means its restoration; "to drink the cup of anger" means falsity, and "the dregs of the cup" mean mere falsities from which are evils, and to draw these in is signified by "drinking" and "sucking;" "there is none to lead her of all the sons whom she hath brought forth, neither is there any that taketh hold of her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up," signifies that no truths of the Word that she has learned and imbibed will lead her away from falsities; "sons" here meaning truths; "thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets," signifies that truths are dispersed by falsities of every kind; because "sons" mean truths, "fainting" signifies to be dispersed, and "to lie at the head of all the streets" signifies by means of falsities of every kind, for "the streets of a city" signify true doctrinals, here false doctrinals.

[20] In the same:

Fear not, Jacob, I will bring thy seed from the east, and I will gather thee from the west, I will say to the north, Give up, and to the south, Hold not back; bring My sons from afar, and My daughters from the end of the earth (Isaiah 43:5, 6).

This is not said of Jacob's posterity, but of the Gentiles of whom the church is to be formed. "Jacob and his seed" mean those who will be of that church; that it is to be formed of those who are in falsities from ignorance, and thence in obscurity in respect to truths, is signified by "I will gather thee from the west, and I will say to the north, Give up;" and that these are not to be repulsed, but must be accepted, by those who are in the good of love and in the truths of doctrine in their clearness, is signified by "I will bring thy seed from the east, and I will say to the south, Hold not back;" "the east" signifying the good of love in clearness; "the south" the truth of doctrine in clearness; "the west" the good of love in obscurity, and "the north" the truth of doctrine in obscurity, such as those have who are in falsities from ignorance of truth and yet desire truths. This is the signification of these quarters, because all in the spiritual world dwell in these quarters distinctly according to the light of truth and the affection of good. These things have a like signification in Matthew, where it is said that "the elect are to be gathered together from the four winds, from the ends of the heavens even to the ends of them" (Matthew 24:31). That all who are in falsities from ignorance and yet in a desire for truth are to be brought into that church, is signified by "bring My sons from afar, and My daughters from the end of the earth," "sons" signifying those who are in truths, and "daughters" those who are in the affection of truths, and thence also in a sense abstractedly from persons they signify truths and the affections of them; and "afar off" and "the end of the earth" signify removal from the light of truth, because they are in falsities from ignorance from not having the Word or having no understanding of its meaning.

[21] In the same:

They shall hasten thy sons; ² they that destroy thee and they that lay thee waste shall go out from thee. Behold I will lift My hand toward the nations, and lift up Mine ensign to the peoples, that they bring thy sons in the bosom, and carry thy daughters upon the shoulder (Isaiah 49:17, 22).

This, too, treats of the establishment of the New Church by the Lord; and "sons" whom they shall hasten and whom they shall bring in the bosom, and "the daughters" whom they shall carry upon the shoulder, mean all who are in truths and in the affection of them, and in a sense abstractedly from persons truths themselves and affections for them with those who will be of the New Church; "they that destroy and they that lay waste" signify the falsities of evil; that these are to be removed is signified by "they shall go out from thee."

[22] In the same:

The isles shall trust in Me, and the ships of Tarshish in the beginning, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them (Isaiah 60:9).

This also is said of the church of the Gentiles; and the "sons" that will be brought signify those who will receive truths. (The rest may be seen explained above, n. 50, 406, 514) In Hosea:

I will not destroy Ephraim. They shall go after Jehovah; He shall roar like a lion, for he shall roar, and sons from the sea shall draw near with honor; with honor shall they come, as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria, and I will make them to dwell in their houses (Hosea 11:9-11).

"Sons from the sea" signify true knowledges and rational truths; therefore it is said, "they shall come as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria," "Egypt" signifying the natural, and "Assyria" the rational, both in respect to truths. (This, too, is explained above, n. 275, 601, 654.)

[23] In David:

Hear this all ye peoples, perceive with the ear, all ye inhabitants of the age; both the sons of man [homo] and the sons of man [vir], the rich and the needy together; my mouth shall speak wisdoms, and the meditations of my heart shall be intelligences (Psalms 49:1-3).

"The sons of man [homo]” signify spiritual truths from the Lord through the Word, which are doctrinals, and "the sons of man [vir]” signify rational and natural truths that are from the understanding, thus they signify the understanding of the Word; "the rich and the needy" signify those who attain much wisdom from these and those who attain but little.

[24] In the same:

Jehovah, return, look from the heavens, and see and visit this vine and the shoot which Thy right hand hath planted, and upon the son whom Thou hast made mighty for Thyself; let Thy hand be over the man of Thy right hand, over the son of man whom Thou hast made mighty for Thyself (Psalms 80:14, 15, 17).

David said this of the church and of himself, which is the sense of the letter, for by the "shoot" and the "son" he meant himself; but in the spiritual sense the "vine" and the "shoot" that Jehovah planted signify the spiritual church that is represented by the sons of Israel; the "son" whom He made mighty for Himself signifies the truth of doctrine from the Word; "the man of the right hand" over whom was the hand, and "the son of man" whom He had made mighty for Himself, signify the truth of the Word in the natural sense, which is the sense of the letter, and the truth of the Word in the spiritual sense, which is the internal sense.

[25] In Ezekiel:

Behold I will profane My sanctuary, the greatness of My strength, ³ the desire of your eyes, and the fondness of your soul; and your sons and your daughters, whom ye have left, shall fall by the sword (Ezekiel 24:21, 25).

This describes the devastation of all truth that those of the church have; the "sanctuary" that He will profane signifies the Word from which is the church, for this is the sanctuary itself, because it is Divine truth; from its power against falsities and evils, which are from hell, it is called "the greatness of Jehovah's strength;" from the consequent intelligence and heavenly life it is called "the desire of your eyes and the fondness of your soul;" that all truths with the affection of them will be destroyed by falsities is signified by "your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword," "sons" meaning truths, "daughters" the affections of truth, and "sword" falsity destroying truth.

[26] In Moses:

When the Most High gave the nations an inheritance, when He separated the sons of man, He set the borders of the peoples according to the number of the sons of Israel (Deuteronomy 32:8).

This is said of the Ancient Churches that preceded the Israelitish, and of the establishment of these by the Lord; "nations" mean those who were in the good of love, and "the sons of man" those who were in the truths of doctrine from that good; that these had all truths and goods is signified by "He set the borders of the people according to the number of the sons of Israel;" that "the twelve sons of Israel" (or the twelve tribes) represented and thus signified the church in respect to all truths and goods, may be seen above (n.39, 430, 657).

[27] In Jeremiah:

Shame hath devoured the labor of our fathers from our childhood, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters; we lie down in our shame, and our confusion doth cover us (Jeremiah 3:24, 25).

So I will bring upon you a nation from afar, O house of Israel, which shall eat up thy harvest and thy bread, and it shall eat up thy sons and thy daughters, it shall eat up thy flock and thy herd, it shall eat up thy vine and thy fig tree, it shall impoverish thy strongholds in which thou trusteth, with the sword (Jeremiah 5:15, 17).

This describes in the spiritual sense the devastation of all things of the church with the Israelites; "the nation from afar" signifies the falsity of evil, which is the falsity of the sensual man, destroying truths; "harvest," "bread," "sons," "daughters," "flock," "herd," "vine," and "fig tree," which that nation will eat up, signify all things of the church; "harvest and bread" its truths and goods in respect to nourishment; "sons and daughters" its truths and goods in respect to generations; "flock and herd" truths and goods spiritual and natural; "vine and fig tree" the internal and external spiritual church from these.

[28] In Ezekiel:

Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in the midst of it, as I live, if they would deliver their sons or their daughters, they only shall be delivered; and the land shall become a desolation; I will bring a sword upon the land, and I will cut off from it man and beast (Ezekiel 14:14, 16-18, 20).

This, too, describes the devastation of the church in respect to all truths of good and goods of truth, except with those who are reformed by means of truths from the Word and temptations; these are signified by "Noah, Daniel, and Job." That with the rest all truths of good and goods of truth will perish is signified by "they would not deliver their sons or their daughters, but they only would be delivered;" the devastation of the church by falsities is signified by "the land shall become a desolation, and I will bring a sword upon the land," "land" meaning the church, and "sword" falsity destroying truth. That every truth, spiritual and natural, will be destroyed, and thence all intelligence and the knowledge of truth will perish, is signified by "I will cut off from it man and beast."

[29] In the same:

The fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; I will do judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter unto every wind (Ezekiel 5:10).

In Moses:

It was among the curses that they should eat the flesh of their sons and daughters (Leviticus 26:29).

"The fathers shall eat the sons, and the sons the fathers" signifies that evils will destroy truths and falsities goods, "fathers" meaning evils and goods, and "sons" falsities and truths; and as everything of spiritual life with man thus perishes, it is said that "judgments will be done and the remnant be scattered unto every wind," "remnant" meaning the truths and goods stored up by the Lord with man from infancy and childhood.

[30] We read also that "they led away their sons to idols to be devoured," and "for food," and "to pass through fire," as in the following passages. In Ezekiel:

Thou hast taken thy sons whom thou hast brought forth to Me, and these thou hast sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Were thy whoredoms a small matter? Thou hast slaughtered My sons, and hast given them up when thou didst cause them to pass through to them. Thou art thy mother's daughter and the sister of thy sisters, who loathed their husbands and their sons (Ezekiel 16:20, 21, 45).

This is said of the abominations of Jerusalem. "To sacrifice sons and daughters unto idols to be devoured" signifies to destroy and consume all truths and goods of the church; to do the like to truths from the Word is signified by "slaughtering sons, and making them to pass through to them;" that they destroyed the truths and goods of the Word by falsifications and adulterations is signified by "whoredoms" here and elsewhere in that chapter.

[31] In the same:

I will defile them with their gifts, in that they caused to pass over every opening of the womb, that I might lay them waste. Wherefore ye offer gifts, when ye caused your sons to pass through the fire; ye are defiled by all your idols (Ezekiel 20:26, 31).

To destroy truths by the evils of the love of self and by cupidities from one's own [proprium] is signified by "causing sons to pass through fire;" and to destroy truths by falsities is signified by "defiled by idols." (That "idols" signify the falsities of doctrine and worship from self-intelligence may be seen above, n.587.)

[32] In the same:

Oholah and Oholibah have committed whoredom and blood was in their hands; and with their idols have they committed whoredom; and their sons also whom they bare unto Me they have caused to pass through for them for food (Ezekiel 23:37).

By "Oholah and Oholibah" Samaria and Jerusalem are meant; and "Samaria" means the spiritual church, and "Jerusalem" the celestial church, each in respect to doctrine; falsifications and adulterations of the Word are signified by "their committing whoredom" and by "blood in their hands;" the consequent falsities from self-intelligence are signified by "they committed whoredom with their idols;" from this it is clear what is signified by "causing their sons to pass through for their idols for food," namely, that they destroyed the truths from the Word by falsities.

[33] Because "sons" signify truths:

The seeds that fell into the good land are called by the Lord the sons of the kingdom; and the tares, which are falsities, are called the sons of the evil one (Matthew 13:38).

Also those who are in truths are called the sons of light (John 12:36).

Those who are in the marriage of truth and good from the Lord are called the sons of the nuptials (Mark 2:19).

And those who are regenerated are called sons of God (John 1:11-13).

Because "stones" in the Word signify truths, John the Baptist said:

God is able of these stones to raise up sons unto Abraham (Luke 3:8).

That "stones" signify the truths upon which interior truths are based may be seen in Arcana Coelestia 643[1-4], 1298, 3720, 6426, 8609, 10376.

[34] As "sons" signify truths, so in the contrary sense they signify falsities; as in some of the passages quoted above, also in these words of Isaiah:

Prepare slaughter for his sons for the iniquity of their fathers, that they rise not up and possess the land and the faces of the land be filled with cities. I will rise up against them, and I will cut off from Babylon name and remnant, and son and son's son. I will also make it a heritage for the bittern, and pools of waters, and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction (Isaiah 14:21-23).

This is said of Babylon, which signifies the adulteration of the Word and profanation. Here the total vastation of truth with those who are meant by "Babylon" is treated of. That truths with them were utterly destroyed by the adulteration of the Word is signified by "Prepare slaughter for his sons, that they rise not up and possess the land and the faces of the land be filled with cities," "land" meaning the church in which are truths, and "cities" doctrinals from mere falsities. That all truths from first to last will perish is signified by "name and remnant shall be cut off from Babylon, son and son's son;" that nothing whatever of truth would remain is signified by "she shall be swept with the besom of destruction. "

[35] It is to be known that in the passages quoted above, "sons" signify those who are in truths or those who are in falsities; but as the spiritual sense of the Word has nothing in common with persons, "sons" signify in that sense truths or falsities abstracted from the idea of person. The spiritual sense is such because the idea of person limits thought and its extension into heaven in every direction; for all thought that proceeds from the affection of truth makes its way through heaven in all directions, and has no termination except as light has in shade; but when person is at the same time thought of, the idea has its termination where the person is, and intelligence with it; this is why "sons" signify in the spiritual sense truths or falsities regarded abstractly.

फुटनोट:

1. The Latin has "this church is for the New Church," for "this doctrine," etc.

2. The Hebrew has "thy sons shall hasten," as found in Arcana Coelestia 10540.

3. The Hebrew has "your strength," as found in Arcana Coelestia 9479.

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

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Apocalypse Explained #357

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357. That "a bow" signifies doctrine combating, or doctrine by which one fights against evils and falsities, and that "arrows," "javelins," and "darts," signify the truths of doctrine which fight, can be seen from the following passages. In Zechariah:

I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war shall be cut off, and he shall speak peace to the nations. Return to the stronghold, ye bound ones of hope; and I will bend Judah for Me, and with a bow I will fill Ephraim, and I will stir up thy sons, O Zion, for Jehovah shall be seen over them, and His arrow shall go forth as lightning; and the Lord Jehovih shall blow with a trumpet, and He shall go in the storms of the south (Zechariah 9:10, 12-14).

This treats of the vastation of the Jewish Church and the establishment of a church among the Gentiles. The vastation of the Jewish Church is described by "I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war shall be cut off," which signifies that there would be no longer any truth in the doctrine nor any understanding of truth, and thus no combat or resistance against falsity, "chariot" signifying the doctrine of truth, "horse" the understanding of truth, "the bow of war" combat from doctrine against falsity; it is said "the bow of war" because doctrine combating is meant. "Ephraim" signifies the church in relation to the understanding of truth, and "Jerusalem" in relation to doctrine. The establishment of the church among the Gentiles is described by these words, "but he shall speak peace to the nations; return to the stronghold, ye bound ones of hope; and I will bend Judah for me, and with the bow I will fill Ephraim, and I will stir up thy sons, O Zion," which signifies that the church is to be established among those who are in the good of love to the Lord, and in truths therefrom, "peace" signifying that good, "Judah" those who are in that good, and "Ephraim" those who are in the understanding of truth from it; it is therefore said of Ephraim, "with the bow He will fill him," that is, with the doctrine of truth. Their illustration in truths is described by these words, "His arrow shall go forth as lightning; and the Lord Jehovih shall blow with the trumpet, and He shall go in the storms of the south;" the "arrow that shall go forth as lightning" signifies truth illustrated, thus truth from the good of love; "He shall blow with the trumpet" signifies the clear perception of good; and "the storms of the south" signify the clear understanding of truth, "the south" meaning the light of truth. This treats of the Lord, thus that these things are from the Lord.

[2] In Moses:

The son of a fruitful one is Joseph, the son of a fruitful one by the fountain; the daughters (she walketh upon the wall), they shall embitter him, and shall shoot; and the archers shall hate him; and he shall sit in the firmness of his bow, and the arms of his hands shall be strengthened by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob; thence is he the shepherd, the stone of Israel (Genesis 49:22-24).

"Joseph," in the highest sense, signifies the Lord in relation to the spiritual kingdom. There are two kingdoms of heaven: one called the celestial kingdom, and the other the spiritual kingdom; the celestial kingdom is described in the prophecy respecting Judah, and the spiritual kingdom in this respecting Joseph. Those who are in the Lord's celestial kingdom are in the good of love to Him, which is called celestial good; and those who are in the Lord's spiritual kingdom are in the good of love to the neighbor, and thence in truths; and it is because all truths proceed from the Lord through the spiritual kingdom that Joseph is called "the son of a fruitful one, the son of a fruitful one by the fountain," "a fruitful one" signifies spiritual good, which is the good of charity, "son" signifies truth from that good, and "a fountain" signifies the Word; combat against evils and falsities is described by "the daughters shall embitter him, and shoot, and the archers shall hate him," "daughters" signifying those who are in evils and who wish by falsities to destroy goods; those who assault by evils are signified by "they shall shoot," and those who assault by the falsities of evil by "the archers" who shall hate him. The Lord's victory over them is described by these words, "and he shall sit in the firmness of his bow, and the arms of his hands shall be strengthened by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob; thence is he the shepherd, the stone of Israel;" "to sit in the firmness of the bow" signifies to be in the doctrine of genuine truth, and "the arms of his hands shall be strengthened by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob" signifies the power they have from the Lord, "the arms of the hands" meaning power, and "the Mighty One of Jacob" the Lord, who is also called "the shepherd, the stone of Israel," from the doctrine of charity and thence of faith which is from Him. (That "Joseph" in the highest sense signifies the Lord in relation to the Divine spiritual, and in the internal sense His spiritual kingdom, see Arcana Coelestia 3969, 3971, 4669, 6417; and what else he signifies, n. 4286, 4592, 4963, 5086, 5087, 5106, 5249, 5307, 5869, 5877, 6224, 6526)

[3] In the second book of Samuel:

David lamented over Saul and over Jonathan his son, and wrote, To teach the sons of Judah the bow (2 Samuel 1:17-18).

That lamentation treats of the combat of truth from good against the falsity from evil; for "Saul" as a king here signifies truth from good, for such truth is meant by "king" in the Word (See above, n. 31); and "Jonathan," as the son of a king, signifies the truth of doctrine; therefore he wrote the lamentation, "To teach the sons of Judah the bow," which signifies to teach them the doctrine of truth that is from good. The combat of that truth against falsities and evils is described in that lamentation by these words:

Without the blood of the slain, without the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan returned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty (2 Samuel 1:22).

"The blood of the slain" signifies the falsities conquered and dispersed; "the fat of the mighty" signifies evils conquered and dispersed. That these are conquered and dispersed by the doctrine of truth that is from good is signified by "the bow of Jonathan returned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty," "the bow of Jonathan" meaning doctrine, and "the sword of Saul" truth from good.

[4] In David:

God teacheth my hands war and placeth a bow of brass in mine arms (Psalms 18:34).

"War" here signifies war in a spiritual sense, which is war against evils and falsities; this is the war that God teaches; and "the bow of brass" signifies the doctrine of charity; God places this in the arms, that is, makes it to prevail.

[5] In Isaiah:

Who hath stirred up one from the sunrise, whom He hath called in righteousness to follow Him, hath given the nations before him, and made him to have dominion over kings, hath given them as the dust to his sword, and as stubble driven by his bow? (Isaiah 41:2).

This is said of the Lord and of His dominion over evils and falsities; the "nations that He gave before him," signify evils; and the "kings over whom He made him to have dominion," signify falsities; that He disperses evils and falsities as if they were nothing, by His Divine truth and by the doctrine therefrom, is signified by "He gave them as dust to his sword, and as stubble driven by his bow," "his sword" meaning the Divine truth, and "his bow," doctrine. That evils and falsities are dispersed as if they were nothing, is signified by "as dust," and "as driven stubble." It is said that evils and falsities are thus dispersed, but it is meant that those who are in evils and in falsities therefrom are thus dispersed in the other life.

[6] In Zechariah:

Jehovah [of Hosts] shall visit His flock, the house of Judah, and shall set them as the horse of His majesty in war. Out of him shall be the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the bow of war (Zechariah 10:3-4).

This may be seen explained in the preceding article which treats of the signification of "the horse;" "the bow of war" signifying truth combating from doctrine.

[7] In Habakkuk:

Was Jehovah displeased with the rivers? was Thine anger against the rivers? was Thy fury against the sea, that Thou dost ride upon Thine horses, Thy chariots are salvation? With bareness shall Thy bow be made bare (Habakkuk 3:8, 9).

This, too, was explained in the preceding article; "Thy bow shall be made bare" signifying that the doctrine of truth shall be laid open.

[8] In Isaiah:

Before the swords shall they flee away, before the drawn sword, and before the bended bow; and for the grievousness of the war all the glory of Kedar shall be consumed, and the remnant of the number of the bow of the mighty of the sons of Kedar shall be few (Isaiah 21:15-17).

This treats in the spiritual sense of the knowledges of good as about to perish, and that few will remain; "Kedar," that is, Arabia, signifies those who are in the knowledges of good, and in an abstract sense such knowledges themselves. That the knowledges of truth are to perish through falsities and the doctrine of falsity, is signified by, "Before the swords shall they flee away, before the drawn sword, and before the bended bow," "sword" meaning falsity combating and destroying, and "bow," the doctrine of falsity. That the knowledges of good are to perish is signified by these words, "for the grievousness of the war all the glory of Kedar shall be consumed," "the grievousness of war" meaning assault, and "all the glory of Kedar shall be consumed" meaning vastation. And that few knowledges are to remain is described by "the remnant of the number of the bow of the mighty of the sons of Kedar shall be few," "the bow of the mighty" meaning the doctrine of truth from the knowledges that prevail against falsities.

[9] In the same:

He hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; He hath made me a polished arrow; in His quiver hath He hid me (Isaiah 49:2).

This also treats of the Lord; and "sharp sword" signifies the truth dispersing falsity; "the polished arrow" truth dispersing evil; and "quiver" the Word: this makes clear what is signified by "He hath made my mouth like a sharp sword," and "He hath made me a polished arrow, and in His quiver hath He hid me," namely, that in the Lord and from Him is the Divine truth, by means of which falsities and evils are dispersed, and that in Him and from Him is the Word, where and whence these truths are.

[10] In David:

Lo, sons are an heritage of Jehovah; the fruit of the belly is His reward. As arrows in the hands of a mighty one, so are the sons of youth. Happy is the man that hath filled his quiver with them; they shall not be ashamed when they speak with the enemies in the gate (Psalms 127:3-5).

"Sons that are an heritage of Jehovah," signify truths by which there is intelligence; the "fruit of the belly that is His reward," signifies the goods, by which there is happiness; "the sons of youth that are as arrows in the hand of a mighty one," signify the truths of the good of innocence; because nothing evil or false can resist these truths, it is said that they are "as arrows in the hand of a mighty one." The good of innocence is the good of love to the Lord; because these truths have such power it is said, "Happy is the man that hath filled his quiver with them," "quiver" here having a like signification as "bow," namely, the doctrine from the Word; "they shall not be ashamed when they speak with the enemies in the gate" signifies that there shall be no fear because of evils from the hells, "enemies" meaning evils, and "gate" hell (See in the work on Heaven and Hell, n. 428-429, 583-585).

[11] In the same:

The sons of Ephraim, who were armed, shooters of the bow, turned about in the day of battle. They kept not the covenant of God (Psalms 78:9-10).

"Ephraim" here, as above, signifies the understanding of truth, and his "sons" the truths themselves; therefore they are also called "shooters of the bow," that is, fighters against evils and falsities. That they did not resist these because they were not conjoined to the Lord, is here signified by "they turned about in the day of battle, because they did not keep the covenant of God," "covenant" meaning conjunction, and "not keeping it" meaning not to live according to the truths and goods that conjoin.

[12] From the passages cited it can be seen that a "bow" signifies the doctrine of truth combating against falsities and evils and dispersing them. That this is the signification of "bow" can be seen further from its contrary sense, in which "bow" signifies the doctrine of falsity fighting against truths and goods and destroying them; and "darts" and "arrows" its falsities themselves. In this sense "bow" is mentioned in the following passages. In David:

Lo, the wicked bend the bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart (Psalms 11:2).

"The wicked bend the bow" signifies that they frame doctrine; "they make ready the arrow upon the string" signifies that they apply into it falsities that appear as truths; "to shoot in darkness at the upright in heart" signifies to deceive those who are in truths from good; "bow" here meaning the doctrine of falsity, "arrow" the falsity itself; "to shoot" meaning to deceive, and "darkness" appearances; for such as these reason from appearances in the world and from fallacies, also by the application of the sense of the letter of the Word.

[13] In the same:

The wicked unsheathe the sword, and bend their bow, to cast down the miserable and needy. Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken (Psalms 37:14-15).

"Sword" signifies falsity fighting against truth, and "bow" signifies the doctrine of falsity; "to cast down the miserable and the needy" signifies to pervert those who are in ignorance of truth and good; "their sword shall enter into their own heart" signifies that they shall perish by their own falsity; and "their bows shall be broken" signifies that their doctrine of falsity shall be dispersed, which also takes place after their departure from the world; then falsities destroy them, and so far as they have applied truths to falsities their doctrine is dispersed.

[14] In the same:

Who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrow with a bitter word, that they may shoot in secret places at the perfect ¹ (Psalms 64:3-4).

Because "sword" signifies falsity fighting against truth, it is said, "who sharpen their tongue like a sword;" and because "arrow" signifies the falsity of doctrine, it is said, "they aim their arrow with a bitter word" "to shoot in secret places at the perfect" signifies the like as "to shoot in darkness at the upright in heart," just before, namely, to deceive those who are in truths from good.

[15] In Jeremiah:

They are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous ones, who bend their tongue; their bow is a lie, neither in the truth have they prevailed in the land; for they go forth from evil to evil, neither have they known Me (Jeremiah 9:2-3).

"Adulterers, an assembly of treacherous ones," mean those who falsify the knowledges of truth and good, "adulterers" meaning those who falsify the knowledges of truth, and "treacherous ones" those who falsify the knowledges of good; of these it is said that "they bend the tongue," and that "their bow is a lie," "bow" meaning the doctrine from which principles of falsity are derived, and "lie" meaning the falsity; it is therefore also said, "neither in the truth have they prevailed in the land," that is, in the church where genuine truths are; that those who are in a life of evil and do not acknowledge the Lord are such is signified by, "for they go forth from evil to evil, neither have they known Me."

[16] In Jeremiah:

Behold, I cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the land of the north; his arrows as of a mighty one, none shall return vain. Set yourselves in array against Babylon round about, all ye that bend the bow, shoot against her, spare not the arrows; make the shooters heard against Babylon, all that bend the bow encamp against her round about; let there be no escape for her (Jeremiah 50:9, 14, 29, 42; 51:3).

This describes the total devastation of truth with those who are meant by Babylon, who are those that arrogate to themselves Divine power, and who acknowledge the Lord, indeed, but take away from Him all power to save, and who thus profane Divine truths; and as the Lord as far as possible provides that genuine truths be not profaned, these truths are wholly taken away from them, and they are imbued instead with mere falsities. "An assembly of great nations from the land of the north" signifies direful evils rising up out of hell," "great nations" meaning direful evils and "land of the north" the hell where there is nothing but falsity; "his arrows as of a mighty one, none shall return vain" signifies that thence they shall be imbued with mere falsities thence; "set themselves in array against Babylon round about, all ye that bend the bow, shoot against her, spare not the arrows" signifies devastation in relation to all doctrinals; the total devastation of truth with such is signified by "all that bend the bow encamp against her round about; let there be no escape for her."

[17] In Isaiah:

I stir up against them the Medes, who will not esteem silver, and in gold they will not delight; whose bows will dash in pieces the young men, and they will have no compassion on the fruit of the womb; so shall Babylon be, as the overturning of God, Sodom and Gomorrah (Isaiah 13:17-19).

This also is said of Babylon, and the devastation of all things of the church with those who are meant by Babylon (of which just above). "The Medes" signify those who make nothing of the truths and goods of heaven and the church; therefore it is said of them, "who will not esteem silver, and in gold they will not delight," "silver" signifying truth, and "gold" good, both of the church; "their bows will dash in pieces the young men, and they will have no compassion on the fruit of the womb" signifies the doctrinals that destroy all truth and all good thence, "young men" signifying truths, and "the fruit of the womb" goods; and because all evil with such is from the love of self, and all falsity is from that evil, and because that evil and that falsity thence are condemned to hell, therefore it is said, "so shall Babylon be, as the overturning of God, Sodom and Gomorrah," "the overturning of God" signifying damnation to hell, and "Sodom and Gomorrah" signifying the evils from the love of self and the falsities therefrom. (That this is the signification of "Sodom and Gomorrah," see Arcana Coelestia 2220, 2246, 2322)

[18] In the same:

In that day every place in which there were a thousand vines for a thousand of silver shall be a place of briers and brambles. With arrow and with bow shall one come thither, because the whole land shall be a place of briers and brambles (Isaiah 7:23-24).

The church vastated in relation to every truth and good is thus described; what the church had been before, namely, that genuine truth, which are truths from good, had been there in abundance is described by "in which there were a thousand vines for a thousand of silver," "a thousand vines" meaning truths from good in abundance, "a thousand of silver" meaning that these are most highly esteemed because they are genuine, "silver" meaning truth, and a "thousand" many, thus in abundance. But what the church became when vastated in respect to every truth and good is described by these words, "With arrow and with bow shall one come thither, because the whole land shall be a place of briers and brambles," "arrow" meaning falsity destroying truth, and "bow" the doctrine of falsity, "a place of briers" signifying falsity from evil, and "a place of brambles" evil from falsity; "land" means the church.

[19] In Jeremiah:

Behold, a people cometh from the land of the north, and a great nation shall be stirred up from the sides of the earth. They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no compassion; their voice resoundeth like the sea; and they ride upon horses arrayed as a man for war, against thee, O daughter of Zion (Jeremiah 6:22-23).

This, too, describes the devastation of the church by the falsities of evil; what "a people from the land of the north" signifies, and "a great nation from the sides of the earth," also what "their voice resoundeth like the sea," and "they ride upon horses" signify, was explained in the preceding article; "they lay hold on bow and spear" signifies [that they fight from false doctrine, "bow" signifying] the falsity of doctrine destroying truth, and "spear" the falsity of evil destroying good; "daughter of Zion" meaning the church.

[20] In the same:

The whole land is a waste; for the voice of the horseman and of the shooters of the bow the whole city fleeth; they have entered into the clouds, they have ascended into the rocks, the whole city is forsaken, no man dwelling therein (Jeremiah 4:27, 29).

This, too, can be seen explained in the preceding article. "The voice of the horseman and of the shooters of the bow" signifies the reasonings from falsities, and assaults upon truth; "the shooters of the bow," that is, those who hold the bow, are those who assault truths from the falsities of doctrine; therefore it is said "the whole city fleeth," and "the whole city is forsaken," "city" signifying the doctrine of the church.

[21] In Isaiah:

Jehovah hath lifted up an ensign to the nations from far, and behold the swift one shall come in haste, his arrows are sharp, and all his bows bent; the hoofs of his horses are reckoned as rock, and his wheels as a storm (Isaiah 5:26, 28).

"His arrows are sharp," and "his bows bent," signify the falsities of doctrine prepared to destroy truths. What is signified by "the nations from far" and by "the hoofs of the horses that are reckoned as rock," and by "the wheels that are like a storm," may be seen in the article just above n. 355, where they are explained.

[22] In Amos:

He that holdeth the bow shall not stand, nor shall the swift of foot deliver himself, nor shall he that rideth upon the horse cause his soul to escape, but he that is stout in his heart among the mighty shall flee naked in that day (Amos 2:15-16).

This describes self-intelligence, and thus confidence from an ability to reason from falsities against truths; "he that holdeth the bow shall not stand, nor shall the swift of foot cause himself to escape," signifies that one who knows how to reason readily and skillfully from doctrine and from the memory that belongs to the natural man, cannot provide for his salvation, nor stand in the day of judgment; the like is signified by "he that rideth upon the horse shall not cause his soul to escape;" "he that is stout in his heart shall flee [naked] in that day" signifies that he who trusts in himself because of an ability to reason from falsities shall then be deprived of all truth; "the stout in heart" meaning him who trusts in himself on that account, and "naked" signifying deprived of all truth.

[23] In David:

God is a righteous judge, a God that is indignant all the day; if he turn not back He will whet His sword, He will bend His bow and make it ready, and hath prepared for him the instruments of death, He maketh His arrows burning (Psalms 7:11-13).

It is here attributed to God that He is indignant with the wicked, that He whets His sword, that He bends and makes ready His bow, prepares instruments of death, and makes His arrows burning; but in the spiritual sense it is meant that man does this in respect to himself. These things are attributed to God in the sense of the letter, because that sense is natural, and is for the natural man who believes that for these reasons God is to be feared; and with him fear works as love works afterwards, when he becomes spiritual. This makes clear what these words signify, namely, that it is the evil man who is indignant with God, that he whets the sword against himself, and bends the bow and makes it ready, he prepares the instruments of death, and makes his arrows burning. "He whetteth the sword" signifies that he acquires for himself falsity, by which he combats against truths; "he bendeth the bow and maketh it ready" signifies that from falsities he frames for himself doctrine opposed to truths; and "he prepares the instruments of death, and maketh his arrows burning" signifies that from infernal love he frames for himself principles of falsity by which he destroys good and its truth.

[24] In Lamentations:

The Lord hath bent His bow like an enemy; He hath stood with His right hand as an adversary; He hath slain all things desirable to the eyes (Lamentations 2:4).

Here, too, like things are attributed to the Lord, for a like reason as above; "He bends His bow like an enemy, and stands with His right hand as an adversary" signifies that the evil man does this in respect to himself, namely, he defends evil against good, and falsity against the truths of good from doctrine that he has framed for himself out of self-intelligence and confirmed by the sense of the letter of the Word; for in Lamentations the vastation of all good and all truth with the Jewish nation, from their applying the sense of the letter of the Word in favor of their own loves is treated of; "bow" here meaning the doctrine of falsity therefrom, "enemy" evil, and "adversary" falsity. That in consequence all the understanding of truth and good would perish is signified by "the Lord hath slain all things desirable to the eyes," "things desirable to the eyes" meaning all things that are of intelligence and wisdom.

[25] In Moses:

A fire hath been kindled in Mine anger, and it shall devour the earth and its produce, and shall set in flames the foundations of the mountains. I will empty out evils upon them; I will consume Mine arrows upon them (Deuteronomy 32:22-23).

This is in the song of Moses, which treats of the Israelitish and Jewish nation, and describes what they were in their hearts, namely, that there was nothing of the church with them because there was with them mere falsity from evil; "the earth and its produce, that is to be devoured" signifies the church, and all the truth and good therefrom, "the earth" signifying the church, and "produce" all the truth and good thereof. "The foundations of the mountains, that are to be set in flames" signify truths upon which the goods of love are based, especially the truths of the sense of the letter of the Word, since these are the foundations; the "evils that are to be emptied out upon them," and the "arrows that are to be consumed upon them" signify that they shall be imbued with all evils and falsities. (What that nation was from the beginning, and also what it is at this day, may be seen in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem 248.)

[26] In the first book of Samuel:

The bows of the mighty are broken, but they who had stumbled have girded valor about them (1 Samuel 2:4).

This is the prophecy of Hannah, the mother of Samuel, which treats of the taking away of truth with those who are of the church, because they are in no spiritual affection of truth; also of the reception and illumination of those who are outside of the church, because they are in the spiritual affection of truth. That the doctrines of falsities that are held by those who are of the church are of no account is signified by "the bows of the mighty are broken;" and the reception and illustration of those who are outside of the church are signified by "they who had stumbled have girded valor about them;" those are said to "stumble," who are pressed by the falsities of ignorance, and "valor" is predicated of power and abundance of truth from good.

[27] In Jeremiah:

Behold, I break the bow of Elam, the beginning of his might (Jeremiah 49:35).

"Elam" means the knowledge [scientia] belonging to the natural man, and consequent confidence; his "bow" signifies the knowledge [scientia] from which as from doctrine he fights; and "the beginning of his might" signifies confidence; for knowledge [scientia] is of no avail if it does not serve the rational and the spiritual man. That "Elam" means knowledge belonging to the natural man can be seen from these passages in the Word in which "Elam" is mentioned (as Genesis 10:22; Isaiah 21:2; Jeremiah 25:24-26; 49:34-39; Ezekiel 32:24, 25).

[28] In David:

Jehovah maketh wars to cease even to the end of the earth; He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear asunder; He burneth up the chariots with fire (Psalms 46:9).

Because "wars" signify spiritual combats, which are here those of falsity against the truth and against the good of the church, it is clear what is signified by "Jehovah will make wars to cease even to the end of the earth," namely, that from firsts to the ultimates of the truth of the church all combat and disagreement shall cease, "the end of the earth" signifying the ultimates of the church. That there shall be no combat of doctrine against doctrine is signified by "He shall break the bow;" that there shall be no combat from any falsity of evil is signified by "He shall cut the spear asunder;" and that everything of the doctrine of falsity shall be destroyed by "He shall burn up the chariots with fire."

[29] In the same:

In Salem is the tabernacle of Jehovah, and His abode in Zion. There brake He the strings of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and war (Psalms 76:2-3).

This treats likewise of the cessation of all combat and all disagreement in the Lord's kingdom; "Salem" where Jehovah's tabernacle is, and "Zion" where His abode is, signify His spiritual kingdom and His celestial kingdom; "Salem" the spiritual kingdom where genuine truth is, and "Zion" the celestial kingdom where genuine good is and "He shall break the strings of the bow, the shield, the sword, and war" signifies the dissipation of all the combat of the falsities of doctrine against good and truth; "the strings of a bow" meaning the principal things of doctrine.

[30] In Hosea:

In that day will I make a covenant for them with the wild beast of the field and with the fowl of the heavens, and with the creeping thing of the earth; and I will break the bow and the sword and war from the earth, and I will make them to lie down securely (Hosea 2:18).

This treats of the Lord's coming and His conjunction at that time with all who are in truths from good; "the covenant with the wild beast of the field, with the fowl of the heavens, and with the creeping things of the earth" signifies the conjunction with their affection of good, with the affection of truth, and with the affection of the knowledges of the truth and good of the church that they have; for "the wild beast of the field" signifies the affection of good, "the fowl of the heavens" the affection of truth, and "the creeping thing of the earth" the affection of the knowledges of truth and good. Everyone sees that no wild beast, or fowl, or creeping thing of the earth is here meant; for with these how could there be any covenant? "I will break the bow and the sword and war from the earth" signifies that because of conjunction with the Lord no combat of falsity against truth shall exist, "bow" here meaning doctrine, "sword" falsity, and "war" combat.

[31] In Ezekiel:

This is the day whereof I have spoken; then the inhabitants of the cities of Israel shall go forth, and they shall set on fire and burn the arms, both the shield and the buckler, with the bow and the arrows, and the hand staff and the spear, and they shall kindle a fire with them seven years (Ezekiel 39:8-9).

This treats of "Gog," which means those who are in external worship and in no internal worship; because such are in opposition to the spiritual affection of truth, which is to love truths because they are truths, they are in falsities in respect to doctrine, and in evils in respect to life; for no one can be reformed, that is, be withdrawn from falsities and evils except by means of truths; for this reason it is said that "the inhabitants of the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall burn the arms, and the shield and the buckler, with the bow and the arrows, and the hand staff and the spear;" "the inhabitants of the cities of Israel" mean those who are in the affection of truth from good, that is, in the spiritual affection of truth, and thence in the doctrine of genuine truth; "to burn up the arms" signifies to extirpate falsities of every kind; the "shield" falsity destroying good; "the buckler" falsity destroying truth; "the bow with the arrows" doctrine with its falsities the "hand staff" and the "spear" signify one's own power and confidence, such as pertain to those who place the all of the church, and thence of salvation, in external worship; "they shall kindle a fire with them seven years" signifies that these falsities and evils shall be completely destroyed, "seven years" signifying all things, fullness, and completely (See above, n. 257, 300).

फुटनोट:

1. "Perfect" ("integrum") as below, the photolithograph has "wicked" ("inpium").

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

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Matthew 13

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