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 #406

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406. Thus far it has been shown what "mountain" signifies; it remains to be shown what "island" signifies, for it is said, "Every mountain and island were moved out of their places;" and elsewhere:

Every island fled away, and the mountains were not found (Revelation 16:20).

"Islands" in the Word do not mean islands nor those who dwell upon islands, but the natural man in respect to the truths that are in it is meant, and thus, in an abstract sense, the truths of the natural man are signified. The truths of the natural man are true knowledges [scientifica], which are under the intuition of the rational man, and the cognitions of truth which are under the intuition of the spiritual man; the cognitions of truth are such as the natural man knows from the Word, while true knowledges [scientifica] are such as the natural man sees from the rational, and by which he is accustomed to confirm the truths of the church. There are with man two minds, one higher or interior, which is called the spiritual mind; and the other lower or exterior, which is called the natural mind. The natural mind is first opened and cultivated with men, because this most nearly stands forth in the world; and afterwards the spiritual mind is opened and cultivated, but only to the extent that man receives in the life the cognitions of truth from the Word, or from doctrine from the Word; consequently with those who do not apply knowledges to the life it is not opened. But when the spiritual mind is opened the light of heaven flows in through that mind into the natural mind and enlightens it, whereby the natural mind becomes spiritual-natural; for the spiritual mind then sees in the natural almost as a man sees his face in a mirror, and acknowledges the things that are in agreement with itself. But when the spiritual mind is not opened, as is the case with those who do not apply to their life the cognitions of truth and good that are in the Word, there is nevertheless formed in man a mind in the interior part of the natural; but this mind consists of mere falsities and evils; because the spiritual mind, by which the light of heaven is let into the natural by a direct way is not opened; but [light is let in] only through chinks round about; from this a man has the faculty to think, reason, and speak, and also the faculty to understand truths, but not the faculty to love them, or to do them from affection. For the faculty to love truths because they are truths is given only through an influx of the light of heaven through the spiritual mind; for the light of heaven through the spiritual mind is conjoined with the heat of heaven, which is love, which is comparatively like the light of the world in the time of spring; but the light of heaven flowing only through chinks into the natural is a light separated from the heat of heaven which is love, and this light is comparatively like the light of the world in the time of winter. This makes clear that a man in whom the spiritual mind is opened is like a garden and a paradise; but a man in whom the spiritual mind is not opened is like a wilderness, and like land covered with snow. Because the mind makes the man (the mind consisting of understanding and will) it is the same whether you say the mind or the man, thus whether you say the spiritual and natural mind or the spiritual and natural man.

The natural mind or natural man, in respect to its truths and its falsities, is signified by "islands" in the Word, in respect to truths with those in whom the spiritual mind is opened, and in respect to falsities with those in whom the spiritual mind is closed.

[2] That these are signified by "islands" can be seen from the following passages in the Word. In Ezekiel:

Thus said the Lord Jehovih to Tyre: Shall not the islands quake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded shall groan, when the slaughter shall be accomplished in the midst of thee? And all the princes of the sea shall come down from ¹ their thrones. The islands shall tremble in the day of thy fall, and the islands that are in the sea shall be affrighted at thy departure. All the inhabitants of the islands were astonished at thee, and their kings shuddered shuddering, their faces were troubled (Ezekiel 26:15-16, 18; 27:35).

These two chapters treat of Tyre, which signifies the church in respect to the knowledges of truth and good, and in an abstract sense the knowledges of truth and good. In the first place the intelligence and wisdom of the men of the church through the knowledges of truth and good from the Word is treated of, and afterwards the church vastated in respect to these. The church vastated in respect to these, or where the knowledges of truth and good have perished is described by what is said by the prophet in these verses; the vastation of the knowledges of truth and good by "when the wounded shall groan, and when the slaughter shall be accomplished in the midst of thee," "the wounded" meaning those in whom truths are extinguished, and "slaughter" meaning the very extinction of truth and good.

That all knowledges that man from his infancy has imbibed from the Word, also all true knowledges by which he has confirmed them, are then disturbed, moved out of their place, and recede is signified by "the islands shall tremble, and all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones," also by "the islands shall tremble in the day of thy fall, and the islands that are in the sea shall be affrighted," "islands" meaning these cognitions and knowledges in the natural man; "the princes of the sea" primary things therein, "sea" signifying the natural man and all things therein in general. That all goods of truth of the natural man, because of the vastation of the knowledges of truth, shall be changed as to their state is signified by "all the inhabitants of the islands were astonished at thee, and their kings shuddered, their faces were troubled;" "the inhabitants of the islands" mean the goods of truth of the natural man, for "to inhabit," in the Word, signifies to live, and "inhabitants" the goods of life; "kings" mean all truths from good; "faces" signify the interiors and the affections; "to be astonished," "affrighted," and "troubled" signify to be entirely changed as to state. This makes clear what these things involve in the internal sense, namely, that all cognitions of truth and good and the confirming knowledges that man from infancy has imbibed from the Word and from teachers, will change their places and their state in the natural man and perish out of sight when falsities enter.

[3] In Isaiah:

The king of Assyria shall lead the captivity of Egypt and the crowd of Cush that is to be carried away; then shall they be dismayed and ashamed because of Cush their expectation, and because of Egypt their adornment; and the inhabitant of this island shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from before the king of Assyria; and how shall we escape? (Isaiah 20:4-6).

No one can perceive anything about the church in these words, but only something obscurely historical, which is not known to have occurred, as that the king of Assyria will lead away Egypt and Cush into captivity, and that the dwellers of some island would grieve in heart over it; yet, here as elsewhere, some matter of the church is treated of, and this matter becomes manifest when it is known that "the king of Assyria" signifies the rational perverted, and thence the reasoning from false knowledges which favor the delight of natural loves, over which the natural man grieves because it is perverted thereby; for "the king of Assyria shall lead the captivity of Egypt and the crowd of Cush that is to be carried away" signifies that the perverted rational will claim to itself the knowledges of the natural man, and will confirm itself by these and by its delights, which these favor, "the king of Assyria" meaning the rational perverted, "to lead the captivity" and "to carry away the crowd" meaning to claim for itself and to confirm itself by reasonings, "Egypt" meaning the knowing faculty of the natural man, and "Cush" the delight which it favors.

That the goods of truth of the natural man grieve on this account, or that the natural man, in which are the goods of truth, grieves is signified by all the things that follow, namely, that "they shall be dismayed and ashamed because of Cush their expectation, and because of Egypt their adornment; and the inhabitant of the island shall say in that day," and what follows; "the inhabitant of the island" meaning the good of truth, of the natural man, or the natural man in whom is the good of truth, "inhabitant" signifying good, and "island" truth, both in the natural man (as above). That there is such a sense in these words can hardly be believed, and yet it is there.

[4] In the same:

These shall lift up their voice, they shall shout for joy; for the majesty of Jehovah they shall cry aloud from the sea; therefore glorify Jehovah in Urim, the name of [Jehovah] the God of Israel in the islands of the sea (Isaiah 24:14-15).

This chapter treats of the vastation of the church, and in these verses of the establishment of a new church among the gentiles; the joy of these is described by "they shall lift up their voice, they shall shout for joy; for the majesty of Jehovah they shall cry aloud from the sea," or from the west; "the sea" when it means the west signifying the natural, for the reason that those who dwell in the western quarter in the spiritual world are in natural good, while those who dwell in the eastern quarter are in celestial good; and as the Gentiles of whom the church was constituted were in natural good it is said "glorify Jehovah in Urim, the name of the God of Israel in the islands of the sea," which signifies that they were to worship the Lord from the goods and truths in the natural man, for "Urim" means a fire and a hearth, and these signify the good of love of the natural man; "the islands of the sea" signify the knowledges of truth and good, which are the truths of the natural man; and "to glorify" signifies to worship and adore; "Jehovah" and "God of Israel" mean the Lord, who is called "Jehovah" where good is treated of, and "the God of Israel" where truth is treated of; it is therefore said "glorify Jehovah in Urim," that is, from good, "and the name of the God of Israel in the islands of the sea," that is, from truths. This makes clear that "islands of the sea" signify the truths of the natural man.

[5] In the same:

He shall not quench nor break till He have set judgment in the earth; and the islands shall hope in His law. Sing unto Jehovah a new song, His praise, the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, its fullness, ye islands and the inhabitants thereof. Let the wilderness and its cities extol, the villages that Arabia doth inhabit; let the inhabitants of the cliff sing aloud, let them cry aloud from the top of the mountains. Let them give glory unto Jehovah, and declare His praise in the islands (Isaiah 42:4, 10-12).

This, too, treats of the Lord and of a new church to be established by Him, and "islands" mean those who are merely in truths from the natural man, and are therefore as yet remote from true worship; so, "till He have set judgment in the earth, and the islands shall hope in His law," signifies until He shall have given intelligence to those who are of the church, and the knowledges of truth to those who are more remote from the church; "to set judgment" meaning to give intelligence; "to hope in the law" meaning to give the knowledges of truth, for "the earth" signifies those who are of the church, and in an abstract sense the church itself in respect to intelligence from spiritual truths, and "the islands" signify those who are remote from the church, and in an abstract sense the church in respect to the knowledges of truth and good, or the church in respect to the truths of the natural man that correspond to spiritual truths; "sing unto Jehovah a new song, His praise, the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and its fullness, ye islands and the inhabitants thereof," signifies the worship of the Lord by those who are remote from the church, and in an abstract sense, the worship of the natural man from truths and goods; "to sing a song" and "to praise" signify worship from a glad mind; "the end of the earth" signifies those who are in the ultimates of the church, and in an abstract sense its ultimates; "the sea and its fullness" signify the natural man and all things therein; "islands and inhabitants" signify the truths and goods of the natural man, "islands" its truths, and "inhabitants" its goods (as above). What is signified by "let the wilderness and its cities extol, and the villages that Arabia doth inhabit; let the inhabitants of the cliff sing aloud, let them cry aloud from the top of the mountains," see above n. 405, where this is explained; "let them give glory unto Jehovah, and let the islands declare His praise," signifies worship from internals and externals; "to give glory" meaning worship from internals, and "to declare praise" worship from externals, for externals declare, and "islands" mean the truths of the natural man from which is worship.

[6] In the same:

Attend unto Me, My people, and give ears unto Me, O My nation; for the law shall go forth from Me, and I will arouse My judgment for a light of the peoples. My righteousness is near, My salvation is gone forth, and Mine arms shall judge the peoples; the islands shall hope in Me, and on Mine arm shall they trust (Isaiah 51:4-5).

This is said of the Lord; "Attend unto Me, My people, and give ears unto Me, O My nation," signifies all who are of the church who are in truths and goods, "people" meaning those who are in truths and "nation" those who are in goods. It is said "attend" and "give ears," in the plural, because all are meant; "the law shall go forth from Me, and I will arouse My judgment for a light of the peoples," signifies that from Him are Divine good and Divine truth, from which is illustration; "law" signifying the Divine good of the Word, and "judgment" the Divine truth of the Word, "for a light of the people" signifying illustration; "My righteousness is near, My salvation is gone forth," signifies the judgment, when those who are in the good of love and in truths therefrom are saved, "righteousness" having reference to the salvation of those who are in good at the day of judgment, and "salvation" of those who are in truths; "Mine arms shall judge the peoples" signifies judgment upon those of the church who are in falsities, "peoples" here having the contrary sense; "the islands shall hope in Me, and on Mine arm shall they trust," signifies the approach of those to the church who are remote from the truths of the church, and their trust in the Lord; "the islands" signifying those who are remote from the truths of the church because they are in natural light and not yet in spiritual light from the Word, and "to trust on His arm" signifies trust in the Lord who has all power, "arm" in reference to the Lord meaning omnipotence.

[7] In the same:

Hear, O islands, and attend ye peoples from afar (Isaiah 49:1).

"The islands" stand for those who are in truths, and "the peoples from afar" for those who are in goods, and in an abstract sense, truths and goods, both in the natural man; "from afar" is predicated of the goods that are in the natural man, while "near" is predicated of the goods that are in the spiritual man. "Peoples" here signify goods, because in the original a different word is used from that which signifies truths; for this word is also applied to nations, whereby goods are signified (as is evident from the same word in Genesis 25:23).

[8] In Jeremiah:

Hear the word of Jehovah, ye nations, and declare it in the islands afar off (Jeremiah 31:10).

"Nations" stand for those who are in goods, and in an abstract sense for goods; and "islands" for those who are in truths, and in an abstract sense, for truths in the natural man; "afar off" signifies remote from the truths of the church, which are spiritual (that "afar off" has this signification, see Arcana Coelestia 8918). But these words in a purely spiritual sense, signify that the internal man shall teach the external, or the spiritual the whole natural man, the truths of the Word, for it is this that "the nations declare in the islands afar off;" but this pure sense, which is for angels, is with difficulty perceived by men, for it is with difficulty that men can think abstractedly from persons and places, for the reason that the thought of men is natural, and natural thought differs from spiritual thought in this, that it is tied down to places and persons and is consequently more limited than the spiritual. And this is why many things that have been explained will perhaps with difficulty fall into the ideas of the thought of those who keep the sight of the mind fixed on the sense of the words.

[9] In David:

The kings of Tarshish and of the islands shall bring an offering; the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer a gift (Psalms 72:10).

This is said of the Lord, and "to bring and offer a gift" means to worship; and "kings of Tarshish and of the islands" mean the interior and exterior truths of the natural man, "the kings of Tarshish" its interior truths, and "islands" its exterior truths; "the kings of Sheba and Seba" mean the interior and exterior goods of the natural man, "Sheba" its interior goods, and "Seba" its exterior goods. By the truths of the natural man the knowledges of truth are meant, and by the goods of the natural man the knowledges of good are meant. (That these are meant by "Sheba and Seba," see Arcana Coelestia, n. 1171, 3240; and that the interior truths of the natural man are meant by "Tarshish," see just below.) And because these are meant, those who are in the knowledges of truth and good are also meant.

[10] In Isaiah:

Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as doves to their windows? Because the islands shall trust in Me, and the ships of Tarshish in the beginning, to bring thy sons from far (Isaiah 60:8-9).

This, too, is said of the Lord, and it signifies that those will receive and acknowledge Him who are in simple truth and good, who are such as perceive the truths of the Word in a natural way, that is, according to the sense of the letter, and do them, "the islands" signifying those who perceive the Word in a natural way, that is, according to the sense of the letter, "the ships of Tarshish in the beginning" meaning the goods that they bring forth and do, for "Tarshish" signifies the natural man in respect to knowledges, and "Tarshish in the beginning" the natural man in respect to the knowledges of good, because Tarshish abounded in gold and silver, and these the ships brought away thence (1 Kings 10:22); at first, gold, which signifies good; and as truths are from good it is also said "to bring thy sons from far." And as "islands" and "ships of Tarshish" signify the knowledges of truth and good of the natural man, it is said, "Who are these that fly as a cloud and as doves to their windows?" "cloud" signifying the truths of the sense of the letter of the Word, "doves" the goods therein, and "windows" truths from good in light. (That "ships" signify the knowledges of truth and good from the Word, see Arcana Coelestia 1977, 6385; and that "windows" signify truths in light, and therefore the intellectual, n. 655, 658, 3391)

[11] In the same:

Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for Tyre is laid waste, so that there is no house, nor doth anyone enter; from the land of Kittim it shall plainly come to them. The inhabitants of the island are still, the merchant of Zidon passeth over the sea, they have filled thee. Be ashamed, O Zidon, for the sea saith, the stronghold of the sea, I have not travailed, neither brought forth; I have not trained up young men, I have not brought up virgins. When the report comes from Egypt they shall be in travail, as at the report respecting Tyre. Pass ye over into Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the island (Isaiah 23:1-2, 4-6).

This describes the desolation of truth in the church; for "the ships of Tarshish" signify the knowledges of good from the Word, and "Tyre" the knowledges of truth therefrom. That there is no good because there are no truths is signified by "howl, ye ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, so that there is no house, nor doth anyone enter," that falsities then enter until there are no longer any goods of truth and truths of good in the natural man, is signified by "from the land of Kittim it shall plainly come to them; the inhabitants of the island are still, the merchant of Zidon passeth over the sea, they have filled thee;" "the land of Kittim" signifies falsities; "the inhabitants of the island" signify the goods of truth in the natural man (as above); "the merchant of Zidon" signifies the knowledges from the Word; "passeth over the sea" signifies which are in the natural man; "they have filled thee" (that is, the ships of Tarshish) signifies, they have enriched thee by them. The vastation of truth and good in the natural man is further described by "Be ashamed, O Zidon, for the sea said, the stronghold of the sea, I have not travailed, neither brought forth; I have not trained up young men, I have not brought up virgins;" "Zidon," as well as "Tyre," signifies the knowledges of truth and good in the church; "the sea, the stronghold of the sea," signifies the whole natural man; "I have not travailed, neither brought forth," signifies that there is nothing of the church conceived or generated; "young men" signify the affections of truth, and "virgins" the affections of good. This took place because cognitions from the Word and confirming knowledges [scientifica] were applied to falsities and evils which is signified by "when the report comes from Egypt they shall be in travail, as at the report respecting Tyre;" "Egypt" signifying knowledges [scientifica]; "Tyre," the cognitions from the Word, here those vastated by the falsities and evils to which they have been applied; and as there is lamentation on this account it is said "they shall be in travail." That all good in the natural man and all truth there would thus perish is signified by "pass ye over into Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the island;" "Tarshish" signifying interior goods and truths in the natural man; "the inhabitants of the island" signifying exterior goods and truths therein (as above), "to howl" signifying grief on account of vastation.

[12] In Jeremiah:

I took the cup out of Jehovah's hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom Jehovah sent me, all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the island which is in the crossing (beyond) the sea (Jeremiah 25:17, 22).

Many nations are enumerated in this chapter that are not cited here, all of which signify the goods and truths of the church in general and in particular that are vastated; and "the kings of Tyre and Zidon" signify the knowledges of truth and good from the Word in the natural man; for all the knowledges of truth and good, so far as they are knowledges, are in the natural man; they become truths and goods when men live according to them, because it is by means of the life that they are received in the spiritual man; "the kings of the island which is in the crossing beyond the sea" signify the knowledges of truth in the ultimate of the natural man, which is called the natural-sensual, because through this there is a crossing into the interiors of the natural man, "sea" signifying the natural man in general (See above, n. 275, 342). The vastation of these things is meant by "the cup of Jehovah which the prophet made the nations to drink."

[13] In the same:

Because of the day that cometh to devastate all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Zidon every residue that helpeth; for Jehovah devastates the Philistines, the remnant of the island of Caphtor (Jeremiah 47:4).

"The Philistines" mean those who are in faith alone, or in faith separate from charity, therefore they are also called "the uncircumcised," which signifies that they have no charity (See Arcana Coelestia 2049, 3412, 3413, 8093, 8313); "to cut off from Tyre and Zidon every residue that helpeth" signifies that they have no knowledge of truth and good; "the residue that helpeth" signifying that they are no longer concordant; "the remnant of the island of Caphtor" has a like signification.

[14] In the same:

Pass over into the islands of the Kittim and see; send into Arabia and consider well, and see whether there hath been such a thing, whether a nation hath changed gods (Jeremiah 2:10-11).

"To pass over and to send into the islands of the Kittim and into Arabia" does not signify to send to those places, but to all who live naturally in truths and goods according to their religious principle; "the islands of the Kittim" meaning where those are who live naturally in truths, and "Arabia" where those are who live naturally in goods, that is, according to their religious principle; "the Kittim" and "Arabia" signify such persons and things; for all who do not have the Word or any revelation from heaven, and live according to their religious principle, live naturally; for to live spiritually is to live solely in accordance with truths and goods from the Word and from revelation out of heaven.

[15] In Zephaniah:

Jehovah will be fearful upon them; for He will make lean all the gods of the earth, ² that they may worship Him, every man from his place, all the islands of the nations, ye Kushites also, slain by my sword shall they be (Zephaniah 2:11-12).

This, in the internal sense, signifies that the falsities of evil will be dispersed, and truths and goods given to those who are in falsities indeed, but not in the falsities of evil; "the gods of the nations that He will make lean" signify the falsities of evil, "gods" signifying falsities, "nations" evils, and "to make lean" to remove evils from falsities; "the islands of the nations" and "the Kushites" signify those who are in falsities indeed, but not in the falsities of evil; and in an abstract sense they signify falsities, but not falsities of evil; and as falsities not of evil are in the natural man, therefore "the islands of the nations" signify the natural man in respect to such falsities, or in respect to falsities in the natural man; these falsities are signified by "slain by my sword." (Respecting the falsities of evil, and the falsities not of evil, see The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem 21.)

[16] In David:

He shall have dominion from sea to sea, and from the river even unto the uttermost parts of the earth. The islands shall bow low before Him; and His enemies shall lick the dust (Psalms 72:8-9).

This is said respecting the Lord; and "to have dominion from sea to sea, and from the river even unto the uttermost parts of the earth," means His dominion over all things of heaven and the church; for the boundaries in the spiritual world are seas, and the intermediate regions are lands, where there are habitations for angels and spirits; therefore "from sea to sea" signifies all things of heaven, and because all things of heaven, it signifies also all things of the church; for the goods of love and the truths therefrom are what constitute both heaven and also the church, so "from sea to sea" signifies also all things of the church.

All things of heaven and of the church are signified by "from the river even unto the uttermost parts of the earth;" but this signifies all things of heaven and of the church in respect to truths, while "from sea to sea" signifies all things of heaven and of the church in respect to goods; for in the spiritual world the seas are the boundaries of the land east and west, and in the lands from the east to the west those dwell who are in the good of love; while "the river" means the first boundary, and "the uttermost parts of the earth" the last boundaries from south to north, where those dwell who are in truths from good; these boundaries were represented in respect to the land of Canaan by the rivers Jordan and Euphrates. Because the places that are about the last boundaries are meant by "islands," these signify truths in last things; and these, although they are not truths, are accepted as truths; for genuine truths are diminished from the midst towards the borders, since those who are about the borders are in natural light, and not so much in spiritual light. "Enemies" signify evils, of whom it is said that they "shall lick the dust," that is, that they are damned.

[17] In the same:

Jehovah reigneth; the earth shall exult; many islands shall be glad (Psalms 97:1).

This signifies that the church where the Word is and the church where the Word is not, consequently those who are in spiritual truths and those who are in truths not spiritual, shall rejoice on account of the Lord's kingdom. "The earth" signifies the church where the Word is, and "the islands" the church where the Word is not, consequently those who are far away from spiritual truths; for the truths of the Word only are spiritual, whereas those who are outside the church, as they do not have the truths of the Word, have only natural truths; this is why they are called "islands."

[18] By "islands" in the Word certain islands of the sea are not meant, but places in the spiritual world inhabited by those who have a natural knowledge of cognitions that in some measure agree with the cognitions of truth and good that are in the Word; and these places sometimes appear there as islands in a sea; so in an abstract sense "islands" signify the truths of the natural man. This is so called from a sea in which there are islands, for "the sea" signifies the generals of truth, or the truths of the natural man in general. This is the signification of "islands" in Genesis:

The sons of Javan were Elisha and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. From these were the islands of the nations separated in their lands; everyone after his tongue, after their families, in their nations (Genesis 10:4-5).

And in Isaiah:

He will come to gather all nations and tongues that they may come and see My glory; and I will set a sign among them, and I will send those of them that escape unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the islands afar off, that have not heard My fame, neither have seen My glory; and they shall declare My glory among the nations (Isaiah 66:18-19; likewise Isaiah 11:10-11).

[19] As most things in the Word have also a contrary sense, so have islands; and in this sense "islands" signify the falsities opposed to the truths in the natural man. In this sense "islands" are mentioned in the following passages. In Isaiah:

I will make waste mountains and hills and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools (Isaiah 42:15-16).

This may be seen explained in the preceding article, n. 405. In Ezekiel:

I will send a fire upon Magog, and upon the secure inhabitants of the islands (Ezekiel 39:6).

In Isaiah:

[He will repay] wrath to His adversaries, retribution to His enemies; to the islands He will repay retribution (Isaiah 59:18).

Behold, the nations are as a drop from a bucket, and are reckoned as the dust of the balance; behold, He taketh up the islands as a very little thing (Isaiah 40:15).

"Nations" here stand for evils, and "the islands" for falsities. In the same:

Keep silence, O islands; let the peoples renew power; let them draw near, then let them speak; let us come near together for judgment. The islands saw and feared; the ends of the earth trembled (Isaiah 41:1, 5).

फुटनोट:

1. The photolithograph has "upon their thrones;" the Hebrew "from their thrones," as is also given in the following explanation.

2. The photolithograph has "of the nations;" Hebrew "of the earth," as also found in AE 50; AC 1158.

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

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