6281. As regards “redeeming,” in the proper sense this signifies to restore and appropriate to Himself that which had been His; and it is predicated of slavery, of death, and of evil; when of slavery, they are meant who have been enslaved, in the spiritual sense enslaved by hell; when of death, they are meant who are in condemnation; and when of evil, as here, they are meant who are in hell, for the evil from which the angel redeems is hell (see n. 6279). As the Lord delivered man from these evils by making the Human in Himself Divine, therefore His Divine Human is called in the Word the “Redeemer,” as in Isaiah:

I aid thee, saith Jehovah, and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel (Isaiah 41:14).

Again:

Thus hath said Jehovah, the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One (Isaiah 49:7, 26).

Again:

Jehovah Zebaoth is His name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; the God of the whole earth shall He be called (Isaiah 54:5).

In these passages, the Divine Itself, which is called “Jehovah,” is distinguished from the Divine Human, which is called the “Redeemer the Holy One of Israel.”

[2] But that it is Jehovah Himself in the Divine Human, is evident from the following passages.

In Isaiah:

Thus hath said Jehovah, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Jehovah Zebaoth, I am the first, and I am the last, and besides Me there is no God (Isaiah 44:6).

Thus hath said Jehovah thy Redeemer, I am Jehovah thy God, that teacheth thee (Isaiah 48:17).

Again:

Thou art our Father, for Abraham knoweth us not, and Israel doth not acknowledge us; Thou Jehovah art our Father, our Redeemer; from everlasting is Thy name (Isaiah 63:16).

In David:

Jehovah who redeemed thy life from the pit (Psalms 103:4).

[3] From these passages also it is plain that by “Jehovah” in the Word no other is meant than the Lord (see n. 1343, 1736, 2921, 3035, 5663); and that “Jehovah the Redeemer” is His Divine Human. Therefore also those who have been redeemed are called the “redeemed of Jehovah” in Isaiah:

Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold thy salvation cometh; Behold His reward is with Him, and the price of His work before Him. They shall call them, The people of holiness, the redeemed of Jehovah (Isaiah 62:11-12).

That it is the Lord from whom they are called the “redeemed of Jehovah,” is very clear; for it is said of His coming: “Behold thy salvation cometh; behold His reward is with Him.” See besides Isaiah 43:1; 52:2-3; 63:4, 9; Hos. 13:14; Exodus 6:6; 15:13; Job 19:25, where it is evident that “redemption” is predicated of slavery, of death, and of evil.

3035. Jehovah the God of heaven. That this signifies the Lord’s Divine Itself, is evident from what was said above (n. 3023), namely, that “Jehovah the God of heaven,” is the Lord’s Divine Itself; for by “Jehovah,” so often named in the Word of the Old Testament, is meant the Lord alone; for all things therein in general and particular treat of Him in the internal sense; and all and each of the rites of the church represented Him (see n. 1736, 2921); and that the men of the most ancient times, who were of the celestial church, understood by Jehovah no other than the the Lord, (n. 1343). In the sense of the letter here and elsewhere the appearance is that another, who is higher, is meant by “Jehovah;” but the sense of the letter is such as to separate what the internal sense unites; and this for the reason that the man who is to be instructed from the sense of the letter cannot have an idea of a one, unless he first has an idea of more than one; for a one with man is formed from many; or what is the same, from successive things is formed that which is simultaneous. There are many things in the Lord, and all are Jehovah. This is the reason why the sense of the letter makes a distinction, while heaven by no means does so; but acknowledges one God in a simple idea, and no other than the Lord.