'Hirelings' in the Israelitish church, as mentioned in Exodus 12:43, 45, Deuteronomy 24:14-15, Malachi 3:5, and elsewhere represent people who speak truth and do good, not from spiritual, but mere natural affection, and think continually concerning a reward. They are also mentioned among the poor, the needy, the strangers, the fatherless, and the widows. They are also in the lowest heavens, and are servants there. People who do not think of a reward in heaven, but in this world on account of their good actions also are called hirelings, but these are infernal, as mentioned in John 10:11, 13, Jeremiah 46:20, 21, etc., and Isaiah 16:14, 21:16.

In Hosea 8:6, this signifies one who acts from his own will. (Apocalypse Explained 279[9])

In Jeremiah 10:9, this signifies something from one's own intelligence. (Arcana Coelestia 9466[5])

(参照: Apocalypse Explained 695, Exodus 12, 14, 24)