Osea 2:12
To many Protestant and Evangelical Italians, the Bibles translated by Giovanni Diodati are an important part of their history. Diodati’s first Italian Bible edition was printed in 1607, and his second in 1641. He died in 1649. Throughout the 1800s two editions of Diodati’s text were printed by the British Foreign Bible Society. This is the more recent 1894 edition, translated by Claudiana.
Swine
'Swine,' as in Matthew 7:6, signify the filthy loves that are in the hells of adulterers. They also signify people who only love worldly riches, and not spiritual riches, which are the knowledges of good and truth derived from the Word. To eat the flesh of 'swine,' as in Isaiah 65:4, signifies appropriate infernal evils.
(Notae: Apocalypse Explained 1014; Apocalypse Revealed 727)
