Bibliorum

 

Ezekiel 16:30

Study

       

30 How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord GOD, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an imperious whorish woman;

Bibliorum

 

Isaiah 14:2

Study

       

2 And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #4200

Studere hoc loco

  
/ 10837  
  

4200. 'If you afflict my daughters, and if you take wives besides my daughters, after we have parted from each other' means that the affections for truth are to remain inside the Church. This is clear from the meaning of 'daughters', who in this case are Rachel and Leah, as affections for truth, dealt with in 3758, 3782, 3793, 3819; from the meaning of 'wives' as affections for truth that is not genuine, and so affections which do not belong to the Church - for affections for truth constitute the Church, and so 'taking wives besides those daughters' means taking no other affections than those for genuine truth; from the meaning of 'parted from each other' as when they are going to be parted from each other, that is, when they have been separated, dealt with immediately above in 4199. From these considerations it is evident that these words mean that affections for genuine truth are to remain inside the Church, and not to be defiled with truths that are not genuine.

  
/ 10837  
  

Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.