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Hesekiel 8:5

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5 Och han sade till mig: »Du människobarn, lyft upp dina ögon mot norr.» När jag nu lyfte upp mina ögon mot norr, fick jag se avgudabelätet, det som hade uppväckt Guds nitälskan, stå där norr om altarporten, vid själva ingången.

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Hesekiel 43:9

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9 Men nu skola de skaffa sin trolösa avfällighet och sina konungars döda kroppar långt bort ifrån mig, så att jag kan bo ibland dem evinnerligen.

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #8284

Studere hoc loco

  
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8284. 'You send out Your wrath' means the furious desires of the evil and their attempt to do violence. This is clear from the meaning of 'wrath', when attributed to Jehovah or the Lord, as the suppression and punishment of the attempts of those who, being opposed to the Divine, wish to do violence to those whom the Divine protects. This is seemingly anger and wrath on the side of the Divine, but in reality the anger and wrath reside with those opposed to Him, see 5798, 6071, 6997. Not only the anger and wrath but also every bad thing that happens is attributed to the Divine, when in reality those people themselves are responsible for it, 2447, 6071, 6991, 6997, 7533, 7632, 7643, 7679, 7710, 7877, 7926, 8223, 8227, 8228. A sphere of endeavours to do what is bad issues constantly from hell, but a sphere of endeavours to do what is good emanates constantly from heaven, 8209.

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