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Ezechiele 21:8

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8 (H21-13) E la parola dell’Eterno mi fu rivolta in questi termini:

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Slaughter

  

In Genesis 14:17, this signifies the liberation and vindication of the apparent good and truth represented by Abram here. (Arcana Coelestia 1722)

In Zechariah 11:4, this signifies people who are in good but led astray by falsities of doctrine. (Apocalypse Explained 315[11])

In Isaiah 30:25, this signifies the Last Judgment when the wicked perish spiritually. (Apocalypse Explained 315[15])

'Slaughter' signifies perdition and damnation. 'Slaughter' and 'a storm of slaughter,' signifies evils which destroy the goods of the church. 'The day of great slaughter' stands for the last judgment.

(References: Apocalypse Explained 315)


From Swedenborg's Works

 

Arcana Coelestia #10561

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10561. 'And You have not made known to me whom You will send with me' means that without Divine direction that thing cannot be accomplished. This is clear from the meaning of 'sending with Moses and that nation', when done by Jehovah, as the Divine who will be their guide, dealt with below. For Moses knew that he was indeed able to lead the people into the land of Canaan, but that if he did so without Divine guidance and direction they would not enter into possession of it, which implies and means that the Church would not be established among that nation, in keeping with what has been brought forward above in 10559, 10560. From this it is evident that '[You say to me,] Cause this people to go up but You have not made known to me whom You will send with me' means that without Divine direction the Church could not be established among that nation. This is what angels see in these words, irrespective of what men see in them; for angels see all things in the Word according to its internal sense, whereas men see them according to its external sense, which however has the internal within it. The reason why 'sending with them', when done by Jehovah, means the Divine who will be their guide is that 'being sent by Jehovah' means the Divine acting as guide, as well as meaning the Divine going forth. This is why in the original language 'angels' are so called from the idea of being sent, and why the Lord said so frequently that He had been sent by the Father, meaning that He was the Divine going forth, see 4710, 6831. All this shows what 'will send with me' is used to mean in the internal sense.

  
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