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Ezechiel 29:13

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13 Quia hæc dicit Dominus Deus : Post finem quadraginta annorum congregabo Ægyptum de populis in quibus dispersi fuerant.

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Mouth

  

In most cases, "mouth" in the Bible represents thought and logic, especially the kind of active, concrete thought that is connected with speech. The reason for this is pretty obvious, but it also holds when people, for instance, remove a stone from the mouth of a well, which represents gaining access to spiritual ideas. The mouth is used for eating as well as speaking, of course. In those circumstances, it represents our first, most external perception of a new spiritual idea or desire. This also makes sense, mirroring the way tasting food in the mouth gives us an instant impression of the quality of the food.

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Arcana Coelestia #4982

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4982. ‘In omni quod erat illi in domo et in agro’: quod significet in vita et in doctrina, constat ex significatione ‘domus’ quod sit bonum, de qua n. 2048, 2233, 2234, 2559, 3128, 3652, 3720, et quia ‘domus’ est bonum, etiam est vita, omne enim bonum est vitae; et ex significatione ‘agri’ quod sit verum Ecclesiae, de qua n. 368, 3508, 3766, 4440, 4443; et quia est verum Ecclesiae, etiam est doctrina, omne enim verum est doctrinae. Alibi in Verbo aliquoties etiam domus et ager dicuntur, et cum ibi agitur de caelesti homine, per ‘domum’ significatur bonum caeleste, et per ‘agrum’ bonum spirituale; bonum caeleste est bonum amoris in Dominum, et bonum spirituale est bonum charitatis erga proximum; at cum de spirituali homine agitur, per ‘domum’ significatur caeleste quod apud illum, quod est bonum charitatis erga proximum, et per ‘agrum’ spirituale apud illum, quod est verum fidei; illa et haec significantur apud Matthaeum, Qui super tecto domus, ne descendat ad tollendum quid e domo sua; et qui in agro, ne revertatur retro ad accipiendum vestem suam, 24:17, 18;

n. 3652.

  
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This is the Third Latin Edition, published by the Swedenborg Society, in London, between 1949 and 1973.