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1 οὕτως-D δεικνύω-VAI-AAI3S ἐγώ- P--DS κύριος-N2--NSM καί-C ἰδού-I ἄγγος-N3E-NSN ἰξευτής-N1M-GSM

2 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S τίς- I--ASN σύ- P--NS βλέπω-V1--PAI2S *αμως-N---VSM καί-C εἶπον-VAI-AAI1S ἄγγος-N3E-ASN ἰξευτής-N1M-GSM καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS ἥκω-V1--PAI3S ὁ- A--NSN πέρας-N3T-NSN ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM ἐγώ- P--GS *ἰσραήλ-N---ASM οὐκέτι-D μή-D προςτίθημι-VE--AAS1S ὁ- A--GSN παραἔρχομαι-VB--AAN αὐτός- D--ASM

3 καί-C ὀλολύζω-VF--FAI3S ὁ- A--APN φάτνωμα-N3M-APN ὁ- A--GSM ναός-N2--GSM ἐν-P ἐκεῖνος- D--DSF ὁ- A--DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM πολύς-A1P-NSM ὁ- A--NSM πίπτω-VX--XAPNSM ἐν-P πᾶς-A3--DSM τόπος-N2--DSM ἐπιῥίπτω-VA--AAS1S σιωπή-N1--ASF

4 ἀκούω-VA--AAD2P δή-X οὗτος- D--APN ὁ- A--NPM ἐκτρίβω-V1--PAPNPM εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASN πρωΐ-D πένης-N3T-ASM καί-C καταδυναστεύω-V1--PAPNPM πτωχός-N2--APM ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF

5 ὁ- A--NPM λέγω-V1--PAPNPM πότε-D διαἔρχομαι-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--NSM μήν-N3--NSM καί-C ἐμπολάω-VF--FAI1P καί-C ὁ- A--NPN σάββατον-N2N-NPN καί-C ἀναοἴγω-VF--FAI1P θησαυρός-N2--APM ὁ- A--GSN ποιέω-VA--AAN μικρός-A1A-ASN μέτρον-N2N-ASN καί-C ὁ- A--GSN μεγαλύνω-VA--AAN στάθμιον-N2N-APN καί-C ποιέω-VA--AAN ζυγός-N2--ASM ἄδικος-A1B-ASM

6 ὁ- A--GSN κτάομαι-V3--PMN ἐν-P ἀργύριον-N2N-DSN πτωχός-N2--APM καί-C ταπεινός-A1--ASM ἀντί-P ὑπόδημα-N3M-GPN καί-C ἀπό-P πᾶς-A3--GSN γένημα-N3M-GSN ἐνπορεύομαι-VF--FMI1P

7 ὄμνυμι-V5--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM κατά-P ὑπερηφανία-N1A-GSF *ἰακώβ-N---GSM εἰ-C ἐπιλανθάνω-VC--FPI3S εἰς-P νεῖκος-N3E-ASN πᾶς-A3--APN ὁ- A--APN ἔργον-N2N-APN σύ- P--GP

8 καί-C ἐπί-P οὗτος- D--DPM οὐ-D ταράσσω-VQ--FPI3S ὁ- A--NSF γῆ-N1--NSF καί-C πενθέω-VF--FAI3S πᾶς-A3--NSM ὁ- A--NSM καταοἰκέω-V2--PAPNSM ἐν-P αὐτός- D--DSF καί-C ἀναβαίνω-VF--FMI3S ὡς-C ποταμός-N2--NSM συντέλεια-N1A-NSF καί-C καταβαίνω-VF--FMI3S ὡς-C ποταμός-N2--NSM *αἴγυπτος-N2--GSF

9 καί-C εἰμί-V9--FMI3S ἐν-P ἐκεῖνος- D--DSF ὁ- A--DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM καί-C δύω-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--NSM ἥλιος-N2--NSM μεσημβρία-N1A-GSF καί-C συνσκοτάζω-VF--FAI3S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF ἐν-P ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF ὁ- A--ASN φῶς-N3T-ASN

10 καί-C μεταστρέφω-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--APF ἑορτή-N1--APF σύ- P--GP εἰς-P πένθος-N3E-ASN καί-C πᾶς-A1S-APF ὁ- A--APF ᾠδή-N1--APF σύ- P--GP εἰς-P θρῆνος-N2--ASM καί-C ἀναβιβάζω-VF2-FAI1S ἐπί-P πᾶς-A1S-ASF ὀσφύς-N3U-ASF σάκκος-N2--ASM καί-C ἐπί-P πᾶς-A1S-ASF κεφαλή-N1--ASF φαλάκρωμα-N3M-ASN καί-C τίθημι-VF--FMI1S αὐτός- D--ASM ὡς-C πένθος-N3E-ASN ἀγαπητός-A1--GSM καί-C ὁ- A--APM μετά-P αὐτός- D--GSM ὡς-C ἡμέρα-N1A-ASF ὀδύνη-N1--GSF

11 ἰδού-I ἡμέρα-N1A-NPF ἔρχομαι-V1--PMI3P λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM καί-C ἐκ ἀποστέλλω-VF2-FAI1S λιμός-N2--ASM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF οὐ-D λιμός-N2--ASM ἄρτος-N2--GSM οὐδέ-C δίψα-N1S-ASF ὕδωρ-N3T-GSN ἀλλά-C λιμός-N2--ASM ὁ- A--GSN ἀκούω-VA--AAN λόγος-N2--ASM κύριος-N2--GSM

12 καί-C σαλεύω-VC--FPI3P ὕδωρ-N3T-APN ἕως-P θάλασσα-N1S-GSF καί-C ἀπό-P βορέας-N1T-GSM ἕως-P ἀνατολή-N1--GPF περιτρέχω-VF2-FMI3P ζητέω-V2--PAPNPM ὁ- A--ASM λόγος-N2--ASM κύριος-N2--GSM καί-C οὐ-D μή-D εὑρίσκω-VB--AAS3P

13 ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF ἐκεῖνος- D--DSF ἐκλείπω-VF--FAI3P ὁ- A--NPF παρθένος-N2--NPF ὁ- A--NPF καλός-A1--NPF καί-C ὁ- A--NPM νεανίσκος-N2--NPM ἐν-P δίψος-N3E-DSN

14 ὁ- A--NPM ὄμνυμι-V5--PAPNPM κατά-P ὁ- A--GSM ἱλασμός-N2--GSM *σαμαρεία-N1A-GSF καί-C ὁ- A--NPM λέγω-V1--PAPNPM ζάω-V3--PAI3S ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM σύ- P--GS *δαν-N---VSM καί-C ζάω-V3--PAI3S ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM σύ- P--GS *βηρσαβεε-N---VS καί-C πίπτω-VF2-FMI3P καί-C οὐ-D μή-D ἀναἵστημι-VH--AAS3P ἔτι-D

   

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Arcana Coelestia #1460

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1460. That 'there was a famine in the land' means a lack of cognitions which still existed with the Lord when He was a boy is clear from what has been stated already. In childhood the cognitions that reside with man never come from that which is interior but from the objects of the senses, most of all from hearing; for, as has been stated, with the external man there are recipient vessels which are called those of the memory. Those vessels, as anyone may know, are formed by means of cognitions, the internal man flowing in and assisting that formation. Consequently the learning of cognitions and their implantation in the memory take place in the measure that the internal man is flowing in. So also with the Lord when a boy, for He was born as any other and received instruction as any other. But in His case the interiors were celestial, which fashioned the vessels to receive cognitions, and after that these cognitions to become vessels for receiving the Divine. The interiors with Him were Divine, being from Jehovah His Father, but the exteriors were human, being from Mary His mother. From this it becomes clear that in childhood a lack of cognitions within His external man existed with the Lord as much as with all others.

[2] That 'famine' means a lack of cognitions is clear from elsewhere in the Word, as in Isaiah,

They do not look closely at the work of Jehovah, and they do not regard what His hands have done. Therefore My people will go into exile because they have no knowledge, and their honourable men will be famished,' and their multitude parched with thirst. Isaiah 5:12-13.

'Honourable men famished 1 stands for a lack of celestial cognitions, 'multitude parched with thirst' for a lack of spiritual cognitions. In Jeremiah,

They have lied against Jehovah and said, It is not He; and no evil will come upon us; neither shall we see sword and famine. And the prophets will become wind, and the word is not in them. Jeremiah 5:12-13.

'Sword and famine' stands for becoming robbed of cognitions of truth and good. 'Prophets' stands for those who teach, in whom 'the word is not'. That 'being consumed by sword and famine' means becoming robbed of cognitions of truth and good, and that these have to do with vastation, 'sword' as to spiritual things, 'famine' as to celestial things, is clear from many parts of the Word, such as Jeremiah 14:13-16, 18; Lamentations 4:9; and elsewhere.

[3] So also in Ezekiel,

I will bring more famine upon you, and will break for you the staff of bread; and I will send famine and evil beasts upon you, and they will rob you of your children. And I will bring the sword upon you. Ezekiel 5:16-17.

'Famine' stands for when one has been robbed of celestial cognitions, or cognitions of good, and therefore falsities and evils occur. In David,

And He summoned a famine over the land, He broke every staff of bread. Psalms 105:16.

'Breaking the staff of bread' stands for being deprived of celestial nourishment, for the life of good spirits and of angels is sustained by no other food than cognitions of good and truth, and by goods and truths themselves. This is the origin of the meaning in the internal sense of famine and bread. In the same author,

He has satisfied the longing soul, and the hungry soul He has filled with good. Psalms 107:9.

This stands for those desiring cognitions. In Jeremiah,

Lift up your hands for the soul of your little children who faint from famine at the head of every street. Lamentations 2:19.

'Famine' stands for an absence of cognitions, 'streets' for truths. In Ezekiel,

They will dwell securely and not be made afraid; and I shall raise up for them a plant for renown, and they will no more be consumed with famine in the land. Ezekiel 34:28-29.

This stands for their being deprived no longer of the cognitions of good and truth.

[4] In John,

They will not hunger any more, nor thirst any more. Revelation 7:16.

This refers to the Lord's kingdom where they have an abundance of all celestial cognitions and goods, meant by 'not hungering', and of spiritual cognitions and truths, meant by 'not thirsting'. The Lord said something similar, in John,

I am the Bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst. John 6:35.

In Luke,

Blessed are you that hunger now, for you will be satisfied. Luke 6:21.

In the same gospel,

He has filled the hungry with good things. Luke 1:53.

This refers to celestial goods and the cognitions of these. In Amos there is a plain statement that 'famine' means the lack of cognitions,

Behold, the days are coming, when I will send a famine on the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of Jehovah. Amos 8:11-12.

Footnotes:

1. literally, their glory will be mortals of famine

  
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