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1 ἔτος-N3E-GSN τρίτος-A1--GSN βασιλεύω-V1--PAPGSN *βαλτασαρ-N---GSM ὅρασις-N3I-NSF ὅς- --ASF ὁράω-VBI-AAI1S ἐγώ- P--NS *δανιηλ-N---NSM μετά-P ὁ- A--ASN ὁράω-VB--AAN ἐγώ- P--AS ὁ- A--ASF πρῶτος-A1--ASFS

2 καί-C ὁράω-VBI-AAI1S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN ὅραμα-N3M-DSN ὁ- A--GSN ἐνύπνιον-N2N-GSN ἐγώ- P--GS ἐγώ- P--GS εἰμί-V9--PAPGSM ἐν-P *σοῦσα-N---DP ὁ- A--DSF πόλις-N3I-DSF ὅστις- X--NSF εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ἐν-P *ἐλυμαίς-N---DS χώρα-N1A-DSF ἔτι-D εἰμί-V9--PAPGSM ἐγώ- P--GS πρός-P ὁ- A--DSF πύλη-N1--DSF *αιλαμ-N---GS

3 ἀναβλέπω-VA--AAPNSM ὁράω-VBI-AAI1S κριός-N2--ASM εἷς-A3--ASM μέγας-A1P-ASM ἵστημι-VXI-XAPASM ἀπέναντι-P ὁ- A--GSF πύλη-N1--GSF καί-C ἔχω-V1I-IAI3S κέρας-N3T-APN καί-C ὁ- A--NSN εἷς-A3--NSN ὑψηλός-A1--NSNC ὁ- A--GSN ἕτερος-A1A-GSN καί-C ὁ- A--NSN ὑψηλός-A1--NSNC ἀναβαίνω-V1I-IAI3S

4 μετά-P δέ-X οὗτος- D--APN ὁράω-VBI-AAI1S ὁ- A--ASM κριός-N2--ASM κερατίζω-V1--PAPASM πρός-P ἀνατολή-N1--APF καί-C πρός-P βορέας-N1T-ASM καί-C πρός-P δυσμή-N1--APF καί-C μεσημβρία-N1A-ASF καί-C πᾶς-A3--NPN ὁ- A--NPN θηρίον-N2N-NPN οὐ-D ἵστημι-VAI-AAI3P ἐνώπιον-P αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C οὐ-D εἰμί-V9I-IAI3S ὁ- A--NSM ῥύομαι-V1--PMPNSM ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GPF χείρ-N3--GPF αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ποιέω-V2I-IAI3S ὡς-C θέλω-V1I-IAI3S καί-C ὑψόω-VCI-API3S

5 καί-C ἐγώ- P--NS διανοέομαι-V2I-IMI1S καί-C ἰδού-I τράγος-N2--NSM αἴξ-N3G-GPM ἔρχομαι-V1I-IMI3S ἀπό-P δυσμή-N1--GPF ἐπί-P πρόσωπον-N2N-GSN ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF καί-C οὐ-D ἅπτομαι-V1I-IMI3S ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF καί-C εἰμί-V9I-IAI3S ὁ- A--GSM τράγος-N2--GSM κέρας-N3T-NSN εἷς-A3--NSN ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASM ὁ- A--GPM ὀφθαλμός-N2--GPM αὐτός- D--GSM

6 καί-C ἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASM κριός-N2--ASM ὁ- A--ASM ὁ- A--APN κέρας-N3T-APN ἔχω-V1--PAPASM ὅς- --ASM ὁράω-VBI-AAI1S ἵστημι-VXI-XAPASM πρός-P ὁ- A--DSF πύλη-N1--DSF καί-C τρέχω-VBI-AAI3S πρός-P αὐτός- D--ASM ἐν-P θυμός-N2--DSM ὀργή-N1--GSF

7 καί-C ὁράω-VBI-AAI1S αὐτός- D--ASM προςἄγω-V1--PAPASM πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM κριός-N2--ASM καί-C θυμόω-VCI-API3S ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--ASM καί-C πατάσσω-VAI-AAI3S καί-C συντρίβω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--APN δύο-M κέρας-N3T-APN αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C οὐκέτι-D εἰμί-V9I-IAI3S ἰσχύς-N3--NSF ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM κριός-N2--DSM ἵστημι-VH--AAN κατέναντι-P ὁ- A--GSM τράγος-N2--GSM καί-C σπαράσσω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--ASM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF καί-C συντρίβω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--ASM καί-C οὐ-D εἰμί-V9I-IAI3S ὁ- A--NSM ῥύομαι-V1--PMPNSM ὁ- A--ASM κριός-N2--ASM ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSM τράγος-N2--GSM

8 καί-C ὁ- A--NSM τράγος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GPM αἴξ-N3G-GPM καταἰσχύω-VAI-AAI3S σφόδρα-D καί-C ὅτε-D καταἰσχύω-VAI-AAI3S συντρίβω-VDI-API3S αὐτός- D--GSM ὁ- A--NSN κέρας-N3T-NSN ὁ- A--NSN μέγας-A1P-NSN καί-C ἀναβαίνω-VZI-AAI3S ἕτερος-A1A-NPN τέσσαρες-A3--NPN κέρας-N3T-NPN κατόπισθεν-D αὐτός- D--GSM εἰς-P ὁ- A--APM τέσσαρες-A3--APM ἄνεμος-N2--APM ὁ- A--GSM οὐρανός-N2--GSM

9 καί-C ἐκ-P εἷς-A3--GSN αὐτός- D--GPN ἀναφύω-VDI-API3S κέρας-N3T-NSN ἰσχυρός-A1A-NSN εἷς-A3--NSN καί-C καταἰσχύω-VAI-AAI3S καί-C πατάσσω-VAI-AAI3S ἐπί-P μεσημβρία-N1A-ASF καί-C ἐπί-P ἀνατολή-N1--GSF καί-C ἐπί-P βορέας-N1T-ASM

10 καί-C ὑψόω-VCI-API3S ἕως-P ὁ- A--GPM ἀστήρ-N3--GPM ὁ- A--GSM οὐρανός-N2--GSM καί-C ῥάσσω-VQI-API3S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GPM ἀστήρ-N3--GPM καί-C ἀπό-P αὐτός- D--GPM καταπατέω-VCI-API3S

11 ἕως-C ὁ- A--NSM ἀρχιστράτηγος-N2--NSM ῥύομαι-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--ASF αἰχμαλωσία-N1A-ASF καί-C διά-P αὐτός- D--ASM ὁ- A--NPN ὄρος-N3E-NPN ὁ- A--NPN ἀπό-P αἰών-N3W-GSM ῥάσσω-VQI-API3S καί-C ἐκαἴρω-VCI-API3S ὁ- A--NSM τόπος-N2--NSM αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C θυσία-N1A-NSF καί-C τίθημι-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--ASF ἕως-C χαμαί-D ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF καί-C εὐοδόω-VC--API3S καί-C γίγνομαι-VCI-API3S καί-C ὁ- A--NSN ἅγιος-A1A-NSN ἐρημόω-VC--FPI3S

12 καί-C γίγνομαι-VCI-API3P ἐπί-P ὁ- A--DSF θυσία-N1A-DSF ὁ- A--NPF ἁμαρτία-N1A-NPF καί-C ῥίπτω-VDI-API3S χαμαί-D ὁ- A--NSF δικαιοσύνη-N1--NSF καί-C ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S καί-C εὐοδόω-VC--API3S

13 καί-C ἀκούω-V1I-IAI1S ἕτερος-A1A-GSM ἅγιος-A1A-GSM λαλέω-V2--PAPGSM καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM ἕτερος-A1A-NSM ὁ- A--DSM φελμουνι-N---DS ὁ- A--DSM λαλέω-V2--PAPDSM ἕως-C τίς- I--GSN ὁ- A--NSN ὅραμα-N3M-NSN ἵστημι-VF--FMI3S καί-C ὁ- A--NSF θυσία-N1A-NSF ὁ- A--NSF αἴρω-VC--APPNSF καί-C ὁ- A--NSF ἁμαρτία-N1A-NSF ἐρήμωσις-N3I-GSF ὁ- A--NSF δίδωμι-VC--APPNSF καί-C ὁ- A--NPN ἅγιος-A1A-NPN ἐρημόω-VC--FPI3S εἰς-P καταπάτημα-N3M-ASN

14 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DSM ἕως-P ἑσπέρα-N1A-GSF καί-C πρωΐ-D ἡμέρα-N1A-NPF δισχίλιοι-A1A-NPF τριακόσιοι-A1A-NPF καί-C καθαρίζω-VS--FPI3S ὁ- A--NSN ἅγιος-A1A-NSN

15 καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN θεωρέω-V2--PAN ἐγώ- P--AS ἐγώ- P--NS *δανιηλ-N---NSM ὁ- A--ASN ὅραμα-N3M-ASN ζητέω-V2I-IAI1S διανοέομαι-VC--APN καί-C ἰδού-I ἵστημι-VHI-AAI3S κατεναντίον-P ἐγώ- P--GS ὡς-C ὅρασις-N3I-NSF ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM

16 καί-C ἀκούω-VAI-AAI1S φωνή-N1--ASF ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASM ὁ- A--GSM *ουλαι-N---GSM καί-C καλέω-VAI-AAI3S καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S *γαβριηλ-N---VSM συνετίζω-VA--AAD2S ἐκεῖνος- D--ASM ὁ- A--ASF ὅρασις-N3I-ASF καί-C ἀναβοάω-VA--AAPNSM εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--NSM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASN πρόσταγμα-N3M-ASN ἐκεῖνος- D--ASN ὁ- A--NSF ὅρασις-N3I-NSF

17 καί-C ἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S καί-C ἵστημι-VHI-AAI3S ἔχω-V1--PMPNSM ἐγώ- P--GS ὁ- A--GSF στάσις-N3I-GSF καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN ἔρχομαι-V1--PMN αὐτός- D--ASM θορυβέω-VCI-API3S καί-C πίπτω-VAI-AAI1S ἐπί-P πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ἐγώ- P--DS διανοέομαι-VC--APD2S υἱός-N2--VSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM ἔτι-D γάρ-X εἰς-P ὥρα-N1A-ASF καιρός-N2--GSM οὗτος- D--NSN ὁ- A--NSN ὅραμα-N3M-NSN

18 καί-C λαλέω-V2--PAPGSM αὐτός- D--GSM μετά-P ἐγώ- P--GS κοιμάω-VCI-API1S ἐπί-P πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN χαμαί-D καί-C ἅπτομαι-VA--AMPNSM ἐγώ- P--GS ἀγείρω-V1I-IAI3S ἐγώ- P--AS ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSM τόπος-N2--GSM

19 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ἐγώ- P--DS ἰδού-I ἐγώ- P--NS ἀποἀγγέλλω-V1--PAI1S σύ- P--DS ὅς- --APN εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ἐπί-P ἔσχατος-A1--GSN ὁ- A--GSF ὀργή-N1--GSF ὁ- A--DPM υἱός-N2--DPM ὁ- A--GSM λαός-N2--GSM σύ- P--GS ἔτι-D γάρ-X εἰς-P ὥρα-N1A-APF καιρός-N2--GSM συντέλεια-N1A-GSF μένω-VF2-FAI3S

20 ὁ- A--ASM κριός-N2--ASM ὅς- --ASM ὁράω-VBI-AAI2S ὁ- A--ASM ἔχω-V1--PAPASM ὁ- A--APN κέρας-N3T-APN βασιλεύς-N3V-NSM *μῆδος-N2--GP καί-C *πέρσης-N1M-GPM εἰμί-V9--PAI3S

21 καί-C ὁ- A--NSM τράγος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GPM αἴξ-N3G-GPM βασιλεύς-N3V-NSM ὁ- A--GPM *ἕλλην-N3--GPM εἰμί-V9--PAI3S καί-C ὁ- A--NSN κέρας-N3T-NSN ὁ- A--NSN μέγας-A1P-NSN ὁ- A--NSN ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASM ὁ- A--GPM ὀφθαλμός-N2--GPM αὐτός- D--GSM αὐτός- D--NSM ὁ- A--NSM βασιλεύς-N3V-NSM ὁ- A--NSM πρῶτος-A1--NSMS

22 καί-C ὁ- A--NPN συντρίβω-VD--APPNPN καί-C ἀναβαίνω-VZ--AAPNPN ὀπίσω-P αὐτός- D--GSM τέσσαρες-A3--NPN κέρας-N3T-NPN τέσσαρες-A3--NPM βασιλεύς-N3V-NPM ὁ- A--GSN ἔθνος-N3E-GSN αὐτός- D--GSM ἀναἵστημι-VF--FMI3P οὐ-D κατά-P ὁ- A--ASF ἰσχύς-N3--ASF αὐτός- D--GSM

23 καί-C ἐπί-P ἔσχατος-A1--GSN ὁ- A--GSF βασιλεία-N1A-GSF αὐτός- D--GPM πληρόω-V4--PMPGPM ὁ- A--GPF ἁμαρτία-N1A-GPF αὐτός- D--GPM ἀναἵστημι-VF--FMI3S βασιλεύς-N3V-NSM ἀναιδής-A3--NSM πρόσωπον-N2N-DSN διανοέομαι-V2--PMPNSM αἴνιγμα-N3M-APN

24 καί-C στερεόω-VC--FPI3S ὁ- A--NSF ἰσχύς-N3--NSF αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C οὐ-D ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF ἰσχύς-N3U-DSF αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C θαυμαστῶς-D φθείρω-VF2-FAI3S καί-C εὐοδόω-VC--FPI3S καί-C ποιέω-VF--FAI3S καί-C φθείρω-VF2-FAI3S δυνάστης-N1M-APM καί-C δῆμος-N2--ASM ἅγιος-A1A-GPM

25 καί-C ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APM ἅγιος-A1A-APM ὁ- A--ASN διανόημα-N3M-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C εὐοδόω-VC--FPI3S ὁ- A--ASN ψεῦδος-N3E-ASN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF χείρ-N3--DPF αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ὁ- A--NSF καρδία-N1A-NSF αὐτός- D--GSM ὑψόω-VC--FPI3S καί-C δόλος-N2--DSM ἀπο ἀναἵζω-VF2-FAI3S πολύς-A1P-APM καί-C ἐπί-P ἀπώλεια-N1A-GSF ἀνήρ-N3--GPM ἵστημι-VF--FMI3S καί-C ποιέω-VF--FAI3S συναγωγή-N1--ASF χείρ-N3--GSF καί-C ἀποδίδωμι-VF--FMI3S

26 ὁ- A--NSN ὅραμα-N3M-NSN ὁ- A--NSN ἑσπέρα-N1A-GSF καί-C πρωΐ-D εὑρίσκω-VCI-API3S ἐπί-P ἀλήθεια-N1A-GSF καί-C νῦν-D φράσσω-VK--XMPASN ὁ- A--ASN ὅραμα-N3M-ASN ἔτι-D γάρ-X εἰς-P ἡμέρα-N1A-APF πολύς-A1--APF

27 ἐγώ- P--NS *δανιηλ-N---NSM ἀσθενέω-VA--AAPNSM ἡμέρα-N1A-APF πολύς-A1--APF καί-C ἀναἵστημι-VH--AAPNSM πραγματεύομαι-V1I-IMI1S πάλιν-D βασιλικός-A1--APN καί-C ἐκλύω-V1I-IMI1S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--DSN ὅραμα-N3M-DSN καί-C οὐδείς-A3--NSM εἰμί-V9I-IAI3S ὁ- A--NSM διανοέομαι-V2--PMPNSM

   

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Arcana Coelestia #10182

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10182. 'Its horns shall be of one piece with it' means the powers of truth derived from the good of love and charity. This is clear from the meaning of 'horns' as the powers of truth, dealt with in 2832, 9719-9721. The reason why derived from the good of love and charity is meant is that all the power which truth possesses comes from that good. Therefore also the horns continued from the altar itself or were of one piece with it; for this altar was representative of the Lord, of His hearing and receiving everything of worship that springs from love and charity, 10177.

[2] The statement that all the power which truth possesses comes from the good of love is unintelligible to those who have only a material idea of power, and therefore the nature of that power must be described. In the heavens all power is derived from Divine Truth emanating from the Lord's Divine Good. This is the source of the power angels possess, for angels are recipients of Divine Truth from the Lord, 1752, 4295, 8192. By means of the power which they receive from that source they protect a person by removing the hells from him; for a single angel is stronger than a thousand who come from hell. This power is what Peter's keys serve to mean, though Peter, who in the same place is referred to as a rock, means the Lord in respect of the truth of faith springing from the good of love, see Preface to Genesis 22, and 3750, 4738, 6000, 6073(end), 6344(end), 10087, 'the Rock' being the Lord in respect of the truth of faith, 8581.

[3] The power that Divine Truth possesses is also meant by 'the voice of Jehovah' in David,

The voice of Jehovah is upon the waters; the voice of Jehovah is powerful; the voice of Jehovah breaks the cedars; the voice of Jehovah strikes a flame of fire; the voice of Jehovah causes the wilderness to shake; the voice of Jehovah strips the forests bare; Jehovah gives strength to His people. Psalms 29:3-5, 7-9, 11.

'The voice of Jehovah' is the Divine Truth emanating from His Divine Good, see 9926.

[4] The power that Divine Truth possesses is also meant by 'the Word' in John,

All things were made through the Word, and without Him nothing was made that was made. John 1:3.

'The Word' is the Divine Truth emanating from Divine Good, see 9987. Therefore also the Lord, when He was in the world, first made Himself Divine Truth, which is also meant in John 1:14 by the Word became flesh. The Lord made Himself Divine Truth then to the end that He might fight against all the hells and overcome them, and in so doing might restore all things to order there, and at the same time in the heavens, 9715, 9809, 10019, 10152.

[5] The fact that truths springing from good possess all power, while on the other hand falsities arising from evil have no power, is very well known in the next life. For this reason the evil who come there from the world have their belief, which is no more than persuasion, and also their knowledge of any truth, taken away from them. This then leaves them with the falsities belonging to their evil.

[6] The statement that truths springing from good possess such power is unintelligible to those who have the idea that truth or a belief in truth is no more than mental activity, when yet a person's mental activity, under the control of his will, constitutes all the strength which the body has; and if the Lord were to instill it through His Divine Truth into that body the person would possess the strength of Samson. But yet it is the Lord's good pleasure to impart strength to a person through faith springing from love in the things that belong to his spirit and that contribute to eternal life.

[7] From all this one may see what should be understood by the power of truth springing from good, the power meant by 'the horns' of both the altar of burnt offering and the altar of incense. That this power is meant by 'the horns' is clear from places in the Word where 'horns' are mentioned, as in Ezekiel,

On that day I will make a horn grow up for the house of Israel. Ezekiel 29:21.

In Amos,

Have we not by our own strength taken horns for ourselves? Amos 6:13.

In the first Book of Samuel,

Jehovah will give strength to His king, and exalt the horn of His anointed. 1 Samuel 2:10.

In David,

Jehovah has exalted the horn of His people. Psalms 148:14.

In the same author,

All the horns of the wicked I will cut off; the horns of the righteous will be exalted. Psalms 75:10.

In Jeremiah,

The Lord has cut down in His very fierce anger 1 the whole horn of Israel. And He has exalted the horn of your foes. Lamentations 2:3, 17.

In Ezekiel,

You push with side and shoulder, and butt with your horns all the weak sheep, until you have scattered them abroad. Ezekiel 34:21.

In Zechariah,

I saw four horns. The angel said, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem. The smiths have come to cast down the horns of the nations lifting up their horn against the land of Judah. Zechariah 1:18-21.

In Moses,

His horns are unicorn horns 2 . With these he will strike the peoples together to the ends of the earth. Deuteronomy 33:17.

In these places it is self-evident that power is meant by 'horns', and indeed power in both senses, that is to say, of truth directed against falsity and of falsity directed against truth; for the state of the Church is the subject in the internal sense of every one of these places.

[8] Something similar occurs in Amos,

On that day I will visit the altars of Bethel, and the horns of the altar will be cut away and fall to the ground. Amos 3:14.

'The altars of Bethel' and 'the horns of the altar' mean the evils and falsities destroying the Church's goodness and truth, regarding which it says that they 'will be cut away'.

[9] From all this one may see what should be understood by 'the horns' mentioned so frequently by Daniel, and by John in the Book of Revelation. Daniel describes the beast which had ten horns and also a horn speaking, Daniel 7:8, 11, 20; and he says that the horn was making war with the saints and prevailing, until the Ancient of Days 3 came, Daniel 7:11, 21-22, 24. He also speaks about the horns of the ram and the horns of the he-goat, which they used to make war against each other, Daniel 8:3-21. And John mentions that the dragon had ten horns, Revelation 12:3, as did the beast coming up out of the sea, Revelation 13:1, and also the scarlet beast, Revelation 17:12. In this verse it is also stated that the ten horns are ten kings; and the same words occur in Daniel 7:24. By 'kings' in the Word truths are meant, and in the contrary sense falsities, see 1672, 2015, 2069, 3009, 4575, 4581, 4966, 5044, 5068, 6148.

[10] It is because 'horn' means truth in its power, or in the contrary sense falsity destroying truth, that speech is attributed to a horn in Revelation 9:13; Daniel 7:8; Psalms 22:21.

[11] The anointing of kings with oil from a horn, 1 Samuel 16:1, 13; 1 Kings 1:39, represented truth springing from good, in its power; for truths in their power are meant by 'horns', good by 'oil', and those who are guided by truths springing from good by 'kings'. For the meaning of 'oil' as good, see 886, 9780; and for that of 'kings' as those who are guided by truths springing from good, thus - in the abstract sense - as truths springing from good, 6148. So it is also that in Psalms 132:17 a horn is said to bud, because all spiritual budding is that of truth springing from good. Therefore also in former times they made [imitations of] budding horns.

All power belongs to good and is exercised through truth, or what amounts to the same thing, belongs to truth springing from good, see the places referred to in 10019.

Footnotes:

1. literally, in the fierceness of His anger

2. i.e. horns that are high and powerful, like the horn of a unicorn

3. The Latin means the Son of Man but the original Aramaic means the Ancient of Days, which Swedenborg has in another place where he quotes these verses.

  
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