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Ezekiel 1

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1 καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN τριακοστός-A1--DSN ἔτος-N3E-DSN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM τέταρτος-A1--DSM μήν-N3--DSM πέμπτος-A1--DSF ὁ- A--GSM μήν-N3--GSM καί-C ἐγώ- P--NS εἰμί-V9I-IAI1S ἐν-P μέσος-A1--DSN ὁ- A--GSF αἰχμαλωσία-N1A-GSF ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSM ποταμός-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSM *χοβαρ-N---GS καί-C ἀναοἴγω-VQI-API3P ὁ- A--NPM οὐρανός-N2--NPM καί-C ὁράω-VBI-AAI1S ὅρασις-N3I-APF θεός-N2--GSM

2 πέμπτος-A1--DSF ὁ- A--GSM μήν-N3--GSM οὗτος- D--NSN ὁ- A--NSN ἔτος-N3E-NSN ὁ- A--NSN πέμπτος-A1--NSN ὁ- A--GSF αἰχμαλωσία-N1A-GSF ὁ- A--GSM βασιλεύς-N3V-GSM *ιωακιμ-N---GSM

3 καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S λόγος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--GSM πρός-P *ιεζεκιηλ-N---ASM υἱός-N2--ASM *βουζι-N---GSM ὁ- A--ASM ἱερεύς-N3V-ASM ἐν-P γῆ-N1--DSF *χαλδαῖος-N2--GPM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSM ποταμός-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSM *χοβαρ-N---GS καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S ἐπί-P ἐγώ- P--AS χείρ-N3--NSF κύριος-N2--GSM

4 καί-C ὁράω-VBI-AAI1S καί-C ἰδού-I πνεῦμα-N3M-NSN ἐκαἴρω-V1--PAPNSN ἄρχω-V1I-IMI3S ἀπό-P βορέας-N1T-GSM καί-C νεφέλη-N1--NSF μέγας-A1--NSF ἐν-P αὐτός- D--DSM καί-C φέγγος-N3E-NSN κύκλος-N2--DSM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C πῦρ-N3--NSN ἐκἀστράπτω-V1--PAPNSN καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM μέσος-A1--DSN αὐτός- D--GSM ὡς-C ὅρασις-N3I-NSF ἠλέκτρον-N2N-GSN ἐν-P μέσος-A1--DSN ὁ- A--GSN πῦρ-N3--GSN καί-C φέγγος-N3E-ASN ἐν-P αὐτός- D--DSM

5 καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN μέσος-A1--DSN ὡς-C ὁμοίωμα-N3M-NSN τέσσαρες-A3--GPN ζῷον-N2N-GPN καί-C οὗτος- D--NSF ὁ- A--NSF ὅρασις-N3I-NSF αὐτός- D--GPN ὁμοίωμα-N3M-NSN ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--DPN

6 καί-C τέσσαρες-A3--NPN πρόσωπον-N2N-NPN ὁ- A--DSN εἷς-A3--DSN καί-C τέσσαρες-A3--NPF πτέρυξ-N3G-NPF ὁ- A--DSN εἷς-A3--DSN

7 καί-C ὁ- A--NPN σκέλος-N3E-NPN αὐτός- D--GPN ὀρθός-A1--NPN καί-C πτερωτός-A1--NPM ὁ- A--NPM πούς-N3D-NPM αὐτός- D--GPN καί-C σπινθήρ-N3--NPM ὡς-C ἐκἀστράπτω-V1--PAPNSM χαλκός-N2--NSM καί-C ἐλαφρός-A1A-NPF ὁ- A--NPF πτέρυξ-N3G-NPF αὐτός- D--GPN

8 καί-C χείρ-N3--NSF ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM ὑποκάτωθεν-D ὁ- A--GPF πτέρυξ-N3G-GPF αὐτός- D--GPN ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APN τέσσαρες-A3--APN μέρος-N3E-APN αὐτός- D--GPN καί-C ὁ- A--NPN πρόσωπον-N2N-NPN αὐτός- D--GPN ὁ- A--GPN τέσσαρες-A3--GPN

9 οὐ-D ἐπιστρέφω-V1I-IMI3P ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN βαδίζω-V1--PAN αὐτός- D--APN ἕκαστος-A1--NSN κατέναντι-D ὁ- A--GSN πρόσωπον-N2N-GSN αὐτός- D--GPN πορεύομαι-V1I-IMI3P

10 καί-C ὁμοίωσις-N3I-NSF ὁ- A--GPN πρόσωπον-N2N-GPN αὐτός- D--GPN πρόσωπον-N2N-NSN ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM καί-C πρόσωπον-N2N-NSN λέων-N3--GSM ἐκ-P δεξιός-A1A-GPN ὁ- A--DPN τέσσαρες-A3--DPN καί-C πρόσωπον-N2N-NSN μόσχος-N2--GSM ἐκ-P ἀριστερός-A1A-GPN ὁ- A--DPN τέσσαρες-A3--DPN καί-C πρόσωπον-N2N-NSN ἀετός-N2--GSM ὁ- A--DPN τέσσαρες-A3--DPN

11 καί-C ὁ- A--NPF πτέρυξ-N3G-NPF αὐτός- D--GPN ἐκτείνω-VM--XMPNPF ἄνωθεν-D ὁ- A--DPN τέσσαρες-A3--DPN ἑκάτερος-A1A-DSN δύο-M συνζεύγνυμι-VM--XPPNPF πρός-P ἀλλήλω- D--APF καί-C δύο-M ἐπικαλύπτω-V1I-IAI3P ἐπάνω-D ὁ- A--GSN σῶμα-N3M-GSN αὐτός- D--GPN

12 καί-C ἑκάτερος-A1A-NSN κατά-P πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN αὐτός- D--GSN πορεύομαι-V1I-IMI3S ὅς- --GSN ἄν-X εἰμί-V9--IAI3S ὁ- A--NSN πνεῦμα-N3M-NSN πορεύομαι-V1--PMPNSN πορεύομαι-V1I-IMI3P καί-C οὐ-D ἐπιστρέφω-V1I-IAI3P

13 καί-C ἐν-P μέσος-A1--DSN ὁ- A--GPN ζῷον-N2N-GPN ὅρασις-N3I-NSF ὡς-C ἄνθραξ-N3K-GPM πῦρ-N3--GSN καίω-V1--PMPGPM ὡς-C ὄψις-N3I-NSF λαμπάς-N3D-GPF συνστρέφω-V1--PPPGPF ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASN ὁ- A--GPN ζῷον-N2N-GPN καί-C φέγγος-N3E-ASN ὁ- A--GSN πῦρ-N3--GSN καί-C ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSN πῦρ-N3--GSN ἐκπορεύομαι-V1I-IMI3S ἀστραπή-N1--NSF

15 καί-C ὁράω-VBI-AAI1S καί-C ἰδού-I τροχός-N2--NSM εἷς-A3--NSM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF ἔχω-V1--PMPNSM ὁ- A--GPN ζῷον-N2N-GPN ὁ- A--DPN τέσσαρες-A3--DPN

16 καί-C ὁ- A--NSN εἶδος-N3E-NSN ὁ- A--GPM τροχός-N2--GPM ὡς-C εἶδος-N3E-NSN θαρσις-N---GS καί-C ὁμοίωμα-N3M-NSN εἷς-A3--NSN ὁ- A--DPN τέσσαρες-A3--DPN καί-C ὁ- A--NSN ἔργον-N2N-NSN αὐτός- D--GPM εἰμί-V9--IAI3S καθώς-D ἄν-X εἰμί-V9--PAO3S τροχός-N2--NSM ἐν-P τροχός-N2--DSM

17 ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APN τέσσαρες-A3--APN μέρος-N3E-APN αὐτός- D--GPM πορεύομαι-V1I-IMI3P οὐ-D ἐπιστρέφω-V1I-IAI3P ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN πορεύομαι-V1--PMN αὐτός- D--APN

18 οὐδέ-C ὁ- A--NPM νῶτος-N2--NPM αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C ὕψος-N3E-NSN εἰμί-V9--IAI3S αὐτός- D--DPM καί-C ὁράω-VBI-AAI1S αὐτός- D--APN καί-C ὁ- A--NPM νῶτος-N2--NPM αὐτός- D--GPM πλήρης-A3H-NPM ὀφθαλμός-N2--GPM κυκλόθεν-D ὁ- A--DPM τέσσαρες-A3--DPM

19 καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN πορεύομαι-V1--PMN ὁ- A--APN ζῷον-N2N-APN πορεύομαι-V1I-IMI3P ὁ- A--NPM τροχός-N2--NPM ἔχω-V1--PMPNPM αὐτός- D--GPN καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN ἐκαἴρω-V1--PAN ὁ- A--APN ζῷον-N2N-APN ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF ἐκαἴρω-V1I-IMI3P ὁ- A--NPM τροχός-N2--NPM

20 ὅς- --GSM ἄν-X εἰμί-V9--IAI3S ὁ- A--NSF νεφέλη-N1--NSF ἐκεῖ-D ὁ- A--NSN πνεῦμα-N3M-NSN ὁ- A--GSN πορεύομαι-V1--PMN πορεύομαι-V1I-IMI3P ὁ- A--NPN ζῷον-N2N-NPN καί-C ὁ- A--NPM τροχός-N2--NPM καί-C ἐκαἴρω-V1I-IMI3P σύν-P αὐτός- D--DPM διότι-C πνεῦμα-N3M-NSN ζωή-N1--GSF εἰμί-V9--IAI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPM τροχός-N2--DPM

21 ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN πορεύομαι-V1--PMN αὐτός- D--APN πορεύομαι-V1I-IMI3P καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN ἵστημι-VXI-XAN αὐτός- D--APN ἵστημι-VXI-YAI3P καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN ἐκαἴρω-V1--PAN αὐτός- D--APN ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF ἐκαἴρω-V1I-IMI3P σύν-P αὐτός- D--DPN ὅτι-C πνεῦμα-N3M-NSN ζωή-N1--GSF εἰμί-V9--IAI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPM τροχός-N2--DPM

22 καί-C ὁμοίωμα-N3M-NSN ὑπέρ-P κεφαλή-N1--GSF αὐτός- D--DPM ὁ- A--GPN ζῷον-N2N-GPN ὡσεί-C στερέωμα-N3M-NSN ὡς-C ὅρασις-N3I-NSF κρυστάλλος-N2--GSM ἐκτείνω-VM--XPPNSN ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GPF πτέρυξ-N3G-GPF αὐτός- D--GPN ἐπάνωθεν-D

23 καί-C ὑποκάτω-P ὁ- A--GSN στερέωμα-N3M-GSN ὁ- A--NPF πτέρυξ-N3G-NPF αὐτός- D--GPN ἐκτείνω-VM--XMPNPF πτερύσσομαι-V1--PMPNPF ἕτερος-A1A-NSF ὁ- A--DSF ἕτερος-A1A-DSF ἕκαστος-A1--DSM δύο-M συνζεύγνυμι-VM--XPPNPF ἐπικαλύπτω-V1--PAPNPF ὁ- A--APN σῶμα-N3M-APN αὐτός- D--GPN

24 καί-C ἀκούω-V1I-IAI1S ὁ- A--ASF φωνή-N1--ASF ὁ- A--GPF πτέρυξ-N3G-GPF αὐτός- D--GPN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN πορεύομαι-V1--PMN αὐτός- D--APN ὡς-C φωνή-N1--ASF ὕδωρ-N3T-GSN πολύς-A1--GSN καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN ἵστημι-VXI-XAN αὐτός- D--APN καταπαύω-V1I-IAI3P ὁ- A--NPF πτέρυξ-N3G-NPF αὐτός- D--GPN

25 καί-C ἰδού-I φωνή-N1--NSF ὑπεράνωθεν-D ὁ- A--GSN στερέωμα-N3M-GSN ὁ- A--GSM εἰμί-V9--PAPGSM ὑπέρ-P κεφαλή-N1--GSF αὐτός- D--GPN

26 ὡς-C ὅρασις-N3I-NSF λίθος-N2--GSM σάπφειρος-N2--GSF ὁμοίωμα-N3M-NSN θρόνος-N2--GSM ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSN ὁμοίωμα-N3M-GSN ὁ- A--GSM θρόνος-N2--GSM ὁμοίωμα-N3M-NSN ὡς-C εἶδος-N3E-NSN ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM ἄνωθεν-D

27 καί-C ὁράω-VBI-AAI1S ὡς-C ὄψις-N3I-ASF ἠλέκτρον-N2N-GSN ἀπό-P ὅρασις-N3I-GSF ὀσφύς-N3U-GSF καί-C ἐπάνω-D καί-C ἀπό-P ὅρασις-N3I-GSF ὀσφύς-N3U-GSF καί-C ἕως-D κάτω-D ὁράω-VBI-AAI1S ὡς-C ὅρασις-N3I-ASF πῦρ-N3--GSN καί-C ὁ- A--ASN φέγγος-N3E-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM κύκλος-N2--DSM

28 ὡς-C ὅρασις-N3I-NSF τόξον-N2N-GSN ὅταν-D εἰμί-V9--PAS3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF νεφέλη-N1--DSF ἐν-P ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF ὑετός-N2--GSM οὕτως-D ὁ- A--NSF στάσις-N3I-NSF ὁ- A--GSN φέγγος-N3E-GSN κυκλόθεν-D οὗτος- D--NSF ὁ- A--NSF ὅρασις-N3I-NSF ὁμοίωμα-N3M-GSN δόξα-N1S-GSF κύριος-N2--GSM καί-C ὁράω-VBI-AAI1S καί-C πίπτω-V1--PAI1S ἐπί-P πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ἀκούω-VAI-AAI1S φωνή-N1--ASF λαλέω-V2--PAPGSM

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Apocalypse Revealed #322

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322. And power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill. This symbolizes the destruction of all good in the church.

Since death means the extinction of a person's spiritual life, and hell his damnation, it follows that to kill here means to destroy the life of a person's soul. The life of the soul is spiritual life.

A fourth of the earth means, symbolically, all good in the church. The earth is the church (no. 285).

That a fourth means all good can be known only by someone who knows what numbers in the Word symbolize. The numbers two and four are said in application to goods, and they symbolize those goods. And the numbers three and six are said in application to truths, and they symbolize those truths. Thus a fourth part, or simply a fourth, symbolizes all good, while a third part, or simply a third, symbolizes all truth. Therefore to kill a fourth of the earth here means, symbolically, to destroy all good in the church.

Clearly he who sat on the pale horse was not given the power to kill a fourth part of the habitable earth.

[2] In addition, the number four in the Word symbolizes the union of goodness and truth.

That the number four has these symbolic meanings can, indeed, be confirmed from the Word, as by the four living creatures or cherubim in Ezekiel 1,3, 10; by the four chariots between two mountains in Zechariah 6:1; by the four horns in Zechariah 1:18ff.; by the four horns of the altar in Exodus 27:1-8, and Revelation 9:13; and by the four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, in Revelation 7:1 (cf. Matthew 24:31). It can be confirmed, too, by the "visiting the iniquity to the third and fourth generation" in Numbers 14:18, and by the third and fourth generation mentioned elsewhere. By these passages in the Word and more, I say, one can confirm that the number four is said in application to goods, and that they symbolize those goods, and also the conjunction of goodness and truth. But because it would take a lengthy explanation of these passages to make this apparent, it is enough to briefly state that this is the meaning that the number four and a fourth part have in heaven.

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.

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Ezekiel 1

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1 Now it happened in the thirtieth year, in the fourth [month], in the fifth [day] of the month, as I was among the captives by the river Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.

2 In the fifth [day] of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,

3 the word of Yahweh came expressly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of Yahweh was there on him.

4 I looked, and behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, a great cloud, with flashing lightning, and a brightness around it, and out of its midst as it were glowing metal, out of the midst of the fire.

5 Out of its midst came the likeness of four living creatures. This was their appearance: they had the likeness of a man.

6 Everyone had four faces, and each one of them had four wings.

7 Their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot; and they sparkled like burnished brass.

8 They had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and the four of them had their faces and their wings [thus]:

9 their wings were joined one to another; they didn't turn when they went; each one went straight forward.

10 As for the likeness of their faces, they had the face of a man; and the four of them had the face of a lion on the right side; and the four of them had the face of an ox on the left side; the four of them also had the face of an eagle.

11 Such were their faces. Their wings were spread out above. Two wings of each one touched another, and Two covered their bodies.

12 Each one went straight forward: where the spirit was to go, they went; they didn't turn when they went.

13 As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of torches: [the fire] went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.

14 The living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.

15 Now as I saw the living creatures, behold, one wheel on the earth beside the living creatures, for each of the four faces of it.

16 The appearance of the wheels and their work was like a beryl: and the four of them had one likeness; and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel within a wheel.

17 When they went, they went in their four directions: they didn't turn when they went.

18 As for their rims, they were high and dreadful; and the four of them had their rims full of eyes all around.

19 When the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them; and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.

20 Wherever the spirit was to go, they went; there was the spirit to go: and the wheels were lifted up beside them; for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.

21 When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up beside them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.

22 Over the head of the living creature there was the likeness of an expanse, like the awesome crystal to look on, stretched forth Over their heads above.

23 Under the expanse were their wings straight, the one toward the other: each one had two which covered on this side, and every one had two which covered on that side, their bodies.

24 When they went, I heard the noise of their wings like the noise of great waters, like the voice of the Almighty, a noise of tumult like the noise of an army: when they stood, they let down their wings.

25 There was a voice above the expanse that was over their heads: when they stood, they let down their wings.

26 Above the expanse that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone; and on the likeness of the throne was a likeness as the appearance of a man on it above.

27 I saw as it were glowing metal, as the appearance of fire within it all around, from the appearance of his waist and upward; and from the appearance of his waist and downward I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness around him.

28 As the appearance of the rainbow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness all around. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Yahweh. When I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of one that spoke.