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6 καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN ἐντέλλομαι-V1--PMN αὐτός- D--ASM ὁ- A--DSM ἀνήρ-N3--DSM ὁ- A--DSM ἐνδύω-VX--XAPDSM ὁ- A--ASF στολή-N1--ASF ὁ- A--ASF ἅγιος-A1A-ASF λέγω-V1--PAPNSM λαμβάνω-VB--AAD2S πῦρ-N3--ASN ἐκ-P μέσος-A1--GSN ὁ- A--GPM τροχός-N2--GPM ἐκ-P μέσος-A1--GSN ὁ- A--GPN χερουβείμ-N---GPN καί-C εἰςἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S καί-C ἵστημι-VHI-AAI3S ἔχω-V1--PMPNSM ὁ- A--GPM τροχός-N2--GPM

7 καί-C ἐκτείνω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASF χείρ-N3--ASF αὐτός- D--GSM εἰς-P μέσος-A1--ASN ὁ- A--GSN πῦρ-N3--GSN ὁ- A--GSN εἰμί-V9--PAPGSN ἐν-P μέσος-A1--DSN ὁ- A--GPN χερουβείμ-N---GPN καί-C λαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3S καί-C δίδωμι-VAI-AAI3S εἰς-P ὁ- A--APF χείρ-N3--APF ὁ- A--GSM ἐνδύω-VX--XAPGSM ὁ- A--ASF στολή-N1--ASF ὁ- A--ASF ἅγιος-A1A-ASF καί-C λαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3S καί-C ἐκἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S

8 καί-C ὁράω-VBI-AAI1S ὁ- A--APN χερουβείμ-N---APN ὁμοίωμα-N3M-NSN χείρ-N3--GPF ἄνθρωπος-N2--GPM ὑποκάτωθεν-D ὁ- A--GPF πτέρυξ-N3G-GPF αὐτός- D--GPN

9 καί-C ὁράω-VBI-AAI1S καί-C ἰδού-I τροχός-N2--NPM τέσσαρες-A3--NPM ἵστημι-VXI-YAI3S ἔχω-V1--PMPNPM ὁ- A--GPN χερουβείμ-N---GPN τροχός-N2--NSM εἷς-A3--NSM ἔχω-V1--PMPNSM χερουβ-N---GSN εἷς-A3--GSN καί-C ὁ- A--NSF ὄψις-N3I-NSF ὁ- A--GPM τροχός-N2--GPM ὡς-C ὄψις-N3I-NSF λίθος-N2--GSM ἄνθραξ-N3K-GPM

10 καί-C ὁ- A--NSF ὄψις-N3I-NSF αὐτός- D--GPM ὁμοίωμα-N3M-NSN εἷς-A3--NSN ὁ- A--DPN τέσσαρες-A3--DPN ὅς- --ASM τρόπος-N2--ASM ὅταν-D εἰμί-V9--PAS3S τροχός-N2--NSM ἐν-P μέσος-A1--DSN τροχός-N2--GSM

11 ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN πορεύομαι-V1--PMN αὐτός- D--APN εἰς-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 ὅτι-C εἰς-P ὅς- --ASM ἄν-X τόπος-N2--ASM ἐπιβλέπω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSF ἀρχή-N1--NSF ὁ- A--NSF εἷς-A1A-NSF πορεύομαι-V1I-IMI3P καί-C οὐ-D ἐπιστρέφω-V1I-IAI3P ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN πορεύομαι-V1--PMN αὐτός- D--APN

12 καί-C ὁ- A--NPM νῶτος-N2--NPM αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C ὁ- A--NPF χείρ-N3--NPF αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C ὁ- A--NPF πτέρυξ-N3G-NPF αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C ὁ- A--NPM τροχός-N2--NPM πλήρης-A3H-NPM ὀφθαλμός-N2--GPM κυκλόθεν-D ὁ- A--DPM τέσσαρες-A3--DPM τροχός-N2--DPM αὐτός- D--GPM

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15 καί-C αἴρω-VAI-AAI3P ὁ- A--NPN χερουβείμ-N---NPN οὗτος- D--NSN ὁ- A--NSN ζῷον-N2N-NSN ὅς- --ASN ὁράω-VBI-AAI1S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSM ποταμός-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSM *χοβαρ-N---GS

16 καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN πορεύομαι-V1--PMN ὁ- A--APN χερουβείμ-N---APN πορεύομαι-V1I-IMI3P ὁ- A--NPM τροχός-N2--NPM καί-C οὗτος- D--NPM ἔχω-V1--PMPNPM αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN ἐκαἴρω-V1--PAN ὁ- A--APN χερουβείμ-N---APN ὁ- A--APF πτέρυξ-N3G-APF αὐτός- D--GPN ὁ- A--GSN μετεωρίζω-V1--PMN ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF οὐ-D ἐπιστρέφω-V1I-IAI3P ὁ- A--NPM τροχός-N2--NPM αὐτός- D--GPN

17 ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN ἵστημι-VXI-XAN αὐτός- D--APN ἵστημι-VXI-YAI3P καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN μετεωρίζω-V1--PMN αὐτός- D--APN μετεωρίζω-V1I-IMI3P μετά-P αὐτός- D--GPN διότι-C πνεῦμα-N3M-NSN ζωή-N1--GSF ἐν-P αὐτός- D--DPN εἰμί-V9--IAI3S

18 καί-C ἐκἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S δόξα-N1S-NSF κύριος-N2--GSM ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSM οἶκος-N2--GSM καί-C ἐπιβαίνω-VZI-AAI3S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APN χερουβείμ-N---APN

19 καί-C ἀναλαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3P ὁ- A--NPN χερουβείμ-N---NPN ὁ- A--APF πτέρυξ-N3G-APF αὐτός- D--GPN καί-C μετεωρίζω-VSI-API3P ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF ἐνώπιον-P ἐγώ- P--GS ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN ἐκἔρχομαι-VB--AAN αὐτός- D--APN καί-C ὁ- A--NPM τροχός-N2--NPM ἔχω-V1--PMPNPM αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C ἵστημι-VAI-AAI3P ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APN πρόθυρον-N2N-APN ὁ- A--GSF πύλη-N1--GSF οἶκος-N2--GSM κύριος-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSF ἀπέναντι-D καί-C δόξα-N1S-NSF θεός-N2--GSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM εἰμί-V9--IAI3S ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--GPN ὑπεράνω-D

20 οὗτος- D--NSN ὁ- A--NSN ζῷον-N2N-NSN εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ὅς- --ASN ὁράω-VBI-AAI1S ὑποκάτω-P θεός-N2--GSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSM ποταμός-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSM *χοβαρ-N---GS καί-C γιγνώσκω-VZI-AAI1S ὅτι-C χερουβείμ-N---NPN εἰμί-V9--PAI3S

21 τέσσαρες-A3--NPN πρόσωπον-N2N-NPN ὁ- A--DSN εἷς-A3--DSN καί-C ὀκτώ-M πτέρυξ-N3G-NPF ὁ- A--DSN εἷς-A3--DSN καί-C ὁμοίωμα-N3M-NSN χείρ-N3--GPF ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM ὑποκάτωθεν-D ὁ- A--GPF πτέρυξ-N3G-GPF αὐτός- D--GPN

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Ezekiel 44:4

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4 καί-C εἰςἄγω-VBI-AAI3S ἐγώ- P--AS κατά-P ὁ- A--ASF ὁδός-N2--ASF ὁ- A--GSF πύλη-N1--GSF ὁ- A--GSF πρός-P βορέας-N1T-ASM κατέναντι-D ὁ- A--GSM οἶκος-N2--GSM καί-C ὁράω-VBI-AAI1S καί-C ἰδού-I πλήρης-A3H-NSM δόξα-N1S-GSF ὁ- A--NSM οἶκος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--GSM καί-C πίπτω-V1--PAI1S ἐπί-P πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN ἐγώ- P--GS

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Arcana Coelestia #6367

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6367. 'A lion's cub is Judah' means innocence with innate strength. This is clear from the meaning of 'a lion' as the good of love and the truth from that good in their power, dealt with below, so that 'a lion's cub' is innocence with strength. The reason why with innate strength is meant is that here 'Judah' represents the celestial element of love, and the celestial element of love resides in the will part of the mind, 895, 917, 4493, 5117, and thus possesses innate strength. For a person is born into things that belong to the will part. That being so, members of the Most Ancient Church, which was celestial, were born into the good of love, in the measure that good was present in their will. This then is why the strength is said to be innate. The reason 'a lion's cub' means innocence is that 'a lion' is the good of celestial love, and 'a cub', being so to speak its young child, accordingly means innocence.

[2] 'A lion' means the good of celestial love and the truth from that love in their power, and also in the contrary sense the evil of self-love in its power, as is clear from places in the Word where 'a lion' is mentioned. The good of celestial love is meant in John,

Behold, the Lion which is from the Tribe of Judah, the root of David, has prevailed to open the book and to loose its seven seals. Revelation 5:5.

Here the Lord is called 'the Lion' by virtue of the almighty power which His Divine Love and Divine Truth from that Love possess. There are also other places in the Word where Jehovah or the Lord is compared to a lion, as in Hosea,

They will go after Jehovah; He will roar like a lion, for He will roar, and respectfully [His] sons from the west 1 will draw near. Hosea 11:10.

[3] Also in Isaiah,

Thus said Jehovah to me, As a lion roars, and a young lion over its prey, when there come up against him a full number of shepherds, by whose voice he is not dismayed, and by whose tumult he is not distressed, so Jehovah Zebaoth will come down to fight on Mount Zion and on its hill. Isaiah 31:4.

Here the almighty power of Divine Good is compared to 'a lion', and the almighty power of Divine Truth from that Good is compared to 'a young lion'. For it says that 'Jehovah Zebaoth will come down to fight on Mount Zion and on its hill', and 'Mount Zion' means the Good of Divine Love and 'its hill' the Divine Truth from that Good, 795, 796, 1430, 4210.

[4] For the same reason the four living creatures in Ezekiel and in John, meaning cherubs, had the faces of a human being, lion, ox, and eagle: In Ezekiel,

The likeness of the faces of the four living creatures - [each of] the four had the face of a human being, and the face of a lion on the right side, and [each of] the four had the face of an ox on the left side, and [each of] the four had the face of an eagle. Ezekiel 1:10; 10:14.

And in John,

Around 2 the throne were four living creatures full of eyes in front and behind. And the first living creature was like a lion; the second living creature was like a calf; the third living creature had a face like a human being; the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle. Revelation 4:6-7.

The fact that the living creatures were cherubs is stated in Ezekiel to, which fact is also evident from the description of them in John, in which he says that they had 'eyes in front and behind'. The Lord's foresight and providence are meant by 'the cherubs', 308; and they had the face of a lion by virtue of the almighty power belonging to providence that Divine Truth from Divine Good possesses. So also with the cherubs around the new temple in Ezekiel 41:19.

[5] Celestial people in possession of the power supplied by the good and the truth from good which come from the Lord are meant by 'lions', as is evident in David,

There is no want to those fearing Jehovah. The young lions will lack and suffer hunger, but those seeking Jehovah will not lack any good thing. Psalms 34:9-10.

In the same author,

The [young] lions are roaring for plunder, and to seek from God their food. The sun rises, they are gathered together, and lie down in their dwelling-places. Psalms 104:21-22.

In Balaam's prophetic utterance,

At that time it will be said to Jacob and to Israel, What has God been doing? See, a people will rise up like an old lion, and like a young lion will lift itself up. He will not rest until he has devoured the prey. Numbers 23:23-24.

[6] And further on,

When Balaam saw Israel dwelling according to their tribes, he said, He crouches, he lies down like a lion, and like an old lion; who will rouse him? Numbers 24:2, 9.

The celestial is what is described here because celestial order is what the tribes represented by their encampments and was what Balaam saw in the spirit when he saw Israel dwelling according to their tribes, 6335. That order originates in Divine Good coming through Divine Truth from the Lord; and within that order resides all power, meant here by a crouching and recumbent lion.

[7] In Micah,

The remnant of Jacob will be with the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep, who, if he passes through, will tread down and tear in pieces, 3 and there is no deliverer. Your hand will be lifted up over your enemies, and all your adversaries will be cut off. Micah 5:8-9.

Here 'a lion' and a young lion stand for celestial good and celestial truth, which are 'the remnant of Jacob'. They also stand for that good and truth in Isaiah 21:8; Jeremiah 25:38; Ezekiel 38:13; Zechariah 11:3. And that same good and truth were also represented by the lions at Solomon's ivory throne, two next to the armrests 4 and twelve on the six steps, 1 Kings 10:18-20, and by the lions on the panels of the ten pedestals made of bronze, 1 Kings 7:29, 36.

[8] In the contrary sense 'a lion' means the evil of self-love in its power, as is evident from the following places: In Isaiah,

There will not be any lion there, and the savage of the wild animals will not go up on it; it will not be found there. But they will go free; thus the redeemed of Jehovah will return, and will come to Zion with song. Isaiah 35:9-10.

In Jeremiah,

Why has Israel become plunder? The young lions roar at him, they sound their voice; they turn his land into a waste. Jeremiah 2:14-15.

In the same prophet,

A lion has risen up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out; he has come from his place to turn the land into a waste. Jeremiah 4:7.

In the same prophet,

They did not know the way of Jehovah, the judgement of their God, therefore a lion from the forest has struck them down, and a wolf of the plains will devastate them. Jeremiah 5:4, 6.

In Nahum,

Where is the dwelling-place of lions, and the feeding-place 5 of the young lions, where the lion walked, the old lion, the lion's cub, and there is no one making them afraid? The lion tears in pieces enough for the cubs, and strangles for his old lionesses, and fills his caves with plunder, and his dwelling places with what he has pounced on. Behold, I am against you, said Jehovah Zebaoth, and I will burn her chariot in the smoke; but the sword will devour your young lions, and I will cut off your plunder from the earth. Nahum 2:11-13.

This refers to Nineveh.

In all these places 'a lion' stands for the power that the evil of self-love possesses, when it destroys and lays waste. 'A lion' has a like meaning in Jeremiah 12:8; 49:19; 50:17, 44; 51:38; Ezekiel 19:2-9; 32:2; Joel 1:6; Zephaniah 3:3; Psalms 57:4; 58:6; 91:13; Revelation 13:2.

Footnotes:

1. literally, sons from the sea

2. The Latin means Before but the Greek means Around, which Swedenborg has in other places where he quotes this verse.

3. Reading discerpet (will tear to pieces), which Swedenborg has in his rough draft, for disperget (will scatter)

4. literally, the hands of the throne

5. literally, pasture or grazing ground

  
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