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Ezekiel 10

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1 καί-C ὁράω-VBI-AAI1S καί-C ἰδού-I ἐπάνω-D ὁ- A--GSN στερέωμα-N3M-GSN ὁ- A--GSN ὑπέρ-P κεφαλή-N1--GSF ὁ- A--GPN χερουβείμ-N---GPN ὡς-C λίθος-N2--NSM σάπφειρος-N2--GSF ὁμοίωμα-N3M-NSN θρόνος-N2--GSM ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--GPM

2 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM ἀνήρ-N3--ASM ὁ- A--ASM ἐνδύω-VX--XAPASM ὁ- A--ASF στολή-N1--ASF εἰςἔρχομαι-VB--AAD2S εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASN μέσος-A1--ASN ὁ- A--GPM τροχός-N2--GPM ὁ- A--GPM ὑποκάτω-P ὁ- A--GPN χερουβείμ-N---GPN καί-C πίμπλημι-VA--AAD2S ὁ- A--APF δράξ-N3K-APF σύ- P--GS ἄνθραξ-N3K-GPM πῦρ-N3--GSN ἐκ-P μέσος-A1--GSN ὁ- A--GPN χερουβείμ-N---GPN καί-C διασκορπίζω-VA--AAD2S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF πόλις-N3I-ASF καί-C εἰςἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S ἐνώπιον-P ἐγώ- P--GS

3 καί-C ὁ- A--NPN χερουβείμ-N---NPN ἵστημι-VXI-YAI3S ἐκ-P δεξιός-A1A-GPM ὁ- A--GSM οἶκος-N2--GSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN εἰςπορεύομαι-V1--PMN ὁ- A--ASM ἀνήρ-N3--ASM καί-C ὁ- A--NSF νεφέλη-N1--NSF πίμπλημι-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASF αὐλή-N1--ASF ὁ- A--ASF ἐσώτερος-A1A-ASF

4 καί-C ἀποαἴρω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSF δόξα-N1S-NSF κύριος-N2--GSM ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GPN χερουβείμ-N---GPN εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASN αἴθριος-A1B-ASN ὁ- A--GSM οἶκος-N2--GSM καί-C πίμπλημι-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASM οἶκος-N2--ASM ὁ- A--NSF νεφέλη-N1--NSF καί-C ὁ- A--NSF αὐλή-N1--NSF πίμπλημι-VSI-API3S ὁ- A--GSN φέγγος-N3E-GSN ὁ- A--GSF δόξα-N1S-GSF κύριος-N2--GSM

5 καί-C φωνή-N1--NSF ὁ- A--GPF πτέρυξ-N3G-GPF ὁ- A--GPN χερουβείμ-N---GPN ἀκούω-V1I-PMI3S ἕως-P ὁ- A--GSF αὐλή-N1--GSF ὁ- A--GSF ἐξώτερος-A1A-GSF ὡς-C φωνή-N1--NSF θεός-N2--GSM *σαδδαι-N---GSM λαλέω-V2--PAPGSM

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

13 ὁ- A--DPM δέ-X τροχός-N2--DPM οὗτος- D--DPM ἐπικαλέω-VCI-API3S *γελγελ-N---NS ἀκούω-V1--PAPGSM ἐγώ- P--GS

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

22 καί-C ὁμοίωσις-N3I-NSF ὁ- A--GPN πρόσωπον-N2N-GPN αὐτός- D--GPN οὗτος- D--NPN ὁ- A--NPN πρόσωπον-N2N-NPN εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ὅς- --APN ὁράω-VBI-AAI1S ὑποκάτω-P ὁ- A--GSF δόξα-N1S-GSF θεός-N2--GSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSM ποταμός-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSM *χοβαρ-N---GS καί-C αὐτός- D--NPN ἕκαστος-A1--NSN κατά-P πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN αὐτός- D--GPN πορεύομαι-V1I-IMI3P

   

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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 #9873

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9873. All this now makes clear what the twelve precious stones in the breastplate of judgement served to mean, namely all the kinds of good and truth of heaven in their proper order. Heaven is divided into two kingdoms, the celestial and the spiritual. The good of the celestial kingdom was represented by the first two rows, which were on the right side of the breastplate, and the good of the spiritual kingdom by the next two rows, which were on the left side. The internal good of the celestial kingdom is the good of love to the Lord; this is the good that is meant by the celestial love of good. The external good of the celestial kingdom however is the good of mutual love; this is the good that is meant by the celestial love of truth. But the internal good of the spiritual kingdom is the good of charity towards the neighbour; this is the good that is meant by the spiritual love of good. And the external good of the spiritual kingdom is the good of faith; this is the good that is meant by the spiritual love of truth. These kinds of good and truth in this order constitute the heavens, see 9468, 9473, 9680, 9683, 9780.

[2] From this it is now evident what the twelve stones, which were called the Urim and Thummim, represented. But in what way the Divine Truths which were answers were made known by means of them will be stated below in 9905. The fact that the good of love occupied the first place there and the truth of faith the last is clear from the first stone's being a ruby and the last's being a jasper, thus from the first stone's being red in colour, and the last's being white, both of them translucent. For the meaning of 'red' as the good of love, see 3300, 9467; and for that of 'white' as the truth of faith, 3301, 3993, 4007, 5319.

[3] Much the same as is meant by the stones in the breastplate was also meant by the materials used in weaving the ephod. The ephod was woven from violet, purple, twice-dyed scarlet, and fine linen, as is evident from verse 6 of the present chapter, and 'violet' meant the truth of celestial love, 'purple' the good of celestial love, 'twice-dyed scarlet' the good of spiritual love, and 'fine linen' the truth of spiritual love, 9833. The reason why much the same was meant is that 'the ephod' meant heaven on last and outermost levels, in the same way as 'the breastplate' does, 9824. But the kinds of good and truth are listed in a different order there, because 'the ephod' meant the spiritual heaven, whereas 'the breastplate' means all heaven from first to last. And since the dwelling-place along with the tent also represented heaven, 9457, 9481, 9485, 9615, the material from which its curtains and veils were woven were likewise violet, purple, double-dyed scarlet, and fine twined linen, see the previous Chapters, 26:1, 31, 36; 27:16, and 9466-9469.

[4] In addition it should be recognized that in the general sense SAPPHIRE means the external part of the celestial kingdom and SHOHAM the external part of the spiritual kingdom. And because these two stones had this meaning they were the middle stones belonging to the secondary rows, that is to say, the sapphire was the middle stone in the second row, and the shoham the middle stone in the fourth row. The stones belonging to the second row meant the external good of the celestial kingdom, which has been called the celestial love of truth, and the stones belonging to the fourth row meant the external good of the spiritual kingdom, which has been called the spiritual love of truth, see what has been stated about them above in this paragraph 9873.

[5] The fact that 'sapphire' means the external part of the celestial kingdom is evident from places in the Word where it is mentioned, such as in the Book of Exodus,

Seventy of the elders saw the God of Israel, and under His feet there was so to speak a work of sapphire, and it was like the substance of the sky for clearness. Exodus 24:10.

The external part of the celestial kingdom is so described, because the words 'under His feet', meaning what is external, are used, and where 'the God of Israel', who is the Lord, is, there heaven is. In Isaiah,

O afflicted one and storm-tossed, and receiving no comfort! Behold, I am arranging your stones with antimony, and will lay your foundations in sapphires. Isaiah 54:11.

The subject in this chapter is the celestial kingdom. The foundations which will be laid in sapphires, are the external things there; for foundations lie underneath.

[6] In Jeremiah,

Her Nazirites were brighter than snow, they were whiter than milk. Their bones 1 were ruddier than pearls, 2 polished like sapphires. 3 Lamentations 4:7.

Nazirites represented the celestial man, which is why it says 'polished like sapphires', 'polished' referring to what is external. In Ezekiel,

Above the expanse that was above the heads of the cherubs, in appearance like a sapphire stone, there was the likeness of a throne, and above the likeness of a throne there was the appearance of a man (homo) sitting upon it. Ezekiel 1:26; 10:1.

Here also 'sapphire' is used to describe the external part of the celestial kingdom; for what is above the expanse or round about is outside, that which is inmost being the one 'sitting upon a throne'.

[7] Just as sapphire stone means the external part of the celestial kingdom, so shoham stone means the external part of the spiritual kingdom. Therefore also this was the stone which was placed on the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod with the names of the sons of Israel inscribed on them, which are dealt with in verses 9-14 of the present chapter; for the ephod represented the external part of the spiritual kingdom, 9824. Since shoham and sapphire in the general sense meant the external parts of two heavens, they were placed in the middle of the sets of three stones forming the second and fourth rows, as stated above. For the middle includes the whole, as is also true of the robe, which in the general sense has represented the spiritual kingdom, because it comes in the middle, as shown above in 9825. Because those two stones include everything meant by all the other stones in those rows, it says in Job,

Wisdom cannot be compared with the gold of Ophir, with the precious shoham and the sapphire. Job 28:16.

Footnotes:

1. i.e. bodies

2. In other places Swedenborg has rubies or gem stones.

3. literally, sapphires their polishing

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.