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1 καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S λόγος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--GSM πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS λέγω-V1--PAPNSM

2 υἱός-N2--VSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM προφητεύω-VA--AAD2S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APM προφήτης-N1M-APM ὁ- A--GSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM καί-C προφητεύω-VF--FAI2S καί-C εἶπον-VF2-FAI2S πρός-P αὐτός- D--APM ἀκούω-VA--AAD2P λόγος-N2--ASM κύριος-N2--GSM

3 ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM οὐαί-I ὁ- A--DPM προφητεύω-V1--PAPNPM ἀπό-P καρδία-N1A-GSF αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C ὁ- A--ASN καθόλου-D μή-D βλέπω-V1--PAI3P

4 ὁ- A--NPM προφήτης-N1M-NPM σύ- P--GS *ἰσραήλ-N---VSM ὡς-C ἀλώπηξ-N3K-NPF ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF ἔρημος-N2--DPF

5 οὐ-D ἵστημι-VAI-AAI3P ἐν-P στερέωμα-N3M-DSN καί-C συνἄγω-VBI-AAI3P ποίμνιον-N2N-APN ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASM οἶκος-N2--ASM ὁ- A--GSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM οὐ-D ἀναἵστημι-VHI-AAI3P ὁ- A--NPM λέγω-V1--PAPNPM ἐν-P ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF κύριος-N2--GSM

6 βλέπω-V1--PAPNPM ψευδής-A3H-APN μαντεύομαι-V1--PMPNPM μάταιος-A1A-APN ὁ- A--NPM λέγω-V1--PAPNPM λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM καί-C κύριος-N2--NSM οὐ-D ἀποστέλλω-VX--XAI3S αὐτός- D--APM καί-C ἄρχω-VAI-AMI3P ὁ- A--GSN ἀναἵστημι-VA--AAN λόγος-N2--ASM

7 οὐ-D ὅρασις-N3I-ASF ψευδής-A3H-APN ὁράω-VX--XAI2P καί-C μαντεία-N1A-APF μάταιος-A1A-APF εἶπον-VX--XAI2P

8 διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN εἶπον-VB--AAD2S ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ἀντί-P ὅς- --GPM ὁ- A--NPM λόγος-N2--NPM σύ- P--GP ψευδής-A3H-NPM καί-C ὁ- A--NPF μαντεία-N1A-NPF σύ- P--GP μάταιος-A1A-NPF διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN ἰδού-I ἐγώ- P--NS ἐπί-P σύ- P--AP λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM

9 καί-C ἐκτείνω-VF2-FAI1S ὁ- A--ASF χείρ-N3--ASF ἐγώ- P--GS ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APM προφήτης-N1M-APM ὁ- A--APM ὁράω-V3--PAPAPM ψευδής-A3H-APN καί-C ὁ- A--APM ἀποφθέγγομαι-V1--PMPAPM μάταιος-A1A-APN ἐν-P παιδεία-N1A-DSF ὁ- A--GSM λαός-N2--GSM ἐγώ- P--GS οὐ-D εἰμί-VF--FMI3P οὐδέ-C ἐν-P γραφή-N1--DSF οἶκος-N2--GSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM οὐ-D γράφω-VD--FPI3P καί-C εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF ὁ- A--GSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM οὐ-D εἰςἔρχομαι-VF--FMI3P καί-C γιγνώσκω-VF--FMI3P διότι-C ἐγώ- P--NS κύριος-N2--NSM

10 ἀντί-P ὅς- --GPM ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM ἐγώ- P--GS πλανάω-VAI-AAI3P λέγω-V1--PAPNPM εἰρήνη-N1--NSF εἰρήνη-N1--NSF καί-C οὐ-D εἰμί-V9--IAI3S εἰρήνη-N1--NSF καί-C οὗτος- D--NSM οἰκοδομέω-V2--PAI3S τοῖχος-N2--ASM καί-C αὐτός- D--NPM ἀλείφω-V1--PAI3P αὐτός- D--ASM εἰ-C πίπτω-VF2-FMI3S

11 εἶπον-VB--AAD2S πρός-P ὁ- A--APM ἀλείφω-V1--PAPAPM πίπτω-VF2-FMI3S καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ὑετός-N2--NSM κατακλύζω-V1--PAPNSM καί-C δίδωμι-VF--FAI1S λίθος-N2--APM πετροβόλος-A1B-APM εἰς-P ὁ- A--APM ἔνδεσμος-N2--APM αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C πίπτω-VF2-FMI3P καί-C πνεῦμα-N3M-ASN ἐκαἴρω-V1--PAPASN καί-C ῥηγνύναι-VD--FPI3S

12 καί-C ἰδού-I πίπτω-VX--XAI3S ὁ- A--NSM τοῖχος-N2--NSM καί-C οὐ-D εἶπον-VF2-FAI3P πρός-P σύ- P--AP ποῦ-D εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ὁ- A--NSF ἀλοιφή-N1--NSF σύ- P--GP ὅς- --ASF ἀλείφω-VAI-AAI2P

13 διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM καί-C ῥηγνύω-VF--FAI1S πνοή-N1--ASF ἐκαἴρω-V1--PAPASF μετά-P θυμός-N2--GSM καί-C ὑετός-N2--NSM κατακλύζω-V1--PAPNSM ἐν-P ὀργή-N1--DSF ἐγώ- P--GS εἰμί-VF--FMI3S καί-C ὁ- A--APM λίθος-N2--APM ὁ- A--APM πετροβόλος-A1B-APM ἐν-P θυμός-N2--DSM ἐπιἄγω-VF--FAI1S εἰς-P συντέλεια-N1A-ASF

14 καί-C κατασκάπτω-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--ASM τοῖχος-N2--ASM ὅς- --ASM ἀλείφω-VAI-AAI2P καί-C πίπτω-VF2-FMI3S καί-C τίθημι-VF--FAI1S αὐτός- D--ASM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF καί-C ἀποκαλύπτω-VV--FPI3S ὁ- A--NPN θεμέλιον-N2N-NPN αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C πίπτω-VF2-FMI3S καί-C συντελέω-VS--FPI2P μετά-P ἔλεγχος-N2--GPM καί-C ἐπιγιγνώσκω-VF--FMI2P διότι-C ἐγώ- P--NS κύριος-N2--NSM

15 καί-C συντελέω-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--ASM θυμός-N2--ASM ἐγώ- P--GS ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASM τοῖχος-N2--ASM καί-C ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APM ἀλείφω-V1--PAPAPM αὐτός- D--ASM καί-C πίπτω-VF2-FMI3S καί-C εἶπον-VAI-AAI1S πρός-P σύ- P--AP οὐ-D εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ὁ- A--NSM τοῖχος-N2--NSM οὐδέ-C ὁ- A--NPM ἀλείφω-V1--PAPNPM αὐτός- D--ASM

16 προφήτης-N1M-NPM ὁ- A--GSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ὁ- A--NPM προφητεύω-V1--PAPNPM ἐπί-P *ἰερουσαλήμ-N---ASF καί-C ὁ- A--NPM ὁράω-V3--PAPNPM αὐτός- D--DSF εἰρήνη-N1--ASF καί-C εἰρήνη-N1--NSF οὐ-D εἰμί-V9--PAI3S λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM

17 καί-C σύ- P--NS υἱός-N2--VSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM στηρίζω-VA--AAD2S ὁ- A--ASN πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN σύ- P--GS ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APF θυγάτηρ-N3--APF ὁ- A--GSM λαός-N2--GSM σύ- P--GS ὁ- A--APF προφητεύω-V1--PAPAPF ἀπό-P καρδία-N1A-GSF αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C προφητεύω-VA--AAD2S ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--APF

18 καί-C εἶπον-VF2-FAI2S ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM οὐαί-I ὁ- A--DPF συνῥάπτω-V1--PAPDPF προσκεφάλαιον-N2N-APN ἐπί-P πᾶς-A3--ASM ἀγκών-N3W-ASM χείρ-N3--GSF καί-C ποιέω-V2--PAPDPF ἐπιβόλαιον-N2N-APN ἐπί-P πᾶς-A1S-ASF κεφαλή-N1--ASF πᾶς-A1S-GSF ἡλικία-N1A-GSF ὁ- A--GSN διαστρέφω-V1--PAN ψυχή-N1--APF ὁ- A--NPF ψυχή-N1--NPF διαστρέφω-VDI-API3P ὁ- A--GSM λαός-N2--GSM ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ψυχή-N1--APF περιποιέω-V2I-IMI3P

19 καί-C βεβηλόω-V4I-IAI3P ἐγώ- P--AS πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM ἐγώ- P--GS ἕνεκεν-P δράξ-N3K-GSF κριθή-N1--GPF καί-C ἕνεκεν-P κλάσμα-N3M-GPN ἄρτος-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSN ἀποκτείνω-VA--AAN ψυχή-N1--APF ὅς- --APF οὐ-D ἐσθίω-VF--FAI3S ἀποθνήσκω-VB--AAN καί-C ὁ- A--GSN περιποιέω-VA--AMN ψυχή-N1--APF ὅς- --APF οὐ-D ἐσθίω-VF--FAI3S ζάω-VA--AAN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN ἀποφθέγγομαι-V1--PMN σύ- P--AP λαός-N2--DSM εἰςἀκούω-V1--PAPDSM μάταιος-A1A-APN ἀπόφθεγμα-N3M-APN

20 διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--NSM ἰδού-I ἐγώ- P--NS ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APN προσκεφάλαιον-N2N-APN σύ- P--GP ἐπί-P ὅς- --APN σύ- P--NP συνστρέφω-V1--PAI2P ἐκεῖ-D ψυχή-N1--APF καί-C διαῥήγνυμι-VF--FAI1S αὐτός- D--APN ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GPM βραχίων-N3N-GPM σύ- P--GP καί-C ἐκ ἀποστέλλω-VF2-FAI1S ὁ- A--APF ψυχή-N1--APF ὅς- --APF σύ- P--NP ἐκστρέφω-V1--PAI2P ὁ- A--APF ψυχή-N1--APF αὐτός- D--GPM εἰς-P διασκορπισμός-N2--ASM

21 καί-C διαῥήγνυμι-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--APN ἐπιβόλαιον-N2N-APN σύ- P--GP καί-C ῥύομαι-VF--FMI1S ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM ἐγώ- P--GS ἐκ-P χείρ-N3--GSF σύ- P--GP καί-C οὐκέτι-D εἰμί-VF--FMI3P ἐν-P χείρ-N3--DPF σύ- P--GP εἰς-P συστροφή-N1--ASF καί-C ἐπιγιγνώσκω-VF--FMI2P διότι-C ἐγώ- P--NS κύριος-N2--NSM

22 ἀντί-P ὅς- --GPM διαστρέφω-V1I-IAI2P καρδία-N1A-ASF δίκαιος-A1A-GSM ἀδίκως-D καί-C ἐγώ- P--NS οὐ-D διαστρέφω-V1I-IAI1S αὐτός- D--ASM καί-C ὁ- A--GSN καταἰσχύω-VA--AAN χείρ-N3--APF ἄνομος-A1B-GSM ὁ- A--ASN καθόλου-D μή-D ἀποστρέφω-VA--AAN ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSF ὁδός-N2--GSF αὐτός- D--GSM ὁ- A--GSF πονηρός-A1A-GSF καί-C ζάω-VA--AAN αὐτός- D--ASM

23 διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN ψευδής-A3H-APN οὐ-D μή-D ὁράω-VB--AAS2P καί-C μαντεία-N1A-APF οὐ-D μή-D μαντεύομαι-VA--AMS2P ἔτι-D καί-C ῥύομαι-VF--FMI1S ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM ἐγώ- P--GS ἐκ-P χείρ-N3--GSF σύ- P--GP καί-C γιγνώσκω-VF--FMI2P ὅτι-C ἐγώ- P--NS κύριος-N2--NSM

   

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Arcana Coelestia #9166

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9166. 'An oath of Jehovah shall be between them both' means enquiry made through truths from the Word regarding every single aspect of these things. This is clear from the meaning of 'an oath' as confirming through truths, dealt with in 2842, 3037, 3375, so that 'an oath of Jehovah' means doing so through truths from the Word, for the Word contains Jehovah's truths, that is, God's truths; and from the meaning of 'them both' as in every single aspect, for in the internal sense 'between both' does not mean between two but in every single aspect. 'Two' means things joined together to make a single whole, 1686, 3519, 5194, 8423, thus all that composes the whole, or every single aspect of it. This is what those in heaven perceive 'two' to be; and the reason why they do so is that when a discussion takes place among angels regarding two truths at variance with each other, a scene in which two spirits are arguing with each other presents itself on the level below. And since these spirits are the subordinates of a number of communities, every single aspect of one truth appears with one spirit, and every single aspect of the other truth with the other spirit. From this the angels perceive how the two are able to be linked together. I have been allowed to know from experience that this is what happens. So it is that when the words 'them both' are used in reference to truths they mean in every single aspect. This also is the reason why 'two' means something complete, 9103.

[2] The reason why it was permissible among the Israelite and Jewish nation to swear by Jehovah was that they were not internal, only external people, and when they engaged in the worship of God they did so on an external and not an internal level. The fact that they were like this, see 4281, 4293, 4429, 4433, 4680, 4844, 4847, 4865, 4903, 6304, 8588, 8788, 8806. When the confirmation of a truth comes down into the external man separated from the internal, it is effected by means of an oath; but not so when it comes down into the external by way of the internal. For in the internal man truth appears in its own light, but in the external without the internal truth appears in darkness. This explains why the celestial angels, who inhabit the inmost or third heaven, being in the highest degree of light do not even confirm truths by the use of reasons. Still less do they engage in argument and reasoning about truths; they simply say Yes or No, which they do by virtue of an ability received from the Lord to perceive and see them.

[3] This explains why the Lord has said the following regarding oaths,

You have heard that it was said, You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord your oaths. But I say to you, You shall not swear at all, neither by heaven, for it is God's throne, nor by the earth, for it is His footstool, nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. Nor shall you swear by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black. But let your words be, Yes, yes; No, no; anything beyond this is from evil. 1 Matthew 5:33-37.

These words imply that confirmation of God's truths should come from the Lord and not from man, which it does when people are internal and not external. For people who are external confirm truths by means of oaths, but those who are internal do so by means of reasons, while those who are even more internal do not confirm them at all but simply say It is so, or It isn't so. Those who are external are called natural people, those who are internal are called spiritual people, and those even more internal are called celestial people. The last of these - celestial people - have the ability, received from the Lord, to perceive intuitively whether something is true or not, see 2708, 2715, 2718, 3246, 4448, 7877. All this shows what was implied when the Lord said, You shall not swear at all, and also Let your words be Yes, yes; No, no. But why He also said that they were not to swear by heaven, by the earth, by Jerusalem, or by their head, and that any words beyond 'Yes, yes; No, no' are from evil, must be explained.

[4] Swearing by heaven means doing so by Divine Truth, thus by the Lord there. Heaven is heaven not by virtue of the angels regarded in themselves but by virtue of the Divine Truth emanating from the Lord, thus by virtue of the Lord Himself, within them; for the Divine within them is what enables them to be angels of heaven and be called angels of heaven. This explains why those in heaven are said to be 'in the Lord', why the Lord is the All in every single thing of heaven, and also why angels are God's truths, being recipients of God's truth emanating from the Lord.

Heaven is heaven and is called heaven by virtue of what is Divine and the Lord's there, see 552, 3038, 3700. Angels are God's truths, 4295, 4402, 7268, 7873, 8301. Something of the Lord is meant by an angel in the Word, 1925, 2821, 3039, 4085, 4295, 6280.

Since heaven is the Lord in respect of Divine Truth, it says 'you shall not swear by heaven, for it is God's throne'. 'God's throne' is Divine Truth which emanates from the Lord, 5313, 6397, 9039.

[5] Swearing by the earth however is doing so by the Church, thus by Divine Truth there. For just as heaven is the Lord by virtue of Divine Truth that emanates from Him, so too is the Church, the Church being the Lord's heaven or His kingdom on earth. For the meaning of 'earth' in the Word as the Church, see 662, 1066, 1262, 1733, 1850, 2117, 2118 (end), 2928, 3355, 4447, 4535, 5577, 8011, 8732. And since 'the earth' is the Church, the place where what is Divine and the Lord's below heaven exists, it says 'you shall not swear by the earth, for it is God's footstool'. 'Footstool' means God's truth below heaven, which is truth as it exists in the literal sense of the Word; for on this sense God's truth in heaven, which is the Word in the internal sense, rests and so to speak stands. Truth as it exists in the literal sense is meant by 'footstool' in David, in Psalms 99:5; 132:7; in Isaiah 60:13; and in Jeremiah, in Lamentations 2:1.

[6] Swearing by Jerusalem however is doing so by teachings that present truth drawn from the Word. For in a broad sense 'Jerusalem' is the Church, 2117, 3654; but when the words 'the earth', meaning the Church, are used, followed by 'Jerusalem', 'Jerusalem' then means the Church's teachings, consequently teachings that present God's truth drawn from the Word. This is why it is called 'the city of the great [King, who is] God', for 'city' in the internal sense of the Word means teachings that present the truth, see 402, 2449, 2943, 3216, 4478, 4492, 4493.

[7] Swearing by his head however means a person's doing so by the truth which he himself believes to be the truth and makes part of his faith; for this as it resides with him constitutes 'his head', and it is also what is meant by 'the head' in Isaiah 15:2; 29:10; in Ezekiel 7:18; 13:18; 16:12; 29:18; in Matthew 6:17; and elsewhere. Therefore it also says, 'for you cannot make one hair white or black'. 'Hair' means truth belonging to the external or natural man, 3301, the kind that exists with those who believe the truth not because they perceive it to be the truth but because the teachings of the Church declare it to be so. And since they know the truth on no other grounds than this it says that they are not to swear by it because they cannot make a hair white or black. 'Making a hair white' means declaring on one's own authority that truth is truth, and 'making a hair black' declaring on one's own authority that falsity is falsity. For 'white' is said in reference to truth, 3301, 3993, 4007, 5319, and therefore 'black' in reference to falsity.

[8] From all this one may now see what is meant by the command not to swear at all, not by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by Jerusalem, nor by one's head, namely that a person should not use what is his own to confirm God's truth but what is the Lord's with him. Therefore it also says finally, Your words shall be Yes, yes; No, no; anything beyond this is from evil. Those who have the ability, which comes from the Lord, to perceive and see truth confirm it in this way alone, even as angels of the inmost or third heaven do, the ones who are called celestial angels, spoken about above. The reason why any words beyond 'Yes, yes; No, no' are from evil is that anything beyond them does not come from the Lord but from a person's proprium or self, thus from evil, since a person's proprium is nothing but evil, see 210, 215, 874-876, 987, 1023, 1044, 1047, 3812 (end), 4328, 5660, 8941, 8944. All this again shows in what way the Lord spoke, that is to say, in such a way that every single word contained an inner meaning, since He spoke from the Divine. Thus He spoke for the benefit of angels at the same time as for men; for angels perceive the Word according to its inner meaning.

Footnotes:

1. or from the evil one

  
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