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1 καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S λόγος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--GSM πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN ἔτος-N3E-DSN ὁ- A--DSN ἔνατος-A1--DSN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM μήν-N3--DSM ὁ- A--DSM δέκατος-A1--DSM δέκατος-A1--DSF ὁ- A--GSM μήν-N3--GSM λέγω-V1--PAPNSM

2 υἱός-N2--VSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM γράφω-VA--AAD2S σεαυτοῦ- D--DSM εἰς-P ἡμέρα-N1A-ASF ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSF ἡμέρα-N1A-GSF οὗτος- D--GSF ἀπό-P ὅς- --GSF ἀποἐρείδομαι-VAI-AMI3S βασιλεύς-N3V-NSM *βαβυλών-N3W-GSF ἐπί-P *ἰερουσαλήμ-N---ASF ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSF ἡμέρα-N1A-GSF ὁ- A--GSF σήμερον-D

3 καί-C εἶπον-VB--AAD2S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASM οἶκος-N2--ASM ὁ- A--ASM παραπικραίνω-V1--PAPASM παραβολή-N1--ASF καί-C εἶπον-VF2-FAI2S πρός-P αὐτός- D--APM ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ἐπιἵστημι-VA--AAD2S ὁ- A--ASM λέβης-N3T-ASM καί-C ἐκχέω-VA--AAD2S εἰς-P αὐτός- D--ASM ὕδωρ-N3--ASN

4 καί-C ἐνβάλλω-VB--AAD2S εἰς-P αὐτός- D--ASM ὁ- A--APN διχοτόμημα-N3M-APN πᾶς-A3--ASN διχοτόμημα-N3M-ASN καλός-A1--ASN σκέλος-N3E-ASN καί-C ὦμος-N2--ASM ἐκσαρκίζω-VT--XPPAPN ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GPN ὀστέον-N2N-GPN

5 ἐκ-P ἐπίλεκτος-A1B-GPN κτῆνος-N3E-GPN λαμβάνω-VP--XMPGPN καί-C ὑποκαίω-V1--PAD2S ὁ- A--APN ὀστέον-N2N-APN ὑποκάτω-P αὐτός- D--GPN ζέω-VAI-AAI3S ζέω-VAI-AAI3S καί-C ἅπτομαι-VM--XMI3S ὁ- A--NPN ὀστέον-N2N-NPN αὐτός- D--GSF ἐν-P μέσος-A1--DSM αὐτός- D--GSF

6 διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὦ-I πόλις-N3I-NSF αἷμα-N3M-GPN λέβης-N3T-NSM ἐν-P ὅς- --DSM εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ἰός-N2--NSM ἐν-P αὐτός- D--DSM καί-C ὁ- A--NSM ἰός-N2--NSM οὐ-D ἐκἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S ἐκ-P αὐτός- D--GSF κατά-P μέλος-N3E-ASN αὐτός- D--GSF ἐκφέρω-VAI-AAI3S οὐ-D πίπτω-VAI-AAI3S ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--ASF κλῆρος-N2--NSM

7 ὅτι-C αἷμα-N3M-ASN αὐτός- D--GSF ἐν-P μέσος-A1--DSM αὐτός- D--GSF εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ἐπί-P λεωπετρία-N1A-ASF τάσσω-VX--XAI1S αὐτός- D--ASN οὐ-D ἐκχέω-VX--XAI1S αὐτός- D--ASN ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF ὁ- A--GSN καλύπτω-VA--AAN ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--ASN γῆ-N1--ASF

8 ὁ- A--GSN ἀναβαίνω-VZ--AAN θυμός-N2--ASM εἰς-P ἐκδίκησις-N3I-ASF ἐκδικέω-VC--APN δίδωμι-VX--XAI1S ὁ- A--ASN αἷμα-N3M-ASN αὐτός- D--GSF ἐπί-P λεωπετρία-N1A-ASF ὁ- A--GSN μή-D καλύπτω-VA--AAN αὐτός- D--ASN

9 διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM καΐἐγώ-C+ PNS μεγαλύνω-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--ASM δαλός-N2--ASM

10 καί-C πληθύνω-VF2-FAI1S ὁ- A--APN ξύλον-N2N-APN καί-C ἀνακαίω-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--ASN πῦρ-N3--ASN ὅπως-C τήκω-V1--PAS3S ὁ- A--APN κρέας-N3--APN καί-C ἐλαττόω-VC--APS3S ὁ- A--NSM ζωμός-N2--NSM

11 καί-C ἵστημι-VH--AAS3S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APM ἄνθραξ-N3K-APM ὅπως-C προςκαίω-VC--APS3S καί-C θερμαίνω-VC--APS3S ὁ- A--NSM χαλκός-N2--NSM αὐτός- D--GSF καί-C τήκω-V1--PAS3S ἐν-P μέσος-A1--DSM ἀκαθαρσία-N1A-GSF αὐτός- D--GSF καί-C ἐκλείπω-VB--AAS3S ὁ- A--NSM ἰός-N2--NSM αὐτός- D--GSF

12 καί-C οὐ-D μή-D ἐκἔρχομαι-VB--AAS3S ἐκ-P αὐτός- D--GSF πολύς-A1P-NSM ὁ- A--NSM ἰός-N2--NSM αὐτός- D--GSF κατααἰσχύνω-VC--FPI3S ὁ- A--NSM ἰός-N2--NSM αὐτός- D--GSF

13 ἀντί-P ὅς- --GPM μιαίνω-V1I-IMI2S σύ- P--NS καί-C τίς- I--ASN ἐάν-C μή-D καθαρίζω-VS--APS2S ἔτι-D ἕως-P ὅς- --GSM ἐνπίμπλημι-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--ASM θυμός-N2--ASM ἐγώ- P--GS

14 ἐγώ- P--NS κύριος-N2--NSM λαλέω-VX--XAI1S καί-C ἥκω-VF--FAI3S καί-C ποιέω-VF--FAI1S οὐ-D διαστέλλω-VF2-FAI1S οὐδέ-C μή-D ἐλεέω-VF--FAI1S κατά-P ὁ- A--APF ὁδός-N2--APF σύ- P--GS καί-C κατά-P ὁ- A--APN ἐνθύμημα-N3M-APN σύ- P--GS κρίνω-VF2-FAI1S σύ- P--AS λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN ἐγώ- P--NS κρίνω-VF2-FAI1S σύ- P--AS κατά-P ὁ- A--APN αἷμα-N3M-APN σύ- P--GS καί-C κατά-P ὁ- A--APN ἐνθύμημα-N3M-APN σύ- P--GS κρίνω-VF2-FAI1S σύ- P--AS ὁ- A--NSF ἀκάθαρτος-A1B-NSF ὁ- A--NSF ὀνομαστός-A1--NSF καί-C πολύς-A1--NSF ὁ- A--GSN παραπικραίνω-V1--PAN

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

16 υἱός-N2--VSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM ἰδού-I ἐγώ- P--NS λαμβάνω-V1--PAI1S ἐκ-P σύ- P--GS ὁ- A--APN ἐπιθύμημα-N3M-APN ὁ- A--GPM ὀφθαλμός-N2--GPM σύ- P--GS ἐν-P παράταξις-N3I-DSF οὐ-D μή-D κόπτω-VD--APS2S οὐδέ-C μή-D κλαίω-VC--APS2S

17 στεναγμός-N2--NSM αἷμα-N3M-GSN ὀσφύς-N3U-GSF πένθος-N3E-GSN εἰμί-V9--PAI3S οὐ-D εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--NSN τρίχωμα-N3M-NSN σύ- P--GS συνπλέκω-VK--XMPNSN ἐπί-P σύ- P--AS καί-C ὁ- A--NPN ὑπόδημα-N3M-NPN σύ- P--GS ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPM πούς-N3D-DPM σύ- P--GS οὐ-D μή-D παρακαλέω-VC--APS2S ἐν-P χεῖλος-N3E-DPN αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C ἄρτος-N2--ASM ἀνήρ-N3--GPM οὐ-D μή-D ἐσθίω-VB--AAS2S

18 καί-C λαλέω-VAI-AAI1S πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM ὁ- A--ASN πρωΐ-D ὅς- --ASM τρόπος-N2--ASM ἐντέλλομαι-VAI-AMI3S ἐγώ- P--DS καί-C ἀποθνήσκω-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSF γυνή-N3K-NSF ἐγώ- P--GS ἑσπέρα-N1A-GSF καί-C ποιέω-VAI-AAI1S ὁ- A--ASN πρωΐ-D ὅς- --ASM τρόπος-N2--ASM ἐπιτάσσω-VDI-API3S ἐγώ- P--DS

19 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS ὁ- A--NSM λαός-N2--NSM οὐ-D ἀναἀγγέλλω-VF2-FAI2S ἐγώ- P--DP τίς- I--ASN εἰμί-V9--PAI3S οὗτος- D--NPN ὅς- --APN σύ- P--NS ποιέω-V2--PAI2S

20 καί-C εἶπον-VAI-AAI1S πρός-P αὐτός- D--APM λόγος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--GSM πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S λέγω-V1--PAPNSM

21 εἶπον-VB--AAD2S πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM οἶκος-N2--ASM ὁ- A--GSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ἰδού-I ἐγώ- P--NS βεβηλόω-V4--PAI1S ὁ- A--APN ἅγιος-A1A-APN ἐγώ- P--GS φρύαγμα-N3M-ASN ἰσχύς-N3U-GSF σύ- P--GP ἐπιθύμημα-N3M-APN ὀφθαλμός-N2--GPM σύ- P--GP καί-C ὑπέρ-P ὅς- --GPM φείδομαι-V1--PMI3P ὁ- A--NPF ψυχή-N1--NPF σύ- P--GP καί-C ὁ- A--NPM υἱός-N2--NPM σύ- P--GP καί-C ὁ- A--NPF θυγάτηρ-N3--NPF σύ- P--GP ὅς- --APM ἐν καταλείπω-VBI-AAI2P ἐν-P ῥομφαία-N1A-DSF πίπτω-VF2-FMI3P

22 καί-C ποιέω-VF--FAI2P ὅς- --ASM τρόπος-N2--ASM ποιέω-VX--XAI1S ἀπό-P στόμα-N3M-GSN αὐτός- D--GPM οὐ-D παρακαλέω-VC--FPI2P καί-C ἄρτος-N2--ASM ἀνήρ-N3--GPM οὐ-D ἐσθίω-VF--FMI2P

23 καί-C ὁ- A--NPF κόμη-N1--NPF σύ- P--GP ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF κεφαλή-N1--GSF σύ- P--GP καί-C ὁ- A--NPN ὑπόδημα-N3M-NPN σύ- P--GP ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPM πούς-N3D-DPM σύ- P--GP οὔτε-C μή-D κόπτω-VA--AMS2P οὔτε-C μή-D κλαίω-VA--AAS2P καί-C ἐντήκω-VF--FMI2P ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF ἀδικία-N1A-DPF σύ- P--GP καί-C παρακαλέω-VF--FAI2P ἕκαστος-A1--NSM ὁ- A--ASM ἀδελφός-N2--ASM αὐτός- D--GSM

24 καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI3S *ιεζεκιηλ-N---NSM σύ- P--DP εἰς-P τέρας-N3T-ASN κατά-P πᾶς-A3--APN ὅσος-A1--APN ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S ποιέω-VF--FAI2P ὅταν-D ἔρχομαι-VB--AAS3S οὗτος- D--NPN καί-C ἐπιγιγνώσκω-VF--FMI2P διότι-C ἐγώ- P--NS κύριος-N2--NSM

25 καί-C σύ- P--NS υἱός-N2--VSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM οὐ-D ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF ὅταν-D λαμβάνω-V1--PAI1S ὁ- A--ASF ἰσχύς-N3--ASF παρά-P αὐτός- D--GPM ὁ- A--ASF ἔπαρσις-N3I-ASF ὁ- A--GSF καύχησις-N3I-GSF αὐτός- D--GPM ὁ- A--APN ἐπιθύμημα-N3M-APN ὀφθαλμός-N2--GPM αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C ὁ- A--ASF ἔπαρσις-N3I-ASF ψυχή-N1--GSF αὐτός- D--GPM υἱός-N2--APM αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C θυγάτηρ-N3--APF αὐτός- D--GPM

26 ἐν-P ἐκεῖνος- D--DSF ὁ- A--DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF ἥκω-VF--FAI3S ὁ- A--NSM ἀνασώζω-V1--PPPNSM πρός-P σύ- P--AS ὁ- A--GSN ἀναἀγγέλλω-VA--AAN σύ- P--DS εἰς-P ὁ- A--APN οὖς-N3T-APN

27 ἐν-P ἐκεῖνος- D--DSF ὁ- A--DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF δια ἀναοἴγω-VQ--FPI3S ὁ- A--NSN στόμα-N3M-NSN σύ- P--GS πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM ἀνασώζω-V1--PPPASM καί-C λαλέω-VF--FAI2S καί-C οὐ-D μή-D ἀποκωφόω-VC--APS2S οὐκέτι-D καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI2S αὐτός- D--DPM εἰς-P τέρας-N3T-ASN καί-C ἐπιγιγνώσκω-VF--FMI3P διότι-C ἐγώ- P--NS κύριος-N2--NSM

   

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Arcana Coelestia #8408

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8408. 'When we sat by a pot of flesh' means a life according to their own pleasure, and such as they craved for. This is clear from the meaning of 'a pot' as a container of good, and in the contrary sense a container of evil, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'flesh' as the heavenly proprium, thus good, and in the contrary sense as the proprium that is man's own, thus evil, also dealt with below. 1 And since 'flesh' means the proprium, 'sitting by a pot of flesh' means a life according to one's own pleasure, and such as one craves for; for that is the life of the proprium. The reason why 'a pot' means a container of good, and in the contrary sense a container of evil, is that 'the flesh' cooked in it means good and in the contrary sense evil. And having these meanings 'a pot' also means the bodily level or the natural level of the human mind, since these are containers of good or of evil. This being so, it is used in a general sense to mean a person, and in an even more general sense to mean a people or a city; and when 'a pot' is used to mean these, 'flesh' means the good or the evil that is in them, as in Ezekiel,

... the men who think iniquity and give wicked counsel in this city, saying, [The time] is not near; [the city] itself is the pot, we are the flesh. Therefore thus said the Lord Jehovih, Your slain whom you have placed in the midst of it, 2 they are the flesh, but it is the pot. Ezekiel 11:2-3, 7.

Here 'the pot' stands for the city or the people there, and 'the flesh' for evil, since 'the slain', who are called 'the flesh', are those among whom goodness and truth have been wiped out, 4503.

[2] In the same prophet,

Tell a parable against the house of rebellion, and say to them, Thus said the Lord Jehovih, Put on the pot, put it on, and also pour [water into it gather] the pieces into it - every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder. Fill it with the choice of the bones. The Lord Jehovih said, Woe to the city of blood, 3 to the pot whose scum is in it, and whose scum has not gone out of it! Ezekiel 24:3-6.

Here 'the pot' stands for the city or the people there, among whom there exists the evil that results when good is profaned. The good or flesh there is 'the thigh and the shoulder'; the evil is 'the scum' coming from it, and good when profaned is the scum remaining, which also accounts for the city's being called 'the city of blood'.

[3] In Jeremiah,

Jehovah said to Jeremiah, What do you see? I said, A puffed out pot do I see, its face towards the north. Then Jehovah said, From the north evil will be opened over all the inhabitants of the land. Jeremiah 1:11-14.

'A puffed-out pot' stands for a people whom falsities have taken possession of, and 'the north' for the sensory and bodily levels of the human mind, from which evil pours out. The subject here is the end of the Church, when what belongs to the external and therefore to sensory and bodily levels, together with falsity and evil, has dominion; for the Lord's Church moves in a series of stages from what is internal to what is external, at which point it breathes its last.

[4] In Zechariah,

On that day there will be on the horses' bells, Holiness to Jehovah. And the pots in the house of Jehovah will be as the bowls before the altar. And every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be holiness to Jehovah Zebaoth; and all offering sacrifice will come, and take from them, and cook in them. Zechariah 14:20-21.

The subject here is the salvation of faithful believers, faithful believers being 'the pots', which they are called because they receive good from the Lord; and because they receive that good every 'pot' is said to be 'holiness to Jehovah'. 'The bells of the horses, with Holiness on them' are truths in agreement with good. Since 'pots' are recipients and containers of good, they like all the other vessels for the altar were made of bronze, Exodus 38:3; for 'bronze' means the good of the natural, 425, 1551.

[5] In addition to this 'the pot' may mean religious teachings because these hold the Church's good and truth within them. Such teachings are meant by 'the pot' in which at Elisha's command a soup was boiled for the sons of the prophets, described as follows in the second Book of Kings,

Elisha came again to Gilgal, when there was a famine in the land. When the sons of the prophets were sitting before him he said to his servant, Put on a great pot, and boil a soup for the sons of the prophets. One of them went out into the field to gather herbs and found a wild vine, and gathered from it wild gourds, and cut them up into the pot of soup. While they were eating of the soup they cried out, There is death in the pot, O man of God! But he said that they should bring flour, which he threw into the pot, and said, Pour out for the people and let them eat. Then there was not anything bad in the pot. 2 Kings 4:38-41.

It should be recognized that all Divine miracles have to do with things connected with the Lord's kingdom and the Church, 7337, 8364, and that 'Elisha' represents the Word of the Lord, 2762, and 'prophets' teachings derived from it, 2534, 7269. From this one may see what thing connected with the Church was represented by this miracle, which was that if the Church's good has been falsified it is made good again by means of truth from the Word. 'A famine' is a lack of cognitions or knowledge of truth and good; 'the pot' is religious teachings; 'soup' is the good of the Jewish Church's outward religious observances; 'gourds from a wild vine' is falsification; and 'flour' is truth from the Word, 2177, used to make good again that which has been falsified, meant by 'death in the pot'. The reason why 'pots' means containers of good is that they were included among the utensils in which food was prepared, and 'food', every kind of it, means such things as nourish the soul, that is, affections for good and truth, 681, 1480, 3114, 4792, 5147, 5293, 5340, 5342, 5576, 5410, 5915.

Footnotes:

1. The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary describes proprium as A distinctive characteristic; the essential nature, selfhood. It is a Latin word meaning 'one's own (thing)'. Swedenborg uses it in the specialized sense of 'what is of the self.'

2. i.e. the city

3. literally, bloods

  
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