The Bible

 

Ezekiel 28

Study

   

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

2 καί-C σύ- P--NS υἱός-N2--VSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM εἶπον-VB--AAD2S ὁ- A--DSM ἄρχων-N3--DSM *τύρος-N2--GSF ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ἀντί-P ὅς- --GPM ὑψόω-VCI-API3S σύ- P--GS ὁ- A--NSF καρδία-N1A-NSF καί-C εἶπον-VAI-AAI2S θεός-N2--NSM εἰμί-V9--PAI1S ἐγώ- P--NS κατοικία-N1A-ASF θεός-N2--GSM καταοἰκέω-VX--XAI1S ἐν-P καρδία-N1A-DSF θάλασσα-N1S-GSF σύ- P--NS δέ-X εἰμί-V9--PAI2S ἄνθρωπος-N2--NSM καί-C οὐ-D θεός-N2--NSM καί-C δίδωμι-VAI-AAI2S ὁ- A--ASF καρδία-N1A-ASF σύ- P--GS ὡς-C καρδία-N1A-ASF θεός-N2--GSM

3 μή-D σοφός-A1--NSMC εἰμί-V9--PAI2S σύ- P--NS ὁ- A--GSM *δανιηλ-N---GSM σοφός-A1--NPM οὐ-D παιδεύω-VAI-AAI3P σύ- P--AS ὁ- A--DSF ἐπιστήμη-N1--DSF αὐτός- D--GPM

4 μή-D ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF ἐπιστήμη-N1--DSF σύ- P--GS ἤ-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF φρόνησις-N3I-DSF σύ- P--GS ποιέω-VAI-AAI2S σεαυτοῦ- D--DSM δύναμις-N3I-ASF καί-C χρυσίον-N2N-ASN καί-C ἀργύριον-N2N-ASN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPM θησαυρός-N2--DPM σύ- P--GS

5 ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF πολύς-A1--DSF ἐπιστήμη-N1--DSF σύ- P--GS καί-C ἐμπορία-N1A-DSF σύ- P--GS πληθύνω-VAI-AAI2S δύναμις-N3I-ASF σύ- P--GS ὑψόω-VCI-API3S ὁ- A--NSF καρδία-N1A-NSF σύ- P--GS ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF δύναμις-N3I-DSF σύ- P--GS

6 διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ἐπειδή-C δίδωμι-VX--XAI2S ὁ- A--ASF καρδία-N1A-ASF σύ- P--GS ὡς-C καρδία-N1A-ASF θεός-N2--GSM

7 ἀντί-P οὗτος- D--GSM ἰδού-I ἐγώ- P--NS ἐπιἄγω-V1--PAI1S ἐπί-P σύ- P--AS ἀλλότριος-A1A-APM λοιμός-N2--APM ἀπό-P ἔθνος-N3E-GPN καί-C ἐκκενόω-VF--FAI3P ὁ- A--APF μάχαιρα-N1--APF αὐτός- D--GPM ἐπί-P σύ- P--AS καί-C ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASN κάλλος-N3E-ASN ὁ- A--GSF ἐπιστήμη-N1--GSF σύ- P--GS καί-C ὑποστρωννύω-VF--FAI3P ὁ- A--ASN κάλλος-N3E-ASN σύ- P--GS εἰς-P ἀπώλεια-N1A-ASF

8 καί-C καταβιβάζω-VF--FAI3P σύ- P--AS καί-C ἀποθνήσκω-VF2-FMI2S θάνατος-N2--DSM τραυματίας-N1T-GPM ἐν-P καρδία-N1A-DSF θάλασσα-N1S-GSF

9 μή-D λέγω-V1--PAPNSM εἶπον-VF2-FAI2S θεός-N2--NSM εἰμί-V9--PAI1S ἐγώ- P--NS ἐνώπιον-P ὁ- A--GPM ἀνααἱρέω-V2--PAPGPM σύ- P--AS σύ- P--NS δέ-X εἰμί-V9--PAI2S ἄνθρωπος-N2--NSM καί-C οὐ-D θεός-N2--NSM ἐν-P πλῆθος-N3E-DSN

10 ἀπερίτμητος-A1B-GPM ἀποὀλλύω-VF2-FMI2S ἐν-P χείρ-N3--DPF ἀλλότριος-A1A-GPM ὅτι-C ἐγώ- P--NS λαλέω-VAI-AAI1S λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM

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

12 υἱός-N2--VSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM λαμβάνω-VB--AAD2S θρῆνος-N2--ASM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASM ἄρχων-N3--ASM *τύρος-N2--GSF καί-C εἶπον-VB--AAD2S αὐτός- D--DSM ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--NSM σύ- P--NS ἀποσφράγισμα-N3M-NSN ὁμοίωσις-N3I-GSF καί-C στέφανος-N2--NSM κάλλος-N3E-GSN

13 ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF τρυφή-N1--DSF ὁ- A--GSM παράδεισος-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSM θεός-N2--GSM γίγνομαι-VCI-API2S πᾶς-A3--NSN λίθος-N2--ASM χρηστός-A1--ASM ἐνδέω-VM--XMI2S σάρδιον-N2N-ASN καί-C τοπάζιον-N2N-ASN καί-C σμάραγδος-N2--ASM καί-C ἄνθραξ-N3K-ASM καί-C σάπφειρος-N2--ASF καί-C ἴασπις-N3D-ASF καί-C ἀργύριον-N2N-ASN καί-C χρυσίον-N2N-ASN καί-C λιγύριον-N2N-ASN καί-C ἀχάτης-N1M-ASM καί-C ἀμέθυστος-N2--ASN καί-C χρυσόλιθος-N2--ASF καί-C βηρύλλιον-N2N-ASN καί-C ὀνύχιον-N2N-ASN καί-C χρυσίον-N2N-GSN ἐνπίμπλημι-VAI-AAI2S ὁ- A--APM θησαυρός-N2--APM σύ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--APF ἀποθήκη-N1--APF σύ- P--GS ἐν-P σύ- P--DS ἀπό-P ὅς- --GSF ἡμέρα-N1A-GSF κτίζω-VSI-API2S σύ- P--NS

14 μετά-P ὁ- A--GSN χερουβ-N---GSN τίθημι-VAI-AAI1S σύ- P--AS ἐν-P ὄρος-N3E-DSN ἅγιος-A1A-DSN θεός-N2--GSM γίγνομαι-VCI-API2S ἐν-P μέσος-A1--DSM λίθος-N2--GPM πύρινος-A1--GPM

15 γίγνομαι-VCI-API2S ἄμωμος-A1B-NSM σύ- P--NS ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF ἡμέρα-N1A-DPF σύ- P--GS ἀπό-P ὅς- --GSF ἡμέρα-N1A-GSF σύ- P--NS κτίζω-VSI-API2S ἕως-D εὑρίσκω-VC--API3S ὁ- A--NPN ἀδίκημα-N3M-NPN ἐν-P σύ- P--DS

16 ἀπό-P πλῆθος-N3E-GSN ὁ- A--GSF ἐμπορία-N1A-GSF σύ- P--GS πίμπλημι-VAI-AAI2S ὁ- A--APN ταμιεῖον-N2N-APN σύ- P--GS ἀνομία-N1A-GSF καί-C ἁμαρτάνω-VBI-AAI2S καί-C τραυματίζω-VSI-API2S ἀπό-P ὄρος-N3E-GSN ὁ- A--GSM θεός-N2--GSM καί-C ἄγω-VBI-AAI3S σύ- P--AS ὁ- A--NSN χερουβ-N---NSN ἐκ-P μέσος-A1--GSM λίθος-N2--GPM πύρινος-A1--GPM

17 ὑψόω-VCI-API3S ὁ- A--NSF καρδία-N1A-NSF σύ- P--GS ἐπί-P ὁ- A--DSN κάλλος-N3E-DSN σύ- P--GS διαφθείρω-VDI-API3S ὁ- A--NSF ἐπιστήμη-N1--NSF σύ- P--GS μετά-P ὁ- A--GSN κάλλος-N3E-GSN σύ- P--GS διά-P πλῆθος-N3E-ASN ἁμαρτία-N1A-GPF σύ- P--GS ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF ῥίπτω-VAI-AAI1S σύ- P--AS ἐναντίον-P βασιλεύς-N3V-GPM δίδωμι-VAI-AAI1S σύ- P--AS παραδειγματίζω-VS--APN

18 διά-P ὁ- A--ASN πλῆθος-N3E-ASN ὁ- A--GPF ἁμαρτία-N1A-GPF σύ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--GPF ἀδικία-N1A-GPF ὁ- A--GSF ἐμπορία-N1A-GSF σύ- P--GS βεβηλόω-VAI-AAI2S ὁ- A--APN ἱερόν-N2N-APN σύ- P--GS καί-C ἐκἄγω-VF--FAI1S πῦρ-N3--ASN ἐκ-P μέσος-A1--GSM σύ- P--GS οὗτος- D--ASN καταἐσθίω-VF--FMI3S σύ- P--AS καί-C δίδωμι-VF--FAI1S σύ- P--AS εἰς-P σποδός-N2--ASF ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF σύ- P--GS ἐναντίον-P πᾶς-A3--GPM ὁ- A--GPM ὁράω-V3--PAPGPM σύ- P--AS

19 καί-C πᾶς-A3--NPM ὁ- A--NPM ἐπιἵστημι-V6--PMPNPM σύ- P--AS ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPN ἔθνος-N3E-DPN στυγνάζω-VF--FAI3P ἐπί-P σύ- P--AS ἀπώλεια-N1A-NSF γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI2S καί-C οὐ-D ὑποἄρχω-VF--FAI2S ἔτι-D εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM αἰών-N3W-ASM

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

21 υἱός-N2--VSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM στηρίζω-VA--AAD2S ὁ- A--ASN πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN σύ- P--GS ἐπί-P *σιδών-N---ASF καί-C προφητεύω-VA--AAD2S ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--ASF

22 καί-C εἶπον-VB--AAD2S ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ἰδού-I ἐγώ- P--NS ἐπί-P σύ- P--AS *σιδών-N---VSF καί-C ἐνδοξάζομαι-VS--FPI1S ἐν-P σύ- P--DS καί-C γιγνώσκω-VF--FMI2S ὅτι-C ἐγώ- P--NS εἰμί-V9--PAI1S κύριος-N2--NSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN ποιέω-VA--AAN ἐγώ- P--AS ἐν-P σύ- P--DS κρίμα-N3M-APN καί-C ἁγιάζω-VS--FPI1S ἐν-P σύ- P--DS

23 αἷμα-N3M-ASN καί-C θάνατος-N2--NSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF πλατύς-A3U-DPF σύ- P--GS καί-C πίπτω-VF2-FMI3P τραυματίζω-VT--XPPNPM ἐν-P μάχαιρα-N1--DPF ἐν-P σύ- P--DS περικύκλῳ-D σύ- P--GS καί-C γιγνώσκω-VF--FMI3P διότι-C ἐγώ- P--NS εἰμί-V9--PAI1S κύριος-N2--NSM

24 καί-C οὐ-D εἰμί-VF--FMI3P οὐκέτι-D ὁ- A--DSM οἶκος-N2--DSM ὁ- A--GSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM σκόλοψ-N3P-NSM πικρία-N1A-GSF καί-C ἄκανθα-N1A-NSF ὀδύνη-N1--GSF ἀπό-P πᾶς-A3--GPM ὁ- A--GPM περικύκλῳ-D αὐτός- D--GPM ὁ- A--GPM ἀτιμάζω-VA--AAPGPM αὐτός- D--APM καί-C γιγνώσκω-VF--FMI3P ὅτι-C ἐγώ- P--NS εἰμί-V9--PAI1S κύριος-N2--NSM

25 ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--NSM καί-C συνἄγω-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--ASM *ἰσραήλ-N---ASM ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GPN ἔθνος-N3E-GPN ὅς- --GSM διασκορπίζω-VCI-API3P ἐκεῖ-D καί-C ἁγιάζω-VS--FPI1S ἐν-P αὐτός- D--DPM ἐνώπιον-P ὁ- A--GPM λαός-N2--GPM καί-C ὁ- A--GPN ἔθνος-N3E-GPN καί-C καταοἰκέω-VF--FAI3P ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF αὐτός- D--GPM ὅς- --ASF δίδωμι-VX--XAI1S ὁ- A--DSM δοῦλος-N2--DSM ἐγώ- P--GS *ἰακώβ-N---DSM

26 καί-C καταοἰκέω-VF--FAI3P ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--GSF ἐν-P ἐλπίς-N3D-DSF καί-C οἰκοδομέω-VF--FAI3P οἰκία-N1A-APF καί-C φυτεύω-VF--FAI3P ἀμπελών-N3W-APM καί-C καταοἰκέω-VF--FAI3P ἐν-P ἐλπίς-N3D-DSF ὅταν-D ποιέω-VF--FAI1S κρίμα-N3M-ASN ἐν-P πᾶς-A3--DPM ὁ- A--DPM ἀτιμάζω-VA--AAPDPM αὐτός- D--APM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPM κύκλος-N2--DSM αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C γιγνώσκω-VF--FMI3P ὅτι-C ἐγώ- P--NS εἰμί-V9--PAI1S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GPM πατήρ-N3--GPM αὐτός- D--GPM

   

From Swedenborg's Works

 

Apocalypse Revealed #898

Study this Passage

  
/ 962  
  

898. 21:12 It had a great and high wall. This symbolizes the Word in its literal sense from which the doctrine of the New Church comes.

Since the holy city Jerusalem means the Lord's New Church in respect to its doctrine, its wall can only mean the Word in its literal sense, from which its doctrine comes; for the literal sense protects the spiritual meaning that lies within, as a wall protects a city and its inhabitants.

That the literal sense is the foundation, containing vessel, and buttress of the Word's spiritual meaning may be seen in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem Regarding the Sacred Scripture, nos. 27-36; and that the literal sense serves as a safeguard to keep the Divine truths within from being injured - truths which constitute the Word's spiritual meaning - may be seen in no. 97 of the same work. Also, that the church's doctrine is to be drawn from the Word's literal sense and verified by it, in nos. 50-61 there.

The wall is said to be great and high because it means the Word in respect to its Divine goodness and Divine truth, for greatness is predicated of goodness, and height of truth, as in no. 896 above.

[2] A wall symbolizes something that protects, and when mentioned in reference to the church, it symbolizes the Word in its literal sense, as it does also in the following places:

I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they shall not keep silent day or night, who make mention of Jehovah... (Isaiah 62:6)

They shall call you the City of Jehovah, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel... And you shall call your walls salvation, and your gates praise. (Isaiah 60:14, 18)

(Jehovah) will be a wall of fire all around her, and... the glory in her midst. (Zechariah 2:5)

Men of Arvad... were on your walls..., and the men of Gammad... hung their shields on your walls all around, and made your beauty perfect. (Ezekiel 27:11)

The last is said of Tyre, which symbolizes the church in respect to its concepts of truth from the Word.

Run about through the streets of Jerusalem, and see... if there is anyone who... seeks the truth... Go up on her walls and cast them down. (Jeremiah 5:1, 10)

Jehovah has purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion... ...He has caused the rampart and wall... to lament, to languish together... The Law and her prophets are no more... (Lamentations 2:8-9)

They will run about in the city, they will run on the wall; they will climb up into the houses, they will enter through the windows... (Joel 2:9)

These passages refer to falsifications of truth.

Day and night (the impious) go around (in the city) on its walls... Destructions are in their midst. (Psalms 55:10-11)

And so on elsewhere, as in Isaiah 22:5; 56:5; Jeremiah 1:15; Ezekiel 27:11; Lamentations 2:7.

That a wall symbolizes the Word in its literal sense is clearly apparent from the following verses in the present chapter, which describe at some length the wall of the city and its gates, foundations and dimensions. That is because the doctrine of the New Church, which the city symbolizes, comes only from the Word's literal sense.

  
/ 962  
  

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