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Ezekiel 32

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1 καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN ἑνδέκατος-A1--DSN ἔτος-N3E-DSN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM δωδέκατος-A1--DSM μήν-N3--DSM εἷς-A1A-DSF ὁ- A--GSM μήν-N3--GSM γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S λόγος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--GSM πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS λέγω-V1--PAPNSM

2 υἱός-N2--VSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM λαμβάνω-VB--AAD2S θρῆνος-N2--ASM ἐπί-P *φαραώ-N---ASM βασιλεύς-N3V-ASM *αἴγυπτος-N2--GSF καί-C εἶπον-VF2-FAI2S αὐτός- D--DSM λέων-N3--DSM ἔθνος-N3E-GPN ὁμοιόω-VCI-API2S καί-C σύ- P--NS ὡς-C δράκων-N3--NSM ὁ- A--NSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF θάλασσα-N1S-DSF καί-C κερατίζω-V1I-IAI2S ὁ- A--DPM ποταμός-N2--DPM σύ- P--GS καί-C ταράσσω-V1I-IAI2S ὕδωρ-N3--ASN ὁ- A--DPM πούς-N3D-DPM σύ- P--GS καί-C καταπατέω-V2I-IAI2S ὁ- A--APM ποταμός-N2--APM σύ- P--GS

3 ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM καί-C περιβάλλω-VF2-FAI1S ἐπί-P σύ- P--AS δίκτυον-N2N-APN λαός-N2--GPM πολύς-A1--GPM καί-C ἀναἄγω-VF--FAI1S σύ- P--AS ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN ἄγκιστρον-N2N-DSN ἐγώ- P--GS

4 καί-C ἐκτείνω-VF2-FAI1S σύ- P--AS ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF πεδίον-N2N-APN πίμπλημι-VS--FPI3S σύ- P--GS καί-C ἐπι καταἵζω-VF2-FAI1S ἐπί-P σύ- P--AS πᾶς-A3--APN ὁ- A--APN πετεινόν-N2N-APN ὁ- A--GSM οὐρανός-N2--GSM καί-C ἐνπίμπλημι-VF--FAI1S ἐκ-P σύ- P--GS πᾶς-A3--APN ὁ- A--APN θηρίον-N2N-APN πᾶς-A1S-GSF ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF

5 καί-C δίδωμι-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--APF σάρξ-N3K-APF σύ- P--GS ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APN ὄρος-N3E-APN καί-C ἐνπίμπλημι-VF--FAI1S ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSN αἷμα-N3M-GSN σύ- P--GS

6 καί-C ποτίζω-VC--FPI3S ὁ- A--NSF γῆ-N1--NSF ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GPN προχώρημα-N3M-GPN σύ- P--GS ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSN πλῆθος-N3E-GSN σύ- P--GS ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GPN ὄρος-N3E-GPN φάραγξ-N3G-APF ἐνπίμπλημι-VF--FAI1S ἀπό-P σύ- P--GS

7 καί-C κατακαλύπτω-VF--FAI1S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN σβέννυμι-VC--APN σύ- P--AS οὐρανός-N2--ASM καί-C συνσκοτάζω-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--APN ἄστρον-N2N-APN αὐτός- D--GSM ἥλιος-N2--ASM ἐν-P νεφέλη-N1--DSF καλύπτω-VF--FAI1S καί-C σελήνη-N1--NSF οὐ-D μή-D φαίνω-VD--APS3S ὁ- A--ASN φῶς-N3T-ASN αὐτός- D--GSF

8 πᾶς-A3--NPN ὁ- A--NPN φαίνω-V1--PAPNPN φῶς-N3T-NSN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM οὐρανός-N2--DSM συνσκοτάζω-VF--FAI3P ἐπί-P σύ- P--AS καί-C δίδωμι-VF--FAI1S σκότος-N3E-ASN ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF σύ- P--GS λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--NSM

9 καί-C παραὀργίζω-VF2-FAI1S καρδία-N1A-ASF λαός-N2--GPM πολύς-A1--GPM ἡνίκα-D ἄν-X ἄγω-V1--PAI1S αἰχμαλωσία-N1A-ASF σύ- P--GS εἰς-P ὁ- A--APN ἔθνος-N3E-APN εἰς-P γῆ-N1--ASF ὅς- --ASF οὐ-D γιγνώσκω-VZI-AAI2S

10 καί-C στυγνάζω-VF--FAI3P ἐπί-P σύ- P--AS ἔθνος-N3E-NPN πολύς-A1--NPN καί-C ὁ- A--NPM βασιλεύς-N3V-NPM αὐτός- D--GPM ἔκστασις-N3I-DSF ἐκἵστημι-VF--FMI3P ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN πέτομαι-V5--PMN ὁ- A--ASF ῥομφαία-N1A-ASF ἐγώ- P--GS ἐπί-P πρόσωπον-N2N-APN αὐτός- D--GPM προςδέχομαι-V1--PMPNPM ὁ- A--ASF πτῶσις-N3I-ASF αὐτός- D--GPM ἀπό-P ἡμέρα-N1A-GSF πτῶσις-N3I-GSF σύ- P--GS

11 ὅτι-C ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ῥομφαία-N1A-NSF βασιλεύς-N3V-GSM *βαβυλών-N3W-GSF ἥκω-VF--FAI3S σύ- P--DS

12 ἐν-P μάχαιρα-N1--DPF γίγας-N3--GPM καί-C καταβάλλω-VF2-FAI1S ὁ- A--ASF ἰσχύς-N3--ASF σύ- P--GS λοιμός-N2--NPM ἀπό-P ἔθνος-N3E-GPN πᾶς-A3--NPM καί-C ἀποὀλλύω-VF2-FAI3P ὁ- A--ASF ὕβρις-N3I-ASF *αἴγυπτος-N2--GSF καί-C συντρίβω-VD--FPI3S πᾶς-A1S-NSF ὁ- A--NSF ἰσχύς-N3--NSF αὐτός- D--GSF

13 καί-C ἀποὀλλύω-VF2-FAI1S πᾶς-A3--APN ὁ- A--APN κτῆνος-N3E-APN αὐτός- D--GSF ἀπό-P ὕδωρ-N3T-GSN πολύς-A1--GSN καί-C οὐ-D μή-D ταράσσω-VA--AAS3S αὐτός- D--ASN ἔτι-D πούς-N3D-NSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM καί-C ἴχνος-N3E-NSN κτῆνος-N3E-GPN οὐ-D μή-D καταπατέω-VA--AAS3S αὐτός- D--ASN

14 οὕτως-D τότε-D ἡσυχάζω-VF--FAI3S ὁ- A--NPN ὕδωρ-N3T-NPN αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C ὁ- A--NPM ποταμός-N2--NPM αὐτός- D--GPM ὡς-C ἔλαιον-N2N-NSN πορεύομαι-VF--FMI3P λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM

15 ὅταν-D δίδωμι-VO--AAS1S *αἴγυπτος-N2--ASF εἰς-P ἀπώλεια-N1A-ASF καί-C ἐρημόω-VC--APS3S ὁ- A--NSF γῆ-N1--NSF σύν-P ὁ- A--DSF πλήρωσις-N3I-DSF αὐτός- D--GSF ὅταν-D διασπείρω-VA--AAS1S πᾶς-A3--APM ὁ- A--APM καταοἰκέω-V2--PAPAPM ἐν-P αὐτός- D--DSF καί-C γιγνώσκω-VF--FMI3P ὅτι-C ἐγώ- P--NS εἰμί-V9--PAI1S κύριος-N2--NSM

16 θρῆνος-N2--NSM εἰμί-V9--PAI3S καί-C θρηνέω-VF--FAI2S αὐτός- D--ASM καί-C ὁ- A--NPF θυγάτηρ-N3--NPF ὁ- A--GPN ἔθνος-N3E-GPN θρηνέω-VF--FAI3P αὐτός- D--ASM ἐπί-P *αἴγυπτος-N2--ASF καί-C ἐπί-P πᾶς-A1S-ASF ὁ- A--ASF ἰσχύς-N3--ASF αὐτός- D--GSF θρηνέω-VF--FAI3P αὐτός- D--ASF λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--NSM

17 καί-C γίγνομαι-VCI-API3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN δωδέκατος-A1--DSN ἔτος-N3E-DSN ὁ- A--GSM πρῶτος-A1--GSMS μήν-N3--GSM πεντεκαιδέκατος-A1--DSF ὁ- A--GSM μήν-N3--GSM γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S λόγος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--GSM πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS λέγω-V1--PAPNSM

18 υἱός-N2--VSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM θρηνέω-VA--AAD2S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF ἰσχύς-N3--ASF *αἴγυπτος-N2--GSF καί-C καταβιβάζω-VF--FAI3P αὐτός- D--GSF ὁ- A--APF θυγάτηρ-N3--APF ὁ- A--APN ἔθνος-N3E-APN νεκρός-A1A-APF εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASN βάθος-N3E-ASN ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF πρός-P ὁ- A--APM καταβαίνω-V1--PAPAPM εἰς-P βόθρος-N2--ASM

20 ἐν-P μέσος-A1--DSM τραυματίας-N1T-GPM μάχαιρα-N1--APF πίπτω-VF2-FMI3P μετά-P αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C κοιμάω-VC--FPI3S πᾶς-A1S-NSF ὁ- A--NSF ἰσχύς-N3--NSF αὐτός- D--GSM

21 καί-C εἶπον-VF2-FAI3P σύ- P--DS ὁ- A--NPM γίγας-N3--NPM ἐν-P βαθύς-A3U-DSM βόθρος-N2--GSM γίγνομαι-V1--PMD2S τίς- I--GSN κρείσσων-A3C-NSM εἰμί-V9--PAI2S καταβαίνω-VC--APD2S καί-C κοιμάω-VC--APD2S μετά-P ἀπερίτμητος-A1B-GPM ἐν-P μέσος-A1--DSM τραυματίας-N1T-GPM μάχαιρα-N1--APF

22 ἐκεῖ-D *ασσουρ-N---NS καί-C πᾶς-A1S-NSF ὁ- A--NSF συναγωγή-N1--NSF αὐτός- D--GSM πᾶς-A3--NPM τραυματίας-N1T-NPM ἐκεῖ-D δίδωμι-VCI-API3P καί-C ὁ- A--NSF ταφή-N1--NSF αὐτός- D--GPM ἐν-P βαθύς-A3U-DSM βόθρος-N2--GSM καί-C γίγνομαι-VCI-API3S ὁ- A--NSF συναγωγή-N1--NSF αὐτός- D--GSM περικύκλῳ-D ὁ- A--GSN μνῆμα-N3M-GSN αὐτός- D--GSM πᾶς-A3--NPM ὁ- A--NPM τραυματίας-N1T-NPM ὁ- A--NPM πίπτω-VX--XAPNPM μάχαιρα-N1A-DSF

23 ὁ- A--NPM δίδωμι-VO--AAPNPM ὁ- A--ASM φόβος-N2--ASM αὐτός- D--GPM ἐπί-P γῆ-N1--GSF ζωή-N1--GSF

24 ἐκεῖ-D αιλαμ-N---NSN καί-C πᾶς-A1S-NSF ὁ- A--NSF δύναμις-N3I-NSF αὐτός- D--GSM περικύκλῳ-D ὁ- A--GSN μνῆμα-N3M-GSN αὐτός- D--GSM πᾶς-A3--NPM ὁ- A--NPM τραυματίας-N1T-NPM ὁ- A--NPM πίπτω-VX--XAPNPM μάχαιρα-N1A-DSF καί-C ὁ- A--NPM καταβαίνω-V1--PAPNPM ἀπερίτμητος-A1B-NPM εἰς-P γῆ-N1--GSF βάθος-N3E-ASN ὁ- A--NPM δίδωμι-VX--XAPNPM αὐτός- D--GPM φόβος-N2--ASM ἐπί-P γῆ-N1--GSF ζωή-N1--GSF καί-C λαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3P ὁ- A--ASF βάσανος-N2--ASF αὐτός- D--GPM μετά-P ὁ- A--GPM καταβαίνω-V1--PAPGPM εἰς-P βόθρος-N2--ASM

25 ἐν-P μέσος-A1--DSM τραυματίας-N1T-GPM

26 ἐκεῖ-D δίδωμι-VCI-API3P *μοσοχ-N---NS καί-C *θοβελ-N---NS καί-C πᾶς-A1S-NSF ὁ- A--NSF ἰσχύς-N3--NSF αὐτός- D--GPM περικύκλῳ-D ὁ- A--GSN μνῆμα-N3M-GSN αὐτός- D--GSM πᾶς-A3--NPM τραυματίας-N1T-NPM αὐτός- D--GSM πᾶς-A3--NPM ἀπερίτμητος-A1B-NPM τραυματίας-N1T-NPM ἀπό-P μάχαιρα-N1--APF ὁ- A--NPM δίδωμι-VX--XAPNPM ὁ- A--ASM φόβος-N2--ASM αὐτός- D--GPM ἐπί-P γῆ-N1--GSF ζωή-N1--GSF

27 καί-C κοιμάω-VCI-API3P μετά-P ὁ- A--GPM γίγας-N3--GPM ὁ- A--GPM πίπτω-VX--XAPGPM ἀπό-P αἰών-N3W-GSM ὅς- --NPM καταβαίνω-VZI-AAI3P εἰς-P ᾅδης-N1M-GSM ἐν-P ὅπλον-N2N-DPN πολεμικός-A1--DPN καί-C τίθημι-VAI-AAI3P ὁ- A--APF μάχαιρα-N1--APF αὐτός- D--GPM ὑπό-P ὁ- A--APF κεφαλή-N1--APF αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C γίγνομαι-VCI-API3P ὁ- A--NPF ἀνομία-N1A-NPF αὐτός- D--GPM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GPN ὀστέον-N2N-GPN αὐτός- D--GPM ὅτι-C ἐκφοβέω-VAI-AAI3P γίγας-N3--APM ἐν-P γῆ-N1--DSF ζωή-N1--GSF

28 καί-C σύ- P--NS ἐν-P μέσος-A1--DSM ἀπερίτμητος-A1B-GPM κοιμάω-VC--FPI2S μετά-P τραυματίζω-VT--XPPGPM μάχαιρα-N1A-DSF

29 ἐκεῖ-D δίδωμι-VCI-API3P ὁ- A--NPM ἄρχων-N3--NPM *ασσουρ-N---GS ὁ- A--NPM δίδωμι-VO--AAPNPM ὁ- A--ASF ἰσχύς-N3--ASF αὐτός- D--GSM εἰς-P τραῦμα-N3M-ASN μάχαιρα-N1--APF οὗτος- D--NPM μετά-P τραυματίας-N1T-GPM κοιμάω-VCI-API3P μετά-P καταβαίνω-V1--PAPGPM εἰς-P βόθρος-N2--ASM

30 ἐκεῖ-D ὁ- A--NPM ἄρχων-N3--NPM ὁ- A--GSM βορέας-N1T-GSM πᾶς-A3--NPM στρατηγός-N2--NPM *ασσουρ-N---GS ὁ- A--NPM καταβαίνω-V1--PAPNPM τραυματίας-N1T-NPM σύν-P ὁ- A--DSM φόβος-N2--DSM αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C ὁ- A--DSF ἰσχύς-N3U-DSF αὐτός- D--GPM κοιμάω-VCI-API3P ἀπερίτμητος-A1B-NPM μετά-P τραυματίας-N1T-GPM μάχαιρα-N1--APF καί-C ἀποφέρω-VAI-AAI3P ὁ- A--ASF βάσανος-N2--ASF αὐτός- D--GPM μετά-P ὁ- A--GPM καταβαίνω-V1--PAPGPM εἰς-P βόθρος-N2--ASM

31 ἐκεῖνος- D--APM ὁράω-VF--FMI3S βασιλεύς-N3V-NSM *φαραώ-N---NSM καί-C παρακαλέω-VC--FPI3S ἐπί-P πᾶς-A1S-ASF ὁ- A--ASF ἰσχύς-N3--ASF αὐτός- D--GPM λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--NSM

32 ὅτι-C δίδωμι-VX--XAI1S ὁ- A--ASM φόβος-N2--ASM αὐτός- D--GSM ἐπί-P γῆ-N1--GSF ζωή-N1--GSF καί-C κοιμάω-VC--FPI3S ἐν-P μέσος-A1--DSM ἀπερίτμητος-A1B-GPM μετά-P τραυματίας-N1T-GPM μάχαιρα-N1--APF *φαραώ-N---NSM καί-C πᾶς-A3--NSN ὁ- A--NSN πλῆθος-N3E-NSN αὐτός- D--GSM λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--NSM

   

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Arcana Coelestia #4728

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4728. 'And let us throw him into one of the pits' means among falsities. This is clear from the meaning of 'pits' as falsities. The reason 'pits' means falsities is that people who are immersed in false assumptions are kept for a considerable time after death beneath the lower earth, until falsities have been removed from them and so to speak cast away to the sidelines. The places situated there are called pits. Those who go there are people who have to undergo vastation, dealt with in 1106-1113, 2699, 2701, 2704. 1 This is why by 'pits' in the abstract sense falsities are meant. The lower earth is directly below the feet, and is a region that does not extend to any great distance all around. There the majority stay after death before being raised up into heaven. Mention is also made of this lower earth in various places in the Word. Below it are places where vastation takes place, and they are called pits. Beneath these places and extending to quite a distance all around are the hells.

[2] From this one may have some idea of what is meant by hell, the lower earth, or the pit, when these are mentioned in the Word, as in Isaiah,

You have been sent down to hell, to the sides of the pit; you are cast out from your sepulchre like an abominable branch, a garment of the slain, those pierced by the sword, who go down to the stones of the pit. Isaiah 14:15, 19.

This refers to the king of Babel, who represents the profanation of truth, for 'a king' represents truth, 1672, 2015, 2069, 3009, 4581, and 'Babel' profanation, 1182, 1326. 'Hell' is the place where the condemned are, and their state of condemnation is compared to 'an abominable branch' and 'a garment of the slain and of those pierced by the sword, who go down to the stones of the pit'. 'A garment of the slain' means truth that has been made profane; 'those pierced by the sword' means people among whom truth has been annihilated; 'the pit' means falsity that is to be laid waste, 'stones' the limits of that falsity, which are also therefore called 'the sides', for surrounding the pits there are the hells. 'A garment' means truth, 2576, and therefore 'a garment of the slain' means truth that has been made profane, for 'the blood' with which it has been stained means that which has been made profane, 1003. 'Those pierced by the sword' means those among whom truth has been annihilated, 4503. From all this it is also evident that without the internal sense one cannot by any means know what these things mean.

[3] In Ezekiel,

When I cause you to go down with those going down to the pit, to the people of old, and I cause you to dwell in the land of the lower ones, in the desolations from of old, so that you do not dwell with those going down to the pit, I will give beauty in the land of the living. Ezekiel 26:20.

'Those going down to the pit' stands for those who are made to undergo vastation. 'Not dwelling with those who go down to the pit' stands for being delivered from falsities.

[4] In the same prophet,

That none of all the trees by the waters may become arrogant because of their height nor send their trunk up among entangled boughs, and that none of all [the trees] that drink water may reach above them because of their height - all will be given over to death, to the lower earth in the midst of the sons of men, to those going down to the pit. At the sound of its crashing down I will make the nations tremble, when I cause him to go down into hell with those going down to the pit. And all the trees of Eden, the choicest and the most excellent of Lebanon, all those drinking water, will comfort themselves on the lower earth. Ezekiel 31:14, 16.

This refers to Egypt, meaning knowledge, which enters by itself into the mysteries of faith, that is, people who enter into them, 1164, 1165, 1186. What has been stated above makes plain the meaning of hell, the pit, and the lower earth mentioned at this point in the prophet. Nor from anywhere else than the internal sense can anyone see what is meant by 'the trees by the waters', 'the trees of Eden', 'the trunk sent up among entangled boughs', 'the choicest and the most excellent of Lebanon', and 'those drinking water'.

[5] In the same prophet,

Son of man, wail over the multitude of Egypt, and cause it and the daughters of magnificent nations to go down to the lower earth. with those going down into the pit. Asshur is there to whom graves have been given in the sides of the pit, all of them slain with the sword. Ezekiel 32:18, 22-23.

What these words mean may be seen from the explanations given above. In David,

Jehovah, You have caused my soul to come up out of hell; You have caused me to live, out of those going down to the pit. Psalms 30:3.

In the same author,

I have been reckoned with them going down to the pit; I have become as a man with no strength. You have put me in the pit of the lower ones, in darkness, in the depths. Psalms 88:4, 6.

In Jonah,

I had gone down to the bottoms of the mountains; the bars of the land were upon me for ever. Nonetheless You brought up my life from the pit. Jonah 2:6.

This refers to the Lord's temptations, and to deliverance from them. 'The bottoms of the mountains' means where the most condemned are, for the gloomy dark clouds which seemingly surround them are mountains.

[6] As regards 'the pit' meaning falsity laid waste, and in the abstract sense falsity itself, this is clear in addition in Isaiah,

They will be gathered together, in a gathering as the bound for the pit, and they will be shut up in the dungeon; but after a multitude of days they will be visited. Isaiah 24:22.

In the same prophet,

Where is the anger of the oppressor? He that leads out will hasten to open, and he will not die at the pit; nor will bread fail. Isaiah 51:13-14.

In Ezekiel,

Behold, I am bringing strangers upon you, the violent of the nations, who will draw their swords against the loveliness of your wisdom, and they will profane your splendour. They will bring you down into the pit, and you will die the deaths of those slain in the heart of the seas. Ezekiel 28:7-8.

This refers to the prince of Tyre, who means people under the influence of false assumptions.

[7] In Zechariah,

Exult greatly, O daughter of Zion! Make a noise, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King comes to you, just, meek, and riding on an ass, and on a colt, the young of she-asses. Through the blood of the covenant I will let out your bound ones from the pit in which there is no water. Zechariah 9:9, 11.

'The pit in which there is no water' stands for falsity that has no truth at all within it, as also in verse 24 below where it is said that they cast Joseph into the pit and the pit was empty, having no water in it. In David,

To You, O Jehovah, do I call; my rock, do not be silent to me, lest if You are silent to me I seem like those going down into the pit. Psalms 28:1.

In the same author,

Jehovah caused me to come up out of the pit of VASTATION, out of the miry clay, and He set my feet upon a rock. Psalms 40:2.

[8] In the same author,

Do not let the flow of waters rush over me, nor the deep swallow me up, nor the pit close its mouth over me. Psalms 69:15.

In the same author,

He sent His word and healed them, and rescued them from their pits. Psalms 107:20.

'From pits' stands for from falsities. In the same author,

Make haste, answer me, O Jehovah. My spirit is consumed. Do not hide Your face from me, lest I become like those going down into the pit. Psalms 143:7.

Because 'a pit' means falsity, and 'the blind' those who are immersed in falsities, 2383, the Lord therefore says,

Let them alone; they are blind leaders of the blind. For if the blind leads the blind both will fall into a pit. Matthew 15:13, 14; Luke 6:39.

Something similar to what was represented by Joseph was also represented by the prophet Jeremiah, who describes what happened to him as follows,

They took Jeremiah and cast him into the pit which was in the court of the guard, and let Jeremiah down by ropes into the pit where there was no water. Jeremiah 38:6.

That is, they cast Divine Truths away among falsities that had no truth at all within them.

Footnotes:

1. The Latin has 2711, 2714, but 2701, 2704 seem to be intended

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