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Ezekiel 34

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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 ποιμήν-N3--APM ὁ- A--GSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM προφητεύω-VA--AAD2S καί-C εἶπον-VB--AAD2S ὁ- A--DPM ποιμήν-N3--DPM ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--NSM ὦ-I ποιμήν-N3--NPM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM μή-D βόσκω-V1--PAI3P ποιμήν-N3--NPM ἑαυτοῦ- D--APM οὐ-D ὁ- A--APN πρόβατον-N2N-APN βόσκω-V1--PAI3P ὁ- A--NPM ποιμήν-N3--NPM

3 ἰδού-I ὁ- A--ASN γάλα-N3--ASN καταἐσθίω-V1--PAI2P καί-C ὁ- A--APN ἔριον-N2N-APN περιβάλλω-V1--PMI2P καί-C ὁ- A--ASN παχύς-A3U-ASN σφάζω-V1--PAI2P καί-C ὁ- A--APN πρόβατον-N2N-APN ἐγώ- P--GS οὐ-D βόσκω-V1--PAI2P

4 ὁ- A--ASN ἀσθενέω-VX--XAPASN οὐ-D ἐνἰσχύω-VA--AAI2P καί-C ὁ- A--ASN κακῶς-D ἔχω-V1--PAPASN οὐ-D σωματοποιέω-VAI-AAI2P καί-C ὁ- A--ASN συντρίβω-VP--XPPASN οὐ-D καταδέω-VAI-AAI2P καί-C ὁ- A--ASN πλανάω-V3--PMPASN οὐ-D ἐπιστρέφω-VAI-AAI2P καί-C ὁ- A--ASN ἀποὀλλύω-VX--XAPASN οὐ-D ζητέω-VAI-AAI2P καί-C ὁ- A--ASN ἰσχυρός-A1A-ASN καταἐργάζομαι-VAI-AMI2P μόχθος-N2--DSM

5 καί-C διασπείρω-VDI-API3S ὁ- A--APN πρόβατον-N2N-APN ἐγώ- P--GS διά-P ὁ- A--ASN μή-D εἰμί-V9--PAN ποιμήν-N3--APM καί-C γίγνομαι-VCI-API3S εἰς-P κατάβρωμα-N3M-ASN πᾶς-A3--DPN ὁ- A--DPN θηρίον-N2N-DPN ὁ- A--GSM ἀγρός-N2--GSM

6 καί-C διασπείρω-VDI-API3S ἐγώ- P--GS ὁ- A--NPN πρόβατον-N2N-NPN ἐν-P πᾶς-A3--DSN ὄρος-N3E-DSN καί-C ἐπί-P πᾶς-A3--ASN βουνός-N2--ASM ὑψηλός-A1--ASM καί-C ἐπί-P πρόσωπον-N2N-GSN πᾶς-A1S-GSF ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF διασπείρω-VDI-API3S καί-C οὐ-D εἰμί-V9--IAI3S ὁ- A--NSM ἐκζητέω-V2--PAPNSM οὐδέ-C ὁ- A--NSM ἀποστρέφω-V1--PAPNSM

7 διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN ποιμήν-N3--NPM ἀκούω-VA--AAD2P λόγος-N2--ASM κύριος-N2--GSM

8 ζάω-V3--PAI1S ἐγώ- P--NS λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--NSM εἰ-C μήν-X ἀντί-P ὁ- A--GSN γίγνομαι-VB--AMN ὁ- A--NPN πρόβατον-N2N-NPN ἐγώ- P--GS εἰς-P προνομή-N1--ASF καί-C γίγνομαι-VB--AMN ὁ- A--NPN πρόβατον-N2N-NPN ἐγώ- P--GS εἰς-P κατάβρωμα-N3M-ASN πᾶς-A3--DPN ὁ- A--DPN θηρίον-N2N-DPN ὁ- A--GSN πεδίον-N2N-GSN παρά-P ὁ- A--ASN μή-D εἰμί-V9--PAN ποιμήν-N3--APM καί-C οὐ-D ἐκζητέω-VAI-AAI3P ὁ- A--NPM ποιμήν-N3--NPM ὁ- A--APN πρόβατον-N2N-APN ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C βόσκω-VAI-AAI3P ὁ- A--NPM ποιμήν-N3--NPM ἑαυτοῦ- D--APM ὁ- A--APN δέ-X πρόβατον-N2N-APN ἐγώ- P--GS οὐ-D βόσκω-VAI-AAI3P

9 ἀντί-P οὗτος- D--GSM ποιμήν-N3--NPM

10 ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--NSM ἰδού-I ἐγώ- P--NS ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APM ποιμήν-N3--APM καί-C ἐκζητέω-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--APN πρόβατον-N2N-APN ἐγώ- P--GS ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GPF χείρ-N3--GPF αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C ἀποστρέφω-VF--FAI1S αὐτός- D--APM ὁ- A--GSN μή-D ποιμαίνω-V1--PAN ὁ- A--APN πρόβατον-N2N-APN ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C οὐ-D βόσκω-VF--FAI3P ἔτι-D ὁ- A--NPM ποιμήν-N3--NPM αὐτός- D--APN καί-C ἐκαἱρέω-VF2-FMI1S ὁ- A--APN πρόβατον-N2N-APN ἐγώ- P--GS ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSN στόμα-N3M-GSN αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C οὐ-D εἰμί-VF--FMI3P αὐτός- D--DPM ἔτι-D εἰς-P κατάβρωμα-N3M-ASN

11 διότι-C ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ἰδού-I ἐγώ- P--NS ἐκζητέω-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--APN πρόβατον-N2N-APN ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ἐπισκέπτομαι-VF--FMI1S αὐτός- D--APN

12 ὥσπερ-D ζητέω-V2--PAI3S ὁ- A--NSM ποιμήν-N3--NSM ὁ- A--ASN ποίμνιον-N2N-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM ἐν-P ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF ὅταν-D εἰμί-V9--PAS3S γνόφος-N2--NSM καί-C νεφέλη-N1--NSF ἐν-P μέσος-A1--DSM πρόβατον-N2N-GPN διαχωρίζω-VT--XPPGPM οὕτως-D ἐκζητέω-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--APN πρόβατον-N2N-APN ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ἀποἐλαύνω-VF3-FAI1S αὐτός- D--APN ἀπό-P πᾶς-A3--GSM τόπος-N2--GSM ὅς- --GSM διασπείρω-VDI-API3P ἐκεῖ-D ἐν-P ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF νεφέλη-N1--GSF καί-C γνόφος-N2--GSM

13 καί-C ἐκἄγω-VF--FAI1S αὐτός- D--APM ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GPN ἔθνος-N3E-GPN καί-C συνἄγω-VF--FAI1S αὐτός- D--APM ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GPF χώρα-N1A-GPF καί-C εἰςἄγω-VF--FAI1S αὐτός- D--APM εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C βόσκω-VF--FAI1S αὐτός- D--APM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APN ὄρος-N3E-APN *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF φάραγξ-N3G-DPF καί-C ἐν-P πᾶς-A1S-DSF κατοικία-N1A-DSF ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF

14 ἐν-P νομή-N1--DSF ἀγαθός-A1--DSF βόσκω-VF--FAI1S αὐτός- D--APM καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN ὄρος-N3E-DSN ὁ- A--DSN ὑψηλός-A1--DSN *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM εἰμί-VF--FMI3P ὁ- A--NPF μάνδρα-N1A-NPF αὐτός- D--GPM ἐκεῖ-D κοιμάω-VC--FPI3P καί-C ἐκεῖ-D ἀναπαύω-VF--FMI3P ἐν-P τρυφή-N1--DSF ἀγαθός-A1--DSF καί-C ἐν-P νομή-N1--DSF πίων-A3N-DSF βόσκω-VC--FPI3P ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GPN ὄρος-N3E-GPN *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM

15 ἐγώ- P--NS βόσκω-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--APN πρόβατον-N2N-APN ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ἐγώ- P--NS ἀναπαύω-VF--FAI1S αὐτός- D--APN καί-C γιγνώσκω-VF--FMI3P ὅτι-C ἐγώ- P--NS εἰμί-V9--PAI1S κύριος-N2--NSM ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--NSM

16 ὁ- A--ASN ἀποὀλλύω-VX--XAPASN ζητέω-VF--FAI1S καί-C ὁ- A--ASN πλανάω-V3--PMPASN ἐπιστρέφω-VF--FAI1S καί-C ὁ- A--ASN συντρίβω-VP--XPPASN καταδέω-VF--FAI1S καί-C ὁ- A--ASN ἐκλείπω-V1--PAPASN ἐνἰσχύω-VF--FAI1S καί-C ὁ- A--ASN ἰσχυρός-A1A-ASN φυλάσσω-VF--FAI1S καί-C βόσκω-VF--FAI1S αὐτός- D--APN μετά-P κρίμα-N3M-GSN

17 καί-C σύ- P--NP πρόβατον-N2N-NPN ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--NSM ἰδού-I ἐγώ- P--NS διακρίνω-VF2-FAI1S ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASM πρόβατον-N2N-GSN καί-C πρόβατον-N2N-GSN κριός-N2--GPM καί-C τράγος-N2--GPM

18 καί-C οὐ-D ἱκανός-A1--NSN σύ- P--DP ὅτι-C ὁ- A--ASF καλός-A1--ASF νομή-N1--ASF νέμω-V1I-IMI2P καί-C ὁ- A--APN κατάλοιπος-A1B-APN ὁ- A--GSF νομή-N1--GSF σύ- P--GP καταπατέω-V2I-IAI2P ὁ- A--DPM πούς-N3D-DPM σύ- P--GP καί-C ὁ- A--ASN καταἵστημι-VXI-XAPASN ὕδωρ-N3--ASN πίνω-V1I-IAI2P καί-C ὁ- A--ASN λοιπός-A1--ASN ὁ- A--DPM πούς-N3D-DPM σύ- P--GP ταράσσω-V1I-IAI2P

19 καί-C ὁ- A--APN πρόβατον-N2N-APN ἐγώ- P--GS ὁ- A--APN πάτημα-N3M-APN ὁ- A--GPM πούς-N3D-GPM σύ- P--GP νέμω-V1I-IMI3P καί-C ὁ- A--ASN ταράσσω-VK--XPPASN ὕδωρ-N3--ASN ὑπό-P ὁ- A--GPM πούς-N3D-GPM σύ- P--GP πίνω-V1I-IAI3P

20 διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--NSM ἰδού-I ἐγώ- P--NS διακρίνω-VF2-FAI1S ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASM πρόβατον-N2N-GSN ἰσχυρός-A1A-GSN καί-C ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASM πρόβατον-N2N-GSN ἀσθενής-A3H-GSN

21 ἐπί-P ὁ- A--DPF πλευρά-N1A-DPF καί-C ὁ- A--DPM ὦμος-N2--DPM σύ- P--GP διαὠθέω-V2--PMI2P καί-C ὁ- A--DPN κέρας-N3T-DPN σύ- P--GP κερατίζω-V1I-IAI2P καί-C πᾶς-A3--ASN ὁ- A--ASN ἐκλείπω-V1--PAPASN ἐκθλίβω-V1I-IAI2P

22 καί-C σώζω-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--APN πρόβατον-N2N-APN ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C οὐ-D μή-D εἰμί-V9--PAS3P ἔτι-D εἰς-P προνομή-N1--ASF καί-C κρίνω-VF2-FAI1S ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASM κριός-N2--GSM πρός-P κριός-N2--ASM

23 καί-C ἀναἵστημι-VF--FAI1S ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--APM ποιμήν-N3--ASM εἷς-A3--ASM καί-C ποιμαίνω-VF2-FAI3S αὐτός- D--APM ὁ- A--ASM δοῦλος-N2--ASM ἐγώ- P--GS *δαυίδ-N---ASM καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI3S αὐτός- D--GPM ποιμήν-N3--NSM

24 καί-C ἐγώ- P--NS κύριος-N2--NSM εἰμί-VF--FMI1S αὐτός- D--DPM εἰς-P θεός-N2--ASM καί-C *δαυίδ-N---NSM ἐν-P μέσος-A1--DSM αὐτός- D--GPM ἄρχων-N3--NSM ἐγώ- P--NS κύριος-N2--NSM λαλέω-VAI-AAI1S

25 καί-C διατίθημι-VF--FMI1S ὁ- A--DSM *δαυίδ-N---DSM διαθήκη-N1--ASF εἰρήνη-N1--GSF καί-C ἀπο ἀναἵζω-VF2-FAI1S θηρίον-N2N-APN πονηρός-A1A-APN ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF καί-C καταοἰκέω-VF--FAI3P ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF ἔρημος-N2--DSF καί-C ὑπνόω-VF--FAI3P ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPM δρυμός-N2--DPM

26 καί-C δίδωμι-VF--FAI1S αὐτός- D--APM περικύκλῳ-D ὁ- A--GSN ὄρος-N3E-GSN ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C δίδωμι-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--ASM ὑετός-N2--ASM σύ- P--DP ὑετός-N2--ASM εὐλογία-N1A-GSF

27 καί-C ὁ- A--NPN ξύλον-N2N-NPN ὁ- A--NPN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN πεδίον-N2N-DSN δίδωμι-VF--FAI3S ὁ- A--ASM καρπός-N2--ASM αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C ὁ- A--NSF γῆ-N1--NSF δίδωμι-VF--FAI3S ὁ- A--ASF ἰσχύς-N3--ASF αὐτός- D--GSF καί-C καταοἰκέω-VF--FAI3P ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF αὐτός- D--GPM ἐν-P ἐλπίς-N3D-DSF εἰρήνη-N1--GSF καί-C γιγνώσκω-VF--FMI3P ὅτι-C ἐγώ- P--NS εἰμί-V9--PAI1S κύριος-N2--NSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN συντρίβω-VA--AAN ἐγώ- P--AS ὁ- A--ASM ζυγός-N2--ASM αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C ἐκαἱρέω-VF2-FMI1S αὐτός- D--APM ἐκ-P χείρ-N3--GSF ὁ- A--GPM καταδουλόω-VA--AMPGPM αὐτός- D--APM

28 καί-C οὐ-D εἰμί-VF--FMI3P ἔτι-D ἐν-P προνομή-N1--DSF ὁ- A--DPN ἔθνος-N3E-DPN καί-C ὁ- A--NPN θηρίον-N2N-NPN ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF οὐκέτι-D μή-D ἐσθίω-VB--AAS3P αὐτός- D--APM καί-C καταοἰκέω-VF--FAI3P ἐν-P ἐλπίς-N3D-DSF καί-C οὐ-D εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--NSM ἐκφοβέω-V2--PAPNSM αὐτός- D--APM

29 καί-C ἀναἵστημι-VF--FAI1S αὐτός- D--DPM φυτόν-N2N-ASN εἰρήνη-N1--GSF καί-C οὐκέτι-D εἰμί-VF--FMI3P ἀποὀλλύω-V5--PMPNPM λιμός-N2--DSM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF καί-C οὐ-D μή-D φέρω-VA--AAS3P ἔτι-D ὀνειδισμός-N2--ASM ἔθνος-N3E-GPN

30 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 αὐτός- D--NPM λαός-N2--NSM ἐγώ- P--GS οἶκος-N2--NSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM

31 πρόβατον-N2N-NPN ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C πρόβατον-N2N-NPN ποίμνιον-N2N-GSN ἐγώ- P--GS εἰμί-V9--PAI2P καί-C ἐγώ- P--NS κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM σύ- P--GP λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--NSM

   

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Arcana Coelestia #10182

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10182. 'Its horns shall be of one piece with it' means the powers of truth derived from the good of love and charity. This is clear from the meaning of 'horns' as the powers of truth, dealt with in 2832, 9719-9721. The reason why derived from the good of love and charity is meant is that all the power which truth possesses comes from that good. Therefore also the horns continued from the altar itself or were of one piece with it; for this altar was representative of the Lord, of His hearing and receiving everything of worship that springs from love and charity, 10177.

[2] The statement that all the power which truth possesses comes from the good of love is unintelligible to those who have only a material idea of power, and therefore the nature of that power must be described. In the heavens all power is derived from Divine Truth emanating from the Lord's Divine Good. This is the source of the power angels possess, for angels are recipients of Divine Truth from the Lord, 1752, 4295, 8192. By means of the power which they receive from that source they protect a person by removing the hells from him; for a single angel is stronger than a thousand who come from hell. This power is what Peter's keys serve to mean, though Peter, who in the same place is referred to as a rock, means the Lord in respect of the truth of faith springing from the good of love, see Preface to Genesis 22, and 3750, 4738, 6000, 6073(end), 6344(end), 10087, 'the Rock' being the Lord in respect of the truth of faith, 8581.

[3] The power that Divine Truth possesses is also meant by 'the voice of Jehovah' in David,

The voice of Jehovah is upon the waters; the voice of Jehovah is powerful; the voice of Jehovah breaks the cedars; the voice of Jehovah strikes a flame of fire; the voice of Jehovah causes the wilderness to shake; the voice of Jehovah strips the forests bare; Jehovah gives strength to His people. Psalms 29:3-5, 7-9, 11.

'The voice of Jehovah' is the Divine Truth emanating from His Divine Good, see 9926.

[4] The power that Divine Truth possesses is also meant by 'the Word' in John,

All things were made through the Word, and without Him nothing was made that was made. John 1:3.

'The Word' is the Divine Truth emanating from Divine Good, see 9987. Therefore also the Lord, when He was in the world, first made Himself Divine Truth, which is also meant in John 1:14 by the Word became flesh. The Lord made Himself Divine Truth then to the end that He might fight against all the hells and overcome them, and in so doing might restore all things to order there, and at the same time in the heavens, 9715, 9809, 10019, 10152.

[5] The fact that truths springing from good possess all power, while on the other hand falsities arising from evil have no power, is very well known in the next life. For this reason the evil who come there from the world have their belief, which is no more than persuasion, and also their knowledge of any truth, taken away from them. This then leaves them with the falsities belonging to their evil.

[6] The statement that truths springing from good possess such power is unintelligible to those who have the idea that truth or a belief in truth is no more than mental activity, when yet a person's mental activity, under the control of his will, constitutes all the strength which the body has; and if the Lord were to instill it through His Divine Truth into that body the person would possess the strength of Samson. But yet it is the Lord's good pleasure to impart strength to a person through faith springing from love in the things that belong to his spirit and that contribute to eternal life.

[7] From all this one may see what should be understood by the power of truth springing from good, the power meant by 'the horns' of both the altar of burnt offering and the altar of incense. That this power is meant by 'the horns' is clear from places in the Word where 'horns' are mentioned, as in Ezekiel,

On that day I will make a horn grow up for the house of Israel. Ezekiel 29:21.

In Amos,

Have we not by our own strength taken horns for ourselves? Amos 6:13.

In the first Book of Samuel,

Jehovah will give strength to His king, and exalt the horn of His anointed. 1 Samuel 2:10.

In David,

Jehovah has exalted the horn of His people. Psalms 148:14.

In the same author,

All the horns of the wicked I will cut off; the horns of the righteous will be exalted. Psalms 75:10.

In Jeremiah,

The Lord has cut down in His very fierce anger 1 the whole horn of Israel. And He has exalted the horn of your foes. Lamentations 2:3, 17.

In Ezekiel,

You push with side and shoulder, and butt with your horns all the weak sheep, until you have scattered them abroad. Ezekiel 34:21.

In Zechariah,

I saw four horns. The angel said, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem. The smiths have come to cast down the horns of the nations lifting up their horn against the land of Judah. Zechariah 1:18-21.

In Moses,

His horns are unicorn horns 2 . With these he will strike the peoples together to the ends of the earth. Deuteronomy 33:17.

In these places it is self-evident that power is meant by 'horns', and indeed power in both senses, that is to say, of truth directed against falsity and of falsity directed against truth; for the state of the Church is the subject in the internal sense of every one of these places.

[8] Something similar occurs in Amos,

On that day I will visit the altars of Bethel, and the horns of the altar will be cut away and fall to the ground. Amos 3:14.

'The altars of Bethel' and 'the horns of the altar' mean the evils and falsities destroying the Church's goodness and truth, regarding which it says that they 'will be cut away'.

[9] From all this one may see what should be understood by 'the horns' mentioned so frequently by Daniel, and by John in the Book of Revelation. Daniel describes the beast which had ten horns and also a horn speaking, Daniel 7:8, 11, 20; and he says that the horn was making war with the saints and prevailing, until the Ancient of Days 3 came, Daniel 7:11, 21-22, 24. He also speaks about the horns of the ram and the horns of the he-goat, which they used to make war against each other, Daniel 8:3-21. And John mentions that the dragon had ten horns, Revelation 12:3, as did the beast coming up out of the sea, Revelation 13:1, and also the scarlet beast, Revelation 17:12. In this verse it is also stated that the ten horns are ten kings; and the same words occur in Daniel 7:24. By 'kings' in the Word truths are meant, and in the contrary sense falsities, see 1672, 2015, 2069, 3009, 4575, 4581, 4966, 5044, 5068, 6148.

[10] It is because 'horn' means truth in its power, or in the contrary sense falsity destroying truth, that speech is attributed to a horn in Revelation 9:13; Daniel 7:8; Psalms 22:21.

[11] The anointing of kings with oil from a horn, 1 Samuel 16:1, 13; 1 Kings 1:39, represented truth springing from good, in its power; for truths in their power are meant by 'horns', good by 'oil', and those who are guided by truths springing from good by 'kings'. For the meaning of 'oil' as good, see 886, 9780; and for that of 'kings' as those who are guided by truths springing from good, thus - in the abstract sense - as truths springing from good, 6148. So it is also that in Psalms 132:17 a horn is said to bud, because all spiritual budding is that of truth springing from good. Therefore also in former times they made [imitations of] budding horns.

All power belongs to good and is exercised through truth, or what amounts to the same thing, belongs to truth springing from good, see the places referred to in 10019.

Footnotes:

1. literally, in the fierceness of His anger

2. i.e. horns that are high and powerful, like the horn of a unicorn

3. The Latin means the Son of Man but the original Aramaic means the Ancient of Days, which Swedenborg has in another place where he quotes these verses.

  
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