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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 #908

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908. 'Every wild animal of all flesh that is with you' means everything that has been made living within the member of this Church. This is clear from the fact that 'wild animal' refers to Noah, the member of this Church who has now been regenerated, and plainly has reference to the things that follow, namely to 'birds, beasts, and creeping thing that creeps', for the words used are 'every wild animal of all flesh that is with you - birds, and beasts, and every creeping thing that creeps over the earth'. In the original language the word for wild animal strictly speaking means life or that which is living; but when used in the Word it means not only that which is living but also that which in one sense is not living, or a wild animal. Consequently unless a person is acquainted with the internal sense of the Word he cannot always know what is meant. The reason it carries both meanings is that the member of the Most Ancient Church, in humiliating himself before the Lord, acknowledged that he himself was not living, not even a domestic beast, but an animal living in the wild, for he knew that man is such when regarded in himself or as to the proprium. Consequently the same word means that which is living and also means a wild animal.

[2] As to its meaning that which is living, this is clear in David,

Your wild animals will dwell in it (the inheritance of God); You, O God, will strengthen the needy with Your goodness. Psalms 68:10.

Here, because he is to dwell in the inheritance of God, nothing else is meant by 'wild animal' than a regenerate person, and so, as is the case here, that which is alive in him. In the same author,

Every wild animal of the forest is mine, beasts on mountains of thousands; I know every bird of the mountains, and the wild animal of My field is with Me. Psalms 50:10-11.

Here too 'wild animal of the field with Me', that is, with God, stands for a regenerate person and so for things with him that are alive. In Ezekiel,

In its branches all the birds of the air 1 made their nests, and under its branches every wild animal of the field gave birth. Ezekiel 31:6.

This refers to the formation of the spiritual Church and so stands for things with the member of the Church that are alive. In Hosea,

I will make a covenant on that day with the wild animals of the field and with the birds of the air. 1 Hosea 2:18.

This refers to people who are to be regenerated, with whom a covenant is to be made. Indeed the application of 'wild animal' to that which is alive extends even to the cherubs or angels seen by Ezekiel being called four wild animals, in Ezekiel 1:5, 13-15, 19; 10:15.

[3] That 'wild animal' in the contrary sense stands in the Word for that which is not alive, or a fierce wild animal, is clear from many places. Let just the following examples serve to confirm the point: In David,

Give not the soul of Your turtle dove to the wild animal. Psalms 74:19.

In Zephaniah,

The city has become a desolation, a place for the wild animal to lie down in. Zephaniah 2:15.

In Ezekiel,

They will no more be a prey to the nations, and the wild animal of the land will not devour them. Ezekiel 34:28.

In the same prophet,

Upon its ruin will dwell every bird of the air, 1 and on its branches will be every wild animal of the field. Ezekiel 31:13.

In Hosea,

There I will devour them like a lion, the wild animals of the field will tear them apart. Hosea 13:8.

In Ezekiel,

To the wild animal of the earth, and to the birds of the air 1 have I given [you] for food. Ezekiel 19:5.

The usage recurs fairly often. Moreover since the Jews were confined solely to the sense of the letter, and understood wild animal by 'wild animal' and bird by 'bird', they did not wish to know of, still less acknowledge, the inner contents of the Word, and so receive instruction. Indeed they themselves were so cruel, and such wild animals, that they took delight in not burying enemies they had slain in battle and in exposing them to be devoured by birds and by wild animals. These things also show what a wild animal man is.

Footnotes:

1. literally, bird of the heavens (or the skies)

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