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Ezekiel 36

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1 καί-C σύ- P--NS υἱός-N2--VSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM προφητεύω-VA--AAD2S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APN ὄρος-N3E-APN *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM καί-C εἶπον-VB--AAD2S ὁ- A--DPN ὄρος-N3E-DPN ὁ- A--GSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ἀκούω-VA--AAD2P λόγος-N2--ASM κύριος-N2--GSM

2 ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--NSM ἀντί-P ὅς- --GPM εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM ἐχθρός-N2--NSM ἐπί-P σύ- P--AP εὖγε-D ἔρημος-A1--NPN αἰώνιος-A1B-NPN εἰς-P κατάσχεσις-N3I-ASF ἐγώ- P--DP γίγνομαι-VCI-API3S

3 διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN προφητεύω-VA--AAD2S καί-C εἶπον-VB--AAD2S ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--NSM ἀντί-P ὁ- A--GSN ἀτιμάζω-VS--APN σύ- P--AP καί-C μισέω-VC--APN σύ- P--AP ὑπό-P ὁ- A--GPM κύκλος-N2--DSM σύ- P--GP ὁ- A--GSN εἰμί-V9--PAN σύ- P--AP εἰς-P κατάσχεσις-N3I-ASF ὁ- A--DPN κατάλοιπος-A1B-DPN ἔθνος-N3E-DPN καί-C ἀναβαίνω-VZI-AAI2P λάλημα-N3M-ASN γλῶσσα-N1S-DSF καί-C εἰς-P ὀνείδισμα-N3N-ASN ἔθνος-N3E-DPN

4 διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN ὄρος-N3E-VPN *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ἀκούω-VA--AAD2P λόγος-N2--ASM κύριος-N2--GSM ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--DPN ὄρος-N3E-DPN καί-C ὁ- A--DPM βουνός-N2--DPM καί-C ὁ- A--DPF φάραγξ-N3G-DPF καί-C ὁ- A--DPM χειμάρρους-N2--DPM καί-C ὁ- A--DPM ἐκἐρημόω-VM--XPPDPM καί-C ἀπο ἀναἵζω-VT--XPPDPM καί-C ὁ- A--DPF πόλις-N3I-DPF ὁ- A--DPF ἐν καταλείπω-VP--XMPDPF ὅς- --NPF γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3P εἰς-P προνομή-N1--ASF καί-C εἰς-P καταπάτημα-N3M-ASN ὁ- A--DPM καταλείπω-VC--APPDPM ἔθνος-N3E-DPN περικύκλῳ-D

5 διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--NSM εἰ-C μήν-X ἐν-P πῦρ-N3--DSN θυμός-N2--GSM ἐγώ- P--GS λαλέω-VAI-AAI1S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APN λοιπός-A1--APN ἔθνος-N3E-APN καί-C ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF *ιδουμαία-N1A-ASF πᾶς-A1S-ASF ὅτι-C δίδωμι-VAI-AAI3P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF ἐγώ- P--GS ἑαυτοῦ- D--DPM εἰς-P κατάσχεσις-N3I-ASF μετά-P εὐφροσύνη-N1--GSF ἀτιμάζω-VA--AAPNPM ψυχή-N1--APF ὁ- A--GSN ἀπο ἀναἵζω-VA--AAN ἐν-P προνομή-N1--DSF

6 διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN προφητεύω-VA--AAD2S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF ὁ- A--GSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM καί-C εἶπον-VB--AAD2S ὁ- A--DPN ὄρος-N3E-DPN καί-C ὁ- A--DPM βουνός-N2--DPM καί-C ὁ- A--DPF φάραγξ-N3G-DPF καί-C ὁ- A--DPF νάπη-N1--DPF ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ἰδού-I ἐγώ- P--NS ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM ζῆλος-N2--DSM ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM θυμός-N2--DSM ἐγώ- P--GS λαλέω-VAI-AAI1S ἀντί-P ὁ- A--GSM ὀνειδισμός-N2--APM ἔθνος-N3E-GPN φέρω-VA--AAN σύ- P--AP

7 διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN ἐγώ- P--NS αἴρω-VF2-FAI1S ὁ- A--ASF χείρ-N3--ASF ἐγώ- P--GS ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APN ἔθνος-N3E-APN ὁ- A--APN περικύκλῳ-D σύ- P--GP οὗτος- D--NPM ὁ- A--ASF ἀτιμία-N1A-ASF αὐτός- D--GPM λαμβάνω-VF--FMI3P

8 σύ- P--GP δέ-X ὄρος-N3E-VPN *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ὁ- A--ASF σταφυλή-N1--ASF καί-C ὁ- A--ASM καρπός-N2--ASM σύ- P--GP καταἐσθίω-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--NSM λαός-N2--NSM ἐγώ- P--GS ὅτι-C ἐγγίζω-V1--PAI3P ὁ- A--GSN ἔρχομαι-VB--AAN

9 ὅτι-C ἰδού-I ἐγώ- P--NS ἐπί-P σύ- P--AP καί-C ἐπιβλέπω-VF--FAI1S ἐπί-P σύ- P--AP καί-C καταἐργάζομαι-VS--FPI2P καί-C σπείρω-VD--FPI2P

10 καί-C πληθύνω-VF2-FAI1S ἐπί-P σύ- P--AP ἄνθρωπος-N2--APM πᾶς-A3--ASN οἶκος-N2--ASM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM εἰς-P τέλος-N3E-ASN καί-C καταοἰκέω-VC--FPI3P ὁ- A--NPF πόλις-N3I-NPF καί-C ὁ- A--NSF ἐρημόω-VM--XPPNSF οἰκοδομέω-VC--FPI3S

11 καί-C πληθύνω-VF2-FAI1S ἐπί-P σύ- P--AP ἄνθρωπος-N2--APM καί-C κτῆνος-N3E-APN καί-C καταοἰκίζω-VF2-FAI1S σύ- P--AP ὡς-C ὁ- A--ASN ἐν-P ἀρχή-N1--DSF σύ- P--GP καί-C εὖ-D ποιέω-VF--FAI1S σύ- P--AP ὥσπερ-D ὁ- A--APN ἔμπροσθεν-P σύ- P--GP καί-C γιγνώσκω-VF--FMI2P ὅτι-C ἐγώ- P--NS εἰμί-V9--PAI1S κύριος-N2--NSM

12 καί-C γεννάω-VF--FAI1S ἐπί-P σύ- P--AP ἄνθρωπος-N2--APM ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM ἐγώ- P--GS *ἰσραήλ-N---ASM καί-C κληρονομέω-VF--FAI3P σύ- P--AP καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI2P αὐτός- D--DPM εἰς-P κατάσχεσις-N3I-ASF καί-C οὐ-D μή-D προςτίθημι-VC--APS2P ἔτι-D ἀτεκνόω-VC--APN ἀπό-P αὐτός- D--GPM

13 ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--NSM ἀντί-P ὅς- --GPM εἶπον-VAI-AAI3P σύ- P--DS καταἐσθίω-V1--PAPNSF ἄνθρωπος-N2--APM εἰμί-V9--PAI2S καί-C ἀτεκνόω-VM--XMPNSF ὑπό-P ὁ- A--GSN ἔθνος-N3E-GSN σύ- P--GS γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI2S

14 διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN ἄνθρωπος-N2--APM οὐκέτι-D ἐσθίω-VF--FMI2S καί-C ὁ- A--ASN ἔθνος-N3E-ASN σύ- P--GS οὐ-D ἀτεκνόω-VF--FAI2S ἔτι-D λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--NSM

15 καί-C οὐ-D ἀκούω-VC--FPI3S οὐκέτι-D ἐπί-P σύ- P--AP ἀτιμία-N1A-NSF ἔθνος-N3E-GPN καί-C ὀνειδισμός-N2--APM λαός-N2--GPM οὐ-D μή-D ἀναφέρω-VA--AAS2P λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--NSM

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

17 υἱός-N2--VSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM οἶκος-N2--NSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM καταοἰκέω-VAI-AAI3S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C μιαίνω-VAI-AAI3P αὐτός- D--ASF ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF ὁδός-N2--DSF αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPN εἴδωλον-N2N-DPN αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF ἀκαθαρσία-N1A-DPF αὐτός- D--GPM κατά-P ὁ- A--ASF ἀκαθαρσία-N1A-ASF ὁ- A--GSF ἀπο καταἧμαι-V5--PMPGSF γίγνομαι-VCI-API3S ὁ- A--NSF ὁδός-N2--NSF αὐτός- D--GPM πρό-P πρόσωπον-N2N-GSN ἐγώ- P--GS

18 καί-C ἐκχέω-VAI-AAI1S ὁ- A--ASM θυμός-N2--ASM ἐγώ- P--GS ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--APM

19 καί-C διασπείρω-VAI-AAI1S αὐτός- D--APM εἰς-P ὁ- A--APN ἔθνος-N3E-APN καί-C λικμάω-VAI-AAI1S αὐτός- D--APM εἰς-P ὁ- A--APF χώρα-N1A-APF κατά-P ὁ- A--ASF ὁδός-N2--ASF αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C κατά-P ὁ- A--ASF ἁμαρτία-N1A-ASF αὐτός- D--GPM κρίνω-VBI-AAI1S αὐτός- D--APM

20 καί-C εἰςἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3P εἰς-P ὁ- A--APN ἔθνος-N3E-APN ὅς- --GSM εἰςἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3P ἐκεῖ-D καί-C βεβηλόω-VAI-AAI3P ὁ- A--ASN ὄνομα-N3M-ASN ἐγώ- P--GS ὁ- A--ASN ἅγιος-A1A-ASN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN λέγω-V1--PMN αὐτός- D--APM λαός-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--GSM οὗτος- D--NPM καί-C ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF αὐτός- D--GSM ἐκἔρχομαι-VX--XAI3P

21 καί-C φείδομαι-VAI-AMI1S αὐτός- D--GPM διά-P ὁ- A--ASN ὄνομα-N3M-ASN ἐγώ- P--GS ὁ- A--ASN ἅγιος-A1A-ASN ὅς- --ASN βεβηλόω-VAI-AAI3P οἶκος-N2--NSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPN ἔθνος-N3E-DPN ὅς- --GSM εἰςἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3P ἐκεῖ-D

22 διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN εἶπον-VB--AAD2S ὁ- A--DSM οἶκος-N2--DSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM οὐ-D σύ- P--DP ἐγώ- P--NS ποιέω-V2--PAI1S οἶκος-N2--NSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ἀλλά-C ἤ-C διά-P ὁ- A--ASN ὄνομα-N3M-ASN ἐγώ- P--GS ὁ- A--ASN ἅγιος-A1A-ASN ὅς- --ASN βεβηλόω-VAI-AAI2P ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPN ἔθνος-N3E-DPN ὅς- --GSM εἰςἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI2P ἐκεῖ-D

23 καί-C ἁγιάζω-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--ASN ὄνομα-N3M-ASN ἐγώ- P--GS ὁ- A--ASN μέγας-A1P-ASN ὁ- A--ASN βεβηλόω-VC--APPASN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPN ἔθνος-N3E-DPN ὅς- --ASN βεβηλόω-VAI-AAI2P ἐν-P μέσος-A1--DSM αὐτός- D--GPN καί-C γιγνώσκω-VF--FMI3P ὁ- A--NPN ἔθνος-N3E-NPN ὅτι-C ἐγώ- P--NS εἰμί-V9--PAI1S κύριος-N2--NSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN ἁγιάζω-VS--APN ἐγώ- P--AS ἐν-P σύ- P--DP κατά-P ὀφθαλμός-N2--APM αὐτός- D--GPM

24 καί-C λαμβάνω-VF--FMI1S σύ- P--AP ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GPN ἔθνος-N3E-GPN καί-C ἀθροίζω-VF--FAI1S σύ- P--AP ἐκ-P πᾶς-A1S-GPF ὁ- A--GPF γαῖα-N1A-GPF καί-C εἰςἄγω-VF--FAI1S σύ- P--AP εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF σύ- P--GP

25 καί-C ῥαίνω-VF2-FAI1S ἐπί-P σύ- P--AP ὕδωρ-N3--ASN καθαρός-A1A-ASN καί-C καθαρίζω-VS--FPI2P ἀπό-P πᾶς-A1S-GPF ὁ- A--GPF ἀκαθαρσία-N1A-GPF σύ- P--GP καί-C ἀπό-P πᾶς-A3--GPN ὁ- A--GPN εἴδωλον-N2N-GPN σύ- P--GP καί-C καθαρίζω-VF2-FAI1S σύ- P--AP

26 καί-C δίδωμι-VF--FAI1S σύ- P--DP καρδία-N1A-ASF καινός-A1--ASF καί-C πνεῦμα-N3M-ASN καινός-A1--ASN δίδωμι-VF--FAI1S ἐν-P σύ- P--DP καί-C ἀποαἱρέω-VF2-FAI1S ὁ- A--ASF καρδία-N1A-ASF ὁ- A--ASF λίθινος-A1--ASF ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSF σάρξ-N3K-GSF σύ- P--GP καί-C δίδωμι-VF--FAI1S σύ- P--DP καρδία-N1A-ASF σάρκινος-A1--ASF

27 καί-C ὁ- A--ASN πνεῦμα-N3M-ASN ἐγώ- P--GS δίδωμι-VF--FAI1S ἐν-P σύ- P--DP καί-C ποιέω-VF--FAI1S ἵνα-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPN δικαίωμα-N3M-DPN ἐγώ- P--GS πορεύομαι-V1--PMS2P καί-C ὁ- A--APN κρίμα-N3M-APN ἐγώ- P--GS φυλάσσω-VA--AMS2P καί-C ποιέω-VA--AAS2P

28 καί-C καταοἰκέω-VF--FAI2P ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF ὅς- --GSF δίδωμι-VAI-AAI1S ὁ- A--DPM πατήρ-N3--DPM σύ- P--GP καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI2P ἐγώ- P--DS εἰς-P λαός-N2--ASM καΐἐγώ-C+ PNS εἰμί-VF--FMI1S σύ- P--DP εἰς-P θεός-N2--ASM

29 καί-C σώζω-VF--FAI1S σύ- P--AP ἐκ-P πᾶς-A1S-GPF ὁ- A--GPF ἀκαθαρσία-N1A-GPF σύ- P--GP καί-C καλέω-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--ASM σῖτος-N2--ASM καί-C πληθύνω-VF2-FAI1S αὐτός- D--ASM καί-C οὐ-D δίδωμι-VF--FAI1S ἐπί-P σύ- P--AP λιμός-N2--ASM

30 καί-C πληθύνω-VF2-FAI1S ὁ- A--ASM καρπός-N2--ASM ὁ- A--GSN ξύλον-N2N-GSN καί-C ὁ- A--APN γένημα-N3M-APN ὁ- A--GSM ἀγρός-N2--GSM ὅπως-C μή-D λαμβάνω-VB--AAS2P ὀνειδισμός-N2--ASM λιμός-N2--GSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPN ἔθνος-N3E-DPN

31 καί-C μιμνήσκω-VS--FPI2P ὁ- A--APF ὁδός-N2--APF σύ- P--GP ὁ- A--APF πονηρός-A1A-APF καί-C ὁ- A--APN ἐπιτήδευμα-N3M-APN σύ- P--GP ὁ- A--APN μή-D ἀγαθός-A1--APN καί-C προςὀχθίζω-VF2-FAI2P κατά-P πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN αὐτός- D--GPM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF ἀνομία-N1A-DPF σύ- P--GP καί-C ἐπί-P ὁ- A--DPN βδέλυγμα-N3M-DPN σύ- P--GP

32 οὐ-D διά-P σύ- P--AP ἐγώ- P--NS ποιέω-V2--PAI1S λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--NSM γνωστός-A1--NSN εἰμί-VF--FMI3S σύ- P--DP αἰσχύνω-VC--APD2P καί-C ἐντρέπω-VB--AAD2P ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GPF ὁδός-N2--GPF σύ- P--GP οἶκος-N2--NSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM

33 ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ἐν-P ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF ὅς- --DSF καθαρίζω-VF2-FAI1S σύ- P--AP ἐκ-P πᾶς-A1S-GPF ὁ- A--GPF ἀνομία-N1A-GPF σύ- P--GP καί-C καταοἰκίζω-VF2-FAI1S ὁ- A--APF πόλις-N3I-APF καί-C οἰκοδομέω-VC--FPI3P ὁ- A--NPF ἔρημος-N2--NPF

34 καί-C ὁ- A--NSF γῆ-N1--NSF ὁ- A--NSF ἀπο ἀναἵζω-VT--XPPNSF ἐργάζομαι-VC--FPI3S ἀντί-P ὅς- --GPM ὅτι-C ἀπο ἀναἵζω-VT--XPPNSF γίγνομαι-VCI-API3S κατά-P ὀφθαλμός-N2--APM πᾶς-A3--GSM παραὁδεύω-V1--PAPGSM

35 καί-C εἶπον-VF2-FAI3P ὁ- A--NSF γῆ-N1--NSF ἐκεῖνος- D--NSF ὁ- A--NSF ἀπο ἀναἵζω-VT--XPPNSF γίγνομαι-VCI-API3S ὡς-C κῆπος-N2--NSM τρυφή-N1--GSF καί-C ὁ- A--NPF πόλις-N3I-NPF ὁ- A--NPF ἔρημος-N2--NPF καί-C ἀπο ἀναἵζω-VT--XPPNPF καί-C κατασκάπτω-VV--XPPNPF ὀχυρός-A1A-NPF καταἵζω-VAI-AAI3P

36 καί-C γιγνώσκω-VF--FMI3P ὁ- A--NPN ἔθνος-N3E-NPN ὅσος-A1--NPN ἄν-X καταλείπω-VV--APS3P κύκλος-N2--DSM σύ- P--GP ὅτι-C ἐγώ- P--NS κύριος-N2--NSM οἰκοδομέω-VAI-AAI1S ὁ- A--APF κατααἱρέω-VM--XMPAPF καί-C καταφυτεύω-VAI-AAI1S ὁ- A--APF ἀπο ἀναἵζω-VT--XPPAPF ἐγώ- P--NS κύριος-N2--NSM λαλέω-VAI-AAI1S καί-C ποιέω-VF--FAI1S

37 ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ἔτι-D οὗτος- D--ASN ζητέω-VC--FPI1S ὁ- A--DSM οἶκος-N2--DSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ὁ- A--GSN ποιέω-VA--AAN αὐτός- D--DPM πληθύνω-VF2-FAI1S αὐτός- D--APM ὡς-C πρόβατον-N2N-APN ἄνθρωπος-N2--APM

38 ὡς-C πρόβατον-N2N-APN ἅγιος-A1A-APN ὡς-C πρόβατον-N2N-APN *ἰερουσαλήμ-N---GSF ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF ἑορτή-N1--DPF αὐτός- D--GSF οὕτως-D εἰμί-VF--FMI3P ὁ- A--NPF πόλις-N3I-NPF ὁ- A--NPF ἔρημος-N2--NPF πλήρης-A3H-NPF πρόβατον-N2N-GPN ἄνθρωπος-N2--GPM καί-C γιγνώσκω-VF--FMI3P ὅτι-C ἐγώ- P--NS κύριος-N2--NSM

   

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Apocalypse Revealed #567

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567. REVELATION: CHAPTER 13

1. And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and on its horns ten jewels, 1 and on its heads a blasphemous name.

2. Now the beast which I saw was like a leopard, whose feet were like those of a bear, and its mouth like the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave it its power, its throne, and great authority.

3. And I saw one of its heads appearing as though fatally wounded, and its mortal injury was healed. And all the earth went marveling after the beast.

4. Then they worshiped the dragon which gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, "Who is like the beast? Who can fight against it?"

5. And it was given a mouth speaking great and blasphemous things, and it was given authority to do so for forty-two months.

6. Then it opened its mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, and against His tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven.

7. It was granted it to make war with the saints and overcome them. And it was given authority over every tribe, tongue, and nation.

8. All who dwell on the earth will worship it, all whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

9. If anyone has an ear, let him hear.

10. Anyone who leads into captivity shall go into captivity; anyone who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

11. Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and it had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon.

12. And it exercises all the authority of the first beast in its presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose mortal injury was healed.

13. It also performs great signs, so as to even make fire come down from heaven to earth in the sight of men,

14. and to lead astray those who dwell on the earth, because of the signs which it was granted to do in the presence of the beast, telling those dwelling upon the earth to make an image of the beast that was injured by the sword and lived.

15. It was also granted it to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast might speak and cause whoever does not worship the image of the beast to be killed.

16. And it causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive from it a mark on their right hand and on their foreheads,

17. so that no one can buy or sell if he does not have the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of its name.

18. Here is wisdom: let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and its number is 666.

THE SPIRITUAL MEANING

The Contents of the Whole Chapter

The dragon continues to be the subject in this chapter, which describes the doctrine and faith meant by the dragon. The character of that doctrine and faith among the laity, and then its character among the clergy. The beast rising up out of the sea describes the doctrine and faith among the laity (verses 1-10), and the beast coming up out of the earth the doctrine and faith among the clergy (verses 11-17).

Lastly it describes the clergy's falsification of the Word's truth (verse 18).

The Contents of the Individual Verses:

Verse ContentsSpiritual Meaning
1. And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea,The laity in the Protestant Reformed churches who are caught up in the doctrine and faith of the dragon regarding God and salvation.
having seven headsThe irrationality resulting from their absolute falsities.
and ten horns,Their great power.
and on its horns ten jewels, 2 Their power to falsify many of the Word's truths.
and on its heads a blasphemous name.Their denial of the Lord's Divine humanity and affirmation of their church's doctrine, drawn not from the Word but from their own intelligence.
2. Now the beast which I saw was like a leopard,Their heresy destructive of the church, being founded on the Word's truths falsified,
whose feet were like those of a bear,full of misconceptions taken from the literal sense of the Word, read but not understood.
and its mouth like the mouth of a lion.Their reasonings based on falsities as though on truths.
And the dragon gave it its power, its throne, and great authority.This heresy prevails and reigns as a result of its acceptance by the laity.
3. And I saw one of its heads appearing as though fatally wounded,Their doctrine of faith alone does not accord with the Word, in which works are so often commanded.
and its mortal injury was healed.A remedy for this explained.
And all the earth went marveling after the beast.That doctrine and faith then accepted with joy.
4. Then they worshiped the dragon which gave authority to the beast;Their acknowledgment that the doctrine is such as declared by the leaders of the church and its teachers, who have caused the doctrine to prevail as a result of its acceptance by the general populace.
and they worshiped the beast,An acknowledgment by the general populace that the doctrine is a sacred truth.
saying, "Who is like the beast? Who can fight against it?"The preeminence of that doctrine because no one can dispute it.
5. And it was given a mouth speaking great and blasphemous things,It teaches evils and falsities.
and it was given authority to do so for forty-two months.The scope to teach and practice the evils and falsities accompanying that doctrine even to the end of that church, until the beginning of a new one.
6. Then it opened its mouth in blasphemies against God and His name,Their assertions, which are scandalous, against the Divine itself and the Lord's Divine humanity, and at the same time against everything that the church has from the Word by which the Lord is worshiped.
and against His tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven.Scandalous assertions against the Lord's celestial church and against heaven.
7. It was granted it to make war with the saints and overcome them.They attacked the Word's Divine truths and overturned them.
And it was given authority over every tribe, tongue, and nation.Their consequent dominion over everything connected with the church, over everything pertaining to its doctrine and over everything pertaining to its life.
8. All who dwell on the earth will worship it, all whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the LambThey all acknowledged that heresy as a sacred tenet of the church, all but those who believed in the Lord.
slain from the foundation of the world.The Lord's Divine humanity unacknowledged from the inception of the church.
9. If anyone has an ear, let him hear.Let people who wish to be wise pay attention to this.
10. Anyone who leads into captivity shall go into captivity;Someone who uses that heresy to draw others away from believing rightly and living rightly is drawn by his own falsities and evils into hell.
anyone who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword.Someone who uses falsities to destroy another's soul is destroyed by falsities and perishes.
Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.Through the temptations or trials occasioned by these falsities a person of the Lord's New Church is examined to discover his character in respect to his life and faith.
11. Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth,The clergy who are caught up in the dragon's doctrine and faith regarding God and salvation.
and it had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon.They quote the Word in speaking, teaching and writing as though it were the Lord's Divine truth, and yet it is truth falsified.
12. And it exercises all the authority of the first beast in its presence,They have defended the dogmas, and the dogmas prevail in consequence of it.
and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose mortal injury was healed.By supporting arguments they have established that what the general populace has accepted be acknowledged as a sacred tenet of the church.
13. It also performs great signs,Testifications that their teachings are true, even though they are false.
so as to even make fire come down from heaven to earth in the sight of men,Assertions that their falsities are true.
14. and to lead astray those who dwell on the earth, because of the signs which it was granted to do in the presence of the beast,Through their testifications and assertions they lead people in the church into errors.
telling those dwelling upon the earth to make an image of the beast that was injured by the sword and lived.They induce people in the church to accept as doctrine that faith is the only means of salvation, for the reason stated.
15. It was also granted it to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast might speakThey were permitted to use the Word to defend the doctrine, so as to cause the doctrine to be seemingly animated by it.
and cause whoever does not worship the image of the beast to be killed.They pronounce damnation on people who do not acknowledge their doctrine of faith as a sacred doctrine of the church.
16. And it causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave,All the people in Protestant Reformed church, of whatever condition, degree of education, or degree of intelligence.
to receive from it a mark on their right hand and on their foreheads,No one is acknowledged as a Protestant Reformed Christian but one who accepts that doctrine in faith and love.
17. so that no one can buy or sell if he does not have the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of its name.No one allowed to teach from the Word but one who acknowledges that doctrine and swears to a belief in it and love for it, and to such as is in conformity with it.
18. Here is wisdom:From what we have said and explained in this chapter, it is the part of a wise person to see and understand the nature of the doctrine and faith among the clergy regarding God and salvation.
let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast,One who is enlightened by the Lord can discern the character of the arguments the clergy use from the Word in defense of that doctrine and faith.
for it is the number of a man,The character of the Word and so of the church.
and its number is 666.Their character being this, that by them all the Word's truth has been falsified.

THE EXPOSITION

13:1

And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea. This symbolizes the laity in the Protestant Reformed churches who are caught up in the doctrine and faith of the dragon regarding God and salvation.

The nature and character of the faith of the dragon may be seen in no. 537. The same faith continues to be the subject in this chapter, and the beast here that John saw rising up out of the sea means that faith among the laity, whereas the beast from the earth, described in verse 11, means that faith among the clergy.

That the dragon continues to be the subject here is apparent from the following statements in this chapter: that the dragon gave to the beast rising up out of the sea its power, its throne, and great authority (verse 2); that they worshiped the dragon which gave authority to the beast (verse 4); and, concerning the beast coming up out of the earth, that it spoke like a dragon (verse 11); and that it exercised all the authority of the first beast in the presence of the dragon (verse 12).

The laity are the people meant by the beast from the sea, and the clergy those meant by the beast from the earth, because the sea symbolizes the outer aspect of the church, and the land its inner aspect (no. 398 and elsewhere); and the laity are concerned with the external elements of the church's doctrine, while the clergy are concerned with its internal elements. That is why the beast from the earth is later called a false prophet. 3

That they are people in the Protestant Reformed churches is because the Protestant Reformed are the subject to the end of chapter 16, while Roman Catholics are the subject in chapters 17, 18. Then the subject after that is the Last Judgment and finally the New Church.

[2] These people were seen as beasts because the dragon is a beast, and because a beast in the Word symbolizes a person in respect to his affections - harmless and useful beasts a person in respect to good affections, and harmful and useless ones a person in respect to evil affections. People of the church are in general called sheep, therefore, and a company of them a flock, and one who teaches is called a shepherd.

That is also why the Word in respect to its power, affection, understanding and wisdom is described above in chapter four by four living creatures - a lion, a calf, an eagle and a human being - and an understanding of the Word by horses in chapter six.

The reason is that in the spiritual world a person's affections look at a distance like animals, as we have often said before; and regarded in themselves, animals are no more than embodiments of natural affections, while people are embodiments not only of natural affections, but also at the same time of spiritual affections.

[3] That animals mean people in respect to their affections can be seen from the following passages:

You... will cause to fall a kindly rain. You will confirm Your inheritance... The beast, Your congregation, 4 shall dwell in it. (Psalms 68:9-10)

...every wild beast of the forest is Mine, the beasts on a thousand mountains. I know every bird of the mountains; the beast of My fields is with Me. (Psalms 50:10-11)

...Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon... ...its height was exalted... All the birds of the heavens made their nests in its boughs, and under its branches all the beasts of the field brought forth their young, and in its shade all great nations made their home. (Ezekiel 31:3-6, cf. 31:10, 31:13, Daniel 4:10-16)

In that day I will make a covenant for them with the beast of the field, and with the bird of the heavens... And I will betroth you to Me forever. (Hosea 2:18-19)

Rejoice and be glad! ...Do not be afraid, you beasts of My fields, for the habitations of the wilderness have become grassy meadows. (Joel 2:21-23)

In that day there shall be a great tumult... Judah... will fight against Jerusalem... And such also shall be the plague on the horse, the mule, the camel, and the donkey, and every beast... And it shall come to pass that the remnant... shall go up (to Jerusalem). (Zechariah 14:13-16)

Birds shall abominate him, and every beast of the earth shall disdain him. (Isaiah 18:6)

...you, son of man..., "Say to every winged bird and to every beast of the field, '...Gather together... to My sacrifice... on the mountains of Israel... (Thus) I will set My glory among the nations.'" (Ezekiel 39:17-21)

(Jehovah) gathers the outcasts of Israel... Every beast of My fields, come... (Isaiah 56:8-9)

(Jehovah) will destroy Assyria... There shall lie down in her midst every wild beast of the nation, both the desert owl and the screech owl in her pomegranates... (Zephaniah 2:13-14)

(The sheep) were scattered without a shepherd, and they became food for every wild beast of the field... (Ezekiel 34:5, cf. 34:8)

I will cast you out on the face of the field, and cause to dwell on you every bird of the heavens. And with you I will satiate the wild beasts of the whole earth. (Ezekiel 32:4; see also 5:17; 29:5; 33:27; 39:4, Jeremiah 15:3; 16:4; 19:7; 27:5-6)

An enemy reproaches Jehovah... Do not deliver the life of (the) turtledove to the beast! (Psalms 74:18-19)

"I saw in... vision... four... beasts coming up from the sea... The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings... ...a second, like a bear... ...(a third) like a leopard... ...and a fourth..., dreadful... (Daniel 7:2-7)

...the Spirit drove (Jesus) out into the wilderness. And He was... with the beasts; and the angels ministered to Him. (Mark 1:12-13)

[4] He was not with beasts, but with devils, who are here meant by beasts.

So also in other places where beasts and wild beasts are mentioned, such as Isaiah 35:9; 43:20; Jeremiah 12:4, 8-10; Ezekiel 8:10; 34:23, 25, 28; 38:18-20; Hosea 4:2-3; 13:8; Exodus 23:28-30; Leviticus 26:6; Deuteronomy 7:22; 32:24. Beasts in these places symbolize people in respect to their affections.

[5] Man and beast mentioned together in the following passages symbolize a person in respect to his spiritual affection and in respect to his natural affection: Jeremiah 7:20; 21:6; 27:5; 31:27; 32:43; 33:10-12; 36:29; 50:3; Psalms 36:6; Numbers 18:15.

All the animals that were sacrificed symbolized good affections. So, too, animals that were eaten. And the converse animals that were not to be eaten (Leviticus 20:25-26).

Footnotes:

1.,. and 2. The word translated as "jewels" here means diadems or crowns in the original Greek and Latin, but the writer's definitions of the term elsewhere make plain that he regularly and consistently interpreted it to mean jewels or gems.

3. Revelation 16:13; 19:20; 20:10

4. The beast, Your congregation, reflects the Latin translation of the Bible by Sebastian Schmidt, which includes the phrase translated as Your congregation in parentheses as an alternate reading. This is actually the preferred reading, but "the beast" accords with Roman Catholic tradition.

  
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