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1 ὁράω-VVI-API3S δέ-X αὐτός- D--DSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM πρός-P ὁ- A--DSF δρῦς-N3U-DSF ὁ- A--DSF *μαμβρη-N---DSF καταἧμαι-V5--PMPGSM αὐτός- D--GSM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF θύρα-N1A-GSF ὁ- A--GSF σκηνή-N1--GSF αὐτός- D--GSM μεσημβρία-N1A-GSF

2 ἀναβλέπω-VA--AAPNSM δέ-X ὁ- A--DPM ὀφθαλμός-N2--DPM αὐτός- D--GSM ὁράω-VBI-AAI3S καί-C ἰδού-I τρεῖς-A3--NPM ἀνήρ-N3--NPM ἵστημι-VXI-YAI3P ἐπάνω-P αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ὁράω-VB--AAPNSM προςτρέχω-VBI-AAI3S εἰς-P συνάντησις-N3I-ASF αὐτός- D--DPM ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSF θύρα-N1A-GSF ὁ- A--GSF σκηνή-N1--GSF αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C προςκυνέω-VAI-AAI3S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF

3 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--VSM εἰ-C ἄρα-X εὑρίσκω-VB--AAI1S χάρις-N3--ASF ἐναντίον-P σύ- P--GS μή-D παραἔρχομαι-VB--AAS2S ὁ- A--ASM παῖς-N3D-ASM σύ- P--GS

4 λαμβάνω-VV--APD3S δή-X ὕδωρ-N3--NSN καί-C νίπτω-VA--AAD3P ὁ- A--APM πούς-N3D-APM σύ- P--GP καί-C καταψύχω-VA--AAD2P ὑπό-P ὁ- A--ASN δένδρον-N2N-ASN

5 καί-C λαμβάνω-VF--FMI1S ἄρτος-N2--ASM καί-C ἐσθίω-VA--AMD2P καί-C μετά-P οὗτος- D--ASN παραἔρχομαι-VF--FMI2P εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF ὁδός-N2--ASF σύ- P--GP ὅς- --GSM εἵνεκεν-P ἐκκλίνω-VAI-AAI2P πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM παῖς-N3D-ASM σύ- P--GP καί-C εἶπον-VAI-AAI3P οὕτως-D ποιέω-VA--AAD2S καθώς-D εἶπον-VX--XAI2S

6 καί-C σπεύδω-VAI-AAI3S *αβρααμ-N---NSM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF σκηνή-N1--ASF πρός-P *σαρρα-N---ASF καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DSF σπεύδω-VA--AAD2S καί-C φυράω-VA--AAD2S τρεῖς-A3--APN μέτρον-N2N-APN σεμίδαλις-N3I-GSF καί-C ποιέω-VA--AAD2S ἐγκρυφίας-N1T-APM

7 καί-C εἰς-P ὁ- A--APF βοῦς-N3--APF τρέχω-VBI-AAI3S *αβρααμ-N---NSM καί-C λαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3S μοσχάριον-N2N-ASN ἁπαλός-A1--ASN καί-C καλός-A1--ASN καί-C δίδωμι-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--DSM παῖς-N3D-DSM καί-C ταχύνω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--GSN ποιέω-VA--AAN αὐτός- D--ASN

8 λαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X βούτυρον-N2N-ASN καί-C γάλα-N3--ASN καί-C ὁ- A--ASN μοσχάριον-N2N-ASN ὅς- --ASN ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S καί-C παρατίθημι-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DPM καί-C ἐσθίω-VBI-AAI3P αὐτός- D--NSM δέ-X παραἵστημι-VXI-YAI3S αὐτός- D--DPM ὑπό-P ὁ- A--ASN δένδρον-N2N-ASN

9 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X πρός-P αὐτός- D--ASM ποῦ-D *σαρρα-N---NSF ὁ- A--NSF γυνή-N3K-NSF σύ- P--GS ὁ- A--NSM δέ-X ἀποκρίνω-VC--APPNSM εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ἰδού-I ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF σκηνή-N1--DSF

10 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X ἐπι ἀναστρέφω-V1--PAPNSM ἥκω-VF--FAI1S πρός-P σύ- P--AS κατά-P ὁ- A--ASM καιρός-N2--ASM οὗτος- D--ASM εἰς-P ὥρα-N1A-APF καί-C ἔχω-VF--FAI3S υἱός-N2--ASM *σαρρα-N---NSF ὁ- A--NSF γυνή-N3K-NSF σύ- P--GS *σαρρα-N---NSF δέ-X ἀκούω-VAI-AAI3S πρός-P ὁ- A--DSF θύρα-N1A-DSF ὁ- A--GSF σκηνή-N1--GSF εἰμί-V9--PAPNSF ὄπισθε-D αὐτός- D--GSM

11 *αβρααμ-N---NSM δέ-X καί-C *σαρρα-N---NSF πρεσβύτερος-A1A-NPMC προβαίνω-VX--XAPNPM ἡμέρα-N1A-GPF ἐκλείπω-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X *σαρρα-N---NSF γίγνομαι-V1--PMN ὁ- A--APN γυναικεῖος-A1A-APN

12 γελάω-VAI-AAI3S δέ-X *σαρρα-N---NSF ἐν-P ἑαυτοῦ- D--DSF λέγω-V1--PAPNSF οὔπω-D μέν-X ἐγώ- P--DS γίγνομαι-VX--XAI3S ἕως-P ὁ- A--GSN νῦν-D ὁ- A--NSM δέ-X κύριος-N2--NSM ἐγώ- P--GS πρεσβύτερος-A1A-NSMC

13 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM πρός-P *αβρααμ-N---ASM τίς- I--ASN ὅτι-C γελάω-VAI-AAI3S *σαρρα-N---NSF ἐν-P ἑαυτοῦ- D--DSF λέγω-V1--PAPNSF ἆρα-X γέ-X ἀληθῶς-D τίκτω-VF--FMI1S ἐγώ- P--NS δέ-X γηράσκω-VX--XAI1S

14 μή-D ἀδυνατέω-V2--PAI3S παρά-P ὁ- A--DSM θεός-N2--DSM ῥῆμα-N3M-NSN εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM καιρός-N2--ASM οὗτος- D--ASM ἀναστρέφω-VF--FAI1S πρός-P σύ- P--AS εἰς-P ὥρα-N1A-APF καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--DSF *σαρρα-N---DSF υἱός-N2--NSM

15 ἀρνέομαι-VAI-AMI3S δέ-X *σαρρα-N---NSF λέγω-V1--PAPNSF οὐ-D γελάω-VAI-AAI1S φοβέω-VCI-API3S γάρ-X καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S οὐ-D ἀλλά-C γελάω-VAI-AAI2S

16 ἐκ ἀναἵστημι-VH--AAPNPM δέ-X ἐκεῖθεν-D ὁ- A--NPM ἀνήρ-N3--NPM καταβλέπω-VAI-AAI3P ἐπί-P πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN *σοδομα-N1--GS καί-C *γομορρα-N---GS *αβρααμ-N---NSM δέ-X συνπορεύομαι-V1I-IMI3S μετά-P αὐτός- D--GPM συν προπέμπω-V1--PAPNSM αὐτός- D--APM

17 ὁ- A--NSM δέ-X κύριος-N2--NSM εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S μή-D κρύπτω-VF--FAI1S ἐγώ- P--NS ἀπό-P *αβρααμ-N---GSM ὁ- A--GSM παῖς-N3D-GSM ἐγώ- P--GS ὅς- --APN ἐγώ- P--NS ποιέω-V2--PAI1S

18 *αβρααμ-N---NSM δέ-X γίγνομαι-V1--PMPNSM εἰμί-VF--FMI3S εἰς-P ἔθνος-N3E-ASN μέγας-A1P-ASN καί-C πολύς-A1P-ASN καί-C ἐνεὐλογέω-VC--FPI3P ἐν-P αὐτός- D--DSM πᾶς-A3--NPN ὁ- A--NPN ἔθνος-N3E-NPN ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF

19 οἶδα-VXI-YAI3S γάρ-X ὅτι-C συντάσσω-VF--FAI3S ὁ- A--DPM υἱός-N2--DPM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ὁ- A--DSM οἶκος-N2--DSM αὐτός- D--GSM μετά-P αὐτός- D--ASM καί-C φυλάσσω-VF--FAI3P ὁ- A--APF ὁδός-N2--APF κύριος-N2--GSM ποιέω-V2--PAN δικαιοσύνη-N1--ASF καί-C κρίσις-N3I-ASF ὅπως-C ἄν-X ἐπιἄγω-VB--AAS3S κύριος-N2--NSM ἐπί-P *αβρααμ-N---ASM πᾶς-A3--APN ὅσος-A1--APN λαλέω-VAI-AAI3S πρός-P αὐτός- D--ASM

20 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X κύριος-N2--NSM κραυγή-N1--NSF *σοδομα-N1--GS καί-C *γομορρα-N---GS πληθύνω-VM--XMI3S καί-C ὁ- A--NPF ἁμαρτία-N1A-NPF αὐτός- D--GPM μέγας-A1--NPF σφόδρα-D

21 καταβαίνω-VZ--AAPNSM οὖν-X ὁράω-VF--FMI1S εἰ-C κατά-P ὁ- A--ASF κραυγή-N1--ASF αὐτός- D--GPM ὁ- A--ASF ἔρχομαι-V1--PMPASF πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS συντελέω-V2--PMI3P εἰ-C δέ-X μή-D ἵνα-C γιγνώσκω-VZ--AAS1S

22 καί-C ἀποστρέφω-VA--AAPNPM ἐκεῖθεν-D ὁ- A--NPM ἀνήρ-N3--NPM ἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3P εἰς-P *σοδομα-N1--AS *αβρααμ-N---NSM δέ-X εἰμί-V9--IAI3S ἵστημι-VXI-XAPNSM ἐναντίον-P κύριος-N2--GSM

23 καί-C ἐγγίζω-VA--AAPNSM *αβρααμ-N---NSM εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S μή-D συν ἀποὀλλύω-VA--AAS2S δίκαιος-A1A-ASM μετά-P ἀσεβής-A3H-GSM καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--NSM δίκαιος-A1A-NSM ὡς-C ὁ- A--NSM ἀσεβής-A3H-NSM

24 ἐάν-C εἰμί-V9--PAS3P πεντήκοντα-M δίκαιος-A1A-NPM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF πόλις-N3I-DSF ἀποὀλλύω-VF2-FAI2S αὐτός- D--APM οὐ-D ἀναἵημι-VF--FAI2S πᾶς-A3--ASM ὁ- A--ASM τόπος-N2--ASM ἕνεκεν-P ὁ- A--GPM πεντήκοντα-M δίκαιος-A1A-GPM ἐάν-C εἰμί-V9--PAS3P ἐν-P αὐτός- D--DSF

25 μηδαμῶς-D σύ- P--NS ποιέω-VF--FAI2S ὡς-C ὁ- A--ASN ῥῆμα-N3M-ASN οὗτος- D--ASN ὁ- A--GSN ἀποκτείνω-VA--AAN δίκαιος-A1A-ASM μετά-P ἀσεβής-A3H-GSM καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--NSM δίκαιος-A1A-NSM ὡς-C ὁ- A--NSM ἀσεβής-A3H-NSM μηδαμῶς-D ὁ- A--NSM κρίνω-V1--PAPNSM πᾶς-A1S-ASF ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF οὐ-D ποιέω-VF--FAI2S κρίσις-N3I-ASF

26 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X κύριος-N2--NSM ἐάν-C εὑρίσκω-VB--AAS1S ἐν-P *σοδομα-N1--DS πεντήκοντα-M δίκαιος-A1A-APM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF πόλις-N3I-DSF ἀποἵημι-VF--FAI1S πᾶς-A3--ASM ὁ- A--ASM τόπος-N2--ASM διά-P αὐτός- D--APM

27 καί-C ἀποκρίνω-VC--APPNSM *αβρααμ-N---NSM εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S νῦν-D ἄρχω-VAI-AMI1S λαλέω-VA--AAN πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM κύριος-N2--ASM ἐγώ- P--NS δέ-X εἰμί-V9--PAI1S γῆ-N1--NSF καί-C σποδός-N2--NSM

28 ἐάν-C δέ-X ἐλαττονόω-VC--APS3P ὁ- A--NPM πεντήκοντα-M δίκαιος-A1A-NPM πέντε-M ἀποὀλλύω-VF2-FAI2S ἕνεκεν-P ὁ- A--GPM πέντε-M πᾶς-A1S-ASF ὁ- A--ASF πόλις-N3I-ASF καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S οὐ-D μή-D ἀποὀλλύω-VA--AAS1S ἐάν-C εὑρίσκω-VB--AAS1S ἐκεῖ-D τεσσαράκοντα-M πέντε-M

29 καί-C προςτίθημι-VAI-AAI3S ἔτι-D λαλέω-VA--AAN πρός-P αὐτός- D--ASM καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ἐάν-C δέ-X εὑρίσκω-VC--APS3P ἐκεῖ-D τεσσαράκοντα-M καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S οὐ-D μή-D ἀποὀλλύω-VA--AAS1S ἕνεκεν-P ὁ- A--GPM τεσσαράκοντα-M

30 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S μή-D τις- I--NSN κύριος-N2--VSM ἐάν-C λαλέω-VA--AAS1S ἐάν-C δέ-X εὑρίσκω-VC--APS3P ἐκεῖ-D τριάκοντα-M καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S οὐ-D μή-D ἀποὀλλύω-VA--AAS1S ἐάν-C εὑρίσκω-VB--AAS1S ἐκεῖ-D τριάκοντα-M

31 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ἐπειδή-C ἔχω-V1--PAI1S λαλέω-VA--AAN πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM κύριος-N2--ASM ἐάν-C δέ-X εὑρίσκω-VC--APS3P ἐκεῖ-D εἴκοσι-M καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S οὐ-D μή-D ἀποὀλλύω-VA--AAS1S ἕνεκεν-P ὁ- A--GPM εἴκοσι-M

32 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S μή-D τις- I--ASN κύριος-N2--VSM ἐάν-C λαλέω-VA--AAS1S ἔτι-D ἅπαξ-D ἐάν-C δέ-X εὑρίσκω-VC--APS3P ἐκεῖ-D δέκα-M καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S οὐ-D μή-D ἀποὀλλύω-VA--AAS1S ἕνεκεν-P ὁ- A--GPM δέκα-M

33 ἀποἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X κύριος-N2--NSM ὡς-C παύω-VAI-AMI3S λαλέω-V2--PAPNSM ὁ- A--DSM *αβρααμ-N---DSM καί-C *αβρααμ-N---NSM ἀποστρέφω-VAI-AAI3S εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM τόπος-N2--ASM αὐτός- D--GSM

   

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Arcana Coelestia #2242

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2242. That 'I will go down now, and I will see' means visitation becomes clear from the meaning of 'going down to see' as judgement, dealt with in Volume One, in 1311, and consequently as visitation. The final period of the Church in general and of the individual in particular is called visitation in the Word. It occurs prior to judgement, so that visitation is nothing else than an investigation into what such are like, that is, into the nature of the Church in general or of the individual in particular. Such investigation is expressed in the sense of the letter as Jehovah coming down and seeing.

[2] From this the nature of the sense of the letter is made clear, for Jehovah does not go down; indeed one cannot speak of the Lord going down because He always dwells in highest things. Nor does Jehovah look and see whether a thing is so; for one cannot speak of the Lord looking to see whether a thing is so because every single thing is known to Him from eternity. Yet the sense of the letter speaks of Jehovah going down to see because to man that is what He does appear to do. For man dwells among lowest things and when anything presents itself there he does not think about, nor does he even know, what the situation is with higher things and so does not know about how these flow in. He has no knowledge of these things because his thought does not extend beyond what is immediately about him, and therefore he cannot perceive what the Lord does as anything other than some such going down to see; and that perception is even more limited when he imagines that no one knows what he himself is thinking. Besides this, he has no other idea than that an actual coming down from on high is meant, and when said of God, from the highest. But it is not in fact a coming down from the highest but from the inmost.

[3] From this one may see what the sense of the letter is like, namely that it is shaped according to appearances, and that if it were not, nobody would understand and acknowledge the Word, nor thus accept it. But angels are not limited by appearances in the way that man is, and therefore since the Word as to the letter is for man, it is as to the internal sense for angels, and also for those men who in the Lord's Divine mercy have been allowed during their lifetime in the world to be as the angels.

[4] Visitation is mentioned in various places in the Word, where it either means the vastation of the Church or of the individual, or else deliverance, and thus the investigation into the nature of persons or things. It stands for vastation in Isaiah,

What will you do on the day of visitation? It will come from afar. To whom will you flee for help, and where will you leave your glory? Isaiah 10:3.

In the same prophet,

The stars of the heavens and their constellations will not give their light. The sun will be darkened in its going out, and the moon will not shed its light. And I will visit the world for evil, and the wicked for their iniquity. Isaiah 13:10-11.

'The stars and the constellations which will not give their light, and the sun which will be darkened, and the moon which will not shed its light' means that no love and no charity will exist, see 2120. And since this is vastation it is 'the day of visitation'.

[5] In Jeremiah,

They will fall among those who fall, and in the time of their visitation they will stumble. Jeremiah 8:12.

This stands for the time when they have been vastated, that is, when no charity and faith exist. In Ezekiel,

The visitations of the city have drawn near, and each man has his weapon of destruction in his hand. Ezekiel 9:1.

This too is a reference to vastation; consequently 'each man has a weapon of destruction'. In Hosea,

The days of visitation have come, the days of recompense have come. Hosea 9:7.

Here the meaning is similar. In Micah,

The day of your watchmen, your visitation, has come; now will be their confusion. Micah 7:4.

Here also it stands for charity that has been laid waste. In Moses, On the day of My visiting, I will visit them with their sin. Exodus 32:34.

This refers to the people in the wilderness after they had made themselves the golden calf. That visitation also means deliverance is evident from the following places, Exodus 3:16; 4:31; Jeremiah 27:22; 29:10; Luke 1:68, 78; 19:41-42.

  
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