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Jeremiah 23

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1 ὦ-I ὁ- A--NPM ποιμήν-N3--NPM ὁ- A--NPM διασκορπίζω-V1--PAPNPM καί-C ἀποὀλλύω-V5--PAPNPM ὁ- A--APN πρόβατον-N2N-APN ὁ- A--GSF νομή-N1--GSF ἐγώ- P--GS

2 διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APM ποιμαίνω-V1--PAPAPM ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM ἐγώ- P--GS σύ- P--NP διασκορπίζω-VAI-AAI2P ὁ- A--APN πρόβατον-N2N-APN ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ἐκὠθέω-VA--AAD2P αὐτός- D--APN καί-C οὐ-D ἐπισκέπτομαι-VAI-AMI2P αὐτός- D--APN ἰδού-I ἐγώ- P--NS ἐκδικέω-VF--FAI1S ἐπί-P σύ- P--AP κατά-P ὁ- A--APN πονηρός-A1A-APN ἐπιτήδευμα-N3M-APN σύ- P--GP

3 καί-C ἐγώ- P--NS εἰςδέχομαι-VF--FMI1S ὁ- A--APM κατάλοιπος-A1B-APM ὁ- A--GSM λαός-N2--GSM ἐγώ- P--GS ἀπό-P πᾶς-A1S-GSF ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF οὗ-D ἐκὠθέω-VA--AAI1S αὐτός- D--APM ἐκεῖ-D καί-C καταἵστημι-VF--FAI1S αὐτός- D--APM εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF νομή-N1--ASF αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C αὐξάνω-VC--FPI3P καί-C πληθύνω-VC--FPI3P

4 καί-C ἀναἵστημι-VF--FAI1S αὐτός- D--DPM ποιμήν-N3--APM ὅς- --NPM ποιμαίνω-VF2-FAI3P αὐτός- D--APM καί-C οὐ-D φοβέω-VC--FPI3P ἔτι-D οὐδέ-C πτοέω-VC--FPI3P λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM

5 ἰδού-I ἡμέρα-N1A-NPF ἔρχομαι-V1--PMI3P λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM καί-C ἀναἵστημι-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--DSM *δαυίδ-N---DSM ἀνατολή-N1--ASF δίκαιος-A1A-ASF καί-C βασιλεύω-VF--FAI3S βασιλεύς-N3V-NSM καί-C συνἵημι-VF--FAI3S καί-C ποιέω-VF--FAI3S κρίμα-N3M-ASN καί-C δικαιοσύνη-N1--ASF ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF

6 ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF ἡμέρα-N1A-DPF αὐτός- D--GSM σώζω-VC--FPI3S *ἰούδας-N1T-NSM καί-C *ἰσραήλ-N---NSM κατασκηνόω-VF--FAI3S πείθω-VX--XAPNSM καί-C οὗτος- D--NSN ὁ- A--NSN ὄνομα-N3M-NSN αὐτός- D--GSM ὅς- --NSN καλέω-VF--FAI3S αὐτός- D--ASM κύριος-N2--NSM *ιωσεδεκ-N---NSM

9 ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPM προφήτης-N1M-DPM συντρίβω-VDI-API3S ὁ- A--NSF καρδία-N1A-NSF ἐγώ- P--GS ἐν-P ἐγώ- P--DS σαλεύω-VCI-API3S πᾶς-A3--NPN ὁ- A--NPN ὀστέον-N2N-NPN ἐγώ- P--GS γίγνομαι-VCI-API1S ὡς-C ἀνήρ-N3--NSM συντρίβω-VP--XMPNSM καί-C ὡς-C ἄνθρωπος-N2--NSM συνἔχω-V1--PMPNSM ἀπό-P οἶνος-N2--GSM ἀπό-P πρόσωπον-N2N-GSN κύριος-N2--GSM καί-C ἀπό-P πρόσωπον-N2N-GSN εὐπρεπεία-N1A-GSF δόξα-N1S-GSF αὐτός- D--GSM

10 ὅτι-C ἀπό-P πρόσωπον-N2N-GSN οὗτος- D--GPM πενθέω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSF γῆ-N1--NSF ξηραίνω-VCI-API3P ὁ- A--NPF νομή-N1--NPF ὁ- A--GSF ἔρημος-N2--GSF καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S ὁ- A--NSM δρόμος-N2--NSM αὐτός- D--GPM πονηρός-A1A-NSM καί-C ὁ- A--NSF ἰσχύς-N3--NSF αὐτός- D--GPM οὐ-D οὕτως-D

11 ὅτι-C ἱερεύς-N3V-NSM καί-C προφήτης-N1M-NSM μολύνω-VCI-API3P καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM οἶκος-N2--DSM ἐγώ- P--GS ὁράω-VBI-AAI1S πονηρία-N1A-APF αὐτός- D--GPM

12 διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN γίγνομαι-VB--AMD3S ὁ- A--NSF ὁδός-N2--NSF αὐτός- D--GPM αὐτός- D--DPM εἰς-P ὀλίσθημα-N3M-ASN ἐν-P γνόφος-N2--DSM καί-C ὑποσκελίζω-VS--FPI3P καί-C πίπτω-VF2-FMI3P ἐν-P αὐτός- D--DSF διότι-C ἐπιἄγω-VF--FAI1S ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--APM κακός-A1--APN ἐν-P ἐνιαυτός-N2--DSM ἐπίσκεψις-N3I-GSF αὐτός- D--GPM φημί-V6--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM

13 καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPM προφήτης-N1M-DPM *σαμαρεία-N1A-GSF ὁράω-VBI-AAI1S ἀνόμημα-N3M-APN προφητεύω-VAI-AAI3P διά-P ὁ- A--GSF *βααλ-N---GSF καί-C πλανάω-VAI-AAI3P ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM ἐγώ- P--GS *ἰσραήλ-N---ASM

14 καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPM προφήτης-N1M-DPM *ἰερουσαλήμ-N---GSF ὁράω-VX--XAI1S φρικτός-A1--APN μοιχάομαι-V1--PMPAPM καί-C πορεύομαι-V1--PMPAPM ἐν-P ψευδής-A3H-DPM καί-C ἀντιλαμβάνω-V1--PMPAPM χείρ-N3--GPF πονηρός-A1A-GPM ὁ- A--GSN μή-D ἀποστρέφω-VD--APN ἕκαστος-A1--ASM ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSF ὁδός-N2--GSF αὐτός- D--GSM ὁ- A--GSF πονηρός-A1A-GSF γίγνομαι-VCI-API3P ἐγώ- P--DS πᾶς-A3--NPM ὡς-C *σοδομα-N---NSF καί-C ὁ- A--NPM καταοἰκέω-V2--PAPNPM αὐτός- D--ASF ὥσπερ-D *γομορρα-N---NSF

15 διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ἰδού-I ἐγώ- P--NS ψωμίζω-VF2-FAI1S αὐτός- D--APM ὀδύνη-N1--ASF καί-C ποτίζω-VF--FAI1S αὐτός- D--APM ὕδωρ-N3--ASN πικρός-A1A-ASN ὅτι-C ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GPM προφήτης-N1M-GPM *ἰερουσαλήμ-N---GSF ἐκἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S μολυσμός-N2--NSM πᾶς-A1S-DSF ὁ- A--DSF γῆ-N1--DSF

16 οὕτως-D λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM παντοκράτωρ-N3 -NSM μή-D ἀκούω-V1--PAD2P ὁ- A--APM λόγος-N2--APM ὁ- A--GPM προφήτης-N1M-GPM ὅτι-C ματαιόω-V4--PAI3P ἑαυτοῦ- D--DPM ὅρασις-N3I-ASF ἀπό-P καρδία-N1A-GSF αὐτός- D--GPM λαλέω-V2--PAI3P καί-C οὐ-D ἀπό-P στόμα-N3M-GSN κύριος-N2--GSM

17 λέγω-V1--PAI3P ὁ- A--DPM ἀποὠθέω-V2--PMPDPM ὁ- A--ASM λόγος-N2--ASM κύριος-N2--GSM εἰρήνη-N1--NSF εἰμί-VF--FMI3S σύ- P--DP καί-C πᾶς-A3--DPM ὁ- A--DPM πορεύομαι-V1--PMPDPM ὁ- A--DPN θέλημα-N3M-DPN αὐτός- D--GPM πᾶς-A3--DSM ὁ- A--DSM πορεύομαι-V1--PMPDSM πλάνη-N1--DSF καρδία-N1A-GSF αὐτός- D--GSM εἶπον-VAI-AAI3P οὐ-D ἥκω-VF--FAI3S ἐπί-P σύ- P--AS κακός-A1--NPN

18 ὅτι-C τίς- I--NSM ἵστημι-VHI-AAI3S ἐν-P ὑπόστημα-N3M-DSN κύριος-N2--GSM καί-C ὁράω-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASM λόγος-N2--ASM αὐτός- D--GSM τίς- I--NSM ἐνωτίζομαι-VA--AMI3S καί-C ἀκούω-VAI-AAI3S

19 ἰδού-I σεισμός-N2--NSM παρά-P κύριος-N2--GSM καί-C ὀργή-N1--NSF ἐκπορεύομαι-V1--PMI3S εἰς-P συσσεισμός-N2--ASM συνστρέφω-V1--PMPNSF ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APM ἀσεβής-A3H-APM ἥκω-VF--FAI3S

20 καί-C οὐκέτι-D ἀποστρέφω-VF--FAI3S ὁ- A--NSM θυμός-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--GSM ἕως-C ἄν-X ποιέω-VA--AAS3S αὐτός- D--ASN καί-C ἕως-C ἄν-X ἀναἵστημι-VA--AAS3S αὐτός- D--ASN ἀπό-P ἐγχείρημα-N3M-GSN καρδία-N1A-GSF αὐτός- D--GSM ἐπί-P ἔσχατος-A1--GSN ὁ- A--GPF ἡμέρα-N1A-GPF νοέω-VF--FAI3P αὐτός- D--APN

21 οὐ-D ἀποστέλλω-V1I-IAI1S ὁ- A--APM προφήτης-N1M-APM καί-C αὐτός- D--NPM τρέχω-V1I-IAI3P οὐ-D λαλέω-VAI-AAI1S πρός-P αὐτός- D--APM καί-C αὐτός- D--NPM προφητεύω-V1I-IAI3P

22 καί-C εἰ-C ἵστημι-VAI-AAI3P ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF ὑπόστασις-N3I-DSF ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C εἰςἀκούω-VAI-AAI3P ὁ- A--GPM λόγος-N2--GPM ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM ἐγώ- P--GS ἄν-X ἀποστρέφω-V1I-IAI3P αὐτός- D--APM ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GPN πονηρός-A1A-GPN ἐπιτήδευμα-N3M-GPN αὐτός- D--GPM

23 θεός-N2--NSM ἐγγίζω-V1--PAPNSM ἐγώ- P--NS εἰμί-V9--PAI1S λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM καί-C οὐ-D θεός-N2--NSM πόρρωθεν-D

24 εἰ-C κρύπτω-VD--FPI3S ἄνθρωπος-N2--NSM ἐν-P κρυφαῖος-A1A-DPM καί-C ἐγώ- P--NS οὐ-D ὁράω-VF--FMI1S αὐτός- D--ASM μή-D οὐ-D ὁ- A--ASM οὐρανός-N2--ASM καί-C ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF ἐγώ- P--NS πληρόω-VF--FAI1S λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM

25 ἀκούω-VAI-AAI1S ὅς- --APN λαλέω-V2--PAI3P ὁ- A--NPM προφήτης-N1M-NPM ὅς- --APN προφητεύω-V1--PAI3P ἐπί-P ὁ- A--DSN ὄνομα-N3M-DSN ἐγώ- P--GS ψευδής-A3H-APN λέγω-V1--PAPNPM ἐνυπνιάζω-VAI-AMI1S ἐνύπνιον-N2N-ASN

26 ἕως-C πότε-D εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ἐν-P καρδία-N1A-DSF ὁ- A--GPM προφήτης-N1M-GPM ὁ- A--GPM προφητεύω-V1--PAPGPM ψευδής-A3H-APN καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN προφητεύω-V1--PAN αὐτός- D--APM ὁ- A--APN θέλημα-N3M-APN καρδία-N1A-GSF αὐτός- D--GPM

27 ὁ- A--GPM λογίζομαι-V1--PMPGPM ὁ- A--GSN ἐπιλανθάνω-VB--AMN ὁ- A--GSM νόμος-N2--GSM ἐγώ- P--GS ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPN ἐνύπνιον-N2N-DPN αὐτός- D--GPM ὅς- --APN διαἡγέομαι-V2--IMI3P ἕκαστος-A1--NSM ὁ- A--DSM πλησίον-D αὐτός- D--GSM καθάπερ-D ἐπιλανθάνω-VBI-AMI3P ὁ- A--NPM πατήρ-N3--NPM αὐτός- D--GPM ὁ- A--GSN ὄνομα-N3M-GSN ἐγώ- P--GS ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF *βααλ-N---DSF

28 ὁ- A--NSM προφήτης-N1M-NSM ἐν-P ὅς- --DSM ὁ- A--NSN ἐνύπνιον-N2N-NSN εἰμί-V9--PAI3S διαἡγέομαι-VA--AMD3S ὁ- A--ASN ἐνύπνιον-N2N-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ἐν-P ὅς- --DSM ὁ- A--NSM λόγος-N2--NSM ἐγώ- P--GS πρός-P αὐτός- D--ASM διαἡγέομαι-VA--AMD3S ὁ- A--ASM λόγος-N2--ASM ἐγώ- P--GS ἐπί-P ἀλήθεια-N1A-GSF τίς- I--ASN ὁ- A--ASN ἄχυρον-N2N-ASN πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM σῖτος-N2--ASM οὕτως-D ὁ- A--NPM λόγος-N2--NPM ἐγώ- P--GS λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM

29 οὐ-D ὁ- A--NPM λόγος-N2--NPM ἐγώ- P--GS ὥσπερ-D πῦρ-N3--NSN φλέγω-V1--PAPNSN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM καί-C ὡς-C πέλυξ-N3K-NSM κόπτω-V1--PAPNSM πέτρα-N1A-ASF

30 διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN ἰδού-I ἐγώ- P--NS πρός-P ὁ- A--APM προφήτης-N1M-APM λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--APM κλέπτω-V1--PAPAPM ὁ- A--APM λόγος-N2--APM ἐγώ- P--GS ἕκαστος-A1--NSM παρά-P ὁ- A--GSM πλησίον-D αὐτός- D--GSM

31 ἰδού-I ἐγώ- P--NS πρός-P ὁ- A--APM προφήτης-N1M-APM ὁ- A--APM ἐκβάλλω-V1--PAPAPM προφητεία-N1A-APF γλῶσσα-N1S-GSF καί-C νυστάζω-V1--PAPAPM νυσταγμός-N2--ASM ἑαυτοῦ- D--GPM

32 ἰδού-I ἐγώ- P--NS πρός-P ὁ- A--APM προφήτης-N1M-APM ὁ- A--APM προφητεύω-V1--PAPAPM ἐνύπνιον-N2N-APN ψευδής-A3H-APN καί-C διαἡγέομαι-V2--IMI3P αὐτός- D--APN καί-C πλανάω-VAI-AAI3P ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM ἐγώ- P--GS ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPN ψευδής-A3H-DPN αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPM πλάνος-N2--DPM αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C ἐγώ- P--NS οὐ-D ἀποστέλλω-VAI-AAI1S αὐτός- D--APM καί-C οὐ-D ἐντέλλομαι-VAI-AMI1S αὐτός- D--DPM καί-C ὠφέλεια-N1A-ASF οὐ-D ὠφελέω-VF--FAI3P ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM οὗτος- D--ASM

33 καί-C ἐάν-C ἐρωτάω-VA--AAS3P σύ- P--AS ὁ- A--NSM λαός-N2--NSM οὗτος- D--NSM ἤ-C ἱερεύς-N3V-NSM ἤ-C προφήτης-N1M-NSM λέγω-V1--PAPNSM τίς- D--NSN ὁ- A--NSN λῆμμα-N3M-NSN κύριος-N2--GSM καί-C εἶπον-VF2-FAI2S αὐτός- D--DPM σύ- P--NP εἰμί-V9--PAI2P ὁ- A--NSN λῆμμα-N3M-NSN καί-C ῥάσσω-VF--FAI1S σύ- P--AP λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM

34 καί-C ὁ- A--NSM προφήτης-N1M-NSM καί-C ὁ- A--NSM ἱερεύς-N3V-NSM καί-C ὁ- A--NSM λαός-N2--NSM ὅς- --NPM ἄν-X εἶπον-VB--AAS3P λῆμμα-N3M-NSN κύριος-N2--GSM καί-C ἐκδικέω-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--ASM ἄνθρωπος-N2--ASM ἐκεῖνος- D--ASM καί-C ὁ- A--ASM οἶκος-N2--ASM αὐτός- D--GSM

35 ὅτι-C οὕτως-D εἶπον-VF2-FAI2P ἕκαστος-A1--NSM πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM πλησίον-D αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ἕκαστος-A1--NSM πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM ἀδελφός-N2--ASM αὐτός- D--GSM τίς- I--ASN ἀποκρίνω-VCI-API3S κύριος-N2--NSM καί-C τίς- I--ASN λαλέω-VAI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM

36 καί-C λῆμμα-N3M-NSN κύριος-N2--GSM μή-D ὀνομάζω-V1--PAD2P ἔτι-D ὅτι-C ὁ- A--NSN λῆμμα-N3M-NSN ὁ- A--DSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--DSM εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--NSM λόγος-N2--NSM αὐτός- D--GSM

37 καί-C διά-P τίς- I--ASN λαλέω-VAI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ἐγώ- P--GP

38 διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN ὅδε- D--APN λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ἀντί-P ὅς- --GPM εἶπον-VAI-AAI2P ὁ- A--ASM λόγος-N2--ASM οὗτος- D--ASM λῆμμα-N3M-NSN κύριος-N2--GSM καί-C ἀποστέλλω-VAI-AAI1S πρός-P σύ- P--AP λέγω-V1--PAPNSM οὐ-D εἶπον-VF2-FAI2P λῆμμα-N3M-NSN κύριος-N2--GSM

39 διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN ἰδού-I ἐγώ- P--NS λαμβάνω-V1--PAI1S καί-C ῥάσσω-V1--PAI1S σύ- P--AP καί-C ὁ- A--ASF πόλις-N3I-ASF ὅς- --ASF δίδωμι-VAI-AAI1S σύ- P--DP καί-C ὁ- A--DPM πατήρ-N3--DPM σύ- P--GP

40 καί-C δίδωμι-VF--FAI1S ἐπί-P σύ- P--AP ὀνειδισμός-N2--ASM αἰώνιος-A1A-ASM καί-C ἀτιμία-N1A-ASF αἰώνιος-A1A-ASF ὅστις- X--NSF οὐ-D ἐπιλανθάνω-VC--FPI3S

7 διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN ἰδού-I ἡμέρα-N1A-NPF ἔρχομαι-V1--PMI3P λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM καί-C οὐ-D εἶπον-VF2-FAI3P ἔτι-D ζάω-V3--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὅς- --NSM ἀναἄγω-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASM οἶκος-N2--ASM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ἐκ-P γῆ-N1--GSF *αἴγυπτος-N2--GSF

8 ἀλλά-C ζάω-V3--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὅς- --NSM συνἄγω-VBI-AAI3S ἅπας-A3--ASN ὁ- A--ASN σπέρμα-N3M-ASN *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ἀπό-P γῆ-N1--GSF βορέας-N1T-GSM καί-C ἀπό-P πᾶς-A1S-GPF ὁ- A--GPF χώρα-N1A-GPF οὗ-D ἐκὠθέω-VA--AAI3S αὐτός- D--APM ἐκεῖ-D καί-C ἀπο καταἵστημι-VHI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--APM εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF αὐτός- D--GPM

   

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625. Upon peoples, and nations, and tongues, and many kings, signifies with all who are in truths and goods in respect to life, and at the same time in goods and truths in respect to doctrine according to each one's religion, consequently to teach the Word in respect to the goods of life and the truths of doctrine. This is evident from the signification of "peoples and nations," as being those who are of the spiritual church and those who are of the celestial church; those who are of the spiritual church are called in the Word "peoples," but those who are of the celestial church are called "nations." Those who are of the spiritual church, who are called "peoples," are they who are in truths in respect to doctrine and life; and they who are of the celestial church, who are called "nations," are they who are in the good of love to the Lord, and thus in good in respect to life. (But on this signification of "peoples and nations" in the Word, see above, n. 175, 331.) Also from the signification of "tongues and many kings," as being those who are in goods and truths in respect to life and doctrine, but according to each one's religion; for "tongues" signify the goods of truth and confession of these according to each one's religion (See above, n. 330, 455); and "kings" signify truths that are from good, and "many kings" various truths from good, but according to each one's religion. (That "kings" signify truths from good, see above, n. 31, 553)

[2] "Many kings" signify various truths that are from good, because the peoples and nations outside of the church were for the most part in falsities as to doctrine, and yet because they lived a life of love to God and of charity towards the neighbor the falsities of their religion were accepted by the Lord as truths, for the reason that there was inwardly in their falsities the good of love, and the good of love gives its quality to every truth, and in this case it gives its quality to the falsity that such accept as truth; and moreover, the good that lies concealed within causes such when they come into the other life to perceive genuine truths and accept them. Again there are truths that are only appearances of truth, like those truths that are in the sense of the letter of the Word; these appearances of truth are accepted by the Lord as genuine truths when there is in them the good of love to the Lord and the good of charity towards the neighbor; and with such in the other life the good that lies hidden within dissipates the appearances, and makes bare the spiritual truths which are genuine truths. From this it can be seen what is here meant by "many kings." (But respecting the falsities in which there is good that exist among the Gentiles, see in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem 21.)

[3] From what has been said and shown in this and the preceding article, it can be seen that "he must again prophesy upon peoples, and nations, and tongues, and many kings" signifies that the Word must still be taught to those who are in goods and truths in respect to doctrine, and thence are in life; but as it is said "upon peoples, nations, tongues, and kings," these words signify also that the Word must be taught in respect to the goods of life and the truths of doctrine, for these two are what the Word in its whole complex contains.

[4] This is the sense of these words abstracted from persons, which is the truly spiritual sense. The sense of the letter in most places has regard to persons, and mentions persons, but the truly spiritual sense is without any regard whatever to persons. For angels who are in the spiritual sense of the Word have no idea of person or of place in any particular of what they think or speak, for the idea of person or of place limits and confines the thoughts, and thereby renders them natural; it is otherwise when the idea is abstracted from persons and places. It is from this that angels have intelligence and wisdom, and that thence angelic intelligence and wisdom are ineffable. While man lives in the world he is in natural thought, and natural thought derives its ideas from persons, places, times, and material things, and if these should be taken away from man, his thought which comes to perception would perish, for without these he comprehends nothing; but angelic thought is apart from ideas drawn from persons, places, times, and material things; and this is why angelic thought and speech are ineffable, and to man also incomprehensible.

[5] And yet a man who has lived in the world a life of love to the Lord and of charity towards the neighbor comes, after his departure from the world, into that ineffable intelligence and wisdom; for his interior mind, which is the very mind of his spirit, is then opened, and then the man, when he becomes an angel, thinks and speaks from that mind, and consequently thinks and speaks such things as he could not utter or comprehend in the world. Such a spiritual mind, which is like the angelic mind, every man has; but because man while in the world speaks, sees, hears, and feels, by means of a material body, that mind lies hidden within the natural mind, or lives above it; and what man thinks in that mind he is wholly ignorant of; for the thought of that mind then flows into the natural mind, and there limits, bounds, and so presents itself as to be seen and perceived. So long as man is in the body in the world, he does not know that he has within him this mind, and in it possesses angelic intelligence and wisdom, because, as has been said, all things that abide there flow into the natural mind, and thus become natural according to correspondences. This has been said to make known what the Word is in the spiritual sense, which sense is wholly abstracted from persons and places, that is, from such things as derive their quality from the material things of the body and the world.

  
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The Last Judgement #70

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70. There are many reasons why such communities, or such heavens, were tolerated. The chief is that by means of outward holiness and outward honesty and fairness they were linked with the simple good people in the lowest heaven, and with those who were still in the world of spirits and not yet admitted to heaven. In the spiritual world all are in touch with and so linked with similar spirits. The simple good people in the lowest heaven and those in the world of spirits pay attention mainly to externals, yet without being inwardly wicked. If therefore they were torn apart before the appointed time, heaven would suffer at its lowest level; yet the lowest level is the basis on which the higher levels of heaven rest.

[2] The Lord teaches in this passage that this was why they were tolerated until the final period:

The servants of the head of the household came to him and said, Was it not good seed you sowed in your field? Where then do the weeds come from? And they said, Do you want us then to go and gather them? But he said, No, for fear that in gathering the weeds you uproot the wheat together with them. So let them both grow together until the harvest; and at harvest-time I shall say to the reapers, Gather the weeds first and tie them in bundles for burning; but gather the wheat into the barns. He who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man; the field is the world; the good seed is the children of the kingdom, the weeds the children of evil; the harvest is the ending of the age. As therefore the weeds are gathered and burnt with fire, so shall it be at the ending of this age. Matthew 13:27-30, 37-42.

The ending of this age is the final period of the church; the weeds are those who are inwardly wicked; the wheat those who are inwardly good; their gathering and tying in bundles for burning is the Last Judgment. 1

[3] A similar meaning is conveyed by the Lord's parable in the same chapter about the gathering of fish of every kind, when the good were put into vessels and the bad thrown out; of these too it is said:

So shall it be at the ending of the age; the angels will go out and separate the wicked from among the righteous. Matthew 13:47-49.

They are compared to fish, because in the spiritual sense of the Word fish mean those who are natural and external, good as well as wicked; on the meaning of the righteous see at the end of the chapter. 2

Footnotes:

1. Bundles in the Word mean the arrangement of the truths and falsities a person has into groups, so also groupings of People possessing those truths and falsities (4686, 4687, 5339, 5530, 7408, 10303). The Son of Man is the Lord as regards Divine truth (1729, 1733, 2159, 2628, 2803, 2813, 3773, 3704, 7499, 8897, 9807). Sons are affections for truth coming from good (489, 491, 533, 2623, 3373, 4257, 8649, 9807); so the children of the kingdom are those with affections for truth coming from good, and the children of evil are those with affections for falsity coming from evil. Consequently the latter are called weeds, and the former good seed, for weeds mean falsity coming from evil and good seed means truth coming from good. The seed of the field is truth coming from good which a person has from the Lord (1940, 3038, 3310, 3373, 10248, 10249). In the contrary sense seed is falsity from evil (10249). The seed of the field is also the nourishment of the mind by means of Divine truth from the Word; to sow is to instruct (6158, 9272). The ending of the age is the final period of the church (4535, 10622).

2. Fish in the spiritual sense of the Word mean the factual knowledge of the natural or external man; and thus also natural or external people, both good and wicked (40, 991). Animals of every kind correspond to the kind of things in a person's character (45-46, 246, 714, 716, 719, 2179, 2180, 3519, 9280, 10609). In the Word people are called righteous if the Lord's righteousness and merit is attributed to them, but unrighteous if self-righteousness and self-acquired merit is attributed to them (3648, 15069, 9263). 3

3. [Arcana Caelestia 15069 seems to be incorrect; a possible reference would be 9486.]

  
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