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1 διότι-C ἰδού-I ἐγώ- P--NS ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF ἡμέρα-N1A-DPF ἐκεῖνος- D--DPF καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM καιρός-N2--DSM ἐκεῖνος- D--DSM ὅταν-D ἐπιστρέφω-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--ASF αἰχμαλωσία-N1A-ASF *ιουδα-N---GSM καί-C *ἰερουσαλήμ-N---GSF

2 καί-C συνἄγω-VF--FAI1S πᾶς-A3--APN ὁ- A--APN ἔθνος-N3E-APN καί-C καταἄγω-VF--FAI1S αὐτός- D--APN εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF κοιλάς-N3D-ASF *ιωσαφατ-N---GSM καί-C διακρίνω-VC--FPI1S πρός-P αὐτός- D--APM ἐκεῖ-D ὑπέρ-P ὁ- A--GSM λαός-N2--GSM ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--GSF κληρονομία-N1A-GSF ἐγώ- P--GS *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ὅς- --NPM διασπείρω-VDI-API3P ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPN ἔθνος-N3E-DPN καί-C ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF ἐγώ- P--GS κατα διααἱρέω-VBI-AMI3P

3 καί-C ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM ἐγώ- P--GS βάλλω-VBI-AAI3P κλῆρος-N2--APM καί-C δίδωμι-VAI-AAI3P ὁ- A--APN παιδάριον-N2N-APN πόρνη-N1--DPF καί-C ὁ- A--APN κοράσιον-N2N-APN πωλέω-V2I-IAI3P ἀντί-P οἶνος-N2--GSM καί-C πίνω-V1I-IAI3P

4 καί-C τίς- I--ASN καί-C σύ- P--NP ἐγώ- P--DS *τύρος-N---NSF καί-C *σιδών-N---NS καί-C πᾶς-A1S-NSF *γαλιλαία-N1A-NSF ἀλλόφυλος-A1B-GPM μή-D ἀνταπόδομα-N3M-ASN σύ- P--NP ἀντι ἀποδίδωμι-V8--PAI2P ἐγώ- P--DS ἤ-C μνησικακέω-V2--PAI2P σύ- P--NP ἐπί-P ἐγώ- P--DS ὀξέως-D καί-C ταχέως-D ἀντι ἀποδίδωμι-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--ASN ἀνταπόδομα-N3M-ASN σύ- P--GP εἰς-P κεφαλή-N1--APF σύ- P--GP

5 ἀντί-P ὅς- --GPM ὁ- A--ASN ἀργύριον-N2N-ASN ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--ASN χρυσίον-N2N-ASN ἐγώ- P--GS λαμβάνω-VBI-AAI2P καί-C ὁ- A--APN ἐπίλεκτος-A1B-APN ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--APN καλός-A1--APN εἰςφέρω-VAI-AAI2P εἰς-P ὁ- A--APM ναός-N2--APM σύ- P--GP

6 καί-C ὁ- A--APM υἱός-N2--APM *ιουδα-N---GSM καί-C ὁ- A--APM υἱός-N2--APM *ἰερουσαλήμ-N---GSF ἀποδίδωμι-VOI-AMI2P ὁ- A--DPM υἱός-N2--DPM ὁ- A--GPF *ἕλλην-N1--GPF ὅπως-C ἐκὠθέω-VA--AAS2P αὐτός- D--APM ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GPN ὅριον-N2N-GPN αὐτός- D--GPM

7 ἰδού-I ἐγώ- P--NS ἐκἐγείρω-V1--PAI1S αὐτός- D--APM ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSM τόπος-N2--GSM ὅς- --GSM ἀποδίδωμι-VOI-AMI2P αὐτός- D--APM ἐκεῖ-D καί-C ἀντι ἀποδίδωμι-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--ASN ἀνταπόδομα-N3M-ASN σύ- P--GP εἰς-P κεφαλή-N1--APF σύ- P--GP

8 καί-C ἀποδίδωμι-VF--FMI1S ὁ- A--APM υἱός-N2--APM σύ- P--GP καί-C ὁ- A--APF θυγάτηρ-N3--APF σύ- P--GP εἰς-P χείρ-N3--APF υἱός-N2--GPM *ιουδα-N---GSM καί-C ἀποδίδωμι-VF--FMI3P αὐτός- D--APM εἰς-P αἰχμαλωσία-N1A-ASF εἰς-P ἔθνος-N3E-ASN μακράν-D ἀποἔχω-V1--PAPASN ὅτι-C κύριος-N2--NSM λαλέω-VAI-AAI3S

9 κηρύσσω-VA--AAD2P οὗτος- D--APN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPN ἔθνος-N3E-DPN ἁγιάζω-VA--AAD2P πόλεμος-N2--ASM ἐκἐγείρω-VA--AAD2P ὁ- A--APM μαχητής-N1M-APM προςἄγω-VB--AAD2P καί-C ἀναβαίνω-V1--PAD2P πᾶς-A3--NPM ἀνήρ-N3--NPM πολεμιστής-N1--NPM

10 συνκόπτω-VA--AAD2P ὁ- A--APN ἄροτρον-N2N-APN σύ- P--GP εἰς-P ῥομφαία-N1A-APF καί-C ὁ- A--APN δρέπανον-N2N-APN σύ- P--GP εἰς-P σειρομάστης-N1M-APM ὁ- A--NSM ἀδύνατος-A1B-NSM λέγω-V1--PAD3S ὅτι-C ἰσχύω-V1--PAI3S ἐγώ- P--NS

11 συνἀθροίζω-V1--PMD2P καί-C εἰςπορεύομαι-V1--PMD2P πᾶς-A3--ASN ὁ- A--APN ἔθνος-N3E-APN κυκλόθεν-D καί-C συνἄγω-VQ--APD2P ἐκεῖ-D ὁ- A--NSM πραΰς-N3--NSM εἰμί-V9--PAD3S μαχητής-N1M-NSM

12 ἐκἐγείρω-V1--PMD3P καί-C ἀναβαίνω-V1--PAD3P πᾶς-A3--NPN ὁ- A--NPN ἔθνος-N3E-NPN εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF κοιλάς-N3D-ASF *ιωσαφατ-N---DSM διότι-C ἐκεῖ-D καταἵζω-VF2-FAI1S ὁ- A--GSN διακρίνω-VA--AAN πᾶς-A3--APN ὁ- A--APN ἔθνος-N3E-APN κυκλόθεν-D

13 ἐκ ἀποστέλλω-VA--AAD2P δρέπανον-N2N-APN ὅτι-C παραἵστημι-VXI-XAI3S τρύγητος-N2--NSM εἰςπορεύομαι-V1--PMD2P πατέω-V2--PAD2P διότι-C πλήρης-A3H-NSF ὁ- A--NSF ληνός-N2--NSF ὑπερ ἐκχέω-V2--PMI3S ὁ- A--NPN ὑπολήνιον-N2N-NPN ὅτι-C πληθύνω-VM--XMI3P ὁ- A--NPN κακός-A1--NPN αὐτός- D--GPM

14 ἦχος-N2--NPM ἐκἠχέω-VAI-AAI3P ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF κοιλάς-N3D-DSF ὁ- A--GSF δίκη-N1--GSF ὅτι-C ἐγγύς-D ἡμέρα-N1A-NSF κύριος-N2--GSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF κοιλάς-N3D-DSF ὁ- A--GSF δίκη-N1--GSF

15 ὁ- A--NSM ἥλιος-N2--NSM καί-C ὁ- A--NSF σελήνη-N1--NSF συνσκοτάζω-VF--FAI3P καί-C ὁ- A--NPM ἀστήρ-N3--NPM δύω-VF--FAI3P φέγγος-N3E-ASN αὐτός- D--GPM

16 ὁ- A--NSM δέ-X κύριος-N2--NSM ἐκ-P *σιων-N---GSM ἀνακράζω-VFX-FMI3S καί-C ἐκ-P *ἰερουσαλήμ-N---GSF δίδωμι-VF--FAI3S φωνή-N1--ASF αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C σείω-VC--FPI3S ὁ- A--NSM οὐρανός-N2--NSM καί-C ὁ- A--NSF γῆ-N1--NSF ὁ- A--NSM δέ-X κύριος-N2--NSM φείδομαι-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--GSM λαός-N2--GSM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ἐνἰσχύω-VF--FAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--APM υἱός-N2--APM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM

17 καί-C ἐπιγιγνώσκω-VF--FMI2P διότι-C ἐγώ- P--NS κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM σύ- P--GP ὁ- A--NSM κατασκηνόω-V4--PAPNSM ἐν-P *σιων-N---DSM ἐν-P ὄρος-N3E-DSN ἅγιος-A1A-DSN ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C εἰμί-V9--FMI3S *ἰερουσαλήμ-N---NSF πόλις-N3I-NSF ἅγιος-A1A-NSF καί-C ἀλλογενής-A3H-NPM οὐ-D διαἔρχομαι-VF--FMI3P διά-P αὐτός- D--GSF οὐκέτι-D

18 καί-C εἰμί-V9--FMI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF ἐκεῖνος- D--DSF ἀποσταλάσσω-VF--FAI3S ὁ- A--NPN ὄρος-N3E-NPN γλυκασμός-N2--ASM καί-C ὁ- A--NPM βουνός-N2--NPM ῥέω-VF--FMI3P γάλα-N3--ASN καί-C πᾶς-A1S-NPF ὁ- A--NPF ἄφεσις-N3I-NPF *ιουδα-N---GSM ῥέω-VF--FMI3P ὕδωρ-N3T-APN καί-C πηγή-N1--NSF ἐκ-P οἶκος-N2--GSM κύριος-N2--GSM ἐκἔρχομαι-VF--FMI3S καί-C ποτίζω-VF2-FAI3S ὁ- A--ASM χειμάρρους-A1C-ASM ὁ- A--GPM σχοίνος-N2--GPM

19 *αἴγυπτος-N2--NSF εἰς-P ἀφανισμός-N2--ASM εἰμί-V9--FMI3S καί-C ὁ- A--NSF *ιδουμαία-N1A-NSF εἰς-P πεδίον-N2N-ASN ἀφανισμός-N2--GSM εἰμί-V9--FMI3S ἐκ-P ἀδικία-N1A-GPF υἱός-N2--GPM *ιουδα-N---GSM ἀντί-P ὅς- --GPM ἐκχέω-VAI-AAI3P αἷμα-N3M-ASN δίκαιος-A1A-ASN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF γῆ-N1--DSF αὐτός- D--GPM

20 ὁ- A--NSF δέ-X *ἰουδαία-N1A-NSF εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM αἰών-N3W-ASM καταοἰκέω-VC--FPI3S καί-C *ἰερουσαλήμ-N---NSF εἰς-P γενεά-N1A-APF γενεά-N1A-GPF

21 καί-C ἐκδικέω-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--ASN αἷμα-N3M-ASN αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C οὐ-D μή-D ἀθῳόω-VF--FAI1S καί-C κύριος-N2--NSM κατασκηνόω-VF--FAI3S ἐν-P *σιων-N---DSM

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Arcana Coelestia #10248

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10248. 'And it shall be the statute of an age to them' means an eternal law of order. This is clear from the meaning of 'a statute' as a law of order, dealt with in 7884, 7995, 8357; and from the meaning of 'an age' as that which is eternal. The reason why 'an age' means what is eternal is that duration even to the end should be understood by it, and in the internal sense what is eternal is meant by that duration. Furthermore the word used to denote an age means eternity in the original language. 'Age' means what is eternal because when used in the Word with regard to the Church it means duration of it even to the end. Consequently, when the term is used with regard to heaven, where there is no end, or with regard to the Lord, it means what is eternal. The term may be used to refer in general to any Church, but in particular to the celestial Church. In addition to all this 'age' means the world and life there, and also life after this to eternity.

[2] 1. The term 'age', when used with regard to the Church, means the duration of it even to the end

This is clear from the following places: In Matthew,

The disciples said to Jesus, Tell us, what will be the sign of Your coming and of the close of the age? Matthew 24:3.

'The close of the age' means the final period of the Church, thus the end of it, when there is no longer any faith because there is no charity. The fact that this is meant by 'the close of the age' and that 'the age' therefore means the duration of the Church even to the end becomes clear from all the things stated by the Lord in that chapter, an explanation of which may be seen in the opening sections of Chapters 26-40 of Genesis. 'The age' and 'the close' of it have the same meaning elsewhere in the same gospel,

The harvest is the close of the age. Matthew 13:39-40, 49.

Also,

Behold, I am with you at all times 1 even to the close of the age. Matthew 28:20.

Here also 'the age' is used to mean the duration of the Church from start to finish.

[3] In Ezekiel,

They will dwell on the land, they and their sons and their sons' sons even to an age. David will be their prince for an age. My sanctuary will be in their midst for an age. Ezekiel 37:25, 28.

These promises refer to Israel, who in the internal sense serves to mean the spiritual Church. 'The land' on which they will dwell also means the Church; 'the sanctuary' means everything composing the Church; and 'David' means the Lord. From this it is evident that 'for an age' means even to the end.

'Israel' in the Word is the spiritual Church, see in the places referred to in 9340.

'The land' is the Church, in the places referred to in 9325.

'The sanctuary' is everything composing the Church, and it has reference to the goodness and truth of the spiritual Church, 8330, 9479.

'David' is the Lord, 1888, 9954.

[4] In David,

Before the mountains were born, and the earth and the world were formed, from age even to age You are God. Psalms 90:2.

By the birth of mountains and formation of the earth and the world not the creation of the world but the establishment of a Church should be understood, for in the Word heavenly or celestial love, and so the Church in which that love exists, is meant by 'the mountains'. 'The earth' too and 'the world' mean the Church, so that 'from age to age' means from when Churches are established to when they come to an end. Churches follow in succession, one after another; for when one has come to an end or undergone vastation another is established.

'Mountain' means heavenly or celestial love, and therefore the Church which is governed by that love, see 795, 796, 4210, 6435, 8758.

'The earth' is the Church in particular, but 'the world' the Church in general, see in the places referred to in 9325.

[5] 2. The term 'age', when used with regard to heaven, where there is no end, or with regard to the Lord, means what is eternal

This is clear from the following places: In David,

Jehovah is King for an age and for perpetuity. Psalms 10:16; Exodus 15:18.

In the same author,

Your kingdom is a kingdom of all the ages, and Your dominion to every generation after generation. Psalms 145:13.

In Jeremiah,

[He is] the living God [and] the King of the age. Jeremiah 10:10.

In Daniel,

His dominion is the dominion of an age which will not pass away. Afterwards the saints of the Most High 2 will receive the kingdom and will strengthen the kingdom even to an age, and even to ages of ages. Daniel 7:14, 18, 27.

In Matthew,

Yours is the kingdom, the power, and the glory for ages. Matthew 6:13.

In Luke,

God will give Him the throne of David, so that He may reign over the house of Jacob for ages. Luke 1:32-33.

[6] In the Book of Revelation,

To Jesus Christ be glory and might for ages of ages. Revelation 1:6.

Elsewhere in the same book,

Behold, I live for ages of ages. Revelation 1:18.

And elsewhere again,

Blessing, and honour, and glory, and might to the Lamb for ages of ages! The twenty-four elders worshipped the One living for ages of ages. Revelation 5:13-14; 10:6; 11:15.

In Isaiah,

My salvation will exist for an age, and My righteousness to each generation 3 . Isaiah 51:6, 8.

In the same prophet,

The angel of [His] face carried them all the days of the age. Isaiah 63:9.

In Daniel,

Many of those sleeping will awake to the life of the age 4 , the rest to the disrepute of the age 5 . Daniel 12:2.

In John,

If anyone eats of this bread he will live for an age. John 6:51, 58.

In the same gospel,

I give them eternal life, and they will not perish for an age. John 10:28.

In David,

Lead me in the way of the age 6 . Psalms 139:24.

In the same author,

He has caused them to stand for perpetuity and for an age; He has given a statute that will not pass away. Psalms 148:6.

[7] In these places 'age' means what is eternal since it is used with regard to the Lord, to His kingdom, and to heaven and the life there, all of which have no end. 'Ages of ages' is not used to mean eternities of eternities but that which is eternal. That expression is used however with regard to the Churches on earth coming in succession one after another. From the Word it is evident that a Church has been established four times on this planet. The first of them was the Most Ancient, which existed before the Flood; the second was the Ancient, which came after the Flood; the third was the Israelite and Jewish; and the last was the Christian. The whole period of each one from start to finish is an age. And after the Christian Church a new one will begin. This series of Churches is meant by 'ages of ages', 'an age' being the duration of a Church even to its end, as shown above.

[8] 3. The term 'age' may be used to refer in general to any Church, but in particular to the celestial Church

This is clear from the following places: In Amos,

I will raise up the tent of David that is fallen down, and I will build as in the days of a [previous] age. Amos 9:11.

'The days of a [previous] age' is used to mean the time when the Most Ancient Church, which was celestial, existed. In Micah,

Bethlehem Ephrath, from you will come forth for Me one who will be Ruler in Israel, and whose origins are from of old, from the days of a [previous] age. Micah 5:2.

Here the meaning is similar. In Moses,

Remember the days of a [previous] age, understand the years of generation after generation. Deuteronomy 32:7.

'The days of a [previous] age' stands for the time of the Most Ancient Church, which was a celestial Church, and 'the years of generation after generation' for the time of the Ancient Church, which was a spiritual Church.

[9] In Isaiah,

Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Jehovah. Awake as in the days of antiquity, of the generation of [previous] ages. Isaiah 51:8-9.

'As in [the days] of the generation of [previous] ages' means as it was with the states of love and faith in the Ancient Churches that descended from the Most Ancient. In David,

I have considered the days of old, the years of [previous] ages. Psalms 77:5.

Here the meaning is similar.

[10] In Isaiah,

Remember from a [previous] age the former thing. Isaiah 46:9.

In Malachi,

Then the minchah of Judah and Jerusalem will be acceptable to Jehovah, as in the days of a [previous] age, and as in ancient years. Malachi 3:4.

In Joel,

Judah will abide for an age, and Jerusalem from generation to generation. Joel 3:20.

In these places 'Judah' means the celestial Church, to which the words 'as in the days of the age' and 'into the age' therefore refer, while 'Jerusalem' means the spiritual Church, to which the words 'as in the ancient years' and 'into generation after generation' refer.

'Judah' is the celestial Church, see 3654, 3881, 6363, 8770.

'Jerusalem' is the spiritual Church, 402, 3654.

[11] 4. The term 'age' may mean the world and life there

This is clear in Matthew,

The one who is sown among thorns is he who hears the Word but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the Word. Matthew 13:22.

In Luke,

The sons of this age are more shrewd than the sons of light. Luke 16:8.

In the same gospel,

The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage. Luke 20:34.

And in David,

The wicked and carefree ones of the age multiply wealth. Psalms 73:12.

[12] 5. The term 'age' may mean life to eternity after death

In Mark,

... will receive a hundredfold, now in this time, and in the age to come eternal life. Mark 10:30.

In Ezekiel,

When I will cause you to go down with those going down to the pit, to the people of a [previous] age, ... Ezekiel 26:20.

And elsewhere, as in Luke 18:30; 20:35; Isaiah 34:10, 17; Revelation 14:11; 20:10; 22:5.

Footnotes:

1. literally, I am with you all the days

2. The Latin word rendered the Most High is plural, as is the word used in the original Aramaic. It must be regarded as a plural of majesty.

3. literally, generations of generations

4. i.e. eternal life

5. i.e. eternal disgrace

6. i.e. an eternal way

  
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