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1 πῶς-D γνοφόω-VAI-AAI3S ἐν-P ὀργή-N1--DSF αὐτός- D--GSM κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--ASF θυγάτηρ-N3--ASF *σιων-N---GSF καταῥίπτω-VAI-AAI3S ἐκ-P οὐρανός-N2--GSM εἰς-P γῆ-N1--ASF δόξασμα-N3M-ASN *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM καί-C οὐ-D μιμνήσκω-VSI-API3S ὑποποδίον-N2N-GSN πούς-N3D-GPM αὐτός- D--GSM ἐν-P ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF ὀργή-N1--GSF αὐτός- D--GSM

2 καταποντίζω-VAI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM οὐ-D φείδομαι-VA--AMPNSM πᾶς-A3--APN ὁ- A--APN ὡραῖος-A1A-APN *ἰακώβ-N---GSM κατααἱρέω-VBI-AAI3S ἐν-P θυμός-N2--DSM αὐτός- D--GSM ὁ- A--APN ὀχύρωμα-N3M-APN ὁ- A--GSF θυγάτηρ-N3--GSF *ιουδα-N---GSM κολλάω-VAI-AAI3S εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF βεβηλόω-VAI-AAI3S βασιλεύς-N3V-ASM αὐτός- D--GSF καί-C ἄρχων-N3--APM αὐτός- D--GSF

3 συνκλαίω-VAI-AAI3S ἐν-P ὀργή-N1--DSF θυμός-N2--GSM αὐτός- D--GSM πᾶς-A3--NSN κέρας-N3T-NSN *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ἀποστρέφω-VAI-AAI3S ὀπίσω-D δεξιός-A1A-ASF αὐτός- D--GSM ἀπό-P πρόσωπον-N2N-GSN ἐχθρός-A1A-GSM καί-C ἀναἅπτω-VAI-AAI3S ἐν-P *ἰακώβ-N---DSM ὡς-C πῦρ-N3--ASN φλόξ-N3G-ASF καί-C καταἐσθίω-VBI-AAI3S πᾶς-A3--APN ὁ- A--APN κύκλος-N2--DSM

4 ἐντείνω-VAI-AAI3S τόξον-N2N-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM ὡς-C ἐχθρός-A1A-NSM στερεόω-VAI-AAI3S δεξιός-A1A-ASF αὐτός- D--GSM ὡς-C ὑπεναντίος-A1A-NSM καί-C ἀποκτείνω-VAI-AAI3S πᾶς-A3--APN ὁ- A--APN ἐπιθύμημα-N3M-APN ὀφθαλμός-N2--GPM ἐγώ- P--GS ἐν-P σκηνή-N1--DSF θυγάτηρ-N3--GSF *σιων-N---GSF ἐκχέω-V2I-IAI3S ὡς-C πῦρ-N3--ASN ὁ- A--ASM θυμός-N2--ASM αὐτός- D--GSM

5 γίγνομαι-VCI-API3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὡς-C ἐχθρός-A1A-NSM καταποντίζω-VAI-AAI3S *ἰσραήλ-N---ASM καταποντίζω-VAI-AAI3S πᾶς-A1S-APF ὁ- A--APF βάρις-N3I-APF αὐτός- D--GSF διαφθείρω-V1I-IAI3S ὁ- A--APN ὀχύρωμα-N3M-APN αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C πληθύνω-V1I-IAI3S ὁ- A--DSF θυγάτηρ-N3--DSF *ιουδα-N---GSM ταπεινόω-V4--PMPASF καί-C ταπεινόω-VM--XMPASF

6 καί-C διαπετάζω-VAI-AAI3S ὡς-C ἄμπελος-N2--ASF ὁ- A--ASN σκήνωμα-N3M-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM διαφθείρω-V1I-IAI3S ἑορτή-N1--ASF αὐτός- D--GSM ἐπιλανθάνω-VBI-AMI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὅς- --NSM ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S ἐν-P *σιων-N---DSF ἑορτή-N1--GSF καί-C σάββατον-N2N-GSN καί-C παραὀξύνω-VAI-AAI3S ἐμβρίμημα-N3M-DSN ὀργή-N1--GSF αὐτός- D--GSM βασιλεύς-N3V-ASM καί-C ἱερεύς-N3V-ASM καί-C ἄρχων-N3--ASM

7 ἀποὠθέω-VAI-AMI3S κύριος-N2--NSM θυσιαστήριον-N2N-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM ἀποτινάσσω-VAI-AAI3S ἁγίασμα-N3M-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM συντρίβω-VAI-AAI3S ἐν-P χείρ-N3--DSF ἐχθρός-A1A-GSM τεῖχος-N3E-ASN βάρις-N3I-GPF αὐτός- D--GSF φωνή-N1--ASF δίδωμι-VAI-AAI3P ἐν-P οἶκος-N2--DSM κύριος-N2--GSM ὡς-C ἐν-P ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF ἑορτή-N1--GSF

8 καί-C ἐπιστρέφω-VAI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GSN διαφθείρω-VA--AAN τεῖχος-N3E-ASN θυγάτηρ-N3--GSF *σιων-N---GSF ἐκτείνω-VAI-AAI3S μέτρον-N2N-ASN οὐ-D ἀποστρέφω-VAI-AAI3S χείρ-N3--ASF αὐτός- D--GSM ἀπό-P καταπάτημα-N3M-GSN καί-C πενθέω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASN προτείχισμα-N3M-ASN καί-C τεῖχος-N3E-ASN ὁμοθυμαδόν-D ἀσθενέω-VAI-AAI3S

9 ἐνπαγάομαι-VAI-AAI3P εἰς-P γῆ-N1--ASF πύλη-N1--NPF αὐτός- D--GSF ἀποὀλλύω-VAI-AAI3S καί-C συντρίβω-VAI-AAI3S μοχλός-N2--APM αὐτός- D--GSF βασιλεύς-N3V-ASM αὐτός- D--GSF καί-C ἄρχων-N3--APM αὐτός- D--GSF ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPN ἔθνος-N3E-DPN οὐ-D εἰμί-V9--PAI3S νόμος-N2--NSM καί-C γέ-X προφήτης-N1M-NPM αὐτός- D--GSF οὐ-D ὁράω-VBI-AAI3P ὅρασις-N3I-ASF παρά-P κύριος-N2--GSM

10 καταἵζω-VAI-AAI3P εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF σιωπάω-VAI-AAI3P πρεσβύτερος-A1A-NPMC θυγάτηρ-N3--GSF *σιων-N---GSF ἀναβιβάζω-VAI-AAI3P χοῦς-N3--ASM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF κεφαλή-N1--ASF αὐτός- D--GPM περιζώννυμι-VAI-AMI3P σάκκος-N2--APM καταἄγω-VBI-AAI3P εἰς-P γῆ-N1--ASF ἀρχηγός-N2--APM παρθένος-N2--APF ἐν-P *ἰερουσαλήμ-N---DSF

11 ἐκλείπω-VBI-AAI3P ἐν-P δάκρυ-N3--DPN ὁ- A--NPM ὀφθαλμός-N2--NPM ἐγώ- P--GS ταράσσω-VQI-API3S ὁ- A--NSF καρδία-N1A-NSF ἐγώ- P--GS ἐκχέω-VCI-API3S εἰς-P γῆ-N1--ASF ὁ- A--NSF δόξα-N1S-NSF ἐγώ- P--GS ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASN σύντριμμα-N3M-ASN ὁ- A--GSF θυγάτηρ-N3--GSF ὁ- A--GSM λαός-N2--GSM ἐγώ- P--GS ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN ἐκλείπω-VB--AAN νήπιος-A1A-NPN καί-C θηλάζω-V1--PAPNPN ἐν-P πλατύς-A3U-DPF πόλις-N3I-GSF

12 ὁ- A--DPF μήτηρ-N3--DPF αὐτός- D--GPM εἶπον-VAI-AAI3P ποῦ-D σῖτος-N2--NSM καί-C οἶνος-N2--NSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN ἐκλύω-V1--PMN αὐτός- D--APM ὡς-C τραυματίας-N1T-NSM ἐν-P πλατύς-A3U-DPF πόλις-N3I-GSF ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN ἐκχέω-V2--PMN ψυχή-N1--APF αὐτός- D--GPM εἰς-P κόλπος-N2--ASM μήτηρ-N3--GPF αὐτός- D--GPM

13 τίς- I--ASN μαρτυρέω-VA--AAS1S σύ- P--DS ἤ-C τίς- I--ASN ὁμοιόω-VF--FAI1S σύ- P--DS θυγάτηρ-N3--VSF *ἰερουσαλήμ-N---GSF τίς- I--NSM σώζω-VF--FAI3S σύ- P--AS καί-C παρακαλέω-VF--FAI3S σύ- P--AS παρθένος-N2--NSF θυγάτηρ-N3--VSF *σιων-N---GSF ὅτι-C μεγαλύνω-VCI-API3S ποτήριον-N2N-NSN συντριβή-N1--GSF σύ- P--GS τίς- I--NSM ἰάομαι-VF--FMI3S σύ- P--AS

14 προφήτης-N1M-NPM σύ- P--GS ὁράω-VBI-AAI3P σύ- P--DS μάταιος-A1A-APN καί-C ἀφροσύνη-N1--ASF καί-C οὐ-D ἀποκαλύπτω-VAI-AAI3P ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF ἀδικία-N1A-ASF σύ- P--GS ὁ- A--GSN ἐπιστρέφω-VA--AAN αἰχμαλωσία-N1A-ASF σύ- P--GS καί-C ὁράω-VBI-AAI3P σύ- P--DS λῆμμα-N3M-APN μάταιος-A1A-APN καί-C ἔξωσμα-N3M-APN

15 κροτέω-VAI-AAI3P ἐπί-P σύ- P--AS χείρ-N3--APF πᾶς-A3--NPM ὁ- A--NPM παραπορεύομαι-V1--PMPNPM ὁδός-N2--ASF συρίζω-VAI-AAI3P καί-C κινέω-VAI-AAI3P ὁ- A--ASF κεφαλή-N1--ASF αὐτός- D--GPM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF θυγάτηρ-N3--ASF *ἰερουσαλήμ-N---GSF ἦ-D οὗτος- D--NSF ὁ- A--NSF πόλις-N3I-NSF ὅς- --ASF εἶπον-VF2-FAI3P στέφανος-N2--NSM δόξα-N1S-GSF εὐφροσύνη-N1--NSF πᾶς-A1S-GSF ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF

16 δια ἀναοἴγω-VAI-AAI3P ἐπί-P σύ- P--AS στόμα-N3M-ASN αὐτός- D--GPM πᾶς-A3--NPM ὁ- A--NPM ἐχθρός-A1A-NPM σύ- P--GS συρίζω-VAI-AAI3P καί-C βρύχω-VAI-AAI3P ὀδούς-N3--APM εἶπον-VAI-AAI3P καταπίνω-V1I-IAI1P αὐτός- D--ASF πλήν-D οὗτος- D--NSF ὁ- A--NSF ἡμέρα-N1A-NSF ὅς- --ASF προςδοκάω-V3I-IAI1P εὑρίσκω-VB--AAI1P αὐτός- D--ASF ὁράω-VBI-AAI1P

17 ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὅς- --NPN ἐνθυμέομαι-VCI-API3S συντελέω-VAI-AAI3S ῥῆμα-N3M-APN αὐτός- D--GSM ὅς- --APN ἐντέλλομαι-VAI-AMI3S ἐκ-P ἡμέρα-N1A-GPF ἀρχαῖος-A1A-GPM κατααἱρέω-VBI-AAI3S καί-C οὐ-D φείδομαι-VAI-AMI3S καί-C εὐφραίνω-VZI-AAI3S ἐπί-P σύ- P--AS ἐχθρός-A1A-ASM ὑψόω-VAI-AAI3S κέρας-N3T-NSN θλίβω-V1--PAPGSM σύ- P--AS

18 βοάω-VAI-AAI3S καρδία-N1A-NSF αὐτός- D--GPM πρός-P κύριος-N2--ASM τείχη-N1--NSF *σιων-N---GSF καταἄγω-VB--AAD2P ὡς-C χειμάροος-N2--APM δάκρυ-N2N-APN ἡμέρα-N1A-GSF καί-C νύξ-N3--GSF μή-D δίδωμι-VO--AAS2S ἔκνηψις-N3I-ASF σεαυτοῦ- D--DSF μή-D σιωπάω-VA--AMO3S θύγατηρ-N3--VSF ὁ- A--NSM ὀφθαλμός-N2--NSM σύ- P--GS

19 ἀναἵστημι-VH--AAD2S ἀγαλλιάομαι-VA--AAD2S ἐν-P νύξ-N3--DSF εἰς-P ἀρχή-N1--APF φυλακή-N1--GSF σύ- P--GS ἐκχέω-VA--AAD2S ὡς-C ὕδωρ-N3--NSN καρδία-N1A-ASF σύ- P--GS ἀπέναντι-D πρόσωπον-N2N-GSN κύριος-N2--GSM αἴρω-VA--AAD2S πρός-P αὐτός- D--ASM χείρ-N3--APF σύ- P--GS περί-P ψυχή-N1--GSF νήπιος-A1A-GPM σύ- P--GS ὁ- A--GPM ἐκλύω-V1--PMPGPM λιμός-N2--DSM ἐπί-P ἀρχή-N1--GSF πᾶς-A1S-GPF ἔξοδος-N2--GPF

20 ὁράω-VB--AAD2S κύριος-N2--VSM καί-C ἐπιβλέπω-VA--AAD2S τίς- I--DSN ἐπιφυλλίζω-VAI-AAI2S οὕτως-D εἰ-C ἐσθίω-VF--FMI3P γυνή-N3K-NPF καρπός-N2--ASM κοιλία-N1A-GSF αὐτός- D--GPM ἐπιφυλλίς-N3D-APF ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S μάγειρος-N2--NSM φονεύω-VC--FPI3P νήπιος-A1A-APN θηλάζω-V1--PAPAPN μαστός-N2--APM ἀποκτείνω-VF2-FAI2S ἐν-P ἁγίασμα-N3M-DSN κύριος-N2--GSM ἱερεύς-N3V-ASM καί-C προφήτης-N1M-ASM

21 κοιμάω-VCI-API3P εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF ἔξοδος-N2--ASF παιδάριον-N2N-NSN καί-C πρεσβύτης-N1M-NSM παρθένος-N2--NPF ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C νεανίσκος-N2--NPM ἐγώ- P--GS πορεύομαι-VCI-API3P ἐν-P αἰχμαλωσία-N1A-DSF ἐν-P ῥομφαία-N1A-DSF καί-C ἐν-P λιμός-N2--DSM ἀποκτείνω-VAI-AAI2S ἐν-P ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF ὀργή-N1--GSF σύ- P--GS μαγειρεύω-VAI-AAI2S οὐ-D φείδομαι-VAI-AMI2S

22 καλέω-VAI-AAI3S ἡμέρα-N1A-ASF ἑορτή-N1--GSF παροικία-N1A-GSF ἐγώ- P--GS κυκλόθεν-D καί-C οὐ-D γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3P ἐν-P ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF ὀργή-N1--GSF κύριος-N2--GSM ἀνασώζω-V1--PMPNSM καί-C καταλείπω-VP--XMPNSM ὡς-C ἐπικρατέω-VAI-AAI1S καί-C πληθύνω-VAI-AAI1S ἐχθρός-A1A-APM ἐγώ- P--GS πᾶς-A3--APM

   

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Arcana Coelestia #6377

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6377. 'He washes his clothing in wine' means that His Natural consists in Divine Truth from His Divine Good. This is clear from the meaning of 'washing' as purifying, dealt with in 3147; from the meaning of 'wine' as the good of love towards the neighbour and the good of faith, and in the highest sense as Divine Truth from the Lord's Divine Good, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'clothing' as the exterior which covers the interior, dealt with in 5248, thus the natural since this is exterior and covers the rational, which is interior. Therefore 'clothing' also means truth since this is exterior and covers good, which is interior, 2576, 4545, 4763, 5319, 5954.

[2] The fact that 'wine' means love towards the neighbour and the good of faith may be recognized from what has been shown regarding the bread and wine in the Holy Supper, in 2165, 2177, 3464, 4581, 5915. These paragraphs show that 'bread' is the good of celestial love, and that 'wine' is the good of spiritual love. The same may also be recognized from the minchah and the drink-offering in sacrifices. The minchah in them meant the good of love, and the drink-offering the good of faith. The minchah consisted of the kinds of things that meant the good of love, while the drink-offering consisted of wine that meant the good of faith. The sacrifices themselves were also called 'bread', 2165. For the use in sacrifices of a drink-offering consisting of wine, see Exodus 29:40; Leviticus 23:12-13, 18-19; Numbers 15:2-15; 28:6-7, 18-end; 29:1-7 and following verses.

[3] The meaning that 'wine' has of love towards the neighbour and the good of faith is also evident in Isaiah,

Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! And come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Isaiah 55:1.

No one can fail to see that they did not have to buy wine and milk, but that they were to acquire what is meant by 'wine and milk', which is love towards the neighbour and faith. These gifts come from the Lord 'without money and without price'.

[4] In Hosea,

Threshing-floor and winepress will not feed them, and new wine will be deceptive to her. 1 Ephraim will return to Egypt, and in Assyria they will eat what is unclean. They will not pour libations of wine to Jehovah, their sacrifices will not be pleasing to Him. Hosea 9:1-4.

Here also in the internal sense reference is made to the good of love and the good of faith, to the demise of them. The good of love is meant by 'threshing-floor' by virtue of the grain there and the bread made from it, while the good of faith is meant by 'winepress', 'new wine', and 'libation of wine'. 'Ephraim will return to Egypt' stands for the fact that the understanding would resort to factual knowledge for advice concerning the arcana of faith; 'in Assyria they will eat what is unclean' stands for that which is the outcome of consequent false reasoning - 'Ephraim' being the area of understanding in the Church, see 5754, 6112, 6238, 6267; 'Egypt' the area of factual knowledge, 1164, 1165, 1186, 1462, 5702; and 'Assyria' that of reasoning, 1186. The line of thought in this passage also shows that the words used here contain something more than what one sees in the letter. For everything hangs together in the internal sense, but not so in the external sense, for example when it says that 'threshing-floor and winepress will not feed them, and new wine will be deceptive to her', immediately followed by 'Ephraim will return to Egypt, and in Assyria they will eat what is unclean'. Moreover, without the internal sense what meaning would Ephraim's return to Egypt and their eating in Assyria what is unclean have?

[5] 'Winepress' and 'wine' are also used in Jeremiah to describe the demise of mutual love and the good of faith,

He who lays waste has fallen on your vintage, therefore joy and gladness have been plucked from Carmel, and from the land of Moab, for I have made the wine cease from the winepresses; none will tread the headed. 2 Jeremiah 48:32-33.

[6] The fact that 'wine' means the good of mutual love and of faith is also evident in John,

I heard a voice from the midst of the four living creatures, saying, Do no harm to oil and wine. Revelation 6:6.

[7] 'Oil' stands for the good of celestial love, and 'wine' for the good of spiritual love.

'Oil' and 'wine' have a similar meaning in the Lord's parable of the Good Samaritan in Luke,

A certain Samaritan was journeying, and seeing him who had been wounded by the robbers was moved with compassion for him; going therefore to him, he bandaged his wounds, and poured on oil and wine. Luke 10:33-34.

'He poured on oil and wine' means that he performed the works of love and charity, 'oil' being the good of love, see 886, 3728. A like meaning was involved in the practice of the ancients, who poured oil and wine onto a pillar when they consecrated it, Genesis 35:14, 4581, 4582.

[8] The fact that 'wine' means the good of love and faith is evident from the words the Lord used when He instituted the Holy Supper. He said then regarding the wine,

I tell you that I shall not drink from now on of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father's kingdom. Matthew 26:29; Luke 22:17-18.

Anyone can see that He was not about to drink wine in that kingdom, but that the good of love and faith is meant, which He was about to impart to those who belonged to His kingdom. Much the same is meant by 'wine' in Isaiah 24:9, 11; Lamentations 2:11-12; Hosea 14:7; Amos 9:13-14; Zechariah 9:15-16; Luke 5:37-39.

[9] Since 'wine' means the good of love and faith, Divine Truth from the Lord's Divine Good is therefore meant in the highest sense, for that Truth, when it flows into a person and is accepted by him, brings him the good of love and faith.

[10] Since most things in the Word also have a contrary meaning, so too does 'wine', the contrary meaning of which is falsity from evil, as in Isaiah,

Woe to those who rise in the morning around dawn, and then follow strong drink, who continue into dusk, so that wine may inflame them! Woe to heroes at drinking wine, and to valiant men in mixing strong drink! Isaiah 5:11, 22

In the same prophet,

Also these err through wine, and go astray through strong drink. The priest and the prophet err through strong drink. They are swallowed up by wine, they go astray through strong drink. They err among the seers, they are tottery in judgement. Isaiah 28:7.

In the same prophet,

The shepherds know no understanding, they all look to their own way. Come, I will get wine, and we will be drunken from strong drink; and let there be tomorrow, as there is this day, great abundance. Isaiah 56:11-12.

In addition to these places 'wine' is used with the contrary meaning in Jeremiah 13:12; Hosea 4:11; 7:5; Amos 2:8; Micah 2:11; Psalms 75:8; Deuteronomy 32:33.

Falsity from evil is also meant by the cup of the wine of wrath in Jeremiah 25:15-16; Revelation 14:8, 10; 16:19; the winepress of the wrath of God's anger, Revelation 19:15; and the wine of whoredom, Revelation 17:2; 18:3.

Footnotes:

1. The Latin means them but the Hebrew means her, which Swedenborg has in other places where he quotes this verse, as well as possibly here in his rough draft.

  
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