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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 #6997

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6997. 'And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Moses' means leniency. This is clear from the meaning of 'the anger of Jehovah' as not anger but the opposite of anger, which is mercy or in this instance leniency. The absence of any anger in Jehovah is evident from the consideration that He is love itself, goodness itself, and mercy itself, while anger is the opposite and is also a failing, which is inapplicable to God. For this reason when anger in the Word is attributed to Jehovah or the Lord, the angels do not discern anger but either mercy or the removal of the wicked from heaven. Here they discern leniency because what is said is addressed to Moses, who represents the Lord when He was in the world in respect of Divine Truth.

[2] The Word attributes anger to Jehovah or the Lord because of the very general truth that all things come from God, thus the bad as well as the good. But this very general truth, which young children, older ones, and simple people need to have, must at a later stage be clarified. That is to say, it must be shown that bad things are assignable to man, though they may seem to be assignable to God, and have been declared to be so to the end that people may learn to fear God, so as not to be destroyed by wicked things they themselves do, and may then come to love Him. Fear must come before love in order that love may have holy fear within it; for when fear is instilled into love that fear is made holy by the holiness of love. Once it is made holy it is not a fear that the Lord will be angry and punish them, but a fear that they may act contrary to Goodness itself; for to do that will torment their conscience.

[3] Furthermore it was by means of punishments that the Israelites and the Jews were compelled to fulfill the external and formal requirements of religious laws and commands. This led them to think that Jehovah was angry and punished them, when in fact they themselves through their idolatrous behaviour were the ones who brought such things upon themselves and cut themselves off from heaven. Their own behaviour brought about their punishments, as it also says in Isaiah,

Your iniquities cause division between you and your God; and your sins hide [His] face from you. Isaiah 59:1.

And since the Israelites and the Jews were confined to the fulfillment of external requirements and knew nothing internal they continued to believe that Jehovah was angry and punished them. For people who concern themselves only with things of an external nature but not with anything internal do everything out of fear and nothing out of love.

[4] From all this one may now see what 'the anger' and 'the wrath' of Jehovah are used to mean in the Word, namely punishments, as in Isaiah,

Behold, the name of Jehovah comes from afar, burning with His anger, and the heaviness of the burden. His lips are full of indignation, and His tongue like a burning fire. Isaiah 30:27.

'Anger' stands for reproof, and for a warning in order that evils may not destroy them. In the same prophet,

In an overflowing of anger I hid My face from you for a moment. Isaiah 54:8.

'An overflowing of anger' stands for temptation, during which evils bring pain and torment. In Jeremiah,

I Myself will fight with you with an outstretched hand and a strong arm, and in anger, and in fury, and in great indignation. Lest My fury go forth like fire, and burn so that there is none to quench it because of the wickedness of your works. Jeremiah 21:5, 12.

In the same prophet,

. . . to fill those places with the corpses of people whom I smote in My anger and in My wrath. Jeremiah 33:5.

In Zephaniah,

I will pour out onto them My indignation, all My fierce anger, 1 for in the fire of My zeal the whole earth will be devoured. Zephaniah 3:8.

In David,

He let loose on them His fierce anger, 2 indignation, fury, distress, and a mission of evil angels. Psalms 78:49.

[5] In addition to these there are many other places in which, as in these, 'anger , 'wrath', 'fury', and 'fire' are used to mean states of punishment or damnation into which a person casts himself when he enters into evil ways. For it is in keeping with Divine order that rewards should go with ways that are good, and therefore that punishments should go with those that are evil, so much so that they are bound up in one another. Punishment and damnation are also meant by the day of Jehovah's anger in Isaiah 13:9, 17; Lamentations 2:1; Zephaniah 2:3; Revelation 6:17; 11:18; also by the wine of God's anger and the cup of God's anger in Jeremiah 25:15, 28; Revelation 14:10; 16:19; as well as by the winepress of God's anger and fury in Revelation 14:19; 19:15.

[6] The fact that punishment and damnation are meant by 'anger' is also evident in Matthew,

Brood of vipers, who has shown you to flee from the anger to come? Matthew 3:7.

In John,

He who does not believe in the Son will not see life, but the anger of God rests upon him. John 3:36.

In Luke,

In the final period there will be great distress over the earth, and anger on that people. Luke 21:23.

From these places it is evident that 'the anger of Jehovah' means forms of punishment and damnation. The reason why 'anger' is used to mean leniency and mercy is that all forms of punishment that the evil suffer arise because of the Lord's mercy shown towards the good to protect them from harm done by the evil. Yet the Lord does not inflict punishments on the evil; rather, it is they who inflict them on themselves since evils and forms of punishment in the next life are bound up with one another. The evil especially inflict punishments on themselves when the Lord acts mercifully towards the good, for at such times the evils and the resulting punishments are on the increase in them. This explains why instead of 'the anger of Jehovah', which means forms of punishment suffered by the evil, angels understand mercy.

[7] From all this one may recognize what the Word in the sense of the letter is like and also what God's truth in its most general form is like - that it presents matters in ways that accord with outward appearances. The reason for this is that man is by nature such that he believes what he can see and apprehend with his senses, but does not believe and for that reason does not accept what he cannot see or apprehend with his senses. This is why the Word in the sense of the letter presents matters in accordance with outward appearances; nevertheless it has genuine truths concealed in its more internal recesses, while in its inmost recesses it conceals God's truth itself going forth directly from the Lord, and so Divine Good, which is the Lord Himself.

Footnotes:

1. literally, all the wrath of My anger

2. literally, the wrath of His anger

  
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