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1 ετος-N3E-GSN πρωτος-A1--GSNS βασιλευω-V1--PAPGSM *βαλτασαρ-N---GSM χωρα-N1A-GSF *βαβυλωνια-N1A-GSF *δανιηλ-N---NSM οραμα-N3M-ASN οραω-VBI-AAI3S παρα-P κεφαλη-N1--ASF επι-P ο- A--GSF κοιτη-N1--GSF αυτος- D--GSM τοτε-D *δανιηλ-N---NSM ο- A--ASN οραμα-N3M-ASN ος- --ASN οραω-VBI-AAI3S γραφω-VAI-AAI3S εις-P κεφαλαιον-N2N-APN λογος-N2--GPM

2 επι-P ο- A--GSF κοιτη-N1--GSF εγω- P--GS θεωρεω-V2I-IAI1S κατα-P υπνος-N2--APM νυξ-N3--GSF και-C ιδου-I τεσσαρες-A3--NPM ανεμος-N2--NPM ο- A--GSM ουρανος-N2--GSM ενπιπτω-VBI-AAI3P εις-P ο- A--ASF θαλασσα-N1S-ASF ο- A--ASF μεγας-A1--ASF

3 και-C τεσσαρες-A3--NPN θηριον-N2N-NPN αναβαινω-V1I-IAI3P εκ-P ο- A--GSF θαλασσα-N1S-GSF διαφερω-V1--PAPNPN εις-A3--ASN παρα-P ο- A--ASN εις-A3--ASN

4 ο- A--NSN πρωτος-A1--NSNS ωσει-D λεαινα-N1A-NSF εχω-V1--PAPNSF πτερον-N2N-APN ωσει-D αετος-N2--GSM θεωρεω-V2I-IAI1S εως-P οστις- X--GSN τιλλω-VBI-API3S ο- A--NPN πτερον-N2N-NPN αυτος- D--GSF και-C αιρω-VCI-API3S απο-P ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF και-C επι-P πους-N3D-GPM ανθρωπινος-A1--GPM ιστημι-VCI-API3S και-C ανθρωπινος-A1--NSF καρδια-N1A-NSF διδωμι-VCI-API3S αυτος- D--DSF

5 και-C ιδου-I μετα-P αυτος- D--ASF αλλος- D--ASN θηριον-N2N-ASN ομοιωσις-N3I-ASF εχω-V1--PAPASN αρκος-N2--GSM και-C επι-P ο- A--GSN εις-A3--GSN πλευρον-N2N-GSN ιστημι-VCI-API3S και-C τρεις-A3--NPN πλευρον-N2N-NPN ειμι-V9I-IAI3S εν-P ο- A--DSN στομα-N3M-DSN αυτος- D--GSF και-C ουτως-D ειπον-VBI-AAI3S αναιστημι-VH--AAD2S καταεσθιω-VB--AAD2S σαρξ-N3K-APF πολυς-A1--APF

6 και-C μετα-P ουτος- D--APN θεωρεω-V2I-IAI1S θηριον-N2N-ASN αλλος- D--ASN ωσει-D παρδαλις-N3I-ASF και-C πτερον-N2N-NPN τεσσαρες-A3--NPN επιτεινω-V1--IAI3P επανω-P αυτος- D--GSN και-C τεσσαρες-A3--NPF κεφαλη-N1--NPF ο- A--DSN θηριον-N2N-DSN και-C γλωσσα-N1S-NSF διδωμι-VCI-API3S αυτος- D--DSN

7 μετα-P δε-X ουτος- D--APN θεωρεω-V2I-IAI1S εν-P οραμα-N3M-DSN ο- A--GSF νυξ-N3--GSF θηριον-N2N-ASN τεταρτος-A1--ASN φοβερος-A1A-ASN και-C ο- A--NSM φοβος-N2--NSM αυτος- D--GSN υπερφερω-V1--PAPNSM ισχυς-N3U-DSF εχω-V1--PAPASN οδους-N3--APM σιδηρους-A1C-APM μεγας-A1--APM εσθιω-V1--PAPASN και-C κοπανιζω-V1--PAPASN κυκλος-N2--DSM ο- A--DPM πους-N3D-DPM καταπατεω-V2--PAPASN διαφορως-D χραομαι-V3--PMPASN παρα-P πας-A3--APN ο- A--APN προ-P αυτος- D--GSN θηριον-N2N-APN εχω-V1I-IAI3S δε-X κερας-N3T-APN δεκα-M

8 και-C βουλη-N1--NPF πολυς-A1--NPF εν-P ο- A--DPN κερας-N3T-DPN αυτος- D--GSN και-C ιδου-I αλλος- D--NSN εις-A3--NSN κερας-N3T-NSN αναφυω-VDI-API3S ανα-P μεσος-A1--ASM αυτος- D--GPN μικρος-A1A-NSN εν-P ο- A--DPN κερας-N3T-DPN αυτος- D--GSN και-C τρεις-A3--NPN ο- A--GPN κερας-N3T-GPN ο- A--GPN πρωτος-A1--GPNS ξηραινω-VCI-API3P δια-P αυτος- D--GSN και-C ιδου-I οφθαλμος-N2--NPM ωσπερ-D οφθαλμος-N2--NPM ανθρωπινος-A1--NPM εν-P ο- A--DSN κερας-N3T-DSN ουτος- D--DSN και-C στομα-N3M-NSN λαλεω-V2--PAPNSN μεγας-A1--APN και-C ποιεω-V2I-IAI3S πολεμος-N2--ASM προς-P ο- A--APM αγιος-A1A-APM

9 θεωρεω-V2I-IAI1S εως-C οτε-D θρονος-N2--NPM τιθημι-VCI-API3P και-C παλαιος-A1A-NSM ημερα-N1A-GPF καταημαι-V1I-IMI3S εχω-V1--PAPNSM περιβολη-N1--ASF ωσει-D χιων-N3N-ASF και-C ο- A--ASN τριχωμα-N3M-ASN ο- A--GSF κεφαλη-N1--GSF αυτος- D--GSM ωσει-D εριον-N2N-NSN λευκος-A1--NSN καθαρος-A1A-NSN ο- A--NSM θρονος-N2--NSM ωσει-D φλοξ-N3G-NSF πυρ-N3--GSN

10 και-C εκπορευομαι-V1I-IMI3S κατα-P προσωπον-N2N-ASN αυτος- D--GSM ποταμος-N2--NSM πυρ-N3--GSN χιλιοι-A1A-NPF χιλιας-N3D-NPF θεραπευω-V1I-IAI3P αυτος- D--ASM και-C μυριοι-A1A-NPF μυριας-N3D-NPF παραιστημι-VXI-YAI3P αυτος- D--DSM και-C κριτηριον-N2N-NSN καταιζω-VAI-AAI3S και-C βιβλος-N2--NPF αναοιγω-VQI-API3P

11 θεωρεω-V2I-IAI1S τοτε-D ο- A--ASF φωνη-N1--ASF ο- A--GPM λογος-N2--GPM ο- A--GPM μεγας-A1--GPM ος- --GPM ο- A--NSN κερας-N3T-NSN λαλεω-V2I-IAI3S και-C αποτυμπανιζω-VSI-API3S ο- A--NSN θηριον-N2N-NSN και-C αποολλυω-VBI-AMI3S ο- A--NSN σωμα-N3M-NSN αυτος- D--GSN και-C διδωμι-VCI-API3S εις-P καυσις-N3I-ASF πυρ-N3--GSN

12 και-C ο- A--APM κυκλος-N2--DSM αυτος- D--GSN αποιστημι-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--GSF εξουσια-N1A-GSF αυτος- D--GPN και-C χρονος-N2--NSM ζωη-N1--GSF διδωμι-VCI-API3S αυτος- D--DPN εως-P χρονος-N2--GSM και-C καιρος-N2--GSM

13 θεωρεω-V2I-IAI1S εν-P οραμα-N3M-DSN ο- A--GSF νυξ-N3--GSF και-C ιδου-I επι-P ο- A--GPF νεφελη-N1--GPF ο- A--GSM ουρανος-N2--GSM ως-C υιος-N2--NSM ανθρωπος-N2--GSM ερχομαι-V1I-IMI3S και-C ως-C παλαιος-A1A-NSM ημερα-N1A-GPF παραειμι-V9--IAI3S και-C ο- A--NPM παραιστημι-VXI-XAPNPM παραειμι-V9--IAI3P αυτος- D--DSM

14 και-C διδωμι-VCI-API3S αυτος- D--DSM εξουσια-N1A-NSF και-C πας-A3--NPN ο- A--NPN εθνος-N3E-NPN ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF κατα-P γενος-N3E-APN και-C πας-A1S-NSF δοξα-N1S-NSF αυτος- D--DSM λατρευω-V1--PAPNSF και-C ο- A--NSF εξουσια-N1A-NSF αυτος- D--GSM εξουσια-N1A-NSF αιωνιος-A1B-NSF οστις- X--NSF ου-D μη-D αιρω-VC--APS3S και-C ο- A--NSF βασιλεια-N1A-NSF αυτος- D--GSM οστις- X--NSF ου-D μη-D φθειρω-VD--APS3S

15 και-C ακηδιαω-VA--AAPNSM εγω- P--NS *δανιηλ-N---NSM εν-P ουτος- D--DPN εν-P ο- A--DSN οραμα-N3M-DSN ο- A--GSF νυξ-N3--GSF

16 προςερχομαι-VBI-AAI1S προς-P εις-A3--ASM ο- A--GPM ιστημι-VXI-XAPGPM και-C ο- A--ASF ακριβεια-N1A-ASF ζητεω-V2I-IAI1S παρα-P αυτος- D--GSM υπερ-P πας-A3--GPN ουτος- D--GPN αποκρινω-VC--APPNSM δε-X λεγω-V1--PAI3S εγω- P--DS και-C ο- A--ASF κρισις-N3I-ASF ο- A--GPM λογος-N2--GPM δηλοω-VAI-AAI3S εγω- P--DS

17 ουτος- D--NPN ο- A--NPN θηριον-N2N-NPN ο- A--NPN μεγας-A1--APN ειμι-V9--PAI3P τεσσαρες-A3--NPM βασιλεια-N1A-NPF ος- --NPF αποολλυω-VF2-FMI3P απο-P ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF

18 και-C παραλαμβανω-VF--FMI3P ο- A--ASF βασιλεια-N1A-ASF αγιος-A1A-NPM υψιστος-A1--GSM και-C καταεχω-VF--FAI3P ο- A--ASF βασιλεια-N1A-ASF εως-P ο- A--GSM αιων-N3W-GSM και-C εως-P ο- A--GSM αιων-N3W-GSM ο- A--GPM αιων-N3W-GPM

19 τοτε-D θελω-V1I-IAI1S εκακριβαζομαι-VC--AMN περι-P ο- A--GSN θηριον-N2N-GSN ο- A--GSN τεταρτος-A1--GSN ο- A--GSN διαφθειρω-V1--PAPGSN πας-A3--APN και-C υπερφοβος-A1B-GSN και-C ιδου-I ο- A--NPM οδους-N3--NPM αυτος- D--GSN σιδηρους-A1C-NPM και-C ο- A--NPM ονυξ-N3--NPM αυτος- D--GSN χαλκους-A1C-NPM καταεσθιω-V1--PAPNPM πας-A3--APM κυκλοθεν-D και-C καταπατεω-V2--PAPNPM ο- A--DPM πους-N3D-DPM

20 και-C περι-P ο- A--GPN δεκα-M κερας-N3T-GPN αυτος- D--GSN ο- A--GPN επι-P ο- A--GSF κεφαλη-N1--GSF και-C ο- A--GSN εις-A3--GSN ο- A--GSN αλλος- D--GSN ο- A--GSN προςφυω-V1--PAPGSN και-C εκπιπτω-VAI-AAI3P δια-P αυτος- D--GSN τρεις-A3--NPN και-C ο- A--NSN κερας-N3T-NSN εκεινος- D--NSN εχω-V1I-IAI3S οφθαλμος-N2--APM και-C στομα-N3M-ASN λαλεω-V2--PAPASN μεγας-A1--APN και-C ο- A--NSF προσοψις-N3I-NSF αυτος- D--GSN υπερφερω-V1I-IAI3S ο- A--APN αλλος-A1--APN

21 και-C κατανοεω-V2I-IAI1S ο- A--ASN κερας-N3T-ASN εκεινος- D--ASN πολεμος-N2--ASM συνιστημι-V6--PMPASN προς-P ο- A--APM αγιος-A1A-APM και-C τροποω-V4--PAPASN αυτος- D--APM

22 εως-P ο- A--GSN ερχομαι-VB--AAN ο- A--ASM παλαιος-A1A-ASM ημερα-N1A-GPF και-C ο- A--ASF κρισις-N3I-ASF διδωμι-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--DPM αγιος-A1A-DPM ο- A--GSM υψιστος-A1--GSM και-C ο- A--NSM καιρος-N2--NSM διδωμι-VCI-API3S και-C ο- A--ASN βασιλειον-N2N-ASN καταεχω-VBI-AAI3P ο- A--NPM αγιος-A1A-NPM

23 και-C ειπον-VCI-API3S εγω- P--DS περι-P ο- A--GSN θηριον-N2N-GSN ο- A--GSN τεταρτος-A1--GSN οτι-C βασιλεια-N1A-NSF τεταρτος-A1--NSF ειμι-VF--FMI3S επι-P ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF οστις- X--NSF διαφερω-VF--FAI3S παρα-P πας-A1S-ASF ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF και-C αναστατοω-VF--FAI3S αυτος- D--ASF και-C καταλεαινω-VF2-FAI3S αυτος- D--ASF

24 και-C ο- A--NPN δεκα-M κερας-N3T-NPN ο- A--GSF βασιλεια-N1A-GSF δεκα-M βασιλευς-N3V-NPM ιστημι-VF--FMI3P και-C ο- A--NSM αλλος- D--NSM βασιλευς-N3V-NSM μετα-P ουτος- D--APM ιστημι-VF--FMI3S και-C αυτος- D--NSM διαφερω-VF--FAI3S κακος-A1--DPN υπερ-P ο- A--APM πρωτος-A1--APMS και-C τρεις-A3--APM βασιλευς-N3V-APM ταπεινοω-VF--FAI3S

25 και-C ρημα-N3M-APN εις-P ο- A--ASM υψιστος-A1--ASM λαλεω-VF--FAI3S και-C ο- A--APM αγιος-A1A-APM ο- A--GSM υψιστος-A1--GSM κατατριβω-VF--FAI3S και-C προςδεχομαι-VF--FMI3S αλλοιοω-VA--AAN καιρος-N2--APM και-C νομος-N2--ASM και-C παραδιδωμι-VC--FPI3S πας-A3--APN εις-P ο- A--APF χειρ-N3--APF αυτος- D--GSM εως-P καιρος-N2--GSM και-C καιρος-N2--GPM και-C εως-P ημισυς-A3U-GSM καιρος-N2--GSM

26 και-C ο- A--NSF κρισις-N3I-NSF καταιζω-VF--FMI3S και-C ο- A--ASF εξουσια-N1A-ASF αποολλυω-VF2-FAI3P και-C βουλευω-VF--FMI3P μιαινω-VA--AAN και-C αποολλυω-VA--AAN εως-P τελος-N3E-GSN

27 και-C ο- A--ASF βασιλεια-N1A-ASF και-C ο- A--ASF εξουσια-N1A-ASF και-C ο- A--ASF μεγαλειοτης-N3T-ASF αυτος- D--GPM και-C ο- A--ASF αρχη-N1--ASF πας-A1S-GPF ο- A--GPF υπο-P ο- A--ASM ουρανος-N2--ASM βασιλεια-N1A-GPF διδωμι-VAI-AAI3S λαος-N2--DSM αγιος-A1A-DSM υψιστος-A1--GSM βασιλευω-VA--AAN βασιλεια-N1A-ASF αιωνιος-A1B-ASF και-C πας-A1S-NPF ο- A--NPF εξουσια-N1A-NPF αυτος- D--DSM υποτασσω-VD--FPI3P και-C πειθαρχεω-VF--FAI3P αυτος- D--DSM

28 εως-P καταστροφη-N1--GSF ο- A--GSM λογος-N2--GSM εγω- P--NS *δανιηλ-N---NSM σφοδρα-D εκστασις-N3I-DSF περιεχω-V1I-IMI1S και-C ο- A--NSF εξις-N3I-NSF εγω- P--GS διαφερω-VAI-AAI3S εγω- P--DS και-C ο- A--ASN ρημα-N3M-ASN εν-P καρδια-N1A-DSF εγω- P--GS στηριζω-VAI-AAI1S

   

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Arcana Coelestia #9642

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9642. 'The boards for the south side, southwards' means even to the more internal and the inmost parts [of it], where truth dwells in light. This is clear from the meaning of 'the boards of the dwelling-place' as the good supporting heaven, dealt with in 9634; from the meaning of 'the side (or corner)', when the term is used in reference to the four quarters, as the specific state meant by that quarter, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'the south, southwards' 1 as the more internal and the inmost parts, where truth dwells in light. 'The south' or 'midday' means a state of light, which is a state of intelligence produced by truths, thus also an interior state; for in the heavens the light, and the intelligence and wisdom that accompany the light, increases towards the more internal parts. Further away from those parts truth dwells in shade; and this state of truth is meant by 'the north'. This then is why 'the south side, southwards' means even to the more internal and the inmost parts, where truth dwells in light.

[2] The same things are meant by 'the south' in Isaiah,

I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Do not withhold. Bring My sons from afar, and My daughters from the end of the earth. Isaiah 43:6.

This refers to a new Church. 'Saying to the north' means speaking to those who are in darkness or have no knowledge of the truths of faith, who are gentiles outside the Church. 'Saying to the south' means speaking to those who dwell in the light provided by cognitions or knowledge of goodness and truth, who are people within the Church. This explains why the latter are told not to 'withhold' [those sons and daughters], but the former 'to give them up'.

[3] In Ezekiel,

Set your face the way of the south, and drop [your words] towards the south, and prophesy against the forest of the field to the south, and say to the forest of the south, Behold, I am kindling in you a fire, which will devour in you every green tree; and all faces from south to north will be scorched. Set your face towards Jerusalem, and drop [your words] against the sanctuaries, and prophesy against the land of Israel. Ezekiel 20:46-21:2.

'The south' here stands for those who have the light of truth provided by the Word, thus those who belong to the Church, yet who are influenced by falsities which they substantiate from the sense of the letter of the Word wrongly explained. This is why the expressions 'the forest of the field towards the south' and 'the forest of the south' are used. 'A forest' is a state in which factual knowledge is predominant, whereas 'a garden' is one in which truth is predominant. From this it is evident what the meaning is of 'setting one's face the way of the south, and dropping [one's words] towards the south, and prophesying against the forest of the field to the south', and then of 'set your face towards Jerusalem, and drop [your words] against the sanctuaries, and prophesy against the land of Israel'. 'Jerusalem' and 'the land of Israel' mean the Church, and 'the sanctuaries' there things of the Church.

[4] In Isaiah,

If you bring out for the hungry your soul 2 and satisfy the afflicted soul, your light will rise in the darkness, and your thick darkness will be as at midday. Isaiah 58:10.

'Darkness' and 'thick darkness' stand for lack of knowledge of truth and good, 'light' and 'midday' for an understanding of them. In the same prophet, Give counsel, execute judgement, set your shade like the night in the middle of the day; 3 hide the outcasts, do not reveal the wanderer. Isaiah 16:3.

'In the middle of the day' stands for in the midst of the light of truth. In Jeremiah,

Prepare for 4 battle against the daughter of Zion; arise, and let us go up into the south, 5 for the day goes away, for the shadows of evening are set at an angle. Jeremiah 6:4.

'Going up into the south' stands for going up against the Church, where truth dwells in light from the Word. In Amos,

I will make the sun go down in the south, 5 and I will darken the land in broad daylight. Amos 8:9.

This stands for blotting out all the light of truth which is provided by the Word.

[5] In David,

You will not be afraid of the terror of the night, of the arrow that flies by day, of the pestilence in thick darkness, of death that lays waste at noonday. Psalms 91:5-6.

'The terror of the night' stands for falsities arising from evil that come from hell; 'the arrow that flies by day' stands for falsity which is taught openly; 'death that lays waste at noonday' stands for evil that is openly present in people's lives, and that destroys truth wherever it is able to dwell in its own light from the Word.

[6] And in Isaiah,

The prophecy of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south sweep through, 6 it comes from the wilderness, from a terrible land. Isaiah 21:1.

In Daniel,

The he-goat of the she-goats made himself exceedingly great, and his horn grew exceedingly towards the south, and towards the east, and towards the glorious [land]. And it grew even towards the host of heaven, and cast down to the earth some of the host, and of the stars, and trampled on them. Daniel 8:8-10.

This refers to the state of the future Church. It foretells that the Church will be ruined by teachings about faith separated from the good of charity, 'the he-goat of the she-goats' being this kind of faith, 4169 (end), 4769. 'The horn's growing towards the south' stands for the power of falsity from this faith directed against truths, 'towards the east' for directing it against forms of good, and 'towards the glorious [land]' for directing it against the Church. 'Towards the host of heaven' stands for directing that power against all the forms of good and the truths belonging to heaven, and 'casting down to the earth some of the host, and of the stars' stands for destroying these, and also even the cognitions or knowledge of good and truth, 4697.

[7] The whole of Chapter 11 in the same prophet describes a war between the king of the south and the king of the north. 'The king of the south' means the light of truth derived from the Word, and 'the king of the north' reasoning about truths which is based on factual knowledge. The shifting fortunes which the Church will experience until it ceases to exist are described by the different phases in the course of that war.

[8] Because 'the south' meant truth dwelling in light it was decreed that the tribes of Reuben, Simeon, and Gad should camp towards the south, Numbers 2:10-15. Encampments represented the arrangement of all things in heaven as determined by the truths and forms of the good of faith and love, 4236, 8103 (end), 8193, 8196, and 'the twelve tribes' which formed the camp meant all the truths and forms of good in their entirety, 3858, 3862, 3926, 3939, 4060, 6335, 6337, 6397, 6640, 7836, 7891, 7996, 7997. 'The tribe of Reuben' meant the truth of faith present in doctrine, 3861, 3866, 5542, 'the tribe of Simeon' the truth of faith subsequently present in life, 3869-3872, 4497, 4502, 4503, 5482, and 'the tribe of Gad' works motivated by that truth in doctrine and life, 6404, 6405. From these meanings it is evident why these three camped towards the south; for all things on the side of truth or faith belong in the south because they are in light.

[9] From all this it is now clear what 'the south side' means, namely where the state of truth dwelling in light is to be found. For all states of the good of love and the truth of faith are meant by the four corners of the earth, states of the good of love being meant by the east and west sides, and states of the truth of faith by the south and north ones. Much the same is meant by 'the four winds', as in the Book of Revelation,

... angels standing over the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth, in order that the wind should not blow onto the earth. Revelation 7:1.

And elsewhere,

Satan will come out to deceive the nations which are at the four corners of the earth. Revelation 20:7-8.

In Matthew,

He will send angels, and gather the elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. 7 Matthew 24:31.

And in Ezekiel,

Come from the four winds, O spirit, and breathe into these killed, that they may live. Ezekiel 37:9.

[10] Because those winds, that is, those four quarters, meant all aspects of good and truth, thus all aspects of heaven and the Church, and 'a temple' meant heaven or the Church, it had been the custom since ancient times to site temples in an east-west direction. This was because the east meant the good of love on the rise, and the west the good of love on the decline. This custom had its origin in representative signs, which were well known to the ancients who belonged to the Church.

Footnotes:

1. Two different words denoting the south are used here. The first (meridies) also means noon or midday and is translated as such in some quotations below. The second (auster) is sometimes used to mean more specifically a south wind.

2. i.e. If you bring food out of store for the hungry

3. or the south

4. literally, Sanctify

5. or at noon

6. literally, for passing through

7. literally, from the bounds of the heavens to the bounds of the heavens

  
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