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1 ετος-N3E-GSN τριτος-A1--GSN βασιλευω-V1--PAPGSN *βαλτασαρ-N---GSM ορασις-N3I-NSF ος- --ASF οραω-VBI-AAI1S εγω- P--NS *δανιηλ-N---NSM μετα-P ο- A--ASN οραω-VB--AAN εγω- P--AS ο- A--ASF πρωτος-A1--ASFS

2 και-C οραω-VBI-AAI1S εν-P ο- A--DSN οραμα-N3M-DSN ο- A--GSN ενυπνιον-N2N-GSN εγω- P--GS εγω- P--GS ειμι-V9--PAPGSM εν-P *σουσα-N---DP ο- A--DSF πολις-N3I-DSF οστις- X--NSF ειμι-V9--PAI3S εν-P *ελυμαις-N---DS χωρα-N1A-DSF ετι-D ειμι-V9--PAPGSM εγω- P--GS προς-P ο- A--DSF πυλη-N1--DSF *αιλαμ-N---GS

3 αναβλεπω-VA--AAPNSM οραω-VBI-AAI1S κριος-N2--ASM εις-A3--ASM μεγας-A1P-ASM ιστημι-VXI-XAPASM απεναντι-P ο- A--GSF πυλη-N1--GSF και-C εχω-V1I-IAI3S κερας-N3T-APN και-C ο- A--NSN εις-A3--NSN υψηλος-A1--NSNC ο- A--GSN ετερος-A1A-GSN και-C ο- A--NSN υψηλος-A1--NSNC αναβαινω-V1I-IAI3S

4 μετα-P δε-X ουτος- D--APN οραω-VBI-AAI1S ο- A--ASM κριος-N2--ASM κερατιζω-V1--PAPASM προς-P ανατολη-N1--APF και-C προς-P βορεας-N1T-ASM και-C προς-P δυσμη-N1--APF και-C μεσημβρια-N1A-ASF και-C πας-A3--NPN ο- A--NPN θηριον-N2N-NPN ου-D ιστημι-VAI-AAI3P ενωπιον-P αυτος- D--GSM και-C ου-D ειμι-V9I-IAI3S ο- A--NSM ρυομαι-V1--PMPNSM εκ-P ο- A--GPF χειρ-N3--GPF αυτος- D--GSM και-C ποιεω-V2I-IAI3S ως-C θελω-V1I-IAI3S και-C υψοω-VCI-API3S

5 και-C εγω- P--NS διανοεομαι-V2I-IMI1S και-C ιδου-I τραγος-N2--NSM αιξ-N3G-GPM ερχομαι-V1I-IMI3S απο-P δυσμη-N1--GPF επι-P προσωπον-N2N-GSN ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF και-C ου-D απτομαι-V1I-IMI3S ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF και-C ειμι-V9I-IAI3S ο- A--GSM τραγος-N2--GSM κερας-N3T-NSN εις-A3--NSN ανα-P μεσος-A1--ASM ο- A--GPM οφθαλμος-N2--GPM αυτος- D--GSM

6 και-C ερχομαι-VBI-AAI3S επι-P ο- A--ASM κριος-N2--ASM ο- A--ASM ο- A--APN κερας-N3T-APN εχω-V1--PAPASM ος- --ASM οραω-VBI-AAI1S ιστημι-VXI-XAPASM προς-P ο- A--DSF πυλη-N1--DSF και-C τρεχω-VBI-AAI3S προς-P αυτος- D--ASM εν-P θυμος-N2--DSM οργη-N1--GSF

7 και-C οραω-VBI-AAI1S αυτος- D--ASM προςαγω-V1--PAPASM προς-P ο- A--ASM κριος-N2--ASM και-C θυμοω-VCI-API3S επι-P αυτος- D--ASM και-C πατασσω-VAI-AAI3S και-C συντριβω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--APN δυο-M κερας-N3T-APN αυτος- D--GSM και-C ουκετι-D ειμι-V9I-IAI3S ισχυς-N3--NSF εν-P ο- A--DSM κριος-N2--DSM ιστημι-VH--AAN κατεναντι-P ο- A--GSM τραγος-N2--GSM και-C σπαρασσω-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--ASM επι-P ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF και-C συντριβω-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--ASM και-C ου-D ειμι-V9I-IAI3S ο- A--NSM ρυομαι-V1--PMPNSM ο- A--ASM κριος-N2--ASM απο-P ο- A--GSM τραγος-N2--GSM

8 και-C ο- A--NSM τραγος-N2--NSM ο- A--GPM αιξ-N3G-GPM καταισχυω-VAI-AAI3S σφοδρα-D και-C οτε-D καταισχυω-VAI-AAI3S συντριβω-VDI-API3S αυτος- D--GSM ο- A--NSN κερας-N3T-NSN ο- A--NSN μεγας-A1P-NSN και-C αναβαινω-VZI-AAI3S ετερος-A1A-NPN τεσσαρες-A3--NPN κερας-N3T-NPN κατοπισθεν-D αυτος- D--GSM εις-P ο- A--APM τεσσαρες-A3--APM ανεμος-N2--APM ο- A--GSM ουρανος-N2--GSM

9 και-C εκ-P εις-A3--GSN αυτος- D--GPN αναφυω-VDI-API3S κερας-N3T-NSN ισχυρος-A1A-NSN εις-A3--NSN και-C καταισχυω-VAI-AAI3S και-C πατασσω-VAI-AAI3S επι-P μεσημβρια-N1A-ASF και-C επι-P ανατολη-N1--GSF και-C επι-P βορεας-N1T-ASM

10 και-C υψοω-VCI-API3S εως-P ο- A--GPM αστηρ-N3--GPM ο- A--GSM ουρανος-N2--GSM και-C ρασσω-VQI-API3S επι-P ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF απο-P ο- A--GPM αστηρ-N3--GPM και-C απο-P αυτος- D--GPM καταπατεω-VCI-API3S

11 εως-C ο- A--NSM αρχιστρατηγος-N2--NSM ρυομαι-VF--FMI3S ο- A--ASF αιχμαλωσια-N1A-ASF και-C δια-P αυτος- D--ASM ο- A--NPN ορος-N3E-NPN ο- A--NPN απο-P αιων-N3W-GSM ρασσω-VQI-API3S και-C εκαιρω-VCI-API3S ο- A--NSM τοπος-N2--NSM αυτος- D--GPM και-C θυσια-N1A-NSF και-C τιθημι-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--ASF εως-C χαμαι-D επι-P ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF και-C ευοδοω-VC--API3S και-C γιγνομαι-VCI-API3S και-C ο- A--NSN αγιος-A1A-NSN ερημοω-VC--FPI3S

12 και-C γιγνομαι-VCI-API3P επι-P ο- A--DSF θυσια-N1A-DSF ο- A--NPF αμαρτια-N1A-NPF και-C ριπτω-VDI-API3S χαμαι-D ο- A--NSF δικαιοσυνη-N1--NSF και-C ποιεω-VAI-AAI3S και-C ευοδοω-VC--API3S

13 και-C ακουω-V1I-IAI1S ετερος-A1A-GSM αγιος-A1A-GSM λαλεω-V2--PAPGSM και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--NSM ετερος-A1A-NSM ο- A--DSM φελμουνι-N---DS ο- A--DSM λαλεω-V2--PAPDSM εως-C τις- I--GSN ο- A--NSN οραμα-N3M-NSN ιστημι-VF--FMI3S και-C ο- A--NSF θυσια-N1A-NSF ο- A--NSF αιρω-VC--APPNSF και-C ο- A--NSF αμαρτια-N1A-NSF ερημωσις-N3I-GSF ο- A--NSF διδωμι-VC--APPNSF και-C ο- A--NPN αγιος-A1A-NPN ερημοω-VC--FPI3S εις-P καταπατημα-N3M-ASN

14 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S αυτος- D--DSM εως-P εσπερα-N1A-GSF και-C πρωι-D ημερα-N1A-NPF δισχιλιοι-A1A-NPF τριακοσιοι-A1A-NPF και-C καθαριζω-VS--FPI3S ο- A--NSN αγιος-A1A-NSN

15 και-C γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S εν-P ο- A--DSN θεωρεω-V2--PAN εγω- P--AS εγω- P--NS *δανιηλ-N---NSM ο- A--ASN οραμα-N3M-ASN ζητεω-V2I-IAI1S διανοεομαι-VC--APN και-C ιδου-I ιστημι-VHI-AAI3S κατεναντιον-P εγω- P--GS ως-C ορασις-N3I-NSF ανθρωπος-N2--GSM

16 και-C ακουω-VAI-AAI1S φωνη-N1--ASF ανθρωπος-N2--GSM ανα-P μεσος-A1--ASM ο- A--GSM *ουλαι-N---GSM και-C καλεω-VAI-AAI3S και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S *γαβριηλ-N---VSM συνετιζω-VA--AAD2S εκεινος- D--ASM ο- A--ASF ορασις-N3I-ASF και-C αναβοαω-VA--AAPNSM ειπον-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--NSM ανθρωπος-N2--NSM επι-P ο- A--ASN προσταγμα-N3M-ASN εκεινος- D--ASN ο- A--NSF ορασις-N3I-NSF

17 και-C ερχομαι-VBI-AAI3S και-C ιστημι-VHI-AAI3S εχω-V1--PMPNSM εγω- P--GS ο- A--GSF στασις-N3I-GSF και-C εν-P ο- A--DSN ερχομαι-V1--PMN αυτος- D--ASM θορυβεω-VCI-API3S και-C πιπτω-VAI-AAI1S επι-P προσωπον-N2N-ASN εγω- P--GS και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S εγω- P--DS διανοεομαι-VC--APD2S υιος-N2--VSM ανθρωπος-N2--GSM ετι-D γαρ-X εις-P ωρα-N1A-ASF καιρος-N2--GSM ουτος- D--NSN ο- A--NSN οραμα-N3M-NSN

18 και-C λαλεω-V2--PAPGSM αυτος- D--GSM μετα-P εγω- P--GS κοιμαω-VCI-API1S επι-P προσωπον-N2N-ASN χαμαι-D και-C απτομαι-VA--AMPNSM εγω- P--GS αγειρω-V1I-IAI3S εγω- P--AS επι-P ο- A--GSM τοπος-N2--GSM

19 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S εγω- P--DS ιδου-I εγω- P--NS αποαγγελλω-V1--PAI1S συ- P--DS ος- --APN ειμι-VF--FMI3S επι-P εσχατος-A1--GSN ο- A--GSF οργη-N1--GSF ο- A--DPM υιος-N2--DPM ο- A--GSM λαος-N2--GSM συ- P--GS ετι-D γαρ-X εις-P ωρα-N1A-APF καιρος-N2--GSM συντελεια-N1A-GSF μενω-VF2-FAI3S

20 ο- A--ASM κριος-N2--ASM ος- --ASM οραω-VBI-AAI2S ο- A--ASM εχω-V1--PAPASM ο- A--APN κερας-N3T-APN βασιλευς-N3V-NSM *μηδος-N2--GP και-C *περσης-N1M-GPM ειμι-V9--PAI3S

21 και-C ο- A--NSM τραγος-N2--NSM ο- A--GPM αιξ-N3G-GPM βασιλευς-N3V-NSM ο- A--GPM *ελλην-N3--GPM ειμι-V9--PAI3S και-C ο- A--NSN κερας-N3T-NSN ο- A--NSN μεγας-A1P-NSN ο- A--NSN ανα-P μεσος-A1--ASM ο- A--GPM οφθαλμος-N2--GPM αυτος- D--GSM αυτος- D--NSM ο- A--NSM βασιλευς-N3V-NSM ο- A--NSM πρωτος-A1--NSMS

22 και-C ο- A--NPN συντριβω-VD--APPNPN και-C αναβαινω-VZ--AAPNPN οπισω-P αυτος- D--GSM τεσσαρες-A3--NPN κερας-N3T-NPN τεσσαρες-A3--NPM βασιλευς-N3V-NPM ο- A--GSN εθνος-N3E-GSN αυτος- D--GSM αναιστημι-VF--FMI3P ου-D κατα-P ο- A--ASF ισχυς-N3--ASF αυτος- D--GSM

23 και-C επι-P εσχατος-A1--GSN ο- A--GSF βασιλεια-N1A-GSF αυτος- D--GPM πληροω-V4--PMPGPM ο- A--GPF αμαρτια-N1A-GPF αυτος- D--GPM αναιστημι-VF--FMI3S βασιλευς-N3V-NSM αναιδης-A3--NSM προσωπον-N2N-DSN διανοεομαι-V2--PMPNSM αινιγμα-N3M-APN

24 και-C στερεοω-VC--FPI3S ο- A--NSF ισχυς-N3--NSF αυτος- D--GSM και-C ου-D εν-P ο- A--DSF ισχυς-N3U-DSF αυτος- D--GSM και-C θαυμαστως-D φθειρω-VF2-FAI3S και-C ευοδοω-VC--FPI3S και-C ποιεω-VF--FAI3S και-C φθειρω-VF2-FAI3S δυναστης-N1M-APM και-C δημος-N2--ASM αγιος-A1A-GPM

25 και-C επι-P ο- A--APM αγιος-A1A-APM ο- A--ASN διανοημα-N3M-ASN αυτος- D--GSM και-C ευοδοω-VC--FPI3S ο- A--ASN ψευδος-N3E-ASN εν-P ο- A--DPF χειρ-N3--DPF αυτος- D--GSM και-C ο- A--NSF καρδια-N1A-NSF αυτος- D--GSM υψοω-VC--FPI3S και-C δολος-N2--DSM απο αναιζω-VF2-FAI3S πολυς-A1P-APM και-C επι-P απωλεια-N1A-GSF ανηρ-N3--GPM ιστημι-VF--FMI3S και-C ποιεω-VF--FAI3S συναγωγη-N1--ASF χειρ-N3--GSF και-C αποδιδωμι-VF--FMI3S

26 ο- A--NSN οραμα-N3M-NSN ο- A--NSN εσπερα-N1A-GSF και-C πρωι-D ευρισκω-VCI-API3S επι-P αληθεια-N1A-GSF και-C νυν-D φρασσω-VK--XMPASN ο- A--ASN οραμα-N3M-ASN ετι-D γαρ-X εις-P ημερα-N1A-APF πολυς-A1--APF

27 εγω- P--NS *δανιηλ-N---NSM ασθενεω-VA--AAPNSM ημερα-N1A-APF πολυς-A1--APF και-C αναιστημι-VH--AAPNSM πραγματευομαι-V1I-IMI1S παλιν-D βασιλικος-A1--APN και-C εκλυω-V1I-IMI1S επι-P ο- A--DSN οραμα-N3M-DSN και-C ουδεις-A3--NSM ειμι-V9I-IAI3S ο- A--NSM διανοεομαι-V2--PMPNSM

   

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Arcana Coelestia #10182

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10182. 'Its horns shall be of one piece with it' means the powers of truth derived from the good of love and charity. This is clear from the meaning of 'horns' as the powers of truth, dealt with in 2832, 9719-9721. The reason why derived from the good of love and charity is meant is that all the power which truth possesses comes from that good. Therefore also the horns continued from the altar itself or were of one piece with it; for this altar was representative of the Lord, of His hearing and receiving everything of worship that springs from love and charity, 10177.

[2] The statement that all the power which truth possesses comes from the good of love is unintelligible to those who have only a material idea of power, and therefore the nature of that power must be described. In the heavens all power is derived from Divine Truth emanating from the Lord's Divine Good. This is the source of the power angels possess, for angels are recipients of Divine Truth from the Lord, 1752, 4295, 8192. By means of the power which they receive from that source they protect a person by removing the hells from him; for a single angel is stronger than a thousand who come from hell. This power is what Peter's keys serve to mean, though Peter, who in the same place is referred to as a rock, means the Lord in respect of the truth of faith springing from the good of love, see Preface to Genesis 22, and 3750, 4738, 6000, 6073(end), 6344(end), 10087, 'the Rock' being the Lord in respect of the truth of faith, 8581.

[3] The power that Divine Truth possesses is also meant by 'the voice of Jehovah' in David,

The voice of Jehovah is upon the waters; the voice of Jehovah is powerful; the voice of Jehovah breaks the cedars; the voice of Jehovah strikes a flame of fire; the voice of Jehovah causes the wilderness to shake; the voice of Jehovah strips the forests bare; Jehovah gives strength to His people. Psalms 29:3-5, 7-9, 11.

'The voice of Jehovah' is the Divine Truth emanating from His Divine Good, see 9926.

[4] The power that Divine Truth possesses is also meant by 'the Word' in John,

All things were made through the Word, and without Him nothing was made that was made. John 1:3.

'The Word' is the Divine Truth emanating from Divine Good, see 9987. Therefore also the Lord, when He was in the world, first made Himself Divine Truth, which is also meant in John 1:14 by the Word became flesh. The Lord made Himself Divine Truth then to the end that He might fight against all the hells and overcome them, and in so doing might restore all things to order there, and at the same time in the heavens, 9715, 9809, 10019, 10152.

[5] The fact that truths springing from good possess all power, while on the other hand falsities arising from evil have no power, is very well known in the next life. For this reason the evil who come there from the world have their belief, which is no more than persuasion, and also their knowledge of any truth, taken away from them. This then leaves them with the falsities belonging to their evil.

[6] The statement that truths springing from good possess such power is unintelligible to those who have the idea that truth or a belief in truth is no more than mental activity, when yet a person's mental activity, under the control of his will, constitutes all the strength which the body has; and if the Lord were to instill it through His Divine Truth into that body the person would possess the strength of Samson. But yet it is the Lord's good pleasure to impart strength to a person through faith springing from love in the things that belong to his spirit and that contribute to eternal life.

[7] From all this one may see what should be understood by the power of truth springing from good, the power meant by 'the horns' of both the altar of burnt offering and the altar of incense. That this power is meant by 'the horns' is clear from places in the Word where 'horns' are mentioned, as in Ezekiel,

On that day I will make a horn grow up for the house of Israel. Ezekiel 29:21.

In Amos,

Have we not by our own strength taken horns for ourselves? Amos 6:13.

In the first Book of Samuel,

Jehovah will give strength to His king, and exalt the horn of His anointed. 1 Samuel 2:10.

In David,

Jehovah has exalted the horn of His people. Psalms 148:14.

In the same author,

All the horns of the wicked I will cut off; the horns of the righteous will be exalted. Psalms 75:10.

In Jeremiah,

The Lord has cut down in His very fierce anger 1 the whole horn of Israel. And He has exalted the horn of your foes. Lamentations 2:3, 17.

In Ezekiel,

You push with side and shoulder, and butt with your horns all the weak sheep, until you have scattered them abroad. Ezekiel 34:21.

In Zechariah,

I saw four horns. The angel said, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem. The smiths have come to cast down the horns of the nations lifting up their horn against the land of Judah. Zechariah 1:18-21.

In Moses,

His horns are unicorn horns 2 . With these he will strike the peoples together to the ends of the earth. Deuteronomy 33:17.

In these places it is self-evident that power is meant by 'horns', and indeed power in both senses, that is to say, of truth directed against falsity and of falsity directed against truth; for the state of the Church is the subject in the internal sense of every one of these places.

[8] Something similar occurs in Amos,

On that day I will visit the altars of Bethel, and the horns of the altar will be cut away and fall to the ground. Amos 3:14.

'The altars of Bethel' and 'the horns of the altar' mean the evils and falsities destroying the Church's goodness and truth, regarding which it says that they 'will be cut away'.

[9] From all this one may see what should be understood by 'the horns' mentioned so frequently by Daniel, and by John in the Book of Revelation. Daniel describes the beast which had ten horns and also a horn speaking, Daniel 7:8, 11, 20; and he says that the horn was making war with the saints and prevailing, until the Ancient of Days 3 came, Daniel 7:11, 21-22, 24. He also speaks about the horns of the ram and the horns of the he-goat, which they used to make war against each other, Daniel 8:3-21. And John mentions that the dragon had ten horns, Revelation 12:3, as did the beast coming up out of the sea, Revelation 13:1, and also the scarlet beast, Revelation 17:12. In this verse it is also stated that the ten horns are ten kings; and the same words occur in Daniel 7:24. By 'kings' in the Word truths are meant, and in the contrary sense falsities, see 1672, 2015, 2069, 3009, 4575, 4581, 4966, 5044, 5068, 6148.

[10] It is because 'horn' means truth in its power, or in the contrary sense falsity destroying truth, that speech is attributed to a horn in Revelation 9:13; Daniel 7:8; Psalms 22:21.

[11] The anointing of kings with oil from a horn, 1 Samuel 16:1, 13; 1 Kings 1:39, represented truth springing from good, in its power; for truths in their power are meant by 'horns', good by 'oil', and those who are guided by truths springing from good by 'kings'. For the meaning of 'oil' as good, see 886, 9780; and for that of 'kings' as those who are guided by truths springing from good, thus - in the abstract sense - as truths springing from good, 6148. So it is also that in Psalms 132:17 a horn is said to bud, because all spiritual budding is that of truth springing from good. Therefore also in former times they made [imitations of] budding horns.

All power belongs to good and is exercised through truth, or what amounts to the same thing, belongs to truth springing from good, see the places referred to in 10019.

Footnotes:

1. literally, in the fierceness of His anger

2. i.e. horns that are high and powerful, like the horn of a unicorn

3. The Latin means the Son of Man but the original Aramaic means the Ancient of Days, which Swedenborg has in another place where he quotes these verses.

  
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