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Ezekiel 17

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1 και-C γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S λογος-N2--NSM κυριος-N2--GSM προς-P εγω- P--AS λεγω-V1--PAPNSM

2 υιος-N2--VSM ανθρωπος-N2--GSM διαηγεομαι-VA--AMD2S διηγημα-N3M-ASN και-C ειπον-VB--AAD2S παραβολη-N1--ASF προς-P ο- A--ASM οικος-N2--ASM ο- A--GSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM

3 και-C ειπον-VF2-FAI2S οδε- D--APN λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM αετος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM μεγας-A1P-NSM ο- A--NSM μεγαλοπτερυγος-A1B-NSM ο- A--NSM μακρος-A1A-NSM ο- A--DSF εκτασις-N3I-DSF πληρης-A3H-NSM ονυξ-N3--GPM ος- --NSM εχω-V1--PAI3S ο- A--ASN ηγημα-N3M-ASN ειςερχομαι-VB--AAN εις-P ο- A--ASM *λιβανος-N2--ASM και-C λαμβανω-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--APN επιλεκτος-A1B-APN ο- A--GSF κεδρος-N2--GSF

4 ο- A--APN ακρος-A1A-APN ο- A--GSF απαλοτης-N3T-GSF αποκνιζω-VAI-AAI3S και-C φερω-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--APN εις-P γη-N1--ASF *χανααν-N---GS εις-P πολις-N3I-ASF τειχιζω-VT--XMPASF τιθημι-VEI-AMI3S αυτος- D--APN

5 και-C λαμβανω-VBI-AAI3S απο-P ο- A--GSN σπερμα-N3M-GSN ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF και-C διδωμι-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--ASN εις-P ο- A--ASN πεδιον-N2N-ASN φυτον-N2N-ASN επι-P υδωρ-N3T-DSN πολυς-A1--DSN επιβλεπω-V1--PMPASM τασσω-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--ASN

6 και-C ανατελλω-VAI-AAI3S και-C γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S εις-P αμπελος-N2--ASF ασθενεω-V2--PAPASF και-C μικρος-A1A-ASF ο- A--DSN μεγεθος-N3E-DSN ο- A--GSN επιφαινω-V1--PMN αυτος- D--ASF ο- A--APN κλημα-N3M-APN αυτος- D--GSF επι-P αυτος- D--ASF και-C ο- A--NPF ριζα-N1S-NPF αυτος- D--GSF υποκατω-P αυτος- D--GSF ειμι-V9--IAI3P και-C γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S εις-P αμπελος-N2--ASF και-C ποιεω-VAI-AAI3S απωρυξ-N3G-APF και-C εκτεινω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--ASF αναδενδρας-N3D-ASF αυτος- D--GSF

7 και-C γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S αετος-N2--NSM ετερος-A1A-NSM μεγας-A1P-NSM μεγαλοπτερυγος-A1B-NSM πολυς-A1P-NSM ονυξ-N3X-DPM και-C ιδου-I ο- A--NSF αμπελος-N2--NSF ουτος- D--NSF περιπλεκω-VK--XMPNSF προς-P αυτος- D--ASM και-C ο- A--NPF ριζα-N1S-NPF αυτος- D--GSF προς-P αυτος- D--ASM και-C ο- A--APN κλημα-N3M-APN αυτος- D--GSF εκ αποστελλω-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--DSM ο- A--GSN ποτιζω-VA--AAN αυτος- D--ASF συν-P ο- A--DSM βωλος-N2--DSM ο- A--GSF φυτεια-N1A-GSF αυτος- D--GSF

8 εις-P πεδιον-N2N-ASN καλος-A1--ASN επι-P υδωρ-N3T-DSN πολυς-A1--DSN ουτος- D--NSF πιαινω-V1--PMI3S ο- A--GSN ποιεω-V2--PAN βλαστος-N2--APM και-C φερω-V1--PAN καρπος-N2--ASM ο- A--GSN ειμι-V9--PAN εις-P αμπελος-N2--ASF μεγας-A1--ASF

9 δια-P ουτος- D--ASN ειπον-VB--AAD2S οδε- D--APN λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM ει-C καταευθυνω-VF2-FAI3S ου-D ο- A--NPF ριζα-N1S-NPF ο- A--GSF απαλοτης-N3T-GSF αυτος- D--GSF και-C ο- A--NSM καρπος-N2--NSM σηπω-VC--FPI3S και-C ξηραινω-VC--FPI3S πας-A3--NPN ο- A--NPN προ ανατελλομαι-V1--PAPNPN αυτος- D--GSF και-C ου-D εν-P βραχιων-N3N-DSM μεγας-A1--DSM ουδε-C εν-P λαος-N2--DSM πολυς-A1--DSM ο- A--GSN εκσπαω-VA--AAN αυτος- D--ASF εκ-P ριζα-N1S-GPF αυτος- D--GSF

10 και-C ιδου-I πιαινω-V1--PMI3S μη-D καταευθυνω-VF2-FAI3S ου-D αμα-D ο- A--DSN απτομαι-VA--AMN αυτος- D--GSF ανεμος-N2--ASM ο- A--ASM καυσων-N3W-ASM ξηραινω-VC--FPI3S ξηρασια-N1A-DSF συν-P ο- A--DSM βωλος-N2--DSM ανατολη-N1--GSF αυτος- D--GSF ξηραινω-VC--FPI3S

11 και-C γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S λογος-N2--NSM κυριος-N2--GSM προς-P εγω- P--AS λεγω-V1--PAPNSM

12 υιος-N2--VSM ανθρωπος-N2--GSM ειπον-VB--AAD2S δη-X προς-P ο- A--ASM οικος-N2--ASM ο- A--ASM παραπικραινω-V1--PAPASM ου-D επιιστημι-V6--PMI2P τις- I--ASN ειμι-V9--IAI3S ουτος- D--NPN ειπον-VB--AAD2S οταν-D ερχομαι-VB--AAS3S βασιλευς-N3V-NSM *βαβυλων-N3W-GSF επι-P *ιερουσαλημ-N---ASF και-C λαμβανω-VF--FMI3S ο- A--ASM βασιλευς-N3V-ASM αυτος- D--GSF και-C ο- A--APM αρχων-N3--APM αυτος- D--GSF και-C αγω-VF--FAI3S αυτος- D--APM προς-P εαυτου- D--ASM εις-P *βαβυλων-N3W-ASF

13 και-C λαμβανω-VF--FMI3S εκ-P ο- A--GSN σπερμα-N3M-GSN ο- A--GSF βασιλεια-N1A-GSF και-C διατιθημι-VF--FMI3S προς-P αυτος- D--ASM διαθηκη-N1--ASF και-C ειςαγω-VF--FAI3S αυτος- D--ASM εν-P αρα-N1A-DSF και-C ο- A--APM ηγεομαι-V2--PMPAPM ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF λαμβανω-VF--FMI3S

14 ο- A--GSN γιγνομαι-VB--AMN εις-P βασιλεια-N1A-ASF ασθενης-A3H-ASF ο- A--ASN καθολου-D μη-D επιαιρω-V1--PMN ο- A--GSN φυλασσω-V1--PAN ο- A--ASF διαθηκη-N1--ASF αυτος- D--GSM και-C ιστημι-V6--PAN αυτος- D--ASF

15 και-C αποιστημι-VF--FMI3S απο-P αυτος- D--GSM ο- A--GSN εκ αποστελλω-V1--PAN αγγελος-N2--APM εαυτου- D--GSM εις-P *αιγυπτος-N2--ASF ο- A--GSN διδωμι-VO--AAN αυτος- D--DSM ιππος-N2--APM και-C λαος-N2--ASM πολυς-A1P-ASM ει-C καταευθυνω-VF2-FAI3S ει-C διασωζω-VC--FPI3S ο- A--NSM ποιεω-V2--PAPNSM εναντιος-A1A-APN και-C παραβαινω-V1--PAPNSM διαθηκη-N1--ASF ει-C σωζω-VC--FPI3S

16 ζαω-V3--PAI1S εγω- P--NS λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM εαν-C μη-D εν-P ος- --DSM τοπος-N2--DSM ο- A--NSM βασιλευς-N3V-NSM ο- A--NSM βασιλευω-VA--AAPNSM αυτος- D--ASM ος- --NSM ατιμοω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--ASF αρα-N1A-ASF εγω- P--GS και-C ος- --NSM παραβαινω-VZI-AAI3S ο- A--ASF διαθηκη-N1--ASF εγω- P--GS μετα-P αυτος- D--GSM εν-P μεσος-A1--DSN *βαβυλων-N3W-GSF τελευταω-VF--FAI3S

17 και-C ου-D εν-P δυναμις-N3I-DSF μεγας-A1--DSF ουδε-C εν-P οχλος-N2--DSM πολυς-A1--DSM ποιεω-VF--FAI3S προς-P αυτος- D--ASM *φαραω-N---NSM πολεμος-N2--ASM εν-P χαρακοβολια-N1A-DSF και-C εν-P οικοδομη-N1--DSF βελοστασις-N3I-GPF ο- A--GSN εκαιρω-VA--AAN ψυχη-N1--APF

18 και-C ατιμοω-VAI-AAI3S ορκωμοσια-N1A-ASF ο- A--GSN παραβαινω-VZ--AAN διαθηκη-N1--ASF και-C ιδου-I διδωμι-VX--XAI3S ο- A--ASF χειρ-N3--ASF αυτος- D--GSM και-C πας-A3--APN ουτος- D--APN ποιεω-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--DSM μη-D σωζω-VC--FPI3S

19 δια-P ουτος- D--ASN ειπον-VB--AAD2S οδε- D--APN λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM ζαω-V3--PAI1S εγω- P--NS εαν-C μη-D ο- A--ASF διαθηκη-N1--ASF εγω- P--GS ος- --ASF παραβαινω-VZI-AAI3S και-C ο- A--ASF ορκωμοσια-N1A-ASF εγω- P--GS ος- --ASF ατιμοω-VAI-AAI3S και-C διδωμι-VF--FAI1S αυτος- D--APN εις-P κεφαλη-N1--ASF αυτος- D--GSM

20 και-C εκπεταννυω-VF2-FAI1S επι-P αυτος- D--ASM ο- A--ASN δικτυον-N2N-ASN εγω- P--GS και-C αλισκω-VF--FMI3S εν-P ο- A--DSF περιοχη-N1--DSF αυτος- D--GSM

21 εν-P πας-A1S-DSF παραταξις-N3I-DSF αυτος- D--GSM εν-P ρομφαια-N1A-DSF πιπτω-VF2-FMI3P και-C ο- A--APM καταλοιπος-A1B-APM εις-P πας-A3--ASM ανεμος-N2--ASM διασπειρω-VF2-FAI1S και-C επιγιγνωσκω-VF--FMI2P διοτι-C εγω- P--NS κυριος-N2--NSM λαλεω-VX--XAI1S

22 διοτι-C οδε- D--APN λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM και-C λαμβανω-VF--FMI1S εγω- P--NS εκ-P ο- A--GPM επιλεκτος-A1B-GPM ο- A--GSF κεδρος-N2--GSF εκ-P κορυφη-N1--GSF καρδια-N1A-GSF αυτος- D--GPM αποκνιζω-VF2-FAI1S και-C καταφυτευω-VF--FAI1S εγω- P--NS επι-P ορος-N3E-ASN υψηλος-A1--ASN και-C κρεμαζω-VF--FAI1S αυτος- D--ASM

23 εν-P ορος-N3E-DSN μετεωρος-A1B-DSN ο- A--GSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM και-C καταφυτευω-VF--FAI1S και-C εκφερω-VF--FAI3S βλαστος-N2--ASM και-C ποιεω-VF--FAI3S καρπος-N2--ASM και-C ειμι-VF--FMI3S εις-P κεδρος-N2--ASF μεγας-A1--ASF και-C αναπαυω-VF--FMI3S υποκατω-P αυτος- D--GSM πας-A3--NSN θηριον-N2N-NSN και-C πας-A3--NSN πετεινον-N2N-NSN υπο-P ο- A--ASF σκια-N1A-ASF αυτος- D--GSM αναπαυω-VF--FMI3S ο- A--NPN κλημα-N3M-NPN αυτος- D--GSM απο καταιστημι-VC--FPI3S

24 και-C γιγνωσκω-VF--FMI3P πας-A3--NPN ο- A--NPN ξυλον-N2N-NPN ο- A--GSN πεδιον-N2N-GSN διοτι-C εγω- P--NS κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM ταπεινοω-V4--PAPNSM ξυλον-N2N-ASN υψηλος-A1--ASN και-C υψοω-V4--PAPNSM ξυλον-N2N-ASN ταπεινος-A1--ASN και-C ξηραινω-V1--PAPNSM ξυλον-N2N-ASN χλωρος-A1A-ASN και-C αναθαλλω-V1--PAPNSM ξυλον-N2N-ASN ξηρος-A1A-ASN εγω- P--NS κυριος-N2--NSM λαλεω-VX--XAI1S και-C ποιεω-VF--FAI1S

   

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Apocalypse Revealed #748

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748. "And eat her flesh and burn her with fire." This symbolically means that Protestants will with hatred condemn and destroy in themselves the evils and falsities inherent in the Roman Catholic religion, and will renounce the religion itself and expunge it in themselves.

This is said of Protestants, who will deal thus with the harlot, that is, with the Roman Catholic religion. To eat her flesh means, symbolically, with hatred to condemn and destroy in themselves the inherent characteristics of that religion, which are evils and falsities, about which we will say more below. And to burn her with fire means, symbolically, to renounce that religion as profane and expunge it in themselves.

This is what burning with fire means because the penalty for profaning something holy was burning. Therefore, according to Divine law, people who profaned the name of Jehovah by worshiping other gods were burned with fire - they and all their belongings (Deuteronomy 13:12-18). Therefore Moses burned with fire the golden calf that the children of Israel were profanely worshiping (Exodus 32:20, Deuteronomy 9:21). Moreover, because two of Aaron's sons profaned holy things, they were consumed by fire from heaven (Leviticus 10:1-6). Nor is anything else symbolized by the fire and pyre in Tophet but the fire of hell, which awaits those who profane holy things (Isaiah 30:33, Jeremiah 7:11, 31-32; 19:5-6, 2 Kings 23:10), for there the people worshiped Molech with a heinous sacrifice. 1

[2] Since the fourth beast in Daniel 7 symbolizes a religion that profanes the Word and consequently the sanctities of the church (no. 717), therefore we are told that it was burned with fire (Daniel 7:11).

Now, because it is profane worship to worship a person instead of the Lord, we are accordingly told here that they burnt the harlot with fire, which symbolically means that they renounced the religion itself and expunged it in themselves.

To eat her flesh means, symbolically, with hatred to condemn and destroy in themselves the inherent characteristics of that religion, which are evils and falsities, because that is the symbolic meaning of eating her flesh. For flesh symbolizes the inherent characteristics of a thing which relate to goods and truths, and in an opposite sense, to evils and falsities, and to eat means, symbolically, to consume, thus to destroy.

That flesh symbolizes a person's inherent character, which in itself is evil, is clear from the following passages:

It is the spirit that gives life; the flesh profits nothing. (John 6:63)

That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. (John 3:6)

As many as received Him, to them He gave the right to be children of God...: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh... (John 1:12-13)

(God) remembered that they were flesh, a breath that passes away and does not come again. (Psalms 78:39)

The Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses are flesh, and not spirit. (Isaiah 31:3)

(Jerusalem) committed harlotry with the Egyptians..., great of flesh. (Ezekiel 16:26)

Jesus... said to (Peter), ."..flesh and blood has not revealed this to you...." (Matthew 16:17)

Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his arm... (Jeremiah 17:5)

[3] Because flesh symbolizes a person's inherent character, and people who hate others attack their personal character with the intention of destroying it, therefore to eat the flesh has also this symbolic meaning, as in the following passages:

Let the dying die, and the cut off be cut off. Those that are left eat each other's flesh. (Zechariah 11:9)

They shall devour Israel with the whole mouth... Every man shall eat the flesh of his own arm - Manasseh, Ephraim, and Ephraim, Manasseh. (Isaiah 9:12, 20-21)

I will feed those who oppress you with their own flesh... (Isaiah 49:26)

...everyone shall eat the flesh of his friend... (Jeremiah 19:9)

To eat the flesh of sons and daughters (Jeremiah 19:9, Leviticus 26:29, Deuteronomy 28:53) means, symbolically, to destroy truths and goods in oneself, for sons symbolize truths, and daughters goods, as may be seen in nos. 139, 543, 545, 612[1-4] above.

Moreover, in the Word we find reference to "all flesh," and this symbolically means all mankind (Genesis 6:12-13, 17, 19).

Footnotes:

1. The heinous sacrifice consisted of "passing infants through the fire to Molech," by burning them alive on a sacrificial altar. Vestiges of this worship have been found elsewhere, as far as northern Africa. Tophet was a site in the valley of Hinnom at the foot of Mount Zion on the south side. Because of the nature of its worship, the valley of Hinnon (Ge' Hinnom = Gehenna) became synonymous with Hades or hell.

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.

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Zechariah 9:9

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9 Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King comes to you! He is righteous, and having salvation; lowly, and riding on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

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