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Ezekiel 18

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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 τις- I--ASN συ- P--DP ο- A--NSF παραβολη-N1--NSF ουτος- D--NSF εν-P ο- A--DPM υιος-N2--DPM *ισραηλ-N---GSM λεγω-V1--PAPNPM ο- A--NPM πατηρ-N3--NPM εσθιω-VBI-AAI3P ομφαξ-N3K-ASF και-C ο- A--NPM οδους-N3--NPM ο- A--GPN τεκνον-N2N-GPN γομφιαζω-VAI-AAI3P

3 ζαω-V3--PAI1S εγω- P--NS λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM εαν-C γιγνομαι-VB--AMS3S ετι-D λεγω-V1--PMPNSF ο- A--NSF παραβολη-N1--NSF ουτος- D--NSF εν-P ο- A--DSM *ισραηλ-N---DSM

4 οτι-C πας-A1S-NPF ο- A--NPF ψυχη-N1--NPF εμος-A1--NPF ειμι-V9--PAI3P ος- --ASM τροπος-N2--ASM ο- A--NSF ψυχη-N1--NSF ο- A--GSM πατηρ-N3--GSM ουτως-D και-C ο- A--NSF ψυχη-N1--NSF ο- A--GSM υιος-N2--GSM εμος-A1--NPF ειμι-V9--PAI3P ο- A--NSF ψυχη-N1--NSF ο- A--NSF αμαρτανω-V1--PAPNSF ουτος- D--NSF αποθνησκω-VF2-FMI3S

5 ο- A--NSM δε-X ανθρωπος-N2--NSM ος- --NSM ειμι-VF--FMI3S δικαιος-A1A-NSM ο- A--NSM ποιεω-V2--PAPNSM κριμα-N3M-ASN και-C δικαιοσυνη-N1--ASF

6 επι-P ο- A--GPN ορος-N3E-GPN ου-D εσθιω-VF--FMI3S και-C ο- A--APM οφθαλμος-N2--APM αυτος- D--GSM ου-D μη-D επιαιρω-VA--AAS3S προς-P ο- A--APN ενθυμημα-N3M-APN οικος-N2--GSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM και-C ο- A--ASF γυνη-N3K-ASF ο- A--GSM πλησιον-D αυτος- D--GSM ου-D μη-D μιαινω-VA--AAS3S και-C προς-P γυνη-N3K-ASF εν-P αφεδρος-N2--DSF ειμι-V9--PAPASF ου-D προςεγγιζω-VF2-FAI3S

7 και-C ανθρωπος-N2--ASM ου-D μη-D καταδυναστευω-VA--AAS3S ενεχυρασμος-N2--ASM οφειλω-V1--PAPGSM αποδιδωμι-VF--FAI3S και-C αρπαγμα-N3M-ASN ου-D αρπαζω-VF2-FMI3S ο- A--ASM αρτος-N2--ASM αυτος- D--GSM ο- A--DSM πειναω-V3--PAPDSM διδωμι-VF--FAI3S και-C γυμνος-A1--ASM περιβαλλω-VF2-FAI3S

8 και-C ο- A--ASN αργυριον-N2N-ASN αυτος- D--GSM επι-P τοκος-N2--DSM ου-D διδωμι-VF--FAI3S και-C πλεονασμος-N2--ASM ου-D λαμβανω-VF--FMI3S και-C εκ-P αδικια-N1A-GSF αποστρεφω-VF--FAI3S ο- A--ASF χειρ-N3--ASF αυτος- D--GSM κριμα-N3M-ASN δικαιος-A1A-ASN ποιεω-VF--FAI3S ανα-P μεσος-A1--ASN ανηρ-N3--GSM και-C ανα-P μεσος-A1--ASN ο- A--GSM πλησιον-D αυτος- D--GSM

9 και-C ο- A--DPN προσταγμα-N3M-DPN εγω- P--GS πορευομαι-VM--XMI3S και-C ο- A--APN δικαιωμα-N3M-APN εγω- P--GS φυλασσω-VK--XMI3S ο- A--GSN ποιεω-VA--AAN αυτος- D--APN δικαιος-A1A-NSM ουτος- D--NSM ειμι-V9--PAI3S ζωη-N1--DSF ζαω-VF--FMI3S λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM

10 και-C εαν-C γενναω-VA--AAS3S υιος-N2--ASM λοιμος-N2--ASM εκχεω-V2--PAPASM αιμα-N3M-ASN και-C ποιεω-V2--PAPASM αμαρτημα-N3M-APN

11 εν-P ο- A--DSF οδος-N2--DSF ο- A--GSM πατηρ-N3--GSM αυτος- D--GSM ο- A--GSM δικαιος-A1A-GSM ου-D πορευομαι-VCI-API3S αλλα-C και-C επι-P ο- A--GPN ορος-N3E-GPN εσθιω-VBI-AAI3S και-C ο- A--ASF γυνη-N3K-ASF ο- A--GSM πλησιον-D αυτος- D--GSM μιαινω-VAI-AAI3S

12 και-C πτωχος-N2--ASM και-C πενης-N3T-ASM καταδυναστευω-VAI-AAI3S και-C αρπαγμα-N3M-ASN αρπαζω-VAI-AAI3S και-C ενεχυρασμος-N2--ASM ου-D αποδιδωμι-VAI-AAI3S και-C εις-P ο- A--APN ειδωλον-N2N-APN τιθημι-VEI-AMI3S ο- A--APM οφθαλμος-N2--APM αυτος- D--GSM ανομια-N1A-ASF ποιεω-VX--XAI3S

13 μετα-P τοκος-N2--GSM διδωμι-VAI-AAI3S και-C πλεονασμος-N2--ASM λαμβανω-VBI-AAI3S ουτος- D--NSM ζωη-N1--DSF ου-D ζαω-VF--FMI3S πας-A1S-APF ο- A--APF ανομια-N1A-APF ουτος- D--APF ποιεω-VAI-AAI3S θανατος-N2--DSM θανατοω-VC--FPI3S ο- A--NSN αιμα-N3M-NSN αυτος- D--GSM επι-P αυτος- D--ASM ειμι-VF--FMI3S

14 εαν-C δε-X γενναω-VA--AAS3S υιος-N2--ASM και-C οραω-VB--AAS3S πας-A1S-APF ο- A--APF αμαρτια-N1A-APF ο- A--GSM πατηρ-N3--GSM αυτος- D--GSM ος- --APF ποιεω-VAI-AAI3S και-C φοβεω-VC--APS3S και-C μη-D ποιεω-VA--AAS3S κατα-P ουτος- D--APF

15 επι-P ο- A--GPN ορος-N3E-GPN ου-D βιβρωσκω-VX--XAI3S και-C ο- A--APM οφθαλμος-N2--APM αυτος- D--GSM ου-D τιθημι-VEI-AMI3S εις-P ο- A--APN ενθυμημα-N3M-APN οικος-N2--GSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM και-C ο- A--ASF γυνη-N3K-ASF ο- A--GSM πλησιον-D αυτος- D--GSM ου-D μιαινω-VAI-AAI3S

16 και-C ανθρωπος-N2--ASM ου-D καταδυναστευω-VAI-AAI3S και-C ενεχυρασμος-N2--ASM ου-D ενεχυραζω-VA--AAI3S και-C αρπαγμα-N3M-ASN ου-D αρπαζω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--ASM αρτος-N2--ASM αυτος- D--GSM ο- A--DSM πειναω-V3--PAPDSM διδωμι-VAI-AAI3S και-C γυμνος-A1--ASM περιβαλλω-VBI-AAI3S

17 και-C απο-P αδικια-N1A-GSF αποστρεφω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--ASF χειρ-N3--ASF αυτος- D--GSM τοκος-N2--ASM ουδε-C πλεονασμος-N2--ASM ου-D λαμβανω-VBI-AAI3S δικαιοσυνη-N1--ASF ποιεω-VAI-AAI3S και-C εν-P ο- A--DPN προσταγμα-N3M-DPN εγω- P--GS πορευομαι-VCI-API3S ου-D τελευταω-VF--FAI3S εν-P αδικια-N1A-DPF πατηρ-N3--GSM αυτος- D--GSM ζωη-N1--DSF ζαω-VF--FMI3S

18 ο- A--NSM δε-X πατηρ-N3--NSM αυτος- D--GSM εαν-C θλιψις-N3I-DSF θλιβω-VF--FMI2S και-C αρπαζω-VA--AAS3S αρπαγμα-N3M-ASN εναντιος-A1A-APN ποιεω-VAI-AAI3S εν-P μεσος-A1--DSN ο- A--GSM λαος-N2--GSM εγω- P--GS και-C αποθνησκω-VF2-FMI3S εν-P ο- A--DSF αδικια-N1A-DSF αυτος- D--GSM

19 και-C ειπον-VF2-FAI2P τις- I--ASN οτι-C ου-D λαμβανω-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--ASF αδικια-N1A-ASF ο- A--NSM υιος-N2--NSM ο- A--GSM πατηρ-N3--GSM αυτος- D--GSM οτι-C ο- A--NSM υιος-N2--NSM δικαιοσυνη-N1--ASF και-C ελεος-N3E-ASN ποιεω-VAI-AAI3S πας-A3--APN ο- A--APN νομιμος-A1--APN εγω- P--GS συντηρεω-VAI-AAI3S και-C ποιεω-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--APN ζωη-N1--DSF ζαω-VF--FMI3S

20 ο- A--NSF δε-X ψυχη-N1--NSF ο- A--NSF αμαρτανω-V1--PAPNSF αποθνησκω-VF2-FMI3S ο- A--NSM δε-X υιος-N2--NSM ου-D λαμβανω-VF--FMI3S ο- A--ASF αδικια-N1A-ASF ο- A--GSM πατηρ-N3--GSM αυτος- D--GSM ουδε-C ο- A--NSM πατηρ-N3--NSM λαμβανω-VF--FMI3S ο- A--ASF αδικια-N1A-ASF ο- A--GSM υιος-N2--GSM αυτος- D--GSM δικαιοσυνη-N1--NSF δικαιος-A1A-GSM επι-P αυτος- D--ASM ειμι-VF--FMI3S και-C ανομια-N1A-NSF ανομος-A1B-GSM επι-P αυτος- D--ASM ειμι-VF--FMI3S

21 και-C ο- A--NSM ανομος-A1B-NSM εαν-C αποστρεφω-VF--FMI2S εκ-P πας-A1S-GPF ο- A--GPF ανομια-N1A-GPF αυτος- D--GSM ος- --GPF ποιεω-VAI-AAI3S και-C φυλασσω-VA--AMS3S πας-A1S-APF ο- A--APF εντολη-N1--APF εγω- P--GS και-C ποιεω-VA--AAS3S δικαιοσυνη-N1--ASF και-C ελεος-N3E-ASN ζωη-N1--DSF ζαω-VF--FMI3S ου-D μη-D αποθνησκω-VB--AAS3S

22 πας-A3--APN ο- A--APN παραπτωμα-N3M-APN αυτος- D--GSM οσος-A1--APN ποιεω-VAI-AAI3S ου-D μιμνησκω-VS--FPI3S εν-P ο- A--DSF δικαιοσυνη-N1--DSF αυτος- D--GSM ος- --DSF ποιεω-VAI-AAI3S ζαω-VF--FMI3S

23 μη-D θελησις-N3I-DSF θελω-VA--AAS1S ο- A--ASM θανατος-N2--ASM ο- A--GSM ανομος-A1B-GSM λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM ως-C ο- A--ASN αποστρεφω-VA--AAN αυτος- D--ASM εκ-P ο- A--GSF οδος-N2--GSF ο- A--GSF πονηρος-A1A-GSF και-C ζαω-V3--PAN αυτος- D--ASM

24 εν-P δε-X ο- A--DSN αποστρεφω-VA--AAN δικαιος-A1A-ASM εκ-P ο- A--GSF δικαιοσυνη-N1--GSF αυτος- D--GSM και-C ποιεω-VA--AAS3S αδικια-N1A-ASF κατα-P πας-A1S-APF ο- A--APF ανομια-N1A-APF ος- --APF ποιεω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--NSM ανομος-A1B-NSM πας-A1S-NPF ο- A--NPF δικαιοσυνη-N1--NPF αυτος- D--GSM ος- --APF ποιεω-VAI-AAI3S ου-D μη-D μιμνησκω-VS--APS3P εν-P ο- A--DSN παραπτωμα-N3M-DSN αυτος- D--GSM ος- --DSN παραπιπτω-VAI-AAI3S και-C εν-P ο- A--DPF αμαρτια-N1A-DPF αυτος- D--GSM ος- --DPF αμαρτανω-VBI-AAI3S εν-P αυτος- D--DPF αποθνησκω-VF2-FMI3S

25 και-C ειπον-VAI-AAI2P ου-D καταευθυνω-V1--PAI3S ο- A--NSF οδος-N2--NSF κυριος-N2--GSM ακουω-VA--AAD2P δη-X πας-A3--NSM οικος-N2--NSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM μη-D ο- A--NSF οδος-N2--NSF εγω- P--GS ου-D καταευθυνω-V1--PAI3S ου-D ο- A--NSF οδος-N2--NSF συ- P--GP ου-D καταευθυνω-V1--PAI3S

26 εν-P ο- A--DSN αποστρεφω-VA--AAN ο- A--ASM δικαιος-A1A-ASM εκ-P ο- A--GSF δικαιοσυνη-N1--GSF αυτος- D--GSM και-C ποιεω-VA--AAS3S παραπτωμα-N3M-ASN και-C αποθνησκω-VB--AAS3S εν-P ο- A--DSN παραπτωμα-N3M-DSN ος- --DSN ποιεω-VAI-AAI3S εν-P αυτος- D--DSM αποθνησκω-VF2-FMI3S

27 και-C εν-P ο- A--DSN αποστρεφω-VA--AAN ανομος-A1B-ASM απο-P ο- A--GSF ανομια-N1A-GSF αυτος- D--GSM ος- --GSF ποιεω-VAI-AAI3S και-C ποιεω-VA--AAS3S κριμα-N3M-ASN και-C δικαιοσυνη-N1--ASF ουτος- D--NSM ο- A--ASF ψυχη-N1--ASF αυτος- D--GSM φυλασσω-VAI-AAI3S

28 και-C αποστρεφω-VAI-AAI3S εκ-P πας-A1S-GPF ο- A--GPF ασεβεια-N1A-GPF αυτος- D--GSM ος- --GPF ποιεω-VAI-AAI3S ζωη-N1--DSF ζαω-VF--FMI3S ου-D μη-D αποθνησκω-VB--AAS3S

29 και-C λεγω-V1--PAI3P ο- A--NSM οικος-N2--NSM ο- A--GSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM ου-D καταορθοω-V4--PAI3S ο- A--NSF οδος-N2--NSF κυριος-N2--GSM μη-D ο- A--NSF οδος-N2--NSF εγω- P--GS ου-D καταορθοω-V4--PAI3S οικος-N2--NSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM ου-D ο- A--NSF οδος-N2--NSF συ- P--GP ου-D καταορθοω-V4--PAI3S

30 εκαστος-A1--ASM κατα-P ο- A--ASF οδος-N2--ASF αυτος- D--GSM κρινω-VF2-FAI1S συ- P--AP οικος-N2--NSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM επιστρεφω-VD--APD2P και-C αποστρεφω-VA--AAD2P εκ-P πας-A1S-GPF ο- A--GPF ασεβεια-N1A-GPF συ- P--GP και-C ου-D ειμι-VF--FMI3P συ- P--DP εις-P κολασις-N3I-ASF αδικια-N1A-GSF

31 αποριπτω-VA--AAD2P απο-P εαυτου- D--GPM πας-A1S-APF ο- A--APF ασεβεια-N1A-APF συ- P--GP ος- --APF ασεβεω-VAI-AAI2P εις-P εγω- P--AS και-C ποιεω-VA--AAD2P εαυτου- D--DPM καρδια-N1A-ASF καινος-A1--ASF και-C πνευμα-N3M-ASN καινος-A1--ASN και-C ινα-C τις- I--ASN αποθνησκω-V1--PAI2P οικος-N2--NSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM

32 διοτι-C ου-D θελω-V1--PAI1S ο- A--ASM θανατος-N2--ASM ο- A--GSM αποθνησκω-V1--PAPGSM λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM

   

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Ezekiel 18:19

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19 και-C ειπον-VF2-FAI2P τις- I--ASN οτι-C ου-D λαμβανω-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--ASF αδικια-N1A-ASF ο- A--NSM υιος-N2--NSM ο- A--GSM πατηρ-N3--GSM αυτος- D--GSM οτι-C ο- A--NSM υιος-N2--NSM δικαιοσυνη-N1--ASF και-C ελεος-N3E-ASN ποιεω-VAI-AAI3S πας-A3--APN ο- A--APN νομιμος-A1--APN εγω- P--GS συντηρεω-VAI-AAI3S και-C ποιεω-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--APN ζωη-N1--DSF ζαω-VF--FMI3S

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Arcana Coelestia #7102

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7102. 'Lest perhaps He fall on us with pestilence and sword' means to avoid the damnation of evil and falsity. This is clear from the meaning of 'lest perhaps He fall on' as lest they run into - into damnation; from the meaning of 'pestilence' as the damnation of evil, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'sword' as the vastation of truth, and also the punishment of falsity, dealt with in 2799, and so also as damnation, since the punishment of falsity, when truth has been devasted, is damnation.

[2] The Word mentions four kinds of vastation and punishment - sword, famine, evil wild animal, and pestilence. 'Sword' means the vastation of truth and the punishment of falsity; 'famine' the vastation of good and the punishment of evil; 'evil wild animal' the punishment of evil that arises out of falsity; and 'pestilence' the punishment of evil that does not arise out of falsity but out of evil. And since punishment is meant, damnation is meant also, since damnation is the punishment suffered by those who persist in evil. Those four kinds of punishment are referred to as follows in Ezekiel,

. . . when I shall send My four severe 1 judgements - sword, and famine, and evil wild animal, and pestilence - onto Jerusalem, to cut off man and beast from it. Ezekiel 14:21.

In the same prophet,

I will send famine and evil wild animals upon you, and I will make you bereft. And pestilence and blood will pass through you; in particular I will bring the sword upon you. Ezekiel 5:17.

[3] The meaning of 'pestilence' as the punishment of evil and its damnation is evident from the following places: In Ezekiel,

Those in waste places will die by the sword, and the one who is in the open field 2 I will give to the wild animals to devour him, and those who are in fortifications and caverns will die from pestilence. Ezekiel 33:27.

'In waste places dying by the sword' stands for suffering the vastation of truth and consequently the damnation of falsity. 'The one who is in the open field being given to the wild animals to devour him' stands for the damnation of those ruled by evil arising out of falsity. 'Those who are in fortifications and caverns, dying from pestilence' stands for the damnation of evil which uses falsity to fortify itself.

[4] In the same prophet,

The sword is without, and pestilence and famine within; he that is in the field will die by the sword, but him that is in the city famine and pestilence will devour. Ezekiel 7:15.

'The sword' stands for the vastation of truth and the damnation of falsity; 'famine' and 'pestilence' stand for the vastation of good and the damnation of evil. The sword is said to be 'without' and famine and pestilence 'within' because the vastation of truth takes place externally but the vastation of good internally. When however a person leads a life that rests on falsity, damnation is meant by the words 'he that is in the field will die by the sword'; and when a person leads a life ruled by evil which he defends by the use of falsity, damnation is meant by the words 'him that is in the city famine and pestilence will devour'.

[5] In Leviticus,

I will bring upon you a sword executing the vengeance of the covenant; wherever you are gathered into your cities, I will send pestilence into the midst of you, and you will be delivered 3 into the hand of the enemy. When I have cut off your supply of bread 4 ... Leviticus 26:25-26.

Here in a similar way 'a sword' stands for the vastation of truth and the damnation of falsity, 'pestilence' for the damnation of evil. The vastation of good, meant by 'famine', is described when [the Lord] speaks of cutting off their supply of bread. 'Cities' into which they would be gathered has the same meaning as 'the city' just above - falsities that are used to defend evils. For the meaning of 'cities' as truths, and so in the contrary sense as falsities, see 402, 2268, 2712, 2943, 3216, 4492, 4493.

[6] In Ezekiel,

Therefore because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your abominations, a third part of you will die from pestilence, and be annihilated [by famine] in your midst; then a third will fall by the sword around you; finally I will scatter a third to every wind, so that I will draw out a sword after them. Ezekiel 5:11-12.

'Famine' stands for the damnation of evil, 'sword' for the damnation of falsity. 'Scattering to every wind' and 'drawing out a sword after them' stand for getting rid of truths and seizing on falsities.

[7] In Jeremiah,

If they offer burnt offering or minchah, I am not accepting those things, but I will consume those people by sword, famine, and pestilence. Jeremiah 14:12.

In the same prophet,

I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast; they will die from a great pestilence. Afterwards I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and those in this city left from the pestilence, and from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. He who remains in this city will die by the sword, and by famine, and by pestilence; but he who goes out and defects to the Chaldeans besieging you will live, and his soul will become spoil to him. Jeremiah 21:6-7, 9.

In the same prophet,

I will send sword, famine, and pestilence upon them, till they are consumed from upon the earth. Jeremiah 24:10.

Here also 'sword' means the vastation of truth, 'famine' the vastation of good, and 'pestilence' damnation; and 'sword', 'famine', and 'pestilence' have the same meanings in the following places as well: Jeremiah 27:8; 29:17-18; 32:24, 36; 34:17; 38:2; 42:17, 22; 44:13; Ezekiel 12:16.

[8] Since those three scourges follow in their own particular order [of severity], David was presented by the prophet Gad with the three. He had to choose between the coming of seven years of famine, fleeing three months before his enemies, or three days of pestilence in the land, 2 Samuel 24:13. ('Fleeing before his enemies' implies 'the sword'.) In Amos,

I have sent the pestilence upon you in the way of Egypt, I have killed your young men with the sword, along with your captured horses. 5 Amos 4:10.

'The pestilence in the way of Egypt' stands for the vastation of good by means of falsities, which are 'the way of Egypt'. 'Killing young men with the sword, along with captured horses' stands for the vastation of truth, truths being meant by 'young men' and intellectual concepts by 'horses', 5 2761, 2762, 3217, 5321, 6534.

[9] In Ezekiel,

Pestilence and blood will pass through you. Ezekiel 5:17.

In the same prophet,

I will send upon her pestilence and blood in her streets. Ezekiel 28:23.

Here 'pestilence' stands for good that has been adulterated, and 'blood' for truth that has been falsified. For the meaning of 'blood' as falsified truth, see 4735, 6978.

[10] In David,

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

'The terror of the night' stands for falsity which lies concealed; 'the arrow that flies by day' for falsity which is out in the open; 'the pestilence that creeps in thick darkness' for evil which lies concealed; 'death which lays waste at noonday' for evil which is out in the open. The fact that 'pestilence' means evil and the damnation of evil is evident from the use of the word 'death', which is distinguished here from pestilence solely by its being said of death that it 'lays waste at noonday' but of pestilence that it 'creeps in thick darkness'. In the same author,

He opened a way for His anger; He did not spare their soul from death, and He subjected their life to pestilence. Psalms 78:50.

This refers to the Egyptians, 'pestilence' standing for every kind of evil and its damnation.

Footnotes:

1. literally, evil

2. literally, upon the face of the field

3. The Latin means I will deliver you but the Hebrew means you will be delivered.

4. literally, While I am about to break the staff of bread for you

5. literally, the captivity of your horses

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.