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Ezekiel 19

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1 και-C συ- P--NS λαμβανω-VB--AAD2S θρηνος-N2--ASM επι-P ο- A--ASM αρχων-N3--ASM ο- A--GSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM

2 και-C ειπον-VF2-FAI2S τις- A--ASN ο- A--NSF μητηρ-N3--NSF συ- P--GS σκυμνος-N2--NSM εν-P μεσος-A1--DSN λεων-N3--GPM γιγνομαι-VCI-API3S εν-P μεσος-A1--DSN λεων-N3--GPM πληθυνω-V1I-IAI3S σκυμνος-N2--APM αυτος- D--GSF

3 και-C αποπηδαω-VAI-AAI3S εις-A3--NSM ο- A--GPM σκυμνος-N2--GPM αυτος- D--GSF λεων-N3W-NSM γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S και-C μανθανω-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--GSN αρπαζω-V1--PAN αρπαγμα-N3M-APN ανθρωπος-N2--APM εσθιω-VBI-AAI3S

4 και-C ακουω-VAI-AAI3P κατα-P αυτος- D--GSM εθνος-N3E-NPN εν-P ο- A--DSF διαφθορα-N1A-DSF αυτος- D--GPM συνλαμβανω-VVI-API3S και-C αγω-VBI-AAI3P αυτος- D--ASM εν-P κημος-N2--DSM εις-P γη-N1--ASF *αιγυπτος-N2--GSF

5 και-C οραω-VBI-AAI3S οτι-C αποωθεω-VX--XAI3S απο-P αυτος- D--GSF και-C αποολλυω-VBI-AMI3S ο- A--NSF υποστασις-N3I-NSF αυτος- D--GSF και-C λαμβανω-VBI-AAI3S αλλος- D--ASM εκ-P ο- A--GPM σκυμνος-N2--GPM αυτος- D--GSF λεων-N3--ASM τασσω-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--ASM

6 και-C αναστρεφω-V1I-IMI3S εν-P μεσος-A1--DSN λεων-N3--GPM λεων-N3W-NSM γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S και-C μανθανω-VBI-AAI3S αρπαζω-V1--PAN αρπαγμα-N3M-APN ανθρωπος-N2--APM εσθιω-VBI-AAI3S

7 και-C νεμω-V1I-IMI3S ο- A--DSM θρασυς-A3U-DSM αυτος- D--GSM και-C ο- A--APF πολις-N3I-APF αυτος- D--GPM εκερημοω-VAI-AAI3S και-C απο αναιζω-VAI-AAI3S γη-N1--ASF και-C ο- A--ASN πληρωμα-N3M-ASN αυτος- D--GSF απο-P φωνη-N1--GSF ωρυμα-N3M-GSN αυτος- D--GSM

8 και-C διδωμι-VAI-AAI3P επι-P αυτος- D--ASM εθνος-N3E-APN εκ-P χωρα-N1A-GPF κυκλοθεν-D και-C εκ επιεταζω-VA--AAI3P επι-P αυτος- D--ASM δικτυον-N2N-APN αυτος- D--GPM εν-P διαφθορα-N1A-DSF αυτος- D--GPM συνλαμβανω-VVI-API3S

9 και-C τιθημι-VEI-AMI3P αυτος- D--ASM εν-P κημος-N2--DSM και-C εν-P γαλεαγρα-N1A-DSF ερχομαι-VBI-AAI3S προς-P βασιλευς-N3V-ASM *βαβυλων-N3W-GSF και-C ειςαγω-VBI-AAI3S αυτος- D--ASM εις-P φυλακη-N1--ASF οπως-C μη-D ακουω-VC--APS3S ο- A--NSF φωνη-N1--NSF αυτος- D--GSM επι-P ο- A--APN ορος-N3E-APN ο- A--GSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM

10 ο- A--NSF μητηρ-N3--NSF συ- P--GS ως-C αμπελος-N2--NSF ως-C ανθος-N3E-NSN εν-P ροα-N1A-DSF εν-P υδωρ-N3T-DSN φυτευω-VM--XMPNSF ο- A--NSM καρπος-N2--NSM αυτος- D--GSF και-C ο- A--NSM βλαστος-N2--NSM αυτος- D--GSF γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S εκ-P υδωρ-N3T-GSN πολυς-A1--GSN

11 και-C γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S αυτος- D--DSF ραβδος-N2--NSF ισχυς-N3U-GSF επι-P φυλη-N1--ASF ηγεομαι-V2--PMPGPM και-C υψοω-VCI-API3S ο- A--DSN μεγεθος-N3E-DSN αυτος- D--GSF εν-P μεσος-A1--DSN στελεχος-N3E-GPN και-C οραω-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--ASN μεγεθος-N3E-ASN αυτος- D--GSF εν-P πληθος-N3E-DSN κλημα-N3M-GPN αυτος- D--GSF

12 και-C κατακλαω-VCI-API3S εν-P θυμος-N2--DSM επι-P γη-N1--ASF ριπτω-VVI-API3S και-C ανεμος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM καυσων-N3W-NSM ξηραινω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--APN εκλεκτος-A1--APN αυτος- D--GSF εκδικεω-VCI-API3S και-C ξηραινω-VCI-API3S ο- A--NSF ραβδος-N2--NSF ισχυς-N3U-GSF αυτος- D--GSF πυρ-N3--ASN ανααλισκω-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--ASF

13 και-C νυν-D φυτευω-VX--XAI3P αυτος- D--ASF εν-P ο- A--DSF ερημος-N2--DSF εν-P γη-N1--DSF ανυδρος-A1B-DSF

14 και-C εκερχομαι-VBI-AAI3S πυρ-N3--NSN εκ-P ραβδος-N2--GSF εκλεκτος-A1--GPM αυτος- D--GSF και-C καταεσθιω-VBI-AAI3S αυτος- D--ASF και-C ου-D ειμι-V9--IAI3S εν-P αυτος- D--DSF ραβδος-N2--NSF ισχυς-N3U-GSF φυλη-N1--NSF εις-P παραβολη-N1--ASF θρηνος-N2--GSM ειμι-V9--PAI3S και-C ειμι-VF--FMI3S εις-P θρηνος-N2--ASM

   

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Apocalypse Explained #722

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722. That when she had brought forth, he might devour her child.- That this signifies that they might destroy the doctrine of that church at its first beginning, is evident from the signification of the child which the woman was about to bring forth, as denoting the doctrine of the church, for that this is meant by the male child whom she brought forth will be seen in the following article; and from the signification of devouring as denoting to destroy. For predicates follow their subjects, and when the dragon is the subject, then to devour is the predicate; but when the doctrine of the church is the subject, then to destroy is the predicate, therefore to devour here signifies to destroy. To destroy it at its first beginning is signified, because it is said that when the woman had brought forth, he might devour her child. That to devour and to eat also in other passages of the Word signify to destroy, when used in reference to wild beasts, which signify falsities and evils, is plain in Ezekiel:

"One of the whelps" of the lion "rose up, it became a young lion, it learned to seize the prey; it devoured man" (19:3, 6).

To devour man signifies to destroy the understanding of truth and intelligence.

In Hosea:

"I will meet them as a bear bereaved, and I will devour them as a fierce lion, a wild beast of the field shall tear them" (13:8).

In Daniel:

"Lo, a beast like a bear," which "had three ribs in the mouth between the teeth," it was said to it, "Rise, devour much flesh" (7:5).

Moreover, in the Hebrew, to devour is put in many passages for consuming, ruining, and destroying, as in Jeremiah:

"They have devoured Jacob, they have devoured him and consumed him, and have laid waste his habitations" (10:25; and elsewhere).

  
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Translation by Isaiah Tansley. Many thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.