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Ezekiel 47

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1 και-C ειςαγω-VBI-AAI3S εγω- P--AS επι-P ο- A--APN προθυρον-N2N-APN ο- A--GSM οικος-N2--GSM και-C ιδου-I υδωρ-N3--NSN εκπορευομαι-V1I-IMI3S υποκατωθεν-D ο- A--GSN αιθριος-A1B-GSN κατα-P ανατολη-N1--APF οτι-C ο- A--ASN προσωπον-N2N-ASN ο- A--GSM οικος-N2--GSM βλεπω-V1I-IAI3S κατα-P ανατολη-N1--APF και-C ο- A--NSN υδωρ-N3--NSN καταβαινω-V1I-IAI3S απο-P ο- A--GSN κλιτος-N3E-GSN ο- A--GSM δεξιος-A1A-GSM απο-P νοτος-N2--GSM επι-P ο- A--ASN θυσιαστηριον-N2N-ASN

2 και-C εκαγω-VBI-AAI3S εγω- P--AS κατα-P ο- A--ASF οδος-N2--ASF ο- A--GSF πυλη-N1--GSF ο- A--GSF προς-P βορεας-N1T-ASM και-C περιαγω-VBI-AAI3S εγω- P--AS ο- A--ASF οδος-N2--ASF εξωθεν-D προς-P ο- A--ASF πυλη-N1--ASF ο- A--GSF αυλη-N1--GSF ο- A--GSF βλεπω-V1--PAPGSF κατα-P ανατολη-N1--APF και-C ιδου-I ο- A--NSN υδωρ-N3--NSN καταφερω-V1I-IMI3S απο-P ο- A--GSN κλιτος-N3E-GSN ο- A--GSN δεξιος-A1A-GSN

3 καθως-D εξοδος-N2--NSF ανηρ-N3--GSM εκ-P εναντιος-A1A-GSF και-C μετρον-N2N-ASN εν-P ο- A--DSF χειρ-N3--DSF αυτος- D--GSM και-C διαμετρεω-VAI-AAI3S χιλιοι-A1A-APM εν-P ο- A--DSN μετρον-N2N-DSN και-C διαερχομαι-VBI-AAI3S εν-P ο- A--DSN υδωρ-N3T-DSN υδωρ-N3--NSN αφεσις-N3I-GSF

4 και-C διαμετρεω-VAI-AAI3S χιλιοι-A1A-APM και-C διαερχομαι-VBI-AAI3S εν-P ο- A--DSN υδωρ-N3T-DSN υδωρ-N3--NSN εως-P ο- A--GPM μηρος-N2--GPM και-C διαμετρεω-VAI-AAI3S χιλιοι-A1A-APM και-C διαερχομαι-VBI-AAI3S υδωρ-N3--NSN εως-P οσφυς-N3U-GSF

5 και-C διαμετρεω-VAI-AAI3S χιλιοι-A1A-APM και-C ου-D δυναμαι-V6I-IMI3S διαερχομαι-VB--AAN οτι-C εκυβριζω-V1I-IAI3S ο- A--NSN υδωρ-N3--NSN ως-C ροιζος-N2--NSM χειμαρρους-N2--GSM ος- --ASM ου-D διαβαινω-VF--FMI3P

6 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S προς-P εγω- P--AS ει-C οραω-VX--XAI2S υιος-N2--VSM ανθρωπος-N2--GSM και-C αγω-VBI-AAI3S εγω- P--AS επι-P ο- A--ASN χειλος-N3E-ASN ο- A--GSM ποταμος-N2--GSM

7 εν-P ο- A--DSF επιστροφη-N1--DSF εγω- P--GS και-C ιδου-I επι-P ο- A--GSN χειλος-N3E-GSN ο- A--GSM ποταμος-N2--GSM δενδρον-N2N-NPN πολυς-A1--NPN σφοδρα-D ενθεν-D και-C ενθεν-D

8 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S προς-P εγω- P--AS ο- A--NSN υδωρ-N3--NSN ουτος- D--NSN ο- A--NSN εκπορευομαι-V1--PMPNSN εις-P ο- A--ASF *γαλιλαια-N1A-ASF ο- A--ASF προς-P ανατολη-N1--APF και-C καταβαινω-V1I-IAI3S επι-P ο- A--ASF *αραβια-N1A-ASF και-C αρχω-V1I-IMI3S εως-D επι-P ο- A--ASF θαλασσα-N1S-ASF επι-P ο- A--ASN υδωρ-N3--ASN ο- A--GSF διεκβολη-N1--GSF και-C υγιαζω-VF--FAI3S ο- A--NPN υδωρ-N3T-NPN

9 και-C ειμι-VF--FMI3S πας-A1S-NSF ψυχη-N1--NSF ο- A--GPN ζωον-N2N-GPN ο- A--GPN εκζεω-V1--PAPGPN επι-P πας-A3--APN επι-P ος- --APN αν-X επιερχομαι-VB--AAS3S εκει-D ο- A--NSM ποταμος-N2--NSM ζαω-VF--FMI3S και-C ειμι-VF--FMI3S εκει-D ιχθυς-N3U-NSM πολυς-A1P-NSM σφοδρα-D οτι-C ηκω-V1--PAI3S εκει-D ο- A--NSN υδωρ-N3--NSN ουτος- D--NSN και-C υγιαζω-VF--FAI3S και-C ζαω-VF--FMI3S πας-A3--NSN επι-P ος- --ASN αν-X επιερχομαι-VB--AAS3S ο- A--NSM ποταμος-N2--NSM εκει-D ζαω-VF--FMI3S

10 και-C ιστημι-VF--FMI3P εκει-D αλιευς-N3V-NPM απο-P *αινγαδιν-N---G εως-P *αιναγαλιμ-N---G ψυγμος-N2--NSM σαγηνη-N1--GPF ειμι-VF--FMI3S κατα-P εαυτου- D--ASF ειμι-VF--FMI3S και-C ο- A--NPM ιχθυς-N3U-NPM αυτος- D--GSF ως-C ο- A--NPM ιχθυς-N3U-NPM ο- A--GSF θαλασσα-N1S-GSF ο- A--GSF μεγας-A1--GSF πληθος-N3E-ASN πολυς-A1P-ASN σφοδρα-D

11 και-C εν-P ο- A--DSF διεκβολη-N1--DSF αυτος- D--GSM και-C εν-P ο- A--DSF επιστροφη-N1--DSF αυτος- D--GSM και-C εν-P ο- A--DSF υπεραρσις-N3I-DSF αυτος- D--GSM ου-D μη-D υγιαζω-VA--AAS3P εις-P αλς-N3--APM διδωμι-VM--XMI3P

12 και-C επι-P ο- A--GSM ποταμος-N2--GSM αναβαινω-VF--FMI3S επι-P ο- A--GSN χειλος-N3E-GSN αυτος- D--GSM ενθεν-D και-C ενθεν-D πας-A3--NSN ξυλον-N2N-NSN βρωσιμος-A1B-NSN ου-D μη-D παλαιοω-VC--APS3S επι-P αυτος- D--GSM ουδε-C μη-D εκλειπω-VB--AAS3S ο- A--NSM καρπος-N2--NSM αυτος- D--GSM ο- A--GSF καινοτης-N3T-GSF αυτος- D--GSM πρωτοβολεω-VF--FAI3S διοτι-C ο- A--NPN υδωρ-N3T-NPN αυτος- D--GPM εκ-P ο- A--GPN αγιος-A1A-GPN ουτος- D--NPN εκπορευομαι-V1--PMI3S και-C ειμι-VF--FMI3S ο- A--NSM καρπος-N2--NSM αυτος- D--GPM εις-P βρωσις-N3I-ASF και-C αναβασις-N3I-NSF αυτος- D--GPM εις-P υγιεια-N1A-ASF

13 οδε- D--APN λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM θεος-N2--NSM ουτος- D--APN ο- A--APN οριον-N2N-APN κατακληρονομεω-VF--FAI2P ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF ο- A--DPF δωδεκα-M φυλη-N1--DPF ο- A--GPM υιος-N2--GPM *ισραηλ-N---GSM προσθεσις-N3I-NSF σχοινισμα-N3M-GSN

14 και-C κατακληρονομεω-VF--FAI2P αυτος- D--ASF εκαστος-A1--NSM καθως-D ο- A--NSM αδελφος-N2--NSM αυτος- D--GSM εις-P ος- --ASF αιρω-VAI-AAI1S ο- A--ASF χειρ-N3--ASF εγω- P--GS ο- A--GSN διδωμι-VO--AAN αυτος- D--ASF ο- A--DPM πατηρ-N3--DPM αυτος- D--GPM και-C πιπτω-VF2-FMI3S ο- A--NSF γη-N1--NSF ουτος- D--NSF συ- P--DP εν-P κληρονομια-N1A-DSF

15 και-C ουτος- D--NPN ο- A--NPN οριον-N2N-NPN ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF προς-P βορεας-N1T-ASM απο-P ο- A--GSF θαλασσα-N1S-GSF ο- A--GSF μεγας-A1--GSF ο- A--GSF καταβαινω-V1--PAPGSF και-C περισχιζω-V1--PAPGSF ο- A--GSF εισοδος-N2--GSF *ημαθ-N---NS *σεδδαδα-N---NS

16 *βηρωθα-N---NS *σεβραιμ-N---NS *ηλιαμ-N---NS ανα-P μεσος-A1--ASM οριον-N2N-GPN *δαμασκος-N2--GSF και-C ανα-P μεσος-A1--ASM οριον-N2N-GPN *ημαθ-N---G αυλη-N1--NSF ο- A--GSM *σαυναν-N---GS ος- --NPF ειμι-V9--PAI3P επανω-D ο- A--GPN οριον-N2N-GPN *αυρανιτις-N3D-GSF

17 ουτος- D--NPN ο- A--NPN οριον-N2N-NPN απο-P ο- A--GSF θαλασσα-N1S-GSF απο-P ο- A--GSF αυλη-N1--GSF ο- A--GSM *αιναν-N---GS οριον-N2N-APN *δαμασκος-N2--GSF και-C ο- A--APN προς-P βορεας-N1T-ASM

18 και-C ο- A--APN προς-P ανατολη-N1--APF ανα-P μεσος-A1--ASM ο- A--GSF *αυρανιτις-N3D-GSF και-C ανα-P μεσος-A1--ASM *δαμασκος-N2--GSF και-C ανα-P μεσος-A1--ASM ο- A--GSF *γαλααδιτις-N3--GSF και-C ανα-P μεσος-A1--ASM ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF ο- A--GSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM ο- A--NSM *ιορδανης-N1M-NSM διαοριζω-V1--PAI3S επι-P ο- A--ASF θαλασσα-N1S-ASF ο- A--ASF προς-P ανατολη-N1--APF *φοινικων-N3W-GSM ουτος- D--NPN ο- A--NPN προς-P ανατολη-N1--APF

19 και-C ο- A--NPN προς-P νοτος-N2--ASM και-C λιψ-N3--ASM απο-P *θαιμαν-N---G και-C *φοινικων-N3W-GSM εως-P υδωρ-N3T-GSN *μαριμωθ-N---G *καδης-N---G παρα εκτεινω-V1I-IAI3P επι-P ο- A--ASF θαλασσα-N1S-ASF ο- A--ASF μεγας-A1--ASF ουτος- D--NSN ο- A--NSN μερος-N3E-NSN νοτος-N2--NSM και-C λιψ-N3P-NSM

20 ουτος- D--NSN ο- A--NSN μερος-N3E-NSN ο- A--GSF θαλασσα-N1S-GSF ο- A--GSF μεγας-A1--GSF οριζω-V1--PAI3S εως-P κατεναντι-D ο- A--GSF εισοδος-N2--GSF *ημαθ-N---G εως-P εισοδος-N2--GSF αυτος- D--GSM ουτος- D--NPN ειμι-V9--PAI3S ο- A--NPN προς-P θαλασσα-N1S-ASF *ημαθ-N---G

21 και-C διαμεριζω-VF--FAI2P ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF ουτος- D--ASF αυτος- D--DPM ο- A--DPF φυλη-N1--DPF ο- A--GSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM

22 βαλλω-VF2-FAI2P αυτος- D--ASF εν-P κληρος-N2--DSM συ- P--DP και-C ο- A--DPM προσηλυτος-N2--DPM ο- A--DPM παραοικεω-V2--PAPDPM εν-P μεσος-A1--DSM συ- P--GP οστις- X--NPM γενναω-VAI-AAI3P υιος-N2--APM εν-P μεσος-A1--DSM συ- P--GP και-C ειμι-VF--FMI3P συ- P--DP ως-C αυτοχθων-N3N-NPM εν-P ο- A--DPM υιος-N2--DPM ο- A--GSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM μετα-P συ- P--GP εσθιω-VF--FMI3P εν-P κληρονομια-N1A-DSF εν-P μεσος-A1--DSM ο- A--GPF φυλη-N1--GPF ο- A--GSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM

23 και-C ειμι-VF--FMI3P εν-P φυλη-N1--DSF προσηλυτος-N2--GPM εν-P ο- A--DPM προσηλυτος-N2--DPM ο- A--DPM μετα-P αυτος- D--GPM εκει-D διδωμι-VF--FAI2P κληρονομια-N1A-ASF αυτος- D--DPM λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM θεος-N2--NSM

   

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Apocalypse Revealed #405

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405. And a third of the living creatures in the sea died. (8:9) This symbolically means that those who had lived that faith and continued to live it could not be reformed and receive life.

A third symbolizes all such, as said above. Creatures mean people who can be reformed (no. 290). The reason is that to create means, symbolically, to reform (no. 254). Their living means, symbolically, to be able by reformation to receive life. That they died means, symbolically, that people who live that faith alone cannot receive life. They cannot, because people are all reformed by a faith united to charity, thus by a faith accompanying charity, and none by faith alone; for charity is the life of faith.

[2] Since in the spiritual world the affections and consequent perceptions and thoughts of spirits and angels appear at a distance in the forms of animals or creatures on the earth called beasts, of creatures in the air called birds, and of creatures in the sea called fish, therefore the Word so often mentions beasts, birds, and fish, which nevertheless have precisely the meaning stated. So for example in the following places:

...Jehovah has a quarrel with the inhabitants of the land, for there is no truth or mercy or knowledge of God... And everyone who dwells in it will waste away along with the beast of the field and the bird of the air; even the fish of the sea will be gathered up. (Hosea 4:1, 3)

I will consume man and beast..., the bird of the heavens, the fish of the sea, ...the stumbling blocks along with the impious... (Zephaniah 1:3)

There shall be a great earthquake in the land of Israel, and the fish of the sea, the bird of the heavens, and the beast of the field... shall tremble before Me. (Ezekiel 38:18-20)

You have made Him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet... the beasts of the fields, the bird of the air, and the fish of the sea that pass through the path of the seas. (Psalms 8:6-8)

The latter is said of the Lord.

Pray ask the beasts, and they will teach you; or the birds of the air, and they will inform you...; and the fish of the sea will tell you. Who of all these does not know that the hand of Jehovah has done this? (Job 12:7-9)

And in many other places as well.

[3] Fish, moreover, and creatures of the sea, as they are called here, mean the affections and consequent thoughts of such people as are concerned with general truths, and so who take more from a natural source than from a spiritual one. These people are meant by fish in the preceding passages, and also in the following ones:

By My rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness; their fish stink... and die of thirst. (Isaiah 50:2)

...the king of Egypt, a great whale, you who lie in the midst of your rivers, you said, "The river is mine; I made myself..".. (Therefore) I will cause the fish of your rivers to stick to your scales..., and I will leave you in the wilderness, you and all the fish of your rivers. (Ezekiel 29:3-5)

This was addressed to the king of Egypt, because Egypt symbolizes the natural level divorced from the spiritual one, and so the fish of his rivers mean people governed by doctrines, who because of them are caught up in faith separated from charity, a faith that is simply knowledge.

Because of that separation, moreover, one of the miracles in Egypt was the turning of their waters into blood, so that the fish died (Exodus 7:17-25, Psalms 105:29).

[4] Furthermore:

Why do You make mankind like fish of the sea...? Everyone draws them up with a hook, and gathers them in a net... (Habakkuk 1:14-16)

Fish here stand for people concerned with general truths and caught up in faith divorced from charity. In contrast, fish stand for people concerned with general truths and governed by a faith conjoined with charity in Ezekiel:

He said to me: "These waters flowing to the eastern boundary... enter the sea, (from which comes) every living soul that creeps... and very much fish... ...fishermen will stand by it... with a spreading of their nets. Its fish will be of the same kinds as the fish of the Great Sea, exceedingly many. (Ezekiel 47:1, 8-10)

In Matthew:

(Jesus said,) the kingdom of heaven is like a net cast into the sea, and they gathered (fish).... And they put the good ones into vessels and threw the bad away. (Matthew 13:47-49)

And in Jeremiah:

I will bring (the children of Israel) back into their land... And I will send for many fishermen...(who) shall fish them. (Jeremiah 16:15-16)

[5] Consequently, anyone who knows that fish symbolize people and things of the kind stated, can see the following: Why the Lord chose fishermen to be His disciples, and said,

Come after Me, and I will make you fishers of men. (Matthew 4:18-19)

Why the disciples, with the Lord's blessing, caught a huge multitude of fish, and the Lord said to Peter,

Do not be afraid. From now on you will catch men. (Luke 5:2-10)

Why, when they wished to exact tribute from the Lord, He told Peter to go to the sea and draw out a fish, and to give them the coin found in it for Him and for himself (Matthew 16:24-27).

Why, after His resurrection, the Lord gave His disciples fish and bread to eat (John 21:2-13).

And why He told them to "go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature" (Mark 16:15). For the nations they were converting possessed only general truths, and were concerned more with natural things than spiritual ones.

  
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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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Luke 5:2-10

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2 He saw two boats standing by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them, and were washing their nets.

3 He entered into one of the boats, which was Simon's, and asked him to put out a little from the land. He sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat.

4 When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into the deep, and let down your nets for a catch."

5 Simon answered him, "Master, we worked all night, and took nothing; but at your word I will let down the net."

6 When they had done this, they caught a great multitude of fish, and their net was breaking.

7 They beckoned to their partners in the other boat, that they should come and help them. They came, and filled both boats, so that they began to sink.

8 But Simon Peter, when he saw it, fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord."

9 For he was amazed, and all who were with him, at the catch of fish which they had caught;

10 and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. Jesus said to Simon, "Don't be afraid. From now on you will be catching people alive."