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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 και-C συ- P--NS υιος-N2--VSM ανθρωπος-N2--GSM ειπον-VB--AAD2S οδε- D--APN λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--DSF γη-N1--DSF ο- A--GSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM περας-N3T-NSN ηκω-V1--PAI3S ο- A--NSN περας-N3T-NSN ηκω-V1--PAI3S επι-P ο- A--APF τεσσαρες-A3--APF πτερυξ-N3G-APF ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF

3 ηκω-V1--PAI3S ο- A--NSN περας-N3T-NSN

4 επι-P συ- P--AS ο- A--ASM καταοικεω-V2--PAPASM ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF ηκω-V1--PAI3S ο- A--NSM καιρος-N2--NSM εγγιζω-VX--XAI3S ο- A--NSF ημερα-N1A-NSF ου-D μετα-P θορυβος-N2--GPM ουδε-C μετα-P ωδιν-N3--GPF

5 νυν-D εγγυθεν-D εκχεω-VF2-FAI1S ο- A--ASF οργη-N1--ASF εγω- P--GS επι-P συ- P--AS και-C συντελεω-VF--FAI1S ο- A--ASM θυμος-N2--ASM εγω- P--GS εν-P συ- P--DS και-C κρινω-VF2-FAI1S συ- P--AS εν-P ο- A--DPF οδος-N2--DPF συ- P--GS και-C διδωμι-VF--FAI1S επι-P συ- P--AS πας-A3--APN ο- A--APN βδελυγμα-N3M-APN συ- P--GS

6 ου-D φειδομαι-VF--FMI3S ο- A--NSM οφθαλμος-N2--NSM εγω- P--GS ουδε-C μη-D ελεεω-VF--FAI1S διοτι-C ο- A--APF οδος-N2--APF συ- P--GS επι-P συ- P--AS διδωμι-VF--FAI1S και-C ο- A--APN βδελυγμα-N3M-APN συ- P--GS εν-P μεσος-A1--DSN συ- P--GS ειμι-VF--FMI3P και-C επιγιγνωσκω-VF--FMI2S διοτι-C εγω- P--NS ειμι-V9--PAI1S κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM τυπτω-V1--PAPNSM

7 νυν-D ο- A--NSN περας-N3T-NSN προς-P συ- P--AS και-C αποστελλω-VF2-FAI1S εγω- P--NS επι-P συ- P--AS και-C εκδικεω-VF--FAI1S συ- P--AS εν-P ο- A--DPF οδος-N2--DPF συ- P--GS και-C διδωμι-VF--FAI1S επι-P συ- P--AS πας-A3--APN ο- A--APN βδελυγμα-N3M-APN συ- P--GS

8 ου-D φειδομαι-VF--FMI3S ο- A--NSM οφθαλμος-N2--NSM εγω- P--GS επι-P συ- P--AS ουδε-C μη-D ελεεω-VF--FAI1S διοτι-C ο- A--ASF οδος-N2--ASF συ- P--GS επι-P συ- P--AS διδωμι-VF--FAI1S και-C ο- A--APN βδελυγμα-N3M-APN συ- P--GS εν-P μεσος-A1--DSN συ- P--GS ειμι-VF--FMI3S και-C επιγιγνωσκω-VF--FMI2S διοτι-C εγω- P--NS κυριος-N2--NSM

9 διοτι-C οδε- D--APN λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM

10 ιδου-I ο- A--NSN περας-N3T-NSN ηκω-V1--PAI3S ιδου-I ημερα-N1A-NSF κυριος-N2--GSM ει-C και-C ο- A--NSF ραβδος-N2--NSF ανθεω-VX--XAI3S ο- A--NSF υβρις-N3I-NSF εκ αναιστημι-VXI-XAI3S

11 και-C συντριβω-VF--FAI3S στηριγμα-N3M-ASN ανομος-A1B-GSM και-C ου-D μετα-P θορυβος-N2--GSM ουδε-C μετα-P σπουδη-N1--GSF

12 ηκω-V1--PAI3S ο- A--NSM καιρος-N2--NSM ιδου-I ο- A--NSF ημερα-N1A-NSF ο- A--NSM κταομαι-V3--PMPNSM μη-D χαιρω-V1--PAD3S και-C ο- A--NSM πωλεω-V2--PAPNSM μη-D θρηνεω-V2--PAD3S

13 διοτι-C ο- A--NSM κταομαι-V3--PMPNSM προς-P ο- A--ASM πωλεω-V2--PAPASM ουκετι-D μη-D επιστρεφω-VA--AAS3S και-C ανθρωπος-N2--NSM εν-P οφθαλμος-N2--DSM ζωη-N1--GSF αυτος- D--GSM ου-D κρατεω-VF--FAI3S

14 σαλπιζω-VA--AAD2P εν-P σαλπιγξ-N3G-DSF και-C κρινω-VA--AAD2P ο- A--APN συμπας-A3--APN

15 ο- A--NSM πολεμος-N2--NSM εν-P ρομφαια-N1A-DSF εξωθεν-D και-C ο- A--NSM λιμος-N2--NSM και-C ο- A--NSM θανατος-N2--NSM εσωθεν-D ο- A--NSM εν-P ο- A--DSN πεδιον-N2N-DSN εν-P ρομφαια-N1A-DSF τελευταω-VF--FAI3S ο- A--APM δε-X εν-P ο- A--DSF πολις-N3I-DSF λιμος-N2--NSM και-C θανατος-N2--NSM συντελεω-VF--FAI3S

16 και-C ανασωζω-VC--FPI3P ο- A--NPM ανασωζω-V1--PMPNPM εκ-P αυτος- D--GPM και-C ειμι-VF--FMI3P επι-P ο- A--GPN ορος-N3E-GPN πας-A3--APM αποκτεινω-VF2-FAI1S εκαστος-A1--ASM εν-P ο- A--DPF αδικια-N1A-DPF αυτος- D--GSM

17 πας-A1S-NPF χειρ-N3--NPF εκλυω-VC--FPI3P και-C πας-A3--NPM μηρος-N2--NPM μολυνω-VC--FPI3P υγρασια-N1A-DSF

18 και-C περιζωννυω-VF--FMI3P σακκος-N2--APM και-C καλυπτω-VF--FAI3S αυτος- D--APM θαμβος-N3E-NSN και-C επι-P πας-A3--NSN προσωπον-N2N-NSN αισχυνη-N1--NSF επι-P αυτος- D--APM και-C επι-P πας-A1S-ASF κεφαλη-N1--ASF φαλακρωμα-N3M-NSN

19 ο- A--NSN αργυριον-N2N-NSN αυτος- D--GPM ριπτω-VV--FPI3S εν-P ο- A--DPF πλατυς-A3U-DPF και-C ο- A--NSN χρυσιον-N2N-NSN αυτος- D--GPM υπεροραω-VV--FPI3S ο- A--NPF ψυχη-N1--NPF αυτος- D--GPM ου-D μη-D ενπιμπλημι-VS--APS3P και-C ο- A--NPF κοιλια-N1A-NPF αυτος- D--GPM ου-D μη-D πληροω-VC--APS3P διοτι-C βασανος-N2--NSF ο- A--GPF αδικια-N1A-GPF αυτος- D--GPM γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S

20 εκλεκτος-A1--APN κοσμος-N2--GSM εις-P υπερηφανια-N1A-ASF τιθημι-VEI-AMI3P αυτος- D--APN και-C εικων-N3N-APF ο- A--GPN βδελυγμα-N3M-GPN αυτος- D--GPM ποιεω-VAI-AAI3P εκ-P αυτος- D--GPM ενεκεν-P ουτος- D--GSM διδωμι-VX--XAI1S αυτος- D--APN αυτος- D--DPM εις-P ακαθαρσια-N1A-ASF

21 και-C παραδιδωμι-VF--FAI1S αυτος- D--APN εις-P χειρ-N3--APF αλλοτριος-A1A-GPM ο- A--GSN διααρπαζω-VA--AAN αυτος- D--APN και-C ο- A--DPM λοιμος-N2--DPM ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF εις-P σκυλον-N2N-APN και-C βεβηλοω-VF--FAI3P αυτος- D--APN

22 και-C αποστρεφω-VF--FAI1S ο- A--ASN προσωπον-N2N-ASN εγω- P--GS απο-P αυτος- D--GPM και-C μιαινω-VF2-FAI3P ο- A--ASF επισκοπη-N1--ASF εγω- P--GS και-C ειςερχομαι-VF--FMI3P εις-P αυτος- D--APN αφυλακτως-D και-C βεβηλοω-VF--FAI3P αυτος- D--APN

23 και-C ποιεω-VF--FAI3P φυρμος-N2--ASM διοτι-C ο- A--NSF γη-N1--NSF πληρης-A3H-NSF λαος-N2--GPM και-C ο- A--NSF πολις-N3I-NSF πληρης-A3H-NSF ανομια-N1A-GSF

24 και-C αποστρεφω-VF--FAI1S ο- A--ASN φρυαγμα-N3M-ASN ο- A--GSF ισχυς-N3U-GSF αυτος- D--GPM και-C μιαινω-VC--FPI3S ο- A--APN αγιος-A1A-APN αυτος- D--GPM

25 εξιλασμος-N2--NSM ηκω-VF--FAI3S και-C ζητεω-VF--FAI3S ειρηνη-N1--ASF και-C ου-D ειμι-VF--FMI3S

26 ουαι-I επι-P ουαι-I ειμι-VF--FMI3S και-C αγγελια-N1A-NSF επι-P αγγελια-N1A-ASF ειμι-VF--FMI3S και-C ζητεω-VC--FPI3S ορασις-N3I-NSF εκ-P προφητης-N1M-GSM και-C νομος-N2--NSM αποολλυω-VF2-FMI3S εκ-P ιερευς-N3V-GSM και-C βουλη-N1--NSF εκ-P πρεσβυτερος-A1A-GPMC

27 αρχων-N3--NSM ενδυω-VF--FMI3S αφανισμος-N2--ASM και-C ο- A--NPF χειρ-N3--NPF ο- A--GSM λαος-N2--GSM ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF παραλυω-VC--FPI3P κατα-P ο- A--APF οδος-N2--APF αυτος- D--GPM ποιεω-VF--FAI1S αυτος- D--DPM και-C εν-P ο- A--DPN κριμα-N3M-DPN αυτος- D--GPM εκδικεω-VF--FAI1S αυτος- D--APM και-C γιγνωσκω-VF--FMI3P οτι-C εγω- P--NS κυριος-N2--NSM

   

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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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