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Hosea 2:9

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9 και-C καταδιωκω-VF--FMI3S ο- A--APM εραστης-N1M-APM αυτος- D--GSF και-C ου-D μη-D καταλαμβανω-VB--AAS3S αυτος- D--APM και-C ζητεω-VF--FAI3S αυτος- D--APM και-C ου-D μη-D ευρισκω-VB--AAS3S αυτος- D--APM και-C ειπον-VF2-FAI3S πορευομαι-VF--FMI1S και-C επιστρεφω-VF--FAI1S προς-P ο- A--ASM ανηρ-N3--ASM εγω- P--GS ο- A--ASM προτερος-A1--ASM οτι-C καλως-D εγω- P--DS ειμι-V9--IAI3S τοτε-D η-C νυν-D

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Arcana Coelestia #907

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907. Verse 17 Every wild animal of all flesh that is with you - birds, and beasts, and every creeping thing that creeps over the earth - bring out with you, and let them spread out into the earth and be fruitful, and multiply over the earth.

'Every wild animal of all flesh that is with you' means everything that has been made living within the member of this Church. Here, as previously, 'birds' means things of his understanding and 'beasts' those of his will, both of which belong to the internal man. 'Every creeping thing that creeps over the earth' means corresponding things of a like nature residing with the external man. 'Bring out with you' means their state of freedom. 'And let them spread out into the earth' means the action of the internal man into the external. 'Be fruitful' means increases in good, 'and multiply' increases in truth. 'Over the earth' means with the external man.

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

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Ezekiel 1:13-15

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13 As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of torches: [the fire] went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.

14 The living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.

15 Now as I saw the living creatures, behold, one wheel on the earth beside the living creatures, for each of the four faces of it.