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Jeremiah 39

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1 ο- A--NSM λογος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM γιγνομαι-VB--AMPNSM παρα-P κυριος-N2--GSM προς-P *ιερεμιας-N1T-ASM εν-P ο- A--DSM ενιαυτος-N2--DSM ο- A--DSM δεκατος-A1--DSM ο- A--DSM βασιλευς-N3V-DSM *σεδεκιας-N1T-DSM ουτος- D--NSM ενιαυτος-N2--NSM οκτωκαιδεκατος-A1--NSM ο- A--DSM βασιλευς-N3V-DSM *ναβουχοδονοσορ-N---GSM βασιλευς-N3V-DSM *βαβυλων-N3W-GSF

2 και-C δυναμις-N3I-NSF βασιλευς-N3V-GSM *βαβυλων-N3W-GSF χαρακοω-VAI-AAI3S επι-P *ιερουσαλημ-N---ASF και-C *ιερεμιας-N1T-NSM φυλασσω-V1I-IMI3S εν-P αυλη-N1--DSF ο- A--GSF φυλακη-N1--GSF ος- --NSF ειμι-V9--PAI3S εν-P οικος-N2--DSM ο- A--GSM βασιλευς-N3V-GSM

3 εν-P ος- --DSF κατακλειω-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--ASM ο- A--NSM βασιλευς-N3V-NSM *σεδεκιας-N1T-NSM λεγω-V1--PAPNSM δια-P τις- I--ASN συ- P--NS προφητευω-V1--PAI2S λεγω-V1--PAPNSM ουτως-D ειπον-VBI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM ιδου-I εγω- P--NS διδωμι-V8--PAI1S ο- A--ASF πολις-N3I-ASF ουτος- D--ASF εν-P χειρ-N3--DPF βασιλευς-N3V-GSM *βαβυλων-N3W-GSF και-C λαμβανω-VF--FMI3S αυτος- D--ASF

4 και-C *σεδεκιας-N1T-NSM ου-D μη-D σωζω-VC--APS3S εκ-P χειρ-N3--GSF ο- A--GPM *χαλδαιος-N2--GPM οτι-C παραδοσις-N3I-DSF παραδιδωμι-VC--FPI3S εις-P χειρ-N3--APF βασιλευς-N3V-GSM *βαβυλων-N3W-GSF και-C λαλεω-VF--FAI3S στομα-N3M-NSN αυτος- D--GSM προς-P στομα-N3M-ASN αυτος- D--GSM και-C ο- A--NPM οφθαλμος-N2--NPM αυτος- D--GSM ο- A--APM οφθαλμος-N2--APM αυτος- D--GSM οραω-VF--FMI3P

5 και-C ειςερχομαι-VF--FMI3S *σεδεκιας-N1T-NSM εις-P *βαβυλων-N3W-ASF και-C εκει-D καταιζω-VF2-FMI3S

6 και-C λογος-N2--NSM κυριος-N2--GSM γιγνομαι-VCI-API3S προς-P *ιερεμιας-N1T-ASM λεγω-V1--PAPNSM

7 ιδου-I *αναμεηλ-N---NSM υιος-N2--NSM *σαλωμ-N---GSM αδελφος-N2--GSM πατηρ-N3--GSM συ- P--GS ερχομαι-V1--PMI3S προς-P συ- P--AS λεγω-V1--PAPNSM κταομαι-VA--AMD2S σεαυτου- D--DSM ο- A--ASM αγρος-N2--ASM εγω- P--GS ο- A--ASM εν-P *αναθωθ-N---DPF οτι-C συ- P--DS κριμα-N3M-ASN παραλαμβανω-VB--AAN εις-P κτησις-N3I-ASF

8 και-C ερχομαι-VBI-AAI3S προς-P εγω- P--AS *αναμεηλ-N---NSM υιος-N2--NSM *σαλωμ-N---GSM αδελφος-N2--GSM πατηρ-N3--GSM εγω- P--GS εις-P ο- A--ASF αυλη-N1--ASF ο- A--GSF φυλακη-N1--GSF και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S εγω- P--DS κταομαι-VA--AMD2S ο- A--ASM αγρος-N2--ASM εγω- P--GS ο- A--ASM εν-P γη-N1--DSF *βενιαμιν-N---GSM ο- A--ASM εν-P *αναθωθ-N---DPF οτι-C συ- P--DS κριμα-N3M-ASN κταομαι-VA--AMN και-C συ- P--NS πρεσβυτερος-A1A-NSMS και-C γιγνωσκω-VZI-AAI1S οτι-C λογος-N2--NSM κυριος-N2--GSM ειμι-V9--PAI3S

9 και-C κταομαι-VAI-AMI1S ο- A--ASM αγρος-N2--ASM *αναμεηλ-N---GSM υιος-N2--GSM αδελφος-N2--GSM πατηρ-N3--GSM εγω- P--GS και-C ιστημι-VAI-AAI1S αυτος- D--DSM επτα-M σικλος-N2--APM και-C δεκα-M αργυριον-N2N-GSN

10 και-C γραφω-VAI-AAI1S εις-P βιβλιον-N2N-ASN και-C σφραγιζω-VAI-AMI1S και-C διαμαρτυρεω-VAI-AMI1S μαρτυς-N3--APM και-C ιστημι-VAI-AAI1S ο- A--ASN αργυριον-N2N-ASN εν-P ζυγος-N2--DSM

11 και-C λαμβανω-VBI-AAI3P ο- A--ASN βιβλιον-N2N-ASN ο- A--GSF κτησις-N3I-GSF ο- A--ASN σφραγιζω-VTI-XMPASN και-C ο- A--ASN αναγιγνωσκω-VT--XMPASM

12 και-C διδωμι-VAI-AAI1S αυτος- D--ASN ο- A--DSM *βαρουχ-N---DSM υιος-N2--DSM *νηριος-N2--GSM υιος-N2--GSM *μαασαιας-N1T-GSM κατα-P οφθαλμος-N2--APM *αναμεηλ-N---GSM υιος-N2--GSM αδελφος-N2--GSM πατηρ-N3--GSM εγω- P--GS και-C κατα-P οφθαλμος-N2--APM ο- A--GPM ιστημι-VXI-XAPGPM και-C γραφω-V1--PAPGPM εν-P ο- A--DSN βιβλιον-N2N-DSN ο- A--GSF κτησις-N3I-GSF και-C κατα-P οφθαλμος-N2--APM ο- A--GPM *ιουδαιος-N2--GPM ο- A--GPM εν-P ο- A--DSF αυλη-N1--DSF ο- A--GSF φυλακη-N1--GSF

13 και-C συντασσω-VAI-AAI1S ο- A--DSM *βαρουχ-N---DSM κατα-P οφθαλμος-N2--APM αυτος- D--GPM λεγω-V1--PAPNSM

14 ουτως-D ειπον-VBI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM παντοκρατωρ-N3 -NSM λαμβανω-VB--AAD2S ο- A--ASN βιβλιον-N2N-ASN ο- A--GSF κτησις-N3I-GSF ουτος- D--ASN και-C ο- A--ASN βιβλιον-N2N-ASN ο- A--ASN αναγιγνωσκω-VT--XMPASN και-C τιθημι-VF--FAI2S αυτος- D--ASN εις-P αγγειον-N2N-ASN οστρακινος-A1--ASN ινα-C διαμενω-VA--AAS3S ημερα-N1A-GSF πολυς-A3C-NPM

15 οτι-C ουτως-D ειπον-VBI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM ετι-D κταομαι-VC--FPI3P αγρος-N2--NPM και-C οικια-N1A-NPF και-C αμπελων-N3W-NPM εν-P ο- A--DSF γη-N1--DSF ουτος- D--DSF

16 και-C προςευχομαι-VA--AMI1S προς-P κυριος-N2--ASM μετα-P ο- A--ASN διδωμι-VO--AAN εγω- P--AS ο- A--ASN βιβλιον-N2N-ASN ο- A--GSF κτησις-N3I-GSF προς-P *βαρουχ-N---ASM υιος-N2--ASM *νηριου-N---GSM λεγω-V1--PAPNSM

17 ω-I κυριος-N2--VSM συ- P--NS ποιεω-VAI-AAI2S ο- A--ASM ουρανος-N2--ASM και-C ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF ο- A--DSF ισχυς-N3U-DSF συ- P--GS ο- A--DSF μεγας-A1--DSF και-C ο- A--DSM βραχιων-N3N-DSM συ- P--GS ο- A--DSM υψηλος-A1--DSM και-C ο- A--DSM μετεωρος-A1B-DSM ου-D μη-D αποκρυπτω-VD--APS3S απο-P συ- P--GS ουδεις-A3--ASN

18 ποιεω-V2--PAPNSM ελεος-N3E-ASN εις-P χιλιας-N3D-APF και-C αποδιδωμι-V8--PAPNSM αμαρτια-N1A-APF πατηρ-N3--GPM εις-P κολπος-N2--APM τεκνον-N2N-GPN αυτος- D--GPM μετα-P αυτος- D--APM ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM μεγας-A1P-NSM και-C ισχυρος-A1A-NSM

19 κυριος-N2--NSM μεγας-A1--GSF βουλη-N1--GSF και-C δυνατος-A1--NSM ο- A--DPN εργον-N2N-DPN ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM μεγας-A1P-NSM ο- A--NSM παντοκρατωρ-N3 -NSM και-C μεγαλωνυμος-A1B-NSM κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--NPM οφθαλμος-N2--NPM συ- P--GS εις-P ο- A--APF οδος-N2--APF ο- A--GPM υιος-N2--GPM ο- A--GPM ανθρωπος-N2--GPM διδωμι-VO--AAN εκαστος-A1--DSM κατα-P ο- A--ASF οδος-N2--ASF αυτος- D--GSM

20 ος- --NSM ποιεω-VAI-AAI2S σημειον-N2N-APN και-C τερας-N3T-ASN εν-P γη-N1--DSF *αιγυπτος-N2--DSF εως-P ο- A--GSF ημερα-N1A-GSF ουτος- D--GSF και-C εν-P *ισραηλ-N---DSM και-C εν-P ο- A--DPM γηγενης-A3H-DPM και-C ποιεω-VAI-AAI2S σεαυτου- D--DSM ονομα-N3M-ASN ως-C ο- A--NSF ημερα-N1A-NSF ουτος- D--NSF

21 και-C εκαγω-VBI-AAI2S ο- A--ASM λαος-N2--ASM συ- P--GS *ισραηλ-N---ASM εκ-P γη-N1--GSF *αιγυπτος-N2--GSF εν-P σημειον-N2--DPN και-C εν-P τερας-N3T-DPN και-C εν-P χειρ-N3--DSF κραταιος-A1A-DSF και-C εν-P βραχιων-N3N-DSM υψηλος-A1--DSM και-C εν-P οραμα-N3M-DPN μεγας-A1--DPN

22 και-C διδωμι-VAI-AAI2S αυτος- D--DPM ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF ουτος- D--ASF ος- --ASF ομνυμι-VAI-AAI2S ο- A--DPM πατηρ-N3--DPM αυτος- D--GPM γη-N1--ASF ρεω-V2--PAPASF γαλα-N3--ASN και-C μελι-N3--ASN

23 και-C ειςερχομαι-VBI-AAI3P και-C λαμβανω-VBI-AAI3P αυτος- D--ASF και-C ου-D ακουω-VAI-AAI3P ο- A--GSF φωνη-N1--GSF συ- P--GS και-C εν-P ο- A--DPN προσταγμα-N3M-DPN συ- P--GS ου-D πορευομαι-VCI-API3P απας-A3--APN ος- --APN εντελλομαι-VAI-AMI2S αυτος- D--DPM ου-D ποιεω-VAI-AAI3P και-C ποιεω-VAI-AAI2S συνβαινω-VZ--AAN αυτος- D--DPM πας-A3--APN ο- A--APN κακος-A1--APN ουτος- D--APN

24 ιδου-I οχλος-N2--NSM ηκω-V1--PAI3S εις-P ο- A--ASF πολις-N3I-ASF ουτος- D--ASF συνλαμβανω-VB--AAN αυτος- D--ASF και-C ο- A--NSF πολις-N3I-NSF διδωμι-VCI-API3S εις-P χειρ-N3--APF *χαλδαιος-N2--GPM ο- A--GPM πολεμεω-V2--PAPGPM αυτος- D--ASF απο-P προσωπον-N2N-GSN μαχαιρα-N1--APF και-C ο- A--GSM λιμος-N2--GSM ως-C λαλεω-VAI-AAI2S ουτως-D γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S

25 και-C συ- P--NS λεγω-V1--PAI2S προς-P εγω- P--AS κταομαι-VA--AMD2S σεαυτου- D--DSM αγρος-N2--ASM αργυριον-N2N-GSN και-C γραφω-VAI-AAI1S βιβλιον-N2N-ASN και-C σφραγιζω-VAI-AMI1S και-C επιμαρτυρεω-VAI-AMI1S μαρτυς-N3--APM και-C ο- A--NSF πολις-N3I-NSF διδωμι-VCI-API3S εις-P χειρ-N3--APF *χαλδαιος-N2--GPM

26 και-C γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S λογος-N2--NSM κυριος-N2--GSM προς-P εγω- P--AS λεγω-V1--PAPNSM

27 εγω- P--NS κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM πας-A1S-GSF σαρξ-N3K-GSF μη-D απο-P εγω- P--GS κρυπτω-VD--FPI3S τις- I--ASN

28 δια-P ουτος- D--ASN ουτως-D ειπον-VBI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM διδωμι-VC--APPNSF παραδιδωμι-VC--FPI3S ο- A--NSF πολις-N3I-NSF ουτος- D--NSF εις-P χειρ-N3--APF βασιλευς-N3V-GSM *βαβυλων-N3W-GSF και-C λαμβανω-VF--FMI3S αυτος- D--ASF

29 και-C ηκω-VF--FAI3P ο- A--NPM *χαλδαιος-N2--GPM πολεμεω-V2--PAPNPM επι-P ο- A--ASF πολις-N3I-ASF ουτος- D--ASF και-C καιω-VF--FAI3P ο- A--ASF πολις-N3I-ASF ουτος- D--ASF εν-P πυρ-N3--DSN και-C κατακαιω-VF--FAI3P ο- A--APF οικια-N1A-GSF εν-P ος- --DPF θυμιοω-VAI-AAI3P επι-P ο- A--GPN δωμα-N3M-GPN αυτος- D--GPM ο- A--DSF *βααλ-N---DSF και-C σπενδω-V1I-IAI3P σπονδη-N1--APF θεος-N2--DPM ετερος-A1A-DPM προς-P ο- A--ASN παραπικραινω-VA--AAN εγω- P--AS

30 οτι-C ειμι-V9--IAI3P ο- A--NPM υιος-N2--NPM *ισραηλ-N---GSM και-C ο- A--NPM υιος-N2--NPM *ιουδα-N---GSM μονος-A1--NPM ποιεω-V2--PAPNPM ο- A--ASN πονηρος-A1A-ASN κατα-P οφθαλμος-N2--APM εγω- P--GS εκ-P νεοτης-N3T-GSF αυτος- D--GPM

31 οτι-C επι-P ο- A--ASF οργη-N1--ASF εγω- P--GS και-C επι-P ο- A--ASM θυμος-N2--ASM εγω- P--GS ειμι-V9--IAI3S ο- A--NSF πολις-N3I-NSF ουτος- D--NSF απο-P ος- --GSF ημερα-N1A-GSF οικοδομεω-VAI-AAI3P αυτος- D--ASF και-C εως-P ο- A--GSF ημερα-N1A-GSF ουτος- D--GSF αποαλλασσω-VA--AAN αυτος- D--ASF απο-P προσωπον-N2N-GSN εγω- P--GS

32 δια-P πας-A1S-APF ο- A--APF πονηρια-N1A-APF ο- A--GPM υιος-N2--GPM *ισραηλ-N---GSM και-C *ιουδα-N---GSM ος- --GPM ποιεω-VAI-AAI3P πικραινω-VZ--AAN εγω- P--AS αυτος- D--NPM και-C ο- A--NPM βασιλευς-N3V-NPM αυτος- D--GPM και-C ο- A--NPM αρχων-N3--NPM αυτος- D--GPM και-C ο- A--NPM ιερευς-N3V-NPM αυτος- D--GPM και-C ο- A--NPM προφητης-N1M-NPM αυτος- D--GPM ανηρ-N3--NPM *ιουδα-N---GSM και-C ο- A--NPM καταοικεω-V2--PAPNPM *ιερουσαλημ-N---ASF

33 και-C επιστρεφω-VAI-AAI3P προς-P εγω- P--AS νωτον-N2N-ASN και-C ου-D προσωπον-N2N-ASN και-C διδασκω-VAI-AAI1S αυτος- D--APM ορθρος-N2--GSM και-C διδασκω-VAI-AAI1S και-C ου-D ακουω-VAI-AAI3P επιλαμβανω-VB--AAN παιδεια-N1A-ASF

34 και-C τιθημι-VAI-AAI3P ο- A--APN μιασμα-N3M-APN αυτος- D--GPM εν-P ο- A--DSM οικος-N2--DSM ος- --GSM επικαλεω-VCI-API3S ο- A--ASN ονομα-N3M-ASN εγω- P--GS επι-P αυτος- D--DSM εν-P ακαθαρσια-N1A-DPF αυτος- D--GPM

35 και-C οικοδομεω-VAI-AAI3P ο- A--APM βωμος-N2--APM ο- A--DSF *βααλ-N---DSF ο- A--APM εν-P φαραγξ-N3G-DSF υιος-N2--GSM *εννομ-N---GSM ο- A--GSN αναφερω-V1--PAN ο- A--APM υιος-N2--APM αυτος- D--GPM και-C ο- A--APF θυγατηρ-N3--APF αυτος- D--GPM ο- A--DSM *μολοχ-N---DSM βασιλευς-N3V-DSM ος- --APN ου-D συντασσω-VAI-AAI1S αυτος- D--DPM και-C ου-D αναβαινω-VZI-AAI3S επι-P καρδια-N1A-ASF εγω- P--GS ο- A--GSN ποιεω-VA--AAN ο- A--ASN βδελυγμα-N3M-ASN ουτος- D--ASN προς-P ο- A--ASN επιαμαρτανω-VB--AAN ο- A--ASM *ιουδας-N1T-ASM

36 και-C νυν-D ουτως-D ειπον-VBI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM επι-P ο- A--ASF πολις-N3I-ASF ος- --ASF συ- P--NS λεγω-V1--PAI2S παραδιδωμι-VC--FPI3S εις-P χειρ-N3--APF βασιλευς-N3V-GSM *βαβυλων-N3W-GSF εν-P μαχαιρα-N1A-DSF και-C εν-P λιμος-N2--DSM και-C εν-P αποστολη-N1--DSF

37 ιδου-I εγω- P--NS συναγω-V1--PAI1S αυτος- D--APM εκ-P πας-A1S-GSF ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF ος- --GSM διασπειρω-VAI-AAI1S αυτος- D--APM εκει-D εν-P οργη-N1--DSF εγω- P--GS και-C ο- A--DSM θυμος-N2--DSM εγω- P--GS και-C παροξυσμος-N2--DSM μεγας-A1--DSM και-C επιστρεφω-VF--FAI1S αυτος- D--APM εις-P ο- A--ASM τοπος-N2--ASM ουτος- D--ASM και-C καταιζω-VF2-FAI1S αυτος- D--APM πειθω-VX--XAPAPM

38 και-C ειμι-VF--FMI3P εγω- P--DS εις-P λαος-N2--ASM και-C εγω- P--NS ειμι-VF--FMI1S αυτος- D--DPM εις-P θεος-N2--ASM

39 και-C διδωμι-VF--FAI1S αυτος- D--DPM οδος-N2--ASF ετερος-A1A-ASF και-C καρδια-N1A-ASF ετερος-A1A-ASF φοβεω-VC--APN εγω- P--AS πας-A1S-APF ο- A--APF ημερα-N1A-APF εις-P αγαθος-A1--ASM αυτος- D--DPM και-C ο- A--DPN τεκνον-N2N-DPN αυτος- D--GPM μετα-P αυτος- D--APM

40 και-C διατιθημι-VF--FMI1S αυτος- D--DPM διαθηκη-N1--ASF αιωνιος-A1A-ASF ος- --ASF ου-D μη-D αποστρεφω-VF--FAI1S οπισθεν-D αυτος- D--GPM και-C ο- A--ASM φοβος-N2--ASM εγω- P--GS διδωμι-VF--FAI1S εις-P ο- A--ASF καρδια-N1A-ASF αυτος- D--GPM προς-P ο- A--ASN μη-D αποιστημι-VH--AAN αυτος- D--APM απο-P εγω- P--GS

41 και-C επισκεπτω-VF--FMI1S ο- A--GSN αγαθοω-VA--AAN αυτος- D--APM και-C φυτευω-VA--AAS1S αυτος- D--APM εν-P ο- A--DSF γη-N1--DSF ουτος- D--DSF εν-P πιστις-N3I-DSF και-C εν-P πας-A1S-DSF καρδια-N1A-DSF και-C εν-P πας-A1S-DSF ψυχη-N1--DSF

42 οτι-C ουτως-D ειπον-VBI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM καθα-D επιαγω-VBI-AAI3P επι-P ο- A--ASM λαος-N2--ASM ουτος- D--ASM πας-A3--APN ο- A--APN κακος-A1--APN ο- A--APN μεγας-A1--APN ουτος- D--APN ουτως-D εγω- P--NS επιαγω-VF--FAI1S επι-P αυτος- D--APM πας-A3--APN ο- A--APN αγαθος-A1--APN ος- --APN λαλεω-VAI-AAI1S επι-P αυτος- D--APM

43 και-C κταομαι-VC--FPI3P ετι-D αγρος-N2--NPM εν-P ο- A--DSF γη-N1--DSF ος- --DSF συ- P--NS λεγω-V1--PAI2S αβατος-A1B-NSM ειμι-V9--PAI3S απο-P ανθρωπος-N2--GPM και-C κτηνος-N3E-GSN και-C παραδιδωμι-VCI-API3P εις-P χειρ-N3--APF *χαλδαιος-N2--GPM

44 και-C κταομαι-VF--FMI3P αγρος-N2--APM εν-P αργυριον-N2N-DSN και-C γραφω-VF--FAI2S βιβλιον-N2N-ASN και-C σφραγιζω-VF2-FMI2S και-C διαμαρτυρομαι-V1--PAS3S μαρτυς-N3--APM εν-P γη-N1--DSF *βενιαμιν-N---GSM και-C κυκλος-N2--DSM *ιερουσαλημ-N---DSF και-C εν-P πολις-N3I-DPF *ιουδα-N---GSM και-C εν-P πολις-N3I-DPF ο- A--GSN ορος-N3E-GSN και-C εν-P πολις-N3I-DPF ο- A--GSF *σεφηλα-N---GSF και-C εν-P πολις-N3I-DPF ο- A--GSF *ναγεβ-N---GSF οτι-C αποστρεφω-VF--FAI1S ο- A--APF αποικια-N1A-APF αυτος- D--GPM

   

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10283. 'It shall not be poured onto the flesh of a person' means no imparting [of what is the Lord's] to a person's proprium or self. This is clear from the meaning of 'the flesh of a person' as his proprium, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'pouring onto' as imparting to. For 'pouring' has a similar meaning to 'touching'; but 'pouring' is used in connection with liquids, namely oil, wine, and water, and 'pouring out' in connection with Divine, heavenly, and spiritual realities, whereas 'touching' is used in connection with dry substances and with bodily things. For the meaning of 'touching' as imparting, see 10130. From this it follows that 'the anointing oil shall not be poured onto the flesh of a person' means that there is no imparting of the Divine Good of the Lord's Divine Love to a person's proprium or self, because a person's proprium is nothing but evil and the Lord's Divine Good cannot be imparted to what is evil.

A person's proprium or self is nothing but evil, see 210, 215, 694, 731, 874-876, 987, 1023, 1024, 1047, 5660, 5786, 8480.

[2] One part of the human proprium belongs to the will and the other part to the understanding; the will part consists of evil, and the understanding part of falsity arising from this. The former - the will part of the proprium - is meant by human flesh, and the understanding part by the blood of that flesh. The truth of this is clear from the following places: In Matthew,

Jesus said, Blessed are you, Simon, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. Matthew 16:17.

It is plainly evident that 'flesh' here, and also 'blood', means the human proprium or self.

[3] In John,

As many as received Him, to them He gave power to be sons of God, who were born, not of blood 1 , nor of the will of the flesh, but of God. John 1:12-13.

'Blood' here means falsities that come out of the understanding part of the human proprium, and 'the will of the flesh' evils that spring from the will part of it. For the meaning of 'blood' as falsity arising from evil, thus what is in the understanding part of the proprium as a result of what is in the will part, see 4735, 9127.

[4] In Isaiah,

I will feed your oppressors with their flesh and they will be drunk with their blood as with new wine. Isaiah 49:26.

'Feeding them with their flesh' and 'making them drunk with their blood' stands for filling them up with evil and the falsity of evil, thus with what is of the proprium or what is one's own; for both the evil and the falsity come out of the proprium.

[5] In Jeremiah,

Cursed is the man (homo) who trusts in man (homo) and makes flesh his arm. Jeremiah 17:5.

'Trusting in man and making flesh his arm' means trusting in oneself and one's proprium.

[6] In Isaiah,

The people have become as fuel for the fire. If any of them cuts down on the right he will be hungry, and if any eats on the left they will not be satisfied. Each will eat the flesh of his own arm 2 ; Manasseh [will eat] Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh. Isaiah 9:19-21.

'Fuel for the fire' means making the evils or desires of self-love and love of the world one's own, 'being hungry' and 'not being satisfied' mean not accepting the good or the truth of faith, and 'the flesh of his arm' means both parts of the human proprium, 'Manasseh' meaning evil in the will, 'Ephraim' falsity in the understanding, and 'eating' making one's own.

'Fire' means the evils or desires of self-love and love of the world, see 5071, 5215, 6314, 6832, 7324, 7575, 9141.

The reason why 'being hungry' and 'not being satisfied' mean not accepting the good or the truth of faith is that 'hunger' or famine and 'thirst' mean desolation with regard to goodness and truth, 5360, 5376, 6110, 7102, 8568(end).

'The right' means good from which truth emanates, and 'the left' truth through which good comes, 10061; consequently 'being hungry if any of them cuts down on the right, and not being satisfied if any eats on the left' means that no matter how much instruction they may receive about goodness and truth they will not accept them.

[7] 'Manasseh' means good in the will, 5351, 5353, 5354(end), 6222, 6234, 6238, 6267, and 'Ephraim' truth in the understanding, 3969, 5354, 6222, 6234, 6238, 6267, so that in the contrary sense 'Manasseh' means evil in the will and 'Ephraim' falsity in the understanding, since almost everything in the Word also has a contrary meaning.

'Eating' means making one's own, 3168, 3513(end), 3596, 4745, from which it is evident what 'eating the flesh of his own arm' means, namely making evil and falsity originating in the proprium one's own.

The expression 'flesh of the arm' is used because 'the arm', like 'the hand', means the powers present in a person, in which he puts his trust, see in the places referred to in 10019.

[8] In Zechariah,

I said, I will not feed you. Let the one that is dying die; [the sheep] that are left will eat, every one the flesh of another. Zechariah 11:9.

'Not feeding' stands for not teaching and reforming, 'dying' for loss of spiritual life, and 'eating the flesh of another' for making evils originating in the proprium of another one's own.

[9] In Ezekiel,

Jerusalem committed whoredom with the sons of Egypt, her neighbours, the great in flesh. Ezekiel 16:26.

'Jerusalem' stands for the perverted Church, 'committing whoredom with the sons of Egypt, the great in flesh' for falsifying the Church's truths by means of factual knowledge which begins in the natural man alone, thus by means of factual knowledge based on sensory evidence.

'Jerusalem' means the Church, see 402, 2117, 3654, in this instance the Church when it has been perverted.

'Committing whoredom' means falsifying truths, 2466, 2729, 8904.

'Sons' means truths, or else falsities, 1147, 3373, 4257, 9807.

'Egypt' means factual knowledge, in either [a good or a bad] sense, see in the places referred to in 9340, and also the natural, in the places referred to in 9391.

Consequently the words 'the great in flesh' describe people who, relying on sensory evidence, reason and draw conclusions about the Church's truths. Those who do this lay hold of falsities as truths, for to rely on sensory evidence to reason and draw conclusions about anything is to rely on the illusions of the bodily senses. People therefore who are ruled by their senses are meant by 'the great in flesh'; for their own bodily perceptions govern their thinking.

[10] In Isaiah,

Egypt is man (homo) and not God, and his horses are flesh, but not spirit. Isaiah 31:3.

Here also 'Egypt' stands for factual knowledge, 'his horses' for a power of understanding consisting of this. That power is called 'flesh, not spirit' when people use what is their own and not God's to draw conclusions.

By 'horses' is meant the power of understanding, see 2761, 2762, 3217, 5321, 6534, and by 'the horses of Egypt' factual knowledge supplied from a perverted understanding, 6125, 8146, 8148.

[11] The fact that 'flesh' means a person's proprium or selfhood, or what amounts to the same thing, his own evil will, is clear in Moses, where the subject is the Israelite people's desire for flesh to eat, described as follows,

The rabble who were in the midst of the people had a strong craving and said, Who will feed us with flesh? Jehovah said, Tomorrow you will eat flesh. Not for one day will you eat it, nor for two days, nor for five days, nor for ten days, nor for twenty days, [but] for a whole month. And a wind set out from Jehovah, and it cut off the quails from the sea and sent them down 3 over the camp, about two cubits above the surface of the land. The people rose up that whole day, and the whole night, and the whole of the next day, and gathered them and spread them out all around the camp. The flesh was still between their teeth, before it could be swallowed, and Jehovah's anger flared up against the people, and He struck the people with an extremely great plague. So he called the name of the place The Graves of Craving. Numbers 11:4, 18-20, 31-34.

[12] The fact that 'flesh' meant that nation's proprium becomes clear from every detail in these verses; for unless this had been meant what evil could there have been in their desire for flesh, especially as flesh had been promised them on a previous occasion, Exodus 16:12? But since it meant the proprium, thus an evil will, which that nation possessed in greater measure than other nations, it says - when they desired flesh - that they 'had a strong craving', on account of which they were struck with a great plague, and on account of which the place where they were buried was called The Graves of Craving. Whether you speak of an evil will or of craving, it amounts to the same thing, for an evil will consists in craving. The human proprium has no desire for anything apart from what belongs to itself; it has no desire for anything that concerns the neighbour or anything that concerns God, unless this is beneficial to itself. Since that nation was like this it says that they would eat flesh not for one day, not for two, not for five, nor for ten, nor for twenty, but for a whole month, meaning that this nation would be like that forever (for 'a whole month' means forever); and for the same reason it says that while the flesh was still between their teeth, before it could be swallowed, they were struck with a great plague. For by 'teeth' the bodily level of the proprium, the lowest of a person's mind, is meant, 4424(end), 5565-5568, 9062. The fact that this nation was like this may be seen in the places referred to in 9380, and in the Song of Moses, at Deuteronomy 32:20, 22-26, 28, 32-34.

[13] In the Word spirit is set in contrast to flesh, for 'spirit' means life from the Lord and 'flesh' life from man, as in John,

It is the Spirit which bestows life, the flesh does not profit anything. The words that I speak to you, they are spirit and they are life. John 6:63.

From this it is clear that 'spirit' means life from the Lord, which is the life of love to Him and faith in Him, received from Him, and that 'flesh' means life from man, thus his selfhood. This is why it says 'the flesh does not profit anything'. Something similar is meant elsewhere in John,

That which has been born from the flesh is flesh, but that which has been born from the spirit is spirit. John 3:6.

In David,

God remembered that they were flesh; a spirit which would pass away would not come back. Psalms 78:39.

[14] Since 'flesh' in reference to man means his proprium, which consists of the evil of self-love and love of the world, it is evident what 'flesh' means when used in reference to the Lord, namely His Proprium, which consists of the Divine Good of Divine Love. This is what 'the Lord's flesh' means in John,

The bread which I will give you is My flesh. Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you will have no life in you. Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life; for My flesh is truly food and My blood is truly drink. John 6:51, 53-55.

'The flesh' of the Lord means the Divine Good of His Divine Love, and 'the blood' the Divine Truth emanating from that Divine Good, so that they are similar in meaning to the bread and wine in the Holy Supper; and those Divine Realities are His own, present within His Divine Human, see 1001, 3813, 4735, 6978, 7317, 7326, 7850, 9127, 9393, 10026, 10033, 10152. Also, the sacrifices represented forms of good that originate in the Lord, and therefore the flesh of those sacrifices meant forms of good, 10040, 10079. Furthermore, various places in the Word use the expression 'all flesh', by which every human being should be understood, as in Genesis 6:12-13, 17, 19; Isaiah 40:5-6; 49:26; 66:16, 23-24; Jeremiah 25:31; 32:27; 45:5; Ezekiel 20:48; 21:4-5; and elsewhere.

Footnotes:

1. literally, bloods

2. literally, they will eat, a man (vir) the flesh of his own arm

3. Reading demisit (sent down) for dimisit (allowed to depart)

  
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