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Jeremiah 40

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1 και-C γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S λογος-N2--NSM κυριος-N2--GSM προς-P *ιερεμιας-N1T-ASM δευτερος-A1A-ASM και-C αυτος- D--NSM ειμι-V9--IAI3S ετι-D δεω-VM--XMPNSM εν-P ο- A--DSF αυλη-N1--DSF ο- A--GSF φυλακη-N1--GSF λεγω-V1--PAPNSM

2 ουτως-D ειπον-VBI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM ποιεω-V2--PAPNSM γη-N1--ASF και-C πλασσω-V1--PAPNSM αυτος- D--ASF ο- A--GSN αναορθοω-VA--AAN αυτος- D--ASF κυριος-N2--NSM ονομα-N3M-NSN αυτος- D--DSM

3 κραζω-VX--XAD2S προς-P εγω- P--AS και-C αποκρινω-VC--FPI1S συ- P--DS και-C αποαγγελλω-VF2-FAI1S συ- P--DS μεγας-A1--APN και-C ισχυρος-A1A-APN ος- --APN ου-D γιγνωσκω-VZI-AAI2S αυτος- D--APN

4 οτι-C ουτως-D ειπον-VBI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM περι-P οικος-N2--GPM ο- A--GSF πολις-N3I-GSF ουτος- D--GSF και-C περι-P οικος-N2--GPM βασιλευς-N3V-GSM *ιουδα-N---GSM ο- A--GPM κατααιρεω-VM--XMPGPM εις-P χαραξ-N3K-APM και-C προμαχων-N3W-APM

5 ο- A--GSN μαχομαι-V1--PMN προς-P ο- A--APM *χαλδαιος-N2--APM και-C πληροω-VA--AAN αυτος- D--ASF ο- A--GPM νεκρος-N2--GPM ο- A--GPM ανθρωπος-N2--GPM ος- --APM πατασσω-VAI-AAI1S εν-P οργη-N1--DSF εγω- P--GS και-C εν-P θυμος-N2--DSM εγω- P--GS και-C αποστρεφω-VAI-AAI1S ο- A--ASN προσωπον-N2N-ASN εγω- P--GS απο-P αυτος- D--GPM περι-P πας-A1S-GPF ο- A--GPF πονηρια-N1A-GPF αυτος- D--GPM

6 ιδου-I εγω- P--NS ανααγω-V1--PAI1S αυτος- D--DSF συνουλωσις-N3I-ASF και-C ιαμα-N3M-ASN και-C φανεροω-VF--FAI1S αυτος- D--DPM ειςακουω-V1--PAN και-C ιατρευω-VF--FAI1S αυτος- D--ASF και-C ποιεω-VF--FAI1S αυτος- D--DPM ειρηνη-N1--ASF και-C πιστις-N3I-ASF

7 και-C επιστρεφω-VF--FAI1S ο- A--ASF αποικια-N1A-ASF *ιουδα-N---GSM και-C ο- A--ASF αποικια-N1A-ASF *ισραηλ-N---GSM και-C οικοδομεω-VF--FAI1S αυτος- D--APM καθως-D ο- A--ASN προτερος-A1A-ASN

8 και-C καθαριζω-VF2-FAI1S αυτος- D--APM απο-P πας-A1S-GPF ο- A--GPF αδικια-N1A-GPF αυτος- D--GPM ος- --GPF αμαρτανω-VBI-AAI3P εγω- P--DS και-C ου-D μη-D μιμνησκω-VS--FPI1S αμαρτια-N1A-GPF αυτος- D--GPM ος- --GPF αμαρτανω-VBI-AAI3P εγω- P--DS και-C αποιστημι-VHI-AAI3P απο-P εγω- P--GS

9 και-C ειμι-VF--FMI3S εις-P ευφροσυνη-N1--ASF και-C εις-P αινεσις-N3I-ASF και-C εις-P μεγαλειοτης-N1M-ASM πας-A3--DSM ο- A--DSM λαος-N2--DSM ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF οστις- X--NPM ακουω-VF--FMI3P πας-A3--APN ο- A--APN αγαθος-A1--APN ος- --APN εγω- P--NS ποιεω-VF--FAI1S και-C φοβεω-VC--FPI3P και-C πικραινω-VC--FPI3P περι-P πας-A3--GPM ο- A--GPM αγαθος-A1--GPM και-C περι-P πας-A1S-GSF ο- A--GSF ειρηνη-N1--GSF ος- --GSF εγω- P--NS ποιεω-VF--FAI1S αυτος- D--DPM

10 ουτως-D ειπον-VBI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM ετι-D ακουω-VC--FPI3S εν-P ο- A--DSM τοπος-N2--DSM ουτος- D--DSM ος- --DSM συ- P--NP λεγω-V1--PAI2P ερημος-N2--NSF ειμι-V9--PAI3S απο-P ανθρωπος-N2--GPM και-C κτηνος-N3E-GPN εν-P πολις-N3I-DPF *ιουδα-N---GSM και-C εξωθεν-D *ιερουσαλημ-N---GSF ο- A--DPF ερημοω-VMI-XMPDPF παρα-P ο- A--ASN μη-D ειμι-V9--PAN ανθρωπος-N2--ASM και-C κτηνος-N3E-APN

11 φωνη-N1--NSF ευφροσυνη-N1--GSF και-C φωνη-N1--NSF χαρμοσυνος-A1--GSF φωνη-N1--NSF νυμφιος-N2--GSM και-C φωνη-N1--NSF νυμφη-N1--GSF φωνη-N1--NSF λεγω-V1--PAPGPM εκομολογεω-V2--PMD2P κυριος-N2--DSM παντοκρατωρ-N3 -DSM οτι-C χρηστος-A1--NSM κυριος-N2--NSM οτι-C εις-P ο- A--ASM αιων-N3W-ASM ο- A--NSN ελεος-N3E-NSN αυτος- D--GSM και-C ειςφερω-VF--FAI3P δωρον-N2N-APN εις-P οικος-N2--ASM κυριος-N2--GSM οτι-C αποστρεφω-VF--FAI1S πας-A1S-ASF ο- A--ASF αποικια-N1A-ASF ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF εκεινος- D--GSF κατα-P ο- A--ASN προτερον-D ειπον-VBI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM

12 ουτως-D ειπον-VBI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--GPF δυναμις-N3I-GPF ετι-D ειμι-VF--FMI3S εν-P ο- A--DSM τοπος-N2--DSM ουτος- D--DSM ο- A--DSM ερημος-N2--DSF παρα-P ο- A--ASN μη-D ειμι-V9--PAN ανθρωπος-N2--ASM και-C κτηνος-N3E-ASN και-C εν-P πας-A1S-DPF ο- A--DPF πολις-N3I-DPF αυτος- D--GSM καταλυμα-N3M-APN ποιμην-N3--GPM κοιταζομαι-V1--PAPGPM προβατον-N2N-APN

13 εν-P πολις-N3I-DPF ο- A--GSF ορεινη-N1--GSF 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 και-C εν-P γη-N1--DSF *βενιαμιν-N---GSM και-C εν-P ο- A--DPF κυκλος-N2--DSM *ιερουσαλημ-N---DSF και-C εν-P πολις-N3I-DPF *ιουδα-N---GSM ετι-D παραερχομαι-VF--FMI3S προβατον-N2N-APN επι-P χειρ-N3--ASF αριθμεω-V2--PAPGSM ειπον-VBI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM

   

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Apocalypse Revealed #364

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364. To number in the spiritual sense means, symbolically, to know the character of something, because a number in the Word does not symbolically mean the number, but the character of a thing (no. 10). Consequently the reference here to "a great multitude, which no one could number," means in the natural sense, literally, that there was such an immense multitude, but in the spiritual sense that no one but the Lord alone knows their character. For the Lord's heaven consists of countless societies - societies distinguished according to the varieties of their affections in general, and likewise of all the inhabitants in each society in particular. The Lord alone knows the character of everyone's affection and arranges all people in an order in accordance with it.

To know this character is what angels mean by numbering, and likewise what is meant in the Word in the following places, as when Belshazzar drank wine from vessels of the temple in Jerusalem, and the writing appeared on the wall, saying,

You have been numbered. You have been numbered. (Daniel 5:2, 3, 5, 25)

...I shall go to the gates of hell; I have been numbered... (Isaiah 38:10)

A tumultuous noise of the kingdoms...! Jehovah of hosts is numbering the army for war. (Isaiah 13:4)

...see who has created these things, who has brought out by number their host. (Isaiah 40:26)

(Jehovah who) numbers the host of the stars... (Psalms 147:4)

...the flocks shall again pass under the hands of him who numbers them. (Jeremiah 33:13)

...my steps are numbered. (Job 14:16)

The houses and towers of Zion and Jerusalem were numbered (Isaiah 22:9-10; 33:18-19, Psalms 48:11-13). Numbering stands for knowing the character of.

From the symbolic meaning of numbers and numbering, it can be seen why David was faced with punishment for numbering the people, the tribes of Israel, and why he said to the prophet Gad, "I have sinned greatly in what I have done" (2 Samuel 24). Moreover, why, when Moses numbered the people and all its tribes, the command was given for each man to "give a ransom for his soul to Jehovah when they were numbered, that that there might be no plague among them when they were numbered" (Exodus 30:12). The reason was that numbering symbolized knowing the character of the people in respect to their spiritual state, thus in respect to the state of the church, meant by the twelve tribes of Israel, which only the Lord knew.

  
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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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