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Ezekiel 7:22

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22 και αποστρεψω το προσωπον μου απ' αυτων και μιανουσιν την επισκοπην μου και εισελευσονται εις αυτα αφυλακτως και βεβηλωσουσιν αυτα

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Apocalypse Explained #385

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385. With the sword. That this signifies by means of falsity, is plain from the signification of sword, as denoting truth fighting against falsity and destroying it; and, in an opposite sense, falsity fighting against truth and destroying it (concerning which see above, n. 131, 367).

  
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Translation by Isaiah Tansley. Many thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.

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Ezekiel 7:15

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15 The sword is outside, and the pestilence and the famine within: he who is in the field shall die with the sword: and he who is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.

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