127. Internal Meaning of Ezekiel, Chapter 4
Representation of the perverted church in the church. (2)
1-2 He should represent the falsities of the church, and the church besieged by them. (2)
3 He should represent the hardness of their heart, from which it is that they have no fear; (2)
4-8 he should also represent the church besieged by falsities of evil and evils of falsity. (2)
9-16 He should represent the falsification and adulteration of the sense of the letter of the Word, (2)
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And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak unto thee.
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And the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me.
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And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very day.
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For they are impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD.
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And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them.
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And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.
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And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious.
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But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee.
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And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;
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And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.
165. What it is to carry iniquities: - 1. It is to sustain all the hells, by temptations; 2. So that in Him might be represented the state of the Church, as in the case of the prophet 1 who was to take a harlot to wife, [the prophet] 2 who was to go naked and barefoot, [the prophet] 3 who was to eat a cake made from dung, and was to lie on the right side and the left, and carry iniquities. So it was with the Lord in the particulars of His passion.
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