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εν-P καρδια-N1A-DSF θαλασσα-N1S-GSF ο-
A--DSM *βεελιμ-N---DSM υιος-N2--NPM συ-
P--GS περιτιθημι-VAI-AAI3P συ-
P--DS καλλος-N3E-ASN
Ezekiel 27:4
Arcana Coelestia #7679
7679. 'And Jehovah brought an east wind' means an agent of destruction. This is clear from the meaning of 'an east wind' as an agent of destruction. 'An east wind' has this meaning because it was dry and turbulent, and because it therefore withered the produce of that land, and by its force shattered trees, and ships at sea. This is why that wind, acting as an agent [of destruction], describes the effect that Divine power can have. In addition 'the east' means the good of love and charity, for the Lord is meant by it in the highest sense, 101, 1250, 3708. Also, being Divine, the good of love and charity is in origin very gentle, and consequently is also such in its movements when it passes into heaven. But when it comes down into hell it becomes rough and fierce, because the inhabitants of hell make it so. Therefore the inflow and presence there of that Divine good not only torments them but also devastates them. This too explains why a wind from the east or 'an east wind' means an agent of destruction.
[2] The fact that this wind means an agent of destruction is evident from the places in which it is mentioned in the Word, as in Jeremiah,
Like an east wind I will scatter them before the enemy. Jeremiah 18:17.
In Ezekiel,
The vine that was planted, will it thrive? 1 When the east wind strikes it, will it not wither completely?. Ezekiel 17:10.
In the same prophet,
That vine has been plucked up in anger, it has been cast down onto the ground, the east wind has dried its fruit. Ezekiel 19:12.
In Hosea,
He will be among his brothers a ferocious one; an east wind will come, Jehovah's wind rising up from the desert, and his spring mill become dry, and his fountain dried up. Hosea 13:15.
In David,
By an east wind You will shatter the ships of Tarshish. Psalms 48:7.
In Ezekiel,
They brought you down to many waters, those who despise you; the east wind broke you in the heart of the seas. Ezekiel 27:26.
From these places it is evident that 'an east wind' means an agent of destruction, because it was a dry wind and a turbulent one. It therefore also means an agent of devastation, as in Hosea,
Ephraim feeds the wind, and pursues the east wind. All the day long he multiplies lies and devastation. Hosea 12:1.
'Ephraim' stands for the Church's understanding, 5354, 6222, 6238. 'Feeding the wind' is multiplying lies, and 'pursuing the east wind' is multiplying devastation. A state of devastation and temptation is also called 'the day of the east wind' in Isaiah 27:7-8.
Voetnoten:
1. Reading num prosperabitur (will it thrive?), which Swedenborg has in another place where he quotes this verse and which is the meaning of the Hebrew, for non prosperabitur (it will not thrive)
Ezekiel 19
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και-C συ-
P--NS λαμβανω-VB--AAD2S θρηνος-N2--ASM επι-P ο-
A--ASM αρχων-N3--ASM ο-
A--GSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM
2
και-C ειπον-VF2-FAI2S τις-
A--ASN ο-
A--NSF μητηρ-N3--NSF συ-
P--GS σκυμνος-N2--NSM εν-P μεσος-A1--DSN λεων-N3--GPM γιγνομαι-VCI-API3S εν-P μεσος-A1--DSN λεων-N3--GPM πληθυνω-V1I-IAI3S σκυμνος-N2--APM αυτος-
D--GSF
3
και-C αποπηδαω-VAI-AAI3S εις-A3--NSM ο-
A--GPM σκυμνος-N2--GPM αυτος-
D--GSF λεων-N3W-NSM γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S και-C μανθανω-VBI-AAI3S ο-
A--GSN αρπαζω-V1--PAN αρπαγμα-N3M-APN ανθρωπος-N2--APM εσθιω-VBI-AAI3S
4
και-C ακουω-VAI-AAI3P κατα-P αυτος-
D--GSM εθνος-N3E-NPN εν-P ο-
A--DSF διαφθορα-N1A-DSF αυτος-
D--GPM συνλαμβανω-VVI-API3S και-C αγω-VBI-AAI3P αυτος-
D--ASM εν-P κημος-N2--DSM εις-P γη-N1--ASF *αιγυπτος-N2--GSF
5
και-C οραω-VBI-AAI3S οτι-C αποωθεω-VX--XAI3S απο-P αυτος-
D--GSF και-C αποολλυω-VBI-AMI3S ο-
A--NSF υποστασις-N3I-NSF αυτος-
D--GSF και-C λαμβανω-VBI-AAI3S αλλος-
D--ASM εκ-P ο-
A--GPM σκυμνος-N2--GPM αυτος-
D--GSF λεων-N3--ASM τασσω-VAI-AAI3S αυτος-
D--ASM
6
και-C αναστρεφω-V1I-IMI3S εν-P μεσος-A1--DSN λεων-N3--GPM λεων-N3W-NSM γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S και-C μανθανω-VBI-AAI3S αρπαζω-V1--PAN αρπαγμα-N3M-APN ανθρωπος-N2--APM εσθιω-VBI-AAI3S
7
και-C νεμω-V1I-IMI3S ο-
A--DSM θρασυς-A3U-DSM αυτος-
D--GSM και-C ο-
A--APF πολις-N3I-APF αυτος-
D--GPM εκερημοω-VAI-AAI3S και-C απο αναιζω-VAI-AAI3S γη-N1--ASF και-C ο-
A--ASN πληρωμα-N3M-ASN αυτος-
D--GSF απο-P φωνη-N1--GSF ωρυμα-N3M-GSN αυτος-
D--GSM
8
και-C διδωμι-VAI-AAI3P επι-P αυτος-
D--ASM εθνος-N3E-APN εκ-P χωρα-N1A-GPF κυκλοθεν-D και-C εκ επιεταζω-VA--AAI3P επι-P αυτος-
D--ASM δικτυον-N2N-APN αυτος-
D--GPM εν-P διαφθορα-N1A-DSF αυτος-
D--GPM συνλαμβανω-VVI-API3S
9
και-C τιθημι-VEI-AMI3P αυτος-
D--ASM εν-P κημος-N2--DSM και-C εν-P γαλεαγρα-N1A-DSF ερχομαι-VBI-AAI3S προς-P βασιλευς-N3V-ASM *βαβυλων-N3W-GSF και-C ειςαγω-VBI-AAI3S αυτος-
D--ASM εις-P φυλακη-N1--ASF οπως-C μη-D ακουω-VC--APS3S ο-
A--NSF φωνη-N1--NSF αυτος-
D--GSM επι-P ο-
A--APN ορος-N3E-APN ο-
A--GSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM
10
ο-
A--NSF μητηρ-N3--NSF συ-
P--GS ως-C αμπελος-N2--NSF ως-C ανθος-N3E-NSN εν-P ροα-N1A-DSF εν-P υδωρ-N3T-DSN φυτευω-VM--XMPNSF ο-
A--NSM καρπος-N2--NSM αυτος-
D--GSF και-C ο-
A--NSM βλαστος-N2--NSM αυτος-
D--GSF γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S εκ-P υδωρ-N3T-GSN πολυς-A1--GSN
11
και-C γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S αυτος-
D--DSF ραβδος-N2--NSF ισχυς-N3U-GSF επι-P φυλη-N1--ASF ηγεομαι-V2--PMPGPM και-C υψοω-VCI-API3S ο-
A--DSN μεγεθος-N3E-DSN αυτος-
D--GSF εν-P μεσος-A1--DSN στελεχος-N3E-GPN και-C οραω-VBI-AAI3S ο-
A--ASN μεγεθος-N3E-ASN αυτος-
D--GSF εν-P πληθος-N3E-DSN κλημα-N3M-GPN αυτος-
D--GSF
12
και-C κατακλαω-VCI-API3S εν-P θυμος-N2--DSM επι-P γη-N1--ASF ριπτω-VVI-API3S και-C ανεμος-N2--NSM ο-
A--NSM καυσων-N3W-NSM ξηραινω-VAI-AAI3S ο-
A--APN εκλεκτος-A1--APN αυτος-
D--GSF εκδικεω-VCI-API3S και-C ξηραινω-VCI-API3S ο-
A--NSF ραβδος-N2--NSF ισχυς-N3U-GSF αυτος-
D--GSF πυρ-N3--ASN ανααλισκω-VAI-AAI3S αυτος-
D--ASF
13
και-C νυν-D φυτευω-VX--XAI3P αυτος-
D--ASF εν-P ο-
A--DSF ερημος-N2--DSF εν-P γη-N1--DSF ανυδρος-A1B-DSF
14
και-C εκερχομαι-VBI-AAI3S πυρ-N3--NSN εκ-P ραβδος-N2--GSF εκλεκτος-A1--GPM αυτος-
D--GSF και-C καταεσθιω-VBI-AAI3S αυτος-
D--ASF και-C ου-D ειμι-V9--IAI3S εν-P αυτος-
D--DSF ραβδος-N2--NSF ισχυς-N3U-GSF φυλη-N1--NSF εις-P παραβολη-N1--ASF θρηνος-N2--GSM ειμι-V9--PAI3S και-C ειμι-VF--FMI3S εις-P θρηνος-N2--ASM
