Jeremias 21:8

⁸ E a este povo dirás: Assim diz o Senhor: Eis que ponho diante de vós o caminho da vida e o caminho da morte.

The Inner Meaning of the Prophets and Psalms # 86

86. Internal Meaning of Jeremiah, Chapter 20

1-3 They blaspheme the Word. (3, 15)

4 They will come among those who blaspheme and adulterate the Word. (3)

5 They will disperse all the truths and goods of the Word, (3)

6 and will thus perish with these. (3)

7-10 Lamentation over the blasphemies against the Lord, and against the Word; (3)

11-13 and the Lord's confidence during combats, that the Word is being protected. (3)

14-18 Despair that the Word is so treated. (3)

Thanks to the Swedenborg Foundation for the permission to use this translation.