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그들이 그 땅에 평안히 거하고 두렵게 할 자가 없게 될 때에 부끄러움을 품고 내게 범한 죄를 뉘우치리니
Arcana Coelestia # 778
778. As then 'birds of the air' 1 means intellectual truths and so thoughts, they also mean things that are the contrary, such as delusions or falsities, which because they are part of man's thought are called birds as well. 'The wicked being given as food to birds of the air 1 and to wild animals', for example, stands for delusions and evil desires, Isaiah 18:6; Jeremiah 7:33; 16:4; 19:7; 34:20; Ezekiel 29:5; 39:4. Also the Lord Himself compares delusions and persuasions of falsity to birds when He says,
The seed which fell on the pathway was trodden under foot, and the birds of the air 1 devoured it. Matthew 13:4; Luke 8:5; Mark 4:4, 15.
Here 'birds of the air' 1 are nothing other than falsities.
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1. literally, birds of the heavens (or the skies)
Heaven and Hell # 216
216. As government from good which is the kind of government in the Lord's celestial kingdom is called justice, and government from truth which is the kind of government in the Lord's spiritual kingdom is called judgment, so in the Word, justice and judgment are used when heaven and the Church are treated of, justice signifying celestial good, and judgment spiritual good, which good, as has been said above, is, in its essence, truth, as in the following passages:
Of peace there shall be no end upon the throne of David and upon His kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it in judgment and in justice, even for ever. Isaiah 20.
By "David" there, is meant the Lord, 1 and by "His kingdom", heaven, as is evident from the following passage:
I will raise unto David a just branch, and he shall reign as King, and shall deal intelligently and shall do judgment and justice in the earth. Jeremiah 23:5.
Jehovah is exalted, for He dwelleth on high; He hath filled Zion with judgment and justice. Isaiah 33:5.
By Zion also is meant heaven and the Church: 2
I, Jehovah, doing. . . judgment and justice in the earth, for in these things I delight. Jeremiah 9:24.
I will betroth thee unto Me for ever, and I will betroth thee unto Me in justice and judgment. Hosea 2:19.
O Jehovah, in the heavens . . . Thy justice is like the mountains of God, and Thy judgments are like the great deep. Psalm 36:5-6.
They ask of Me the judgments of justice, they long for an approach unto God. Isaiah 58:2.
And in other passages.
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1. [Swedenborg's footnote] By "David", in the prophetic parts of the Word, is meant the Lord (Arcana Coelestia 1888, 9954).
2. [Swedenborg's footnote] By "Zion", in the Word, is meant the Church, especially the celestial Church (Arcana Coelestia 2362, 9055).
