150. Internal Meaning of Ezekiel, Chapter 27

1-2 Further concerning the church in respect to knowledges [cognitiones] of truth, which is Tyre. (2)

3-9 The Ancient Church had knowledges of truth and good of every kind and species, and by means of them it had intelligence. (2)

10-11 Truths that protected that church. (2)

12-13 Acquisitions and communications of all the knowledges. (2)

14-20 Knowledge [scientia], intelligence, and wisdom by means of them.

21-23 Divine worship from them. (2)

24-25 Truths and goods of every kind and thus everything of the church acquired by means of them. (2, 17)

26-29 Through natural knowledges [scientiae] they have perished. (2)

30-34 Lamentation over their destruction, (2)

35-36 and that it is the countenance of hell. (2)

The internal meaning of “blood” is a little tricky. In most cases, blood is linked with Divine Truth and it’s relationship with the Lord. But in some cases, especially when discussing the first half of Genesis, the Works of Swedenborg link blood to a state of caring, or love to the neighbor. No absolute explanation is offered for this, but it’s worth noting that blood takes a number of forms in the body – it sometimes carries nutrients and oxygen, sometimes waste products, and sometimes nutrients and carbon dioxide. So it’s not unreasonable for blood to have different meanings in different contexts.