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1 και-C γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S λογος-N2--NSM κυριος-N2--GSM προς-P εγω- P--AS λεγω-V1--PAPNSM

2 υιος-N2--VSM ανθρωπος-N2--GSM λαλεω-VA--AAD2S ο- A--DPM υιος-N2--DPM ο- A--GSM λαος-N2--GSM συ- P--GS και-C ειπον-VF2-FAI2S προς-P αυτος- D--APM γη-N1--NSF επι-P ος- --ASF αν-X επιαγω-V1--PAI1S ρομφαια-N1A-ASF και-C λαμβανω-VB--AAS3S ο- A--NSM λαος-N2--NSM ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF ανθρωπος-N2--ASM εις-A3--ASM εκ-P αυτος- D--GPM και-C διδωμι-VO--AAS3P αυτος- D--ASM εαυτου- D--DPM εις-P σκοπος-N2--ASM

3 και-C οραω-VB--AAS3S ο- A--ASF ρομφαια-N1A-ASF ερχομαι-V1--PMPASF επι-P ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF και-C σαλπιζω-VA--AAS3S ο- A--DSF σαλπιγξ-N3G-DSF και-C σημαινω-VA--AAS3S ο- A--DSM λαος-N2--DSM

4 και-C ακουω-VA--AAS3S ο- A--NSM ακουω-VA--AAPNSM ο- A--ASF φωνη-N1--ASF ο- A--GSF σαλπιγξ-N3G-GSF και-C μη-D φυλασσω-VA--AMS3S και-C επιερχομαι-VB--AAS3S ο- A--NSF ρομφαια-N1A-NSF και-C καταλαμβανω-VB--AAS3S αυτος- D--ASM ο- A--ASN αιμα-N3M-ASN αυτος- D--GSM επι-P ο- A--GSF κεφαλη-N1--GSF αυτος- D--GSM ειμι-VF--FMI3S

5 οτι-C ο- A--ASF φωνη-N1--ASF ο- A--GSF σαλπιγξ-N3G-GSF ακουω-VA--AAPNSM ου-D φυλασσω-VAI-AMI3S ο- A--NSN αιμα-N3M-NSN αυτος- D--GSM επι-P αυτος- D--GSM ειμι-VF--FMI3S και-C ουτος- D--NSM οτι-C φυλασσω-VAI-AMI3S ο- A--ASF ψυχη-N1--ASF αυτος- D--GSM εκαιρεω-VBI-AMI3S

6 και-C ο- A--NSM σκοπος-N2--NSM εαν-C οραω-VB--AAS3S ο- A--ASF ρομφαια-N1A-ASF ερχομαι-V1--PMPASF και-C μη-D σημαινω-VA--AAS3S ο- A--DSF σαλπιγξ-N3G-DSF και-C ο- A--NSM λαος-N2--NSM μη-D φυλασσω-VA--AMS3S και-C ερχομαι-VB--AAPNSF ο- A--NSF ρομφαια-N1A-NSF λαμβανω-VB--AAS3S εκ-P αυτος- D--GPM ψυχη-N1--ASF ουτος- D--NSF δια-P ο- A--ASF εαυτου- D--GSF ανομια-N1A-ASF λαμβανω-VVI-API3S και-C ο- A--ASN αιμα-N3M-ASN εκ-P ο- A--GSF χειρ-N3--GSF ο- A--GSM σκοπος-N2--GSM εκζητεω-VF--FAI1S

7 και-C συ- P--NS υιος-N2--VSM ανθρωπος-N2--GSM σκοπος-N2--ASM διδωμι-VX--XAI1S συ- P--AS ο- A--DSM οικος-N2--DSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM και-C ακουω-VF--FMI2S εκ-P στομα-N3M-GSN εγω- P--GS λογος-N2--ASM

8 εν-P ο- A--DSN ειπον-VB--AAN εγω- P--AS ο- A--DSM αμαρτωλος-A1B-DSM θανατος-N2--DSM θανατοω-VC--FPI2S και-C μη-D λαλεω-VA--AAS2S ο- A--GSN φυλασσω-VA--AMN ο- A--ASM ασεβης-A3H-APM απο-P ο- A--GSF οδος-N2--GSF αυτος- D--GSM αυτος- D--NSM ο- A--NSM ανομος-A1B-NSM ο- A--DSF ανομια-N1A-DSF αυτος- D--GSM αποθνησκω-VF2-FMI3S ο- A--ASN δε-X αιμα-N3M-ASN αυτος- D--GSM εκ-P ο- A--GSF χειρ-N3--GSF συ- P--GS εκζητεω-VF--FAI1S

9 συ- P--NS δε-X εαν-C προ αποαγγελλω-VA--AAS2S ο- A--DSM ασεβης-A3H-DSM ο- A--ASF οδος-N2--ASF αυτος- D--GSM ο- A--GSN αποστρεφω-VA--AAN απο-P αυτος- D--GSF και-C μη-D αποστρεφω-VA--AAS3S απο-P ο- A--GSF οδος-N2--GSF αυτος- D--GSM ουτος- D--NSM ο- A--DSF ασεβεια-N1A-DSF αυτος- D--GSM αποθνησκω-VF2-FMI3S και-C συ- P--NS ο- A--ASF ψυχη-N1--ASF σεαυτου- D--GSM εκαιρεω-VM--XMI2S

10 και-C συ- P--NS υιος-N2--VSM ανθρωπος-N2--GSM ειπον-VB--AAD2S ο- A--DSM οικος-N2--DSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM ουτως-D λαλεω-VAI-AAI2P λεγω-V1--PAPNPM ο- A--NPF πλανη-N1--NPF εγω- P--GP και-C ο- A--NPF ανομια-N1A-NPF εγω- P--GP επι-P εγω- P--DP ειμι-V9--PAI3P και-C εν-P αυτος- D--DPF εγω- P--NP τηκω-V1--PMI1P και-C πως-D ζαω-VF--FMI1P

11 ειπον-VB--AAD2S αυτος- D--DPM ζαω-V3--PAI1S εγω- P--NS οδε- D--APN λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM ου-D βουλομαι-V1--PMI1S ο- A--ASM θανατος-N2--ASM ο- A--GSM ασεβης-A3H-GSM ως-C ο- A--ASN αποστρεφω-VA--AAN ο- A--ASM ασεβης-A3H-ASM απο-P ο- A--GSF οδος-N2--GSF αυτος- D--GSM και-C ζαω-V3--PAN αυτος- D--ASM αποστροφη-N1--DSF αποστρεφω-VA--AAD2P απο-P ο- A--GSF οδος-N2--GSF συ- P--GP και-C ινα-C τις- I--ASN αποθνησκω-V1--PAI2P οικος-N2--NSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM

12 ειπον-VB--AAD2S προς-P ο- A--APM υιος-N2--APM ο- A--GSM λαος-N2--GSM συ- P--GS δικαιοσυνη-N1--NSF δικαιος-A1A-GSM ου-D μη-D εκαιρεω-VB--AMS3S αυτος- D--ASM εν-P ος- --DSF αν-X ημερα-N1A-DSF πλαναω-VC--APS3S και-C ανομια-N1A-NSF ασεβης-A3H-GSM ου-D μη-D κακοω-VA--AAS3S αυτος- D--ASM εν-P ος- --DSF αν-X ημερα-N1A-DSF αποστρεφω-VA--AAS3S απο-P ο- A--GSF ανομια-N1A-GSF αυτος- D--GSM και-C δικαιος-A1A-NSM ου-D μη-D δυναμαι-V6--PMS3S σωζω-VC--APN

13 εν-P ο- A--DSN ειπον-VB--AAN εγω- P--AS ο- A--DSM δικαιος-A1A-DSM ουτος- D--NSM πειθω-VX--XAI3S επι-P ο- A--DSF δικαιοσυνη-N1--DSF αυτος- D--GSM και-C ποιεω-VA--AAS3S ανομια-N1A-ASF πας-A1S-NPF ο- A--NPF δικαιοσυνη-N1--NPF αυτος- D--GSM ου-D μη-D αναμιμνησκω-VS--APS3P εν-P ο- A--DSF αδικια-N1A-DSF αυτος- D--GSM ος- --DSF ποιεω-VAI-AAI3S εν-P αυτος- D--DSF αποθνησκω-VF2-FMI3S

14 και-C εν-P ο- A--DSN ειπον-VB--AAN εγω- P--AS ο- A--DSM ασεβης-A3H-DSM θανατος-N2--DSM θανατοω-VC--FPI2S και-C αποστρεφω-VF--FMI2S απο-P ο- A--GSF αμαρτια-N1A-GSF αυτος- D--GSM και-C ποιεω-VA--AAS3S κριμα-N3M-ASN και-C δικαιοσυνη-N1--ASF

15 και-C ενεχυρασμα-N3M-ASN αποδιδωμι-VO--AAS3S και-C αρπαγμα-N3M-ASN αποτινω-VA--AAS3S εν-P προσταγμα-N3M-DPN ζωη-N1--GSF διαπορευομαι-V1--PMS3S ο- A--GSN μη-D ποιεω-VA--AAN αδικος-A1B-ASM ζωη-N1--DSF ζαω-VF--FMI3S και-C ου-D μη-D αποθνησκω-VB--AAS3S

16 πας-A1S-NPF ο- A--NPF αμαρτια-N1A-NPF αυτος- D--GSM ος- --APF αμαρτανω-VBI-AAI3S ου-D μη-D αναμιμνησκω-VS--APS3P οτι-C κριμα-N3M-ASN και-C δικαιοσυνη-N1--ASF ποιεω-VAI-AAI3S εν-P αυτος- D--DPM ζαω-VF--FMI3S

17 και-C ειπον-VF2-FAI3P ο- A--NPM υιος-N2--NPM ο- A--GSM λαος-N2--GSM συ- P--GS ου-D ευθυς-A3U-NSF ο- A--NSF οδος-N2--NSF ο- A--GSM κυριος-N2--GSM και-C ουτος- D--NSF ο- A--NSF οδος-N2--NSF αυτος- D--GPM ου-D ευθυς-A3U-NSF

18 εν-P ο- A--DSN αποστρεφω-VA--AAN δικαιος-A1A-ASM απο-P ο- A--GSF δικαιοσυνη-N1--GSF αυτος- D--GSM και-C ποιεω-VA--AAS3S ανομια-N1A-GSF και-C αποθνησκω-VF2-FMI3S εν-P αυτος- D--DPF

19 και-C εν-P ο- A--DSN αποστρεφω-VA--AAN ο- A--ASM αμαρτωλος-A1B-ASM απο-P ο- A--GSF ανομια-N1A-GSF αυτος- D--GSM και-C ποιεω-VA--AAS3S κριμα-N3M-ASN και-C δικαιοσυνη-N1--ASF εν-P αυτος- D--DPM αυτος- D--NSM ζαω-VF--FMI3S

20 και-C ουτος- D--ASN ειμι-V9--PAI3S ος- --ASN ειπον-VAI-AAI2P ου-D ευθυς-A3U-NSF ο- A--NSF οδος-N2--NSF κυριος-N2--GSM εκαστος-A1--ASM εν-P ο- A--DPF οδος-N2--DPF αυτος- D--GSM κρινω-VF2-FAI1S συ- P--AP οικος-N2--NSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM

21 και-C γιγνομαι-VCI-API3S εν-P ο- A--DSN δωδεκατος-A1--DSN ετος-N3E-DSN εν-P ο- A--DSM δωδεκατος-A1--DSM μην-N3--DSM πεμπτος-A1--DSF ο- A--GSM μην-N3--GSM ο- A--GSF αιχμαλωσια-N1A-GSF εγω- P--GP ερχομαι-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--NSM ανασωζω-VC--APPNSM προς-P εγω- P--AS απο-P *ιερουσαλημ-N---GSF λεγω-V1--PAPNSM αλισκω-VZI-AAI3S ο- A--NSF πολις-N3I-NSF

22 και-C γιγνομαι-VCI-API3S επι-P εγω- P--AS χειρ-N3--NSF κυριος-N2--GSM εσπερα-N1A-GSF πριν-D ερχομαι-VB--AAN αυτος- D--ASM και-C αναοιγω-VAI-AAI3S εγω- P--GS ο- A--ASN στομα-N3M-ASN εως-D ερχομαι-VBI-AAI3S προς-P εγω- P--AS ο- A--ASN πρωι-D και-C αναοιγω-VQ--APPNSN εγω- P--GS ο- A--NSN στομα-N3M-NSN ου-D συνεχω-VCI-API3S ετι-D

23 και-C γιγνομαι-VCI-API3S λογος-N2--NSM κυριος-N2--GSM προς-P εγω- P--AS λεγω-V1--PAPNSM

24 υιος-N2--VSM ανθρωπος-N2--GSM ο- A--NPM καταοικεω-V2--PAPNPM ο- A--APF ερημοω-VM--XPPAPF επι-P ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF ο- A--GSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM λεγω-V1--PAI3P εις-A3--NSM ειμι-V9--IAI3S *αβρααμ-N---NSM και-C καταεχω-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF και-C εγω- P--NP πολυς-A3C-NPM ειμι-V9--PAI1P εγω- P--DP διδωμι-VM--XMI3S ο- A--NSF γη-N1--NSF εις-P κατασχεσις-N3I-ASF

25 δια-P ουτος- D--ASN ειπον-VB--AAD2S αυτος- D--DPM οδε- D--APN λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM κυριος-N2--NSM

27 ζαω-V3--PAI1S εγω- P--NS ει-C μην-X ο- A--NPM εν-P ο- A--DPF ερημοω-VM--XPPDPF μαχαιρα-N1A-DSF πιπτω-VF2-FMI3P και-C ο- A--NPM επι-P προσωπον-N2N-GSN ο- A--GSN πεδιον-N2N-GSN ο- A--DPN θηριον-N2N-DPN ο- A--GSM αγρος-N2--GSM διδωμι-VC--FPI3P εις-P καταβρωμα-N3M-ASN και-C ο- A--APM εν-P ο- A--DPF τειχιζω-VT--XMPDPF και-C ο- A--APM εν-P ο- A--DPN σπηλαιον-N2N-DPN θανατος-N2--DSM αποκτεινω-VF2-FAI1S

28 και-C διδωμι-VF--FAI1S ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF ερημος-A1B-ASF και-C αποολλυω-VF2-FMI3S ο- A--NSF υβρις-N3I-NSF ο- A--GSF ισχυς-N3U-GSF αυτος- D--GSF και-C ερημοω-VC--FPI3S ο- A--APN ορος-N3E-APN ο- A--GSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM δια-P ο- A--ASN μη-D ειμι-V9--PAN διαπορευομαι-V1--PMPASM

29 και-C γιγνωσκω-VF--FMI3P οτι-C εγω- P--NS ειμι-V9--PAI1S κυριος-N2--NSM και-C ποιεω-VF--FAI1S ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF αυτος- D--GPM ερημος-A1B-ASF και-C ερημοω-VC--FPI3S δια-P πας-A3--APN ο- A--APN βδελυγμα-N3M-APN αυτος- D--GPM ος- --APN ποιεω-VAI-AAI3P

30 και-C συ- P--NS υιος-N2--VSM ανθρωπος-N2--GSM ο- A--NPM υιος-N2--NPM ο- A--GSM λαος-N2--GSM συ- P--GS ο- A--NPM λαλεω-V2--PAPNPM περι-P συ- P--GS παρα-P ο- A--APN τειχος-N3E-APN και-C εν-P ο- A--DPM πυλων-N3W-DPM ο- A--GPF οικια-N1A-GPF και-C λαλεω-V2--PAI3P ανθρωπος-N2--NSM ο- A--DSM αδελφος-N2--DSM αυτος- D--GSM λεγω-V1--PAPNPM συνερχομαι-VB--AAS1P και-C ακουω-VA--AAS1P ο- A--APN εκπορευομαι-V1--PMPAPN παρα-P κυριος-N2--GSM

31 ερχομαι-V1--PMI3P προς-P συ- P--AS ως-C συνπορευομαι-V1--PMI3S λαος-N2--NSM και-C καταημαι-V5--PMI3P εναντιον-P συ- P--GS και-C ακουω-V1--PAI3P ο- A--APN ρημα-N3M-APN συ- P--GS και-C αυτος- D--APN ου-D μη-D ποιεω-VF--FAI3P οτι-C ψευδος-N3E-NSN εν-P ο- A--DSN στομα-N3M-DSN αυτος- D--GPM και-C οπισω-P ο- A--GPN μιασμα-N3M-GPN ο- A--NSF καρδια-N1A-NSF αυτος- D--GPM

32 και-C γιγνομαι-V1--PMS2S αυτος- D--DPM ως-C φωνη-N1--NSF ψαλτηριον-N2N-GSN ηδυφωνος-A1B-GSN ευαρμοστος-A1B-GSN και-C ακουω-VF--FMI3P συ- P--GS ο- A--APN ρημα-N3M-APN και-C ου-D μη-D ποιεω-VF--FAI3P αυτος- D--APN

33 και-C ηνικα-D αν-X ερχομαι-VB--AAS3S ειπον-VF2-FAI3P ιδου-I ηκω-V1--PAI3S και-C γιγνωσκω-VF--FMI3P οτι-C προφητης-N1M-NSM ειμι-V9--IAI3S εν-P μεσος-A1--DSM αυτος- D--GPM

   

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Apocalypse Explained #67

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67. As white wool, as snow, signifies in respect to good and truth therein. This is evident from the signification of "white wool" as being good in ultimates (of which presently); and from the signification of "snow," as being truth in ultimates. "Snow" means truth in ultimates by reason of the water of which it is composed, and its whiteness and brightness. (That "water" signifies truth, see below, n. 71; and that "whiteness," and "brightness," signify truth from the transparency of light, see Arcana Coelestia 3301, 3993, 4007, 5319, 8459.)

"White wool," signifies good in ultimates, because wool upon lambs and sheep has a signification like that of hair upon man; and "lambs," and "sheep" signify good, "lambs" celestial good (See Arcana Coelestia 3519, 3994, 10132), and "sheep" spiritual good (n. 4169, 4809). From this it is that the "hairs," by which Divine truth in ultimates is signified, are said to be "white as white wool, and as snow." So also of the Lord, when He was transfigured:

His garments became glistening, exceeding white as snow, so as no fuller on earth can whiten them (Mark 9:3);

and of the "Ancient of Days" in Daniel:

I beheld till thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of Days did sit; His raiment was white as snow, and the hair of His head was white wool 1 (Daniel 7:9).

"Raiment" signifies the Divine in ultimates (See above, n. 64); and "the Ancient of Days," the Lord from eternity.

[2] Because "wool" signifies good in ultimates, good is sometimes described in the Word by "wool," and truth by "linen" and by "snow," as in Hosea:

She said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my waters, my wool and my flax. Therefore will I return and take my corn in the time thereof, and I will pluck away my wool and my flax (Hosea 2:5, 9).

In Ezekiel:

Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool; ye slaughter that which is the best; ye feed not the flock (Ezekiel 34:3).

In David:

Jehovah will send 2 out His word upon the earth; He giveth snow like wool (Psalms 147:15-16).

In Isaiah:

Though your sins be as scarlet they shall be white as snow; though they be red like purple they shall be as wool (Isaiah 1:18).

"Snow" is predicated of sins that were as scarlet, and "wool" of sins that were red like purple, because "scarlet" signifies truth from good, and in a contrary sense, falsity from evil (See Arcana Coelestia 4922, 9468); and "red" and "purple" signify good, and in a contrary sense, evil of every kind (See Arcana Coelestia 3300, 9467, 9865).

Fotnoter:

1. The Chaldee here has "like," as also found in Apocalypse Explained 504; Apocalypse Revealed 47; Arcana Coelestia 3301, 5313.

2. The Hebrew has "sends."

  
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Apocalypse Revealed #47

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47. His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow. (1:14) This symbolizes the Divine love accompanying Divine wisdom in first things and last.

A person's head symbolizes everything connected with his life, and everything connected with a person's life has some relation to love and wisdom. A head consequently symbolizes both wisdom and love. However, because there is no love without its wisdom, nor wisdom without its love, therefore it is the love accompanying wisdom that is meant by a head; and when describing the Lord, it is the Divine love accompanying Divine wisdom. But on the symbolism of the head in the Word, more will be seen in nos. 538 and 568 below.

Since a head means both love and wisdom in their first forms, it follows accordingly that hair means love and wisdom in their final forms. And because the hair mentioned here describes the Son of Man, who is the Lord in relation to the Word, His hair symbolizes the Divine good connected with love, and the Divine truth connected with wisdom, in the outmost expressions of the Word - the outmost expressions of the Word being those contained in its literal sense.

[2] The idea that the hair of the Son of Man or the Lord symbolizes the Word in this sense may seem absurd, but still it is the truth. This can be seen from passages in the Word that we cited in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem Regarding the Sacred Scripture, nos. 35 and 49. We showed there as well that Nazirites in the Israelite Church represented the Lord in relation to the Word in its outmost expressions, which is its literal sense, as a nazir in Hebrew is a hair or head of hair. 1 That is why the power of Samson, who was a Nazirite from the womb, lay in his hair. The Divine truth similarly has power in the literal sense of the Word, as may be seen in the aforementioned Doctrine Regarding the Sacred Scripture, nos. 37-49.

For the same reason, too, the high priest and his sons were strictly forbidden to shave their heads.

For that reason as well, forty-two of the boys who called Elisha a baldhead were torn apart by two she-bears. Like Elijah, Elisha represented the Lord in relation to the Word. A baldhead symbolizes the Word without its outmost expression, which, as said, is its literal sense, and she-bears symbolize this sense of the Word divorced from its inner meaning. Those who so divorce it, moreover, appear in the spiritual world as bears, though only at a distance. It is apparent from this why what happened to the boys happened as it did.

It was, therefore, also the highest disgrace and a mark of extreme mourning to inflict baldness.

[3] Accordingly, when the Israelite nation had completely perverted the literal sense of the Word, this lamentation over them was composed:

Her Nazirites were whiter than snow, brighter white than milk... Darker than blackness is their form. They go unrecognized in the streets. (Lamentations 4:7-8)

Furthermore:

Every head was made bald, and every shoulder shaved bare. (Ezekiel 29:18)

Shame will be on every face, and baldness on all their heads. (Ezekiel 7:18)

So similarly Isaiah 15:2, Jeremiah 48:37, Amos 8:10.

Because the children of Israel by falsities completely dissipated the literal sense of the Word, therefore the prophet Ezekiel was commanded to represent this by shaving his head with a razor and burning a third part with fire, striking a third part with a sword, and scattering a third part to the wind, and by gathering a small amount in his skirts, to cast it, too, afterward into the fire (Ezekiel 5:1-4).

[4] Therefore it is also said in Micah:

Make yourself bald and cut off your hair, because of your precious children; enlarge your baldness like an eagle, for they have departed from you. (Micah 1:16)

The precious children are the church's genuine truths from the Word.

Moreover, because Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, represented Babylon's falsification of the Word and destruction of every truth there, it accordingly came to pass that his hair grew like eagles' feathers (Daniel 4:33).

Since the hair symbolized that holy component of the Word, therefore it is said of Nazirites that they were not to shave the hair of their head, because it was the consecration of God upon their head (Numbers 6:1-21). And therefore it was decreed that the high priest and his sons were not to shave their heads, lest they die and the whole house of Israel be angered (Leviticus 10:6).

[5] Now, because hair symbolizes Divine truth in its outmost expressions, which in the church is the Word in its literal sense, therefore something similar is said also of the Ancient of Days in Daniel:

I watched till the thrones were thrown down, and the Ancient of Days was seated. His garment was as white as snow, and the hair of His head like pure wool. (Daniel 7:9)

That the Ancient of Days is the Lord is clearly apparent in Micah:

You, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall come forth to Me the One to be Ruler in Israel, whose goings forth are from antiquity, from days of old. (Micah 5:2)

And in Isaiah, where He is called Everlasting Father (Isaiah 9:6).

[6] From these passages and many others - too many to cite - it can be seen that the head and hair of the Son of Man, which were like wool, as white as snow, mean the Divine expression of love and wisdom in first things and last. And because the Son of Man means the Lord in relation to the Word, it follows that the Word, too, is meant in its first elements and last. Why else should it be that the Lord here in the book of Revelation and the Ancient of Days in Daniel are described even in respect to their hair?

That hair symbolizes the literal sense of the Word is clearly apparent from people in the spiritual world. Those who have scorned the literal sense of the Word appear bald there, and conversely, those who have loved the literal sense of the Word appear possessed of handsome hair.

The head and hair are described as being like wool and like snow because wool symbolizes goodness in outmost expressions, and snow symbolizes truth in outward expressions - as is the case also in Isaiah 1:18 2 - inasmuch as wool comes from sheep, which symbolize the goodness of charity, and snow comes from water, which symbolizes truths of faith.

Fotnoter:

1. The Hebrew נָזִיר (nazir) fundamentally means "one consecrated" or "one set apart;" but as a condition of the Nazirite vow was to let the hair grow, by extension a cognate word נֵזֶר (nezer) came to mean also the hair of a Nazirite's consecration, and by analogy, a woman's long hair.

2. "Come now, and let us reason together," says Jehovah. "Though your sins be like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool."

  
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