96. Internal Meaning of Jeremiah, Chapter 30

1-3 Establishment of the church with those who have been in spiritual captivity, or in ignorance of truth. (11)

4-7 Then the last judgment will be executed with those who are of the church. (15)

8-9 Then they are to be brought to the church, and will worship the Lord. (11, 15)

10-11 Then their spiritual captivity will cease. (11)

12-15 They have been infested by evils and falsities, and there is no remedy, (11, 3)

16 but those who have destroyed, will be destroyed. (3, 1)

17-18 There will be a remedy from the Lord, who will restore the church. (11, 12)

19-20 They will be perfected in truths, and it will last. (11)

21-22 This will be done by the Lord, when He will come, and He will be their God. (11, 1)

23-24 He will execute judgment upon the wicked. (15)

2623. A son. That this signifies the Divine rational is evident from the signification of a “son.” In the internal sense of the Word a “son” signifies truth (n. 489, 491, 533); and as truth is the chief thing in the rational (n. 2072, 2189), the rational is also signified by a “son;” but here the Divine rational, in which principally there is good, which Isaac, who is the “son,” also represents (concerning which hereafter).