The Inner Meaning of the Prophets and Psalms # 146
146. Internal Meaning of Ezekiel, Chapter 23
The church which is in truth, and the church which is in good. (2)
1-2 There are two churches, one which is in truth, which is Samaria, and the other which is in good, which is Jerusalem. (2)
3 Both are external natural, perverted in the beginning. (2)
5-8 Samaria falsified the truths of the Word by reasonings from knowledges [scientifica];, (2, 3)
9-10 thus she became corrupted. (2, 3)
11-13 Jerusalem likewise falsified truths, (2, 3)
14-17 and adulterated goods also by various means. (2, 3)
18 Thereby she separated herself from the Lord, (2)
19 and defiled truths and goods still further by knowledges [scientifica] of the natural man. (2)
22-25 They will wholly perish on the day of judgment. (15)
26-27 Thus the truths and goods of the church will no longer be perverted. (15)
28-31 They will be in hell where there is nothing but evils and falsities. (15)
32-34 They will also be in the falsification of all truth; (15)
35 and this, because they have denied the Lord. (4)
36-39 They have destroyed all the holy things of the church. (3)
40-42 They boasted before others because of their having the Word and the holy things of the church, (3)
43-45 although these were entirely falsified and adulterated. (3)
46-49 Falsities and evils will destroy all things of the church among them, and such must be separated that they may no longer mislead. (3, 11)
Ezekiel 23:22-25
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Therefore, Oholibah, thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I will raise up your lovers against you, from whom your soul is alienated, and I will bring them against you on every side:
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the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, Pekod and Shoa and Koa, [and] all the Assyrians with them; desirable young men, governors and rulers all of them, princes and men of renown, all of them riding on horses.
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They shall come against you with weapons, chariots, and wagons, and with a company of peoples; they shall set themselves against you with buckler and shield and helmet all around; and I will commit the judgment to them, and they shall judge you according to their judgments.
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I will set my jealousy against you, and they shall deal with you in fury; they shall take away your nose and your ears; and your residue shall fall by the sword: they shall take your sons and your daughters; and your residue shall be devoured by the fire.
