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以西結書第31章

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1 十一年初一日,耶和華的臨到我說:

2 人子啊,你要向埃及法老和他的眾人:在威勢上誰能與你相比呢?

3 亞述王曾如利巴嫩中的香柏樹,枝條榮美,影密如林,極其大,樹尖插入雲中。

4 眾水使他生長;深水使他長大。所栽之地有江圍流,汊出的水道延到田野諸

5 所以他高大超過田野諸;發旺的時候,枝子繁多,因得大水之力枝條長長。

6 空中的飛都在枝子上搭窩;田野的走獸都在枝條生子;所有大國的人民都在他蔭居住

7 樹大條長,成為榮美,因為在眾水之旁。

8 園中的香柏不能遮蔽他;松不及他的枝子;楓不及他的枝條;園中的都沒有他榮美。

9 我使他的枝條蕃多,成為榮美,以致伊甸園中的都嫉妒他。

10 所以耶和華如此:因他大,樹尖插入雲中,心驕氣傲,

11 我就必將他交列國中大有威勢的人;他必定辦他。我因他的罪惡,已經驅逐他。

12 外邦人,就是列邦中強暴的,將他砍斷棄掉。他的枝條落在間和一切谷中,他的枝子折斷,落在的一切河旁。上的眾民已經走去,離開他的蔭

13 空中的飛都要宿在這敗落的樹上,田野的走獸都要臥在他的枝條下,

14 使旁的諸不因大而自尊,也不將尖插入雲中,並且那些得滋潤、有勢力的,也不得大自立。因為他們在世人中,和的人都被交與死亡,到陰府去了。

15 耶和華如此:他陰間的那日,我便使人悲哀。我為他遮蓋深淵,使江凝結,大水停流;我也使利巴嫩為他悽慘,田野的諸都因他發昏。

16 我將他扔到陰間,與的人一同去。那時,列國聽見他墜落的響聲就都震動,並且伊甸的一切─就是利巴嫩得滋潤、最佳最美的─都在陰府受了安慰

17 他們也與他同陰間,到被殺的人那裡。他們曾作他的膀,在列國中他的蔭居住

18 在這樣榮耀威勢上,在伊甸園中,誰能與你相比呢?然而你要與伊甸的諸一同到陰府,在未受割禮的人中,與被殺的人一同躺臥。法老和他的群眾乃是如此。這是耶和華的。

   

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Apocalypse Explained#387

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387. And with death. That this signifies the consequent extinction of spiritual life, is plain from the signification of death, as denoting the extinction of spiritual life (concerning which see above, n. 78, 186). That this is here signified by death is plain from the series of things in the internal sense; for it is said that power was given unto them to kill with the sword, with famine, and with death: and by the sword is signified falsity destroying truth; by famine, the deprivation of the knowledges of truth and good; whence by death is signified the extinction of spiritual life, for where falsity reigns, and where there are no knowledges of truth and good, there is no spiritual life; for it is acquired by the knowledges of truth and good applied to the uses of life. For man is born into all evil and the falsity thence, therefore he is also born entirely ignorant of all spiritual knowledges; in order, therefore, that he may be led from the evils and the falsities thence, into which he is born, and be led into the life of heaven, and be saved, it is necessary that he should learn the knowledges of truth and good, by which he can be introduced [into spiritual life] and become spiritual. From this series of things in the internal sense it is evident, that by death is here signified the extinction of spiritual life; this also is signified by spiritual death.

  
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Translation by Isaiah Tansley. Many thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.

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Ezekiel第1章:22

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22 Over the head of the living creature there was the likeness of an expanse, like the awesome crystal to look on, stretched forth Over their heads above.