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Ezekiel第18章

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1 καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S λόγος-N2--NSM κύριος-N2--GSM πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS λέγω-V1--PAPNSM

2 υἱός-N2--VSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM τίς- I--ASN σύ- P--DP ὁ- A--NSF παραβολή-N1--NSF οὗτος- D--NSF ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPM υἱός-N2--DPM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM λέγω-V1--PAPNPM ὁ- A--NPM πατήρ-N3--NPM ἐσθίω-VBI-AAI3P ὄμφαξ-N3K-ASF καί-C ὁ- A--NPM ὀδούς-N3--NPM ὁ- A--GPN τέκνον-N2N-GPN γομφιάζω-VAI-AAI3P

3 ζάω-V3--PAI1S ἐγώ- P--NS λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ἐάν-C γίγνομαι-VB--AMS3S ἔτι-D λέγω-V1--PMPNSF ὁ- A--NSF παραβολή-N1--NSF οὗτος- D--NSF ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM *ἰσραήλ-N---DSM

4 ὅτι-C πᾶς-A1S-NPF ὁ- A--NPF ψυχή-N1--NPF ἐμός-A1--NPF εἰμί-V9--PAI3P ὅς- --ASM τρόπος-N2--ASM ὁ- A--NSF ψυχή-N1--NSF ὁ- A--GSM πατήρ-N3--GSM οὕτως-D καί-C ὁ- A--NSF ψυχή-N1--NSF ὁ- A--GSM υἱός-N2--GSM ἐμός-A1--NPF εἰμί-V9--PAI3P ὁ- A--NSF ψυχή-N1--NSF ὁ- A--NSF ἁμαρτάνω-V1--PAPNSF οὗτος- D--NSF ἀποθνήσκω-VF2-FMI3S

5 ὁ- A--NSM δέ-X ἄνθρωπος-N2--NSM ὅς- --NSM εἰμί-VF--FMI3S δίκαιος-A1A-NSM ὁ- A--NSM ποιέω-V2--PAPNSM κρίμα-N3M-ASN καί-C δικαιοσύνη-N1--ASF

6 ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GPN ὄρος-N3E-GPN οὐ-D ἐσθίω-VF--FMI3S καί-C ὁ- A--APM ὀφθαλμός-N2--APM αὐτός- D--GSM οὐ-D μή-D ἐπιαἴρω-VA--AAS3S πρός-P ὁ- A--APN ἐνθύμημα-N3M-APN οἶκος-N2--GSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM καί-C ὁ- A--ASF γυνή-N3K-ASF ὁ- A--GSM πλησίον-D αὐτός- D--GSM οὐ-D μή-D μιαίνω-VA--AAS3S καί-C πρός-P γυνή-N3K-ASF ἐν-P ἄφεδρος-N2--DSF εἰμί-V9--PAPASF οὐ-D προςἐγγίζω-VF2-FAI3S

7 καί-C ἄνθρωπος-N2--ASM οὐ-D μή-D καταδυναστεύω-VA--AAS3S ἐνεχυρασμός-N2--ASM ὀφείλω-V1--PAPGSM ἀποδίδωμι-VF--FAI3S καί-C ἅρπαγμα-N3M-ASN οὐ-D ἁρπάζω-VF2-FMI3S ὁ- A--ASM ἄρτος-N2--ASM αὐτός- D--GSM ὁ- A--DSM πεινάω-V3--PAPDSM δίδωμι-VF--FAI3S καί-C γυμνός-A1--ASM περιβάλλω-VF2-FAI3S

8 καί-C ὁ- A--ASN ἀργύριον-N2N-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM ἐπί-P τόκος-N2--DSM οὐ-D δίδωμι-VF--FAI3S καί-C πλεονασμός-N2--ASM οὐ-D λαμβάνω-VF--FMI3S καί-C ἐκ-P ἀδικία-N1A-GSF ἀποστρέφω-VF--FAI3S ὁ- A--ASF χείρ-N3--ASF αὐτός- D--GSM κρίμα-N3M-ASN δίκαιος-A1A-ASN ποιέω-VF--FAI3S ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASN ἀνήρ-N3--GSM καί-C ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASN ὁ- A--GSM πλησίον-D αὐτός- D--GSM

9 καί-C ὁ- A--DPN πρόσταγμα-N3M-DPN ἐγώ- P--GS πορεύομαι-VM--XMI3S καί-C ὁ- A--APN δικαίωμα-N3M-APN ἐγώ- P--GS φυλάσσω-VK--XMI3S ὁ- A--GSN ποιέω-VA--AAN αὐτός- D--APN δίκαιος-A1A-NSM οὗτος- D--NSM εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ζωή-N1--DSF ζάω-VF--FMI3S λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM

10 καί-C ἐάν-C γεννάω-VA--AAS3S υἱός-N2--ASM λοιμός-N2--ASM ἐκχέω-V2--PAPASM αἷμα-N3M-ASN καί-C ποιέω-V2--PAPASM ἁμάρτημα-N3M-APN

11 ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF ὁδός-N2--DSF ὁ- A--GSM πατήρ-N3--GSM αὐτός- D--GSM ὁ- A--GSM δίκαιος-A1A-GSM οὐ-D πορεύομαι-VCI-API3S ἀλλά-C καί-C ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GPN ὄρος-N3E-GPN ἐσθίω-VBI-AAI3S καί-C ὁ- A--ASF γυνή-N3K-ASF ὁ- A--GSM πλησίον-D αὐτός- D--GSM μιαίνω-VAI-AAI3S

12 καί-C πτωχός-N2--ASM καί-C πένης-N3T-ASM καταδυναστεύω-VAI-AAI3S καί-C ἅρπαγμα-N3M-ASN ἁρπάζω-VAI-AAI3S καί-C ἐνεχυρασμός-N2--ASM οὐ-D ἀποδίδωμι-VAI-AAI3S καί-C εἰς-P ὁ- A--APN εἴδωλον-N2N-APN τίθημι-VEI-AMI3S ὁ- A--APM ὀφθαλμός-N2--APM αὐτός- D--GSM ἀνομία-N1A-ASF ποιέω-VX--XAI3S

13 μετά-P τόκος-N2--GSM δίδωμι-VAI-AAI3S καί-C πλεονασμός-N2--ASM λαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3S οὗτος- D--NSM ζωή-N1--DSF οὐ-D ζάω-VF--FMI3S πᾶς-A1S-APF ὁ- A--APF ἀνομία-N1A-APF οὗτος- D--APF ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S θάνατος-N2--DSM θανατόω-VC--FPI3S ὁ- A--NSN αἷμα-N3M-NSN αὐτός- D--GSM ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--ASM εἰμί-VF--FMI3S

14 ἐάν-C δέ-X γεννάω-VA--AAS3S υἱός-N2--ASM καί-C ὁράω-VB--AAS3S πᾶς-A1S-APF ὁ- A--APF ἁμαρτία-N1A-APF ὁ- A--GSM πατήρ-N3--GSM αὐτός- D--GSM ὅς- --APF ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S καί-C φοβέω-VC--APS3S καί-C μή-D ποιέω-VA--AAS3S κατά-P οὗτος- D--APF

15 ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GPN ὄρος-N3E-GPN οὐ-D βιβρώσκω-VX--XAI3S καί-C ὁ- A--APM ὀφθαλμός-N2--APM αὐτός- D--GSM οὐ-D τίθημι-VEI-AMI3S εἰς-P ὁ- A--APN ἐνθύμημα-N3M-APN οἶκος-N2--GSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM καί-C ὁ- A--ASF γυνή-N3K-ASF ὁ- A--GSM πλησίον-D αὐτός- D--GSM οὐ-D μιαίνω-VAI-AAI3S

16 καί-C ἄνθρωπος-N2--ASM οὐ-D καταδυναστεύω-VAI-AAI3S καί-C ἐνεχυρασμός-N2--ASM οὐ-D ἐνεχυράζω-VA--AAI3S καί-C ἅρπαγμα-N3M-ASN οὐ-D ἁρπάζω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASM ἄρτος-N2--ASM αὐτός- D--GSM ὁ- A--DSM πεινάω-V3--PAPDSM δίδωμι-VAI-AAI3S καί-C γυμνός-A1--ASM περιβάλλω-VBI-AAI3S

17 καί-C ἀπό-P ἀδικία-N1A-GSF ἀποστρέφω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASF χείρ-N3--ASF αὐτός- D--GSM τόκος-N2--ASM οὐδέ-C πλεονασμός-N2--ASM οὐ-D λαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3S δικαιοσύνη-N1--ASF ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPN πρόσταγμα-N3M-DPN ἐγώ- P--GS πορεύομαι-VCI-API3S οὐ-D τελευτάω-VF--FAI3S ἐν-P ἀδικία-N1A-DPF πατήρ-N3--GSM αὐτός- D--GSM ζωή-N1--DSF ζάω-VF--FMI3S

18 ὁ- A--NSM δέ-X πατήρ-N3--NSM αὐτός- D--GSM ἐάν-C θλῖψις-N3I-DSF θλίβω-VF--FMI2S καί-C ἁρπάζω-VA--AAS3S ἅρπαγμα-N3M-ASN ἐναντίος-A1A-APN ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S ἐν-P μέσος-A1--DSN ὁ- A--GSM λαός-N2--GSM ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ἀποθνήσκω-VF2-FMI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF ἀδικία-N1A-DSF αὐτός- D--GSM

19 καί-C εἶπον-VF2-FAI2P τίς- I--ASN ὅτι-C οὐ-D λαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASF ἀδικία-N1A-ASF ὁ- A--NSM υἱός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GSM πατήρ-N3--GSM αὐτός- D--GSM ὅτι-C ὁ- A--NSM υἱός-N2--NSM δικαιοσύνη-N1--ASF καί-C ἔλεος-N3E-ASN ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S πᾶς-A3--APN ὁ- A--APN νόμιμος-A1--APN ἐγώ- P--GS συντηρέω-VAI-AAI3S καί-C ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--APN ζωή-N1--DSF ζάω-VF--FMI3S

20 ὁ- A--NSF δέ-X ψυχή-N1--NSF ὁ- A--NSF ἁμαρτάνω-V1--PAPNSF ἀποθνήσκω-VF2-FMI3S ὁ- A--NSM δέ-X υἱός-N2--NSM οὐ-D λαμβάνω-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--ASF ἀδικία-N1A-ASF ὁ- A--GSM πατήρ-N3--GSM αὐτός- D--GSM οὐδέ-C ὁ- A--NSM πατήρ-N3--NSM λαμβάνω-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--ASF ἀδικία-N1A-ASF ὁ- A--GSM υἱός-N2--GSM αὐτός- D--GSM δικαιοσύνη-N1--NSF δίκαιος-A1A-GSM ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--ASM εἰμί-VF--FMI3S καί-C ἀνομία-N1A-NSF ἄνομος-A1B-GSM ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--ASM εἰμί-VF--FMI3S

21 καί-C ὁ- A--NSM ἄνομος-A1B-NSM ἐάν-C ἀποστρέφω-VF--FMI2S ἐκ-P πᾶς-A1S-GPF ὁ- A--GPF ἀνομία-N1A-GPF αὐτός- D--GSM ὅς- --GPF ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S καί-C φυλάσσω-VA--AMS3S πᾶς-A1S-APF ὁ- A--APF ἐντολή-N1--APF ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ποιέω-VA--AAS3S δικαιοσύνη-N1--ASF καί-C ἔλεος-N3E-ASN ζωή-N1--DSF ζάω-VF--FMI3S οὐ-D μή-D ἀποθνήσκω-VB--AAS3S

22 πᾶς-A3--APN ὁ- A--APN παράπτωμα-N3M-APN αὐτός- D--GSM ὅσος-A1--APN ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S οὐ-D μιμνήσκω-VS--FPI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF δικαιοσύνη-N1--DSF αὐτός- D--GSM ὅς- --DSF ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S ζάω-VF--FMI3S

23 μή-D θέλησις-N3I-DSF θέλω-VA--AAS1S ὁ- A--ASM θάνατος-N2--ASM ὁ- A--GSM ἄνομος-A1B-GSM λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὡς-C ὁ- A--ASN ἀποστρέφω-VA--AAN αὐτός- D--ASM ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSF ὁδός-N2--GSF ὁ- A--GSF πονηρός-A1A-GSF καί-C ζάω-V3--PAN αὐτός- D--ASM

24 ἐν-P δέ-X ὁ- A--DSN ἀποστρέφω-VA--AAN δίκαιος-A1A-ASM ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSF δικαιοσύνη-N1--GSF αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ποιέω-VA--AAS3S ἀδικία-N1A-ASF κατά-P πᾶς-A1S-APF ὁ- A--APF ἀνομία-N1A-APF ὅς- --APF ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM ἄνομος-A1B-NSM πᾶς-A1S-NPF ὁ- A--NPF δικαιοσύνη-N1--NPF αὐτός- D--GSM ὅς- --APF ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S οὐ-D μή-D μιμνήσκω-VS--APS3P ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN παράπτωμα-N3M-DSN αὐτός- D--GSM ὅς- --DSN παραπίπτω-VAI-AAI3S καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF ἁμαρτία-N1A-DPF αὐτός- D--GSM ὅς- --DPF ἁμαρτάνω-VBI-AAI3S ἐν-P αὐτός- D--DPF ἀποθνήσκω-VF2-FMI3S

25 καί-C εἶπον-VAI-AAI2P οὐ-D καταεὐθύνω-V1--PAI3S ὁ- A--NSF ὁδός-N2--NSF κύριος-N2--GSM ἀκούω-VA--AAD2P δή-X πᾶς-A3--NSM οἶκος-N2--NSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM μή-D ὁ- A--NSF ὁδός-N2--NSF ἐγώ- P--GS οὐ-D καταεὐθύνω-V1--PAI3S οὐ-D ὁ- A--NSF ὁδός-N2--NSF σύ- P--GP οὐ-D καταεὐθύνω-V1--PAI3S

26 ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN ἀποστρέφω-VA--AAN ὁ- A--ASM δίκαιος-A1A-ASM ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSF δικαιοσύνη-N1--GSF αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ποιέω-VA--AAS3S παράπτωμα-N3M-ASN καί-C ἀποθνήσκω-VB--AAS3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN παράπτωμα-N3M-DSN ὅς- --DSN ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S ἐν-P αὐτός- D--DSM ἀποθνήσκω-VF2-FMI3S

27 καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN ἀποστρέφω-VA--AAN ἄνομος-A1B-ASM ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSF ἀνομία-N1A-GSF αὐτός- D--GSM ὅς- --GSF ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S καί-C ποιέω-VA--AAS3S κρίμα-N3M-ASN καί-C δικαιοσύνη-N1--ASF οὗτος- D--NSM ὁ- A--ASF ψυχή-N1--ASF αὐτός- D--GSM φυλάσσω-VAI-AAI3S

28 καί-C ἀποστρέφω-VAI-AAI3S ἐκ-P πᾶς-A1S-GPF ὁ- A--GPF ἀσέβεια-N1A-GPF αὐτός- D--GSM ὅς- --GPF ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S ζωή-N1--DSF ζάω-VF--FMI3S οὐ-D μή-D ἀποθνήσκω-VB--AAS3S

29 καί-C λέγω-V1--PAI3P ὁ- A--NSM οἶκος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM οὐ-D καταὀρθόω-V4--PAI3S ὁ- A--NSF ὁδός-N2--NSF κύριος-N2--GSM μή-D ὁ- A--NSF ὁδός-N2--NSF ἐγώ- P--GS οὐ-D καταὀρθόω-V4--PAI3S οἶκος-N2--NSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM οὐ-D ὁ- A--NSF ὁδός-N2--NSF σύ- P--GP οὐ-D καταὀρθόω-V4--PAI3S

30 ἕκαστος-A1--ASM κατά-P ὁ- A--ASF ὁδός-N2--ASF αὐτός- D--GSM κρίνω-VF2-FAI1S σύ- P--AP οἶκος-N2--NSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ἐπιστρέφω-VD--APD2P καί-C ἀποστρέφω-VA--AAD2P ἐκ-P πᾶς-A1S-GPF ὁ- A--GPF ἀσέβεια-N1A-GPF σύ- P--GP καί-C οὐ-D εἰμί-VF--FMI3P σύ- P--DP εἰς-P κόλασις-N3I-ASF ἀδικία-N1A-GSF

31 ἀποῥίπτω-VA--AAD2P ἀπό-P ἑαυτοῦ- D--GPM πᾶς-A1S-APF ὁ- A--APF ἀσέβεια-N1A-APF σύ- P--GP ὅς- --APF ἀσεβέω-VAI-AAI2P εἰς-P ἐγώ- P--AS καί-C ποιέω-VA--AAD2P ἑαυτοῦ- D--DPM καρδία-N1A-ASF καινός-A1--ASF καί-C πνεῦμα-N3M-ASN καινός-A1--ASN καί-C ἵνα-C τίς- I--ASN ἀποθνήσκω-V1--PAI2P οἶκος-N2--NSM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM

32 διότι-C οὐ-D θέλω-V1--PAI1S ὁ- A--ASM θάνατος-N2--ASM ὁ- A--GSM ἀποθνήσκω-V1--PAPGSM λέγω-V1--PAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM

   

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Arcana Coelestia#5433

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5433. 'You have come to see the nakedness of the land' means that nothing would please them more than to know for themselves that they are not truths. This is clear from the meaning of 'coming to see' as wishing to know that a thing is so, and therefore as nothing would give greater pleasure than to know it; from the meaning of 'the nakedness' as a lack of truths, thus that they are not truths, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'the land' as the Church (see 566, 662, 1067, 1262, 1733, 1850, 2117, 2118 (end), 3355, 4447, 4535). So that 'the nakedness of the land' here means a lack of truths known to the Church. The reason 'the nakedness' means a deprivation or lack of truths is that 'clothes' in general means truths, while each specific type of garment means some particular kind of truth, see 2576, 3301, 4545, 4677, 4741, 4742, 4763, 5248, 5319, and therefore 'the nakedness' means a lack of truths, as will also be seen from the places below that are quoted from the Word.

[2] The implications of this may be seen from what has been stated immediately above in 5472, where it is said that people who do not learn truths for truth's own sake and for their life's sake, but for the sake of material gain, inevitably think that the truths known to the Church are not truths. The reason for this is that the affection for gain is an earthly affection, whereas the affection for truth is a spiritual one. One or the other must have dominion, for no one can serve two masters. Consequently where one affection exists the other does not, so that where the affection for truth is present the affection for gain is absent, and where the affection for gain is present the affection for truth is absent. This being so, if the affection for material gain has dominion, then inevitably nothing pleases the person more than to know that truths are not truths. Yet nothing else pleases him more than when others believe that truths are truths. If the internal man looks downwards, that is to say, towards earthly things and makes these everything, he cannot possibly look upwards and have anything there since earthly things completely swallow up and smother everything. The reason for this is that the angels from heaven who are present with a person cannot dwell among earthly things; they therefore depart, in which case spirits from hell draw near who, while they are present with a person, cannot dwell among heavenly things. As a consequence he then thinks that heavenly things are of no importance, while earthly ones are everything. And when that person thinks that earthly things are everything, he believes himself to be more learned and wiser than everybody else, in that he himself does not accept the truths known to the Church, and at the same time says that they exist for those who are simple. The affection that moves a person is therefore either an earthly affection or else a heavenly one, for he cannot have his being simultaneously with angels from heaven and with spirits from hell; for if he did he would be left hanging between heaven and hell. But when he is moved by an affection for truth for truth's own sake, that is, for the sake of the Lord's kingdom (where Divine Truth is present) and so for the Lord's sake, he is among angels. He does not in this case despise material gain insofar as it enables him to lead his life in the world. But such gain is not his end in view, only the useful purposes it serves which are seen by him as intermediate ends leading on to an ultimate heavenly one. This being so, his heart is by no means at all set on material gain.

[3] The fact that 'the nakedness' means a lack of truths may also be seen from other places in the Word, as in John,

To the angel of the Church of the Laodiceans write, Because you say, I am rich and have become wealthy, so that I have need of nothing - when you do not know that you are wretched and miserable, and needy, and blind, and naked.... Revelation 3:17.

Here being 'naked' stands for suffering from a scarcity of truth. In the same place,

I counsel you to buy from Me gold purified in the fire, and white garments to clothe you, and do not let the shame of your nakedness be manifested. Revelation 3:18.

'Buying gold' stands for acquiring good and making this one's own, 'that you may become wealthy' for acquiring it to the end that celestial and spiritual good may be present; 'white garments' stands for spiritual truths, 'the shame of nakedness' for the lack of any goodness or truth. For 'buying' means acquiring and making one's own, see 5374; 'gold' celestial and spiritual good, 1551, 1552; 'garments' truths, 1073, 2576, 4545, 4763, 5248, 5319; while 'white' is attributed to truth because this comes from the light of heaven, 3301, 3993, 4007, 5319.

[4] In the same book,

Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is he who is awake and keeps his garments, so that he may not walk naked. Revelation 16:15.

'He who keeps his garments' stands for the person who hangs on to truths. 'So that he may not walk naked' stands for so that he is not without truths. In Matthew,

The King will say to those at His right hand, I was naked and you clothed Me around, and to those at His left, I was naked and you did not clothe Me around. Matthew 25:36, 43.

'Naked' stands for the good who acknowledge that within themselves no good or truth at all exists, 4958.

[5] In Isaiah,

Is not this the fast, to break your bread for the hungry, and that you may bring afflicted outcasts to your house, when you see the naked and cover him? Isaiah 58:7.

Here the meaning is similar. In Jeremiah,

Jerusalem sinned grievously, therefore she became a menstruous woman; all who honoured her despised her, for they saw her nakedness. Lamentations 1:8.

Here 'nakedness' stands for a lack of truths. In Ezekiel,

You reached full beauty, your breasts were formed and your hair had grown; but you were naked and bare. I spread My wing over you and covered your nakedness. You did not remember the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare. Ezekiel 16:7-8, 22.

[6] This refers to Jerusalem, by which the Ancient Church is meant - what it was like when it was first established and what it came to be like after that. That is to say, initially it was lacking in truths, after which it was furnished with them, but finally it cast them aside. In the same prophet,

If a man is righteous, one who has executed judgement and righteousness, he gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing. Ezekiel 18:5, 7.

'Covering the naked with clothing' stands for furnishing with truths those who desire truths. In Hosea,

Lest I strip her naked, present her as she was on the day she was born, and make her like a wilderness, and set her like a land of dryness, and slay her with thirst. Hosea 2:3.

'Stripping her naked' stands for leaving her without truths. In Nahum,

I will show the nations your nakedness, and the kingdoms your shame. Nahum 3:5.

'Showing the nations its nakedness' stands for its ugliness. All ugliness is a result of the absence of truths, all beauty a result of the presence of them, 4985, 5199.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.