8055. 'Which He swore to your fathers to give you' means which the Divine promised to those governed by goodness and truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'swearing', when done by Jehovah, as unchangeable confirmation from the Divine, 2842, 3375, so that 'swearing to give' means a promise; and from the meaning of 'fathers' as those governed by goodness and truth, for when the Church is the subject 'fathers' means the ancients, that is, the Ancient Churches, which were governed by goodness and truth, 6050, 6075, 6589, 6876, 6884, 7649.

7649. 'Which your fathers and your fathers' fathers have not seen, from the day they have been on the ground even to this day' means that since ancient times no such falsity had existed in the Church as existed there now. This is clear from the meaning of 'which (that is, the locusts) they have not seen' as no such falsity had existed, 'locusts' being falsity in outermost parts, see above in 7643; from the meaning of 'fathers, and fathers of fathers' as since ancient times; and from the meaning of 'the ground' as the Church, dealt with in 566, 1068. 'From the day they have been on it even to this day' means the state in which the Church existed from that time to this, the state being meant by 'the day', see 23, 487, 488, 493, 2788, 3462, 4850. For more on this, see 7686.