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Ουτω λεγει Κυριος· δια τας τρεις παραβασεις της Δαμασκου και δια τας τεσσαρας δεν θελω αποστρεψει την τιμωριαν αυτης, διοτι ηλωνισαν την Γαλααδ με τριβολους σιδηρους·
Amos 1:3
Ιερεμία 17:27
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Αλλ' εαν δεν μου υπακουσητε, ωστε να αγιαζητε την ημεραν του σαββατου και να μη βασταζητε φορτιον και εμβιβαζητε εις τας πυλας της Ιερουσαλημ την ημεραν του σαββατου, τοτε θελω αναψει πυρ εν ταις πυλαις αυτης και θελει καταφαγει τα παλατια της Ιερουσαλημ και δεν θελει σβεσθη.
Arcana Coelestia #4257
4257. 'Lest he comes and smites me, the mother with the children' means that it is about to perish. This becomes clear without explanation. Among the ancients who lived in an age of representatives and meaningful signs 'smiting the mother with the children 1 was a proverbial expression meaning the destruction of the Church and of everything that belonged to the Church either in general, or in particular with anyone who in himself is a Church. For 'mother' was used by them to mean the Church, 289, 2691, 2717, and 'children' or 'sons' truths which belonged to the Church, 489, 491, 533, 1147, 2623, 3373. Consequently 'smiting the mother with the children' means to perish completely, as a person too perishes completely when the Church and that which belongs to the Church perishes in him; that is, when the affection for truth, which strictly is the meaning of 'mother' and which constitutes the Church in a person, is destroyed.
Imibhalo yaphansi:
1. literally, mother over children (or sons)
