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Daniel 9

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1 ετος-N3E-GSN πρωτος-A1--GSNS επι-P *δαρειος-N2--GSM ο- A--GSM *ξερξης-N1M-GSM απο-P ο- A--GSF γενεα-N1A-GSF ο- A--GSF *μηδικη-N---GSF ος- --NPM βασιλευω-VAI-AAI3P επι-P ο- A--ASF βασιλεια-N1A-ASF ο- A--GPM *χαλδαιος-N2--GPM

2 ο- A--DSN πρωτος-A1--DSNS ετος-N3E-DSN ο- A--GSF βασιλεια-N1A-GSF αυτος- D--GSM εγω- P--NS *δανιηλ-N---NSM διανοεομαι-VCI-API1S εν-P ο- A--DPF βιβλος-N2--DPF ο- A--ASM αριθμος-N2--ASM ο- A--GPN ετος-N3E-GPN οτε-D γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S προσταγμα-N3M-NSN ο- A--DSF γη-N1--DSF επι-P *ιερεμιας-N---ASM ο- A--ASM προφητης-N1M-ASM εγειρω-VA--AAN εις-P αναπληρωσις-N3I-ASF ονειδισμος-N2--GSM *ιερουσαλημ-N---GSF εβδομηκοντα-M ετος-N3E-APN

3 και-C διδωμι-VAI-AAI1S ο- A--ASN προσωπον-N2N-ASN εγω- P--GS επι-P κυριος-N2--ASM ο- A--ASM θεος-N2--ASM ευρισκω-VB--AAN προσευχη-N1--ASF και-C ελεος-N3E-ASN εν-P νηστεια-N1A-DPF και-C σακκος-N2--DSM και-C σποδος-N2--DSF

4 και-C προςευχομαι-VAI-AMI1S προς-P κυριος-N2--ASM ο- A--ASM θεος-N2--ASM και-C εκομολογεω-VAI-AMI1S και-C ειπον-VAI-AAI1S ιδου-I κυριος-N2--VSM συ- P--NS ειμι-V9--PAI2S ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM μεγας-A1P-NSM και-C ο- A--NSM ισχυρος-A1A-NSM και-C ο- A--NSM φοβερος-A1A-NSM τηρεω-V2--PAPNSM ο- A--ASF διαθηκη-N1--ASF και-C ο- A--ASN ελεος-N3E-ASN ο- A--DPM αγαπαω-V3--PAPDPM συ- P--AS και-C ο- A--DPM φυλασσω-V1--PAPDPM ο- A--APN προσταγμα-N3M-APN συ- P--GS

5 αμαρτανω-VBI-AAI1P αδικεω-VAI-AAI1P ασεβεω-VAI-AAI1P και-C αποιστημι-VHI-AAI1P και-C παραβαινω-VZI-AAI1P ο- A--APF εντολη-N1A-APF συ- P--GS και-C ο- A--APN κριμα-N3M-APN συ- P--GS

6 και-C ου-D ακουω-VAI-AAI1P ο- A--GPM παις-N3D-GPM συ- P--GS ο- A--GPM προφητης-N1M-GPM ος- --APN λαλεω-VAI-AAI3P επι-P ο- A--DSN ονομα-N3M-DSN συ- P--GS επι-P ο- A--APM βασιλευς-N3V-NPM εγω- P--GP και-C δυναστης-N1M-APM εγω- P--GP και-C πατηρ-N3--APM εγω- P--GP και-C πας-A3--DSN εθνος-N3E-DSN επι-P ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF

7 συ- P--DS κυριος-N2--VSM ο- A--NSF δικαιοσυνη-N1--NSF και-C εγω- P--DP ο- A--NSF αισχυνη-N1--NSF ο- A--GSN προσωπον-N2N-GSN κατα-P ο- A--ASF ημερα-N1A-ASF ουτος- D--ASF ανθρωπος-N2--DPM *ιουδα-N---GSM και-C καταημαι-V5--PMPDPM εν-P *ιερουσαλημ-N---DSF και-C πας-A3--DSM ο- A--DSM λαος-N2--DSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM ο- A--DSM εγγυς-D και-C ο- A--DSM απωτερω-D εν-P πας-A1S-DPF ο- A--DPF χωρα-N1A-DPF εις-P ος- --APF διασκορπιζω-VAI-AAI2S αυτος- D--APM εκει-D εν-P ο- A--DSF πλημμελεια-N1A-DSF ος- --DSF πλημμελεω-VAI-AAI3P εναντιον-P συ- P--GS

8 δεσποτης-N1M-VSM εγω- P--DP ο- A--NSF αισχυνη-N1--NSF ο- A--GSN προσωπον-N2N-GSN και-C ο- A--DPM βασιλευς-N3V-DPM εγω- P--GP και-C δυναστης-N1M-DPM και-C ο- A--DPM πατηρ-N3--DPM εγω- P--GP οτι-C αμαρτανω-VBI-AAI1P συ- P--DS

9 ο- A--DSM κυριος-N2--DSM ο- A--NSF δικαιοσυνη-N1--NSF και-C ο- A--NSN ελεος-N3E-NSN οτι-C αποιστημι-VHI-AAI1P απο-P συ- P--GS

10 και-C ου-D ακουω-VAI-AAI1P ο- A--GSF φωνη-N1--GSF κυριος-N2--GSM ο- A--GSM θεος-N2--GSM εγω- P--GP καταακολουθεω-VA--AAN ο- A--DSM νομος-N2--DSM συ- P--GS ος- --DSM διδωμι-VAI-AAI2S ενωπιον-P *μωσης-N1M-GSM και-C εγω- P--GP δια-P ο- A--GPM παις-N3D-GPM συ- P--GS ο- A--GPM προφητης-N1M-GPM

11 και-C πας-A3--NSM *ισραηλ-N---NSM εν καταλειπω-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--ASM νομος-N2--ASM συ- P--GS και-C αποιστημι-VHI-AAI3P ο- A--GSM μη-D ακουω-VA--AAN ο- A--GSF φωνη-N1--GSF συ- P--GS και-C επιερχομαι-VBI-AAI3S επι-P εγω- P--AP ο- A--NSF καταρα-N1A-NSF και-C ο- A--NSM ορκος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM γραφω-VP--XMPNSM εν-P ο- A--DSM νομος-N2--DSM *μωσης-N1M-GSM παις-N3D-GSM ο- A--GSM θεος-N2--GSM οτι-C αμαρτανω-VBI-AAI1P αυτος- D--DSM

12 και-C ιστημι-VAI-AAI3S εγω- P--DP ο- A--APN προσταγμα-N3M-APN αυτος- D--GSM οσος-A1--APN λαλεω-VAI-AAI3S επι-P εγω- P--AP και-C επι-P ο- A--APM κριτης-N1M-APM εγω- P--GP οσος-A1--APN κρινω-VAI-AAI2S εγω- P--DP επιαγω-VB--AAN επι-P εγω- P--AP κακος-A1--APN μεγας-A1--APN οιος-A1A-APN ου-D γιγνομαι-VCI-API3S υπο-P ο- A--ASM ουρανος-N2--ASM καθοτι-D γιγνομαι-VCI-API3S εν-P *ιερουσαλημ-N---DSF

13 κατα-P ο- A--APN γραφω-VP--XMPAPN εν-P διαθηκη-N1--DSF *μωσης-N1M-GSM πας-A3--APN ο- A--APN κακος-A1--APN επιερχομαι-VBI-AAI3S εγω- P--DP και-C ου-D εκζητεω-VAI-AAI1P ο- A--ASN προσωπον-N2N-ASN κυριος-N2--GSM θεος-N2--GSM εγω- P--GP αποιστημι-VH--AAN απο-P ο- A--GPF αμαρτια-N1A-GPF εγω- P--GP και-C διανοεομαι-VC--APN ο- A--ASF δικαιοσυνη-N1--ASF συ- P--GS κυριος-N2--VSM

14 και-C αγρυπνεω-VAI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM επι-P ο- A--APN κακος-A1--APN και-C επιαγω-VBI-AAI3S επι-P εγω- P--AP οτι-C δικαιος-A1A-NSM κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM εγω- P--GP επι-P πας-A3--APN οσος-A1--APN αν-X ποιεω-VA--AAS3S και-C ου-D ακουω-VAI-AAI1P ο- A--GSF φωνη-N1--GSF αυτος- D--GSM

15 και-C νυν-D δεσποτης-N1M-VSM κυριος-N2--VSM ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM εγω- P--GP ο- A--NSM εκαγω-VB--AAPNSM ο- A--ASM λαος-N2--ASM συ- P--GS εκ-P *αιγυπτος-N2--GSF ο- A--DSM βραχιων-N3N-DSM συ- P--GS ο- A--DSM υψηλος-A1--DSM και-C ποιεω-VAI-AAI2S σεαυτου- D--DSM ονομα-N3M-ASN κατα-P ο- A--ASF ημερα-N1A-ASF ουτος- D--ASF αμαρτανω-VBI-AAI1P αγνοεω-VXI-XAI1P

16 δεσποτης-N1M-VSM κατα-P ο- A--ASF δικαιοσυνη-N1--ASF συ- P--GS αποστρεφω-VD--APD3S ο- A--NSM θυμος-N2--NSM συ- P--GS και-C ο- A--NSF οργη-N1--NSF συ- P--GS απο-P ο- A--GSF πολις-N3I-GSF συ- P--GS *ιερουσαλημ-N---GSF ορος-N3E-GSN ο- A--GSN αγιος-A1A-GSN συ- P--GS οτι-C εν-P ο- A--DPF αμαρτια-N1A-DPF εγω- P--GP και-C εν-P ο- A--DPF αγνοια-N1A-DPF ο- A--GPM πατηρ-N3--GPM εγω- P--GP *ιερουσαλημ-N---NSF και-C ο- A--NSM δημος-N2--NSM συ- P--GS κυριος-N2--VSM εις-P ονειδισμος-N2--ASM εν-P πας-A3--DPM ο- A--DPM περικυκλω-D εγω- P--GP

17 και-C νυν-D επιακουω-VA--AAD2S δεσποτης-N1M-VSM ο- A--GSF προσευχη-N1--GSF ο- A--GSM παις-N3D-GSM συ- P--GS και-C επι-P ο- A--APF δεησις-N3I-APF εγω- P--GS και-C επιβλεπω-VA--AAD3S ο- A--ASN προσωπον-N2N-ASN συ- P--GS επι-P ο- A--ASN ορος-N3E-ASN ο- A--ASN αγιος-A1A-ASN συ- P--GS ο- A--ASN ερημος-A1B-ASN ενεκεν-P ο- A--GPM δουλος-N2--GPM συ- P--GS δεσποτης-N1M-VSM

18 προςεχω-VB--AAD2S κυριος-N2--VSM ο- A--ASN ους-N3--ASN συ- P--GS και-C επιακουω-VA--AAD2S εγω- P--GS αναοιγω-VA--AAD2S ο- A--APM οφθαλμος-N2--APM συ- P--GS και-C οραω-VB--AAD2S ο- A--ASF ερημωσις-N3I-ASF εγω- P--GP και-C ο- A--GSF πολις-N3I-GSF συ- P--GS επι-P ος- --GSF επικαλεω-VCI-API3S ο- A--ASN ονομα-N3M-ASN συ- P--GS επι-P αυτος- D--GSF ου-D γαρ-X επι-P ο- A--DPF δικαιοσυνη-N1--DPF εγω- P--GP εγω- P--NP δεω-V1--PMI1P εν-P ο- A--DPF προσευχη-N1--DPF εγω- P--GP ενωπιον-P συ- P--GS αλλα-C δια-P ο- A--ASN σος-A1--ASN ελεος-N3E-ASN

19 κυριος-N2--VSM συ- P--NS ιλατευω-VA--AAD2S κυριος-N2--VSM επιακουω-VA--AAD2S και-C ποιεω-VA--AAD2S και-C μη-D χρονιζω-VA--AAS2S ενεκα-P σεαυτου- D--GSM δεσποτης-N1M-VSM οτι-C ο- A--ASN ονομα-N3M-ASN συ- P--GS επικαλεω-VCI-API3S επι-P ο- A--ASF πολις-N3I-ASF συ- P--GS *σιων-N---AS και-C επι-P ο- A--ASM λαος-N2--ASM συ- P--GS *ισραηλ-N---ASM

20 και-C εως-C εγω- P--NS λαλεω-V2I-IAI1S προςευχομαι-V1--PMPNSM και-C εκομολογεω-V2--PMPNSM ο- A--APF αμαρτια-N1A-APF εγω- P--GS και-C ο- A--APF αμαρτια-N1A-APF ο- A--GSM λαος-N2--GSM εγω- P--GS *ισραηλ-N---GSM και-C δεω-V1--PMPNSM εν-P ο- A--DPF προσευχη-N1--DPF εναντιον-P κυριος-N2--GSM θεος-N2--GSM εγω- P--GS και-C υπερ-P ο- A--GSN ορος-N3E-GSN ο- A--GSN αγιος-A1A-GSN ο- A--GSM θεος-N2--GSM εγω- P--GP

21 και-C ετι-D λαλεω-V2--PAPGSM εγω- P--GS εν-P ο- A--DSF προσευχη-N1--DSF εγω- P--GS και-C ιδου-I ο- A--NSM ανηρ-N3--NSM ος- --ASM οραω-VBI-AAI1S εν-P ο- A--DSM υπνος-N2--DSM εγω- P--GS ο- A--ASF αρχη-N1--ASF *γαβριηλ-N---NSM ταχος-N3E-DSN φερω-V1--PMPNSM προςεγγιζω-VAI-AAI3S εγω- P--DS εν-P ωρα-N1A-DSF θυσια-N1A-GSF εσπερινος-A1--GSF

22 και-C προςερχομαι-VBI-AAI3S και-C λαλεω-VAI-AAI3S μετα-P εγω- P--GS και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S *δανιηλ-N---VSM αρτι-D εκερχομαι-VBI-AAI1S υποδεικνυω-VA--AAN συ- P--DS διανοια-N1A-ASF

23 εν-P αρχη-N1--DSF ο- A--GSF δεησις-N3I-GSF συ- P--GS εκερχομαι-VBI-AAI3S προσταγμα-N3M-ASN παρα-P κυριος-N2--GSM και-C εγω- P--NS ερχομαι-VBI-AAI1S υποδεικνυω-VA--AAN συ- P--DS οτι-C ελεεινος-A1--NSM ειμι-V9--PAI2S και-C διανοεομαι-VC--APD2S ο- A--ASN προσταγμα-N3M-ASN

24 εβδομηκοντα-M εβδομας-N3D-NPF κρινω-VCI-API3P επι-P ο- A--ASM λαος-N2--ASM συ- P--GS και-C επι-P ο- A--ASF πολις-N3I-ASF *σιων-N---AS συντελεω-VS--APN ο- A--ASF αμαρτια-N1A-ASF και-C ο- A--APF αδικια-N1A-APF σπανιζω-VA--AAN και-C αποαλειφω-VA--AAN ο- A--APF αδικια-N1A-APF και-C διανοεομαι-VC--APN ο- A--ASN οραμα-N3M-ASN και-C διδωμι-VC--APN δικαιοσυνη-N1--ASF αιωνιος-A1B-ASF και-C συντελεω-VS--APN ο- A--ASN οραμα-N3M-ASN και-C ευφραινω-VA--AAN αγιος-A1A-ASN αγιος-A1A-GPN

25 και-C γιγνωσκω-VF--FMI2S και-C διανοεομαι-VC--FPI2S και-C ευφραινω-VC--FPI2S και-C ευρισκω-VF--FAI2S προσταγμα-N3M-APN αποκρινω-VC--APN και-C οικοδομεω-VF--FAI2S *ιερουσαλημ-N---ASF πολις-N3I-ASF κυριος-N2--DSM

26 και-C μετα-P επτα-M και-C εβδομηκοντα-M και-C εξηκοντα-M δυο-M αποιστημι-VC--FPI3S χρισμα-N3M-NSN και-C ου-D ειμι-VF--FMI3S και-C βασιλεια-N1A-NSF εθνος-N3E-GPN φθειρω-VF2-FAI3S ο- A--ASF πολις-N3I-ASF και-C ο- A--ASN αγιος-A1A-ASN μετα-P ο- A--GSM χριστος-A1--GSM και-C ηκω-VF--FAI3S ο- A--NSF συντελεια-N1A-NSF αυτος- D--GSM μετα-P οργη-N1--GSF και-C εως-P καιρος-N2--GSM συντελεια-N1A-GSF απο-P πολεμος-N2--GSM πολεμεω-VC--FPI3S

27 και-C δυναστευω-VF--FAI3S ο- A--NSF διαθηκη-N1--NSF εις-P πολυς-A1P-APM και-C παλιν-D επιστρεφω-VF--FAI3S και-C αναοικοδομεω-VC--FPI3S εις-P πλατος-N3E-ASN και-C μηκος-N3E-ASN και-C κατα-P συντελεια-N1A-ASF καιρος-N2--GPM και-C μετα-P επτα-M και-C εβδομηκοντα-M καιρος-N2--APM και-C εξηκοντα-M δυο-M ετος-N3E-APN εως-P καιρος-N2--GSM συντελεια-N1A-GSF πολεμος-N2--GSM και-C αποαιρεω-VC--FPI3S ο- A--NSF ερημωσις-N3I-NSF εν-P ο- A--DSN καταισχυω-VA--AAN ο- A--ASF διαθηκη-N1--ASF επι-P πολυς-A1--APF εβδομας-N3D-APF και-C εν-P ο- A--DSN τελος-N3E-DSN ο- A--GSF εβδομας-N3D-GSF αιρω-VC--FPI3S ο- A--NSF θυσια-N1A-NSF και-C ο- A--NSF σπονδη-N1--NSF και-C επι-P ο- A--ASN ιερος-A1A-ASN βδελυγμα-N3M-ASN ο- A--GPF ερημωσις-N3I-GPF ειμι-VF--FMI3S εως-P συντελεια-N1A-GSF και-C συντελεια-N1A-NSF διδωμι-VC--FPI3S επι-P ο- A--ASF ερημωσις-N3I-ASF

   

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Arcana Coelestia #9642

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Yiya esigabeni / 10837  
  

9642. 'The boards for the south side, southwards' means even to the more internal and the inmost parts [of it], where truth dwells in light. This is clear from the meaning of 'the boards of the dwelling-place' as the good supporting heaven, dealt with in 9634; from the meaning of 'the side (or corner)', when the term is used in reference to the four quarters, as the specific state meant by that quarter, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'the south, southwards' 1 as the more internal and the inmost parts, where truth dwells in light. 'The south' or 'midday' means a state of light, which is a state of intelligence produced by truths, thus also an interior state; for in the heavens the light, and the intelligence and wisdom that accompany the light, increases towards the more internal parts. Further away from those parts truth dwells in shade; and this state of truth is meant by 'the north'. This then is why 'the south side, southwards' means even to the more internal and the inmost parts, where truth dwells in light.

[2] The same things are meant by 'the south' in Isaiah,

I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Do not withhold. Bring My sons from afar, and My daughters from the end of the earth. Isaiah 43:6.

This refers to a new Church. 'Saying to the north' means speaking to those who are in darkness or have no knowledge of the truths of faith, who are gentiles outside the Church. 'Saying to the south' means speaking to those who dwell in the light provided by cognitions or knowledge of goodness and truth, who are people within the Church. This explains why the latter are told not to 'withhold' [those sons and daughters], but the former 'to give them up'.

[3] In Ezekiel,

Set your face the way of the south, and drop [your words] towards the south, and prophesy against the forest of the field to the south, and say to the forest of the south, Behold, I am kindling in you a fire, which will devour in you every green tree; and all faces from south to north will be scorched. Set your face towards Jerusalem, and drop [your words] against the sanctuaries, and prophesy against the land of Israel. Ezekiel 20:46-21:2.

'The south' here stands for those who have the light of truth provided by the Word, thus those who belong to the Church, yet who are influenced by falsities which they substantiate from the sense of the letter of the Word wrongly explained. This is why the expressions 'the forest of the field towards the south' and 'the forest of the south' are used. 'A forest' is a state in which factual knowledge is predominant, whereas 'a garden' is one in which truth is predominant. From this it is evident what the meaning is of 'setting one's face the way of the south, and dropping [one's words] towards the south, and prophesying against the forest of the field to the south', and then of 'set your face towards Jerusalem, and drop [your words] against the sanctuaries, and prophesy against the land of Israel'. 'Jerusalem' and 'the land of Israel' mean the Church, and 'the sanctuaries' there things of the Church.

[4] In Isaiah,

If you bring out for the hungry your soul 2 and satisfy the afflicted soul, your light will rise in the darkness, and your thick darkness will be as at midday. Isaiah 58:10.

'Darkness' and 'thick darkness' stand for lack of knowledge of truth and good, 'light' and 'midday' for an understanding of them. In the same prophet, Give counsel, execute judgement, set your shade like the night in the middle of the day; 3 hide the outcasts, do not reveal the wanderer. Isaiah 16:3.

'In the middle of the day' stands for in the midst of the light of truth. In Jeremiah,

Prepare for 4 battle against the daughter of Zion; arise, and let us go up into the south, 5 for the day goes away, for the shadows of evening are set at an angle. Jeremiah 6:4.

'Going up into the south' stands for going up against the Church, where truth dwells in light from the Word. In Amos,

I will make the sun go down in the south, 5 and I will darken the land in broad daylight. Amos 8:9.

This stands for blotting out all the light of truth which is provided by the Word.

[5] In David,

You will not be afraid of the terror of the night, of the arrow that flies by day, of the pestilence in thick darkness, of death that lays waste at noonday. Psalms 91:5-6.

'The terror of the night' stands for falsities arising from evil that come from hell; 'the arrow that flies by day' stands for falsity which is taught openly; 'death that lays waste at noonday' stands for evil that is openly present in people's lives, and that destroys truth wherever it is able to dwell in its own light from the Word.

[6] And in Isaiah,

The prophecy of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south sweep through, 6 it comes from the wilderness, from a terrible land. Isaiah 21:1.

In Daniel,

The he-goat of the she-goats made himself exceedingly great, and his horn grew exceedingly towards the south, and towards the east, and towards the glorious [land]. And it grew even towards the host of heaven, and cast down to the earth some of the host, and of the stars, and trampled on them. Daniel 8:8-10.

This refers to the state of the future Church. It foretells that the Church will be ruined by teachings about faith separated from the good of charity, 'the he-goat of the she-goats' being this kind of faith, 4169 (end), 4769. 'The horn's growing towards the south' stands for the power of falsity from this faith directed against truths, 'towards the east' for directing it against forms of good, and 'towards the glorious [land]' for directing it against the Church. 'Towards the host of heaven' stands for directing that power against all the forms of good and the truths belonging to heaven, and 'casting down to the earth some of the host, and of the stars' stands for destroying these, and also even the cognitions or knowledge of good and truth, 4697.

[7] The whole of Chapter 11 in the same prophet describes a war between the king of the south and the king of the north. 'The king of the south' means the light of truth derived from the Word, and 'the king of the north' reasoning about truths which is based on factual knowledge. The shifting fortunes which the Church will experience until it ceases to exist are described by the different phases in the course of that war.

[8] Because 'the south' meant truth dwelling in light it was decreed that the tribes of Reuben, Simeon, and Gad should camp towards the south, Numbers 2:10-15. Encampments represented the arrangement of all things in heaven as determined by the truths and forms of the good of faith and love, 4236, 8103 (end), 8193, 8196, and 'the twelve tribes' which formed the camp meant all the truths and forms of good in their entirety, 3858, 3862, 3926, 3939, 4060, 6335, 6337, 6397, 6640, 7836, 7891, 7996, 7997. 'The tribe of Reuben' meant the truth of faith present in doctrine, 3861, 3866, 5542, 'the tribe of Simeon' the truth of faith subsequently present in life, 3869-3872, 4497, 4502, 4503, 5482, and 'the tribe of Gad' works motivated by that truth in doctrine and life, 6404, 6405. From these meanings it is evident why these three camped towards the south; for all things on the side of truth or faith belong in the south because they are in light.

[9] From all this it is now clear what 'the south side' means, namely where the state of truth dwelling in light is to be found. For all states of the good of love and the truth of faith are meant by the four corners of the earth, states of the good of love being meant by the east and west sides, and states of the truth of faith by the south and north ones. Much the same is meant by 'the four winds', as in the Book of Revelation,

... angels standing over the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth, in order that the wind should not blow onto the earth. Revelation 7:1.

And elsewhere,

Satan will come out to deceive the nations which are at the four corners of the earth. Revelation 20:7-8.

In Matthew,

He will send angels, and gather the elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. 7 Matthew 24:31.

And in Ezekiel,

Come from the four winds, O spirit, and breathe into these killed, that they may live. Ezekiel 37:9.

[10] Because those winds, that is, those four quarters, meant all aspects of good and truth, thus all aspects of heaven and the Church, and 'a temple' meant heaven or the Church, it had been the custom since ancient times to site temples in an east-west direction. This was because the east meant the good of love on the rise, and the west the good of love on the decline. This custom had its origin in representative signs, which were well known to the ancients who belonged to the Church.

Imibhalo yaphansi:

1. Two different words denoting the south are used here. The first (meridies) also means noon or midday and is translated as such in some quotations below. The second (auster) is sometimes used to mean more specifically a south wind.

2. i.e. If you bring food out of store for the hungry

3. or the south

4. literally, Sanctify

5. or at noon

6. literally, for passing through

7. literally, from the bounds of the heavens to the bounds of the heavens

  
Yiya esigabeni / 10837  
  

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

IBhayibheli

 

Revelation 20:7-8

Funda

      

7 And after the thousand years, Satan will be released from his prison,

8 and he will come out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to the war; the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

      

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