Arcana caelestia - 1882 Author:Emanuel Swedenborg Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: case to Jehovah alone, as denoting worship, see above, n. 9192 ; the reason why to Jehovah denotes to the Lord is, because by Jehovah in the Word no other is mea... more »nt than the Lord, see n. 1343, 1736, 2921, 3023, 3035, 4692, 5663, 6303, 690'5, 8864; that the Divine [being or principle], which He called the Father, is the Divine Good in Himself, see n. 2803, 3704, 7499, 8897; thus that the Lord is the alone and only God, n. 1607, 2149, 2156, 2329, 2447, 2751, 3194, 3704, 3712, 3938, 4577, 4687, 5321, 6280, 6371, 6849, 6993, 7014, 7182, 7209, 8241, 8724, 8760, 8864, 8865. 9195. Verses 20, 21, 22, 23. And a sojourner thou shall not afflict, and shalt not oppress, because ye were sojourners in tlw land of Egypt. Any widow and orphan ye shall not afflict. If in afflicting thou shalt afflict him, so that crying he cry to Me, hearing Twill hear his cry. And mine anger shall burn, an'dJ will slay you with the sword, and your women shall becomewid- ows and your sons orphans. And a sqjourner thou shalt not afflict, and shalt not oppress, signifies that they who are willing to be instructed in the truths and goods of faith ought not to be infested by falses of doctrine ana evils of life. Because ye were Bojourners in the land of Egypt, signifies that they were protected from falses and evils when they were infested by internals. Any widow, signifies who are in good without truth, and still desire trnth. And orphan, signifies who are in truth, and not yet in good, and still desire good. Ye shall not afflict, signifies that they ought not to be defrauded. If in afflicting thou shalt afflict him, signifies if they be defrauded. So that crying he cry to Me, signifies supplication to the Lord for aid. Hearing I will hear their cry, signifies that they ought to be aided. And mine anger shall burn,...« less