Turn you to the stronghold ye prisoners of hope even today do I declare that I will render double unto thee I who have bent Judah for Me as a bow, I have filled Ephraim, and have stirred up thy sons, O Zion. In the same:-Īsshur shall fall by the sword not of a man and the sword not of man shall devour him and he shall flee before the sword, and his young men shall become tributary ( Isaiah 31:8) Īsshur denotes reasoning in Divine things (AC 119, 1186) the sword not of a man, and not of man, falsity the sword before which he shall flee, truth combating. Jehovah hath called Me from the womb from the bowels of My mother hath He made mention of My name, and He hath made My mouth like a sharp sword, and hath made Me a polished arrow ( Isaiah 49:1, 2) Ī sharp sword denotes truth combating and a polished arrow, the truth of doctrine (AC 2686, 2709). Let the merciful exult In glory, let them sing upon their beds let the high praises of God be in their throat, and a two-edged sword in their hand ( Ps. Where the Lord is treated of, the sword denoting truth combating. Gird Thy sword upon Thy thigh, O mighty One, prosper in Thy glow and Thy majesty, ride upon the word of truth, and Thy right hand shall teach Thee wonderful things ( Ps.
That a sword signifies the truth of faith combating, may be seen from the following passages. A sword in the internal sense signifies the truth of faith combating, and also the vastation of truth and in the opposite sense falsity combating, and the punishment of falsity.
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