767# 启12:17.“龙向妇人发怒”表示“龙”所指的那些人因感觉教会，也就是新耶路撒冷被许多人支持而燃起的对它的仇恨。这从“怒”的含义清楚可知，“怒”当论及龙时，是指仇恨(对此，参看AE 754, 758节)，因此“发怒”表示仇恨；这是因感觉教会被许多人支持而燃起的一种极度仇恨，这一点作为结果从前后文可推知；从前文可推知，即“地开口帮助妇人，吞了那龙从口中吐出来的河”，这表示也有龙在里面的教会提供了帮助，不接受他们对唯信的狡猾推理；从下文可推知，即“龙去与她其余的种争战”，这表示由这种仇恨产生的要攻击该教会的教义真理的一种坚定或热切努力。因此，“龙的怒”在此表示这种因感觉它被许多人支持而燃起的仇恨；因为如前所述，“妇人逃到旷野，到神预备的地方去”表示教会，也就是新耶路撒冷还在少数人中间，在此期间，规定了它可以在许多人中间，并成长直到完全。
767.And the dragon was wroth against the woman.- That this signifies the hatred of those who are meant by the dragon, against the church, which is the New Jerusalem, enkindled by the perception that it is favoured by many, is evident from the signification of wroth when said of the dragon, as denoting hatred, concerning which see above (n. 754, 758), therefore to be wroth denotes to hate. That it is a grievous hatred enkindled by the perception that that church is favoured by many, follows as a consequence from what precedes and from what follows. From what precedes, namely, that the earth opened her mouth, and helped the woman, and swallowed up the river which the dragon cast out of his mouth, which signifies that the church, in which there are also dragons, rendered assistance, and did not accept their crafty reasonings about faith alone; and from what follows, namely, that the dragon went away to make war with the rest of her seed, which signifies a determined effort, arising from that hatred, to attack the truths of the doctrine of that church. The anger of the dragon therefore signifies here such hatred enkindled by a perception that it is favoured by many. For, as said above, the woman flying into the wilderness to the place prepared by God signifies that the church which is the New Jerusalem was yet among a few, while provision was being made for it among many, and for its growing to fullness.
767. Verse 17. And the dragon was angry against the woman, signifies the hatred of those who are meant by "the dragon" against the church that is the New Jerusalem, enkindled by a perception that it is favored by many. This is evident from the signification of "anger," as being, in reference to the dragon, hatred (of which above, n. 754, 758), therefore "to be angry" means to hate; that this is a grievous hatred enkindled by a perception that the church is favored by many, follows as a consequence from what precedes and from what follows; from what precedes, namely, that "the earth opened her mouth and helped the woman, and swallowed up the river which the dragon cast out of his mouth," which signifies that the church, in which there are also dragons, rendered assistance, and did not accept their keen reasonings respecting faith alone; and from what follows namely, that "the dragon went away to make war with the remnant of her seed," which signifies an ardent effort from that hatred to assault the truths of doctrine of that church. So "the anger of the dragon" here signifies such hatred enkindled by a perception that it is favored by many; for, as has been said above, "the woman fled into the wilderness into a place prepared by God" signifies that the church which is the New Jerusalem was among a few, while provision was making for it among many, and for its growing to fullness.
767. [Vers. 17.] "Et iratus est draco contra mulierem." - Quod significet odium illorum, qui per "draconem" intelliguntur, contra ecclesiam, quae Novae Hierosolymae, incensum a percepto favore plurium, constat ex significatione "irae", cum de dracone, quod sit odium (de qua supra, n. 754, 758), inde "iratus esse", quod sit in odio esse; quod odium illud sit odium grave incensum ex percepto favore plurium, fluit ex illis quae praecedunt, et ex illis quae sequuntur; ex his quae praecedunt, quod "terra aperuerit os suum, et adjuverit mulierem, et deglutiverit flumen quod draco ex ore suo ejecit", per quae significatur quod ecclesia, in qua etiam dracones sunt, operam praestiterit, et acutas ratiocinationes illorum de sola fide non receperit; et ex his quae sequuntur, quod "draco abiverit bellum facere cum reliquis seminis ejus", per quae significatur ardens ex illo odio conatus impugnandi vera doctrinae illius ecclesiae: inde est quod per "iram draconis" hic significetur odium incensum a percepto favore plurium; nam, ut supra dictum est, per quod "mulier fugerit in desertum in locum praeparatum a Deo", significatur quod ecclesia, quae Nova Hierosolyma, esset inter paucos, usque dum providetur inter plures, et crescit in plenum.