877# 启14:8.又有一位天使接着说,那大城巴比伦倾倒了,倾倒了,因为她叫所有民族都喝了她淫乱烈怒的酒。
“又有一位天使接着”表示来自主的显现(878节);“说,巴比伦倾倒了,倾倒了”表示对那些将主的神性权柄转到自己身上之人的定罪和摧毁(879节);“那大城”表示在他们当中教义的一切事物方面的摧毁和毁灭(880节);“因为她叫所有民族都喝了她淫乱烈怒的酒”表示通过可怕的邪恶之虚假玷污天堂和教会的良善的一切事物(881节)。
877. Verse 8. And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
"And there followed another angel," signifies manifestation from the Lord; "saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen," signifies the condemnation and destruction of those who have transferred to themselves the Divine Power of the Lord; "that great city," signifies devastation and destruction as to all things of doctrine among them; "because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication" signifies the adulteration of all things of the good of heaven and the church by dire falsities of evil.
877. Verse 8. And another angel followed, saying, Fallen, fallen is Babylon, that great city, for she hath given all nations to drink of the wine of the anger of her whoredom.
8. "And another angel followed," signifies manifestation by the Lord. n. 878; "saying, Fallen, fallen is Babylon," signifies the condemnation and destruction of those who have transferred to themselves the Lord's Divine authority n. 879; "that great city," signifies the devastation and destruction as to all things of doctrine with them n. 880; "for she hath given all nations to drink of the wine of the anger of her whoredom," signifies the adulteration of all things of the good of heaven and the church by direful falsities of evil (n. 881).
877. VERSUS 8.
"Et alius angelus secutus est, dicens, Cecidit, cecidit Babylon, urbs illa magna, quia ex vino irae scortationis suae potavit omnes gentes."
8. "Et alius angelus secutus est", significat manifestationem a Domino [n. 878] ; "dicens, Cecidit, cecidit, Babylon", significat damnationem et destructionem illorum qui Divinam Domini potestatem in se transtulerunt [n. 879] ; "urbs illa magna", significat devastationem et destructionem quoad omnia doctrinae apud illos [n. 880] ; "quia ex vino irae scortationis suae potavit omnes gentes", significat adulterationem omnium boni caeli et ecclesiae per dira falsa mali [n. 881] .