7505.“一场极重的瘟疫”表一场全面的灭绝。这从“瘟疫”的含义清楚可知，“瘟疫”是指真理的荒凉；由于经上说“一场极重的瘟疫”，故所表示的是真理的灭绝。“一场瘟疫”表示真理的荒凉，这一点从以下圣言中的经文明显看出来：
我将这四样严厉的判罚，就是剑、饥荒、恶兽、瘟疫降在耶路撒冷，将人与牲畜从其中剪除。（以西结书14:21）
“将人与牲畜剪除”表示使内层和外层良善荒凉。同一先知书：
在外有剑，在内有瘟疫饥荒；在田野的必死于剑下，在城中的必有饥荒瘟疫吞灭他。（以西结书7:15）
“瘟疫”表示良善的荒凉。又：
故因你用一切可憎的物、可厌的事玷污了我的圣所，你的三分之一必遭瘟疫而死，他们在你中间必消灭。（以西结书5:11-12）
“瘟疫”表示良善的灭绝。阿摩司书：
我降瘟疫在你们中间，像在埃及一样。用剑杀戮你们的少年人，使你们的马匹被掳掠。（阿摩司书4:10）
“像在埃及一样的瘟疫”表示良善和真理通过虚假而荒凉，这就是“像在埃及一样”；“用剑杀戮你们的少年人，使你们的马匹被掳掠”表示真理的荒凉；“少年人”表示真理，“马匹”表示理性概念，如前所述（7503节）。诗篇：
你必不怕黑夜的惊骇，或是白日飞的箭；不怕幽暗中流行的瘟疫，或是午间灭人的死亡。（诗篇91:5-6）
“幽暗中流行的瘟疫”表示暗中荒凉的邪恶；“午间灭人的死亡”表示明处荒凉的邪恶。此外，“瘟疫”还出现在其它经文中。
Potts(1905-1910) 7505
7505. A very grievous pestilence. That this signifies a consumption in general, is evident from the signification of "pestilence," as being the vastation of truth; and because it is called "a very grievous pestilence," there is signified the consumption of truth. That a "pestilence" signifies the vastation of truth is plain from the following passages in the Word:
When I send My four evil judgments upon Jerusalem; the sword, and the famine, and the evil beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast (Ezek. 45:21);
"to cut off man and beast" denotes to vastate interior and exterior good. The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within; he that is in the field shall die by the sword; but he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him (Ezek. 7:15);
where "pestilence" denotes the vastation of good. Therefore because thou hast defiled My sanctuary with all thine abominations, a third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and they shall be consumed in the midst of thee (Ezek. 5:11-12);
where "pestilence" denotes the wasting away of good. In Amos:
I have sent among you the pestilence in the way of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, with the captivity of your horses (Amos 4:10);
where "the pestilence in the way of Egypt" denotes the vastation of good and truth by means of falsities, which are "the way of Egypt;" "your young men have I slain with the sword, with the captivity of horses" denotes the vastation of truth; "young men" denote truths, and "horses" intellectual things (as above, n. 7503). In David:
Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror of the night, for the arrow that flieth by day; for the pestilence that creepeth in thick darkness, for the death that wasteth at noonday (Ps. 91:5-6);
where "the pestilence that creepeth in thick darkness" denotes the evil which vastates in secret; "the death that wasteth at noonday" denotes the evil that vastates openly; besides other passages.
Elliott(1983-1999) 7505
7505. 'An extremely severe pestilence' means an overall annihilation. This is clear from the meaning of 'a pestilence' as a laying waste of truth, and since it says 'an extremely severe pestilence' the annihilation of truth is meant. The fact that 'a pestilence' means a laying waste of truth is evident from the following places in the Word: In Ezekiel,
... when I shall send My four severea judgements - sword, and famine, and evil wild animal, and pestilence - onto Jerusalem, to cut off man and beast from it. Ezek 14:21.
'Cutting off man and beast' stands for the laying waste of good, interior and exterior. In the same prophet,
The sword is without, and pestilence and famine within; he that is in the field will die by the sword, but him that is in the city famine and pestilence will devour. Ezek 7:15.
'Pestilence' stands for a laying waste of good. In the same prophet,
Therefore because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your abominations, a third part of you will die from pestilence, and be annihilated [by famine] in your midst. Ezek 5:11, 12.
'Pestilence' stands for an annihilation of good. In Amos,
I have sent the pestilence upon you in the way of Egypt, I have killed your young men with the sword, along with your captured horses.b Amos 4:10.
'The pestilence in the way of Egypt' stands for a laying waste of good and truth by means of falsities, which are 'the way of Egypt'. 'I have killed young men with the sword, along with captured horses' stands for a laying waste of truth, truths being meant by 'young men' and intellectual concepts by 'horses' as above in 7503. In David,
You will not be afraid of the terror of the night, of the arrow that flies by day, of the pestilence that creeps in thick darkness, of death that lays waste at noon-day. Ps 91:5, 6.
'The pestilence that creeps in thick darkness' stands for evil that lays waste in concealment; 'death that lays waste at noonday' stands for evil which does so out in the open. 'Pestilence' occurs in other places besides these.
Latin(1748-1756) 7505
7505. `Pestis gravis valde': quod significet consumptionem in communi, {1} constat ex significatione `pestis' quod sit vastatio veri, et quia dicitur `pestis gravis valde,' {2}significatur consumptio veri; quod `pestis' vastationem veri significet, patet ab his locis in Verbo: apud Ezechielem, Quando quattuor judicia Mea mala, gladium, et famem, et feram malam, et pestem, misero super Hierosolymam, ad exscindendum ex ea hominem et bestiam, xiv 21;`exscindere hominem et bestiam' pro vastare bonum interius et exterius: apud eundem, Gladius foris, et pestis atque fames intus; qui in agro, gladio morietur, qui vero in urbe, illum fames et pestis comedent, vii 15;
`pestis' pro vastatione boni: apud eundem, Ideo quod sanctuarium Meum polluisti omnibus abominationibus tuis, tertia pars tui peste morientur, et consumentur in medio tui, v [11,] 12;
`pestis' pro consumptione boni: apud Amos, Misi in vos pestem in via Aegypti, occidi gladio juvenes vestros, cum captivitate equorum vestrorum, iv 10;
`pestis in via Aegypti' pro vastatione {3}boni et veri per falsa, quae sunt `via Aegypti'; `occidi gladio juvenes cum captivitate equorum' pro vastatione veri; `juvenes' sunt vera, et `equi' intellectualia, ut supra n. 7503 apud Davidem, Non timebis tibi a pavore noctis, a telo volat interdiu; a peste quae in caligine serpit, a morte vastat in meridie, Ps. xci 5, 6;
`pestis quae in caligine serpit' pro malo quod in occulto vastat; `mors quae vastat in meridie' pro malo quod in aperto; praeter aliis in locis. @1 i nempe veri et boni fidei,$ @2 est$ @3 veri et boni$