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613. Verses 8-10. And the voice which I heard out of heaven, spake unto me again, and said, Go, and take the little book, which is open in the hand of the angel who standeth upon the sea and upon the earth. And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey. And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey; and when I had eaten it, my belly was made bitter.- "And the voice which I heard out of heaven spake unto me again, and said," signifies exploration of the men of the church, as to the quality of the understanding of the Word still remaining with them; "Go take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel who standeth upon the sea and upon the earth," signifies the Word manifested by the Lord to heaven and the church. "And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book," signifies the power of perceiving from the Lord the quality of the Word; "And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up," signifies, that he should read, perceive, and explore the Word, as to its interior and exterior qualities; "and it shall make thy belly bitter," signifies that it was interiorly undelightful, because adulterated; "but it shall be in thy mouth as sweet as honey," signifies, that it was exteriorly delightful. "And I took the little book out of the angel's hand and ate it up," signifies exploration; "and it was in my mouth sweet as honey," signifies that the Word, as yet, as to its external sense or the sense of the letter, was perceived as delightful, but simply from the fact of its serving to confirm principles of falsity, originating in the love of self and the love of the world. "And as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was made bitter," signifies, that it was examined and perceived that the Word was interiorly undelightful, on account of the adulterated truth of the sense of its letter.
613. Verses 8-10. And the voice which I heard from heaven again spake with me, and said, Go, take the little book that is open in the hand of the angel that standeth upon the sea and upon the earth. And I went unto the angel, saying unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take and eat it up; and it shall make bitter thy belly, but in thy mouth it shall be sweet as honey. And I took the little book out of the hand of the angel and ate it up; and it was in my mouth like honey, sweet. And when I had eaten it my belly was made bitter.
8. "And the voice which I heard from heaven again spake with me, and said," signifies exploration of the men of the church as to what understanding of the Word yet remained with them n. 614; "Go, take the little book that is open in the hand of the angel that standeth upon the sea and upon the earth," signifies the Word laid open by the Lord to heaven and the church (n. 615).
9. "And I went unto the angel, saying unto him, Give me the little book," signifies the faculty to perceive from the Lord of what quality the Word is n. 616; "And he said unto me, Take and eat it up," signifies that he should read, perceive, and explore the Word, of what quality it is within and of what it is without n. 617; "and it shall make bitter thy belly" signifies that inwardly it was undelightful because adulterated n. 618; "but in thy mouth it shall be sweet as honey" signifies that outwardly it was delightful n. 619.
10. "And I took the little book out of the hand of the angel, and ate it up," signifies exploration (n. 620); "and it was in my mouth like honey, sweet," signifies that the Word in respect to its external or in respect to the sense of its letter was still perceived to be delightful, but only for the reason that it served to confirm the principles of falsity arising from love of self and of the world (n. 621); "and when I had eaten it my belly was made bitter," signifies that it was perceived and ascertained that the Word was inwardly undelightful, because of the adulterated truth of the sense of its letter n. 622.
613. VERSUS 8-10.
"Et vox quam audivi e caelo, iterum loquens cum me, et dicens, Abi, accipe libellum apertum in manu angeli stantis super mari et super terra. Et abivi ad angelum, dicens ei, Da mihi libellum; et dixit mihi, Accipe et devora illum, et amaricabit tuum ventrem, sed in ore tuo erit dulcis sicut mel. Et accepi libellum e manu angeli, et devoravi illum, et erat in ore meo sicut mel dulcis; et cum devoravi illum amaricatus est venter meus.
8. "Et vox quam audivi e caelo, iterum loquens cum me, et dicens", significat explorationem hominum ecclesiae, qualis intellectus Verbi adhuc apud illos superesset [n. 614] ; "Abi, accipe libellum apertum in manu angeli stantis super mari et super terra", significat Verbum a Domino manifestatum caelo et ecclesiae [n. 615] .
9. "Et abivi ad angelum dicens [ei,] Da mihi libellum", significat facultatem percipiendi a Domino quale est Verbum [n. 616] ; et dixit mihi, Accipe et devora illum", significat ut legeret, perciperet et exploraret Verbum, quale est intra et quale est extra [n. 617] ; "et amaricabit tuum ventrem", significat quod injucundum esset interius, quia adulteratum [n. 618] ; "sed in ore tuo erit dulcis sicut mel", significat quod jucundum exterius [n. 619] .
10. "Et accepi libellum e manu angeli, et devoravi illum", significat explorationem [n. 620] ; "et erat in ore meo sicut mel dulcis", significat quod Verbum adhuc quoad externum seu quoad sensum litterae ejus perciperetur sicut jucundum, sed modo ex eo quod serviret ad confirmandum principia falsi ex amore sui et mundi oriunda [n. 621] ; "et cum devoravi illum amaricatus est venter meus", significat quod perceptum et exploratum sit, quod Verbum esset interius injucundum ex adulterato vero sensus litterae [n. 622] .