697.启16:11.“又因自己的疼痛和疮，就亵渎天上的神”表他们因源于对唯信教义的承认和接受的内在虚假与邪恶所产生的抵触而无法承认唯独主是天地之神。“亵渎天上的神”表示否认或不承认唯独主是天地之神（571，582节）；“疼痛”表示承认它的痛苦，如前所述（696节），因而表示由内在虚假所产生的抵触，因为抵触就是一种痛苦。“疼痛”或“痛苦”论及虚假；“疮”表示内在邪恶，如前所述（678节）；由于内在邪恶与虚假源自对唯信教义的承认和接受，因此所表示的也是这一点。
697. 16:11 And they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their sufferings and because of their sores. This symbolically means that they could not acknowledge the Lord alone to be God of heaven and earth, owing to feelings of repugnance springing from interior falsities and evils, arising from their acknowledgment and acceptance of the dogma regarding faith alone.
To blaspheme the God of heaven means, symbolically, to deny or refuse to acknowledge the Lord alone as God of heaven and earth (nos. 571, 582). Their sufferings symbolize the distresses attendant on acknowledging this, as in no. 696 above, thus feelings of repugnance springing from interior falsities; for whatever one finds repugnant is also distressing. Distresses are predicated of falsities. Sores symbolize interior evils, as in no. 678 above. And because interior evils and falsities arise from an acknowledgment and acceptance of the dogma regarding faith alone, therefore this, too, is symbolically meant.
697. [verse 11] 'And they blasphemed the God of heaven for their annoyances and for their sores' signifies that they could not acknowledge the Lord Only to be the God of heaven and earth, on account of the resistances resulting from interior untruths and evils springing from their having received and acknowledged the dogma concerning faith alone. By 'to blaspheme the God of heaven' is signified to deny or not to acknowledge the Lord Only to be the God of heaven and earth (571, 582). By 'annoyances' are signified the annoyances of acknowledging it, as above (696), thus the resistances resulting from the interior untruths, for that which resists is an annoyance. The annoyances are predicated of the untruths. By 'sores' are signified interior evils, as above (678), and because interior evils and untruths spring from their having received and accepted the dogma concerning faith alone, therefore this also is signified.
697. Verse 11. And they blasphemed the God of heaven, because of their distresses and their sores, signifies that they could not acknowledge the Lord alone to be the God of heaven and earth by reason of repugnances arising from the interior falsities and evils, that spring from the acknowledgment and reception of the dogma concerning faith alone. "To blaspheme the God of heaven," signifies to deny or not to acknowledge the Lord alone to be the God of heaven and earth, (571, 582); by "distresses" is signified the distresses of acknowledging it, as above, (696), thus repugnances arising from interior falsities, for what is repugnant is a distress. Distress is predicated of falsities; by "sores" are signified interior evils, as above, (678); and as interior evils and falsities spring from the acknowledgment and reception of the dogma concerning faith alone, therefore this also is signified.
697. (Vers. 11) "Et blasphemarunt Deum Caeli prae molestiis suis significat quod non agnoscere potuerint Dominum Solum esse Deum Caeli et Terrae propter repugnantias ex interioribus falsis is et malis, oriundis ex dogmatico sola Fide agnito et recepto. - Per "blasphemare Deum Caeli" significatur negare aut non agnoscere Dominum Solum esse Deum Caeli et Terrae (571, 582); per "molestias" significantur molestiae agnoscendi id, ut supra (696), ita repugnantiae ex interioribus falsis, nam quod repugnat hoc molestum est; "molestiae" praedicantur de falsis; per "ulcera" significantur interiora mala, ut supra (678); et quia interiora mala ac falsa oriuntur ex dogmatico de sola Fide agnito et recepto, ideo etiam hoc significatur.