The doctrine of the New Jerusalem concerning the sacred Scripture [by E. Swedenborg, tr. by P. Provo].

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R. Hindmarsh, 1791 - Bible - 214 pages

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Page 22 - And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
Page 23 - And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
Page 89 - Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God : every precious stone was thy covering ; the sardius, topaz, and the diamond ; the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper ; the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold ; the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee, in the day that thou wast created.
Page 102 - BLESSED are the poor in spirit: for their's is the kingdom of heaven. BLESSED are they that mourn : for they shall be comforted.
Page 107 - For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, And of the fields of Gomorrah : Their grapes are grapes of gall, Their clusters are bitter: Their wine is the poison of dragons, And the cruel venom of asps.
Page 22 - And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth : and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
Page 192 - Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared : for there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon : it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.
Page 158 - LORD, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace: according to thy word. For mine eyes have seen : thy salvation, Which thou hast prepared : before the face of all people ; To be a light to lighten the Gentiles : and to be the glory of thy people Israel.
Page 177 - So he drove out the man: and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
Page 13 - And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven ; Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God, that ye may eat the flesh of kings and the flesh of captains and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men both free and bond, both small and great.

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