{"id":11234,"date":"2016-04-16T15:55:49","date_gmt":"2016-04-16T19:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordstudy.newchurch.org\/?page_id=11234"},"modified":"2016-04-16T15:55:49","modified_gmt":"2016-04-16T19:55:49","slug":"voice","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/societies.newchurch.org\/wordstudy\/bible-keywords\/voice\/","title":{"rendered":"Voice"},"content":{"rendered":"

Unsurprisingly, \u201cvoices\u201d in the Bible<\/a> generally stand for expressions of what is true<\/a>, though the precise meaning varies according to context.<\/p>\n

One\u00a0common and significant use is the “voice of Jehovah,” or in some other form the voice of God; Swedenborg<\/a> says that in these cases it refers to a direct expression of\u00a0Divine Truth<\/a>.\u00a0This is also generally the case when voices are attributed to inanimate objects, generally a sign, prophecy or miracle.<\/p>\n

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Passages from Swedenborg<\/b><\/p>\n

Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 219<\/b><\/p>\n

219. ‘Jehovah God’s\u00a0voice\u00a0going to and fro in the garden’ means a dictate which filled them with fear. This becomes clear from the meaning of ‘voice’ in the Word where ‘Jehovah’s\u00a0voice’ stands for the Word itself, for the doctrine of faith, for conscience, which is inward mindfulness, and also for every expression of disapproval resulting from these.<\/p>\n

Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 3563<\/b><\/p>\n

3563. ‘And said, The\u00a0voice\u00a0is Jacob’s\u00a0voice, and the hands Esau’s hands’ means that the understanding consists in this case of truth existing inwardly, while the will consists in this case of good existing outwardly, so that an inversion of order exists with them. This is clear from the use of ‘voice’ to refer to truth and of ‘hand’ to refer to good. For ‘voice’ is used in reference to truth, as is evident from the places introduced in Volume One, in 219, 220, and from the fact that the actual words used are ‘thevoice\u00a0is Jacob’s\u00a0voice’, Jacob representing natural truth, as shown in various places above.<\/p>\n

Arcana Coelestia n.\u00a0<\/b>6971 ; 3<\/p>\n

\u00a0As regards the meaning of ‘the\u00a0voice’ as that which is declared by the Word, it should be recognized that frequent use is made of the expression ‘the\u00a0voice’. It is also linked to other things that have nothing to do with a voice, such as the linking of it here to ‘the sign’ – ‘If they do not hear the voice\u00a0of the former sign they will believe the\u00a0voice\u00a0of the latter sign’ – and also elsewhere, for example in Nahum,<\/p>\n

The\u00a0voice\u00a0of the whip and the\u00a0voice\u00a0of the sound of the wheel. Nahum 7:2.<\/p>\n

And in David,<\/p>\n

The rivers have lifted up their\u00a0voice, more than the\u00a0voices\u00a0of many mighty waters. Ps. 93:3-4.<\/p>\n

[4] The fact that ‘the\u00a0voice’ means a declaration, in the good sense a declaration by the Word, when it is called ‘the\u00a0voice\u00a0of Jehovah’, is clear in David,<\/p>\n

The\u00a0voice\u00a0of Jehovah is powerful; the\u00a0voice\u00a0of Jehovah is glorious; thevoice\u00a0of Jehovah breaks the cedars; the\u00a0voice\u00a0of Jehovah flashes forth flames of fire; the\u00a0voice\u00a0of Jehovah causes the wilderness to shake; thevoice\u00a0of Jehovah causes the hinds to calve, and strips the forests bare. Ps. 29:3-5; 7-9.<\/p>\n

And elsewhere in the same author,<\/p>\n

. . . to Him who rides above the heavens of heavens of old. Behold, He will put forth His\u00a0voice, a mighty\u00a0voice. Ps. 68:33.<\/p>\n

Here ‘voice’ stands for Divine Truth, and so for the Word and a declaration made by it. For what more is meant by ‘voice’, see 219; and for its use in reference to truth, 3563.<\/p>\n

Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 7095<\/b><\/p>\n

7095. ‘Who is Jehovah whose\u00a0voice\u00a0I am to hear’ means regarding the Lord whose admonition they should listen to, that is to say, thinking that was of a contrary nature regarding Him. This is clear from the meaning here of the word ‘voice’ as an admonition, for it is used to refer to what Moses and Aaron said to Pharaoh, dealt with in 7090; and from the meaning of ‘hearing’ as obeying, dealt with in 2542, 3869, 5017, so that ‘hearing thevoice’ means obeying or listening to an admonition.<\/p>\n

Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 7573<\/b><\/p>\n

7573. ‘And Jehovah gave forth\u00a0voices’ means the departure and severance of communication with those governed by good and guided by truth. This is clear from the meaning of ‘voices’, which are claps of thunder, as God’s truths which enlighten and perfect those in heaven, but frighten those in hell and subject them to vastation; and since they devastate the latter they mean the departure and severance of communication with those governed by good and guided by truth, this being the way in which they are devastated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Unsurprisingly, \u201cvoices\u201d in the Bible generally stand for expressions of what is true, though the precise meaning varies according to context. One\u00a0common and significant use is the “voice of Jehovah,” or in some other form the voice of God; Swedenborg says that in these cases it refers to a direct expression of\u00a0Divine Truth.\u00a0This is also […]<\/p>\n

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