AE 600 - Right and Left; AE 601 - The Lion Roars

AE 600 [2]

. . . the "right" signifies all things of good
which is the source of truth,
and the "left all things of truth from good . . ..
And as all things of heaven and the church
have relation to good ant truth,
also to things exterior and things interior,
therefore these words mean in general
all things of heaven and the church.

AE 601 [5]

Thus Jehovah said unto me,
Like as the lion, and the young lion roars over his prey,
when a multitude of shepherds go out against him,
and he is not dismayed at their voice
nor affected by their tumult,
so shall Jehovah of Hosts come down to wage war
upon Mount Zion and upon the hill thereof.
(Isaiah 31:4)

Jehovah is compared to a lion roaring,
because a "lion" signifies the Lord
in relation to Divine truth and its power,
and "to roar" signifies the eagerness to defend the church
against evils and falsities;
therefore it is said,
"so shall Jehovah of Hosts come down to wage war
upon Mount Zion, and upon the hill thereof,"
"Mount Zion" meaning the celestial church,
and "the hill thereof" (or Jerusalem) the spiritual church;
the "prey over which the lion roars"
means deliverance from hell.