384. 'And conduct them to living fountains of waters' signifies and shall lead them by means of the truths of the Word to conjunction with Himself. Since by 'a living fountain of waters' is signified the Lord and also the Word, and by 'waters' are signified truths (n. 50), and because there is conjunction with the Lord by means of the Divine truths of the Word when they become of the life, which is effected when this is lived in accordance therewith, therefore by 'to conduct them to living fountains of waters' is signified to lead by means of the truths of the Word to conjunction with the Lord. That by 'fountain' and 'fountains' is signified the Lord and also the Word is established from these passages:-
All my fountains are in Thee, O Jehovah Ps. lxxxvii 7.
They have forsaken Jehovah, the fountain of living waters Jer. xvii 13.
The people have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters Jer. ii 12, 13.
Out of the river of delights Thou makest them to drink, for with thee is the fountain of life Ps. xxxvi 8, 9 [H.B. 9, 10].
In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the inhabitants of Jerusalem Zech. xiii 1.
Israel has dwelt securely alone at the fountain of Jacob Deut. xxxiii 28.
When the Lord sat at the fountain of Jacob, He said to the woman, The water that I shall give thee shall become a fountain of water springing up into eternal life John iv 5-20.
Joseph is the son of a fruitful one near by a fountain Gen. xlix 22.
Bless the Lord out of the fountain of Israel Ps. lxviii 26 [H.B. 27].
Then with gladness shall you draw waters out of the fountains of salvation Isa. xii 3.
To the thirsting one I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely Rev. xxi 6.
I will lead them to fountains of waters in the right way Jer. xxxi 9.
[Words] similar to these, and to those [treated of] now above in the Apocalypse, are also said in Isaiah:-
They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat smite them; for the One having compassion on them shall lead them even to fountains of waters Isa. xlix 10.
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