96. 'And the blasphemy of them who say they are Jews, and are not' signifies the untrue assertion that the goods of love are with them, when yet they are not. 'Blasphemy' here signifies an untrue assertion; by 'Jews' are not signified the Jews but those who are in the good of love, and abstractly the good of love. Consequently by 'the blasphemy of them who say they are Jews, and are not' is signified the untrue assertion that the goods of love are with them, when yet they are not. Those who are in the good of love are understood by 'Jews' because by 'Judah' in the supreme sense in the Word is understood the Lord as to the Divine Good of the Divine Love, and by 'Israel' the Lord as to the Divine Truth of the Divine Wisdom. Consequently by 'Jews' are signified those who from the Lord are in the good of love, and by 'Israel' those who from the Lord are in Divine truths. That these are understood by 'Jews' can be established from many passages therein, which will be adduced below (n. 350). Some things may also be seen in THE DOCTRINE OF THE NEW JERUSALEM CONCERNING THE SACRED SCRIPTURE* (n. 51). That the goods of love are understood abstractly by 'Jews', because the spiritual sense is abstracted from persons, may be seen above (n. 78, 79). He who does not know that by 'Jews' in the Word are understood those who belong to the Lord's celestial Church, who are those who are in a love directed to Him, can be greatly deluded in the reading of the Word in the Prophets; but n. 350 below may be seen. * The Original Edition has DOMINO (THE LORD), but it is clear that SCRIPTURA SACRA (THE SACRED SCRIPTURE) is intended.