Verse 16. Thus the regenerating drive the Lord from them by evils and the falses of evil; they become averse to Him by reason of their internal defilement. ("The Lord is especially called Zealous or the Avenger when the man of the Church has corrupted the Divine which ought universally to reign with him, and which he ought above all things to love, to reflect on, and to fear; when this is corrupted or destroyed, then instead of heavenly light mere darkness usurps its place, as there is no longer any influx thereof from the Divine, because there is no reception" (Arcana Coelestia 8875).)

6267. And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand on Israel’s left hand. That this signifies the truth of the intellectual as in the second place; and that Manasseh in his left hand on Israel’s right hand signifies the good of the will in the first place, is evident from the representation of Ephraim, as being the truth of the intellectual, and from the representation of Manasseh, as being the good of the will (n. 5354, 6222); and from the signification of the “right hand,” as being to be in the first place; and of the “left hand,” as being to be in the second place; as is manifest from all the usage in life. How the case herein is will be shown in what follows.