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And now they have sinned more and more : and they have made to themselves a molten thing of their silver as the likeness of idols: the whole is the work of craftsmen: to these that say: Sacrifice men, ye that adore calves.
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Woe to them, for they have departed from me: they shall be wasted because they have transgressed against me: and I redeemed them : and they have spokenlies against me.
280. Saying, "You are worthy to take the book and to open its seals." This symbolically means that the Lord alone is able to know the states of life of all people and to judge each one according to his state, as we showed in nos. 256, 259, 261, 267, 273 above.
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.