186. Internal Meaning of Hosea, Chapter 3

A new church to be established by the Lord. (11)

1-5 They will live for a long time without the truths and goods of the church, but they will become a church from the Lord, when He comes, and will acknowledge Him. (11)

In Genesis 11:6, this signifies that unless their state is changed nothing which they think of doing will be prohibited. (Arcana Coelestia 1318)

In Psalm 76:10, this signifies that the Lord will bring about a judgment in which the good will be saved. (The Inner Meaning of the Prophets and Psalms 326)

In Genesis 16:2, this signifies the state before the Lord's Divine Rational Man (represented by Isaac) emerged. (Arcana Coelestia 1899)