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Amos 6:8

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8 Der Herr, Jehova, hat bei sich selbst geschworen, spricht Jehova, der Gott der Heerscharen: Ich verabscheue die Hoffart Jakobs und hasse seine Paläste; und ich werde die Stadt preisgeben und alles, was sie erfüllt.

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Exploring the Meaning of Amos 6

Napsal(a) Helen Kennedy

Woe is called upon people who seem to live a life of ease and fill it with pleasures -- for example, those who “eat lambs from the flock.” (Amos 6:4)

Using the significations mentioned elsewhere in Swedenborg’s works, this could mean “those who attribute innocence (the lamb) to themselves,” or think they are blameless when they have actually sinned.

Also, to ask, “Do horses run on rocks?”(Amos 6:12) is a great image for when our understanding is filled with only literal or external truths but doesn’t delve into deeper ones that show the Lord’s leading more clearly.

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Amos 6:4

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4 Who lie on beds of ivory, and stretch themselves on their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;