Arcana Coelestia # 3199
3199. 'And behold, the camels were coming' means towards general facts in the natural man. This is clear from the meaning of 'camels' as general facts in the natural man, dealt with in 3048, 3071. It was a directing of the attention towards facts because truth was expected from them, as is clear from what has often been stated and shown above in this chapter.
Isaiah 65:1-5
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"I am inquired of by those who didn't ask; I am found by those who didn't seek me: I said, See me, see me, to a nation that was not called by my name.
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I have spread out my hands all the day to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts;
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a people who provoke me to my face continually, sacrificing in gardens, and burning incense on bricks;
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who sit among the graves, and lodge in the secret places; who eat pig's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
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who say, Stand by yourself, don't come near to me, for I am holier than you. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burns all the day.
