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Ο δε εγνωρισεν αυτον και ειπε, Ο χιτων του υιου μου ειναι· θηριον κακον κατεφαγεν αυτον· ολος κατεσπαραχθη ο Ιωσηφ.
Γένεση 37:33
Arcana Coelestia # 4734
4734. And Reuben said unto them. This signifies exhortation, in the proximate sense confession of the faith of the church in general (which is “Reuben,” n. 4731) exhorting or dictating that they should not do violence, as in what follows.
Ezekiel 22:2-4
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You, son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? then cause her to know all her abominations.
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You shall say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: A city that sheds blood in the midst of her, that her time may come, and that makes idols against herself to defile her!
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You have become guilty in your blood that you have shed, and are defiled in your idols which you have made; and you have caused your days to draw near, and are come even to your years: therefore have I made you a reproach to the nations, and a mocking to all the countries.
