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כָּכָה עָשָׂה לָכֶם בֵּית־אֵל מִפְּנֵי רָעַת רָעַתְכֶם בַּשַּׁחַר נִדְמֹה נִדְמָה מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל׃
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כָּכָה עָשָׂה לָכֶם בֵּית־אֵל מִפְּנֵי רָעַת רָעַתְכֶם בַּשַּׁחַר נִדְמֹה נִדְמָה מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל׃
194. Internal Meaning of Hosea, Chapter 11
1 That Israel, the Lord, was brought down into Egypt, means that they were instructed in the first principles of the church. (1, 13)
2 They were there in natural desire and knowledge [scientia]. (11)
3 They were instructed in cognitions and knowledges [scientiae]. (11, 2)
5-8 When they have become spiritual, they will no longer be natural, since they will thus destroy truths and the understanding of them; (11)
9-11 but from their having been in knowledges [scientiae] they will have intelligence from the Lord. (11)
12 The understanding of the Word was falsified, although the Word is the Lord's. (2)