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Esodo 10:14

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14 E le locuste salirono su tutto il paese d’Egitto, e si posarono su tutta l’estensione dell’Egitto; erano in sì grande quantità, che prima non ce n’eran mai state tante, né mai più tante ce ne saranno.

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Arcana Coelestia # 7652

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7652. 'And Pharaoh's servants said to him' means a warning from those subject to fear. This is clear from the meaning of 'saying' - when those who see their own destruction address members of their company who remain obstinate - as a warning; and from the meaning of 'Pharaoh's servants' as those who engage in molestation but belong to a lower order and are subject to fear. The fact that they are subject to fear is evident from the following things said by them, 'How long will this be a snare to us? Send the men away, and let them serve Jehovah their God. Do you not yet know that Egypt is perishing?'. These words are, it is plain, spoken from a feeling of fear. Their being subject to fear is also evident from the consideration that 'Pharaoh's servants' is used to mean the evil who engage in molestation, and the evil do not speak in favour of good except when moved to do so by fear, see 7280.

  
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