'To protest' signifies being averse.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 5584, Genesis 43:3)

117. "'Or else I will come to you quickly and will fight against them with the sword of My mouth.'" This symbolically means that if they do not, the Lord will contend with them from the Word, and convince them that their works are evil.

For the explanation of this, however, see no. 108 above.