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Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the isles, shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.
Jeremiah 50:39
Arcana Coelestia # 6074
6074. 'And they said to Pharaoh, Shepherds of the flock are your servants' means that they lead to good. This is clear from the meaning of 'shepherds of the flock' as those who lead to good, dealt with in 6044, here truths that lead to good since the truths of the Church are represented by 'the sons of Jacob'.
Deuteronomy 32:7-8
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Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.
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When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
