1220. 'Eber' means the new Church which is to be called the second Ancient Church. This is clear from what appears below where Eber is the specific subject. 'Eber' is mentioned here because that new Church sprang from him. As regards Eber and this second Ancient Church, they will in the Lord's Divine mercy be discussed in what follows.
Jeremiah 47:1-2
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The word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines, before that Pharaoh struck Gaza.
2
Thus says Yahweh: Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall become an overflowing stream, and shall overflow the land and all that is therein, the city and those who dwell therein; and the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall wail.
