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Og han tok en av kongeætten* og gjorde en pakt med ham og tok ham i ed, og de mektige i landet tok han med sig, / {* Sedekias; 2KG 24, 17. 2K
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Esekiel 17:13
Branch or rush
In Isaiah 19:15, this signifies respectively spiritual truth and sensuous knowledges—the lowermost truths. (Apocalypse Explained 559[5])
In Hosea 14:6, this signifies the multiplying of scientific truth and external knowledges. (Apocalypse Explained 638[11])
In Psalm 80:15, this signifies the spiritual church represented by the sons of Israel and the truth of doctrine from the Word. Here the original word means son of man. (Apocalypse Explained 724[24])
In Matthew 24:32, this signifies the beginning of a new church. The fig tree is the good of its natural, and the branch its affection. (Arcana Coelestia 4231)
