Genesis 34:17

¹⁷ and if ye hearken not unto us to be circumcised, then we have taken our daughter, and have gone.'

Arcana Coelestia #2942

2942. 'In the ears of the sons of Heth' means obedience. This is clear from the meaning of 'the ear' as obedience, dealt with in 2542.

Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.

¹⁰ His sons shall war, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces, which shall come on, and overflow, and pass through; and they shall return and war, even to his fortress.