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Arcana Coelestia #4276

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4276. 'And he saw that he did not prevail against him' means that in temptations He conquered. This is clear without explanation.

  
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Arcana Coelestia #4778

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4778. 'And [Jacob] rent his clothes' means mourning for lost truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'rending clothes' as an act representative of mourning for lost truth, dealt with above in 4763.

  
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Amos 8:10

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10 I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will make you wear sackcloth on all your bodies, and baldness on every head. I will make it like the mourning for an only son, and its end like a bitter day.