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The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him; the cypresses were not like his boughs, and the plane-trees were not as his branches: no tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty.
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The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him; the cypresses were not like his boughs, and the plane-trees were not as his branches: no tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty.
'Midwives,' as in Exodus 1:15-21, signify receptions of truth in the natural principle. 'A midwife,' as in Genesis 26, signifies the natural level.
(Reference: Arcana Coelestia 4588, Genesis 1, 15)
In Isaiah 40:12 'to weigh the mountains in a balance, and the hills in scales,' signifies that the celestial aspects of love and charity are from the Lord, and that He alone disposes their states.
(Reference: Arcana Coelestia 3101)