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Hosea 8:10

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10 Although they hire among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall begin to be straitened under the burden of the king of princes.

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Good

  
To Charity, by João Zeferino da Costa

It seems rather circular to say that “good” in the Bible represents good, but in a general sense it's true! The case is this: The Lord is love itself given form and expression as wisdom itself, and that Divine Love and Divine Wisdom flow down into us, into the world and into the Bible in an unending stream with endless variety. Divine Love gives rise to our loves, our affections, our desires for good and the joy we can feel; Divine Wisdom gives rise to facts, knowledge, intelligence, understanding and human wisdom. And the more we can bring those two aspects of our lives into harmony, the more elevated we can become -- which will in turn make us happier, more useful, and ultimately more angelic.

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Arcana Coelestia #10620

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10620. 'Keeping goodness for thousands' means eternally so. This is clear from the meaning of 'goodness', when it has regard to Jehovah, as absolute Goodness, as immediately above in 10619; and from the meaning of 'for thousands' as perpetually and eternally, dealt with in 2575, 8715.

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