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16 Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but profaned my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.
An elder brother, as in Genesis 10:21, signifies the internal church.
(Reference: Arcana Coelestia 1222)
27 For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death?