성경

Hosea 8:9

⁹ For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.

주석

Israel

'The children of Israel,' in Isaiah 14:2, signify the Gentiles.

In Jeremiah 23:8, 'Israel' represents the spiritual natural church.

(참조: Apocalypse Explained 768)

성경

Leviticus 21:15

¹⁵ He shall not profane his seed among his people: for I am Yahweh who sanctifies him.'"