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Genesis 6:5

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5 And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #10440

Studere hoc loco

  
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10440. Turn back from the wrath of Thine anger. That this signifies that thus the turning away of that nation will not be hurtful, is evident from the signification of “the wrath of anger,” when said of Jehovah, as being a turning away on the part of man (of which above, n. 10431). Thus “to turn back from the wrath of anger” denotes that the turning away will not be hurtful. How the case herein is, is evident from what has been said and shown in what precedes.

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