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Matthew 12:42

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42 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

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Belly

  

The belly, in Psalms 16:4, signifies the interior understanding.

In Genesis 25:23, it signifies conception of interior and exterior good. (Arcana Coelestia 3293)

In Isaiah 46:3, the belly signifies from the beginning of the church. (Arcana Coelestia 4918[2], 5550)

The belly signifies people who are being regenerated, and people who have been regenerated. (Apocalypse Explained 710[3])

(Notae: Apocalypse Explained 622)

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Isaiah 46:3

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3 "Listen to me, house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, that have been borne [by me] from their birth, that have been carried from the womb;