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Daniel 12:10

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10 Many shall purify themselves, and make themselves white, and be refined; but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand; but they that are wise shall understand.

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Revelation 11:2

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2 And the court which is without the temple leave without, and measure it not; for it hath been given unto the nations: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.

Commentary

 

Wicked or unrighteous

  

'The wicked' or 'unrighteous' denotes being not in truth of faith.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 6765)