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Daniel 4:11

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11 The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth.

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Ezekiel 29:3

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3 speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lieth in the midst of his rivers, that hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.

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Arcana Coelestia #1303

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1303. That 'they said' means that this was done follows from the train of thought, just as the previous statement that 'they said, one man to the next' meant that it was started. Indeed this verse, by the tower, describes what Babel was like.

  
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