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Lamentations 3:1

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1 I am the man who has seen trouble by the rod of his wrath.

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Psalms 71:14

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14 But I will go on ever hoping, and increasing in all your praise.

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Grief

  

In Genesis 3:16, this signifies conflict with resulting anxiety. (Arcana Coelestia 261)

In Genesis 42:38, this signifies with no hope of restoration of the church. (Arcana Coelestia 5551) Sorrow signifies the anxieties and combats attending the bringing forth of truths. (Arcana Coelestia 263)

In Exodus 3:7, this signifies immersion in falsities. (Arcana Coelestia 6853)

In Revelation 18:7, this signifies here the fear of evils from hell. (Apocalypse Revealed 884)

(References: Arcana Coelestia 5887, 5888)