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耶利米书 46:21

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21 其中的雇勇好像圈里的肥犊,他们转身退後,一齐逃跑站立不住;因为他们遭难的日子、追讨的时候已经临到。

Commentary

 

Nativity

  

'Out of thy nativity and out of thy father's house,' as in Genesis 12:1, signifies worldly, materially-oriented matters and things interior of a like kind.

'Nativities,' as in Genesis 10:1, signify the origin and roots of doctrinal matters and worship.

'Nativity,' as in Genesis 10:32, signifies reformation.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 1255)