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Ezekijel 23:39

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39 Jer istoga dana kad djecu svoju kumirima klaše, u Svetište moje dođoše da ga obeščaste. Eto, tako uradiše usred Doma mojega.

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Arcana Coelestia #9465

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9465. 'And bronze' means external good. This is clear from the meaning of 'bronze' as natural good or, what amounts to the same thing, external good, dealt with in 425, 1551. External good is the external or natural man's good, whereas internal good is the internal or spiritual man's good.

  
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