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Amos 5:27

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27 and I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith Jehovah, whose name is the God of hosts.

Commentary

 

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'To pass through,' as in Genesis 30:32, signifies knowing and perceiving something's quality. 'To pass,' as in Genesis 31:52, signifies flowing in. 'To pass the night,' as in Genesis 24:54, signifies having peace.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 4205, Genesis 31)


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Arcana Coelestia #3765

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3765. 'Behold, a well' means the Word. This is clear from the meaning of 'a well' as the Word and also as doctrine drawn from the Word, dealt with in 2702, 3096, 3424. The Word is called 'a well' here because the subject is the natural, which by itself can do no more than understand the literal sense of the Word. But the Word is called 'a spring' when the subject is the rational, by which one is able to see the internal sense of the Word.

  
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