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Daniel 2:48

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48 Then the king made Daniel great, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.

Commentary

 

Mud, loam, or clay

  

In Psalm 40:27, this signifies horrible evils from which the Lord saves us. (The Inner Meaning of the Prophets and Psalms 290)

In Isaiah 29:16 and 64:8, this signifies the good of which the mind or the man himself of the church is formed and from which proceed his reformation and regeneration. (Arcana Coelestia 1300)

In Daniel 2:33, this signifies goods from lower natural things. (Arcana Coelestia 2162[3])

In Nahum 3:14, this signifies falsities. (Arcana Coelestia 1296)

In John 9:6, this signifies reformation through truth from the literal sense of the Word. (Apocalypse Explained 239[19])

(References: Apocalypse Explained 355)