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Hosea 7:14

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14 And they cried not unto me in their heart, when they howled upon their beds; they assemble themselves for corn and new wine; they have turned aside from me.

Commentary

 

Double-dyed

  

In 2 Samuel 1:24, this signifies to teach truths which are of the good of mutual love – thus from a celestial origin. (Arcana Coelestia 9468[4])

In Isaiah 1:18, this signifies that evils and falsities are removed when the goods and truths of charity come in and take their place. (Apocalypse Explained 67)

(References: Arcana Coelestia 4922, Genesis 38)