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Jeremiah 46:16

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16 He made many to stumble, yea, one fell upon another; and they said, Arise, and let us return to our own people and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.

Commentary

 

Mighty ones

  

'Mighty ones,' as in Isaiah 21:17 and Hosea 10:13, signify people who were in faith separate from charity.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 1179; Jeremiah 51:30)