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Lamentations 2:21

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21 The child and the old man lie on the ground in the streets; my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword: thou hast slain [them] in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, thou hast not spared.

Commentary

 

The living creatures not resting day or night

  

In Revelation 4:8, this signifies that what the Word continually teaches is that the Lord Jesus Christ alone is God, and is alone to be worshipped. (Apocalypse Explained 285, Apocalypse Revealed 247)

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Arcana Coelestia #7715

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7715. 'Three days' means a state made complete. This is clear from the meaning of 'three days' as a state made complete, dealt with in 2788, 4495. By a state made complete one should understand an entire state from beginning to end; for every state has its beginning, stages of development, and highest point, this period being what one should understand by a complete period and what is meant by 'three days'.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.