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Ezekiel 22:11

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11 And every one hath committed abomination with his neighbour's wife, and the father in law hath wickedly defiled his daughter in law, the brother hath oppressed his sister the daughter of his father in thee.

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Vanity

  

'Vanity' signifies evil and the falsity of evil. 'Vanities of strangers' signify falsities of religion.

In Exodus 5:9, vain words signify truths when said by people who believe falsities. (Arcana Coelestia 7122)

(References: Apocalypse Explained 340)


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Mark 6:41

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41 He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed and broke the loaves, and he gave to his disciples to set before them, and he divided the two fish among them all.