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Ezekiel 28:24

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24 And the house of Israel shall have no more a stumblingblock of bitterness, nor a thorn causing pain on every side round about them, of them that are against them: and they shall know that I am the Lord God.

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Arcana Coelestia #1202

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1202. Because these cognitions are the primary things of such external worship which has no internal worship within it, 'Sidon' is called 'Canaan's firstborn'. This has just been explained in the previous paragraph.

  
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