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Genesis 11:8

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8 And so the Lord scattered them from that place into all lands, and they ceased to build the city.

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Arcana Coelestia #1325

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1325. Verse 9. Therefore He called the name of it Babel, because there did Jehovah confound the lip of all the earth; and from thence did Jehovah scatter them upon the faces of all the earth. “Therefore He called the name of it Babel,” signifies such worship; “because there did Jehovah confound the lip of all the earth,” signifies the state of this Ancient Church, that internal worship began to perish; “the earth” is the church; “and from thence did Jehovah scatter them upon the faces of all the earth,” signifies that internal worship was annihilated.

  
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