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Hosea 6:4

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4 What shall I do to thee, O Ephraim? what shall I do to thee, O Juda? your mercy is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that goeth away in the morning.

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Morning and also the night

  

In Isaiah 21:12, this signifies that, although there is illumination with people in the new church, people in the old church are still in a state of darkness and night. (Arcana Coelestia 10134[11])

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Jeremiah 14:4

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4 Because of the ground which is cracked, because no rain has been in the land, the plowmen are disappointed, they cover their heads.