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Hosea 9:10

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10 I found Israel like grapes in the desert, I saw their fathers like the firstfruits of the fig tree in the top thereof: but they went in to Beelphegor, and alienated themselves to that confusion, and became abominable, as those things were, which they loved.

Commentary

 

Snare

  

In Exodus 10:7, Luke 21:35, this signifies to be held captive by one's own evil. (Arcana Coelestia 7653)

In Exodus 23:33, this signifies the enticement and deception of evils. (Arcana Coelestia 9348)

(References: Arcana Coelestia 10641)