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Jeremiah 48:38

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38 Upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof general mourning: because I have broken Moab as an useless vessel, saith the Lord.

Commentary

 

Tumult

  

In 1 Samuel 4:14, a tumult signifies divine truth descending toward lower things. (Arcana Coelestia 8823)

In Isaiah 33:3, it signifies the dismay of people in the church when they are visited by a Last Judgment, and their evils are disclosed. (Apocalypse Explained 659[22])

In Zechariah 14:13, tumult signifies the last state of the old church, involving a great change; and a combat against the love of evil. (Apocalypse Explained 650[42])

In Psalm 65:7, it signifies the disputations and reasoning of those people beneath heaven who are natural and sensuous. (Apocalypse Explained 706[23])

'A tumult,' or 'uproar,' as in Isaiah 13:4, signifies an eager desire to combat against truths. (Apocalypse Explained 453)

(References: Isaiah 4, 8, 8:4)