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Obadja 1:12

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12 Und du solltest nicht auf den Tag deines Bruders sehen (Eig. mit Vergnügen (Schadenfreude) sehen; so auch v 13) am Tage seines Mißgeschicks, und dich nicht freuen über die Kinder Juda am Tage ihres Untergangs, noch dein Maul aufsperren am Tage der Bedrängnis;

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Apocalypse Explained #192

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192. If therefore thou shalt not be wakeful, signifies if thou dost not acquire spiritual life. This is evident from the signification of "be wakeful," as being to acquire for oneself spiritual life (of which see above, n. 187.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Foundation for their permission to use this translation.

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Matthew 24:42-43

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42 Watch therefore, for you don't know in what hour your Lord comes.

43 But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.