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Ich bin euren Feiertagen gram und verachte sie und mag nicht riechen in eure Versammlung.
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Ich bin euren Feiertagen gram und verachte sie und mag nicht riechen in eure Versammlung.
In Genesis 14:15, Damascus, being the chief city of Syria, signifies knowledge of good and truth. (Arcana Coelestia 1715)
In Ezekiel 27:18, this signifies external knowledge. (Apocalypse Explained 376[18])
In Isaiah 17:3, this signifies people who value religion for knowing only external things. (The Inner Meaning of the Prophets and Psalms 17)
Damascus and Aroer (Isaiah 17:1, 2) signify knowledge of truth and good. See Eliezer of Damascus.
(References: Apocalypse Explained 911)
6375. 'He binds his young ass to the vine' means truth in the natural for the external Church. This is clear from the meaning of 'binding' as being joined to; from the meaning of 'the vine' as the spiritual Church, dealt with in 1069, 5113, here the external spiritual Church since the description 'the outstanding vine' immediately after means the internal church; and from the meaning of 'an ass' as truth in the natural, dealt with in 2781. From this it is evident that 'he binds his ass to the vine' means a joining through truth in the natural to the external Church.