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Ιεζεκιήλ 25:3

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3 και ειπε προς τους υιους Αμμων, Ακουσατε τον λογον Κυριου του Θεου· ουτω λεγει Κυριος ο Θεος· Επειδη επιλεγεις εις τα αγια μου, Ευγε, διοτι εβεβηλωθησαν, και εις την γην του Ισραηλ, διοτι ηφανισθη, και εις τον οικον Ιουδα, διοτι υπηγαν εις αιχμαλωσιαν,

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Arcana Coelestia #7674

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7674. 'Over the land of Egypt for the locusts' means in order that falsity may take possession of the whole natural of the molesting ones. This is clear from the meaning of 'the land of Egypt' as the natural mind, dealt with in 5276, 5278, 5280, 5288, 5301, 'Egypt' being the natural, 6147, 6152; and from the meaning of 'the locusts' as falsity present with those engaged in molestation, in the outermost parts of their mind, dealt with in 7643.

  
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Exodus 8:1-2

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1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, Go in to Pharaoh, and tell him, "This is what Yahweh says, 'Let my people Go, that they may serve me.

2 If you refuse to let them go, behold, I will plague all your borders with frogs: