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כַּאֲשֶׁר יָנוּס אִישׁ מִפְּנֵי הָאֲרִי וּפְגָעֹו הַדֹּב וּבָא הַבַּיִת וְסָמַךְ יָדֹו עַל־הַקִּיר וּנְשָׁכֹו הַנָּחָשׁ׃
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כַּאֲשֶׁר יָנוּס אִישׁ מִפְּנֵי הָאֲרִי וּפְגָעֹו הַדֹּב וּבָא הַבַּיִת וְסָמַךְ יָדֹו עַל־הַקִּיר וּנְשָׁכֹו הַנָּחָשׁ׃
205. Internal Meaning of Amos, Chapter 5
1-3 Lamentation over the church because it has been successively devastated. (2)
4-9 Exhortation to seek the Lord, that all things of the church may not perish through evils and falsities. (2)
10-13 They reject truths because they are in self-intelligence. (2)
14-15 Exhortation to be converted. (2)
16-20 Lamentation over the destruction of the church, and over their own destruction, when the Lord comes. (3)
21-22 Their worship cannot be accepted. (2)
23-25 It will be accepted if they have good and truth. (2)
26-27 Otherwise they are deprived of all knowledge [cognitio] of truth and good. (2)