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1 Kings 3:20

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20 And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.

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In Isaiah 63:15, this signifies love or mercy. (Arcana Coelestia 1803[3])

In Jeremiah 31:20, this signifies the Lord's love itself or mercy itself, and compassion toward the whole human race. (Arcana Coelestia 1803[4])