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Ezekiel 16:41

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41 And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire any more.

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Arcana Coelestia #2178

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2178. Verse 7 And Abraham ran to the herd and took a young bull, 1 tender and good, and gave it to the servant, and he hastened to make it ready.

'Abraham ran to the herd' means natural good. 'And took a young bull, tender and good' means a conformable celestial-natural which the rational took to itself in order that it might join itself to perception from the Divine. 'And gave it to the servant, and he hastened to make it ready' means the joining together of this good with rational good, 'servant' here being the natural man.

Footnotes:

1. literally, a son of an ox

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.

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Hosea 8:10

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10 Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes.