Herb
'Herb bearing seed,' as mentioned in Genesis 1:29, signifies truth in terms of its use. (Arcana Coelestia 57) Every herb in the Bible signifies some type of knowledge.
'Green herbs,' as mentioned in Genesis 1:30, mean food for the natural man.
'Eating the herb of the field,' as mentioned in Genesis 3:18, signifies that a person should live as a beast.
'Herb of the field' signifies spiritual truth.
(References: Arcana Coelestia 7626)
Micah 1:2-5
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Hear, you peoples, all of you. Listen, O earth, and all that is therein: and let the Lord Yahweh be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
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For, behold, Yahweh comes forth out of his place, and will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.
4
The mountains melt under him, and the valleys split apart, like wax before the fire, like waters that are poured down a steep place.
5
"All this is for the disobedience of Jacob, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the disobedience of Jacob? Isn't it Samaria? And what are the high places of Judah? Aren't they Jerusalem?
