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17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
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11. The fifth state is when he speaks from faith and in so doing confirms himself in truth and good. What he brings forth at this point are animate and are called the fish of the sea and the birds of the air. 1
Footnotes:
1. literally, birds of the heavens (or the skies)
Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.
30 I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: blood, fire, and pillars of smoke.
31 The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes.