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When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without.
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When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without.
In Numbers 31:5, Numbers 32:17, this signifies prepared to accept knowledges of truth. (Apocalypse Explained 430[11])
(References: Arcana Coelestia 2162; Daniel 10:6)