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Hosea 7:3

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3 They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.

Commentary

 

Strengthened

  

To 'be strengthened,' as in Genesis 21:18, signifies being supported.

In Isaiah 41:10, this signifies to give power and intelligence from the omnipotence and omniscience of the Divine Good and Truth. (Apocalypse Explained 298[10])

(References: Arcana Coelestia 2698)