The Bible

 

Hosea 8:12

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12 I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.

Commentary

 

Israel

  

'The children of Israel,' in Isaiah 14:2, signify the Gentiles.

In Jeremiah 23:8, 'Israel' represents the spiritual natural church.

(References: Apocalypse Explained 768)


Commentary

 

Swallow

  

In Genesis 41:7, this signifies the extermination of useful knowledges by those which were useless. (Arcana Coelestia 5217, 5258)

In Exodus 7:12, Psalm 106:17, this signifies being taken away. (Arcana Coelestia 7299)

(References: Apocalypse Explained 391)