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Isaiah 1:3

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3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.

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The Inner Meaning of the Prophets and Psalms #1

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The Prophetical Books:

1. Internal Meaning of Isaiah, Chapter 1 (1)

1-8 The church has been vastated by evil of life, (3)

9 so that there is little of a residue. (3)

10-15 Therefore their external worship is of no avail. (3)

16-19 Exhortation that they should repent of the evil of life, and thus they will receive good. (3)

20-23They falsify the Word. (3)

24-27 The Lord when He comes will destroy them, and will establish the church with others; (1, 11)

28-31 This when nothing of the church remains with them. (3)

  
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Commentary

 

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In Daniel 12:3, 'the learned,' or 'wise,' who 'shall shine as the stars,' are people who are in good.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 3820)