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Psalms 34:2

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2 My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.

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Apocalypse Revealed #365

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365. Of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues. This symbolizes all in the Christian world who have some religion springing from goodness and are guided by truths from doctrine.

All nations and tribes mean people who have some religion springing from goodness, who are those of the lowest heaven (no. 363) - nations meaning people prompted by goodness (nos. 920, 921), and a tribe, religion (no. 349). Peoples and tongues mean people who are guided by truths from doctrine - peoples meaning people guided by truths (no. 483), and a tongue, doctrine (no. 282).

Thus "all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues," taken together, symbolize in the spiritual sense all people who have some religion springing from goodness and are guided by truths from doctrine.

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.