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Lamentations 2:5

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5 γίγνομαι-VCI-API3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὡς-C ἐχθρός-A1A-NSM καταποντίζω-VAI-AAI3S *ἰσραήλ-N---ASM καταποντίζω-VAI-AAI3S πᾶς-A1S-APF ὁ- A--APF βάρις-N3I-APF αὐτός- D--GSF διαφθείρω-V1I-IAI3S ὁ- A--APN ὀχύρωμα-N3M-APN αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C πληθύνω-V1I-IAI3S ὁ- A--DSF θυγάτηρ-N3--DSF *ιουδα-N---GSM ταπεινόω-V4--PMPASF καί-C ταπεινόω-VM--XMPASF

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Arcana Coelestia #2337

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2337. Verse 3 And he urged them strongly; and they turned aside to him and came to his house. And he made a feast for them and baked unleavened bread; and they ate.

'He urged them strongly' means a state of temptation when a person overcomes. 'And they turned aside to him' means staying with. 'And came to his house' means confirmation in good. 'And he made a feast for them' means dwelling together. 'And he baked unleavened bread' means purification. 'And they ate' means making one's own.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.

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Lamentations 4:8

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8 Their appearance is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: Their skin clings to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.