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Amos 4:1

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1 Hør dette ord, I Basan-kyrSamarias fjell, I som undertrykker de ringe, som knuser de fattige, som sier til eders menn: Kom med vin, så vi får drikke!

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Arcana Coelestia #1452

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1452. 'And he pitched his tent' means the holy things of faith. This becomes clear from the meaning of 'a tent' as the holiness of love, and consequently the holiness of faith deriving from love, as shown already in 414. His pitching his tent there means that this was now beginning.

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

Commentary

 

Coming

  

Coming (Genesis 41:14) denotes communication through spiritual influx.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 5249)