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1 Mosebok 19:9

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9 Men de ropte: Gå av veien! Og så sa de: Her er denne ene mann kommet for å bo som fremmed her, og så vil han alltid opkaste sig til dommer! Nu vil vi fare verre med dig enn med dem. Så trengte de hårdt inn på mannen, på Lot, og stormet frem for å sprenge døren.

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Arcana Coelestia #2394

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2394. Verse 13 For we are destroying this place, for their cry has become great before Jehovah; and Jehovah has sent us to destroy it.

'For we are destroying this place' means that the state of evil which was theirs would condemn them. 'For their cry has become great before Jehovah' means because falsity deriving from evil is so extensive. 'And Jehovah has sent us to destroy it' means that they must inevitably perish.

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