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Ezekiel 16:39

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39 And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thy eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: they shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare.

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Numbers 35:31

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31 Moreover, ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.

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Rend, the garments

  

'To rend the garments' signifies mourning for truth lost or destroyed, or the loss of faith.

'Rending the garments' can also signify zeal for doctrine and truth, and humility.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 4763, Genesis 37:29, 37:34)