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Jeremiah 40:8

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8 Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.

Commentary

 

Left in the land

  

In Isaiah 7:22, this signifies remnants of good and truth. (Arcana Coelestia 680[5])

In Luke 17:34, it says that at the last judgment, 'one shall be taken from the mill, and the other left,' and 'being left' indicates that the world would not be destroyed.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 680)