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Jeremiah 50:32

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32 And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all around him.

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Sparrow and swallow

  

In Psalm 84:3, 'a sparrow' signifies spiritual truth, and 'a swallow' signifies natural truth from which worship is performed.

(References: Apocalypse Explained 391)

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Jeremiah 9:3

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3 They bend their tongue, [as it were] their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they don't know me, says Yahweh.