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Ezekiel 21:9

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9 Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says Yahweh: say, A sword, a sword, it is sharpened, and also furbished;

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Skillful

  

'A skilled man' relates to the affection of truth, or people who have an affection for truth.

In Ezekiel 21:31, this signifies being intelligent or knowledgeable, in work. (Arcana Coelestia 10331[2])

In Genesis 25:27, this signifies life from external truths or the five senses. (Arcana Coelestia 3309)

(References: Apocalypse Explained 943)

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Jeremiah 16:15-16

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15 but, As Yahweh lives, who brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the countries where he had driven them. I will bring them again into their land that I gave to their fathers.

16 Behold, I will send for many fishermen, says Yahweh, and they shall fish them up; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks.