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Joel 2:17

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17 Let the priests, the ministers of Yahweh, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, "Spare your people, Yahweh, and don't give your heritage to reproach, that the nations should rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, 'Where is their God?'"

Commentary

 

Hem, skirt, or border

  

In Exodus 28:33, this signifies the outermost where man's natural is. In the inmost heavens goods and truths are celestial, in the middle they are spiritual, and in the outermosts, or borders, natural. (Arcana Coelestia 9917)

In Lamentations 1:9, this signifies sinful deeds and works. (Arcana Coelestia 9917[4])

In Nahum 3:5, this signifies removing outward things so that the inward feelings and motives may be seen that include hatred, revenge, and adultery. (Arcana Coelestia 9917[5])

In Jeremiah 13:22, this signifies external truths, and heels outermost goods. (Arcana Coelestia 3540)