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Jonah 4:2

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2 He prayed to Yahweh, and said, "Please, Yahweh, wasn't this what I said when I was still in my own country? Therefore I hurried to flee to Tarshish, for I knew that you are a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and you relent of doing harm.

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Sufficiency

  

'Sufficiency' relates to the reception of good, because good is the spiritual nourishment of the soul, as natural food is the nourishment of the body.

(References: Apocalypse Explained 376 [1-40])

Commentary

 

Elishah, Tarshish, Kitthin, and Dodanium

  

In Genesis 10:4, this signifies a nation among whose people external worship prevailed. This also signifies doctrinal rituals. (Arcana Coelestia 1152)

In Psalm 72:10, this signifies external worship corresponding to internal. (Arcana Coelestia 1171)

(References: Arcana Coelestia 1156, Genesis 4, 10)