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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])

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The Inner Meaning of the Prophets and Psalms #236

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236. Internal Meaning of Zechariah, Chapter 4

1-7 Enlightenment of the new church by the Lord from the good of love by means of truth. (11)

8-10 This is from the Lord. (11)

11-14 There will also be in it truths from a celestial origin. (11)

  
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