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Hosea 7:9

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9 Devoured have strangers his power, And he hath not known, Also old age hath sprinkled [itself] on him, And he hath not known.

Commentary

 

Bow

  

A bow signifies falsity of doctrine destroying truth, and spear, the falsity of evil destroying good. (Jeremiah 6:23)

(References: Apocalypse Explained 357)