The Bible

 

Joel 2:3

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3 Before it consumed hath fire, And after it burn doth a flame, As the garden of Eden [is] the land Before it, And after it a wilderness -- a desolation! And also an escape there hath not been to it,

Commentary

 

Gladness and songs

  

Gladness and songs, as in Genesis 31:47, refer to truths.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 4137)