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Joel 2:9

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9 In the city they run to and fro, On the wall they run, Into houses they go up by the windows, They go in as a thief.

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Arcana Coelestia #7642

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7642. 'For if you refuse to send them away' means should they fail to leave . . . This is clear from the meaning of 'sending away' as leaving, as often before, so that 'refusing to send away' is being unwilling to leave.

  
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