'Spreading themselves on the earth,' as in Genesis 8:17, signifies the internal self operating on the external.
(References: Arcana Coelestia 913)
Isaiah 45:21-22
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Declare and present it. Yes, let them take counsel together. Who has shown this from ancient time? Who has declared it of old? Haven't I, Yahweh? There is no other God besides me, a just God and a Savior; There is no one besides me.
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"Look to me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
