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Ezekiel 16:47

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47 Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their abominations: but, as if that were a very little thing, thou wast corrupted more than they in all thy ways.

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Isaiah 43:27

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27 Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.

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Rend, the garments

  

'To rend the garments' signifies mourning for truth lost or destroyed, or the loss of faith.

'Rending the garments' can also signify zeal for doctrine and truth, and humility.

(Referenties: Arcana Coelestia 4763, Genesis 37:29, 37:34)