Genesis 49:6

⁶ Into their secret council let not my soul come; with their assembly let not my glory be united; for in their anger they killed a man^◦, and in their good··pleasure they hamstrung an ox.

Thanks to the Kempton Project for the permission to use this New Church translation of the Word.

Israel

'The children of Israel,' in Isaiah 14:2, signify the Gentiles.

In Jeremiah 23:8, 'Israel' represents the spiritual natural church.